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

As HBURTON, NEWTON, and SOUTH '
DEVON JUNCTION RAILWAY.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
RICHARD CAUNTER, Esq. Chairman
THOMAS GILL, Esq. M.P. Chairman of the South Devon Railway
Company, Vice-Chairman
John Bundle, Esq.l Directors of the South Devon
William Fox, Esq. j Railway Company
Charles Kelson, Esq.
John Camiter, Esq.
W. R. Whiteway. Esq.
Edward F. Bean, Esq.
Edward White, Esq.
The time for receiving applications for shares having expired,
the Committee of Management will proceed with the allotment at
the earliest possible period.
By order of the Committee,
R. TUCKER
G. CAUNTERI Solicitors.
Ashburton. Oct. 11. 1845.

dependent of any ether line already before the public, and
possesses national advantages which none can surpass, must,
when
carried out, become, without exception, the most important railway
in Great Britain.
One'of the first objects of this Company will be to obtain a most
central and accessible terminus in London, and Farringdon-street has
been fixed upon for that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as
possible to Holyhead
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns:
—Riekmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury ; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and
I from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Bromsgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnerth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury; it will thence con-
tinue its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyrnwy, will proceed to Llau-y-mynech, Llanrhaladr,
and Mechnant, accommodating iVelchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
It remains for the engineer to select one as au entrance or passage
into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by
Corwen into the Vale of the River Aiwen, from whence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre-
toeing to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale of Nant Frtmcon
to Bangor and Holyhead.
This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the moat consi-
siderable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western; the Birmingham. Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire Itagway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate en the advantages of bring-
ing all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of Staffordshire, anti the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the Hndertakinz is secured beyond a
doubt, by the obvious fact that it will not only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will
give to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a mute to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.
It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day.
Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by Reaumaris to Holyhead:
After a ea.reful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors feel warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. en the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise mazy
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The
railways new in active progress in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of
the Directors, and every advancement in science wilt be made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines .being formed expressly for this end ;
while. flaallg, Ine. very lotiest. rate of fares will be adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the public will find in the improvement of
the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the
first class, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise se national in its
character.
Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per annum on the amount of the
subscriptions paid np ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the subjoin
ed form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Messr Cameron
and Balm, IS, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London ; B. It. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool ;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James JRMICSOII, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles
Coulter, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edinburgh; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin.

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
By a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford.
Distance, 120 miles.
Capital, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 91. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.
PROVISIONAL 601I5IITTILE.
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne
The Lord Stephen Chichester, Ormeau. Belfast, and Amy and Navy

