The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON., SAT-URI:IA Y EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 18f5.

4 Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation
and Holyhead Junction, and West Midland and South Midland and
Oxford Extension Railways
John Ostler, E'q., Director of the Hull and Barnsley, and Leeds and
Carlisl, Railways
Robert Oxley, Esq., M.D., Pontefract
George Osgood, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn
Charles Frederick Palgrave, Esq., Bedford
Bennett Pell, Esq., 12, Finsbury-place North
John Phillips, Esq., Mayor of Pontefract
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-house, Russell-square
Willi sin Patterson, Esq., Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire
Robert Power, Esq., Director of the Great Britain Life Assurance
Society
Thomas Ingham Raynor, Esq., Birstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
John Thomas Haworth, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Birming-
ham Direct, Leicester, Iron and Dove Valley Railways
Edward Rawlins, Esq., Bedford
Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah-house, Enfield, Managing
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
James Robson, Esq., Trinsheif, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon-
tefract
Frederick Redden, Esq., Bedford
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester,
and Weymoath Junction, the ring, Reading, and Basingstoke,
and the Direct Western Railway
George Robinson, Esq.' Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways
John Richardson, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate,
the East and West Yorkshire, and the Midland and Thirsk Junc-
tion Railways
Thomas Routlidge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract
James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton, of the Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railways
Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury
henry Savage, Esq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway
Benjamin Thaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnet

and Blythe Valleys 'Railways
J. E. Sichel, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Ca;endish-square, Director
of the South Midland Junction Railway, &c. &c.
George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury-hall, Sheffield, Director of

the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., 30, North-street, Leeds,Director of the
Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Joseph Smithson, Esq , Kirkless Mills, near Halifax
John Sanders, Esq., Bedford
J. W. Scriven, Esq., Throstlene,st, near Otley, Director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Richard Shaw, Esq., Tulledge, near Burnley, Director of the Keigh-
ley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway
James Henry Simpson, Esq., 31.11., Pontefract
Joshua Amiable Skidmore, Esq., St. John's-place, Wakefield
William Starkey, 'Esq., Wakefild, Director of the Sheffield, Wort-
ley, Silkstone, and Wakefield, and the Leeds and York Railways
William ii:tewart, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield
George Eaton Stanger, Esq , Nottingham
Samuel Herrick Surplice, Esq., Beeston, Notts
John Stt cots, Esq., merchant, Spring Field-house, Sandiacre, Derby-
shire

William Surplice, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel James Sykes, Esq., Hull
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter,
ant Stafford Railway
Thomas S. Trapp, Esq., banker, Bedford
John Best Trapp. Esq., Redford
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, Hull, Di-
rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
Thomas Turney, Esq., Park-lodge, near Halifax
William Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, hull
Joseph Francis Tempest, Esq., F.S.A., the Mount, Ackwortli
Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract, Director of the Manchester, Hud-
dersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway
Wm. Watson,Esq , Day-brook, Nottinghamshire, Director of Amber-
gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway ,
Samuel Warburton, Esq., liunslet, Leeds, Director of the Wakefield
and Harrogate Railway
The Rev. Richard Whitelock, MA., Saddleworth, Magistrate for
the West Riding of Yorkshire
Joseph Whitaker, Esq., Ramsdale, Nottinghamshire
William White, Esq., Bedford
John Williams, Esq., M.D., Magistrate for Yorkshire, Director of
the York, Hull, and East and West Riding Junction Railway
Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale, F.R.C.S.
Joseph Wyles, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
tke Rugby, Kerby, and Manchester, and Direct Birmingham and
Leicester Railways
William Williams, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Charles Waite, Esq., Willesdon-house, Middlesex
John Wheelton. Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Willett, Esq., Bradford
The Rev. IL Burdett Worthington, Bedford
G. N. Wright, M.A:, Coed y Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-
square. London, Director of the Thames Valley Railway
George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax
(With power to add ,to their number).
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF—Sir John Macneil, LL.D., and F.R.3.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam MUlliDgitr Higgins, Esq., C.E.
LONDON SOLICITORS.
J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court.
Owen Gray, Esq. 1
J. B. Midge, Esq. j 25, Great Tower-street.
LOCAL SOLICITORS. •
Leeds—Charles Naylor, Esq., and
Pontefract—Henry John Coleman, Esq.
Rotherham—John Oxley, Esq., and John Wright Potter, Esq.
East Retford--Messrs. Mee, Bigsby, and Mee.
Nottingham—Messrs. Fox and Butlin.
Oakham—Henry Hough, Esq.
Kettering—Thomas Marshall, Esq.
Bedford—Ezra Eagles, Esq.
SECRETARY—J. B. Owen, ESQ.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT--.J. M. Widdicombe, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Company
Doncaster 1 The Yorkshire Banking Company.
Pontefract t

The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course,
the important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds with the
metropolis, the want of which has long been felt, and is too univer-
sally acknowledged to need any comment, and it is under this con-
viction that this important undertaking, aster several minute exa-
minations of the country through which it will pass, has been brought
forward. _ . .

The proposed line will commence at the jnnction of the Manchester
and Leeds, and York and North Midland Railways, near Wakefield,
and will terminate by means of a junction with the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, at Bedford (to which place it is the intention of that
Company to extend their line in the ensuin' session of Parliament);
and by thus availing itself as far as possible of the existing railways,
will complete the most direct and least expensive trunk line, from
London to Leeds, York, and Hull. It will pass in its route within an
available distance of Wakefield, Pontefract, Doncaster, Rotherham,
East Redford, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Melton Mowbray,
Qakham, and Stamford.

England Railway
W. H. Hornby, Esq., Blackburn
John Hemp, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
John Smith Hamp, Esq., Catton, Burton-upon-Trent
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.P., Sheffield
John Newington Hughes, Esq., St. Michael's, Winchester
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-

The importance of such a line is obvious, both from the nature of
its cow se (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within
its limits), as also trom the absence of any direct communication
for the conveyance of passengers and merchandise.
By the construction of this railway, railway communication to
London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester (by means of
the Syston and Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham,
(by the Nottingham and Lincoln line(, and to Sheffield and Gains-
borough, )by the Sheffield and Gainsborough line), by a much shorter
route than by any existing railways.
Independently of the advantages offered to the towns in the seve-
Jai counues LitrOugn WIIICII Lint toe win pass, use line ia
eidered as a direct trunkis athesent
to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic
between these two places would produce such a return on the capital
required, as to admit of a dividend equal to that of any railway in
Operation;-but when it is borne in mind that a company is being
formed for the purpose of connecting Glasgow and Leeds by
means of a junction with the York and Carlisle Railway, no better
line can be presented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct
communication from Glasgow and the western parts of Scotland to
London, but would also connect Edinburgh and the eastern parts of
Scotland, as well as Durham and Newcastle (by the York and North
Midland, and Great North of England Railways) with the metropo-
lis, which would be considerably shorter than the accommodation
offered by any other company ; and when cost of construction is con-
sidered, there cannot be a doubt but that preference would be given
to the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway.
The fact of the Eastern Counties Railway being connected by a
branch line with the East and West India Docks on the river
Thames, and the Railway Company having recently leased for 999
years the extensive pepper warehouses belonging to those docks,
which are capable of receiving 12,000 tons of goods, together with
wharili adjoining, where the shipment and trans-shipment of goods
from all parts of the world can take place, is a most important fea-
ture in favour of the direct communication from the manufacturing
towns of Glasgow and Leeds offered by the Great Leeds and London
Direct Railway and, by branch railways to the main trunk line,
through which all goods from the manufacturing districts could be
conveyed at once to these warehouses for shipment, thereby avoiding
the present delay and expense of cartage, and in reality establishing
an almost direct and invaluable connexion between the rivers Clyde
and Thames.
It has been ascertained that there are no engineering difficulties,
that the w rks will be easy, and the gradients remarkably good, and
that it will not materially interfere with any ornamental property.
The subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first
deposits, until an A-it of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
to the amount of their subscriptions.
It is proposed to take power in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per
cent. per annum on all calls until the opening of the line, and also
to extend the line to Hertford on the Eastern Counties line, in the
event of that Company not prosecuting their line to Bedford.

