The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

TilE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVI-4',NlNtr, OCTOBER 16, 1845

Julius Lowenthal, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders-
field, Manchester, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Wm. Thomas Jackson, Esq., Tadcaster, Director of the East and
West Yorkshire, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
John Ostler, Esq., Hull
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-squares
John Jervis Garrard, Esq., Queen-square, Bristol
Samuel Garlick, Esq., Park-square, Leeds
Cuthbert Johnson, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's-park
James Goren, Esq., The Priory, Battersea
Rev. Francis Thornburgh, Kingswood, Wilts
James Yearsley, Esq., Saville-row, Piccadilly
Alfred Parker, Esq., Park-road, Regent's-park
James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Manchester, Director of the Manche'.
ter, Liverpool, and Great North of England; of the Newcastle,
Durham, and Lancashire; and of the Bolton and Bury Railways
Captain James Wood, 11. M., Woolwich, Director of the. Dublin
Approximation Atmospheric Railway
Benjamin Casson, Esq., Hull
John Holmes, Esq., Hull
Richard Hands, Esq., Coventry, Director of the Birmingham West
Branch, Wednesbury, and Walsall Railway
Thomas Ferrand Dearden. Esq., Coroner, ltoehdale, Laneashire
Charles Ralph Broadley, Esq., Rochdale
James Clarkson, Esq., Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Rugby and
Manchester, via Macclesfield Railway
J. J. Godfrey, Esq., Liverpool
J. H. AP Mahon, Esq., Limerick, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox-
ford, and Brighton Junction, and the Galway and Ennis Grand
Junction Railways
Henry Chaytor, Clairvaux Castle, Darlington, Director of
the Warwick and Worcester, and the Hull and Holyhead Rail-
ways
Robert Bourne, Esq., Parliament-street, Whitehall
Alfred Parker, Esq., Park.road, Regent's-park
William Cremer, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the Grand Trunk ;
and Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
William Bousfield, Esq., Colebrook-terrace
John Yearsley, Esq., merchant, Fenchureh-street
James Robertson, F.sq., Director of the Worcester, 'Warwick and
Rugby, and Leominster Railways
John Batley Wrigley, Esq., Croft-house, near Huddersfield, Director
of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct
Railways
Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq., Ivy-cottage, Syneombe-kill, Bath
George Barons Northcote, Esq., Somerset-court, Seraersetshire,
Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway
Thomas Dixon Burrow, Esq., Settle, Yorkshire
George Watts, Esq., Mount Radford, Exeter, Director of the
Exeter and Exmouth, the Great Western Extension, and the
Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railways
William Henry Samwell George, Eaq., Exmouth
Edward Greaves, Esq., Leeds
John Bowes, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, Leamington, and
Warwick Railway
Thomas Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull aid
Holyhead Railway
William Priest, Esq., Hull, Director of the York and Hull, and
the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
Thomas Holmes, Esq., Hull . • -
Benjamin Willsher, Esq., Waterloo-place, Pall-mall
Richard Power, Esq., Euston-square, and Long Orchard, Tipperary
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton.place
Arthur Heymes, Esq., Methuen Villa, Leamington, Director of
the South Midland and Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Rugby
Derby, and Manchester Railway
Joseph Brook, jun., Esq., Huddersfield
Julian Skrine, Esq., Linsfield-house, Cambridge, Director of the
Cambridge and Lincoln, and the Northern and Seuthern Con-
necting Railways
Rev. G. M. D'Arcy Irvine, LL.D., Redcliffe-parade, Bristol
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Great Manchester,
Rugby; and Southampton, the Shropshire Mineral, the London
and Holyhead Direct, the Liverpool and Derby Direct, the
London and Liverpool Direct, and the Derby and Gainsborough
Railways, &c.
Edward Gaubert, Esq., Park-villa, Richmond, Director if the
Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway.
William James Ive, Esq., Northampton-square, Director of the
Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., Upper Hyde-park-street, Director of the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, the Chester and
Manchester Direct, and the West Midland, Manchester, and
Southampton Railways
Abraham Alexander, Esq., Lullington-house, Leamington, Direc-
tor of the Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton, the
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, and the Lincolnshire and
Eastern Counties Railways
Joel Edens, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct, the Liverpool and Derby Direct, the
Direct Northern, Eastern; and Western Junction, and the Mid-
land and Eastern Counties Railways, la.
F. Valentine Lee, Esq.
P. Taylor, Esq , Knaresborough
Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, and
the Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railways
G. I. Brandon, Esq., Finsbury-square, Director of the Direct
Manchester, Leeds, and York; and the Grand Trunk Railways
William Driffield, Esq., Bond-house, Knaresborough, Director of
the Liverpool and Leeds Direct; the East and West Yorkshire,
and the Leeds and Thirsk Railways
Wm. A. Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood, Wotton.under-Edge
Rev. Stephen Isaacson, M.A., Berners-street, Director of the
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton; the Cambridge and Lin-
coln Extension ; the Hull and Holyhead ; and the Leeds, Fleet-
wood, and Liverpool Railways
Thomas Du'ton, Esq., Blackburn, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool
Railways
John Joseph Allnatt, Esq., Wallingford,Berks
Edmund Alderson Fawcett, Esq., Huggin-lane and Nottingham,
4c., Director of the Direct Liverpool and Derby, the Direct
West End and Croydon, and the Middlesex and Surrey Junction
Railways
Capt. T. C. Newton, Luguardine, Herefordshire, Director of the
Leeds, Fleetwood, anti Liverpool, the Hereford and Merthyr
Tydvil, the Hull and Holyhead Direct, and the Grand London
and Dublin Approximation Railways
Wm. Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Hume. wood, Wicklow, Deputy
Lieutenant, J. P., and High Sheriff of the County of Wicklow
Edward Irwin, Esq., Itathbide-house, Kildare
Christopher Carter, Belmont-house, Knaresborough
Walter Watson, Esq., Leamington
James Peard Lye, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitebaven, Director
of the Mull and Holyhead Railway
Arthur Ley, Esq , Bideford, Devonshire, Director of the Hull and
Holyhead Railway
John Albutt, Esq , Leeds
William Muschamp, Esq., Sunderland
Joseph Henry Oates, Jun., Esq., Meanwood, near Leeds
George Mitchell, Esq., Sandbed-house, Ossett, near Wakefield,
Director of the Wakefield, Ossett and Dewsbury Railway, also
of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, and Leeds Railway
William Mien, Esq., Chappletown, near Leeds
William Standidge, Jun., Esq., Barkston Ash, near Ferrybridge
Samuel Warburton, Esq„ Hunslet, near Leeds, Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway, and of the Wakefield and
Harrowgate Railway, arc. &c. &c.
George William Oates, Esq., Carr House, Meanwood, near Leeds
