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BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 11, 1845.
A COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVERNOR and COM-
PANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice,
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURS-
DAY NEXT, the 18th instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, to
ONSIDER of a DIVIDEND.

This will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed
by the Charter. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary.

THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES, and
LIVERPOOL and MANCYIESTER DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 2,400,0001., in 96,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
W. Ackerlcy, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect Railway
William Ascroft, Esq., Bury, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Joseph Bates, Esq., jun., Liverpool, of the firm of Messrs. Bates,
Willis, and Co.
J. Beech, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
J. Moor, Esq., Tntbury, Director of the Sheffield,hu w
Buxton,niksw Leek,or4 an
and
Potteries, and of the Uttoxeter, Asbnrn
Chesterfield Railways
Thomas Langford Brooke, Esq., Mere Hall, Cheshire
Joseph Brown, Esq., London, Director of the London and Birming-
ham Extension, and of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and
Portsmouth Railways •
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, of the Manchester and Wigan, and of the Liver-
pool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways
William Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq., 10, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Great North of
England Union Railway
Thomas Dixon Burrow, Esq., Settle, Yorkshire
Joseph Bull, Esq., ironmaster, Manchester, of the firm of Horton,
Sims, and Bull, Manchester
William Caldwell, Esq., Alderman, Ince-hall, Wigan, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
The Mayor of Congleton
Richard-Carpenter. Esq., J.P. for the county of Middlesex, and De-
puty-Chairman of the Warwick and Worcester Railway
Richard T. Deane, Esq., Knutstbrd
John Dewhurst, Esq., Preston, Director of the Preston and Wyre,
and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junctions Railways
Colonel Robert Douglass, United Service Club, Director of the War-
wick and Worcester Railway
Sir Richard Dobson, F.R.S., Director of the Birkenhead and Holy-
head Junction Railway
Henry Hill Eckersley, Esq., Mobberley, Cheshire
John Edwards, Esq.. Ckester
Capt. Fisher, Junior United Service Chrb, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, and Liverpool,
Preston, and North Union Junction Railways
Robert Fisher, Esq., Highbury Park, London, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union
Junction Railway
R. G. Fellowe, Esq., Hoole, Preston, Director of the Liverpool, Pres-
ton, and North Union Junction Railway
William Foster, Esq., Settle
James German Fisher, Esq., Preston
James Giles, Esq., The Elms, Lancaster
Peter Greenall, Esq., M.P.
Joseph Gillhain, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
John Goodwin, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
IticharttEdenson Heathcote, Esq.; Longton-hall and Apedale-hall,
Staffordshire
John Holford, Esq., Rusholme-hall, Manchester, Director of the Li-
verpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway
George Holt, Esq., Willow-hill, Crumpsal, Lancashire, Director of the
Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway
John Douglas Hopkins, Esq, Bedford-square, London, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., and Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, .
Director of the London and Greenwich, and of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, and of the Chepstow, Forest of
Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railways
Thomas Ingleby, Esq., Lawkland-hall, Settle, Yorkshire, Director of
the North Western, of the Ciitheroe Junction, of the Manchester,
Liverpool, and Great North of England Union, and of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railways
Joseph Bulkeley Johnson, Esq., of Liverpool, and Mortlake-house,
Cheshire
Frederick L. Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, London, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway
John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, Wigan, Director of the Blackburn,
Chorley, Wigan, and North Union Junction, and of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railways
John Long, Esq., Brook House, Knutsford
Peter Legh, Esq., Booth's Hall, Cheshire
Donald Maclean, Esq., Brunswick-square, London, Deputy-Chairman
of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway
T. Oliver Anderdon, Esq., Q.C., Lincoln's Inn, London
Harry ktainwaring, Esq., Peover Hall, Cheshire
Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan, and Brunswick
Villa, Southport, Director of the Blackburn, Chorley, and /forth
Union Junction, and of the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union
Junction Railways
Christopher Morris, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds .
Direct Railway
Peter Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank, London, Director of the
Britannia Life Insurance Company
William F. M'lntire, Esq., Londonderry, Director of the Londonderry
and Enniskillen Railway
Joh]. Overend, Esq., Bentham, Yorkshire
Jeptha Pacey, Esq., Polygon, Manchester
James B. Peuder, Esq., Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead
Junction and Edinburgh and Peebles Railways
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Director of the Sheffield and Manchester and
of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railways, and
Chairman of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour-house, Old Trafford, Director of
the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and of the Liverpool, Pres-
ton, and North Union Junction Railways
Thomas Redmayse, Esq., Taitlands, near Settle, a Director of the
North-Western, Clithero Junction, Manchester and Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
Henry Rugg, Esq., fliggleswick, near Settle, Yorkshire
Joseph Swiobtirne, Esq., Knutsford
William Sloane, Esq., Great Wimpole-street, London, Director of the
Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Lee Porcher Townshend, Esq., Wincham-hall, Cheshire
Henry Tailor, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, of the Manchester and Wigan, and of the Liverpool,
Preston, and North Union Junction Railways
John Thompson, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool, Preston, and
North Union Junction, and Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction
Railways
James Upton, Esq., Oakey Lodge, Sedburgh, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Waring, Esq., Sedburgh, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
William Henry Walker, Esq., Blurton House, near Longton, Staf-
fordshire Potteries
Sir William Wynn, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, and Di-
rector of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth
Railway
W. Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Shropshire Mineral, of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire, of the Huddersfield and Sheffield, and the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railways
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square; London, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ENGIN-Ezns—Messrs. (Sandell and Brunton.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. J. and T. Roscoe, Knutsford.
Local. SOLlClTORS—Staffordshire Potteries, John Adams Stevenson,
Esq., Stoke-upon-Trent ; Manchester, William Burdet, Esq.
BANKERS.

London—
Birmingham—Messrs. Taylor and Lloyd.
Liverpool—The Union Bank of Liverpool.
Manchester—The Union Bank of Manchester.
Stafford—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank.
Staffordshire Potteries and Newcastle—The Manchester and Liver.
pool District Bank.
Northvrich—Northwich Bank.

Wigan-31essrs. Thomas Woodcock and SOWN, Wigan Bank:
Birkenhead—North and South Wale Bank.
This line of railway will continenCe at a point on tile dl'aml Junc-
tion Railway at Stafford, and passing front, ilteilee by Stone, Lane-
end, Fenton, Stoke-Upon-Trent, Shelton, Hanley, Burslcm, and Tun-
stall, to Congleton, it wlll,PrOeted by Knutsford to Altrincham,
where it will Join the gOlktit Junction Railway to Manchester, an Act
for which has been obtained ; and from Congleton by NorthWich to
Preston-Brook, where It will communicate with the Grand jitnetiOli
Railway, and proceed thence to Liverpool: A btanth 'bin Stoke-
upon-Trent, by Newcastle to Crewe, affording ticetinittiodation to the
Silvtzdale and Apeclaie Ironworkk will ttottilect the main line with
the important railways Meeting at that point, and give the shortest
possible route from the Potteries to Chester; Holyhead, and Birken-
head. A branch will connect the towns of Congleton and Maccles-
field. A communication will be opened from these places, and Mini
the salt districts of Cheshire, on the one hand to Idierpool, and on
the other to Manchester, the ports on the Mintier, and the eastern
coast of England, and will thus ttlitird a great additional market for
the produce of the district, and facilitate the foreign trade from these
coasts.