way Company
Joseph Haden, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley
David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and
Binninzham and Cheshire Junction Railway
James Horne, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the N.rth Lou-

don Railway Company
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the

Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfleld-house, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick Hewett, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man-
.itnrp,v _
Leeds and Carlisle Railway
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.P., Sheftithl
John Hyde, Esq., Manchester
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West

of England Railway
William Jenkinson, Esq., Marl,orough-square, Salford
George Jones, Esq., Pedland, M:„..ol
V. Clark Kemball, Esq., G, Chester-place; Hyde-park
J. Kinloch. Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North

Wales Railway
John Knill, Esq„ Thames-street, Director of the ' Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and

West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
M. W. King, Esq., Amblicote-hall, Stourbridge
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate,
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledgard, Esq , Wood-street
John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Brookville, near Manchester
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Book
Company
Captain 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 Basingstoke 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 Mailman, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian Pe-
ninsular Railway
William Malins, Esq , Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire Railway
William Robert Mesltm, Esq., M.D., Bedford
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton Hill, Leamington
R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane and Coleford
.John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
Thomas Markland, Esq., Matheld, Manchester --
James Marshall, Esq., Brinnulgton Mount, Stockport
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury
Nicholas M'Cann, 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 Naden, Esq., Dudley
Edward Norris, Esq.. Manchester
Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Direct Railway
P. Oldfleld, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Liverpool Railway
George Parbnry, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Ansley Pellet, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham Independent Railway
Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton Railway
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard N. Philipps, Esq., Sheffield
John, Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South-Western Steam Packet Company, South-
ampton
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Railway
Charles Phillips. Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
John Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol
George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton
Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital
David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maida-hill
Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pany
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
James Shaw, Esq., Salford
John Sidebottom, Esq., Harewood-lodge, Cheshire
William Sidebottom, Esq.. Etherton-house, Cheshire
David Siltzer, Esq.. Rhodes, near Manchester
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and Glou-
cester, South Devon and Cornwall Railway Companies
Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
W. Senhouse, Esq.. Daventry
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. 11. Sheppard, Esq , Towcester
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways. Hall, Manchester
. W. Tehbutt, Esq., Manthe,ster
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire •
• 'harks B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten !fall, Melton
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton AN lilting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
Benjamin Williams, Esq., Banker, 4, Whitehall
B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-
field Fire and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy-Chairman of the
North Kent Railway
Alderman of the Borough of Man-
, cheater
Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford-house, Stretford,
Alderman of Manchester, and Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, Southampton
John Woodcock, Esq., banker, the Elms, Wigan, Director of the
Liverpool and Bury Railway Company
John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapston, Northemptonshire
Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester

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BROKERS.
London—Messrs. Marten and Ilesenine, 9, Finch-lane
Leeds—Messrs. llopps and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Joseph King and Son
Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal
Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons
Bradford—Mr. Josiah Scholefleld
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's- square.

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Managing Committee of this Railway hereby give notice that
they are now proceeding in the Allotment of the Shares in the above
undertaking, and that all the Letters of Allotment will be issued in
the ensuing week.
Temporary Offices, Adelaide•place,

J. B. OWEN, Secretary.

London-bridge.

LYNN, WISBECH, and PETERBOROtTGH,
MIDLAND COUNTIES, and BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
At a numerous and most highly respectable and influential meeting
of the bankers, merchants, tradesmen, and other inhabitants of the
borough of King's Lynn, Norfolk, held in the Guild-hall, on Monday,
October 6, 1845.
The Worshipful the MAYOR in the Chair,
A deputation from " the Lynn, Wiabsch, and Peterborough,
Midland Counties and Birmingham Junction Railway Company,"
together with the solicitor and engineer, having attended this meet-
tug and explained the intended objects of the Company, it was re-
solved, without a dissentient voice.
" That the proposed Lynn, Wisbech, and Peterborough Railway, 13
entirely uncalled for by the wants of the district, and therefore
utterly undeserving the support of the town of Lynn."
The Mayor having left the chair, it was unanimously resolved,
" That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Mayor for his
able and impartial conduct in the chair."

SPALDING AND BRANDON JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each,
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share
Adam Duff, Esq.
Captain Tyndalo Directors of the Norfolk Railway Company
Captain Wardell,
Sir George Larpent, Bart. } Directors of the Grand Union Railway
Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P. (Nottingham) Company
Thomas Wakefield, Esq.,
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, and Co.
Er/otrisrass—Robert Stephenson, Esq. ; Charles Vignoles, DR. ;
George Parker Bidder, Esq.

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Capes and Stuart, Field-court, Gray's Inn.
SECRETARIES-Ifichard Till, Esq. ; Alfred Beeston, E.sq.
Company's Offices, 78, Conlin, London.

This line is projected by the Norfolk Railway Company and the
Grand Union Railway Company, and it will form a connecting link
between those two lines.
Leaving the station of the Norfolk Company at Brandon, the line
proceeds via Downham Market to Wished', and from thence to Spald-
ing, being a distance •f about 40 miles. At the latter town It joins
the Grand Union Railway, which continues via Grantham to Not-
tingham, thus completing a direct and independent line of communi-
cation between Yarmouth and Norwich, and Nottingham and the
manufacturing districts.
The distance between the termini will ho as short by the proposed
route as by The Lynn and Ely and Lynn and Dereham lines; whilst
the traffic between Nottingham. Yarmouth, and Norwich, and the
central, west, and south parts of Norfolk, the north of Cambridge-
shire, and the counties of Suffolk and Essex, being under the control
of friendly Companies, will be secured for this undertaking.
Estimates for the traffic are in course of preparation. In the mean-
time it may be stated that, from the data already furnished respecting
some of the important Inca sties through which the line passes, added
to the fact that it forms part of a direct course of railway communi-
cation between Manchester and the surrounding manufacturing dis-
tricts, and the ports of Yarmouth and Lynn, there is no doubt an
ample remuneration will be secured for the shareholders.
Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Eastern
Counties Railway Company in reference to that portion of the line
between Wisbeeh and Spalding, which has been agreed to be leased
by them from the Wished' and St. Ives Company.
If the Wisbech and St. Ives Company succeed in their application
to Parliament, the line to be made by this Company will be limited
to that part between► Wisbech and Brandon ; and in either case the
two Companies promoting this line have agreed to take a lease of it at
a rental equal to 4 per cent. on the outlay, and a moiety of the sur-
plus profits.
In the allotment of shares preference will be given to the share-
holders of the Norfolk and Grand Union Railway Companies.
Applications to be addressed to Richard Till, Esq., Norfolk Rail-
way Company, Guildhall-buildings ; Or to Alfred Beeston, Esq.,
78, Cornish,