George Newsome, Esq., Cross Banks, Batley, near Dewesbury
James Kitchen, Esq., Burmanstofts, Leeds
William Fieldhouse, Esq., St. Mark's-place, Leeds
William Beaumont, Esq., Crawshaw House, Pudsey, Director of
the West Yorkshire, Midland and Thirsk Junction, are. &c. &c.
John Pawson, Esq., Chappleton, near Leeds
John Lawson, Esq., Town Knawl Cottage, Ossett, near Wakefield
John Shcard, Esq., Bonfire-cottage, near Dewsbury
Joseph Thompson Fenton, Esq., Chesterfield
John Haley, Esq., Stanningley
David Gummersall, Esq., Stanningley Mills
William Dixon, Esq., Howley mills, Morley, near Leeds.
Joe Dransfield, Esq., Rookery-mills, near Huddersfield
Joseph Jubb, sen., Esq., Batley-mills, near Dewsbury, Director of
the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield and Leeds Railway, he,
Henry Lodge, Esq., Sheffield
Josiah Burrows, Esq., Castle-house, Gommersall, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct, and the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct
Robert Bell, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds
George A. Hauston, Esq., Paisley
Frank Mitchell, Esq., Ryecroft-cottage, near Ossett
Alexander Majoribanks, Esq., of Majoribanks, NB.
Major-General White, Bath, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Andrew Clarke, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Cam.
berwell, Surrey
John Wheelton, Esq., Meophara Bank, Tonbrrige, Kent
Stephen Hartley Knowles, Esq., merchant, Ten Lands, Gernersall,
near Leeds
Lionel William Knowles, Esq., merchant, West-house, Gemersall,
near Leeds
James Sutcliffe, Esq., Nowland.hall, near Halifax, Director of the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway
George Fearnley, Esq., M.D., Grove-house, Dewsbury
Thomas Hadfield Gloyne, Esq., Prope,ctatouse, Dewsbury
Samuel Burnley, Esq., merchant and manufacturer, Havercresis.
house, Batley, near Dewsbury
Thomas Dean, Esq., Healey. house, Dewsbnry
o Knaresborough
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq., 11. D., Leamington
James
Belmont-house, Torquay,
ohuse, Devon
jCahmr oßprhaehraCarter, Esq.,
Frederick Goddard, Esq., Bath
Thomas Emsley, Esq., Dodley, near I.:,eds, Director of the North.
East Riding Junction Railway
Wm. Shaw, Esq. Director of the r
/MRCVS Life Assurance Compan
Wm. Watson,:Esq., Leamingtsm y
Thomas Rogers, Esq„ Brae,ford
John Lloyd, Esq. Newir,,ton
Edward Elarke, Esq., Temple, and Dover-street, Piccadilly
Samuel Geo. Bear rah, Esq. Kennington-square
(With power to add to their number.)
BaleXElta—The London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street, Bank,
and 60, Pall-mall.
ACTING ENGINRER—henry Renton, Esq., C.E.
AP.CIIITECT AND SURVEYOR.—CharIes Lee, Esq., Golden-square.
So:Is:non J. D. Wells, Esq., No. 13, George-street, Mansion.
house.
SECRETARY—R. H. Gadesden, Esq.
OFFICES—No. 70, King William-street, Mansion-house, London
The object of the promoters of this Company is to form a direct
line of railway, from Bristol and Bath to Dover; and thus, in effect,
unite, connect, or reciprocate with, all the existing and projected
lines of railway in the south and south-west and west of England, as
well also as form a complete communication with Ireland and all
the western and Welsh railways, and most of those in the northern
and great manufacturing districts, by which passengers and goods
to and from Folkestone and Dover, France and Belgium, may
be conveyed without the necessity of passing, through the me-
tropolis.
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The mainline to be laid down by the Company will be considerably
leas than 100 miles, throughout which the strongest encouragement
and support have been manifested towards this railway by the landed
proprietors, many of whom have determined to invest capital in the
undertaking ; and the engineer's report precludes any apprehen-
sion of engineering difficulties. The great public utility and corn-
mercial advantages of railway communication between the important
places and ports which it is now contemplated to unite must be at
once appreciated by reference to a map of the country, and they
will be forcibly illustrated by the objects to be attained by this
Company.
This line is Intended to begin at Bristol by means of the Great
Western Railway, and passing through Bath to Bath Hampton
it will skirt the valley of the Avon, to Bradford, and thenee to
Trowbridge. It will then take as straight a direction as can be
obtained to Devises, All Canninge, Pewsey, Burbage, Shalborne,
West Woodhay, High Clere, and Overton, on to Basingstoke,
where it will unite with the South Western Railway, and thus
from the western counties the distance will be several miles
shorter to the metropolis than by any other existing line. It will
then, by means of the South Western Railway, proceed on to near
Farnborough (a distance of fourteen miles) whence, leaving
Farnham to the south, it will pass onward to Ache, Guildford,
Gornshall, and Dorking to Riegate, where it will unite with the
South Eastern and Dover Railway—(the latter, eighteen miles
from Guildford to Reigate will In all probability be constructed by
another Company.)
In its course it will thread Its way through the lines of many of
the railways already construeted or projected—the junction of
which will not only be estimated as a great public oonvenience, but
prove highly advantageous to the several Companies interested, pre-
dueing an immense traffic, tilleiseaust stream from Ireland—from
o hitiarrtreehiatomf a a
manufacturing distl' in the north—the cloth and corn
the west of England
Wales —the mineral and coal fields of
, and the hop districts in K ent —all of which point to the
formation of this railwaycommunicationa great desideratum, as well also as to
form a direct communication
withet France, Belgium, and the con-
tinent
generally. The distance to
.1117 caved by this railway will
exceed thirty miles from Bath (
Dover ; while to many of the towns
south-westthe
towns northeweet) to •
miles or more will be saved by this railway ihunion with some of
the other lines ; and the often disagreeable and eoatly necessity (at •
present existing) of main; thrcugb London, to 0? (1.
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will be entirely obviated, and manufacturers and merchants in most
parts of the country, west and north, or south, will be thus en•
abled to forward and receive goods direct frum and to Dover an:l
Folkstone, avoiding the present inconvenient mode and expense of
transference from railway to railway across London.
Any attempt to distinguish the number of passengers proceed-
ing to or from London, or the provinces and the continent by the
South Eastern and Dover Railway, would be abortive; but the
published statements of that Company show that the traffic ex.
ceeds S,OOOl. weekly, and the accounts of arri►als at, and departures
from Calais, Boulogne, and Ostend, exhibit an astonishing number
of persons as passengers to and from England weekly, by Dover
and Folkenstone, throughout the whole of the year. Yielding to
the metropolis one-half of the number as a large proportion, the
remaining half will belong to the provinces and Ireland, who will
probably prefer to be conveyed from or to their localities without
the annoyance of being compelled to pass through London, es-
pecially as the saving of distance alone will considerably diminish
expenses.