Club, London
Sir Robert Alexander, Bart., Charles-street, Manchester-square
Str William Twisden, Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and
Erewash Valley Extension Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the
Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and of the
South and Midland Junction, and West Midlands Railways
Sir John Chaim, Bart., Earl's-court, Brompton
Sir John Key, Bert., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London, Di-
rector of the Manchester and London, and of the Direst Liverpool
and Leeds Railway
Captain Frederick Polhill, M.P. for Bedford
Major-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Director of the York and
Lancaster Railway
Major-General Thomas Morgan, Singleton-house, Torquay
Major-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Portman-
square
William
Ackroyd, Esq., Westbourne Lodge, Otley, Director of the
East and West York, Liverpool and Leeds Direst, and Leeds and
Carlisle Railways
Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and
Trent Valley Continuation Railways
Francis Shoes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham,. Director of the Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction, and one of
the Provisional Committee of the Nottingham and Gainsborough
Railway Companies
henry Ambler, Esq., worsted spinner and manufacturer, Watkinson-
hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway, and
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
C. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Direetor of the South Midland
Railway
George Ashlin, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Newcastle-nPon-
Tyne Railway
Richard Armitage, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director
of the Manchester and Great Grimsby, and Keighley, llalifax and
Huddersfield Junction Railways
The Rev. Charles Edward Armstrong, Heinsworth
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon-cottage, Bristol, Direetor of
the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Director of the Hull and Barnsley, and
Leeds and Carlisle Railways
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester-house, Broad-street, Director of
the Italian and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford
Railways
William Banks, Esq , Honey-lane-market, Director of the Manches-
ter and Rugby Direct Railway, via Macclesfield
John Byng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey
William Fechney Black, Esq, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc-
tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction
Railways
Henry Weech Burgess, Esq., Temple's-park, Hampstead, Director of
the Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Great
Grimsby Railway
Charles Salisbary Butler, Esq.,the Lodge, Upper Clapton
Josiah Burrowes, Esq., Castle-house, Gomersall, near Leeds
Thomas Burnley, Esq., Gomersall, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds
anal West Riding Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Samuel Bateman, Esq., Croft-house, near Bradford, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby
Railway
Dr. Brigstock, Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester
Railway
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
James Brand, Esti., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln, and Great Luxemburg Railway
John Wore, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley,
the Derby and Gainsboreugh, the Shropshire Mineral Railways, &c.
.Job Bullivant, Esq., East Retford
William Butt, Esq., Sandiacre, Derbyshire
Robert Burton, Esq., merchant, Woodville, Notts
James Butlin, Esq banker, West Field-house. Rugby, Director of
the Rugby and H'untingdon, and one of the Provisional Committee
of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction Railway Companies
Richard Biddle, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Birkin, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
John Fillingham Bishop, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Thomas Butt, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Bradley, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct
Western, and Isle of Ely and Lincolnshire Junction Railways
John Fowler Burbidge, Esq., Mayor of Grantham. Director of the
Amber-gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction
Joßnaatilhnwrayßurton, Esq., merchant, Carrington, Nottinghamshire
Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., magistrate, Hull, Director of the
Rugby, Warwick, and Leamington, and of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railways
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
John Carter, Esq., Knottingley
Thomas Carter, Esq., Tanshelf, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon-
tefract
Charles Charnock, Esq., Helmfield-house, near Ferrybridge
Millis Coventry, Esq., Director, of the South and Midland Junction,
and Birmingham Extension Railways
B. clements; Esq., Lowndes-square, Director ef the Western Ja-
maica Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsbarough, Director of the Manchester, Ad-
land, and Great Grimsby, Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle ofhohne, and the Wisbeach, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire Junction
Raiways
J. Cottam, Esq., East Retford
John Cutts, Esq., Little Bardfield-hall, near Braintree, Essex
James Clift, Esq., [Oxford of the Paris and Strasburg, Southamptn,
Manchester, and , and the Manchester, Rugby, and Mac-
clesfield Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Extension
Henry Sherrard Coleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street
John Caunt, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Mark Carter, Esq., Woodgreaves-house, near Wakefield,
,Di-
rector of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct
Railway Oakfield Done
George Augustus Hamilton Chichester, Esq., gal, and
15, Chesham-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Grand Wales
Central, and London and Exeter Direct Railways
William Champion, Esq., Worksop
William Cheetham, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Nathan Cooper, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Francis Deere, Esq., Stratford, Essex
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junc-
tion Railway
Joseph Dent, Esq., Riaston-hall, Wetherby, Magistrate for the
North-west Riding of Yorkshire
A. A. Davenport, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten-
sion, and Worcester Junction Railways
Joseph L. Davenport, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
John Ailcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Lancashire, Director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Richard Dransfield, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Director of the
Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, of the Liverpool and Le' de l)irect,
arid of the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway
Matthew Dawson, Esq., Pontefract
William Dawson, Esq., (;Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough,
Wisbeach, Lyn, and Bosfbn, and the Sheffield, Wortley, Silk-
stone, and Wakefield Railways
John Campbell Dicker, Esq., New-hall, by Heston, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Birmingham, Oxford, and
Reading Railways
Henry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Manchester, Hudders-
field, and Great Grimsby Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railway
John Elliott. Esq., Townhead-house, Rochdale
Lieut.-Col. Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Managing Direc-
tor of the York and Lancaster Railway
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Ex-
tension Railway
Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham, Mans-
field, and Midland Junction Railway
Martin Furniss, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Erewash and Shef-
field Railway .
John Griffiths Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the London-
derry and Coleraine, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
William Fisher, Esq., Amcotts-house, near East Retford
James Fothergill, Esq.. merchant, Nottingham
Pontefract
Richard W.Fi tzpatrick, Esq., barrister-at-law,Gloucester-road, Hyde-
park-gardens
Esq., Friday-street, Cheapside
Esq., Director of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
Jaaem"egseGreen, Gilbertson,rsgi Alderman, and Magistrate for Hertford
William Gibson, Esq., Glasgow
Ely Rank-lodge, Halifax
F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool and
H. P. Glpps,
Henry
Wiler Charles
wpalrne Goldsmith,Gordon.eGtEa,
Esq., Ackwerth-park, Ackworth
John Gully,
William Gibbs, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the South Metropolitan
Cemetery Compel*"
Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction,
and Gaii.sborough Railway Companies
William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Northumberland and Lancashire Railways
Esq., Mayor of Bedford
John Godber, Esq., llucknall Torkard, Nottingh imshire. Director of
Carnarvon-hall, Stratford, Director of the Strat-
Junction, and North Woolwich Railways
J
hn
F.a.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Erewash
Thomas tahn ed bot gbGaatrmee,e
Richard Stra-
tford and Hall,Th Ea
ms qe•
s,
R. F. hall, Esq.,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing-
W. C. Hall,
Valley Extension and West Midland Railways
Esq., Wiseton, near Bawtry
Halpin,
Meld and Macclesfield Railways
Robert Hull,
hEes( "
stoke, a
Esq.. M.D., Norwich
Esq., Leeds
Hammack, Esq., Director of the Direct Western, and
JohnSa mu Samuel
George Hammond,
the Metropolitan Junction Railways
William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieutenant and J.P.
for the West Riding of Yorkshire
John Mason Hepworth, Esq., Eden-place, Ackworth, J.P. for the
West Riding of Yorkshire
Esq., Rogerthorpe-hall, Badsworth
Skipton Castle, Skipton, Director of the Lanca-
shireJTohshua asneens Hepworth,,E sq.,
and North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire North
John Holmes, Esq., East Retford
East-street, Leeds, 'Director of the Liverpool
Eastern, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
Robert Henries, Esq.,
and Leeds Direct Railway
E'sq. Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Charlesa n c b leisq
John Howard, Esq., Royal Foundry, Redford
3t
Thomas Haigh, Esq., Wakefield, late High Constable of Wakefield
John Hardy, jun., banker, Grantham, Director ef the Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
lebrrooke,
John Harris, Esq., Springfield-house, near Bedford
Charles Higgins, sen., Esq., St. Cuthbert's, Bedford
Geerge Higgins, Esq., Bedford
The Rev. Charles Walter Hudson, Rectory, Saundby, near Gains-
borough
George Hurst, Esq., Bedford
John Midge, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Di-
rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
Wm. Empson Jalland, Esq., Holdernese House, near Hull, Director
of the York and Hull Railway
Bowel! Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderness-house, near hull,
Magis-
bate for-the. Eastlllding of York and Borough of Hull, and Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Hull and Barnsley Railways
John Jameson, Esq., Honey lane-market
William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railways
Wm. Jones Johnson, Esq., Bedford
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Blythe and Churnet
Valleys, or Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways
Jeremiah Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director
of the Manchester and Great Grimsby, and Keighley, Halifax, and
Huddersfield Junction Railways
George Klppax, Esq., Ordsall-villa, sear East Retford
Mr. Samuel Knight, Pontefract
George Lawton, Esq., Ditchley's, Essex, Director of the Chepstow,
Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction
Railway
H. C. Leahy, Esq., St. Jam Pies-square
Moses Edward Legg, Esq., Watling-street, London
Captain Henry Leech, Bedford
Charles Denton Leech, Esq., Bury St. Edmunds
William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Direetor of
the Reading and Reigate Railway
L. Stephens Lyne, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Western
Jamaica Railway
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Director of the Sligo and Shto
anu!, the Ips-
wich and Southampton, and the Cork Passage and Kinsale
Railway Director of the Scottish
James Lamb, Erq., 25, Hyde-park-square,
Western, and the Direct Western Railways
John Lart, Esq., Wood-street, Cheallside Live 1 d
James Leeming, Esq., Bradford. Director of Moe an Leeds
Direct, and Keighley, Halifax and Hu
Samuel Lovell, Esq., merchant, Bedford
Captain J. P. Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the
Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool, and Isle of Man Railways
John B. Mann, Esq., Leeds ,
df T
Thomas Hackett Massey, En, on-rent, and Beor
Nowarklll3 d-
square, Hyda-park
Thomas MlTurk, Esq., Hull
William Mee, Esq., East Retford
W. R. Mesham, Esq., M.D., Bedford
Robert Mellington, Esq., lnisan_aouse, near Bast Rettbrd, Director
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
William Moorhouse, Esq., Knottingley, a Provisional
Director of the Sheffield Barusley, and Wakefield Railway
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of South and Midlands Junction, and
London and Birmngham Extension Railways
James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract, Magistrate for the Borough, a pro_
visional Director of the Oxford an Worcester Extension and
Chester Junction Railway
George Mackintosh, Esq., Upper SeyMour-street, Portman-square.
John Manwaring, Esq., Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire, Director of the
York and Lancaster ailway
Ord Massey, Esq., II awkes-house, Burnley, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, the Blackb'irn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and
Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
Moines Mieklethwalte, Esq., Wakefield
lharles Middleton, E,q., Nottinghaala-Park
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, oirector of the Manchester and
Southampton, and the Leeds and 4"airlisle Railways
William Joseph Nash, Esq. Bedford
John Norton, Esq., 1, St. 'George's-vinare, Westminster, and Moat.
house, Brentwood, Director of the Great Western Direct Rail.'
Way, &o.
Robert Newland. Eacl., KenlpSOn-hOtise, Bedfor'tehlre
Timm 2iertll, Esq., Mayor of Iccettivstam

PROSPECTUS OF THE
RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGINSHIRIg.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hen. the Earl

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, V. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Mare, M.l'., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Viscount Ingestre, C.B. R.N. M.P., Brompton-park and Ingestre•

hall, Staffordshire
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir Wm. Twysden, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Maes Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
lames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester
Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Toys Plwm, Glamorganshire
Edward Cotton, Esq., 20, Keppel-street, Russell-square, Director of
the Commercial Bank
Nicol Came, Esq., D.C.L., Dimland's-house, Cowbridge, Director of
the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln Extension Railway
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas 11. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and
Worcester Railway
The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, Felton,, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester-

• square
Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton -square and Court Herbert, near
Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glamorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire
John J. Barris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq., Killely, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of
the South and Midlands' Junetion Railway
John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
'Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the
South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorganshire
William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the
National Provincial Bank of England
James Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Club
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow ant Forest of Dean
Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Lincoln's 'in-
fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Bridgend
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Mall, flamor-
ganshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Middlesex, aid Bread-street-
hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanflhangel,
Denbighshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Dl-
reetor of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
(With power to add to their number).

FORM OF APPLICATION,

To the Provisional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin

Approximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will &lot me shares of 401. each
in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and sign . The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.

MANAGING I
♦ISCOUNT
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P.
William Bradley, Esq.

COMMITTEE.
,ARE, Chairman.
Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N.
Crawshay Bailey, Esq.
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq.
Richard Kelly, Esq.
The Rev. H. R. Fowler
Samuel R. Pratt, Esq.
Henry James, Esq.

Name in full
Residen - e —
Profession or Business

John Randall, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Gronow
James Morrison, Esq.