An inspectiOn Of the map will show the importance of the line of
country proposed to be accommodated by
some of the advantages attending it will be as follow :
means of this railway, and
'The Pottery district alone contains an immense popUlation, and the wnole of that district is at present without railway accommodation. The importance of the Pottery trade 15 too manifest to require a mo-
ment's comment, and the prinCipal part of that trade being connected
With Liverpool it ish4thly important, In a national point of view, that
every facility shotild be given to the communication betwixt these
iparts. In no line of railway at present formed or project has the
nterest of the Pottery district, as a whole, been duly considered ;
but, by the present line, it is intended to afford accommodation to
every town in the district, and to give the best and most direct com-
munication betwixt the Potteries and Chester, Birkenhead and
Liverpool, and also through Manchester, with the ports on the Hum-
ber and the east mast of England, thus affording facilities for a re-
vival of the trade with Holland, Belgium, and Germany, which, it is
believed, will be attended with important results to the future trade
of the Potteries.
The important manufacturing towns of Congleton and Macclesfield,
with heir districts, containing also a very large population, have
likewise been, in a great treasure, overlooked in the railway arrange-
ments hitherto tarried out ; and it is proposed by this railway to
afford communication from those places, by existing and projected
routes, to the south of England, and to Liverpool, Manchester,
Chester, Birkenhead, North Wales, and the whole of the north and
east of England and Scotland.
The proposed line of railway will afford facilities to the coal dis-
tricts of Staffordshire, Cheshire, and South Lancashire, especially
accommodating the large coal-:geld at Biddulph, and will tend mate-
rially to reduce the cost of that article in the country through which
the line is intended to pass.
The shortest and most direct route will be afforded by existing and
projected routes from Southampton, Birmingham, and the whole of
South Staffordshire, through the Potteries, to the salt districts and
the north of England ; and the facilities of communication from the
country intersected by this line to Liverpool, Birkenhead, Man-
chester, Chester, North Wales, and all parts of the north and east of
England, and to London, Southampton, Birmingham, and South
Staffordshire, and all parts of the south and west of England, and
South Wales, will be as ample as can be desired, whilst the traffic,
both of goods and passengers, that is manifestly attendant on the line
of country will be such as to ensure the most ample return on the
capital invested.
The line has been properly inspected, and has been found free from
material engineering difficulties, and the landowners are mainly fa-
vourable to its course. The capital proposed to be raised has been
estimated to be more than sufficient for the completion of the works.
The Provisional Committee being aware that it was of the greatest
importance to carry with them the right feeling of the landowners,
manufacturers, and others interested in the line, respectfully invite
all such to take a personal interest in the undertaking ; and they
declare it to be their wish to be materially guided in the allotment
of shares by the opinions of gentlemen immediately interested in
the line.
The liability of each shareholder will be restricted by Act of Parlia-
ment to the amount of subscription, and power will be applied for in
the Bill to allow interest at four per cent. per annum on all calls from
the passing of the Act until the opening of the line.
Prospectuses, with maps of the line, may be obtained on application
to the solicitors, or to the following sharebrokers :—London, Messrs
Fields and Co., 9, Warnford-court, Throgrnorton-street ; Liverpool,
Mr. G. A. Brown, Druid-court, Dale-street ; Mr. Robert tlreenham, 9,
Mersey .2harnbers, and Mr. C. Pownall, Sweeting-street ; Manches-
ter, Mr. W. G. Seed, 15, St. Ann square ; Mr. Charles Allen, Ducie-
place ; and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker ; Leeds, Messrs. Stan-
dish and Blackett, and Messrs. J. and T. Rhodes ; Hull, Mr. James
Bowden ; Lancaster, Mr. N. Welsh ; Halifax, Mr. J. Newburn ; York,
Messrs. Graystone and Earle ; Skipton, Mr. J. Cragg ; Nottingham,
Mr. Frank Wakefield, jun. ; Settle, Mr. Gibbins ; Bristol, Messrs.. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford ; Coventry, Mr. J. T. Holland;
Bradford, Messrs. F. E. and C. C. Crossley ; Huddersfield, Mr. J. H.
Taylor; Derby, Mr. Samuel Hare; Newcastle-under-Lyre, Mr. W.
Tomkinson ; Birmingham, Mr. W. 11. Collis, 104, New-street;
Preston, Mr. Wren ; to any of whom applications for shares, in the
annexed form (accompanied by a banker's or other satisfactory re-
ferences), may be addressed.

FOR AP SIIARES.
To the ProvisionM aIOF CommiPtteeLICATION of the Staffordshire Potteries, and
Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,-1 request you to allot me Shares of £
each in the above undertaking ; and I hereby engage to accept the
same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay
the deposit thereon, and to sign the subscribers' agreement and
Parliamentary contract when required,.
Dated this day of 1845.
Business or Profession (if AMY) "••• • • •
Bieirffs4 • •

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
The Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway feel
themselves called upon to give Notice, that that Company has no
connexion whatever with a proposed line, announced as the " Lon-
don and Birmingham Extension Railway." The Directors of the
London and Birmingham Railway have instructed Mr. Robert
Stephenson to make the necessary surveys for a line from North-
ampton to Weedon, to connect their Peterborough Branch with the
proposed London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster line;
Acts for both which lines will be applied for In the ensuing Parlia-
mentary session. _ _ _

The London and Birmingham Railway Company being of opinion
that the proposed London and Kidderminster line is, in connexion
with the London and Birmingham line, beet adapted for the acconi:
ruodation of the Public, will give it their most cordial support and
co-operation. By order,
Office, Euaton-station, R. CREED, Secretary.
Sept. 10th, 1845.

BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001. in 15,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
•
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
is intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,
Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boom, Dartmouth
Sir John Hensler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy-
Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near Minehead
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleave, near Minehead,Magistrato of the
county of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton, Devon
R. Deaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrsll, Esq., of Lilllngstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fltzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,
merchant
W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq.' 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Coihoun, Esq., 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter's
chambers, Cornhill, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon-
shire
F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square
W. Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand.
_ _

01lice-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. a Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater..
MANAGING DIRECTORS.
James Colhoun, E?q.
W. S. Potter, Esq.
Samuel Pocock, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq.
reen, Esq.
Edward Parrett.
MO.

E. F. Dayrell, Esq.
W. B .Vlgers, Esq.
W. S. Fltzwilliam, Esq,
W. F. Beadon, Esq.

F. W. Gr 4
SECIETART-31r. I
ISAMIL
Messrs. Strahan and Co.; and M
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol,

:essrs. Robarta and Co., London.
Bridgwater, and Taunton.