aNCHESTE R AND RUGBY DIRECT
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveaey Val-
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
ley Railway
(Provisionally Registered.) Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, distiller
Capital 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. W. F. Weimington, Esq., Walsall
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. Sin:th Whilock, Esq., Birmingham
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. W. D. Wills, Esq., ristol
The Right Hon. Lord Ingestre. Alexander H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andl tr Edmund M. Wavell, Esq., Halifax
Birmingham Continuation Railway S. Watkins, Esq., Forest-hill, near Worksop
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Mostcrman, Esq., Nicholas•lane, Lombard-street, banker C 9 William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Direc- e • Robert Watkins, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
tor of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company 0 The Hon. Howe Browne. John Bagshaw, Esq.
William Hughes Hughes, Esq , Alderman of the City of Lon- aSir John Pirie, Bart.
INJa,nimesnl,:eqinersy
jAhittgwhooes,d,EEsqsq.: Joseph Brown, Esq.
den, late. M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants A John Attwood, Esq., H.P. T. Bridge Simpson, Esq.
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square .7.1.5.
John Mastennan, Esq.
JamesDa t Daniel
Lees,
Nereast.o
Esq. , E s q
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill James Horne, Esq.
John -lingsllaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern --5 • Al-
Railway 0 derman William Hill, Esq. -
4
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- o George Adam, Esq. George Parbury, Esq.
land Junction 0 BANKERS.
Win lam Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway Messrs. Masterman and Co., London.
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
3Ef essqs.r.,sl. Cji ;len). William-street, aEm.-
The Union Bank, Manchester.
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
g • ENGINEERS.
sßtirreCel
tl
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ne Westminster
BS t Sr
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway Brackstone Baker, Esq., C.E.
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Rank 1,1,
3JroeTsirsße t
jhoe,lle,pii SOLICITORS.
of London •
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, j • • • and William Heron, and Messrc Higson and
The HMI. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square Robins, Manchester.
Sir George Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richanlson, Chessel-house, Southampton
Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford. Southampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
Sir John Hare, Langliam-place
Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., Horton-hall, Cheshire
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of tke Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central
Terminus, and of the Lincensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Ashworth, Newbury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall
Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwick
James Atty, Esq., Rugby
James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester
Henry Barlow, Esq., Highfield, Stockport
Samuel Barton' Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
Hugh Beaver, Erq.. Manchester
William Fechnez Black. Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Di-
rector of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Joseph Browne, Egg., Bedford
Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Carshalton, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., SheffiOd
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. Boyce' Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of East and West
of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct
"Western Railway
George Horrett, Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., 79, Mark-lane
11. Burney, Esq.. LL.D., Gosport
Jo eph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
George Bovihl, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar
Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyds, and Avenue-road, S. John's wood
Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glou-
cestershire
W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
J. B. Byron, Esq., Director of the Richmond 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
E6win Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Rail-
way
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales
Railway
James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
Director of the North-Western Railway
George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton
George Dawson, Esq.,.Sheffield
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Count Eyre, Director of the South-Western Railway
Vincent Eyre, Esq., Director of the South-Western Railway
Captain Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Pie of Wight
E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Bread-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 Ironworks, Stourbridge
W, E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanston-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, and Birmingham South Stafford-
shire Railway
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of

LOCAL AGENTS.
At Leek—Thomas Heathcote Hacker, Esq.
At Burton-upon-Trent—John Perks, Esq.
THE MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY COMPANY, 19, Birchin-lane, London.
The Allotment of Shares is completed, and the Letters of Allot-
ment will be issued forthwith. The Directors regret, thom the
numerous Applications for Shares, they are compelled to omit very
many most influential persons.
By order,

JOHN DUNLOP, Secretary.

rHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSIIALL.

(Provisoll Restered.
Capital 1,200,0001.,i inan 48,008
Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. I2s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park, Oxon
The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, North Walsham
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley
The Right Hon. Lord A. Conynghain, Mickleham-hall, Dorking
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Danner, M.P., 6, Tilney-
street, Park-lane, Director of the Brighten and Cheltenham Direct
Railway
The Right lion. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., 13, Conduit-street, Di-
rector of the East and West Junction Railway
The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningham, Director of the London and
Nottingham Railway
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London,
Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway
E. F. Dayrell, Esq.. Lillingaton Dayrell, High Sheriff of Buckingham-
shire, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Lieut.-Colonel Elringlon, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place,
Bryanston-square, Director of the Great Western Extension
Atmospheric Railway
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wy-ndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the Central Kent Railway
James Macmillan, Esq.' Southampton. Director of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director -of the
Dover and Bristol Railway
Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby
Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and .Cheltenharn Railway
Major J. T. Croft, 15, Regent-street, Vice-Chairman of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Direct Railway
Major Graham, late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Manchester Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester-
square, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction
Railway
James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal-
way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully-castle
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Dover
and Bristol Railway.
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool
James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester
The Rev. F. . Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire
Thomas Dowgla.sse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St.
John's-wood Directors of the
B. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Direct Lon-
W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex don and Exe-
G.l
Walter W. Eszni
rs ,p
,EEs qs
q.
,3 s 1 iu s
sl b ueryx---gt rr
Sussex-gardens,
aec Regent's-park ter Railway
Hyde-park,
Upper Montague-street, Montague-square
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equitable and Law
JForlainncAisllietnoo,
sEe, sq
E.,sql2„, Gloucester-place, Kensington
Life Assurance Companies, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Railway
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Herts
Benjamin Swan, Esq., Jerrnyn-street, St. James's
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough, Director of the
London and South Wales Direct Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough
Charles Finch, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury
William Doe Belcher, Esq.,
John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alermau of Abingdon
John Tomkins, Esq.
wn
To
John Harris, Esq. Members of the
don Council, Abing-
Thomas Copeland, Esq. Mayor of Abingdon
Edwin James Trendeli, Esq,
John King, Esq., Abingdon
John Aldworth, Esq., Frilford, Berks
Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon
William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdonlsaac Grubb. Esq
John Towle, Esq.
Samuel Steane, Esq.
lfeiabers of the City Council, Oxford
Richard Chaundy, Esq.
Charles Hickman, Esq.
John Weaving, Esq.,
R. C. Godfrey, Esq. J
James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford, a
Justice of the Peace for Oxon and Berke, and Director of the Lon-
do') and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Captain H. Strong, Manager of the London and County Bank, Ox-
ford and Worcester Extension Railway.
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford
John Looker, Esq., Oxford
William Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon •
Mr. Charles Shillingford, wine-merchant, Somer Town, Oxon
Mr. A. Williams, Somer Town, Oxon
Mr. Wm. Miller, Oxford
Mr. John Price, Oxford
Mr. H. Hitchcock, chemist, Oxford
Mr. John Alden, Oxford
Mr. 11. Dormer, Oxford
Mr. B. Smith, Oxford
Mr. Charles Miller, Oxford
Mr. Joseph Steele, Oxford
Mt. Thomas Hyde, Oxford

i•Jr. • :s ;Wm.
Jonathan Fiske, Esq., Oxford
C. Vincent, Esq., Oxford
Mr. Jno. Birt, Oxford
Mr. C. Lipscomb, Binsey, Berks
Mr. Jon. Franklin, Cumner, Berks
James Wickens, Esq., Oxford
John Brightman, Esq , Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the

Hounslow Railway -
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Eastern and

Midland Coiintle; Railway
F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley
Capt. James Edward Carnegie, Somerset-street,
Portman-square,
and Bower-hall, Inverness, Director of the Reading and Reigate
Railway
Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage
Mr. Henry James Palmer, `VantageJohn Blunt, ESq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London

Docks
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the
Commercial and. General Life Assurance Association
Robert Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern

- ,
and Western Railway
John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the Somer-
setshire Midland Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aldemary-churchyard, Director of the Direct
Independent London and Manchester Railway
John Bloor, Esq., Tetbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway
T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot-
.

