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ORTII LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place South.
(Pam isiolially Registere.l, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,:303,000/., in 65,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PILOVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

John litwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman
James Home, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman
Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., London
James floury Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Jolla Ilagshaw, Esq., :I,ilicsil.r-place, Portman-square
Richard B. thou], Esq., (2:wail's Counsel, Lauderilale Ifouse, Highgate
George Pishop, Esq., south Vila, inner Circle, Regent's Park
_ .

Augustus 13os'aiiqn.Ct, Esq., Osidge, Southgate
Je+eph lir9wo, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continualcu
Itailsvay
George Woolroffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol
W. Hughes Huglics, Esq., F. 4.A., F.L.S., Alderman of the City of
London
Henry Mcrten, Esq., Durham
George Parbary, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester

and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Richard Spooner, Esq., 3r.r., 39, St. James's-place

Georg: Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings
Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kelliogwerth, Newcastic•on-TYnc.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Millsand Co., London
Fank of Liverpool
The Union Bank, Manchester.
ENGINEER—George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.I.C.E.
. _

AnClLlTECT—RobertAbraliam,Esq.,Torrington-street,Russell-squaro
SGLICITOR—John Bethel], Esq., 78, King William-street, City.
SECRETARY—Harry Burrard Fantail, 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 tho
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 ofgrouxd (the
southera boundary of which is within 500 yards of the Bank of
England) has been most carefully surveyed and 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 them to in-
crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,090/.
The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance
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 will 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 to embrace
that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties
Railway in Shoreditch, which will effect an entire junction between
the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same
' time afford a direct communication between the whole of the rail.
ways, which reach London lethe north of the Thames, and give
full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a
common centre within the heart of the metropolis.
Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic
which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com-
pany. will be added that of those companies also who will eventually
co-opera e 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 now publishing will accurately define the
entire district through which this Company proposes to run this line;
by time means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in
immediate communication with the City ; while the dense popu-
lation of the City will enjoy a facilty of connexion with its suburban
:localities, necessarily affording, it the 'greatest accommodation.
With such important local resources,' therefore, together with the
west traffic WI which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
anticipated, hilly commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
capital. That revenue will be derived thus :
The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
3,345, 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 reachit', the City, now un-
accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
From these sources the following products are derived:—
Per Ann.
Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail-
way, at 6d. each •••• • • • • • •
Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus
of this Company, at 3d. each .....
Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, as taken at

12,061

187,929

present.. • • • • • • • • • • • • .
142,20 S tons of goods and parcels pass annually from the
Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail-
ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s.
6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods
and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per
ton, a revenua may be derived of ....
From the carriage of goods, parcels, and malls, bringing la
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of
40,000/. a year, may be derived the sum of 10,000

17,776

The total of their calculations amounts t 0.... £280,289
Deduct 40 per cent, for workers' expenses .............. 112,115

PROSPECTUS OF THE
RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hon. the Earl

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
MANAGING COMMITTEE.
VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman.
Viscount Ingestrc, C. 8., R.N., Richard Lewis Reece, Esq.
M,P Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N.
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Craw shay Bailey, Esq.
William Bradley, Esq. Griffith Llewellyn, Esq.
John Randall, Esq. Richard Kelly, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Gronow The Rev. IL It. Fowler

James Morrison, Esq. I mes, Esq.
William Simpson Potter, Esq. Captain Hewett
Henry_

Nichol Carne, D.C.L. wm. Gilbertson, Esq.
(With powento add to their number.)

STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple,
Sotacrrou—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq.
SECRETARY—John Petherick, Esq., pro tern.

This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Val Hes, 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 tat, 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
bast description for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although
inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of tkis de-
scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other,
that fluideni, and for it far exceeds the supply, and promises, accord-
ing to tie o" of the most eminent marine engineers, to super-
alkicAbMAlL purposes of steam navigation. This source of
t'l'.l al
one lAIE-afford a handsome return for the capital invested,
as, kav been demonArated in every instance where even tram-roads or
canaLs have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other
Jess proinising 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 •btained by
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other
line.

This lino will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales
of Ely anil Rhondda a much desired communication with the great
market town 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 Elaen 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
six 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 considerably under the advertised ea-
pital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the.
Provisional Committee.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de-
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of
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 aid 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 er 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, W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street, London ; 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.
" Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.

Liverpool—Messrs. Botiltt and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese
Leeds—Messrs. John Young and Co.
Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq. ; Messrs. Taite and Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOB SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys
Junction Railway. _

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 20!.
each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to
pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted
to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
same in full .• •• •• OO
Residence • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • .
Trade or Profession ..... ............,
Reisrence with Addrers.• •...•....... .
Date of Application ••••••••••••,..••

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.

IV. a Junction with the Eastcan Counties Railway at Bedford.
Distance, 120 miles.
Capital, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. per Share.
Purzuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.