One of the principal objects this Company has in view, is a great
saving of time in the journey from Ireland and South Wales to
Bristol and London, by avoiding the tedious and dangerous passage
of the Bristol Channel, and at the same time effecting the long
sought-for communication between the English and Bristol Channels,
all of which will be gained by connecting Minehead with Bridge-
water by a Railway, and there forming a junction with the railways
already opened, and also with those now in actual progress between
Bridgwater and the commodious and important port of Poole.
The question of an eligible steam-packet and post-office station on
the Somersetahlre coast for Ireland, Wales, and the Westward gene-
rally, from whence vessels may arrive and depart at all times, with-
out reference to tide, has for many years past been regarded as one
of immense importance to the Government and the public.
By Making Minehead a post-office station, a saving of twelve
hours will be effected in the delivery of letters between Ireland and
the whole of the west and south of England ; and no other port on
the coast of Somerset (or even on the north of Devon) will be so
safe, and sheltered from all the prevailing winds. '
At Minehead, the proposed railway will run down on a pier, which
the largest' class steamers may approach, and land and embark pas-
sengers at all states of the tide, and again proceed at once into the
Western Ocean on their outward voyage. •
The public is perhaps hardly aware that, even with the present
imperfect and rude arrangements for landing passengers at Weston
Super-Mare, it is found that passengers from Ireland and the impor-
tant ports of the south of Wales save several hours by landing at that
place ; whereas, by the proposed pier and railway from Minehead,
passengers would save generally twelve hotirs, and very often a great
deal more, on their journey to London, avoiding, besides, the dangers
of the Bristol Channel.
It is not among the least striking features of this project that it
forms part of a grand scheme for shortening the communication
between Ireland and Wales with Jersey, Guernsey, Paris, and the
Continent generally, as passengers landed at Minehead will proceed
by this railway to others now in progress via Yeovil and Dorchester
to Poole, from which port the distance to Cherbourg is only sixty
miles, thus rendering the distance from Minehead to Cherbourg easily
performed in eight hours and a half; and from Cherbourg a railway
is now in course of formation to Paris. The distance also to the
Channel Islands is reduced in the same proportiOn. A powerful com-
pany, thlly alive to the advantages of this mode of transit in prefe-
rence to the more tedious one via Southampton and Havre, is about
to put en a line of packets between the ports of Poole nd Cherbourg
and the Channel Islands, thus shorten* the route In point of time
by about seventeen hours.
This Company, in showing to the public the probable amount of
traffic which will flow over their line, beg leave to draw attention to
the following extracts, taken from a prospectus of a Company, formed
under the auspices of the Chairman of the Great Western Company,
and the leading bankers and merchants of Bristol, fur making a pier
at, and railway from Portbury, to Bristol, and on which no further
comment will be made, save that whatever applies to Portbury, ap-
plies with infinitely greater force to Minehead, both in the saving of
time, dang r, delay, and expense. •
"There are at the present time engaged in the trade with South
Wales, Somersetshire, Devonshire, Cornwall, Liverpool, and Ireland,
twenty-three steam-vessels of the aggregate tonnage of upwards of
6,000 tons, making rather better than fifty voyages, or 100 arrivals
and departures per week on an average throughout the year.
"The principal part of the traffic of the whole of these vessels con-
sists of passengers, whilst of their goods traffic an important portion
consists of merchanclize brought by, and Intended fur carriage on, the
existing railways, from and to places on either side of Bristol. For
the conduct of this traffic, every vessel will necessarily require to use
the pier and railway on each occasion of departure and arrival, as
the most expeditious, convenient, and economical Mode of conveying
such traffic to or towards its plate of destination:
" The number of passengers tarried by the existing_ steam-boats
amounts to at least 200,000 per annum ; and When it it considered
that the facilities afforded by the pier of Starting and arriving at all
times of the tide, Will citable Vessels which now perform bat one
voyage per diem, or every alternate day, to and from the nearer
ports in South Wales, to make such voyages three or tbur times in
the same day, at very trifling, if any, additional cost— that on the
voyages to Swansea, Tent*, and Ilfracombe, they will erred a Saving
of one-half the tittle noW occupied, arid that similar advantages will
be derived by the trade with Ceriii:all and Ireland, it can neither be
doubted that the apetnie Of conveyance between Bristol and those
places Will he teriSinerably reduced, nor that the effect of such re-
duction, combined with the advantage of greater certainty as to the
tithes of departure and arrival, must hash the effect of causing a
great increase in the number of passengers.
"A large and inOst Valhable portion of the Merchandise carried by
the Cornish, Welsh, and Irish steam-beats Consists of fish, poultry,
eggs, Vegetalsies, and other articles of provision; speed and certainty
lattretlotebvciooluivseiTyaenssceenatinadl, datteldPitehrye tialrittilecslesinofthisospreersipseheatbaffle :rdneadturhye
the Oki Art Such as to secure this traffic to the undertaking.
" A
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and
being imported fat and ready to kill, now suffer much injury from the
detention of the vessels in Kingroad whilst waiting for tide."
Although it is unnecessary to calculate upon the whole of this im-
nptoretra‘ensturnaldte jtithstle ylalbrguetidpeLtireanflincf,
littthisatiwlevilleretehmeleesos
vimerpothssisibileintee,
when it is remembered that by the proposed scheme the harbour of
Waterford will, by means of powerful steamers, be brought within
twelve, and the ports of Dublin and Cork within fifteen hours of the
terminus at 31inehean, by which the danger, inconvenience, and un-
pleasantness of travelling by night will be altogether avoided.
go also must the traffic derived from steam-boats, and on the line
itself, be added, which will arise from the immense resort of persons
Seeking pleasure in the beautifhl vicinities of Nether Stowey, Blue
Anchor, Minehead, Porlock, Linton, Lynmouth, and the far-famed
Valley of Hocks and adjacent country, so aptly termed the Switzer-
land of England, and which only require increased facilities to be
much more than even at present resorted to ; and so great is the
existing traffic that, by the calculations already made, a large reve-
nue will be derived from this source alone.

The present number of cattle sent to Bristol fl'om Ireland alone is
upwards of 150,000 head per annum, and it is only reasonable to ex-
pect that these will be landed at the far nearer- port of Minehead,
thereby creating a considerable source of revenue.
The importance of this railway to the agricultural district of North
Somerset is incalculable for disseminating, as manure, In every di-
rection the celebrated lime of Cannington Park, from which, and also
from the carrying of coal, a large revenue will arise.
Memel timber brought into the port of Poole (the harbour dues of
which are very insignificant) can be unshipped, carried across by
rail, and re-shipped at 3finehead, at a cost of 7s. per ton less in
freight, than If carried round the Landsend, exclusive of the great
saving in time ; this alone will open a large trade with Wales, as
vessels will bring over coals to Minehead, and take back timber,
limestone, flour, mine, slates, and copper ore.
The blue Has lime-stone of Watchet, so admirably adapted for
aquatic building, will also produce a considerable revenue to this
undertaking.

The flour and provision trade, at present carried on between the
mining districts of South Wales and the coast of Somerset, must ne-
cessarily flow over this line, and create an important feature in its
revenue.

One of the first effects of the formation of this line will be, that
steam communication will be established between Mlnehcad and the
following places :—Swansea, Tenby, Milford, Neath, Haverfordwest,
Pembroke, and Carmarthen, and with the whole of the South of
Ireland; and this railway, with a suitable station and wharfs, will
also afford to Watchet eli the advantages of which it is capable as a
port.

Depots for goods will be erected at the station at Combwiteh
Reach, where at present all the larger vessels trading to Bridgwater
stop ; and it may be mentioned that 130,000 tons of coasting trade
come into this port annually, exclusively of 10,000 tone of foreign
trade.

From the estimates prepared, it is expected that only a portion of
the proposed capital will be required to carry *tit the objects of this
Company.

Power will be reserved to allow the shareholders 41. per cent. on
the paid-up capital, and also to construct branches from Minehead or
Watchet to Wivellscombe, Porlock, &c., and the extensive iron mines
of Sir T. Buckler Lethbridge, Bart., which, with the slate quarries of
Sir John Trevylyan, are in active working within seven miles of Mine-
head. From this source, as also from the copper mines of Andrew
Crosse, Esq., a large revenue must arise.
The landowners have been communicated with, and are most
anxious for the successful carrying out of the objects of the Com-
pany; nor is there reason to expect that any Parliamentary opposi-
tion will be offered.

