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London, England, 1845-10-04 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE

John Humphery, Esq7,-31.-F.,TAlderan of the City of London, DJ

rector of the aentrai Kent Railway
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director 01

Rastrick's Direct Manchester Railway
D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and Manchester, and
South Midland Railways
George Danby Palmer, Esq., magistrate for the county of Norfolk,
and borough of Great Grimsby ; Director of the Waveney ValleY,
and Great Yarmouth, and the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby
Railways
Richard Hammond, Esq., magistrate for the borough of Great Yar-
mouth, Director of the Waveney Valley Railway
John King, Esq„ Director of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby
Railway.
The Rev. H. R. Fowler. 7, Manchester-square,
and Nottingham Railway
W. A. Campbell, Esq., Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and ya.
lentia Railway
F. Barrett°, Esq., Portland-Place, London
Joseph Thompsop, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton
Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Norwich,
of and
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the Oxford, and
Di-
rector of tho Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
W. S. Potter, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Cheltenham,
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Director
Gloucester Railway

►irector of the Londoi

31;:jor Whit), Pall-nall, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham Railway

Frederick White, Esq., R.N., Sheerness, Director of the Metropolitan
Junction Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, London
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
Capt. Ileathorn, Director of the South Metropolitan Gas Company
R. Gray, Esq., 5, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, London
UC. Colß, lc., Director of the Leeds and Liyerpool Direct

Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
Henry Chator, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead
Railway
W. C. Duppa, Esq., Director of the Canterbury and Dover Railway
William G. Harrison, Esq., 11111 House, Upper Tooting, Surrey
George R. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Director of the Mancheater and Rug
Direct Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lotlibary
Wisbech—Messrs. Gurney, Peckover, and Co.
Lynn—Messrs. Gurney, Cresswell, and Co.
ENGINEERS.
/3. Albano, Esq., M. Inst. C.E., and Wm. Lawton, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITOR—IngIeby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, Lod-
bard-street, London.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—W. 0. J. Wollaston, ESQ.
This line is intended to commence at the Port of Wisbech, by a.
junction' with the line of railway now forming from Lynn, and pro-
ceed by Thomey to Peterborough, there uniting with the branch of
the London and Birmingham Railway to Northampton, and the
Peterborough and Syston branch of the Midland Counties Railway,
forming a through line from Yarmouth, Norwich, Dereham, Swaff-
ham, Lynn, and Wisbech, to Northampton, Birmingham, Derby,
Nottingham, and the whole of the northern and western parts of
England. The entire distance being completed in about 18 miles.
The importance of this railway, though only 18 miles in length,.
will be at once seen by an inspection of the map, when the following.
points will be self-evident.
1. That the port of Wisbech is the nearest sea-port for Birming-
ham, Staffordshire, and the Midland districts of England.
2. That this line will open the whole of the manufacturing and
mineral districts of the Midland Counties and the Potteries to Wis-
bech, the nearest port for Belgium, Holland, Germany, and the nor-
thern States of Europe.
3. That by the formation of this line a direct railway ommunica-
tion will be opened between the port of Wisbech, and the ports of
Southampton, Bristol, Gloucester, and Liverpool.
4. That this line will unite the Birmingham and Midland Counties
system of railway with those of Norfolk, communicating withNor-
wick and Yarmouth.
Application for shares (which must in all eases be in the usual form,
and accompanied by a reference to a banker or to a member of the
Provisional Committee) or prospectuses, may be made to the Pro-
visional Committee, at theoffices of Mr. I. T. Miller, solicitor to•
the Company, or the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Shewell and
Son, Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Lyon, 2, Birchin-lane, London;;
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich ; Messrs. Cruso and Son, L 3 nn ;
Messrs. Peet, Son, and Potter, Nottingham ; Mr. Collis, Birmingham ;
Mr. F. C. Spencer, Halifax; and Mr. Carr, Culver-street, Colchester.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Port of Wisbech, Peterboroulgh,
Birmingham, and Midland Counties Union Railway.

I request you will allow shares in this undertaking,.
and I agree to take the same or such less number as may be al-
lotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Residence
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Reference (Name in full
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To THE HOLDERS OF SCRIP in the
LONDON AND- WORCESTER, AND RUGBY AND
OXFORD RAILWAY—aIso called the LONDON, WORCESYLIL,
AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.

The holders of Scrip Certificates of the above Company, com—
monly designated as the "Tring and Worcester," who have not
already delivered their Certificates, to be exchanged for Bucking-
hamshire Shares, In conformity with the terms of the notice
of 26th of August last, are informed, that SATURDAY next,
the 4th instant, is the last day on which such Certificates can
be received, and that from and after that date the holders will for-
feit all claim to an Allotment of Shares in the Buckinghamshire Cota-
pany in right of their Tring and Worcester Scrip.
HENRY MORGAN, Secretary.
Office, 28, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, Oct. I, 1845.

riIHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WASTAGE, HUNGEIIFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,009 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

The imrortance of connecting remote parts of E,.gland by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns;
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line
which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.
The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of communication be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon..
the -market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, an&
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much•
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom.
The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposedli ne at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the..
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place ; mitt
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Hungeriord and Ludgers-
hall to Salisbury, and thence to tke south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country
intended to be traversed, Is in course of preparation, and with the
names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly.
be published. In the meantime, further information may be ob-
tained from Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,.
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica
tion for shares may be made.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY, AND
OXFORD AND BETCHLEY JUNCTION.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 2,250,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
His Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G.
The Right Hon. Lord Nugent, the Lilies, Aylesbury, Bucks
Sir John Chetwode, Bart., M.P., Chetwode Manor-house, Bucks
Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey. Bart., Oving-house, Bucks
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon-house, Bucks
The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley-hall, Brackley, North-
amptonshire
Sir James Watson, K.C.8., Wendover
_ .