William Simpson Potter, Msq.

Nichol Came, D.C.L.
Richard Lewis Reece. Esq.

Reference (two or more)

Witness
And his Address

(With power to add to their number.)

N OILTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPA.RIT, 6, Finsbury-place South.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, sap. 110.)
Capital, 1,300,0001., Ia 65,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Johi "Atwood, Bsq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman
James Home, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman
Sir John Edward Dc Beauvoir, Bart., London
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq., t.loucester-place, Portman-square
Richard Bethell, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale Muse, Highgate
George Bishop, Esq., Villa, inner Circle, Regent's Park
Augustus Rosanquet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate
Joseph Brews, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation

STANDING CoUNsEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple,
SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London.
RANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend aid Cardiff.
NessTs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq.
SECRETART-40h11 Petherick, Esq., pro teal.

This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis •
tance from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district,
one of the richest and most important in South Wales, which is at
present without the means of transit for its immense and valuable
products.
It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of
Glamorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in im-
mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and,
obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition
to its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at Mer-
thyr and Aberdare, is also, like that of those districts, of the very
best description for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although
inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently Is the superiority of this de-
scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other,
that the demand for It tar exceeds the supply, and promises, accord-
ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super-
sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of
traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested,
as has been demonstrated in every instance where MR tram-roads or
canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of ether
less promising Tallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele-
brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro-
ductions.
An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu-
facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any ether
line.
This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales
of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great
market tr.wii and port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may
be said to be almost excluded.
It is intended that the line shall commence at Blaen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass
between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it
will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of
sly miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there join the
South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the most
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the
Bristol channel.
A preliminary survey has already been made by competent, par-
ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favourable
gradients, so much so that it is confidently anticipated that the
works will be executed very coasiderably under the advertised ea-

Railway
George Woodreffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.L.E., Alderman •f the City

London
Henry Morton, Esq., Eiddick, Durham
George Parbary, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manehoster
and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. James's-place
Georg, Rougemout, Esq. 14, Broad-street-buildings
Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kellingworth, Newcastle-on-Tyue.

BANKERS,
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London
Bank of Liverpool
The Union Bank, Manchester.
ENGINEER—George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.I.C.E
ARCIIITECT—Robert Abraham, Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-Square
SOLICITOR—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, City.
SECRETARY—Harry Burrard Farnall, Esq.
The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail.
way Company have great satisfaction in informing their subscribers
that negotiations are now pending between the Provisional Commit-
tee of this Company and the Directors of the Railways north of the
Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus
of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City traffic
north of London.
To effect this important object, an area of 10 acres of gromtd (the
southern boundary of which is within 500 yards of the Bank of
England) has been most carefully surveyed aad valued, and the re-
port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to
have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing
the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved by theist to iv,
crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,000/.
The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount iraportance
to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and
most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway
companies who may co-operate with them, an object which wit, be
effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground
alluded to, within the centre of the City of London.
In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended f's embrace
that of a branch line to the present station of the East-an Counties
Railway in Shoreditoh, which will effect an entire jr.nction between
the eastern and western parts of the metropolis :, and at the same
time afford a direct communication between tho whole of the rail.
ways, which reach London tothe north of ',he Thames, and give
full development to each of their schemes ',,y creating for them a
common centre within the heart of the metropolis.
Independently, therefore, of the almosr, incalculable local traffic
which the position of their City termiwis will ensure to this Corn-
Pany, will be added that of those cowponies also who will eventually
co-operate with the North London_ Junction Railway Company, and
the perfection of a project of no 'ordinary magnitude and importance
will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable
line of railway.
A lithographic sketch P.oW publishing will accurately define the
entire district throrgh w'..ich this Company proposes to run this line;
by this means the moat., casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of T,,ondon, north of the Thames, will he placed in
immediate commr.elication with the City ; while the dense popu-
lation of the Citi:, will enjoy a fad ity of connexion with its suburban
localities, nece',sarily affording it the "greatest accommodation.
With suck, important local resources, therefore, together with the
vast tratll,.; on which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
antici,:atted, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
cap!, of. That revenue will be derived thus :
ihe daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
'4,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir-
mingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirds of which reach the
City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,408 persons daily, half
of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily
\
is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City.
Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now un-
accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
• From these sources the following products aro derived:—
at6dfr. for Ann.
Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail-
way,om:tie.; Eastern Counties to the City terminus 452'523
Passengers
of this Company, at 3d. each
Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, ..
• . •
present as taken at
. • • • • • • • • .. .. .
142,208 tons of goods and parcels pass annually fr: ...
• • • 187,929
Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail-
ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage 3s6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of thesegoofodi
and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. per
6d.
ton, a revenue may be derived of ....., , ,
.......
From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing 111• 17,776
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of
40,000/. a year, may be derived the sum of ........ 10,000

pital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to tkis undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the
Provisional Committee.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of kis de-
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount et
his subscription..
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company- shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds
of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion, and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted
to Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make
branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or
otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi-
nate the first Directors of the Company.
In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to
landowners on the line and other parties locally interested.
Prospectuses and Maps may be had of and applications for
Shares may be addressed in the form annexed to, :Y. B. James, Esq.
Solicitor, 19, Northumberland-street, Strand ; to W. Morgan, Esq.
Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned
Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more
of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers: -
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard.
4. Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.

Liverpool—Messrs. Beultt and Co
Manchester—Messrs. Houghiand and Leese
Leeds—Messrs John Young and Co.
Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq.; Messrs. Tahe and Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAIES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys

_
_
Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 201.
Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to
y
tereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted
Ptoa
eachm thet in ; thisal depositd
I a
leo undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement when required.

Name iii tall ••••
Residence • . ••
Trade or Profession ..
Reedrenee with Atddreas•• •...... .
Date of ApplicatAn ......

BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIhECT
RAILWAY.

The Right (Registered Provisionally,)
Capital, I,' 00,0001., in Shares of 201. emelt.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
~,,,,, Lieutenant-Colonel,,i, o n i,. Robert Gore,tha
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Right lion. Lord Rossmore, Dell, Windsor,
lion. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., I', Tllney-
The Hon. T. W. Gage,
street, Park.lane
Sir George William PreNlßMac'oo:Pnsttt.lbrjnußaraCiir
.th.Weehitiennwnreaans,:eo.P.., Brrecootersk'its
adClub
Sir
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usury
amWßebolo),thlibayr,tl.ll;tl.lA' shYbo- u°r7e:hall, Derbyshire
' Arnold, Thomas James, Esq.
curinistiverrifeor:Ne
,City q
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York-terrace,
oLondonrk.terr
sAishLbomunragnacen:letog,e'lirD"R'
Cleobury, Thomas Morthner, ESer
Coape Henry Coe, Esq. Gold'h
eegNnrlbteasnl.'d on Temple, revleleg bar-
ti ri Askew-villa'
Regent's-park
-n Pa
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Bucks, Chairman a the Minehenscll3
DpaalybrYell,jl?nFriant"cEisg,(lE.
dnes,-street,-seilr:reatve-square
ayrell lucks, Hi rh Sheriff of
Esq.
Brighton
Bridgewater Railway
and
Ldiiiire:tinOrshoirfethe
Everitt, Henry Yarburgh,
oGrCeFilic.o,llA, J.,ftEmseas.,LE:wqn.
Heaviside, Richard, Esq. Brighton
KIT
eeenne
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Joseph,, Es q
E. Cs
qa d. echhya-ihrino uas
Chairman,
:
National Bank
Henry, J., Esq. Chichester
of Ireland, St. John's-wood, Regent's Park
314Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq. Chatham-place
Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-sqnare, director of the
Indian Peninsular Railway
Seymour, Fredrick, Esq. St. James's-square, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Watkins, Robert, Esq. Augusta-house, Worthing
Willes, George, ESQ. llUligerford-Park
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. I George Remington, Esq., C.N.
ACTING ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, Esq,
SOLICITORS.
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square, London
JohniOwens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London.
d wwhii
Local. SOLICITORS-- 11 e s s r s . Attree, Clarke, an mie, Brighton,
LOCAL AGENTs.
William Mitchell, Esq., reterstield
Messrs. Bailey and Wickham, Winchester.
BANNERS.
London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 60, Cornhill
Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehall
Brighton—The Union Bank
Branch of London and County Joint-Stock Banking Coin.
any
Cheltenham— pßranch of the National Provincial Bank of England
Peterstleld—Branch of London and County joint-Stock Banking
Company.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT— Cadwallader F. Waddy, Esq, Fludyer-