The line will be twenty-five miles in length, and no engineering
difficulties present themselves.
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 flmds of
the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its formation,
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 additional capital,
to abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, docks, piers,
wharfs, or jetties, or enter into any arrangement with any other
Company or Companies, and also to nominate the first Directors of
the Company.

Applieations for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed informa-
tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Alderman's-
walk, City, London; at the Of of the Company's Solicitors,
Messrs. a Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London ;
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater. And of the
Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton ; Mr. N.
Pearce, solicitor, Wiviliscombe ; Mr. lames Parsons, solicitor, Lang-
port; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorchester; Mr.
Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham ; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor,
Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol. And of the following
Stock and Share Brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11,
Birchin-lane ; and Messrs. Hugging. and Lang, London; Messrs
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ;
Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs.
H. Davies and Co., Liverpool; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds;,
Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf-
ford, Dublin; 'Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; and Mr. R. Ball, Tauntoa.

BRIDGEWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no Application for Shares will be en-
tertained, unless the same be made in the form prescribed by the
Managing Directory ; and the applicants must also refer either to one
of the Provisional Committee., or t• some person of known respecta-
bilit,y.—Dated September 12, 1845. Ey or ler,
iftMessrs. ...VBECICETT, SON, and STNPSON ; and
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WILTS, SOMERSET, AND TOUTHAMP-.
TON JUNCTION RAILWAY.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
The DEEDS of this COMPANY will LIE for SIGNATURE as
follows:
In SOUTHAMPTON—At the Offices of W. 11. Maberly, Esq., soli-
citor, Portland street on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the
15th, 16th, and 17th of September instant, between the hours of
Eleven and Four each day.
In BRISTOL—At the Bush Hotel, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 16th and 17th Instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.
In SHEFFIELD—At the Tontine Hotel, on Thursday and Friday,
the 18th and 19th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.
In LEEDS—At the Royal Hotel, on Saturday and Monday, the
20th and 224 instant, between the hours of Eleven and live
each day.
In YORK—At the Black Swan Inn, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 23d and 24th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.
In NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—At the George Inn. on Thursday
and Friday, the 25th and 26th instant, between the hours of Eleven
and Five each day.
In EDINBURGH —At the Gibb's Hotel, Princes-street, on Mon-
day and Tuesday, the 29th said 30th instant, between the hours of
Eleven and Five each day.
Returning from Edinburgh, the Deed will be at Manchester, at the
Albion Hotel, on Friday and Saturday, the 3d and 4th October, be-
tween the hours of Eleven and Five each day.

London, August 13,184 k

By order, -
H. B. SHERIDAN. secretary.

1)e UGBT, WARWICK, and WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
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Provisionally Registered.
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. ,
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.71., Madryn
Park, Caeruarvonshire
Sir William Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Fortman-sqtutre,
London
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Sir Henry Bromley Henrich, Court Garden, Great Marlow, Bucks.
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Sce., Alderman of
London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloacester
Junction, the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the
North London Junction, and the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies
T. Bagger, Esq., Northampton iDirectors of the South. Midland and
J. Freeman, Esq., Ditto Northampton, Banbury, andChel-
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Ditto tenham Railway Companies
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Mcthem Villa,l Provisional Directors of the
Leamington, South Midland Railway
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton, Company
Jonathan Dimn, 'Esq., Ryelands, Lancaster, Director of the Lancas-
ter and Preston Junction and North Western Railway Companies
J. M. Cottle Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton,
and Leicester Railway Company
John Gardner, Esq., Southern, Provisional Director of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company
William Frederick Beadon, Esq., John-street, Berkeley-square, Lan-
don, Provisional Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway Company
John Wheeitou, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Rail-
way Company
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowanhead, Kendal, Provisional Director
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, the York and Carlisle, and Manches-
ter and Southampton Railway Companies
James Beach, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, Lon- Directors of the South
don, and Brandon Lodge, Warwickshire Midland Railway
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton Company
George Tate, Esq., ewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham and Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Companies
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W. W. Mansell, Esq., Dorchester place,
the Great The Rev. D. Robinson,Ers
Blandford-square, London
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John Haddon, Esq., Leamington,. Director of the Birmingham and
• Oxford Junction Railway Company
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ter Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Wor-
center Railway
John Satchel!, Esq., Warwick, Deputy Chairman of the Leamington
Board of Commissioners
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Henry Morgan, Esq., Bristol Directors of the
William Watson, Esq., Burn Grove, Roxburgh-Bristol and Exeter
GreatCMhaapnmehaen;tEersqß.a'ilway Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the
shire Railway Company
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Provisional
Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway Company
Admiral Ayseough, Southampton
Hyde-park
Mr. Sergeant Adams, Stanhope-place, H y
Mr. Herbert Atterbury, Thomby, Northamptonshire
John Burnett; Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner for the county of Glou-
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cester
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Hill, Surrey
Peterjim Brightman,
(3o s Colston, j u
Charles Brandt, Esq., Leamington
Captain Chamter, iLtlkin-street West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Thomas Farmer Cooke,
Ensq...,qß.,egeney-square, Brighton
borough
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Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Great Surrey-street, London
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Joseph Ellis, Esq., Glenfleld and Leicester
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
George Harper, Esq., Moss Fields, Salop
John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
Mr. George Wortley Lovell, Great Billing, Northamptonshire
William Laslett, Esq., Worcester
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
The Rey: Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Mr. Benjamin Paine, Leicester
James Watts Peppercorns, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwieh,
Surrey
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Puiteney, 4, Parliament-street, London
J. Watson Prole, Esq., 31, Thurlow-square, Brompton
James.Whitchurch,,Esq.,,Southeliff, Netley Abbey, Hants
William Williams, Esq., Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
Edward Welsh, Esq., Leamington
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington
Mr. John Woolaton, jun., merchant, Wellingborough
(With power to add to their number.)
Bet/eras.
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Rugby—Messrs. Butlln and Son
Leamington /Leamington Priors and Warwickshire B auk lug Com-
Warwick
Southam pany
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Ce.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—John Urpeth RastriCk, Esq.
OLICITORS.
London—Mr. George Weller, 8, King's-road, Bedford-row
Welibrd—Mr. George Pell, jun.
Leamington •
Warwick Messrs. Patterson, Haymes, Hanbtuy,.and Gardner
Southern
Worcester—Mr. It. T. Rea •
Birmingham—Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson
SECRETARY—Mr. GeorgelL Weller*

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
The' object proposed by this railway is, as well to supply the wants
of the district through which it passes, as to complete the chain of
railway communication between the eastern and midland counties
and the western district, including the whole of North and South
Wales.