The construction of this line of railway can hardly fail to meet
the full approvol of the Government ; as, besides its great com-
mercial utility, the convenience it will afford for the speedy tran.
sport of troops from Ireland, or the north, south, or west of Eng-
land to Dover, in a direct manner, Avoiding the present necessity of
marching them across London or ether towns, after they are once
placed in railway carriages, must begreatly appreciated ; and where
it is expedient that expedition and secrecy should be observed in
the removal of troops, the means offered by this Company will
greatly assist the authorities in facilitating their objects.
The railways already constructed or projected with which this
line of railway will effect a union or communication, and recipro-
cate, advantages exceed fifty in number (as will be seen by examin.
ing any railway map), and all of them must be in direct commu-
nication with, and will feed, or be fed by The Southern Counties
Union, and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Direct Railway ; the most
important junctions being those lea,iing to this line from the north
and the manufacturing districts by Oxford to Dovor and Brighton,
those from Ireland, North Wales by Cheltenham or Oxford and
this railway to Dover or Brighton, and those from the south and
west of England by Salisbury to Dover; thus effecting a con-
tinuance and direct intercourse with nearly every part of Eng-
land, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the continent.
The census returns show that this railway will pass through a
country containir.g a population of upwards of one million, and this
number, though large, may be fairly multiplied several times, if all
the other parts of the kingdom which will benefit by it be con-
sidered.

With these facts before them, the promoters have not deemed it
necessary to put forth estimates of traffic; the soundness of the
project begng guaranteed by the truths already given in this brief
expositio,n, and th• great objects intended to be compassed by this
Company.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Basingstoke and Odiham—Messrs. Cole, Lamb, and Brooks
Bath—Messrs. Mant and Harvey
Bristol—Matthew Perkins, Esq.
Devises—John Raikes Bayly, Esq.
Farnham—B. Nichols, Esq.
Hawkhurst—Messrs. Beecham and Upperton
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb, Esq.
Melksham—Messrs. Motile and Gore
Newbury—Robert Baker, Esq. and Messrs Bunny and Son
Reading—Rupert Clarke, Esq.
Reigate—William Burt, Esq.
Trowbridge—John Brent, Esq.
Whitchurch, Hants—Thomas Pain, Esq.
Applications for shares (which must be necessarily restricted in
consequence of the immense number that have already been
applied for under guarantee of persons of the highest respectability)
with prospectuses and plans, to be made to the secretary, at the
offices of the Company, 70, King William-street, City; to
J. D. Wells, Esq., 13, George-street, Mansion-house, and
to the following sharebrokers :—London, B. H. Ellis, Esq.,
17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Price and Brown, Change-
alloy; L. H. Hazlewood, Esq., Angel-court, Throgmor.
ton.street ; and T. C. Mundey, Esq., 17, Royal Exchange,
Bath, R. P. Lemon, Esq., Thomas Evans, Esq and J. B. Mundy,
Esq. ; Birmingham, J. R. Lane, Esq., W. H. Collie, Esq. ;
Blackburn, Thomas Boardman, Esq., James Senior, Esq ; Bridge-
water, Edward Lilly, Esq. ; Bristol, Messrs. Tat, and Nash, Messrs.
George Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq. ; Burton-on-
Trent, W. Wisby, Esq. ; Cheltenham,' Messrs. Hall Brothers, and
Co. ; Coventry, Messrs. Browne and Clarke, and John T. Holland,
Esq.; Dewsbury, John Brooke, Esq. ; Dunlin, Messrs. Bruce and
Symes ; Edinburgh, Charles Cowper, Esq. ; Exeter, Messrs. H.
Beaumont and Co. ; Halifax, F. C. Spencer, Esq , and James
Hurry, Esq.; Huddersfield, Messrs. John Gatliff and Co., and John
Butchart, Esq.; Hull, Messrs. Flint arid Toots', Messrs. Charles
Wikinson and Earle; Leamington, 'l'. W. Powell, Esq.; Leeds,
Chantrell and Boyes ; Messrs. Wellboloved, Barwick and Co.,
Messrs. J. and G. Rhodes, Messrs. Read, Broadbent and Co., and
James Jamieson, Esq.; Leicester, Messrs. Payne andEreer ; Liver.
pool, Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Messrs. Davies and Co., H. W.
Lucas, Esq., and John Wills, Esq ; Manchester, Messrs. Hough.
land and Leese, Messrs. Lynil and Berlyn, Messrs. Johnsen, Brad.
ley, and Walker, Messrs. O'Neil and Nosworthy, Messrs. Ner,
Gardiner, and Heap, John Dunmit, Esq. ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Messrs. Kimpster ; Plymouth, Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer;
Sheffield, Messrs. Garton and Wright; Southampton, Joseph Clarke,
jun., Esq. ; Stratford-on-Avon, W. Bolton, Esq.; Taunton, Richard
Ball, Esq. ; Worcester, William Miles, Esq. ; York, Messrs. Gray.
stem and Earle.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Counties Union

and Bristol, Bath, and Dover arect Railway.
gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of
25/, each, in this Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or
any less number you may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit
of 2/. 12s. tid. per Share, and all future calla thereon, and to execute
the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when
equired.