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 Hali and Barnsley, and Leeds and
Carlisle Railways
Robert Oxley, Esq., M.D., Pontefract
George Osgood, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn
Ilvie.nrneeitftele'te,l
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Charles Frederick PaLgrave, Esq., Bedford
John Phillips, Esq., Mayer 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, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direet
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., Ilycullah-house, Enfield, Managing
Director of the Perk and Lancaster Railway
James Robson, Esq., Tansheif, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon-
tefract
Frederick Redden, Esq., Bedford
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester,
and Wcymoath Junction, the '1 ring, Reading, and Basingstoke,
and the Direct Western Railway
George Robinson, Esq., Hull; Director of the Hull end Bainsley
Junction, and of the Rugby, Derby. and Manchester Railways
John Richardson, Esq., Director of the IVakeneld 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 hallways
Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury
Henry Savage, Esq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway
Benjamin Shaw, Esq , Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnet
and Blythe Valleys Railways
J. E. Sichel, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
IVillism Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Ca ;oldish-square, Director
of the South Midland Junction Railway, &e. &c.
George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury-hall, alheffield, 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. Striven, Esq., Throstlenest, near Otley, Director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Richard Shaw, Esq., Tulledge, near Burnley, Director of the Keigh-
icy, 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 Leeds and York Rail Ways
Witham Stewart, Esq., Horbury, 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., se; ttingham
Samuel James Sykes, Esq., Hull
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Derby, ljttoxeter,
and Stafford Railway
Thomas S. Trapp, Esq., banker, Bedford
John Best Trapp, Esq., Uedford
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, Hull, Di-
rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
Thomas Tumey, 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, Hud-
dersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway
Watson,Esq , Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, Director of Amber-
gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Samuel Warburton, Esq., Humid., Leeds, Director of the Wakefield
and Harrogate Railway
r The Rev. Richard Whitelock, 31. A., Saddleworth, Magistrate for
I the West Riding of Yorkshire
Joseph Whitaker, Esq., Ramsdale, Nottinghamshire
William White, Esq., Bedford
John Williams, Esq., M.D., Magistrate for Yorkshire, Director of
the York, Hull, and East and West Riding Junction Railway
Abraham 'Wood, Esq., Rochdale, F.R.C.S.
Joseph Wyles, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
tiro 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. H. Burdett Worthington, Bedford
G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed y Celyn, Denbighshire, and L
nslide-
square, London, Director of the Thames Valley Railway
George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax
George Witt, Esq., F.R.S., Director 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 3famell, LL.D., and F.R.B.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E.
LONDON SOLICITORS.
J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court.
Owen Gray, Esq. 25, Great Tower-street.
J. 13. Midge, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Leeds—Charles Naylor, Esq., and
Pontefract—Henry John Coleman, Esq.
Rotherham—John Oxley, Esq., and John Weight Potter, Esq.
East Redford—Messrs. Mee, Bigsby, and Mee.
Nottingham—Messrs. Fox and Butlin.
Oakharn—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, the want of which has long been felt, and is too univer-
sally acknowledged to need any comment, and it is under this con-
viction that this important undertaking, alter 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 ofParliament),
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 course (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 and the eastern parts of
Scotland, as well as Durham and Newcastle (by the York and North
Midland, and Great North of England Railways) with the metropo-
lis, which would be considerably shorter than the accommodation
offered by any other company ; and when cost of construction is con-
sidered,r
tehaetreLecaednsnoatdbeLaenddoeunbtDbiruetetthßatailpwreafyer.ence would be given
to
branch line with the East and West India Docks on the river
e"
e f.act of the Eastem Counties Railway being connected by a
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 the manufacturing
towns of Glasgow and Leeds offered by the Great Leeds and London
Direct Railway and, by branch railways to the main trunk line,
through which all goods from the manufacturing districts could be
conveyed at once to these warehouses for shipment, thereby avoiding
the present delay and expense of cartage, and in reality establishing
an almost direct and invaluable connexion between the rivers Clyde
and Thames.
It has been ascertained that there are no engineering difficulties,
that the w nits 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 their first
deposits, until an Act of ParPament 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.
• BROILERS.
London—Messrs. Marten and Heseltine, 9, Finch-lane
Leeds—Messrs. Hoppe 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 Cowper, 30, St. Andrew's-square.

GREAT LEEDS AND LO. DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Managing Committee of this Railway hereby give notice that
they are now proceeding in the Allotment of tha Shares in the above
undertaking, and that all the Letters of Allotment will be issued
hi
the ensuing week.
J. B. OWEN, Secretary.

Temporary Offices, Adelaide-place,
London-bridge.

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management of this Direct Railway beg to ex-
press regret at the delay in issuing their Letters of Allotment, which
has been solely occasioned through the unprecedented number of
applications for shares to which they have been required to give
consideration, and which has thrown upon them some very exten-
sive labours, from which, however, they are happy to say they will
shortly be relieved, as the .Letters ofAllotment are now in the course
of preparation, and will all be sent to their different destinations by
the evening post of to-morrow. The Committee also much regret
their inability to make allotments to a very numerous amount of
applicants of unexceptionable repute; but they have, in every in-
stance, endeavoured to arrive at their decisions in a manner best cal-
culated to promote alike the interests of the public and the various
shareholders and promoters of this very important project.
J. B. OWEN, Secretary.
Temporary Offices, Adelaide-place, London-bridge,
16th October, 1845.

pHE LEICESITON MOWBRAY
RAlLWAY,reroutefrom Birmingham
giving, with other'
folrmedanadndSPpAroLieDetleNdGlidnUes7thTelO nearest
st
Coventry, and Leicester to the Eastern Coast, and a communication'
from Birmingham, via Nuneaton, Leicester, and Melton Mowbray,
to Spalding

(Provisionally Registered.)
FrancisSPaid Offices, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross.
Capitals 00,00/., hi 25,000 Shares of 20/. each,
Esq. director of the Eastern Counties Railway
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share,
Ivngalletiattilinweoriee, ACTING COMMITTEE.
Wynn Ellis, Esq. M.P. for Leicester, director of the Brandon and
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, Cheapside
John I). Cooper, jun. Esq. Hohne-cottage, Ashbourne, Derbyshire,
director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Railway
'JostatiVitsoin-lisq...Stamfig.dzikill.— . .
John Smith Mansfield, Esq. 3, Essex-court, Temple
George Meek, Esq. 29, Russell-square, director of the Nottingham,
Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
Captain Gustavus Evans. R.N. Headley-grove, Surrey, director of the
Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Nottingham, director of the Brandon and
Spalding Railway.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Charles Fox, Esq.
ENGINEER—John Hughes, Esq.
BANNERS.