The country embraced by this line is of the richest description, and
thickly populated.
By means of this, and the existing and projected lines of railway,
the whole of the ports in the eastern and north-eastern counties, in-
cluding the manufacturing city of Norwich, and towns of Leicester,
Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, and the whole of Yorkshire will be
brought in direct communication with the mineral districts of
North and South Wales, the salt district of Droitwich, and the
river Severn.
The promoters of this line submit to the public, a, a most imports
experienced along the
em ant consideration, the abating of those causes of loss and inconveni-
encea
ss, are which,
frline overofwaeoteurntearyrrlage
which this railway will
puss, beingfrom necessity at
present a principal mode of transit for heavy goods and merchandise,
and which, in the winter season, is productive of the most cell coils
sequences to those engaged in commerce.
A manifest advantage to the Shareholders will be the extent of traits
which will be secured and appropriated by the present undertaking,
in lien of that which hitherto has been engrossed by the more
dilatory course of water carriage.
As a public advantage to the inhabitants generally of the
above-mentioned districts, the promoters submit that the equa-
lisation in prices of the produce and merchandise which the
opening of this line of railway is calculated to produce is of the high-
est importance, and one of the principal benefits which this slid Other
similar undertakings are alone capable of Producing.
The proposed line will commence at Rugby, the terminus Or the
Midland Counties and Trent Valley Railways, and also of the pro-
posed Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway, and proceed front
thence near to the towns of Leamington, Warwick, and Aleester, and
end at the City of Worcester. At Worcester this line will foil* a
junction with the several Welsh railways, the Shrewsbury, Wor-
cester, and Crewe Railway, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway.
At Warwick it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway, the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway, and the Lon-
don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway.
And at Rugby with the London and Birmingham, the Midland
Counties, and the projected Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway.
To the inhabitants of Rugby as well as to those of the Midland,
Eastern, and Northern Counties this line will afford a direct corn-
' municatlon with the fashionable towns of Leamington and Chelten-
ham, as well as the whole of the Western Counties.
To the inhabitants of Leamington and Warwick it will give a
direct communication with the City of Worcester and North and
South Wales, now so much needed.
And to the inhabitants of Worcester, in addition to provlsling the
nearest route to London via Warwick, it will be an outlet to the
Eastern Counties and ports, and afford great facilities for the increase
of the manufactories now carried on in that city.
The whole of the country has during the present month, August,
11145, been most carefully surveyed by the engineers, and they report
it to be free from engineering difficulty, and well adapted for a rail-
way; and the provisional Directors entertain no doubt that the
line will be made under the average rate of expense incident to
similar undertakings, and, from the statistics in their possession,
that the traffic will afford an ample return for the capital invested.
The line will lot interfere with any ornamental property, and the
landowners are favourable to the undertaking.
The Shareholders in the several Railways Proposed to be joined or
intersected will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
undertaking.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the Aet is
obtained, and power will be applied far to allow interest at 41. per
centum on all calls, from the time of their respective payments, and
to limit the liability of the Shareholders to the *mown of their sub-
reription.s. wer to themselves to amalgamate with
any existing or projected line railway ;to vary the route; to
make all desirable extensions; and to increase the capital as may be
advisable or necessary.
Prospectuses, with a Plan, will be published in a fbw days,
and may then be obtained on application to the several solicitors,
and to any of the following share brokers, viz., Messrs. Peppercorne
and Co., 2, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Loth-
bury, London; Messrs. rayne and Freer, Leicester ; Messrs. Alston
and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. Freeman and .4011, Northampton ; Mr.
John Duncaft, Manchester ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bris-
tol; Mr. John Watson, Leeds ; Mr. John Cragg, skipton ; and
Messrs. Atkinson, Newcastle ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ;
Mr. Collis, ; Messrs. White and Son, Leamington ;
Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull ; Messrs. tempest and Britchart, Hud-
dersfield ; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edinburgh ; and Messrs.
Tassie, Glasgow ; to any of whom applications in the undermen-
tioned form may be addressed.

Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester
FORM OF APPLICATION'.
Railway.
Shaes i
I request you to allot me r n this undertaking; and 1
hereby undertake to accept the same or any smaller number that
may be allotted me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute
the Parliamentary Contract uud Subscriber's Agreement when re-
To the ProTisional Directors of the Rugb
quired.
Christian and Surnames in full .. .. .. ...... Residence.• • .........
..........
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Business or profession ......
Name and Address of Referee.....• • • •• •• ••

Date• • • • .. .. ....... .

ICK, AND WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
In consequence of the immense number of applications already re-
ceived, the Provisional Committee give notice that no Applications
for Shares will bb received after Tuesday the 16th Angara, except
from parties resident in the country, as to whom the time will be
extended to Monday, the 22d instant.
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LONDON, SALISBURY, and YEOVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY
WIMBORNE AND POOLE BRANCH.
Notice is hereby given, that no Applications for Shares In this
Company will be received after WEDNESPAY, the 17th instant.
L. CROMBIE, Secretary.
63, Moorgate-street, Sept. 11, 184.5.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD,
EARNSLE Y, and GOOLE JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(Registered Provisionally.) •
Arrangements having been made, since the 'issuing of the preli-
minary announcement, to extend this undertaking to the ports of
Liverpool, Great Grimsby, andll, by which means a project of
greater extent and more general utility will be obtained for the public
and the districts locally interested than previously contemplated, it is
intended to carry such combined scheme into effect, under the name
and title of

THE HUDDERSFIELD AND EAST AND WEST COASTS

DIRECT RAILWAY, --
Connecting Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Goole,
Great Grimsby, and Hull, with a communication to the Metropolis
from or near the Cudworth Stition of the North Midland Railway.
A prospectus is now in the course of preparation, and will be pub-
lished shortly. In the meantime the numerous applicants for shares
in the original scheme aro respectfully informed that it will be neces-
sary for them to renew their applications (in the form which will be
annexed to the prospectus) for Shares in such extended under-
taking, if desirous of obtaining Shares therein.
By order,
__ _

WILL. JACOMB, Solicitor.