Dated this day of , 1845.
I am Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Usual mode of Signature
Name in full
Profession, Trade, or Occupation
Residence and Place of Business
Name and Address of Referee in full..

LINCOLN AND NORTHAMPTON RAIL-
WAY (originally registered as the Hull, Great Grimsby
and Southampton Railway, connecting Great Grimsby with the
South Midland Railway), forming a direct communication between
the porta of 'lull and Southampton.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 1i 0,)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
,Esq. M.D., Hull
lexander, Abraham, Esq. Lullington-house, Leamir,gton
Acton, Joseph, Esq. Wigan
Addison, George Wilson, Esq. Hall-field, Bradford, director of the
West Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ackroyd, —, Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway, &c.
Asphitel, William Hurst, Esq. No, I I, Clement's-lane, Lombard-
street, magistrate for the ccel.,ity of Middlesex
Bradley, William, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of the
Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Rail-
way Companies
Brittain, Samuel Swan, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Oxford,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the East and West of
England, and the Ely and Wisbeach Railway Companies
Burgess, John, Esq. boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the
London and Manchester Direct Railway Company, &c.
Betteridge, Abraham, Esq. London, director of the Metropolitan
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Bicknell, J. A., Esq. Bristol, director of the Stafford and Shrews-
bury Railway Company
Byrom, 'William, Esq. Oldham, director of the York and Lancaster
Railway Company, &c.
Brsom, Thomas, Esq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Cheiten..
ham, Oxford, and London Railway Company
Brown, Joseph, Esq. Bedford
Burrows, Josiah, Esq. Castle House, Gomersal, Leeds
Bullivant, Job, Esq. East Retford, director of the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Railway Company
Bateman, Samuel Esq., Croft-house, near Bradford, Yorkshire,
director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Company,
&c.
Braman, Thomas, Esq. Tamworth
Butterfield, John, Esq. Keighley
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Nottingham Railway Company, &e. Sheffield and
Beverley, William, Esq. Potter Newton, near Leeds, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company, &c.
Beioley, Joseph, Esq. 14, Stanhope-street, Regent's-park
Bewick, E. R., Esq. Barsham-nouse, near Beccles, director of the
,
Leicester and Bedford Railway Company, &c.
'
Betts, William, Esq. Be:vis Mount
Southampton
.ng Junction Railway
Bentley
West director of the Leeds
,
and Rid Nathan, Esq
Burgiss, Joh:a, Esq.
Rarnsb~St. James's-square, Manchester
Thomas, Esq., Gomersal
oil, William, Esq. Northampton, Member of the Town Council,
and director of the Eastern and Midland Railway
Cadman, Edwin, Esq. Westbourne.house, Sheffield, director of the
Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Railway Company
Cameron, J., Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and
Midland Railway Company
Caldwell, William, Esq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c. &c.
Crowdson, William, Esq. Wigan
Clark, Jeremiah, Esq. I 1 i, Union-court, Broad-street, London,
director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company
Coventry, Millis, Esq. White Hart-court, Lombard-street, London,
director of the Britannia Life Assurance Company
Cook, —, Esq. Gainsborough
Carlisle, Thomas, Esq. Clifton, Bristol; 6, Hyde Park-place West,
chairman of the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings Railway Company
Chapman, E., Esq. Gibson-square, director of the Grand Junction,
Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction
Coupland, Edward, Esq. Boston
Collinson,
William, Esq. Hull
Chapman. R. Esq. director of the Manchester, Rugby, and South-
ampton Railway
Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Pearling-hall and Leicester
Darlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire, director and
treasurer of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company, &c.
Duffield, Francis, Esq. Boltoss-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Searrot-lodge, Leeds, director of the
Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railway Company
Daykene, the Rey. J. 0 , Lincoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c
&c., magistrate of the
county
Douglas, Samuel, Esq.
Doctors'-commons, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South. Western Railway Junction
Downes, C. Esq. Warwick street, Golden-square, London, director
of the South Midland and Northampton and Banbury Rail..
Dixon,wayCompany
, srohnAlcock, Esq. Burnley, South Lancashire Assurance
Company
Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire
Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse.hill, director of the
Midlands Railway
Grand Trunk Railway Company, &e.
Driffield, William, Esq. Bondbud h
Enaresborough
Eccles, William, Esq., 50, Old Broad-street, London, director of
theo n Great
Grimsby
ceeand
Company, Ale.Ea
Elsworth, E. Esq. Sandford.houee, Kirkstall, near Leeds
Edens, Joel,
Esq Northampton
Etheredge, F. W.
Esq. Park-street, director of the Liverpool and
t James,
k_
eat on Yorkid nds
Derby Railway Company, A.
.
Farrar, Timothy, jun. Esq.
V'ragleY-house, Wakefield
Fitch, Colonel, York-terrace, Regent's ark director of the York
and Manchester Railway
Gordon, Esq. M.D. Hull
d Green, George, Esq. Pontefract, director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway Company
Goldsmith, Charles, Esq. Friday-street London, director of the
Manchester and Rugby Railway Company
Garty, F. B. Esq. Chepstow-place, Camberwell, director of the
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company]
Greaves, A. G. Esq. Derby
Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham
Halifax, director of
Graves, Henry Swan, Esq. Exley Bank Lodge,
the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &es
Hattersley, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire
Heeles, Thomas, Esq. Skipton Castle, director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Hillyard, Clark, Esq: Thorpelands, near Northampton, president of
the Northamptonshire Farming Society
Hewlett, T. L. Esq. Northampton
Holmes, Isaac, Esq Liverpool
Hare, Sir John, I I, Langham.place, London, director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Railway Company
llalford, John, Esq. Rusholm.house, near Manchester
Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the Manchester, Hud •
dersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway Company
Haigh, Thomas, Esq. isTewlay, near-Leeds, directer of the Midland
and Thirsk Railway Company -
Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke-street, St. JaSnes's, director of Mid-
land Counties and Birmingham Railway Companies
NeYililes R. D., Zs Mglitt tigkojousb •