The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
Messrs. Pagets and Kirby, Leicester
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Melton-Mowbray
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company, spaid g,__
Messrs. Evans and Co., Derby Lu
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, King's Arms_yard, Cole-
man-street ; Abraham Bass, Esq. Burton-upon-Trent.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates,
Parliament-street.
SECRETARY—William Ranyard, Esq.
The first of this line is to connect the town of Birmingham,
Coventry, and Leicester, with the eastern coast by the nearest route,
and to supply an important link of communication between the town
of Spalding and the eastern coast with the Western and Midland
districts.
Commencing at the Spalding station of the Norwich, Dereham,
Lynn, and Holbeack Railways, the line will
proceed by Bourn,
Witham, Castle Bythain, South Wytham, and Wymondham, to a
point on the Syston and Peterborough line of railway near 3lelton-
Mowbray, thus forming, by the Syston and Peterborough and Mid-
land Counties Railway, an almost direct route to Leicester, and
thence to Coventr and by the proposed .
Nuneaton, Leicester, and Birmingßirmingham ham Railway. Coventry,
The projected line will form the most direct complinniv,i_ _
•
tween the eastern and midland districts of the kinge.,„_,
means of the proposed lines across the county of _r" ._4ult will, by
Bur-
ton-upon-Trent, to Stafford, bring the marks' ...m.cester, via
Shropshire, and North Wales, nearer to ea' of Litieoln, Norfolk,
AI Other by many miles
than any other line of railway.
It will form, with other projected • fitiliTit7s, Pal almost direct line

across the kingdom, from Yarmouth, via Norwich, on the east, to
Aberystwith, via Newton and Shrewsbury, on the west.
The entire length will not exceed thirty miles. There is notunnel-
ling, cutting, or embanking of any Importance necessary; the line
from Bourn to Spalding, a distance of about twelve miles, is very
level, and may be constructed at a small cost.
It will secure the advantages of railway communication to a tract
of country at present destitute of this accommodation, besides open-
ing out sources of trade undeveloped for want of tl•e means of transit.
The central midland districts have felt greatly: the want of direct
communication with the coast; and this line Will at once supply the
deficiency to the greater part of Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
It will afford a tratrit for the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Lei-
cestershire coal into districts heretofore entirely dependent upon
supply from the 'north at high prices : it will also secure the advan-
tages of an unlimited supply of lime from the Leicestershire works,
to the agricultural districts of Lincoln, which are at present only
supplied at very high rates; and, in return traffic, the midland dis-
tricts will o`,talit the advantage of a direct transit for the stock and
agricultural produce of Lincolnshire and Norfolk.
Several proposed hues of railway converge at Spalding, which is
the nearest point on the eastern coast for the midland counties, and
connected by the River Welland with the German Ocean.
The proposed capital will be sufficient for the construction of the
necessary works and every subSequelit expense ; and the income
derivable from the traffic in passengers between Birmingham, Co-
ventry, Leicester, Derby, Melton, Spalding, and Boston, the trans-
port of corn, cattle, and other produce of the great agricultural
districts through which the line passes to the principal consuming
districts, and of coals, lime, and staple commodities for the inland
districts, will be sufficiently ample to warrant the outlay.
The Parliamentary surveys have been commenced, and are now
in active progress, and contracts have been entered -into which en-
sure sufficient time for compliance with the standing orders.
A Provisional Conin,ittee of gentlemen in now in 'course of for-
mation, and will be published, with the prospectuses and plan, on
Monday next. In the meantime, application for shares, in the sub-
joined form may be addressed to the Secretary, at the offices of the
Company, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing Cross.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray,
and Spalding Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
each in the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such less number as you may appropriate to me. subject to the te-
gulations of the Company. and to sign the necessary deeds, and to
pay when required the deposit of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in full ...... • • • • ..
Profession and Professional Residence
Residence in full ....................

-GREAT WESTERR, BRESTFORD, 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,i 00/., in 42,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2.8. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMALITTEE.

The Earl of Devon
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 Embankment
Railway Junction Company
Thomas Bramall, 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 Chester and Manches-
ter Railway
John Chevalier Cobbold,:Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Vision Rail

way
William Cumming, Esq., Worth 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, Valentia, county of Kerry
Captain Forbes, R.N., Forest, Windsor
Sir Andrew Pellatt Green, R.N., K.C.H.
James Montgomery, Esq., Brentford
John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., Hammersmith
The Hon. Colonel Phipps, Norwood-green
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the South and Midi aad

Railway
Henry Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, Magistrate for
!Middlesex
John F. Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow
Colonel Reid (2d Life Guards), Bulstrode Park
Thomas Berry Rowe, Esq., Brentford
John Coysgarne Sim, Esq., No. 9, Clifton-place, Hyde Park-gardens
Major Jelf Sharp, Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex,
Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Junction
Company

Henry Webb Smith, Esq., Hounslow
William Spooner, Esq., Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, 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.)
ENGINEER—Thomas Page, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Wilkinson and Cobbold, 7, Lincoln's Inn-fields
William Sins, Esq., 8, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
BANKERS.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.

Messrs. Hugh Innes Cameron and George Bain, 18, Parliameut-street.
SECRETARY—Henry Morelug, Esq.