teries Railways
Charles Johnston, Esq., Aldersgate-street, Director of the Lynn,
Thetford, and Ipswich Railway
Admiral Ayscouoh, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway
George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex; Director of the Rugby
and Warwick Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—SaillUel Charles Brees, Esq•
Soracrroas—Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
PARLIAXENTAItY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddl, Esq•
BANKERS.
London—The London and WeStminster Bank.
Oxford—The London and County Bank.
Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank.
Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co.
Wantage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co.
Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank
Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney.
. .. .
LOCAL AGENTS.
Francis Wilde, Esq.
Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq.
Oxford—George P. Hester, Esq., Town Clerk, and Jno.
Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son
Wantage—William Ormond, Esq•
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb, Esq.
SECRETARY—Z. illibliCTSly, Esq.
diate tow
rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upodintense
the Plies
The importance or connecting remote parts of England by
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplifie hn by in
d l•
course between °Mord and Salisbury. Numerous projecte ines
which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
Tara:,
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the ihtended railroad, the central Points from which
various radii will diverge to the northwest, north, and north-east of
the former, and ti the south and west of the latter ; and the
proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
accommodation, of Which
mine of railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
IL
aid g addition
e rsh all
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.
The Oxford and :•;alisbury
IDini:ecte,:orda,and t to
the benefits which will .be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of commun'eation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the boroaah of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage,
the agricultural districts in which
or
Interchangethe of produce be-
tweenand commercial
the adjacent villages, an important railway
the rural, manufacturing, population of the
kingdom. Tile projected line will tl
tlllee Ccathedral City of Salis-
bury into immediate connexion
with
of itY and University of
Oxford, combining also the advantage a direct communication
with the sister University of Cambridgeof the
thus strengthening the
ecclesiastical and academical relations
mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities Must of necessity be
essentially enhanced.
mmodatio has •
The want of railway twee
f the Important erg been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants o
rtunitiPes of and thriving town it
Abingdon. Theirmeans and oppo
which
already
with the more
fortunate traders of those towns Provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus
town of
The same remark
applies in some degree to the
d marketershall, elahns°f Watltage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ltl g _
away
traffic a share of the profits
and advantages produced by Mn .
i ea to '
It has therefore been detain
dcommence the proposed line at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abing on to the
station of tke Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon direct Great
wog the projected rai a rail-
road to London. By contin
d n will be afford Tway' to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to Lo
then north-easterned to that place; and
a perfect lino of road from
Cambridge toelmmtles will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from
been named, II Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have nngerford aid Lodgers-
hall,
and thencewestern to Salisbury, to the soath and ports and dis-
tricts. and prospectuses to
he ,„.,,,
Applications for shares
1I r ate-street - --"•"° to Messrs.
Elmslle and Preston, 47' ' °3
2, Old Broadaud to the following
Brokers :—Messrs. reppercorne,
_en; -strf et, and Messrs.
Preece and Evans, Lothbury, London Messrs. Alston and
and Son, Liverpool ; MY. John buii, f Gage, and
Messrs. Reynolds
John O'Neil, Manchester,
Messrs Tate a'dallaw, and Messrs
Wellbeloved and Co., Leeds; • Samuel and :NT ash, Bristol ; Mr.
.James Pearson, Birmingham ; 'Messrs. Hutchinson and Co.,Bradford; Mr. 11 in.
, Miles, Worcester; ; Messrs. Mall, Brothers,
Thomas Sandford, Exeter - and
Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thom
Allan, Ed' , Messrs. Easty and
Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert . lobo rgh - mess, Black
andu and Aitken, Black
and Co., and Messrs. Buchananßruce and s , Glasgow; Mr. Wm.
Gordon, Aberdeen ; and ge"rB.APPLICA Yuma, I)ublin.
TlO'sr
--.--ItM OF
of the Oxford'
To the Provisional Committee . and Salisbury Direct
Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the
above I herebyaccept the same, e
above underhking ; and agree to
to ma and
less number which may be allotted also to
h S be ''
pay the de-
posits thereon, and to execute t e u cribers' Agreement, Parlia-
mentary Contract, :and all other necessary instruments, when re-
quired so to do.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
Name in full
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Residence ......... • • • • • • •
rwn .. o3t To ... ••• • •
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Occupation •........... • •
Reference • • ......... • • • • •
Usual Signature . .......... •
Eltugli• and ',mon, 47, Moorgatelstreet, Leaden. :

Major-Geteral Wright, R.E., -Gloucester-place, Portman •sqnarei
London
Joseph Wrigley, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
James Walker, Esq , Leeds
Thomas Cockhiil Wrigley, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
Robert Welsh, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railway
The Rev. Eldred Woodland, Holme-bridge Parsonage, near Holmfirth
George Hudswell Westerman, Esq., Sandal-grove, Wakefield. wool
merchant, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Belper, Director of the
Birmingham and Leicester, and other Railways
J. 'Webster, Esq., Doncaster
Francis Wren, Esq., Doncaster
Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale
William Ward, Esq., Welton, near Hull, merchant
William Roden Watts, Esq., St. Phillip's-square, Birmingham, M.D.
Smith Wormald, Esq., Tipton-Grange, Beverley, Director of the Leeds
and York Railway
Edward Woolmer, Esq., Mayor of Exeter, Chairman of the Exeter
and Dorchester Railway
Win. Walker, Esq., Longwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
Messrs. Arthur William Goodwin,
John Hutchinson,
Francis Ingram,
Jonathan Allison,
it Members of the Corpora
J. Rogerson,
Lion of Doncaster
John Armstrong,
William Carlton,
Thomas Webb,
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Sutcliffe, Esq., Chairman
J. E. Mofey, Esq., Mayor of Doncaster, Deputy-Chairman
John Harpin, Esq. Joseph Birley, Esq.
Abraham Hirst, Esq. Frederick Fisher, Esq.
John Hannah, Esq. W. li. Morris, Esq,
Sidney Morehouse, Esq. Edmund Smith, Esq.
Joshua Moorhouse, Esq. Bentley Shaw, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Huddersfield—The Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company
Doncaster—Sir W. Cooke, Bart., and Co.
Messrs. Latham, Tew, and Co.
The Yorkshire Banking Company
ENGINEERS.
ENGINEERS IN CHIEF—Sir John M‘Neill, L.L.D., F.R.S.
James Thompson, Esq., F.R.S.E. aid M.R.S.A.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. BilliDgloll, ESQ., C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield.
LONDON AGENTS—MeSSFS. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr,
20, Chancery-lane.
PARLIAMENTARY AGRNTS—MCSSFS. Sudlow and Rlngdon,
6, New Palace-yard.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Edward Sheardown, Esq., Doncaster
C. T. Moses, Esq., Barnsley
John Drainsdeld, Esq., Penistone
0. H. Capes, Esq., Epworth
Robert Owston, Esq., Brigg.
Prospectuses with plans of the line, and any further information,
may be obtained on application, at the offices of the solicitors, and
of their London and local agents ; and applications for shares (for a
limited time only), in the form annexed, accompanied with satisfac-
tory references, may also be addressed to them, or to auy of the
following Brokers, viz.—Messrs. 11111, Fawcett and Hill, Thread-
needle-street, London; David Kinnear, Edinburgh; Lloyd and
Price, Liverpool ; 'Cardwell and Sous, Manchester; I. N. Balme,
Gloucester ; Wellbeloved•and Go., Bell and Ledger, Leeds ; Garton
and Wright, Sheffield ; J. Crawahaw, Doncaster ; J. Tee, Jun.,
Barnsley; George Bowlby, Hull; Charles Claye, Halifax; John
Cragg, Skipton ; John Gibbons, Settle ; F. G. and C. C. Crossley,
Bradford ; Henry Bellingham, Wakefield ; George Tinker, Holm-
firth ; Wilson and llellawell, Wiliam Moore and Co., John Gatliff
and Co., Fred. Turner, B. Casson, Chas. Fitton, J. H. Taylor, and
Thomas Parrett and Co., Huddersfield.

MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via BARNS-
1. E 1" AND DONCASTER.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord William Paget, Uxbridge House, London, M.P.
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Han, Derbyshire
Sir John P. 3111banke, Bart , lla,idare Hall, Yorkshire
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Dorset-square
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of Loudon
The Mayor of Doncaster
William Brook, Esq., Gledholdt, Huddersfield, J.P.
John Sutcliffe, Esq.' Huddersfield, J.P.
John Harpin, Esq., Birks House, Holmfirth, J.P..
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Rhoyd, Halifax, J.P.
The Rev. Richard Whitelock, 31. A., Saddleworth, J.P.
James Lees, Esq., Delph Lodge, Saddleworth, J.P.
William Alexander, Esq., Halifax, M.D., Director of the Midland and
Thirsk, and other Railways
James George Atkinson, Esq., Wakefield, M.D.
Richard Armitage, Esq., Fenay Lodge, Huddersfield, timber merchant
Joseph Allin, Esq., Wakefield
John Allison, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Atkinson, Esq., Lake Lodge, Wakefield
William Green Armytage, Esq., Spring-gardens, Huddersfield
George Addison Esq., Hall Field, Bradford
Spencer Cook Ashline,: Esq., Sandtoft Grove, near Epworth
John B. Aspinall, Esq., barrister-at-law, Temple, London
Henry Ambler, Esq., Wtitkinson-house, near Halifax
Thomas Ayre, Esq., Barnsley
Joseph Birky, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster, late Mayor of Doncaster
The Rev. John Biekett, M.A., Laceby Rectory, near Brigg
John Berwick; Esq., Scawby-grove, near Brigg
William Bealby, Esq., Kelfield, near Epworth
William Charles Boden, Esq., Apsley Hall, Nottingham, Director of
the Nottingham and Bedford, and Nottingham and Gainsborough
Railways
Thomas Beaumont, Esq., Bradford, Deputy-Chairman of the Mid-
land and Thirsk Junction Railway
William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hall, near Ashton-under-Lyne
Benjamin Bradshaw, Esq., lipperthong, Holuifirth
George Bann, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough Hallways
John Fillinghouse Bishop, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand
Union, Nottingham and Mansfield, and Nottingham and Gainsbo-
rough Railways
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle
Railway •
Joseph Beaumont, jun., Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield
Griffith Briscoe, Esq., Doncaster
William Bent, Esq., Royd-house, Huddersfield, merchant
John Bennett, Esq., Belgrave-terrace, Huddersfield, merchant'
James Baths, Esq., Winney Bank, Holmfirth
Benjamin Beeley, Esq., Holmflrth
Richard Battye, Esq., Holmfirth, drysalter
John Bellingham, Esq., Wakefield
Joseph Brook, Esq., Stamp-office, Huddersfield
Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq., Pall-mall, London, Director of the
United Kingdom Life Assurance-office
Robert Blow, Esq., Grimsby, merchant
John Blow, Esq., rimsby, merchant
William Bingley, Esq., Ellersley-lodge, near Penistone
James Bottomley, Esq., Greenfield-house, Saddleworth, merchant
Christopher Lonadale, Bradley, Esq., Richmond
William Cooper, Esq., Doncaster
Samuel Cartledge, Esq., Mapperley. near Nottingham, Deputy-
Clutinnan of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
William Cartledge, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham
and Ambergate, Nottingham and Mansfield, Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
T. M. Carter, Woolgreaves, Wakefield
John Cowburn, Esq., Settle, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries:

and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
William James Clarke, Esq., Huddersfield
William Carter, Esq., Kirkburton, manufacturer
William Chandlers, Esq., Doncaster, corn-factor
John Cordeux, Esq., Barnsley
Thomas Scales Cordeux Esq., Barnsley
Thomas Cope, Esq , Barnsley
Joseph Clarke, Esq., Sherburn, near Ferry-bridge, add liarborough-
house, near Barnsley
Robert Cooke, Esq., M.D., Gainsborongh
Henry Dalton, Esq., Hull and Grimsby-, merchant
William Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort-
ley, Silkstonc, and Wakefield Railway
Henry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield
William Dryden, Esq., Hull
Joseph Dransfield, Esq., Mold Green, Huddersfield, merchant
Richard Dransfield, Esq., West-place, Dalton, Huddersfield, mer-
chant, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the
Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Thomas Dyson, Esq., Wellhouse, Holinfirth, manufacturer
John Dent, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
John Dougill, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Director of the
Dover and Bristol Railway
Edward Dent, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
George Dyson, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant
Richard Dewhirst, Esq.,' Apsley House, Huddersfield
Thomas Dowse, Esq., Skclmanthorpe, near Penistone
Isaac Dewhirst, Mount Pleasant, Ovenden, near Halifax, worsted
spinner
John Dean, Esq., Spring-gardens, Manchester, merchant
Francis Duffield, Esq., Bolton-honse, near Bradford
Peter East, Esq., West Carr-house, near Epworth
Joshua Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner
John Elliott, Esq.. Town Head-house, Rochdale
Edward Ellis, Esq., Kirkburton; manufacturer
John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
and Keighley. Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways
Joseph Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner
Mark Faviel, Esq., Amcotts Lodge, Lincolnshire
Frederick Fisher, Esq., Westfield-house, Doncaster
J. L. Fernandez, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and
Harrogate Railway
Charles Gervas, Esq., Wroot, near Epworth
Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Directors of the Nottingham
merchant and South StaffordshireJunc-
George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, tion, and Nottingham and
merchant Gainsborough Railways
Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction
Railways
A. G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway ,
William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle,
and Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railways
Joseph Gill, Esq., Potternewton Mount, near Leeds, merchant, Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Keighley, Halifax, and
Huddersfield Railways
William Greenwood, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer
William Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer
Abraham Hirst, Esq., York House, Huddersfield, wool merchant
John Hannah, Esq., Finthorpe, Huddersfield, merchant, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Raiiway
Samuel Hall Esq., Doncaster, merchant
William Harrison, Esq., Stanningley, near Leeds, merchant
Edward Holgate, Esq., Sturton, near Brigg
11. I'. Harwood, Esq., Sheffield, Df.D., Director of the Wakefield and
Harrogate Railway
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Manchester,
Southampton, and Poole Railway
John Hardeastle, Esq., West Field House, Wakefield, Director of the
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Banking Company
Captain John L. Hulme, R.E., Director of the Yeovil and Dorchester,
and of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway
Thomas A,derson Ranson, Esq., stuff merchant,Bradford
Win. Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, J.P.
John Horsfall, Esq.. Wakefield
George Hinchliffe, Esq., Nab, Holmfirtb, merchant
John Holdsworth, Esq., Shaw Ledge, Halifax. me,— :
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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, !ludderfleld, nud

Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company.
I request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the
above undertaking ; and I agree to accept the same, or any less
number that may be allotted to me, and also to pay the deposit of
21. 2s. per share thereon ; and to sign the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement, when required.
Dated the day of 1845 •
Name (in full)• •• • ••••• • • • • ..... •
Residence •• . • ••••• • • • • •
Trade or Profession •• .•••• • • .. •
Reference ....... •• • • ••••• • • • • .

31ANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, • AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY.
• (Registered Provisionally.)
Notice is. hereby given, that in consequence of the immense
number of Applications for Shares already received, no further Ap-
plications will be entertained, except from landowners, after
SATURDAY, the 11th day of October instant.
Huddersfield, Oct. 1. FLOYD and BOOTH. Solicitors.