Hollingwortb, James, Esq. London terrace, Derby

Isaacson, Rev. Stephen, Berners.street, Director of the Chelten-
ham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c.
Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, director of the
Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Johnson, Samuel, E,:q. Halifax, director of the Leeds, York, and

Midland Railway
Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company
Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Rosa and
Kilkenny Company, &c.
Kidley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield
Kuper, William, Esq. Camberwell, director of the London and
Windsor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies
Lowtlarop, Sir William, Hull, Chairman of the Hull and Barnsley,
and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Corn.
panics
Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Morton, F. Esq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company
Morton, H. J. Esq. C. E. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of th• Hull,
Mahon, and Northern Union Railway
111`Crea, H. 0. Esq. The Haugh, Halifax
Mesham, W. R. Esq. St. ',oyes, Bedford, director of the North.
ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company
Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and

Midland Railway Company
Magnay, Sir William, Bart. alderman, London
M'Swinney, Joseph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company, Sec.
Newen, George, Esq. Hyde Parksterrace
Needham, the Hon. Francis, Fairfield-ludge, Kensington

Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds, provisional director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company
Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and
Liverpool Railway Company
Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Direct Western Railway Company
Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester
Powell, S. H. Esq. Foxley-cottages, North Brixton, director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company
Preston, Thomas B. Skipton
Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby
Reyno:ds, James, Esq. merchant, Manchester
Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley
Junction Railway Company, &c,
Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West

Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, chairman of the Manchester, Wigan,
and Southampton Railway Company
Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director of the York and Lancaster
Rail way
Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-square, chair-
man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail-
way Company
Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester.place, Portman-square
Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq. Bristol near Leeds, director of the
Greet Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the
Great Western and Southern and Eastern Railway Company
Ramsden, Thomas, Esq. Cothingley, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Renshaw, James, Esq Lombard-street, London, and West Heath.
house, Erith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South

Stafordshire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley,
Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company
Rogers, Thomas, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and

Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Belgrave- square

Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moore-house, near Tuiford, Notts
Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln
Aloane, W., Esq. 57, Wimpole-street
Scriven, J. W., Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds

and London Railway Company
Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds
smith, George Walker, Esq. Horbury-hall, Sheffield, director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Company
Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmonsburgh, Yorkshire, director of the

Great Northern and Southern Railway Company
Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shiliber-hall, Halifax
Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble Coombe, near Dorking

_ . .
Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, London, director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway
Company
Savage, H. Esq. Dorset. place, Dorset-square
Swiney, J. Janes, Esq Sandal-view, near Wakefield, director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, London and Liverpool,
Leeds, York, and Midland, Bristol andlDover, Sheffield, Silkstone,
and Wakefield, Hull and Holyhead Railway Companies
Scott, William, Esq. Heworth, New York, a provisional director of
the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomson, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and

Liverpool Company
Taylor, Peter, &q. Knaresborough

Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tuxford, Notts
Wright, Major-General, R.E. Gloucester-place, Por►man_square
Whitehead, William DOSS3, Esq. Derby.house, Chetwood, Man..

chester
Wilson, Wi!liam, Esq. 3, Devonport.strect, Sussex-square
Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire

Wigglesworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax

Wright, T. S. Esq. Northampton
Ward, Thomas Asline, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Sheffield and

Manchester Railway Company
Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endcliffe.hall, Sheffield
White, W. Esq. Fitzroy-square, director of the London and Wind.

sor Railway
Witham, James, Esq. Eaton. square, director of the Direr:. London
and Liverpool
Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Y..4kshire
Wale, Edwin, Esq. York, a provisional director of the York,
Leeds, and Midland Junction Railway
Tates, George, Esq. Halifax

ENGINEERS—Francis Esq., Alfred Giles, Esq.
BANKERS—
Lor..don : Messrs. Cox and Co.
SOLICITOR—London :
deorge Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
and No. 2,

Offices. :go. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Ba.singhall.street.
This cor.ipany is formed for the purpose of establishing direct
railway 'omriunicaticn between the important ports of Hull,
Great Grirr.aby, and Southampton.
It it i:otended to effect this desirable object by the construction
Of a Vine of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham,
Uppingham, near to Rockingham and Itothwell, and
joining the South Midland Railway between Market Ilarborough
and Northampton ; thus forming, in connexion with projected
lines of railway from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and from
Northampton to Southampton the connecting link in one uninter.
rupted chain of railway communication from Hull and Grimsby
to Southampton, Gosport, and Poole, and the whole of the south-
western coast of England.

It will also form the most direct route from Hull, Great
Grimsby, and the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Northamp.
tonshire, and part of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Chel.
tenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter, and the South and West of
England.