Applications for shares, in 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 :—Messrs. Carden and
Whitehead, 611 A, Threadneedle-street; Mr. 11. J. Williams, 80, Old
Broad-street, London; Messrs. Bradley and Co., Manchester; Mr. 11.
It. Pemberton, and Messrs. IL Davis and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Luke
Arnold, Bristol; Messrs. Chantrell and Boyes, Leeds ;Messrs. Wil-
kinson and Earle, Hull; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow,
and Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York, of whom prospectuses may
be obtained.

No applications for Shares in this Company will be received which
do not contain a reference to one of the Provisional Committee, the
Sharebrokers, Officers of the Company, or a Banker.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Directors of the Great Western, Brentford, an
Central Terminus Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each
in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same,
or any lesaer number that may be allotted to sue, to pay the deposit of
21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign. the Subscribers' Agreement aid
Parliamentary Contract when required.

NaMe in full •• •• •••• ..... ••• ••
Residence
Trade or Profession • • .• • • ...
Date ........ • ...... ........ .....
Reference in fu11... ...... ..•

THE GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD,
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 POWNALL, Esq., Spring-grove, in the Chair,

It was proposed by G. COOPER, Esii., seconded by Sir. Weunterr,
and unanimously resolved— . _

1. That it is highly desirable that railway communication be esta-
blished between Hounslow and London, and that it be as direct as
the nature of the country will permit, and follow as closely as pos-
sible the old coach thoroughfare.
Proposed by Major JELF SHARP, seconded by B. J. ARMSTRONG,

Esq., and unanimously resolved—

2. That having heard and considered a statement of the course
which 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 JOMTGOMREY, Esq.,:secondsd by Mr. limo,

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 front
Hounslow to London, without crossing the River Thames.
3. That means having been taken for extending the original ter-
minus from Minbank to the immediate vicinity of Charing-cross, it
presents a more convenient access to tke 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.

GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and
CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY.
°filets, 53, Charing .cross.
CHAIRMAN—The EARL of DEVON.
Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Shares in
this Company will be received after SATURDAY, October 18.
By order,

HENRY MOBBING, secretary.

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

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

BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,c00,000/., in Shares of 20/. eaek.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, Dell, Windsor,
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., t',
Tilnoy-
street, Park. lane
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P.
Lieutenant-Colonel the non. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook's Club
The Hon. W. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, roole
The Hon. T. W. Gage, Westbury-house, Westmeon, Peterstield
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Pall-mall
Sir George William Prescott, Bart. Chairman
Sir William Boothby, Bart. Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Arnold, Thomas James, Esq., Sergeants' Inn, Temple, revising bar-
rister for the City of London
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq. Askew-villa
Coape Henry Coe, Esq. Goldhauger, Aialdon
Cumberlege, N, Esq. York-terrace, Regent's-park
Dalby, John R., Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq. Lilingston Dayrell, Bucks, 111411 Sheriff of
Bucks, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Everitt, Henry Tarburgh, Esq. Brighton
Gernon, James, Esq. 13, Conduit-street
Greig, A., Esq. Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Heaviside, Richard, Esq. Brighton
Heneage, Charles, Esq. Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Henty, J., Esq. Chichester
Keene, John Joseph, Esq. Chairman, director of the National Bank
of Ireland, St. John's-wood, Regent's Park
31`Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq. Chatham-place
...AIDDre, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, director of the
Indian Peninsular Railway
Seymour, Frederick, Esq. St. James's•square, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Watkins, Robert, Esq. Augusta-house, Worthing
Willes, George, Esq. Hungerford-park
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.E.S. George Remington, Esq., C.B.
ACTING Ersonesza—Henry Wrigg, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
John Augustus
ow, In‘s,alter
3m5
,o
md ,
OE° r
gs q Geectl , dLeonnure, London
naLOCAL SOLlClTORS—Messrs.Attree,Clarke, and M'Whinnie, Brighton.
r
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Mitchell, Esq., Petersilold
Messrs. Bailey and Wickham, Winchester'.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., kfl, Cornkill
Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehall
Brighton—The Union Bank
Branch of London and County Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany
Cheltenham—Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England
Petersfleld—Branch of London and County Joint-Stock Banking
Company.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT Cadwalladar F. Waddy, Esq. Flndyer-
street.
SECRETARY—Mr. Frederick Penny.

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

FREDERICK FENNY, Secretary,
Company's Offices, 34, Bittosgate-street,
• October 14, 1843.

S HREWSBURY AND TRENT VALLEY
UNION RAILWAY.
Company's Offices, 61, George•street,
Manchester, October 3d, 1845.
The Committee of Management of the Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union Railway Company having this day unanimously re-
solved, that it is expedient that this undertaking should be combined
with the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, and that
for this purpose the Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Railway
Company should be dissolved and its affairs wound up ;
Notice is hereby given, that scrip holders must forward their scrip
to these offices on or before the 31st October instant, and signify in
the annexed form, their election either to receive hack their deposit,
which, in that event, will be returned to them without deduction for
past expenses, or to take in exchange for the scrip of the Shrews-
bury and Trent Valley Union Company, a corresponding number of
Shares in the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company.
Parties who shall so elect may receive back their deposits forthwith
on depositing their scrip.
Parties who elect to take shares in the Shropshire Union Railway
and Canal Company, may, in like manner, on depositing their scrip,
obtain a letter of allotment for a coresponding number of shares in
the new Company, which allotment will be forwarded to original
allottees immediately after the scrip shall have been deposited, and
in other cases so soon as the Directors shall be satisfied of the suffi-
ciency of the depositors.
Parties who shall fail to send in their scrip and notify their wishes
.m or before the 31st October, will be considered as having elected
to receive back their deposits.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement of the
:New Company, together with a Deed of Release, will lie for signa-
ture on and after Monday, the 13th October instant;--in Manches-
ter, at No. 58, George-street, and in London, at a place to be here-
after named ; and the scrip of the New Company will be issuable
immediately after the deeds shall have been executed.