Tr '

BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and fi Vict., Cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermero
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-placa, Belgrave-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. Lord E Chichestei
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George It. Dawson
The Hon. Frederick Byron
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P.
W. Ti. Allen, Es.q., Leadenhall-street
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
F.ederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
John Bloore, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire
Samuel Ellis Bristow°, Esq., Beestliorpe-hall, Notts
William Broaks, Esq., Cork-street, Burlington-gardenS
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Be/grave-

square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons
Henry Crane, F:sq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambiran and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmoor-house, Stafford .1
Charles James Heath, Esq., London •
Frazer B. Henshaw, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and
Southampton Railway
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitchaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmhigham, Director
Of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston and Corlm.s./yl.lh.'nasuway
Director of /11,630 , Egtr.zoirorti-squ are
Fobert Marsden 31assey, Esq., Oxford-square
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
-stuntr"Beriir Lsq., Inrceror of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
W. E. Mousley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn and Derby
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director Of
the Grand Junction and Midlands 'Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birming,harn
Theophilus Richards, Esq., Birmingham
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., I drector of the Great Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., WOlverhamptoik
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway
James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire
Henry Symonds, Esq., D rector of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus I ulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Hants
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of

turer
John Haigh, Esq., Wood Lloyd House, near Huddersfield, coal titer-

chant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway
George Armitage Haigh, Esq., Gynn View, near Huddersfield, coal
Charles n'erchlallirts, lwrsokodhstipwlearY
Thomas Haigh, Esq., Royds Hall, near Huddersfield
William Ilinekeliff, Esq., Holtnfirth, merchant
t,DEiresqc,tocriattlifeall,iidiluazileffzielTdh,
John Haigh, Esq., Shelley Hill Top, near renlstone
William Haigh, Esq., Gynn Cottage, near Huddersfield, merchant
T. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Marton-house, neer Skipton, J P., Di-
rector of the Clitheroe Junction, and Lancashire and North York-
shire Railways
John Hudson, Esq., Hull, Inz•.reltant
Michael D. Hudson, Esq., Hull, merchant
Thomas Haigh, Esq., Wakefield •
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London
James Hepper, Esq., Shipley-hall, near Bradford
James ingliss, Esq., Halifax, M.D., Director of the North and South
Junction, and London, Holyhead, and Portdynliaen Railways
Thomas lngleby, Esq., Lawkland-hall, near Settle, Director of the
Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, North Western, Clitherce
sale ffi s Jackson, ku Junction
uon Junction, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
Thomas Ibbetson, Esq., Bent's-house; Huddersfield
Thomas Iveson, Esq., Holmfirth
Ch
,Esqß.,
aDilwonac:ster, banker
Thomas Johnson, Esq., Alderman of Doncaster
Joseph Kaye, Esq.; Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield ard
hr
Jere Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, timber-merchant
Thomas Kilner, Esq., Carr-house, Huddersfield, merchant
William Kilner, Esq., Belgrave-house, Huddersfield, oil merchant
John Knowles, jun., Esq., Trafford Bank-house, Manchester,
merchant
John Lancaster, Esq., Htiddersfield
James Campey Laycock, Esq , Huddersfield
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Wm. Livingstone, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
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Director of the
Wakefield and Harrogate Railway
Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Leeds and
York, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
William Lockwood, Esq., Spring Villa, II lmfirth, woollen manufac-
turer o

the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgli-square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
Thomas Nugeut Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall, Suffolk, and 32
Grosvenor-place
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS. -

Messrs. Edwards, Mason, ai7d--E—d;-a—rds, 8, Moorgate-atreet, and De-

lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENSINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. -
ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Pardon, Esq.
BANKERS.
Teh Commercial Bank of London ; and
The Birmingham Banking Company.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
Burton-upon-Trent—
SECRETARY—Mr. Edward Hart Hart.
OFFICES—No. I, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and
36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.
It is proposed by tills Company to establish a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to
existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica-
tion will be convicted by throwing out new lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley. Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will bo
carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
the Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
f t Birmingham to Gainsborough,
and from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a direct line from
Wolverhampton to Nottingham, and the other towas already enu-
merated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
lice, which, togetker with its own merits, will ensure its success ia
Parliament.
As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
great national undertaking will be materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu-
nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Warwickshire
be andconfid Staffotl rdshi y
expecre, a
te large
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may end.
the
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
-Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense rile from
Ha Bir-
mingham to HMI, thelsort at which tlae exports are s ipeed
troth
m-
m the
burgh, the German States, and tile North of Europe;
conveyance of merchandise, agricultnral produce, andcattle from the
Southern, western, and midland counties.
A preference will be given in the allotment o share., to landowners
well as to directors and
on the line, and other local proprietors,
shareholders in railways interested in suppoasrti this midertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit
Until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
subscription.
T;:e usual power will be taken to anew interest at the rate of four
om tile time of payment upon each call until the opening
per Cell L. fr
of the lind.
No applicatians will be attended to without a reference to
member ofthe CoOmittee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the bailers receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, of which due-notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be for-
feited.
lications for shares, may
Plans and prospectuses, with forms of app
be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
viz.:—Messrs. Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street
Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Ilitchil,nssaened,
Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street; and Messrs. PePl'erearas aCidiarles
2, Old Broad-street, London ; Mcsars. Gardiner and Hea
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and ParkerilAeitpla;:chfliTeeters!
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel' Phi
Davies and Son, Liverpool:Olessrs. ltidsdale, myliers",
Pont and levick, Notting-
and Co., Leeds;
Messrs: harp and Son,' Derby ; Messrs.
referd,
Bristol ; Mr. Coils,
ham ; Messrs. Wrcford, andtelgV
and Mr. James Robinson Lane,
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sarfl bl'2sA.gpreeremsletanrtew, and
and pay the the deposit,
•ry ColltraCl and Subs

17Lotlkecww:wo°d000d,dEE:sEqq81:,
Charlesjnoesuya F.
John_ Littlewood, Doncaster.E:
Edward ices, Esq., 'kinky, near Huddersfield
Henry Ludolph, Esq.. Ileadingley, near Leeds, wool merchant
Edward Lancaster, Esq., Barnsley
Dam-house,
James Leslie, Esq., Hull, merchant
William Lawrence, Esq Brixton
Esq., Armthorp, near Doncaster
Frederic Marsland, Esq., Birch-hall, near Manchester
Sidney Morehouse, Esq., Morecroft, Ifolmfirth„ Director of the Han
fax. Huddersfield, and Bradford Railway
Joshua Moorhouse, Esq., Hohnfirth, Director of the Leeds, Hudders
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
m Heywood Morris, Esq., Doncaster, merchant
Robert Milner; Esq., Doncaster
John Morley, Esq , Eustoft Hall, near Crowle
Luke Marsden, Esq., Huddersfield
Rowland Hill M'Kenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish.
square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, Chelten
ham, Oxford, and other Railways
Henry James Morehouse, Esq., Stoney Bank, Holmfirth
Thomas :Mellor, Esq., Spring Cottage, Holmflrth, manufacturer
Joseph Moorhouse, Esq., Holmflrth
William L. Moffat, Esq., Doncaster
Benjamin Micklethwait, Esq., Billingley, near Barnsley
John Earnshaw Morehouse, Esq., Springbottom, Holmfirth
John Joseph Moody, Esq., Edgley, near Stockport
John Maw, .Esq., Doncaster, Director of the Doncaster and Goole
Railway
William Mlcklesthwalt, Esq., Keresforth, near Barnsley
Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham, Chairman of the Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway
John Nall, Esq., Ashby, near Bilge.
William Newmarch, Eeq., Great Grimsby, merchant
William Naylor, Esq., Leeds
Edward Nicholson, Esq., Doncaster
Robert Norfolk, Esq., Louth, Lincolnshire
John Nowell, Esq:, Farnley-wood, near Huddersfield
Thomas Nowell, Esq., Dalton, near Huddersfield, merchant
George Peel, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield, Director of the Wake-
field and Harrogate Railway
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-street, Russell-square, London
Albert Pilliug, Esq., Wheat House, Huddersfield, merchant
Charles Pltchforth, Esq., Boothroyd Park, Halifax
Captain William Rawson, Doncaster
Thomas Redmaine, Esq., Taitlands, near Settle, Director of the
North We ',term Clitheroe Junction, and Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Railways
Henry Rolling, Esq., Oxspring, near Penistone
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Wakefield, Bradford, and Midland, and other Railways
George Robinson, Esq., Huddersfield
James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, London
John Robinson, Esq., Henley, near Huddersfield -
Wright Rhodes, Esq., Springfield-hou,e, Kirkburton
Samuel Routledge, Esq., Huddersfield, dyer
J. W. Roberts, Esq., Fernley Tyas, near Huddersfield
The Rev. Thomas Skipworth, 'Belton Rectory, near Epsworth
William Skipworth, Esq., South Kelsal-house, near Brigg
Robert Storrs, Esq., Doncaster
William Stockit, Esq., Doncaster
Bentley Shaw, Esq.. Woodfield-house, Huddersfield
William Shaw,,Esq., Wentbridge, near Pontefract
Glasgow Railway
William Stetter, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Bradford,
Wake-
field, and Midlands, Wakefield find Harrogate, and York, Ilull , and
Edmund Smiti Esq , Huddersfield, Director of the Yorkshire and
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, Ycrk, and
Midlands, and Sheffield, Wortley-, and Silkstone Railways
Matthew Sykes, Esq., -Miln-row, near Huddersfield
William Shaw, Esq.,Bottom-hall, nedr Huddersfield, merchant
Benjamin Ledger Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
Thomas Salkeld, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
John Shaw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
William ShaW, sq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Merchant
S. E. Sichel, Esq., Bradford, merchant, Director of the J.Reds and
Liverpool. and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
Foster Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
James Shaw, Esq., Priest Royd House, Huddersfield, merchant
David Sykes, Esq., Marsh, near Huddersfield, merchant
David Smirthwaite, Esq., Wakefield
John Annable Skidmore, Esq., St. John's, Wakefield
William Sheardown, jun., Esq., Doncaster
William Stewart, Esq., Ilorbury, near Wakefield
John Smith. Esq., Manningham-ledge, near Bradfbrd
Robert Torr. Esq., Alderman, Doncaster
William Taylor, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union, and
Nottingham and Gainsborough Railways
William Turnbull, Esq., Huddersfield, M.D.
Edwin Unwin, Esq., Leavy Greave, Sheffield, 3fanaging Director of
the Sheffield Gas Company
Henry Unwin, Esq., Orchard-place, Sheffield
Charles Vickers, ' .Esq. Pontefract,
John Batley Wrigley, Esq., Croft House, Netherton, nen Wield
William Steel, Esq., Bradford