An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of
this undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of
view, forming as it will an intimate connexion between London
and the South generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire
and the adjacent counties, at present without railway accommo-
dation; while its value to the South Midland, the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway
Companies, and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which
it will form a most profitable adjunct) must be obvious.
This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected
line from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and
Grimsby, the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed
lines running to Lincoln ; at Grantham with the Nottingham,
Vale of Belvoir and Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakham
with the Syston and Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford,
and Birmingham and London, and Manchester Direct.
One great and important feature in this railway is, that it does
not run parallel with, or in opposition to, any existing line of
railway.
The ground has been surveyed, and found to be practicable, pre.
scenting for the most part no engineering difficulties.
Satisfactory communications for mutual co-operation have been
opened with the several companies, whose interests will be affected
by the proposed line. In the meantime the Committee of Manage-
merit reserve power to amalgamate with any other company, or
, deviate from the Proposed line, or make such extensions and
branches as they may hereafter deem advisable.
The Subscribers will be held liable only to the amount of their
subscriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on all calls from
the passing of the Act.
In consequence of a great portion of the Shares having been
already applied tor, the period for application must necessarily be
very limited.
Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed form to the
following Sharebrokers :—London : Mr. W. West, Capel.court,
Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Ex-
change-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and
Co., Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Potter and Smith, York; Messrs.
Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply..
mouth ; Mr. T. Sandford Exeter; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham;
Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield;
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Chelten-
ham ; to the Secretary, No. 2. Guildhall-chambers; and to George
Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street.
1

William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde.
park, director of the South Midland, nd Northampton, Ban.
bury and Cheltenham Railway
Martin Sudety, Esq., Cambridge terrace, Regent's-park, director
of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railways
Henry Rendell Wotton, Esq„ Fitzroy-squaro, London
IA devisee in trust of
the late Earl of Egre.
Lawrence Walker, Esq., King's..road, mont, owner of the
Gray's Inn, London Harbour of Watchet,
and extensiveadjaceot
manors and estates

William Eales, Esq., 3fincing.lane
Frederick William Drewe, Esq., Woodlands.house, near Stowey

Somerset
Joseph Gundry, Esq., Hyde house, near Bridrort, merchant and ship.

owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Robert Longhorn, Esq., Cottesbrooke, Northampton
Joh❑ Hill, Esq., Fairfield-house, Lyme Regis, Dorset, merchant
William Tucker, Esq., Coryton-park, near Axminster, Devon
Thomas Hoskins, Esq., Haselbury, Plucknett, near Crewkerne,

Somerset
Thomas Fox, Esq., Beaminster, Dorset, Commissioner of Bridporl

_
Harboor
William Loveridge, Esq., Paradise lodge, near Chard
Charles Warre Loveridge, Esq., Crewkerne, banker
Benjamin Pearkes Gundry, Esq., Bridport, merchant
William Trevalyan Cox, Esq., Cheddington.court, near Beaminster
R. Walter, Esq., Coombe.head, near Chard
William Colfox, Esq., Rax.house, Bridport, merchant and ship.
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Stephen Whetham, Esq , Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn.

missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Pike Stephens, Esq., Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn

missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Kvnway, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Thomas Colfox, Esql, Rax -house, Bridport, merchant
William Kinglake, Esq., Wilton-house, Taunton
William Beadon, Esq., Gotton-house, near Taunton
James Bunter, Esq., Taunton, banker
Henry Hooper, Esq. (late Mayor of Exeter), architect, director of
the North Devon Railway, and Deputy Chairman of the Exeter
and Crediton Railway
Richard Carver, Esq., Taunton, architect, county surveyor for So.
mersetshire
James Carrol Wilcocks, Esq., Exeter, director of the North Devon
Railway, and of the Exeter and Crediton Railway
James Marsh, Esq., Alphington, Exeter, director of the North
Devon Railway
John Hancock, Esq., Halse, near Taunton
Henry Daubney Harvey, Esq., Wiveliscombe, director of the
North Devon Railway
Phillip Hancock, Esq., Ford-house, near Wiveliscombe
James Thomas Benedictus Notley, Esq., Coombe, Sydenham-house,
near Watchet
ieorge Notley, Esq., Chillingten, Somerset
Joseph Hitchcock, Esq., Grove, Taunton
H. D. King, Esq., Ta,:nton
Stephen William Whetham, Esq., Bridport, merchant and ship-
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Walter Eustace Gundry, Esq., Bridport, banker and merchant
Alfred Nicholetts, Esq., Wooderwell, near Bridport
William Battiscombe, Esq., East Cottage, near Bridport, brewer,
Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Thomas Ewens, Esq., Allington, near Bridport, merchant and ship-
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
William Hounsell, Esq., Wykes -court, near Bridport, merchant
Richard Hayward, Esq., West Chinnock, Somerset, merchant and
fax-mill owner
John Hounsell, Esq., Bridport
Theophilus Miller Gunn, Esq., Bridport
James Brown, Esq., Burton, Bradstock, near Bridport
Joseph Hounsell, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Richard Tucker, Esq., Bridport, merchant
William Tucker, Esq., Allington.villa, near Bridport
Richard Turle, Esq., Taunton, merchant
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton, merchant
Thomas Powell, Esq., The Gaer, near Newport, Monmouthshire,
coal proprietor; a director of the Taff Vale Railway
Thomas Hughes, Esq., Kingshill, Newport
Franklin Meager, Esq., Swansea, Glamorganshire, of the firm of
M. I. Michael and F. Meager
George Bucknell, Esq., Crowcombe, near Watchet
John Southcomb Ling, Esq., Stoguatber near Watchet
Henry Foote Ling, Esq., Stogumber, near Watchet
George Eters, Esq., Stogurriber, director of the North Devon Rail-
way
John Williams, Buckland, near Farringdon, Berks
William Cockburn, Esq., Minehead, Somerset
Robert
Hole, Esq., Alcombe, near Minehead
Henry Cadell, Esq., Stampford Brett, near Watchet
Frederick William Rossiter, Esq., Williton, near Watchet
William Avery, Esq., Barnstaple, member of the Provisional Com-
mittee of the North Devon Railway
Alfred Marriott, Esq., Broadlands- lodge, Taunton
John William Marriott, Esq., Taunton
Henry Alford, Esq., Taunton
John Eales White, Esq., Taunton, brewer
Jonathan Payne, Esq., Norton, near Taunton, corn-factor and
mill-owner
William Middleton, Esq , Chard, brewer
Silvanus Stephens, Esq., Bridport
William Manley, Esq., Bridport
James 1-iaydon, Esq. ) Flax-manufacturers,
it..mert Turner, Esq. 3 Greenham -mills, Crewkerne
James Hill, Esq., Chard
Thomas Llewellyn, Esq., Taunton
Thomas Stoate, Esq., Washforthmills and Watchet, merchant
and ship-owner
William Stoate, Esq., Watchet-mills, merchant and ship-owner
William Gimblett, Esq., merchant and ship-owner, Watchet
William G. Hole, Esq., merchant and ship-owner, Watchet
J. Wansbrough, Esq., / Paper-makers, Paper-mills, Watchet
John Date, Esq., and Bristol
William James, Esq., Doniford, near Watchet
Henry George Hole, Esq„ merchant andship.owner, Watchet
Joseph Williams, Esq., banker, Williton, near Watchet
Thomas Hawkes, Esq., land agent and surveyor, Williton, near
Watchet