HENRY TOOTAL, Deputy Chairman,
R. FOSS, Secretary.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—Herewith are Scrip for shares iu the
Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Railway, in respect of which I
request you* to cause to be allotted to me a corresponding number of
shares in the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, and I
agree to pay such deposit, and execute such deeds and agreements
as may be required iu respect of such new allotment

Date
Name in full ....................
Description .......... ..
Address in fu11.... • • •• ....... .....
This form must be filled up in the handwriting of the applicant.
* Parties declining to take shares in the new Company, cau substi-
tute the following for the remainder of the foam of application—." T.
return me the amount of the depasit thereon."

44i ALISBURY AND SWINDON EXTEN-
L., SION of the WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON
JUNCTION RAID WAY.

On the Broad Gaugo, from Salisbury, by Amesbury, the Yale
of Avon, and Marlborough, to Swindon, forming a direct Line of
Railway through Cheltenham and Gloucester to Birmingham, Man-
chester, and Liverpool,

(Provisionallyßegistered.)
Capital 700,000 t., hi 28,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
LOCAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. and Rev. Canon Bouvcrie Pewsey
Ambrose Goddard, Esq. the Lawn, Swindon
John Browne, Esq. Chiseldon, Swindon
Rev. Edward Duke, Lake-house, near Swindon
Joseph Purnell, Esq. Amesbury
Charles Dew, Esq. Salisbury
Robert Squarey, Esq. magistrate, Salisbury
George Bracher, Esq. Salisbury
Newell Vienry quarcy, Esq. Salisbury
William Blackmore, Esq. town councillor of Salisbury
Colonel Stone, Bath, and Chisledon, near Swindon
John Stone, Est. Bath, and Chisledon, near Swindon
John Harding Sheppard, Esq. Swindon
William Fawcett, Esq. Salisbury.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Bagshaw, Esq. Chairman„ William John .11Pawire, Esq.
London Hampton-court, London
William Bradley, Esq. Deputy- Richard Harris Purcell, Esq. Lon-
Chairman, Sheffield don
William Bardgett, Esq. London George Bougemont, Esq. London
George Hunt, Esq. banker, South- J. Stewart, Esq. M.P. London
ampton; • Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-
William James Le Feuvre, Esq. house, Sheffield
Alderman and Magistrate, Millis Coventry, Esq. Lombard-
Southampton street, London.
Edward Lomer, Esq. merchant,
Southampton

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rebarts, Curtis, and Co. London
The Hampshire Bank, Southampton
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
James Coppock, Esq. 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's
John Bell, Esq. Craven-street, London
W. H. Moberley, Esq. Southampton.
ACTING ENGINEERS—Messrs. Birch, Cannon-row, London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
C. W. Squarey, Esq. Salisbury
John Pyke, Esq. Marlborough
Messrs. Crowdy, Swindon.
The Allotment of Shares is being proceeded with, but owing to the
immense quantity ofapplications, and the determination of the Direc-
tors to allot to none but eligible and responsible persons, the Letters
cannot be posted for a few days.
The SURVEYS are NEARLY COMPLETED, and the Directors
are gratified in being able to state that they are now fully in a posi-
tion to PROCEED to PARLIAMENT in the ENSUING SESSION.
H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.

26, Greshaill-street, Oct. 15.

PROSPECTUS OF THE

]OSTON, GRANTHAM, Et =STEP., and
MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY

COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices-5, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street.
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, V. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Wm. Corbett Smith, Esq., Bitteswell-hall, High Sheriff of Leices-
tershire
John Summerscales, Esq., Sheriff of Lincoln
Sir Wm. Wynn, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
Major:Gen: Sir Love Parry, Madryn, Carnarronshire, Director of

the North Wales Railway
Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Sharavoguc, Roscrea
Honourable Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pultenoy, Parliament-street,
London, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Manchester
and Southampton Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Ellington, Scotch Fusilier Guards, 12, Wynd-
ham-place, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the South and Midland Railway
Adamthwaite, John, Esq., Oakhill, Teen, Staffordshire
Allen, George Charles, Esq., East Shilton, Leicestershire, Director of
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Atkinson, J. 8., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the Lei-
cester and Bedford Railway
Bell, Robert, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of the Direct