EXETER; DORCHESTER, AND WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Piovisbanaliv Registered, pursuant to 7 and S Vict., cap. 110.)
• Capital, 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each. -
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. -
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lient..Getleral Sir Robert Barton, K.C.11., Montague-place, Mon-
tague-square
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S.,'Park Lodge, Stockwell
John Carter, Esq., Dorset-place, Portman-square
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Wiaiam Celfox, Esq., Rai House, Bridport
W. S. Cross. Esq., •New-court, Temple, Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Railway
Newton Crouch, Esq., Southampton-place, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
The lion. Miles Dormer, Hans-place, Sloane-street.
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, C. 8., Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway •
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Director of the War Wick and Worcester
Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity and
Law Life-Assurance Companies
Captain S. N. Fisher. Junior United Service Club, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Major Fitzgerald, Mount Edgar, Sidmouth
'John Foster, Esq., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury
The Itev. H. Fellowes, J.l'., Vicar of Sidbury
Theophilns M. Gunn, Esq., Bridport
Captain Sir Andrew Pellett Green, R.N., K.C.H., James-street, Buck-
ingham-gate, Director of tho Bank of Australasia
Fre&rick 'James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
W. Newton Harriott, Esq., Odiham, Hants
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square,. Director of the Chelmsfbrd
and Bury Railway
Thomas Heatheock, Esq., The Nermitage, Sidmouth
George Price Hill, Esq., Gawanbro House, Hampstead
F. B. Hoare, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
John Holmes, Esq., Liverpool, and St. James's-street, Westminster,
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Michael Elijah Impey, Esq., Duchess-street, Portland-place, and
Lawn Cottage, Twickenham
Swynfen Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Staf-
fordshire, Director of thV Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and
of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Rail Way
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, and Direetor of the Wor-
cesterlirm Birmingham
m ExtensionEsq„ele,RelliniWd-aryow
Richard ,
and South Wales Junction Railway, and of the London and
St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways
Siegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., 9, limiter-square
William Ley, Esq., Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway
L. Llewellyn, Esq., Ynis Penllwch, and Graig-Avon, Glamorgan-
shire
Robert Henry Lindham, Esc New-street, Dorset-square, Director
of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
C. W. Lovesy, jun., Esq., Charlton Kings, Cheltenham
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Wootton-under-Edge
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Captain Mathews, Sidmouth Lodge, Sidmouth
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life In-
surance Company, and Director of the South and Midland Junc-
tion Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, and Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham_ Railway
Robert Rea, Esq., Exeter, and Cromwell Rock, Waterford
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosamel's Great
Northern of France Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank
of Ireland
Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq.. Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Galway and Belfast Railway
J. Carrington Ridgway, Esq„ Roehampton Lodge, Surrey
W. Rigby Seymour, Esq., Doughty-street, Mecklenhurgh- square -
William Sloane Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq. Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the South-Eastern Esq.,
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq.. Deputy Governor of the Union Bank of
London, and Chairman of the Irish North Midland Railway
-Henry Savage, Esq.. F.R.C.S., Dorset-place, Dorset-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
'John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Director
of the Leicester mid Bedford Railway, and of the Taw Vale.
Rail way
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester Railway
(With pawer to add to their number).
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Mamie% LL.D., F.R.S., M.I.C.E.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
Messrs. Gough and Roumieu.
SURVEYORS—Messrs Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square
Edward Strick, Esq., 10, Doughty-street.
Szcarraav—D. Bartle, Esq.
BANIEREL
London—Messrs. Martin, Stones, and Martin, Lombard-street
' The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Southampton—Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and Atherley
W eymouth—Messrs. Elfott and Pearce.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Weymouth—George Arden, Esq.
Bridport—E. Nicholetts, Esq.
Sidmouth—Edwin Church Everitt, Esq.
Exeter—George William Turner, Esq.

This railway is intended to commence at the east part of the city
of Exeter, neat St. Sidwells, and after passing through Topsham,
with a fork at Woodbury by Lympstone to Exmouth, will proceed, in
an easterly direction, towards Sidmouth, and thence, near Colyton,
Beer, Seaton, A.Xmouth, Lyme Regis, and Charmouth, to Bridport.
At Bridport the line- will divide, taking the course direct to Dor-
citheesrte, rp,astslmig o join
the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and the
o
near Bridport harbour and Abbotsbury to Weymouth.
At taeter, junctions Will be formed with the Bristol and Exeter and
North DeVOti tiailivaysi. and at Eamouth with the South Devon, by
means of their steatO ferry; thmts Making the most direct route to
Plymouth from London. Alrio at DorclieSter and Weymouth it will
be Connected with the Wilts, Soniertiet, and life.vmouth, as well as
with the tictrchester and Southampton at tioreilister:
It will be teeth Oil referenSe to the map, that lrjf kilning a junc-
tion with the knell Of coast railway that have already been con-
structed or commenced front teeter Westward, and frets Dorchester
eitstWard, and .by following the coast as nearly as is practicable- be-
t Ween its termini, this line will effectually complete a railway coin-
municatloa front DoVer to the Land's End, an undertaking in itself
of great national importance, and likely to meet with the cordial stilt=
port of the Government.
In tildes the course which this Railway will take, It has been the
eareftil Consideration of the Promoters to project only SUch a Line as
will afford the gtefitett facility of communication to the populotta and
important towns end fdshicatable Watering places which are situated
loanoasndmiemeaantt tthoatacprnmofodathteee; QUA Which this Railway is particu-
cmilt Ural, Maniffectnring, and Commercialwhilstrlt Urn
tgroto Van et,hitshepaArtgrio-f
the gingdoni have been equally studied.
This Line *lll also OPerf WI additional means of communication
to the Port of WeYitioiliki, the WO Mitmititacitiring Town and Har-
bour of Bridport, and the liathOUt at. Ltirie Itergo AS must even-
litany replace them in that high positi6h; When detriptited With the
other Porta Of the Kingdom, which they formefly held: The Water-
ing
LyttiVel!itiegi
ceticisr, Dudleigh-Salterton, Sidmouth, Cliantouth,
Weivylptith, mice.; Will be thus thrown open to ever, part
of England end wales, and slectantilbdaleti With that facility of ac-
cess which they althie reduire ld place Went @H an equal position
with other favourite pitied of feitirt; fbf which the piettiresque In-
land and bold Coast-Scenery of Bet oitsiiire Arid LlM'aetaltire a pres
eminently proverbial, and justly entitles there, tO hold.
The following extract from the.Roport of the Seleit Celthisitfee of
the Haase of Lords an the " Wilts Somerset, and Weymouth
way," made on the 18th of June, (841, will show the sense enter-
tained by that body Of the itiiportanee tff a line Of railway in the di-
rection proposed by the preteht CtinffifiitY I—d in n1111[114( their re-
port, the Committee feel it their duty to state that the gfesit diM-
culty with them, in deciding on the Bill referred to &id, laid :Olsen
from the fear they entertained whether, in allowing the Great
Western Hallway to come down to the sea at Weymouth, or even be,
low Yeovil, they might net be creating a difficulty as to making a
railway in the most desirable thatmer to Falmouth, the most westerly
port in the Channel."
The great importance of this railway may be father estimated,
from a consideration of the fact that the local population which Would
be benefited by its construction exceeds two hundred thousand
persons.
And also that Weymouth, which will be one of the termini of the
tine, is about to become a great National Harbour of Refuge and
Packet-station, by the construction of a breakwater in Portland
Roads, in accordance with the . recommendation of the Government '
Commissioners, for which purpose a grant was made during the last
session of Parliament for commencing the works. The additional
population and traffic, which will thus be attracted to this port, will
be very considerable.
A preliminary survey has been made, and there are no peculiar
engineering difficulties. The length of the main line, from Exeter to
Dorchester, will be about fifty-two miles; and of the Forks, or exten-
sions, to Weymouth, and Exmouth, about sixteen miles ; making, in
the whole, sixty-eight miles of railway.
The sentiments of the landowners are favourable to the construc-
tion of a railway calculated, as this' is, very greatly to benefit their
properties, and in the allotment of shares preference will be given
to the applications of persons locally Interested.
Estimates of the traffic have been carefully prepared by the pro-
moters of the line, from which it is evident that an ample re-
turn will be obtained for the investment of capital ix the undertak-
ing. More detailed traffic tables will, however, be forthwith com-
piled, as required by the Committees of both Houses of Parliament. •
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at 4/. per cent. on the amount of deposit and calls from the
passing of the Act until the completion of the line, and the liability
of shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions.
Applications for copies of the prospectus, and for shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 62, ma"-
gate-street ; to the solicitors and local agents ; also to the fol-
Lteorn ;
lowing sharehrokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-
buildings, and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-friars,
don ; Henry Vatcher, Esq., and John Langworthy, Esq.,
Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Messrs. Tateentoannd
Bristol ; Thomas Forsyth, Esq., Liverpool ; Henry
EI3
Binning-
-Manclwster ; Messrs. Rhodes, Leeds; W. 11. Collis, q
sMas' on Esq.,
loon ; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York ;
Esq., Blackburn ; Messrs. John Robertson
Bradford, Yorkshire; F. Stamp, Esq., Hull; WnTidilhiaocminoas, Boardman,
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson. Glasgo
and Blakey, Halifax. w and Mes.srs. Mewburn
To the Provisional Committee of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Company.
I request that you will apportion me Shares of 201. each, in
the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Hallway Company ; and I
do hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may
allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share and all future
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscri-
here Agreement when required.
pitted this day of , ISM
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)7grae, Radishes, and
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4YNN and ELY RAILWAY COMPANY
FIItST CALL OF £2 10, PER SHARE.
• Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of,t,hB
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 21. 10s. PEE SHARE on thair
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.:—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co., or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., London ; Messrs. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 51. per cent per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
WM. BROWNE FOLEES, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIAMS. Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3, 1845.