(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING ENGINEER—C. B. Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S. A.
ENGINEERS W. C. Mylne, Esq., F.R.S., Principal Engineer to the
New River Company ; R. W. Mylne, Esq.
LONDON BANKERS.
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Biddulph, 43, Charing-cross
Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill.

Both the harbours are capable of being much improved, and
belong to proprietors able and willing to improve them to meet the
increased wants of the community.
The port of Watchet, as it is, has the largest and most important
trade on the English side of the Bristol Channel. This Railway
will increase that trade fourfold, and therewith its own piosperity.
The shore contiguous to Watchet exclusively abounds with lime
of the most celebrated description, both for water-works and ex-
terior building, being the same as the universally known and cele-
brated Aberthaw lime, which also is on the directly opposite coast
and at and around Watchet are extensive corn and flour mills,
paper mills, and clothing mills.

The foregoing facts show that the line must have a very extern
sive goods traffic.

It is not intended to put forward Watchet as a packet station
either for Ireland or South Wales; nor does this measure require
such aid. No portion of the coast of the Bristol Channel, east of
Ilfracombe, can have the slightest pretemion to be, or be
made, a packet station. In the first place, it is obvious that
the railway in actual progress from the Government Dock.yard
at Pembroke (or Ilobbe's Point, 100 miles further down the Bris-
tol Channel) will take all the packet trade from the south of Ireland :
Liverpool takes Dublin;whilst Ilfracombe (50miles west of Watchet),
and Swansea (directly opposite to Ilfracombe), maintain a regular
steam packet passenger and goods traffic; and in the second place,
all the harbours on the English side east of Ilfracombe are dry, and
for a great length, at low water, the shores being very fiat, and to
construct a harbour on them, to admit large class steamers and to
land passengers at all times of the tide, would, if not impracticable,
cost an enormous sum. To hold out expectations that either of
them might be such packet station, would for the above reasons be

The extended North Devon line of railways will serve the port
of Ilfra.ombe and its packets.

A survey has been made by the engineers, who have reported
that the line is easy of construction, and will not interfere with any
park.

It affords great satisfactio►► to the promoters to be enabled to
announce that the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company have promised to give this measure their favourable con-
sideration, and the promoters entertain a sanguine expectation that
it will receive their support.
The neighbouring landowners and gentry are favourable to the
measure, and all the merchants and traders both at Watchet and
Bridport, as well as the principal cal proprietors in South Wales,
and all persons throughout the line, entertain a high opinion of its
merits, and earnestly desire it.
Many extensive landowners on the line, whose names do not
appear on the Provisional Committee, have yet expressed them-
selves as friends to the measure.

The Act will be applied for next session, and the liabilities will
be limited to the amount of subscriptions, and interest at four
per cent. will be paid on all calls from the time of payment until
the opening of the line.

An early allotment of the shares will be made, and the usual
Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be exe.
cuted by the Shareholders when called upon.
Applications for shares to be made, in the form annexed, to
Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime.street ; to either of
the solicitors in the country; Messrs. George Burnand and Co.,
Cornhill ; John Mocatta, Esq., Copthall.chambers ; H. J. Barker,
Esq., Tokenhouse-yard ; John Brewer, Esq., New Market-hill, Man.
cheater ; Messrs. Francis and James Mill, Liverpool ; Messrs.
Wreford, Nicholls, and Co., Bristol; or John Bannehr, Esq.,
Exeter.

Taunton, Sedt. 29, 1845. --
FORM OF AXPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Bristol and EnglisiE Channels Direct Junction Railway.
I request you will allot to me shares in this under-
taking, and I agree to take the same or such of them as may be
allotted to me upon the terms stated in the prospectus, and to pay
the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of

, 1845.

Name
Residence
Profession or Occupation

Reference Name
Address
To the Committee of the Bristol and English Channels
Direct Junction Railway Company.

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Offices of this Company are Re-
moved to No. 25, Bridge-street, Parliament-street, Westminster.
WM. PROTHEROE, Secretary.
October 16, 1845.

THE DIRECT LONDON and EXETER
RAILWAY (with EXTENSION to FALMOUTH and
PENZANCE).

The Committee of Management hereby give Notice that they
have COMPLETED the ALLOTMENT of SHARES, and that the
usual letters arc this day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on
claims unprecedented, it is believed, in their number and respecta-
bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preference to ap-
plicants locally interested, or likely to bring to bear for tha Company
a large share of legitimate influence. The numerous persons, with
undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose
applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested
to accept this reason as the Committee's apology.
The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public
support are daily reaching them from the most influential quarters,
the engineering preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad-
vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in
a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders.
E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec.