East and West Junction Railway
Bland, William, Esq., 11, Park-terrace, Brixton-road, Director of
the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, and
the North Wales Railways
Betts, William, Esq„ Bevois Mount, Southampton
Browne, Joseph, Esq., Bedford, Director of the East and West of
England Junction Railway
Burd, John, Esq., Alderman, Manchester
Caldecott, William Lloyd, Esq., Laura-place, Bath
Carver, Edward Turst, Esq., Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill, Director of the
North Wales, and the Namur and Liege Railways
Cooke, T. F., Esq., Leicester
Collett, Benjamin, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove
Croft, Major J. T., Regent-street, Piccadilly, Deputy-Chairman of
the Chester and Manchester Railway
Cumberlege, Nathaniel, Esq., Director of the Direct East and West
Junction Railway
Dalby, John, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Eales, William, Esq., Mincing-lane, London, Director of the Direct
Western, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Gernon, J., Esq., 12, Conduit-street, Hanover-square, Vice-Chairman
of the Galway and Ennis Railway
Gillham, Joseph, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
Graves, Captain Twisleton, Director of the Leicester, Tean and
Dove Valley Railway
Hazelrigg, Grey, Esq., Carlton-hall, Leicester
Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Holmes, Isaac, Esq., Liverpool
Hungerford, 11. IL, Esq., Dingley-park, Market Harborough
Kebbel, W. H., Esq., Glebe-house, Kilby, Leicester
Knight, Joseph, Esq. Leicester, Director of the Midland Counties,
Leicester, and Bedford Railways
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall, Sudbury, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Laurie, George, Esq., Manchester
Macmoran, A. M., Esq., 58, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director
of the Direct East and West Junction Railway
Mann, A., Esq., Denver-hall, Norfolk, Director of the Liverpool,
MancheSter, and Newcastle Junction Railway
Maunder, Joseph, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Rugby and Man-
chester Direct Railway
Meteyard, Horace Wm„.Esq., 8.C.L., London, Director of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Railway
Miller, Thomas, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Bir-
mingham and Leicester Railway
Mosse, R., Esq., Princes-street, Great George-street
Parker, Francis, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq , Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the South Midland Railway
Payne, Benjamin, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birming-
ham and Leicester Railway
Ramsey, J., Esq., Bushey House, Herts
Raworth, J., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway
Shaw, Joseph, Esq., York-place, Huddersfield, Director of the East
and West of England Junction Railway
Shaw, George, Esq., M.D., Leicester
Spier's, E. 1., Esq. ,Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway
Stone, Nathaniel C., Esq., Rawley-flelds. near Leicester, Director of
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Sagar, Hartley, Esq., Ball's Grove, Colne, Director of the Leeds
and Carlisle, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railways
Threlfall, Edward, Esq., Regent Road Mills, Manchester, Director of
the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
Tebbutt, Thomas, Esq., Rasholm, Manchester, Director of the
Rugby and Manchester, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Williams, B. 8., Esq., 70, Portland-place, Director of the Leeds
and Liverpool, Leicester and Tamworth Railways.

Sir George Wm. Prescott
Sir George Rich
Sir William Wynn
Lieut.-Colonel Elrington
Lieut.-Colonel Fitch
E. T. Carver, Esq.
B. Collett, Esq.
Major Croft
Nathaniel Cumberlege, Esq.
J. Dalby, Esq.
Charles Henoage, Esq.
Joseph Knight, Esq.

MANAGEMENT.
Richard Lambert, Esq.
A. M. Macmoran, Esq.
Horace Wm. Meteyard, Esq.
R. Mosse, Esq.
John Parkinson, Esq.
S. Parsons, Esq.
I. Ramsay, Esq.
J. Raworth, Esq.
Major Waller
Thos. Mortimer CleobUry, Esq.
Robert Bell, Esq.

BANNERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Garfit, Clapon, and Co., Boston
Messrs. Kenney and King, Grantham
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester and Melton
Mowbray.

ENGINEER—C. Nixon, Esq.
SOLICITOR—J. A. J. Macgregor, Eel.,
26, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall,
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Manners and Son, Grantham, and
Diessrs. Millington and Kenrick, Boston.
SECRETART—George Farrer, Esq.
The object of this line of railway is to connect, by a direct route,
the important town and seaport of Boston with the centre of Eng-
land, by way of Grantham and Melton Mowbray, where it will join
the Syston and Peterborough branch of the Midland Counties Railway.
It is uanecessary to enlarge upon the advantages which will arise
from this railway, which passes through one of the richest and
most fertile parts of England. The population is dense, and a
glance at the map will show that this line is well laid out, not
only for the direct traffic from Leicester and the intermediate
places to Boston, but also for the general traffic which will lie
brought to this line by the several railways which will be connected
with it.
By this railway, which will be about forty-four miles in length,
and laid through a country nearly level, it is intended to pass by or
near Swineshead, Donington, Folkingharn, Grantham, Stoke, Roth-
ford, and Melton Mowbray. It is evident that this line will be of
great convenience and utility, by affording to a part of the country
at present deprived of it the advantage of railway communication
with the counties of Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, Northampton-
shire, Warwickshire, &c., and thus connecting the agricultural
districts of Lincolnshire with the manufacturing parts of England,
affording to the latter an easy and accessible means of export for
their manufactures.
In the allotment of shares, holders in the Midland Counties Rail-
landed interests along the line, whose concurrence and assistance is
fully relied on by the promoters, by whom most of the influential
It UMlCCGS-
landholders have been canvassed ; and, in order pre_
sary trouble, no other applications will be received except those
herein reference is made to a member of tberrwriovisisoinaarleChornotkmaist:
tee, to the Solicitors or Bankers, or the following
be obtained :
from whom prospectuses and
Messrs Sutton, mayGribble,PalunndsSilt,wo ni,bußro;:aLl
oEnxdcoluiange
Messrs. Preece and Evans,
head, t 1
Messrs. Townie), and White Liverpool
Mr. Keel, 20, Atherton-buildings, L
ee
Messrs. Vireilbeloved and Oastler,
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Geo. Clark, Bradforc.
Mr. Wm. Cronlielm, Halifax
Mr. Cbarles Spencer, Nottingham
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Grayston and Erie, York
Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield
3lessrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield
Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Wetherburn, jun., Huddersfield
Mr. R. Rozzell, Leicester
mom Pape full nor, Lticeit

11Ir. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street Et; inburgh
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-gresm, Dublin.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Boston, Grantham, Leicester,

and Midland Counties Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,--I request that you wi'l allot me shares of
20/. each in the above proposed railway ; and I undertake to pay the
deposit of 2/ 2s. per share thereon, or any less number you may ap-
propriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Par-
liamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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Residence....... . . ,
Trade or Profession • • ••••• •• •••
•• •• •• • • • •
Reference........ ........