The total of their calculations
.. 4271
amounts
.to..
Deduct 40 per cent. for workers' expenses •.. ..... 0 289
11`2,115

Estimated Rental to be received from other Companies t0r4168'174
the use of Terminus • • ..... ••••••••••• • • • •• •• • • • • 30,000

£198,174
Being a revenue of more than 15 per cent. on a capital of 1,300,000/.
The capital, as now extended, will bedividedshiaartoe
w6ll,looobeshparayeasbolef
201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per
forthwith.
A portion of the shares will be allotted toparties locally interested.
The remainder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders
and the public generally, upon application being made by them in a
manner hereinafter mentioned.
The Directors, in complianee with the advice of their Parlia-
mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent
standing ord-rs of the House of Lords, to require a deposi of 101.
per cunt. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in order to
carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip certificate
with the Secretary, or, or before the lst of October next, in exchange
for which they will obtain a certificate upon which the bankers of
the Company will receive the arno....t of the difference payable, and,
upon producing the recetptand sigpmg the new Parliamentary Deeds,
fresh scrip will be delivered to them.

. .
Appllcittions for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to
the Secretary, at the Offices, No. 8, Flusktry-place South, and the
forowing sharebrokers :
Messrs. R. Sutton, Dribble, and Sutton, 22, North-side, Royal

Exchange, London
Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Lawford, 3, Royal Exchange
George Burnand, Esq , Cornhill
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester
William Marshall, Esq.., Bank-buildings, Manchester
William Haynes, Esq., Manchester
John Wells. Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol
J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield
J. G Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield
F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax
Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter
R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF SCRIP.
To the Secretary of the North London Junction Railway Company.
Sir,--I herewith transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by
me in this Company numbered as at foot, and I undertake to make
the Anther' payment of 14s. 6d. per share on the said shares, forth-
with, and to execute the new Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Christian and surname in full . • • ..
Business or Profession
• Residence •
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES
To the Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Railway

street.
SECRETARY-Mr. Frederick Penny.

Company.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the
capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay the deposit of .21. 2s. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired. .
Dated the clay of 1845.
Christian and surname in full .• .• •• ••
Business or Profession
Address.... • • • • •. .... .........
Itoltrence.• • • •••• • • • • • ... . ....

BRIGHTON and CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further application lbr shares in
this Company can be received. The Committee are now proceeding
with the allotment, and the letters will be issued as soon as the re-
quisite inquiries as to the responsibility of the applicants can be coin•
pleted.

FREDERICK FENNY, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 34, Iforgate-street,
October 14, 1845.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16 1845.

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, Esq., Director of the Hall and Barnsley, and Leeds and
Carlisle 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
W. Perfect, Esq., Monkhill, near Pontefract
John Phillips, Esq., Mayor of Pontefract
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-house, Russell-square
William 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, anti the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
John Thomas Raworth, 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., Byeullah-house, Enfield, Managing
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
James Robson, Esq., Tanshelf, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon-
tefract
Frederick Redden, Esq., Bedford
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester,
and Weymoath Junction, the 'I 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 Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churuet
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, Cat'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., Throstlenest, 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., M. 8., Pontefract
Joshua Annable Skidmore, Esq., St. John's-place, Wakefield
William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort-
ley, Silkstone, and Wakefield, and the Lee•'s and York Railways
William Stewart, Esq., ilorbury, near Wakefield
George Eaton Stanger, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel Herrick Surplice, Esq., Beeston, Notts
John Streets, 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,
and Statierd 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, Ackworth
Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract, Director of the Manchester, Hod.
dersfitld, and Great Grimsby Railway
Wm. Watson,Esq , Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, Director of Amber
gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Samuel Warburton, Esq., Hunslet, Leeds, Director of the Wakcieli
and Harrogate Railway
The Rev. Richard Whitelock, M.A., 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, Net-
tinginun, and Boston, anti Eastern Junction Railway
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Bucklaud-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and Direct Birmingham and
Leicester Railways
William Williams, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Charles Waite, Esq., 3, Old Burlington-street, and 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. it. Burdett Worthington, Bedford
G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed y Celyx, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-
square, London, Director of the Thames Valley Railway
George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax
George Witt, Esq., F.R.S., Direetor of the Bedford, London, and
Birmingham Railway, and Aldermand of Bedford
George Gillett, Esq., 2, Grsovenor-gate, Hyde-park
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF—Sir John Macneil, LL.D., and F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E.
LONDON 80LICITOB.S.
J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court.
Owen Gray, Esq.
J. B. Midge, Esq. 1 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 Mec.
Nottingham—Messrs. Fox and Butlin.
Oakham—Henry Hough, Esq.
Kettering—Thomas Marshall, Esq.
Bedford—Ezra Eagles, Esq.
SECRETARY —J. B. Owens, Esq.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT —J. M. Widdicombe, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Company
Doncaster I The Yorkshire Banking Company.
Pontefract
The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course,
the Important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds with the
metropolis, tile 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, a ter 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 ensuing 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,
Oakham, and Stamford.
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 from 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-
ral counties through which this line will pass, the line in itself, con-
sidered as a direct trunk line between London and Leeds, is sufficient
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 with ,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 acid the eastern parte of
Scotland, as well as Durham and Newcastle (by the York and North
Midland, and Great North of England Railwa) s) 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
wharfs 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 tile 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 goad, and
that it will not materially interfere with any ornamental property.
The subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of th, it first
deposits, until an Act of Parl ament 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.
BROKERS.
London—Messrs. Marten and Heselthie, 9, Fineh-lane
Leeds—Messrs. Hopps and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Joseph King and Son
Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal
Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and SOns
Bradford—Mr. Josiah Scholefield
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square.

GREAT LEEDS AND LOADON DIREC
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. _ _ .

J. B. OWEN, Secretary,

Temporary Offices, Adelaide•place,

London-bridge.

GREAT WESTERN, BREN IFORD, and
CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY, from
the vicinity of West Drayton, through Hounslow, Brentford, Ham-
mersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, to a Central
Terminus, near Charing-Cross.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 53, Charing-cross.
Capital, 850,41101., in 42,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Earl of DeYon
Vernon Abbott, Esq., 70, Gower-street
Philip Anstruther, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment
_ _ _

Railway Junction Company
Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq., Southall, Magistrate for Middlesex
John Auldjo, Esq., Noel House, Kensington
Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square
Edward Oliver Benson, Esq., Hounslow
William Sprott Boyd, Esq., Director of the Thames Bmbankment

Railway Junction Company
Thomas Braman, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leicester and Tam.

worth Railway
Sir John Macpherson Brackenbury
Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart., Director of the Thames Embank.