Charles John Bailie Hamilton, Esq., 31. P., Thame-park, Oxfordshire
Rice Richard Clayton, Esq., M.P., Hedgerley-park, Bucks
John Deering, Esq., the Lee, Bucks
George Morgan, Esq., iliddlesden-park, Bucks
Robert Bullock 3larshiun, Esq., LL.D., CAversfield-house, Oxford•

shire
Walter Henry Bracebridge, Esq., Morville-house, Warwickshire, and
Chetwode Priory, Bucks
E. W. S. Lowndes, Esq., Winslow
G. Cooke, Esq., Winslow
John Barnes, Esq., Chorley-wood, Herts
William Osmond Hammond, Esq., St. Alban's-court, Wingham,
Kent
Benjamin Price, Esq., Westbury, Bucks
Col. John Hall, Life Guards-barracks, Hyde-park, London
John Newman, Esq., Brand's-house, Hughenden, Bucks
Thomas Newland Allen, Esq., The Vache, Chalfont, Bucks
Henry William Beauclerk, Esq., GI, Chester-square, London
Robert Fox, Esq., Wendo% er-lodge, Bucks
William James Bailey, Esq., Shenloy-house, Bucks
Thomas Sands Chapman, Esq., The Park, Aston Clinton, Bucks,
Robert Marriott Freeman; Esq., Stoney Stratford, Bucks
George Parrott, Esq., Castle-farm, Buckingham
Captain Edward Dewes, Buckingham
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham
William Stowe, Esq., Buckingham
William Davis, Esq., Bicester, Oxfordshire
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oodtaiinioWrwilliam Esq., les,tleta.Nne.,-pßaricko Brackley,ester,o orth
Oxfordshire
Johnamptonshire
John Henry Butterfield, Esq., Brackley
William Henry Mantis, Esq., Brackley
Alfred Hoperaft, Esq., Brackley
Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford
Richard Wootton, jun., Esq., Oxford
Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford
Henry William Tancred, Esq., M.P., London
Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxen
Zacharias Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks
Joseph Ashby Gillett, Esq., Banbury, Oxon -
George Carr Glynn, Esq., London, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway
Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham, ditto
Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool ditto
Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate-lodge, Surrey, ditto
Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London, ditto
Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esq , M.P., London, ditto
Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N., Birmingham, ditto
Robert Benson, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester, ditto
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir Harry Verney, Bart. J. E. Ledsam, Esq.
The Hon. P. S. Pierrepont Edward Cropper, Esq.
Z. D. Hunt, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq.
Captain Edward Dewes Captain C. R. Moorsom,
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq. Robert Benson, jun., Esq.
J. It. Cobb, Esq. Thomas Younge, Esq.
J. Samuel Browning, Esq. Ross D. Mangles, Esq.
G. C. Glynn, Esq.
(With limited power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, Lincoln's-inn-fields,
London ; Mr. Samuel Carter, Birmingham, and 37, Great Georv.,
street, Westminster; Mr. William Meyrick, 2, Furnival's-Inn,
London; Messrs. Rose and Messrs. Tindal, Aylesbury; Messrs.
Hum and Nelson, and Mr. Henry Smith, Buckingham.
SEcurrear —Wyndham Harding, Esq.
BANKERS•
London—Messrs. Glynn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street
Aylesbury—Messrs. Bickford and Hunt,
The London and County Bank
Buckingham-3fessrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn
The London and County Bank
Banbury—Messrs. Cobb and Co.
Messrs. Gillett and Tawney
Oxford—Messrs. Wootton and Co.
The London and County Bank.
Bicester— Messrs. Tubb.

The object of this undertaking is to supply railway' ommunication
to the towns and districtslying between the London and Birmingham
and the Great Western Railways, giving them the best means of ac-
cess to the metropolis, and connecting them also with Birmingham
and the north-west of England, with the eastern lines of railway,
with Oxford and the south, and with Worcester and Wales.
The main line will communicate from the London and Birming-
ham Railway, near Harrow, and, passing to Ithe north of Uxbridge,
will proceed up the Valley by Chalfont, near Amersham and Chesham,
to Missenden and Wendover, and thence to Aylesbury, from which
place it will extend to Buckingham, and, approaching Brackley, willi,
terminate by a junction with the proposed Warwickshire frtdheLlinned,oit
Railway, near Banbury. In connexion with this
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it is proposed that these lines should be made with the co-opera
Bon and under the direction and superintendence of the London an(
Birmingham Railway Company, under a lease in perpetuity, at fou '
per cant. per annum on the outlay, with an equal division of the Mt •
plusiprofits.
It
t is d to allot the shares to the holders of scrip in tt .
London, Worcester, and South S' afforshire Railway Company )
certain proportions, subject to the approbation of the Committee
Management, such shares as may be required for parties having lot
interest being excepted.
No further applications for Shares can be received.
Oct. 1, 1845.

G REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY 0_
FRANCE.
(LAFFITTE'S COMPANY.)
FRENCH ALLOTMENT.
The HOLDERS of FRENCH CERTIFICATES issued by
above Company, are invited to deposit them forthwith, at tin offic
of Messrs. C. Laffitte, Blount, and Co., 4, Castle-court, Birchb
lane, London, in order that the same may be arranged and e),
changed for the definitive shares.
The amount of the deposit to be returned (In consequence of tI
reduction in the original allotment), will be paid here so soon as ti
certificates have been examined.
Particulars, &c., may be obtained on application as above, betwet
the hours of 11 and 3.
Notice.—As the last day for depositing shares in Paris expires
the 15th instant, none can possibly be received after that day i
, London.
I _London, October let, 180.