LYNN and DEREHAM RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FIRST CALL of 31. 12s. 6d. PER SHARE.
Notice Is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 31. 12s. 6d. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.:—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co ,or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co., London ; Messrs. Moen and Co..
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
W. W. WILLIAMS, secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk, Sept. 3, 1845.

ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COM.
PANY.

FIRST CALL of 31. 15s. PER SHARE.

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 31. .15s. PER SHARE on their
respeltive Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, ♦iz.—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co ,or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., .London ; or Messrs. Moss and
Co., Liverpool;; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 51. per Cent. per annum ►ill be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3rd, 1845.

WORCESTER, WARWICK, and RUGBY
• RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 900,000/., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share,
Offices, No. 5, Gresham-street, Bank.
rlovlstONAL comitirris.
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and
D aWy.
ieds tRe ronb
ort RailwayßRose,
ECompanypa :Belfast,
Director of the Great Easters
and. Western Railway Company
Sir William Smith, Bart., Cardiston House, Worcester
S irJohn Key, Bart., and Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and
other Railways
WilliaitHughes Hughes, F.S.A. F.L.S., Alderman of London, Chair-
man of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction ; the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport and Portsmouth; the North London
Junction and the Loudon and Greenwich Railway Companies
George Allies, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Cwm Celya Iron Works
Richard Ashton, Esq., White Lion Court, Cornhill
Abraham Alexander, Esq.,‘Leamington
William Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place, London
Robert Bestow, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the
Great Eastern and Western Railway
James Barker, Esq., Severn's Stoke, Worcester
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director ante Great Eastern`
' and Western Railway Company
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coulsden
Court, Surrey
Walter Chamberlain, Esq„ Worcester Royal Porcelain Manufactory,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di•
rector of the Great Eastern and-Western Railway Company
Mr. James Coucher, Wool Merchant, Worcester •
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, and Old Palace. Richmond,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Mr. George Cox, Glove Manufacturer, Worcester .
Edward Henry*Cole, Esq„ Monasterwin, Kildare
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq.. Maribro'-place, St. John's Wood. Director
of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton Winehllsea,
Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Cons
pony
Francis DAVIS, Pershore
Thomas Davies, Esq., Powick, Worcester •
George Ellins, Esq., salt manufacturer. Droltwich •
George English, Esq., needle manufacturer, Feckenhiun, Redditch
John English, Esq., needle manufacturer, leckenham, Redditch
George Farley, Esq., Henwick House, and Crowle, Worcestershire,
banker, Worcester
Mr. J. Firkins, of the firm of Firkins and Co., glove miumfaeturers
and hop merchants
Henry Grasett, Esq., Cheshem-street, Beigrave-square
John Matthew Gutch, Esq., blinker, Worcester
Mr. Edwin Gardener, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester
iharles Hastings, M.D., Alderman of Worcester
John Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester
Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman, Worcester
Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester
Henry Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester
George Hill, Esq., merchant, Worcester
James James, Esq., Swansea
William Laurence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London and Man-
chester Direct Railway
/oho Wheeley Lea, Esq.. Vice-Chairman of the Severn Navigation
Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Com-
pany, aid a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway
Company
John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porcelain
Manufactory
Mr. Thomas Lucy, Albion Steam Flour Mills, Worcester
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton
Arthur Mann, Esq. Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway Company
Henry Moss, Esq., Severn Bank, Worcester
William Moore, Esq, Elm Bank, Powick, Worcester
John Morton, Esq., Wick, Worcester
J. B. Morgan, Esq., The Terrace, Powick,. Worcester
C. B. Morgan, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, London
Amos Middleton, sq., M.D., Leamingto
William Middleton, Esq., Lansdowne-place, Leamington
Robert Nuttall, Esq., Kempsey House, Worcester
J. C. Nott, Esq., Hallow, Worcester
Mr. F. H. Needham, merchant, Worcester
Richard Pope, Esq., Camberwell
Mt. Powell, wine merchant, Worcester
John Putnphrey, Esq., Droitwich
Mr. James Rea, of the firidof Measrs, Rea and Sons, Malteters,
Worcester •
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Son, Maltsters, Wor-
cester
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LondonJamesSouthamptonßeeavneds ,Eißailwayci ManchesterChca Po
as G:ir tr 4 eYn'
ManchesterpDirector
Captain Rattray, R.N., Barford'House, Warwick, Magistrate for
Warwickshire
Messrs. James Smith and Sons, Needle Manufacturers, AstwoOd Bank,
Bedditch
James Robertson, Esq., Worcester
Joseph Rusher, Esq., Glyn Leiros, Neath
J. B. Spedding, Esq., Mines Royal Copper Company, London and
Neath
Timothy Steward, Esq., Higham Lodge, Norwich
.119411 Stock, Esett. Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire
Mr. John Stone, Worcester
Messrs. Smith, lanes, and Co., Iron Foundry, Leamingtoa
Thomas Thorold, Esq., Impney Ledge,
Droitwich Magistrates of Droitwich
Thomas Thompkins, Esq., Droitwich
George S. Trower, Esq., St. Mary-at-Hill, and St. James's-place,
St. James's
John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Droitwich
William Trentham, Esq., Leamington
Mr. Wells, Hop Merchant, Worcester
John Hunt Wilson, Esq., Pershore
Mr. Woodward, Hop Merchant, Worcester
John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester
Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester
Mr. John Webb, Worcester
John Webb, Esq., Needle Manufacturer, Feckenhaim, Redditch
Thomas Webb, Esq., Needle Mgnufacturer, Feckenham, Reddltch
Benjamin B. Williams, Esq., 27, Throgmorton-street, London
With power to add to their number.
NNOINSIR.
William Gravatt, Esq.; F.R.S.
ASSISTANT INGINITIL
I. Griftin, Esq., C.ll
SOLICITONS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47. iii.:t.-street. London..
Henry Foley, Esq., WorcelittE orgate
. I
London—The London and Westminster Sant, Lothbery.
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and CO.
LOCAL AGSM%
DfOitifigh,.;-3(eallre. Cattle and lifolyoake
Warwick and Leamington—A. S. FieldrEsq.
Rugby—W. F. Wratlslaw, Esq.
This Line, which, subject to the decision of the Gauge CoMtais-
Monet.; will be Constructed on the Broad Gauge principle, will com-
mence at the Worcester Station of. the Great Eaetern and Western
Railway, and, proceeding by Redditch and Henley-in-Arden, will
touch Warwick and Leamington, and end at Rugby, the terminus of
the Midland Counties Railway and of the proposed Rugby and Hunt-
ingdon Junction Railway. It will communicate with Droitwich,
Studieyf Alcester, and Stratford-on-Avon.
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and at
termini: s
Rugby, with the London and Bitinfrigha ,in the Midland Counties,
will
And the projected Rugby and Huntingdon junction Railways.
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Cheltenham
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The country through which it will pass, is thickly populated, and
d
crender it highly re-
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numerative to the CopltailltS.
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will be effected in the molt direc;'. manner by the present line ; teach-
ing, projected line from
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By means of this Railway, the manufacturee of all the towns
the agricultural produce of the country contained within it* range,
as well as the Ports on the Eastern and North-Eastern Coast, will
have opened to them a direct and unbroken communication with
the great and densely-populated mineral fields of South Wales, as well
as the markets of the Northern portion of the principality.
To the population- along ant the
Northern portions of the kingdom, this undertaking willagese
most direct communication with those towns of lash
lloT Leamington
Leamington and Cheltenham. To the inhabitants
'cation with the
and Warwick, it will open the most direct •cointo2. inhabitant. of
city of Worcester and South Wales, whilst tVi., portion. of the
Worcester, it will open the market* of the
the line as well as to the Midland and
country.
the allotment of shares in this
intersected, will have a preference u
underrating.
liable for more • ••• .4. deposit till the Act is
No person will beinterestat
will be applied for to allow foir
obtained, and power
all calls from the time of their respective
pounds per ectiturn
')
the liability of the sluireholders to the amount
The Shareholders in the %aver.
payments, and to limit
of their subscription.
s in the annexed form to be made to the
Applications tbr share
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rosn, daonnd;
Messrs.
r sJ
.o John
Reynolds
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a,
nsdh sharebroker, o ke
Liverpoolr , Ma n
Committee, at the office, 5, Gresham-street, London, or
51.1-a Court,
Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds; Messrs. Tate
Provisional
nutrilidames Pearson, shorebroke",
ac3ho. edBscitirtrr;:Mr,:r. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester , Messrs. Schulte
Messrs.t to Messrs. John Jaorihdn
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ar ,dTmoktrocn
John
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Bradtbrd ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester;
sharebrokers, Bristol;
Glasgow; and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sChoa'r"ebrho
Black and Co., sharebroktrs Buchan-street,
Aberdeen
'rde:nrssrdi 'seal ges m ;
Messrs. Messrsu. rk
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Roberto
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Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker,
gow; Messrs. Braes and- Byrnes, sharebrokers, Dahlia; of whom
Prospectuses may be had.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Te tits Provisional Committee of the Worcester. Warwick. and
Itusby Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in the above-named Company, and I hereby andertake to
pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the necessary Deeds Then
required.
• Rams • • .