ment Railway Junction Company
Major John T. Croft, Deputy Chairman of the Cheater and Manche

ter Railway
John Chevalier Ciobbold,:Esq., Chairman of the Eastern 'mien Ea

Way
W:lliam Cumming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park
George Cooper, Esq., Brentford
George James Stredwick Camden, Esq., Hounslow
Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
J. Fisher, Esq., Isleworth
Major David Fitzgerald, Yalentia, county of Kerry
Captain Forbes, R.N., Forest, Windsor
Sir Andrew Pellatt Green, R.N., K.C.H.
James Montgomery, Esq., Brentfbrd
John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., Hammersmith
The Hon. Colonel Phipps, Norwood-grean
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the Soatk and Midi and
Railway
Henry Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, Magistrate for
Middlesex
John F. Pownall, Esc, Spring-grove, Hounslow
Colonel Reid (2d Life Guards), Buistrode Park
Thomas Kerry Rowe, Esq., Brentford
John Coysgarne Sim, Esq., No. 9, Clifton-place, Hyde Park-gardens
Major Jelf Sharp, Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex,
Deouty-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Junction
Company
Henry Webb Smith, Esq., Hounslow
William Spooner, Esq., Director of the Liverpool, Manehtster, and
Newcastle Railway
Andrew Spottiswoocle, Esq., Chairman of the Irish North Midland
Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Frederick Thompson; Esq., 20, Kensington-square
Robert Richard Tighe, Esq., Bank, Windsor
Henry Tuffnell, Esq., M.P.
• (With power to add to their number.)
Ewa/mu—Thomas Page, Esq.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Wilkinson and Cohbold, 7, Lincoln's Inn-fields
William Sim, Esq., 8, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
BANKERS.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Hugh Innes Cameron and George Bain, 18, Parliament-street.
SECRETARY—Henry Moreing, Esq.
Applications for shares, is the subjoined form, may be made,
addressed to the Provisional Committee, at the Offices of the Com-
pany, 53, Charing-cross, to the Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents,
and to the following agents and sharebrokers :a-Messrs. Carden and
Whitehead, 61%, Threadneedle-street; Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old
Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Bradley and Co., Manchester ; Mr. B.
R. Pemberton, and Messrs. H. Davis and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. LuKe
-Arnold, Bristol; Mors. Cl:matron arid Boyea, Leeds; )4eners. Wll-

kinsea and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow, spective cans, from the date of each payment until the opening of 01
and Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York, of whew prospectuses may line.
be obtained. The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
No applications for Shares in this Company will be received which be required to be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are 1..
do not contain a reference to one of the Provisional Committee, the changed for certificates of scrip, of which due notice will be giY"
Sharebrokers, Officers of the Company, or a Banker.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Agreementdues and Parliamentary Contr withr
To the Provisional Directors of the Great Western, Brentford, an 7ime to be limited by such notice, will be absolutely fafetted•
0,,,..
Central Terminus Junction Railway. Forms of application tar shares, prospectuses, and a map
a! It;
Gentlemen,—l request yon will allot nu) shares of 201. eash line, may be obtained frona the Solicitors, or the Secretary, t',.n.
In the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, Offices of the Company, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London, or t!.un
or any lesser number that may be allotted to mc, to pay the deposit of any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers ; but no application will 17.
21. 28• per share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one of the Provi
Parliamentary Contract when required. sional Committee, the Solicitors, or a Banker.
Name in full •••••• • • .• • • ........ •• London—Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard` -.-
Residence
Trade or Profession .• ••—. . .. Leamington—Mr Eliezer Edwards, Bedford-street
Date .... •••••• • • • • • • .........• .., Bath—Mrr T. E. Milsom
Reference In full .. . •
. Bristol—
Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton
Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, and Mr. William erl
Manchester— Mr. John Barlow ; Messrs. Cardwell and lion
Leeds—Messrs. Robinson rind Furley
Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison.
THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Vallel
To the Provisional Committee of the AVM and Severn
Railway Company. shine'
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me
of 201. each in the above Company ; and I hereby undoct:tkeepot,o af
.
cept the same, or any smaller number, and to paY "
‘,"n
2/. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentar y
tract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required, .
1845.
Dated this day of •••••••
Name in full . • • • • • • • •• • • • • " • . • •• • .
Place of Business ..... . • • •• ••
.....
Trade or Profession ••••• • •• " '
Name and Address of Refiree• • • a
Signature • • • • - -

'rLIE GREAT WESTERN, BREN'I'FORD,
and CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY. . _ .

Office, 53, Charing-cross.
At a meeting of the inhabitants and owners of property in Brent-
ford and its vicinity, held on Saturday, the 11th instant, in pursuance
of a requisition most numerously and respectably signed,
HENRY DOWN ALL, Esq., Spring-grove, in the Chair,
It was in oposed by G. COOPER, Esq., seconded by Mr. WALBRAN,
and unanimously resolved-
1. That it is highly desirable that railway communication be esta-
blished between Hounslow and Lot.don, and that it be as direct as

the nattue of the country will permit, and follow as closely as pos-
sible the old coach thoroughfare. _ _ _ _ .

Proposed by Major JELFSIIARP, seconded I,y B. J. ARMSTRONG,
Esq., and unanimously resolved-
2. That having heard and considered a statement of the course
h the projected line of Mr. Page will take, this meeting is of
opinion that such line is most highly calculated to promote the in-
terests of this town and neighbourhood, and presents a prospect of
far greater advantage than any line crossing the river, and not pro-
ceeding directly to the centre of the metropolis.
Proposed by JAMES SIONTGOMREY, Esq., seconded by Mr. RING,
and unanimously adopted— _ .

3. That the line projected by Mr. Page is particularly entitled to
the support of the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood, for
the following amongst other reasons :-
1. That it is the line originally proposed by the inhabitants of this
district.
2. That it follows the direct course of the ancient thoroughfare from
Hounslow to London, without crossing the River Thames.
3. That means having been taken for extending the original ter-
minus from 'Milbank to the immediate vicinity of Charing-cross, it
presents a more convenient access to the metropolis than any other
line. _ _ .

That this meeting, therefore, pledge themselves to give every as-
sistance in promoting the success of this line.
The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to Henry
Pownall, Esq., as well for his kindness in taking the chair, as for the
ability with which he presided over the meeting.

GR EAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and
CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY.
()dices, 53, Charing•cross.
CHAIRMAN—The EARL of DEVON.
Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Stares i
this Company will be received after SATURDAY, October IS
By ord7r,

HENRY MOREING, Secretary.

HULL AND LINCOLN DIRECT RAILWAY. ,•„p!
OT/CE is hereby given that no ApPli°ls",:tot
1.1 for Shares will be received after TfloasDAT, the 23d
By order of the Committee,
W. AYRE,.iull.,