BOSTON, GRANTHAM,LEICESTER, AND
➢iIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-

Fx Y.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices-5, Guildhall-chambersZßasinghall-street.
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
In consequence of the numerous Applications for Shares in the
above railway, no further application can be received after AVErniEs-
DAY, the 22d of October instant, when the lists will be finally closed
for allotment.
Dated the 14th October, 1845.
J. A. J. MACGREGOR, 'Solicitor to the Company.
5, Guildhall-chambers, Basingliall-street.

S HEFFIELD ,N 0 rTIN G HAM, and LONDON
DIRECT RAILWAY.
The Shares Committee give notice that they are occupied daily in
obtaining information and deciding upon the great number of appli-
cations received, and they hope in a few days to issue the letters of
allotment.
H. T. ALSTON, Secretary.
1, Moorgate, Oct. 16, 1845,

D IRECT IVESTERN RAILWAY.
In reply to the numerous inquiries made of the Committee
of 111anagement, they beg to announce that, in consequence of the
number of Shares applied for having exceeded one million tour hun-
dred thousand, considerable delay has necessarily taken place in
making the Allotment, wlich, however, will be completed in a
few days.
The Committee have the satisfaction of stating, that the surveys
and Parliamentary plans are in a very forward state, and that all
will be ready for the next session of Parliament.

By order,

T.
20, Poultry, London, Oct. 17, 1845. H. SALTSDERS, Secretary.

'ULL AND BARNSLEY JUNCTION

RAILWAY

The Managing Committee have to announce to the Shareholders
in the Hull and Selby Railway, who, as such, have applied for Shares
in this undertaking, that the Allotment of their Shares cannot be
declared for a few days, in consequence of the registry of the Half-
Shares (for the Bridlington Branch) of the Hull and Selby Railway
not being yet completed.

By order,
JOHN MOOR, Secretary pro tem.
581., Whitefriargate, Hull, Oct. 15, 1845.

PULL AND BARNSLEY JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Extensions to Rotherham, Sheffield, Market Weighton, and Driffield.
'Provisionally Registered on the 29th September, 1845, pursuant to
_ .

7 and 8 'Victoria, cap. 110.)
The Committee of Management of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Railway beg to announce that they have determined upon extending
the line from a point near Campsall or Askern, southward to Rother-
ham and Sheffield, by a. junction with the Midland Railway at or
near Swinton ; and to the north-east, through or near Market
Weighton, to Driftield, forming a junction at that town with the
Burlington Branch of the Hull and Selby Railway.
The engineers have nearly completed the necessary survey for the
proposed extensions, and so soon as their report is made to the Com-
mittee, the requisite capital will be raised by the creation of addi-
tional shares, which it is intended to allot rateably amongst the
original allottecs of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway.
By order, J.O. MOOR, Secretary pro tern.
Hull, October 8, 1345.

FJULL AND BARNSLEY JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

At a meeting of the merchants and others of Barnsley, held on the
6th day of October,•lBls, at the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of re-
ceiving a Deputation from the proposed Hull and Barnsley Junction
Railway Company :—Present—

- Wk. SHEPHERD, Esq. in the Chair,
Josh. Clarke, Esq. Jno. Neill, Esq.
Richard Raywood, Esq. Thomas Eyre, Esq.
Win. Peckett, Esq. George Pitt, Esq.
Thomas S. Cordeux, Esq. Wm. Micklethwaite, Esq.
Jno. B. Pigott, Esq. John Wall, Esq.
Wm. Hopwood, Esq. Wm. Jackson, Esq.
Richard Inns, Esq. Sand. B. Jackson, Esq.,
Edwrd. P. Tee. Esq. Wm. Buckley, Esq.
Henry Jackson, Esq. John Smith, Esq.
Robert Ibeson, Esq. John Holdl 1111, Esq.
Jno. Twibell, Esq. James Battisuu, Esq.
Henry Richardson, Esq. Joseph Bayldon, Esq.
David Byrd, Esq. . __ _

Sir Wm. Lowthrop and the deputation having explained their
project to the Meeting, and it appearing that the Hull and Barnsley
Junction Railway is calculated to serve in the most effectual manner
the interests of the town of Barnsley, and will form the most direct
communication with the port of Hull, and by means of the proposed
extension from Barnsley to Penistone, by the Manchester and Shef-
field Company, will communicate with Manchester and the west ;
It was resolved unanimonsly,--
I. That this meeting do fully approve of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction Railway, and will give it their cordial support.
2. That the thanks of this meeting be given to Sir Vim. Low-
thorp and the deputation from Hull.

WM.. SHEPHERD, Chairman.
Wm. Shepherd, Esq., having left the chair,
Resolved,
That the thanks of the meeting be given to ➢fr. Shepherd for his
able conduct in the chair.

'('HE LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and BUCK-
INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
:Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 20!. each.

Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of
Parliament.)
rnovotoxAn COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
The Right Hon. John Earl of Portarlington
The Right Hon. Edward Vernon, Lerd Suffield
The Right Hon. Henry Robert Lord Rossmore
The Right Hon. James Lord Dunboyne
Lord Sussex Lennox
The Right Hon. G. L. D. Danner, M.P.
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq. High Sheriff of Bucks
The Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkatone-lodge, Poole
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Belgrave-

square
The Hon. Colonel Henry Hutchison, Weston, Northamptonshire
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
The Hon. Michael W. Bellew Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicester-

_ _ - •
shire _
The Hon. Colonel Westenra,
The Hon. Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street, Piccadilly
Count Bathyany, 5, Audley-square, London
Sir Henry Seale, Bart.
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. 41, Dorset-street, London
Sir J. Eglinton Anderson, F.R.I.A. New Burlington-street
Sir James H. Annesley, Albany
Abraham Alexander, Esq. Lullington. house, Milverton, Warwick-
shire
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-hall, Wervrickshire, and 15, Grosvenor-
place, London
Emile Benassit, Esq. 66, Mark-lane
James Brand, Esq. New Broad-street, London
William Bradley, Esq. the Oaks, Sheffield
Henry Austin Bruce, Esq. Duffryne-house, Cardiff
William Downing Bruce, Esq. 17, Charles-street, St. James'S-

square
George IL Banbury, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry,
Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway
Edward Burton, Esq. Milverton-house, Leamington
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield
George Gunning Campbell, Esq. 37, Montagu-square, London
R. Chapman, Esq. Coombe•lodge, Hants
G. A. 11. Chichester, Esq. 15, Chesham-place, London
Edward Hyde Clark, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington, and Tick-

ford-park, Bucks
F. F. Clossman, Esq. Mincing-lane, London, Chairman of the Great

Luxembourg Railway
Henry Coe Coapc, Esq. Union Club, London
John Morton Cottle, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington
Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Man-

_
Chester Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Ellington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham.

place, London
Henry D. Erskine, Esq. 93, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
The Rev. Henry Robert Fowler, Manchester-square, London
Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. Chepstow-house, Camberwell, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
James Gernon, Esq. 13, Conduit-street, London, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway •
Joseph Gill, Esq. Potternewton Mount, near Leeds
Major J. R. T. Graham (late Scots Greys), Grove, Clapham-common
Charles lleneage, Esq. Cadeby•house, Lincolnshire, and 17, Pall-
mall ,London
Captain George James Hunter, Bertie-terrace, Leamington, director
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
William Hunter, Esq. 21, Clarendon-square, Leamington, director of
the Direct Western, Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways
Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D., Sheffield
Captain Lionel Lampet, Leamington, Warwickshire, and Highlands,

Oxon
Robert John Lattey, Esq. Claremont Villa, St. John's-wood
George Lawton, Esq. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean

Railway
William Lowndes, Esq. Chesham, Bucks
John Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield
Jacob Montefiore, Esq.
Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, London
Evan W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, Tunbridge, director of the North

and South Wales Railway -
W. Nash, Esq. Clapham-common, Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes,

and Hastings Railway
B. Oliveira, Esq. Upper Hyde-park-street, London
Samuel Parsons, Esq. Sackville-street, London
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq. Crown East, Worcester
William Raines, Esq. the Temple, London, director of the London
and Nottingham Railway
Cornelius Randall, Esq. Manchester
James Saunderson, Esq. Lansdown-place, Leamington, Warwick-
shire, and Castle Saunderson, Cava., Ireland
Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James's-square, London
Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, London
Captain William Trineham, R.N. Solyhull, Warwickshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheath-park, Kent, director of the Com-
mercial Bank
Edward Welch, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire
B. B. Williams, Esq. Wyndham-place, London
Henry Williams, Esq. Chalk-farm, London
Captain William Alexander Willis, R.N., Vicar's-hill, near Ly-miilg-
ton, Mints.
ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq. C.E.
SOLICITORS.Messrs. Forbes and Drake, Warnfo rd-court, London
Messrs. Birch and Bramah, Great Winchester-street, London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Faddy, E
SECRETARY PRO Tir2l.ll3o,—LsAeead.dltenhVo.
supply railway
BatixEas--Commercial Baal( of London.
By this CompanOyffi
iteeiss, ythremplrvizipaacicotmownmods accommoda-
tion, through an independent channel, to all
Buckinghamshire, and to truly In the other counties through which
the projected line is to run, hitherto destitute of this now indispen-
sable mode of transit.
The project known by the name of " The Buckinghamshire Rail-
way and Oxford and Wolverton Junction" is announced in their pro-
spectus as being under the direction and superintendence of the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway Company, as their lessees in perpetuity,
receiving four per cent. on the outlay, with a conditional arrange-
ment as to the surplus profit.
From this arrangement it must be obvious to every one that the
monopoly of the London and Birmingham Company, which it was a
principal object to destroy, is more strongly secured than before, and
the profits which would accrue to an independent line, after payment
of the 41. per cent. interest, is virtually thrown into their hands.
In addition to this, the arrangement to make use of the termini of
the London and Birmingham Company, together with a considerable
portion of their line, reduces the Buckinghamshire Railway in fact to
a mere extension of the older company, and confers on the latter the
means of absolutely and entirely controlling the traffic, and conse-
quently the profits, of the projected line ; so that the reservation as
to the surplus profits in truth amounts to nothing.ire Railway by the
The adoption of the projected Buckingham
London and Birmingham Company proves their consciousness of the
necessity of a railway communication through the country proposed
to be traversed ; and to prevent a continuance of their monopoly,
to secure both to shareholders and to parties locally interested
the benefits of an independent line, the present Company has been
formed, and has met with the strenuous support of many landed pro-
prietors in the counties through which it will pass, who have hitherto
withheld their co-operation trout the Buckinghamshire Railway
Company for the reasons enumerated.
The line will proceed through or near to Uxbridge, by the Valley
of Chalfont, to Amersham and Wendever, and thence to Aylesbury,
by Winslow, to Buckingham.' It will take a course from thence
through Brockley and Banbury, by Leamington and Warwick, to
Birmingham, having the advantage of being the shortest route
hitherto proposed between Birmingham and Loudon.
Applications for shares, in the annexed form, may be made to the
Secretary, at the temporary Offices of the Company, or to Messrs.
Edward Ellis and Co., Sharebrokers, 53, Threadneedle-street.