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WORCESTER,
vsWARWICK, and RUGBY
RAILAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 5, Gresham -str:et, Bank. London, 11th October, 1845.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will lie
for execution, on the days and at the places undermentioned, be-
tween the hours of eleven o'clock ear., and four o'clock P.M.:—
In London, at the offices of the Company, from the 13th to the
18th of October, both inclusive.
At Worcester, at the offices of the Company, on the 13th, 14th, and
55th of October.
At Droitwich, at the offices of Messrs. Curlier and Holyoake, on
the 16th of October.
At Warwick, at the offices of Mr. A. S. Field, solicitor, on the 17th
of October.-
At
Leamington, at the offices of Mr. A. S. Field, solicitor, on the
18th and 20th October.
At Rugby, at the offices of Mr. W. F. Wratislaw, solicitor, on the
2lst October.
At Leeds, at the Scarborough Hotel, on the 13th and 14th October.
At Manchester, at the Albion Hotel, on the-15th and 16th October.
At Liverpool, at the Adelphi Hotel, on the 17th and 18th October.
At Glasgow, at the Wellington Hotel, on the 20th and 21st October.
At Edinburgh, at the Royal Hotel, 22d and 23d October.
JOHN HUGHES, Secretary.

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
*MANCHESTER, ASHTON- UNDER-LYNT:,
STALYBRIDGE, and NORTH DERBYSHIRE RAILWAY.
Capital 1,000,000/., in 40,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
As ropuired by the Standing Orders of the House of Lords.

POVISIONAL
John White, Esq., J.P.R COMMITTEE
, Park Rail, Hayfield .
John Wood, Esq., Glossop
William Sidebottom, Esq., J.P., Etherow-house, Cheshire
John Shuttle worth, Esq., J.P., llathersage, Derbyshire
William Tinker, Esq., Hyde, Provisional Managing Director of the
West Midland Railway
' Renry Wardle, Esq., J.P., Macclesfield, Provisional Managing Di-
reetor of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
James loulds; Esq., J. P., Trawden-house, Director of the North
Yorkshire Railway
James Sidebottom, Esq., Manor-house, Hollingworth
Robert Shepley, Esq„ Margie
Abel Harrison, Esq., Staleybridge
John Sidebottom, Esq., J.P., Harewood-lodge, Provisional Director
of the Manchester and Rugby. Direct Railway
John Yates, Esq., Rock-house, New Mills
John Wood, Jun. Esq., Glossop
Richard Redfern, Esq. Retiro, Oldham, Provisional Director of the
Manchester and Oldham District Railway
John Cook, Esq., Macclesfield, Provisional Director of the Sheffield,
Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Richard Bennett, Esq., New Mills
Francis Sumner, Esq., Primrose-bank, Glossop
William Henry Turner, Esq., the Cliffs, Mellor
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Provisional Director of the Birken-
head, Holyhead, and Mold Junction Railway
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Provisional Director of the Lon-
don and Manchester Direct (Remington's Line) Railway
James Ingham, Esq., New Mills
Thomas Chadwick, Esq., Chadwick-place, Regent-road
James Potter, Esq., Oldam, Provisional Director of the Oldham Dis-
trict Railway
John Booth, Esq., Macclesfield, Provisional Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway (Remington's Line)
Charles Lucas, Esq., Hayfield
Thomas Ward, Esq., Macclesfield
Joseph Buckley, Esq., Oldham, Provisional Director of the Oldham
District Railway
James Yates, Esq., New Mills.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Thompson and Jepson, Glossop
3lessrs. Edward and R. William Bennett, Manchester

The promoters of this undertaking contemplate, as their first object,
to supply a very populous and rapidly-increasing manufacturing dis-
trict with the advantages which will be afforded by the intended line
of railway, and which have long been sought for.
The line will diverge from the Sheffield and Manchester Railway
•at or near Dukinfield, taking its course near the densely populated
and extensive manufacturing districts of Newton, Hype, Compstall,
and al arple, passing thence near New Mills, Hayfield, Whaley-bridge,
and Chapel-en-le-Frith (with a short branch to Buxton), it will
follow the course of the valley of the Derwent, and to a point at or
near Helper, where it is proposed to join the Great Midland and also
the West Midland Railways.
By the construction of this railway, a saving of twenty miles will be
effected over any other line in existence between the manufacturing
districts •of Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton, Staley, Newton, and llyde,
with their population of 300,0, 0, and the favourite places of resort,
Buxton, Matlock, and the picturesque scenery of North Derbyshire.
The minerals of Derbyshire, with which the country abounds, will,
by the proposed line of railway, be brought into more extensive use,
and at a much cheaper rate in the manufacturing districts.
The saving distance between Manchester and Derby with the
eastern coast will be fifty-four miles.

The line has been, carefully examined, and with the greatly-im-
proved facilities for the construction and working of railways, a good
line may be made at an average cost.
The loctil traffic alone will pay eight per cent. on the cost of con-
struction.