HULL and LINCOLN DIRECT'4 RAthiv Ir*
(Registered Provisionally).
Capital 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
est
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Fight Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton, director of the Gr
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Sir H. M. Yavasour, Bart. Melburne-hall, Yorkshire
:sir Henry Boynton, Bart. Burton Agnes, Yorkshire '
. _rd solih
Sir John Simpson, Alderman of York, director of the yors
Midland, and of the Newcastle and Darlington Radwa.).ecoirene,
Aspinall, John Bridge, Esq. barrister-at-law, Altharre,
.- Pe
and Temple, London ~,S' Tor
Barkworth, Thomas, Esq. Kirkby-hall and North Ferri"
Beardman, George Alfred, Esq. Nottingham
Bolton, Thomas, Esq. Hull
Boynton, Henry, Esq. Burton Agnes, Yorkshire mO/
Bowes, John, Esq. Hull, Director of the Bull and Selby' .."
Bower, Joshua, jun. Esq. Hunslet, near Leeds Losde
Burrows, Josiah, Esq. Castle-house, Gomersall, near ---
Bright, Paul, Esq. Sheffield ~..,, slid 81111*
Bright, Henry Smith, Esq. Hull, Director of the Dur
derland Railway
Burnley-, Thomas, Esq. Gomersall, near Leeds das
Blyth, Henry, Esq. Lincoln Cheirn'en
Bristowe, Samuel Ellis, Esq. Beesthot2-hall, Notts,
Stafford and Nottingham Railway
B ow, Rev. William, J.P. Goodinanham, Yorkshire
'al°
Brook, William Henry, Esq. Lincoln ~ 3fett", 01,1
Campbell, Captain Duncan, Exmouth, director 0. the „paer,e,
Railway Junction, the Reading and Reigate Alin—
other Railways
Carrick, Theophilus, Esq. merchant, Hull
Cracroft, Colonel, Hackthorne-hall, Lincolnshire
Cracroft, Weston, Esq. ditto York,
ln"gailwer
Coulson, Edward Foster, Esq. Cottingham Castle, „jell)), 01
•Cookharn, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Hull and vole,
Clifford, William, Esq. Hull, director of the Sheffield,
Silkstone Railway
Colllngham, Joseph, Esq. Lincoln
-Denison, Robert. Eng. Waplington Manor, Yorkshire
Dent, Joseph, Esq. Ribs:one-Park, Yorkshire
Dalton, James, Fillingham-manor, Lincolnshire as°
Eggington, John, Esq J.P. Hull A 511
Earle, George, Esq. director of the Sheffield, Wortle, , "
Railway
Eddie, William Hesleden, Esq. Barton
Eddie, Richard, Esq. Barton
Egginton, John, Esq. J.l'. for the borough of Hull vataldn°ll.
Fowler, Thomas, Esq. the Grange, Kirton in Lindsey,
Graburn, William, Esq. Barton
Hall, John, Esq. Warden of the Trinity-house, huh
Hattersley, John, Esq. Barton
Healey, Henry, Esq. Ashby Decoy-cottage, Lincolnshire
Hewitt, Thomas Frederick, Esq. Hull P
Harding John, Esq. Bridlington „paten,
Heming,, Dempster, Esq. Lindley-hall, near .-‘ll.--
shire
Holgate, Bennett, Esq. Hull, Major in the ArMY ~,rotaill
Hutton, William, gsq. Gate Burton-hall, near Gainao.'
Jones, Joseph, sen. Esq. Mayor of Hull
Liddell, George, Esq. banker, Sutton-house, Yorkshire
Little John George, Esq. Blyborough
Lupton, Darnton, Esq. Mayor of Leeds
Lunn, John Wilbar, Esq. South Ferriby, Lincolnshire
Marshall, William, Esq. Lincoln
Marshall, John, Esq. Riseholme-grange, near Lincoln
, plO
Mason, Richard, Esq. Lincoln s- vb
Mers, John, Esq. Mayo of Beverley ~0011, v
ore, o
~
Myassey, Thomas Racket, Esq. Newark, and 0xf0r.144, '4a
Massey, Robert Marsden, Esq. Newark, and Oxford -Vooofce, bl,
Maddock, Thomas Finchett, Chester and Cae Gsv and Cr'
rector of the' theflield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries,
the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways
Malan', John, Esq. Elm Tree-house, Hull •
Moxon, Rev. W. C. Rectory, South Ferriby
Nettleship, Thomas, Esq. J.P. Lincoln _,,101.10
Nicholson, Thomas, Esq. Grayingliain-grange, Lill"'
North, Thomas, Esq. Mayor of Nottingham
10" 0( boa
Newham, Samuel, Esq. Nottingham-park
Odling, Anslem, Esq. Lincoln ( „of
Peas, Joseph Robinson, Esq. Deputy-ChailMan ° 1;oe 5514
Selby Railway, and Deputy--Lieutenant 0. rile
Yorkshire 1.4'
Palmer, Thomas William, Esq. J. P. Hull cl'e 10
e the 31,'"e
Parker, Henry, Esq. Hull and Ferriby
Paxton, Joseph, Esq. Chatsworth, director o._utp, s'
~ 0,
Buxton and Matlock, and Great Grimsby, L'-' Deue
Railways
Pryme, George, Esq. Cambridge, director of the eel°ritige'
Pope,
and
John B. Esq. Flockton Northampton Railway
Colliery, Hollinghell, or hlree2 ,
ei
alall
tet
Peacock, Edward, Esq. Bottesford, Lincolnshire .t, I.
Prole, William Watson, Esq. director of the Gre.
0
ir
Rugby, and Sthampton Rrilway
Rudgard, Williamou, Esq, J.P. Alderm ,„,
an of Lincoln tor of '"" 4
~
Richardson, William, Esq. Alderman of York, (lire' •fon•
cheater and Southampton Railway of llie
Richardson, James, Esq. Clifton, Yorkshire, direc-rovs 0,1
North Midland, and Newcastle and Berwick Roil ._ .thola
Reynardson, Thomas Birch, Esq. Holywell-hall, nen.
.106
Rudgard, Edward William ail Esq. Lincoln
.terlt.tit'(
Stephenson, John, Esq. Mayor of eoln
_, Darn',utel''
Smith, John George Stapleton, Esq. Melton-wor, I.„,ty-x,
High Steward of the city of Lincoln, and ver-
Lincolnshire
Slater, Samuel, Esq. Carlton,-honse, near Lincoln
Sharpe, George, Esq. Lincoln
Sandwith, Thomas, Esq. J.P. Beverley
Storr, Joseph, Ezq. Yorksire
Skinner, Thomas, EsOq.ustw Kirton-in-Linhdsey, Lineolniadr.
4
Swann, John Wright, Esq. Exmouth Os"
Swann, John Bradley, worthh T., 1 01 6'
Spence, Edward, Esq. Til Grange, near ..11_.,tii, a ,
Tall, John, Esq. Hull, Director of the Lincoln, o' 00,10,1
Pool
Railway
Taylor, John, Esq. Hull, director of the Direct Westeorrtbe
Tottie, Richard, Esq. Hull and Aulaby, Chairing°
Selby Railway l call
odd, William Cloodlad, Esq. Barton " 'lll '"''
Uopleby, Charles, jun. E. Barrister-et-10v n"1. , —I.:D% 11.
Whittaker, Charles, Esq. Melton-hill, director o
Railway
Winn Frederick, Esq_ Lincoln
. .