rrHE LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and BUCK-
INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 20!. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of
Parliament.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
The Right Hon. John Earl of Portarlington
The Right Hon. Edward Vernon, Lard Suffield
The Right Hon. Henry Robert Lord Rossmore
The Right Hon. James Lord Dunboyne
Lord Sussex Lennox
The Right Hon. G. L. D. Darner, M.P.
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq. High Sheriff of Bucks
The Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
The Hon, Percy Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Belgrave-
square
The lion. Colonel Henry Hutchison, Weston, Northamptonshire
The Hon. Stafford Jerningliam
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
The Hon. Michael W. Bellew Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicester-
shire
The Hon. Colonel Westenra, 31. P.
The Hon. Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street, Piccadilly
Count Bathyany, 5, Audley-square, London
Sir Henry Seale, Bart.
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. 41, Dorset-street, London
Sir J. Eglinton Anderson, F.R.I.A. New Burlington-street
Sir James H. Annesley, Albany
Abraham Alexander, Esq. Lullington-house, Milverton, Warwick-
shire
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-hall, Warwickshire, and 15, Grosvenor-
place, London
Emile Benassit, Esq. 66, Mark-lane
James Brand, Esq. New Broad-street, London
William Bradley, Esq. the Oaks, Sheffield
Henry Austin Bruce, Esq. Duffryne-house, Cardiff
William Downing Bruce, Esq. 17, Charles-street, St. James's-
square
George A. Bunbury, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry,
Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway
Edward Burton, Esq. Milverton-house, Leamington
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westhourne-house, Sheffield
George Gunning Campbell, Esq. 37, Montagu-square, London
R. Chapman, Esq. Coombe lodge, Hants
G. A. H. Chiehester, Esq. 15, Chesham-place, London
Edward Hyde Clark, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington, and Tick-
ford-park, Bucks
F. F. Clossman, Esq. Mincing-lane, London, Chairman of the Great
Luxembourg Railway
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Union Club, London
John Morton Cottle, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington
Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Ellington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-
place, London
henry D. Erskine, Esq. 93, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
The Rev. Henry Robert Fowler, Manchester-square, London
Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. Chepstow-house, Camberwell, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
James Gernon, Esq. 13, Conduit-street, London, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq. Potternewton Mount, near Leeds
Major J. It. T. Graham (late Scots Greys), Grove, Clapham-common
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadeby house, Lincolnshire, and 17, Pall-
mall, London
Captain George James Hunter, Bertie-terrace, Leamington, director
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
William Hunter, Esq. 21, Clarendon-square, Leamington, director of
the Direct Western, Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways
Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D., Sheffield
Captain Lionel Lampet, Leamington, Warwickshire, and Highlands,
Oxon
Robert John Lattey, Esq. Claremont Villa, St. John's-wood
George Lawton, Esq. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
William Lowndes, Esq. Chesham, Bucks
John Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield
Jacob Monteflore, Esq.
Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, London
Evan W. Morris, Esq. Pemhury, Tunbridge, director of the North
and South Wales Railway
W. Nash, Esq. Clapham-common, Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes,
and Hastings Railway
B. Oliveira, Esq. Upper Hyde-park-street, London
Samuel Parsons, Esq. Sackville-street, London
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq. Crown East, Worcester
William Raines, Esq. the Temple, London, director of the London
and Nottingham Railway
Cornelius Randall, Esq. Manchester
James Saunderson, Esq. Lansdown-place, Leamington, Warwick-
shire, and Castle Saunderson, Cavan, Irela,pd
Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James' -square, London
Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, London
Captain William Tringham, R.N. Solyhull, Warwickshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheath-park, Kent, director of the Com-

mercial Bank
Edward Welch, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire
B. B. Williams, Esq. Wyndham-place, London
Henry Williams, Esq. Chalk-farm, London
Captain William Alexander Willis, R.N., Vicar's-hill, near Lyming•
ton, Hants.

ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq. C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Forbes and Drake, Warnford-court, London
Messrs. Birch and 13ramah, Great Winchester-street, London
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, Esq.
HAnktas—Commercial Bank of London.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.--A. W. Harnett, Eeq.
Offices, 127, Leadenhall-street.

By this Company it is proposed to supply railway accommoda-

tion, through an inilependent channel, t 0 all the principal towns in
Buckinghamshire, and to many in the other comities through which
the projected line is to run, hitherto destitute of this now indispen-
sable mode of transit. . .

The project known by the name of " The Buckinghamshire Rail-
way and Oxford and Wolverton Junction" is announced in their pro-
speqiis as being under the direction and superintendence. 0.. the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway Company, as their lessees in perpetuity,
receiving four per cent. on the outlay, with a conditional arran,:e-
ment as to the surplus profit.
From this arrangement it must be obvious to every one that the
monopoly of the London and Birmingham Company, which it was a
principal object to destroy, is more strongly secured than before, and
the profits which would accrue to an independent line, after payment
of the 4/. per cent. interest, is virtually thrown into their hands.
In addition to this, the arrangement to make use of the termini of

the London and Birmingham Company, together with a considerable
portion of their line, reduces the Buckinghamshire Railway in fact to
a mere extension of the older company, and confers on the latter the
means of absolutely and entirely controlling the traffic, and conse-
quently the :profits, of the projected line ; so that the reservation as
to the surplus profits in truth amounts to nothing.
The adoption of the projected Buckinghamshire Railway by the
London and Birmingham Company proves their con.ciousness of the
necessity of a railway communication through the country proposed
to be traversed; and to prevent a continuance of their monopoly,
and to secure both to shareholders and to parties locally interested
the benefits ,of an independent line, the present Company has been
formed, awl has met with the strenuous support of many landed pro-
prietors Ir. I the counties through which it will pass, who have hitherto
withheld their co-operation from the Buckinghamshire Railway
C°nlr-any for the reasons enumerated.
_ne line will proceed through or near to Uxbridge, by the Valley
°,l Chalfont, to Amersham and Wendever, and thence to Aylesbury,
by Winslow, to Buckingham. It will take a course from thence
through Brockley and Banbury, by Leamington and Warwick, to
Birmingham, having the advantage of being the shortest route
hitherto proposed between Birmingham and London.
Applications for shares, in the annexed form, may be made to the
Secretary, at the temporary Offices of the Company, or to Messrs.
Edward Ellis and Co., Sharebrokers, 03, Threadneedle-street.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the London, Birmingham, and
Buckinghamshire Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 20/. each in
the proposed London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Rail-
way, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or such smaller
number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when
required.
Dated this

day of , 1845
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