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l'Oct - tifisitv.

BIRMINGHAM .AND LICHFIELD
accordance siino n 1 a 1 y R6g thw:itrtite
todhf.
RAILWAY.
n
2s per Capital
share,O 0;0oi )020sLtaikeadingch.
orders
or
Deposit 21.
the Houses of Lords and Commons.
No call to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be
answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription..
TROTINIONAL COYMITTRIC.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham .
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham
John Wilke Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Colfleld
C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re-
gent's Park, London
John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Diree-
tor of the London Central Terminus Company
George Turner, Esq., Bunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc-
kr of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford
RaliWaYs
Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham
Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire
R. FoWler, En., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park,
Bristol
Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and
Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant
W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and
the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Thos. Device, Esq., The Austen', Handsworth, Staffordshire
David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Samuel Elaine., Esq., Chad House, Edgbeaton, Birmingham
Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham
John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham
Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Thomas Rottman 1301, Esq. Birmingham •
Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Hall. Staffordshire
Major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Railway
Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerfordyark, Wilts, Military Secretary
at Hyderabad
William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Director
of the South Midland ; the Northampton, Banbury and Chelten-
ham; Leeds and Carlisle ; Manchester and Southampton, and
other Railways
T. R. Wright, Esq,, Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam-
worth, Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways
J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley •
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square,: and
Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton
William Royden Watts, Esq., Birmingham
J. Mee Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Manchester Railway
Theophilus Richards, Esq, Edgbaston, near Birmingham
Thomas Pemberton, Whetstone House, near Birmingham
Capt. M'Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton
John• Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service,
Euston place, Euston-square, London
Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance
Company
Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway, &c., &c.
John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham •
George Edwards, Eiaq., Birmingham
Hercules Hales Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, Glouces-
tershire
William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham
John George Norbury, Esq.' Manchester house, Atherstone, Direc-
tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railway*
Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Bellefield House, near Birmingham
John Russell, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Eirington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and
Liverpool Railway
Joshua Horton, Esq., lEtna Ironworks, Smethwick, Staffordshire
Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham
R. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di-
rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds end
Liverpool Railway Companies
(With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINZEIL—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.N.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
J. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street. London. '
Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London
LOCAL Jo:EMI.
Birmingham—W. H. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. H. Jagger.
Esq., New-street.
RANEE/le.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London.
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham.
This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at
the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich-
field, anti proceed through a rich and populous country, by shenstow.
Sutton Colddeld, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham.
The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a
glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan-
tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Union Rail-
way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway
just below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line.
via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct
route from Manchester to London, but will leave Birmingham on the
west, which can only be reached by the circuitous route througk
Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles.
The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex-
tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected
Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birminga nd ham, a tllh
shortest and best line between Manchester and Binning yet de-
lave no less than nine miles in the twenty-tive, constitute t".•
As to the returns to be expecte
the very large income arts-
sufficient to mention, that inaddition t(4011,
the latter of which is
d for the capital embarked, it is
ing from the local passenger and
its densely populated neigh-
Midland Counties, and
emporium of the
the vicinities of, and must pass along this
rerygreat, as most of the agricultursal supplies of Birmingham, the
Lin every
. PasseciSng.
boleti:boat, are derived Pro
r direct from Manchester to Birmingham must
necessari,;" the projected Hallway, should either of the
reZeter to Lichfield be made.
lines from Man-- ~o form the nearest route from Derby and the
This lint will ass.
North to Birrilinghara,
Th e Capital prop ote d _ tO oit raised is 300,0901.. in 13,000 Shares of
201. each. A deposit 0(21. 2i. per Share will be required to be paid
upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directord. With the Bankers
of the Company.
No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall Ile obtained,
and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. uer cent.
per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of Pernent
until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answeable
beyond the amount of their Shares.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, whicfr
shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with
any other Railway now formed, or to he formed, to extend or make
Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present un-
dertaking for the benefit of the Company. as they may deem proper,
will be ready on-the day fixed for the peyment of deposit, and will
be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged
for certificates of Scrip ; and the shares of any SubscrWers making
default in the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of
which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely fOrivited•
No application for shares can be attended to, unless accornzanied
by a reference to a member of the .Provisional Committee, we of the
Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker.
Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, Rut A
map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offices of the
Company, 60, Moorgate-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from
Local Agents; from Mr. B. B. Williams, 17. • Throgmorton-street,
London ; Mr. W. H. Collis, 104, New-siteet, Birmingham ; Meese".
Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Povrnall and Worthington, Liver-
pool ; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Mews. Robinson and Furlay,
Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Slilsom-street, Bath ; Messrs. 'Allgood
and Harrison, Leicester.
BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
FORM OF .12FLICATION Fob SRAM.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Railway. Company.
Gentlemen,—I request you will allot me
eaich Shares of sot
in tlie above Company ; and I undertake to accept the same. us
such Smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de
nosit of lct. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Subseribers•
agreement and Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of
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