THE AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAIL.
WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER,
Connecting Leamington anti the whole of the Midland and Nor
Eastern Counties with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the
South of England.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
No further call will be made until an Act of Parliament is obtained,
and no party will be liable beyond the amount of his shares.
PROVISIONAr COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Lord Beauclere, 8, Chesham-place, Belgravet
square
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, London
Chairman of the York and Lancaster, anti Director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railways
The Hon. Captain Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Beigrave
square
The Hon. Captain Evans Freke, Life Guards, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir Montague John Cholmeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Director of the Chepstow,:Forest
of Dean, and Gloucester, and the South and Midland Junction
Railway
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., .F.L.S., Alderman of Lon.
don, late 31. P. for Oxford, Chairman of the Erewash Valley Ex.
tension, the Leek and Macclesfield, the Great Western, Southerr
and Eastern Counties, and of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold.
Rhaubon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
William Bradley, Esq., Manor-oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Cam.
bridge and Lincoln Extension, and the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Junction Railways
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., 8, Upper Hyde park-street, and
Brookes' Club, St. James's, Director of the West Midland, and
Manchester and Southampton Railways
Villiers C. Villiers Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Director of
the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Railway
William Lloyd Caldecot, Esq., 6, Laura-place, Bath
William Breynton, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple,
London, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth, and other
Railways
H. H. Dancocks, Esq., the Manor-house, Kempley, Gloucestershire,
Director of the Birmingham, West Bromwich, and Wednesbury,
and Walsall Junction Railways
James Maurice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Walmer-hall, near Tewkesbury,
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice-
Consul of Russia at that port
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq., Gloucester, late Mayor of the City of
Gloucester, and Deputy-Chairman of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean,
and Gloucester Railway
Samuel hitch, Esq., M.D., Gloucester
Charles F. Thornley, Esq., merchant, Bristol
Cornelius Brady, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwickshire
Paris Dick, Esq., M.D., Forthampton, Tewkesbury
George Smith, Esq., Prestbury, near Cheltenham
Thomas Avery, Esq., Gloucester
Caleb Trotter, Esq., ditto
Arthur H. Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester Directors of the
Edward L. Kendall, Esq , merchant, ditto Worcester, Here-
Robert Heane, Esq., ditto ford,and Glouces-
Charles Walker, Esq., ditto ter Railway
Henry Fox, Esq., ditto
Edward J. Woidhouse, Esq., ditto,
John Ladds, Esq., Abbot's-court, Twyning and Tewkesbury
Aaron Gould Bilsome, Esq., Forest of Dean, Director of the East and
NV( st of England, and the Worcester and South Wales Railways
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park,
and Mancetter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Tean and Dove
Valley, South Staffordshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
Kensington Lewis, Esq., Worcester-park, Surrey, and Stratford.
place, Director of the Midland Counties, and the Cheltenham, Ox-
ford, and Brighton Junction Railways
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leicester
and Tantworth, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways
Robert H. Shomburgk, Esq., New Kensington, Surrey, Chairman of
the Barbadoes General. Railway
George Frederic Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire, the Grand Junction and Midlands
Union, and Dover and Bristol Railways
John Campbell Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Junction Railways
George Unctt, Esq., the Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire,
Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, and
Dover and Bristol Railways
Walter Illicit, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Director of the
Dover and Bristol, and Grand Trunk Railways
Major White, Pall-mall, London, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Lewis Hoffmann, Esq., Reading, Berkshire, and Inner Temple,
London, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire, and
the Dover and Bristol Railways
Thomas Wakefield, .Esq., London, Director of the Dover and Bristol
Railway
Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of
the Staffordshire, and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the
London Bristol and South Wales irect, the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London, the BirkenheaA4 and Holyhead, and the Liverpool,
Preston, and North Union Railways
William Caldwell, Esq , Wigan, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, the Lancaster and York, and the Staffordshire
Potteries Railways
Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Direct, and the York and Lancaster, and other Railways
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire, and Adelaide-
place, London-bridge, Director of the southern and Eastern, and
Northern Jamaica, and the Irish West Coast Railways
John Bird, Esq., Dines Alowddy, North Wales
W. H. Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln and
Great Grimsby, the Dover and Bristol, and the Birmingham, 'West
Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction Railways
Edward Shilion, Esq., Bath-cottage, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham,
Lichfield, anti Manchester, and the Birmingham, Westbromwich,
Wednesbury, and Walsall Railways
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the York and Lancaster, the Liverpool and Bolton Direct,
and the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
Henry Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square, Director of the London and
Exeter, and other Railways
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locko-park, Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
Capt. Gould, Charles-street, St. James's
Samuel Kempson, Esq., Little Sutton, near Birmingham, Director of
the Birmingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Railway
Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, London, Director of the
Lynn, Wisbeach, and :Peterborough Railway
Robert Grove, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director or the Bir.:
mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction
Railway.

ENGINEER.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London
W. H. Recce, Esq., Birmingham.;
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berm, Rugby
William Tibblts, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Anthony Sproule, Esq., Tewkesbury.
BANKERS—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co:, Clemtnt's-lane, London.

SECRZTAP:Ir—Henry Brookes, Esq,

The proposed railway will commence at Rugby, on the London
and Birmingham Railway, the terminus of the Midland Counties
and Trent Valley Railways, and the point to which several other
projected railways converge, and will proceed through or near to
Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury,
and Cliclten,:am, to Gloucester. The length of the line will bz
about 56 miles. _ _ .

Winn, Thomas, Esq. Lincoln di
Ward, Charles, Esq. Lincoln
range 01
Wilkinson, John, Esq. Barton , oe
Wormald, Smith, Esq. banker, Barton and Ticla°'ick ''''
Wright, Thomas Short, Esq. Northampton,
Midland Railway
Walton, Rev. N., Sutton, Yorkshire
Wheateroft, David, Esq. Buckland-holloW, ate.
Worksfield, Thomas, Esq. J.P., Nottingham r). 91'
(With power to add to their number)
]]lisp''
op
-rs EN ssISI
COMMITTEE OF SIANAUJ ',,.1,0111- pi A
.Bowes, John, Esq. rainier, : .011, fv.7,,:
Bright, Henry Smith, Esq. Paxton. Jc' joie'', P".
Brook, William Henry, Esq. - Richardson, 01, , .
dire v
Dalton, James, Esq. Richards°”,;iiiisob 9.1.
Eddie, William Hesleden, Esq. Rudgard, 1. jolig_mpi,
Hall, John, Req.
Nicholson, Thomas, Esq. I odd, Wlll''' ,reP
511..,...11. v
SURVEYOR—CharIes Rawson, fp.-• or,
scl., Veil
SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Ayre, jun., ,d
AGENTS IN LONDON —Messrs. Butterfield am
SiSimpson,. S.`r„„, Goo"'
Inn-square.
LOCAL SOLICITORS. .0
Henry Williams, Esq, Carton.
Joseph Afackrill, Esq. tlartort•
LOCAL AGENTS. . _to
George Maxstead, Esq. ivalto,.4.
E,4
,4.
John Brewster,NottingliS
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—G. WWI
BANKERS.

