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THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, and
BRISTOL, BATH, and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY
COMPANY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,500,0001, in 60,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d.
PROVISIONAL iONIAIITTRE.
The Right Mon. the Earl of Uxbridge
Viscount Mandeville

Lord Dunboyne
Lord Albert Denison Conyagham, K.C.H., Director of the Gal-
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way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen.square
The Hon. PerCy Evans Freke, 3, Be►grave-square, Director of the

Direct Western Railway, &c.
The Hon. Geoffrey Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and
Catle M`Garrett, Mayo, Director of the Irish West Coast

Railway
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., East India House, Director of the
East India Company, and Dendre Valley Railway
Sir John Hare, FS. A., 11, Langhasn.place, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, of the Manchester and Rugby
Ditect Railways, &c.
Sir Ger. Rich, Lowndes-square, Belgrave.square, Director of the
Reading, Guildford and Reigate, and the Callao, Lima, and
Pacific Coast Railways
Sir Win. 'I wysden, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Sir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the
Portsmouth Direct Railway
General Bacon, Rushavo-house, Egham, Director of the Royal Por-
tuguese Railways Company
Lieut.-General Lomax, Bristol
The O'Moore, Cloghren Castle, Banagher, Deputy. Lieutenant and

High Sheriff' of the county of Roscommon
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S. A. F.L S., &c, Alderman of Lon.
don, Chairman if the Leek and Mansfield, of the Erewash Valley,
of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern, and of the Birken-
head, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
The Boroughreeve of Manchester, John Burgess, Esq., Director of
the London and Manchester Direct and Independent Railway
The Mayor of Wbitchurch, Hants
Shadbolt. Esq., Croom's.hill, Greenwich, Chairman of the
London and Greenwich, and Director of the Deadre Valley
Railways
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park,
Director of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation

Railway
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-woad, Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and of the Manchester

and Birkenhead Continuation Railways
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director

of the York and Lancaster Railway
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester.street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Leeds and London Direct, tke Sligo and Shannon,
the Ipswich and Southampton, and the Cork, Passage, and Kin.
sale Railways
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Mecklenburgh.square, Director of the
East and West Junction, the Derby, Sheffield and Worcester,
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways, Sc.
`William J. M Guire, Esq., Hampton-court, Director of the Direct
Western, and of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and

Brighton Railways
Thomas Kidley, Esq., M.D., Sheffielsi, Director of the Direct Dir.
mingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway, &c.
Thomas Shaw, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Mid.
land, and the great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties

Railways
Joseph Shaw, Esq., York-place, Hudderseeld, Director of thQ
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and the Keiglalay,

Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways
Charles Henry Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montague.street,
Montague square, Director of the Grand Trunk, and the Direct
\Vest-End and Croydon Railways
Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Director of the Great
Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and the Dendre
Valley Railways
Geo. Harrison, Esq., Director of the Grand Truck, and of the
Hull and Holyhead Railways
C. Preston, Esq., Hereford road, Bayswater, and Blackmore, Essex
Col. Nicolls, Shooter's.hill, Director of the Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush, and the Sligo and Shannon Railways
Griffin Curtis Gait, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Di-
rector of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and the Sligo
and Shannon Railways
Edwin Cadman, Esq., merchant, Sheffield, Director of the Direct
Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
George Maberly, Esq., Welbeck.street, Cavendish-square
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Lancashire, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly, Director of the Great
Mum hester, Rugby, and Southampton, and the West Midland,
Manchester and Southampton Railways
Lieut.-Col. Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the
York and Lancaster, and of the Oxford, Worcester, and Chester
Junction Railways
James Clift, Esq., 30, Bloomsbury-square, Director of the Paris
and Strasburg, the Metropolitan Railways Junction, the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railways, &c.
George Lawton, Esq., Ditchley's_hall, Brentwood, Essex, Director
of the South Midland, and of the Great Western, Southern, and
Eastern Counties Railways
Wrn. Birmingham Costello, Esq., M.D., Wyke-house, Brentford,
Director of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Alford Brodie, Esq., Director of the Grand Trunk and Direct
West. end and Crcydon Railways
Richard H. A Ilnatt, Esq., M.D., F. S.A., Parliament-street,
Whitehall
Edward Waley, Esq., Portland.place
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland, Director of the Shef-
field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Francis Newbery, Esq., Kingston Villa, Clifton
Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting Railway
George Augustus Brown, Esq., 29, Gower-street, Bedford.square,
Director of the Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Railway
Knowlton Wilson, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director
of the Northern and Southern Connecting, of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester, of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the
South Union and Birmingham Junction, of the Holyhead Direct,
and of the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Hugh John Smerdon, Esq., Christow, Devonshire, Director of the
Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway
William Eccles, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction
Railway
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., North-terrace, Brampton, Middle-
sex, Director of the Thames Valley and Hounslow Railway, &c.
Horace William Meteyard, Esq., Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting, of Remington's London and Manchester,
the Chester and Manchester Direct, and the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, Chairman of the Cork
and Fermoy Direct, and Deputy-Chairman of the Leeds and
Hdddersfield Railways, &c.
Major Adair, Pall.mall, Director of the Central Sardinian, and the
Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
Lieut.-Col. Cruttenden, R. A., Director of the Gloucester, Aberyst-
with and Central Wales Railway
Geo. Jones, Esq., M.R.3., F.S.V., 13, George-street, Hanover-
square, Director of the London and Windsor Railway
Abraham Bettridge, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Director of the
Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junc-
tion, and the Metropolitan Railways Junction, &c.
Fred. Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Trafford, Manchester,
Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, the Lon-
don and Holyhead Direct, and the Sheffield and Macclesfield
Railways, &c.
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Manchester and
Chester Direct Railway
James Atkinson West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham, Director of
the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire; the Manchester, Liver-
pool, and Great North of England; the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek,
Potteries and Crewe ; and the Wear Dock Railways, &c.
Samuel Giles, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct, and Sheffield and Macclesfield Direct
Railways, &c.
Robert Passenger, Esq., Union-street, Borough, Director of the
Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Railway, and the Royal Mines
of Cobra Association
Cannel Campbell Dalrymple, George-street, Westminster, Direc-
tor of the City and West-end Railway
Wm. Kirg, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct
Line (Remington's)
John Miller, Esq., St. John's-wood-grove
Robt. Fynn, Esq., Temple, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox.
ford, and Brighton Junction Railway, &c.
Stephen Henry Lee, Esq , Dalston, Director of the City of London
Life Assurance Society, &c.
John King, Esq., Grove-road, St. John's Wood, Director of the
Soinersetshire Midland Railway, ktc.
Captain Trophimu s Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, &c.
John E,nroet, Esq., Ovenden Grange, Halifax, Director of the
Halifax Fire and Life Insurance Company
John Hodson, Esq., Sunderland.house, Halifax, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction Railway
Joseph Gillhirre Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
S,,affercishire Potteries, the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction,
and the Manchester and Southampton Railways
Wm. Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Sam Douglass, Esq.. Doctor's-commons, Director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western. and South-Western Railways
Charles Roger Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great
Welsh Central Railway
William Shaw, Director of the Royal Farmers' Insurance Company,
and the Warwick and Worcester Railway
Richard Geddes, Esq., Newcastle.upon-Tyne
Captain John Harrison Bowker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ambrose Moore, Esq., Milk-street, Cheapside
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Director of the Erewash Valley
Extension of the Leek and Mansfield, and of the Birkenhead,
Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
labauter.ant.Colonel Macalister, K.H., Loppe Cottage, Axminster,
Magistrate of the County, and Director of the Yeovil, Exeter,
and Dorchester, and of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter
Railways
Thomas S. Richards, Esq , Baker-street, Portanan.square, Director
of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and the
Leek and Mansfield Railways, &c.
John Kemp Devonshire, Esq., Riverdale Villa, Hampton, Director
of the London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway
Robert Chapin .a, Esq., Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the
Great Manchester and Southampton Railway
Henry Parkes, Esq., Ferriby, near Hull
N. M'Cann, Esq., Parliament-street, Director of the Liverpool and
Derby, the Direct Manchester and Rugby, the Sheffield and
Nottingham, the Brighton and Cheltenham, and the Burton-on.
Trent Railways
James Oliff Griffits, Esq., Temple and Aylesbury
Martin St uteiy, Esq, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the arect Western and Grand Trunk Railways
John Levitt, Esq., Hull
Geo. Robinson, Esq., Hull
Robt. Middleton, Esq, Manchester
Wm. Middleton, Esq., Manchester
henry Smyth, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union
Railway
MM. Cavan, Esq., Liverpool
Fdmund Gwyer, F.sq., Bristol
Richard Dransfield, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Direetor of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, of the Manchester, Huddersfield,
and Great Grimsby, the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, the
Great Northern and Southern Direct, the Keighly, Halifax,
and Iludrierstield Railways
Jere Key, E-q., Iludderstleld, Director ef the Great Northern and
Southern Direct and the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great
Grimsby Railways
Joseph Brooke, jun., Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Great
Northern and Southern Direct Railway
G.
Hazlerieg, Esq , West Carlton Hall, Leicestershire
Henry Newcombe, Esq., Hardingston, Northampton
John Grant, Esq., Northampton
G. Holmes, Esq Hull
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Swynferi Jervis, Esq., Whitehall.place
George Laishley, Esq., Southampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham, Deputy-Chairman of the Direct
Birmingham and Leicester, and Director of the Bristol and Bir.
mingham Railways
George Simpson,
Esq., Bedford.square, Director of the Sligo,
Donegal, Tyrone, and Belfast Junction, and Middlesex and
Surrey Junction Railways
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John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the Northern
Southern Connecting, and the South Midland Birmingham
Lichfield Railways
Jeremiah Clat kc, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting, of Remington's Landon and Manchester,
and the Derbyshire, Saffordshire, and Worcester Railways
Id ward Searel, Esq., Kew, Magistrate of Middlesex, and Director
of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
Captain M. Gambier, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Jobn P. Shettleworth, Esq., Harley-place, Harley-street