Negotiations are new in progress with important companies
which there is every reason to believe will be satisfactorily =-
chided ; if so, they will render this the most complete project that has
been offered to the public.
Applications for shares, of which there is only a limited number at
disposal of the Provisional Committee, may be made in the subjoined
form to the solicitors and to the undermentioned brokers :—Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Messrs. Johnson, Bradley, and Walker, and Mr.
Thomas Ellison, Manchester.
A more detailed prospectus, with the complete list Of the Provi-
sional Committee, will be issued shortly.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the 31anchesfer, Ishton-nnder-
Line, Stalybridge, and North Derbyshire Railway Company.
Gentlemen,--I request you will allot me shares of 251.
each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of
V. 10s. per share thereon, or on any less number you may appro-
priate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' .Agreement and Parlia-
mentary Contract when required.
Dated 1845.
Name at hill length .• • ....... • • • • • • • • •:

ReSidence• • • • • ..... • • • • • • • • " "
Trade or Profession
Place of Business (if any) .... •• • .......
Signature• • • • • • • • • • • • • •

(PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.)
PROSPECTUS OF THE
ENT and ESSEX UNION RAILWAY,
connecting the Southern Coast of Essex with Dover and the
Continent, via Sheerness, Faversham, and Canterbury, with a Junc-
tion Line to Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and Deal.
Capital 550,0001., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 25.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE or MANAGMENT.
With power to add to their number.
John Brough, Esq., Herne Bay
George-Burg-e, Esq., Herne Bay
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreevs of Manchester, piaster of the
London and Manchester Railway
Thomas Camplin, Esq., Herne Bay, and Alderman of Bristol
Edward B. Davis, Esq., Rochester
Lewis Levy. Era-- us trat bevern
- Commission
The lion. Capt. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York
and Lancaster Railway
Rev. D. Robinson, Brompton
Edward Sherman, Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand.
Etioninna:—William Tierney Clark., Esq., M.I.C.E. stud I.R.S.
SURVEYOR--J. M. Davey, Esq.
BlNKEas—Union Bank of London, Princes-street and Pall-mall East.
soLiciTORS.
George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square
William Rogers, Esq. 1, Moorgate, London
James White. Esq., Esq.,
Temporary Offices of the Company, 34, Coleman-street.
This railway will commence at Sheerness in conjunction with a
short steam-ferry communication from a point at or near to South-
end, on the opposite :Essex coast, and will proceed from Sheerness
by Queenborough to Faversham, where it will form a junction with
one of the proposed lines from London by that town to Canterbury
and Dover.
The integral line will be continued from Faversham to or near to
Herne Bay,; and from thence to the South-Eastern Extension
Railway (now being made), at a point near Sarr, and will then pro-
ceed on that line direct to Ramsgate eastwards, and direct to Deal
south-eastwards. From a point between Herne Bay and Sarr the
line will also be carried by a short extension to Margate.
By this project Marge° will be placed within 75 miles of the me-
tropolis, instead of more than 100, as at present, and that, too, by a
direct line through Faversham, at which place it will meet the Lon-
don lines.
The important town of Ramsgate, now so extensively connected
with continental communication, will also be thus afforded a much
nearer overland route to London'; and Deal, Ramsgate, Margate,
Herne Bay, Sheerness, Chatham, Rochester,
immediate Gravesend
o, r
easy c Woolwio n.
ch,
Greenwich, and London, will all be placed in
nexion upon one continuous line of railway.
By means also of this undertaking, in conjunction with the exist-
ing and projected railways proceeding to the south coast of Essex,
the whole of the passengers and traffic from Liverpool, Manche
and ster
the ,
Leeds, Hull, York, and the Northern, the Midland,
Eastern Counthes, will be conveyed to Dover and the Conti-
nent via Sheerness, in preference to a lengthened and cir-
cuitous route trOngh the !metropolis, whereby the journey will be
shortened more than 50 miles, travelling expenses ,will be curtailed,
and the serious inconvenience and delay of transhipment and con-
veyance from *nil part of London to another wholly avoided.
A glance at the amp also will show the immense advantage which
the metropolis itself will enjoy by its being thus afforded other routes
to the coast of Kent. The millions who annually seek pleasure in
excursions to Gravesend, Sheerness, Southend, Herne Bay, Margate,
Ramsgate, Deal, and Dover, will have a choice of different routes.
They may proceed by reilway, on the Essex side of the Thames, to
the 'Thames Haven, Tilbitry Fort, or Southend—pass over to Sheer-
ness 133, water, and thence proceed direct by this railway—or they
may reach Sheerness wholly' by water, and then avoid the sea—or,
may pasg et once from London, on the Surrey side of the Thames,
to Sheernes % Herne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, by railway in a
s
direct line, consuming only about two hours in the journey, and may
vary their pieasure by going in one direction and returning by
another..
Independently of the vast multitudes who will thus seek health
and recreation, Vie importance, as a national object, of connecting all
the aboveentfoned towns, land giving a direct line from Sheerness to
Dover, together with the immense existing traffic in the direction of
the undertaking, al.al tke great increase which the improved and
enlarged 'modes of communication throughout: Kent will occasion,
must be too apparen% to need further observation ; and the Commit-
tee, from careful iuqtlirY, feel confidence in stating that no scheme of
railway has yet been Offered to public attention combining greater
public and private advaniages.
About thirty-six miles e new railway only will embrace all the
above important objects --viz.,. from Sheerness to Faversham
...... •. • ... 12 tulles.
about ....... ...•
Faversham to Herne It-a.,
Thence to Sarr • • • • • • • •• "•• • •
• • • •" • • •• • • • " • • • • • • ... .
• ....
The extension to Margate •• • • •

The country Das already been prelirn.in,ary_surveyed, and found to
favourable. Indeed, it .6 almost a dead flat from
brea.reekrshce eadmintgolym,
rgate.
The landed propyietors are not only willing but desirous that the
i
undertakng s
hould be accomplished, and it is at the request of many
of them that the
promoters have determined on prosecuting it.
if „circumstances shoull hereafter render it ad-
The Committee reserve the power of making branches to Canter-
bury and to Deal,
visable.
The liability of the Ahareholders will be restricted to the amount
of their subscriptions, an," power will be applied for in the Bill to
allow interest, at 4 per (.•Tlt. per annum on all calls, from the passing
of the Act until the openNg of the line.
,
Applications for prospectakSes, maps, and shares, may be made to
the solicitors or secretary, itt
the temporary offices, 34, Coleman-
street, or at No. 2, Hercules-op:Osage, City; and the following share-
brot ers :
Mr. Miles, Worcester
Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler, Worcester
Id, Liverpool
Messrs. Townley and Whiter's,
Messrs. Cameron and Co. Livek.P°°l
Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool ~d
Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfht.
Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds _
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, LA .. .
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Thomas Boardman, Isia kbarn
Mr. George Clark, Bradford ,
/dr. Wm. Mason, Bradford
Mr. Wm. Cronhelm, Halifax
Nottingham
Mr. Charles Spencer,
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
BYork
Mr. E. 11. Armitage, VT k nei _ Messrs. Gray
Kettering; and Marshall, Leeds
Mr. James Stokes, Chelte Rham
31r. Joseph Clark, j;m., Southampton
ston and d
ata!
Messrs.
Messrs. Tate and Naoh, Bristol
Messrs. Beaumont aim; Langworthy, Exeter
Mr. J. S. Holland, CovcistrY
Mr. Thomas Sandford, .Exeter
Messrs. Houghland and Le,ese, Manchester
Messrs. A. Birchen and Co.; Manchester •
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and s',ons, Sheffield
Mr. W.. 11. Collis, Birminghank •
Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun., Liud.dersfleld
Messrs. Everard and Co., lluddet:sfield
Messrs. Payno and Freer, Leicester
Mr. ,Nicholson, Edinburgh • - •
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, GlasZrow
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, CoWe-green, Dublin
Mr. James Ross, Perth.
To the Provisional Committee of the lent and ESsexUnion Railway. •
I request you will lallot me shares in the proposed Kent
and Essex Union Railway, and I agree to take all saoh shares, or so
many as may be alloted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and
to execute the Yarliainentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement
when required so to do. •
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