Hull—Messrs. Pease andllddells ~,
Lincoln—Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and ON ,urapatif,ad CO ',,, re
Barton—The Branch of the Hull Banking 113;tteicti ;.aat
London—Messrs. Glyns and Co. ; Messrs.
et 6,4oolloAbloat
,01,
This line is intended to form the meatNottinghael rll' dire pe'rictat. toe to
tween Hull and , Nwark, t.ingdSt„a '-atOpr
and the midland Lincoln and south-ewestrn manufaete—atlre,;aftdte cor,
between Hull and London, and the south anti a°, ,
~ ,ce 0. 01
It is also intended to give the best possible t•airel,,'. ptiO'col, i,
the rich agricultural district through which it '',..ing.' Of 014
veyance of its produce to market, and the OA 4" ..-- , VOY 10111,
stone, slate, and other articles. .
It is proposed to proceed to Ilesslc by the 1-I.ollolf;abee;ttit:..,,ifearfpliopti,
and thence by an extension to the edge a t,D, proenla be 1-011,k1
the landings on each side of the ferry, so line ' Rill
t°
rot. Apd
possible facility of transit across it. The , line to, disf,ja,
to South Ferriby Sluice, and thence in a direa,„atura iill 010.
coin, through a perfectly level and ricottars-aa, Ana
that city it will be connected with the N‘igiliiot, , aod Itt'aa`o
such other projected lines as may be found e"....P01111.1t1.i 0; 141,
An extensive trade has long existed bel,d the ",„0111,, 1P,',,,
Newark, Nottingham, Derby, Birininghain, 11derable ..'„rt ,:,,plO
facturing districts, all of which receive a cen't; the 1"010•,t,y1,/
tbroug or IP ,t) ot
foreign produce which they consume wount a its 0.,,,011,1*,
through which also they export a large ante Nue large Taal,„4o
Notwithstanding the chief portion of the travent; a i
„lea
~
.4
tedious and uncertain course of the River perch a 11; it 1117,a
Anng the of tap
both goods and passengers passed .---- ra 0113 deco 0(
tween Barton and Lincoln. Of late Yea lick ut ei,o
diverted by the circuitous, though more ell— IA ttallietaot
furnished by railways. ~, econertiore c°. oat
ditious
cop
r on
pv
oe
sye da
n ch: i feo "writllhibs etrtahme
en:,o:itaa'al.l4;e:itto'rldthicorethis I,ta_oiirof
expected will in a great measure be re' I. I,lo'attr r
channel. this art a all.dierso4l.
The several other railway schemes Inc° InnedtdiaTile lat fP,
have in view the promotion of local ac i
re„de.r_portl4,loo
overlook this important through trade, and eh les' in;
111a'tly'jf,";
Lincoln and Hull secondary to that of ITL„ount 0 „jot ,„ t , 0
It is impossible to expect that an
can be attracted by the Sheffield aYngdreAii_lll7;oblfriijLe'opgr:aticinlaultlie?:
and inconveniences inseparable from a Pas'ssary. prol the st.cped apt
and trunk to branch lines, and an unneey_ ~„,d; wito,aa e,,d ~,•
a dozen miles. The ferry, too, at Nawtokipouto.tc”tualitnyt.;
0000e.0 of toi,
in the Humber, present great obstacles
~,, conade the or
while at the Hessle and Barton ferry it l'oved frilea ails
of
carriages, with their contents, can be rein id, In
Jr
quarter of an hour. the
dl for
ratraa.,t lefe , itii
s been rv.' nil
side to that on the other at all times a the t ,
cur
ecitt
Ile ba ~ pu 1 A ,
The country to be traversed by
veyed, and found remarkably adapted.' a perfee , esllt, ,
with the exception of three or four inisiFs,,_ worio,
_oda afatoaila,,,ta
from all engineering difficulties or cape?, Ile„gertsilt t1i0,.0 fie;
The goods and passenger traffic hasrepte!l.!.:eration`„olll.l7, Al ',l!
a most satisfactory prospect local 1T11,.,,,, been'f:jatnT ;Pad
The co-operation of many ainterests_ll;:a).s ttieltairi!`„V v
~.. - 11,'" V,
col of
gentlemen connected with seveora,rf,,ce is
Parise tale
i..,,,,
cola and Hall, and the greatest c 11101`.: the act.,
.aa far as Pr ,re
opposition will be speedily overcome, an"
tion to the projeet obtained.
locally int' nt te li,ipti Ce
to landowners on the line and others
of sua.te.gralA The shares in the Company will be allotted! —,—ested' -reit ii,iis: i
Provision will be made in the act
amount or theiriao
to re: 0.,
sponsibility of shareholders to the an 01,0,111.....,„ farm, I‘,;vectatotfl;!l';
Applications for shares, in the fkolIrs;,11.
or other. ,12; 01 thill„reat
a member of the committee, ban
.O. messo. F'11,`,r1e,,,,,, f,,' 0111
may be made to the Solicitor, nr, 1"
Wilkinson atyt's. i)o3l'oot3Jtao'
Mr. James Bowden, Messrs. (• . i . gr. ,• son, .Pa aart
Duce n , „,at r „4.
to.
Gresham and Mr. James Pratt, ,
ssrs. IL 11. "d ; •It fi 01;1
Mr. S. Collinson, Nottingilain ; 31`
Banadrffst,eanisi ~. n York ; "I°9. T. It'Pvii-3tlll,
Manchester ; Henry Davis and
..%).o_.tainottat ; ptatta ca.
,dS3hreeffissersld. ; jinle.nliryenWdea.rwB;ll:,:::::o.oo' I:7l.so‘tri:7o:l,l:°:'4'''
Son, of Lynn ; Mr. Jno.llrright, Dli.
Carden and Whitehead, Thread calel'','-er, „ tap.,
and Co., 38, Throgmorton-atreent,eMe.ss_ra..,as. Oer Diaotion• ocaof•
By
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Hull, 2,1 October, 1845. all Alt Ole 4
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al oo
orl,
To the ComEn°llltttele OofFSAI aPnragLetinCenlit jo°f..14111};°1111141- -and l'iPe
Gentlemen,—I request you will lot a I underwea ;0137
of twenty pounds each in this
soinr; bY; „nottedots ther;at"
the same, or any less number th all farther
___, Agt
the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, a
_ffs'abacriber,
sign the Parliamentary Contract ant,
required.
Dated-this ' s.datpeaY atfn Aill •••• :: :: ••"
BuSineasfruaitiose • • •
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Residence r-r.,..f;;51011. • '
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place of k cation . .. • .0
Date of -PY—ree, .... • '' „ o'
ause of Befe
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1130401"

The advantages that will result from the construction of this line
are numerous and highly important, and such as cannot fail to secure
a very large amount of local and through traffic, and a highly-re-
munerative return upon the capital invested. By means of existing
and proposed railway s, it will fonn a complete chain of railway com-
munication between the whole of the midland and north-eastern
counties of England, the populous cities and towns before-named, and
the southern and western districts, and thus bring Leicester, Not-
tingham, Newark, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and Hull,
into direct communication with the favourite and fashionable spas of
Leamington and Cheltenham, the richly-productive and far-fumed
Vale of Evesham, and the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth,
and Falmouth, and those of South Wales.
The inhabitants and visitors of the much-frequented watering-
places of Leamington and Cheltenham, will thus obtain a direct line
between those resorts, instead of the present circuitous route through
Birmingham, affording that facility of intercommunication which
has long been ardently desired ; and it will also afford the utmost fa-
cility of access to the innumerable visitors who, attracted as well by
the beauty of the scenery as the memory of Shakspears, annually
resort to Stratford-on-Avon. _ . .

To those passengers from the east and north-east, direct to Giou-
Gloucester, the line from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Cheltenham, will afford a
great accommodation, and a saving in distance of at least eight miles,
besides the delay of the stoppage at Cheltenham.
At Tewkesbury it will also form a junction with the proposed line
from that place to Malvern, affording the most direct communication
to the numerous visitors to the magnificent scenery and invigorating
atmosphere of the celebrated Malvern-hills.
To the inhabitants of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes-
bury, this portion of the proposed line will prove immensely advan-
tageous ; situated within ten miles of the important city and port of
Gloucester, they have nevertheless to travel by the present railway
route nearly twice that distance, an Inconvenience which .has
already materially affected the trade, and prejudiced the interests of
the town. The proposed line, running close to the town, will remove
this great inconvenience, and restore its trade to its former state of
prosperity.
The value of this line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot
be too highly estimated, as it will not only open to it immense
sources of traffic from the whole of the eastern and north-eastern
counties, but will very materially lessen the distance between it
and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, snaking
Gloucester still more securely the nearest and most accessible outlet
for the whole of that immensely productive manufacturing region ;
and it is impossible to conceive any project bettor calculated to
advance the interests of Gloucester, than one capable of effecting
that object.
This line will also form an important junction between the London
and Birmingham and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and
Gloucester Railway, and constitute the highway for the traffic of the
former, and of all the north-eastern railways, to the proposed Man-
chester and Southampton Railway at Cheltenham; and the through
traffic front the latter source alone is expected to be very great;
It will thus have the effect of connecting the ports of the eastern
and north-eastern with those of the western and southern coasts ;
of affording the most direct and convenient access from the north
and east to the vast mineral regions of South Wales, and of opening
new markets for the rich products of the fertile valleys of the Avon
and Severs, and the agricultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor-
cestershire, in the manufacturing towns and ports of the north.
The line will lie easy of construction, traversing, as it does, through
nearly its whole length, the valleys of the Avon and Severn. The
towns through which it will run are very populous, and the country
of the richest description ; and the local traffic will consequently be
Very great in addition to the through traffic, which on such a line
must necessarily be very extensive.
The Provisional Coysimittee reserve to themselves the power to
amalgamate with any other company as to the whole or any part of
the line, and to vary or extend the line, and to increase or diminish
the capital accordingly, if deemed expedient.
The capital proposed to be raised is 1,000,900/., in shares of
all
upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid upon t-
ment. .
The liability of the subscribers will be limited by the Act to the
amount ot their respective subscriptions to the capital stock, and
power will be applied for in the Act to allow interest at the rate of
41. per cent.per annum on the amount of the depogt, and upola the re-

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