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AN K OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 11, 1845.
It 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 Tnuas-
DAY NEXT, the 18th instant,. at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, to
CONSIDER of a DIVIDEND.

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

tiIHE STAFFORDSHIRE POT 12E RIES, and
LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 2,400,0001., in 96,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per share.
_ _ PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
.

W. Ackerley, Ell., 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. Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, and
Potteries, and of the Uttoxeter, Asiabourna, Worksworth, and
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, f 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, Leq., J.P. for the county of Middlesex, and De-
puty-Chairman of the Warwick and Worcester Railway
Richard T. Deane, Esq., Knutsford
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., Chester
Capt. Fisher, Junior United Service Club, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, and Liverpool,
Preston, and North Union Junction Railways
Robert Fisher, Esq. Hlghbury Park, London, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union
Junction Railways
It. 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 Greene% Esq., M.P.
Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
John Goodwin, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Richard Edenson 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, Criunpsal, 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 Clitheroe Junction, of the Manchester,
Liverpool, and Great North of England Union, and of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railways
Jost.ph Buikeley 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 Mainwaring, Esq., Peover Hall, Cheshire
Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hail, near Wigan, and Brunswick
Villa, Southport, Director of the Blackburn, Chorley., and North
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 P. M'lntire, Esq., Londonderry, Director of the Londonderry
and Enniskillen Railway
Jolla Onrend, Esq., Bentham, Yorkshire
Jeptha Pacey, Esq., Polygon, Manchester
James B. Fender, 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 Redmayae, 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., Giggleswick, near Settle, Yorkshire
Joaeph Swiliburne, 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 Rallway, 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).
ENGINEERS—Messrs. Gandell and Brunton. .
SoLicrross—Messrs. J. and T. Roscoe, Knutsford.
LOCAL SoraciTou—Staffordshire Potteries, John Adams Stevenson,
Esq., Stoke-upon-Trent ; Manchester, William Burdett 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.
Northwich—Northwich Bank.
Wigan—Messrg. Thomas Woodcock and Sons, Wigan Bank.
Birkenhead—North and South Wales Bank.

This line of railway will commence at a point on the Grand Junc-
tion Railway at Stafford, and passing from thence by Stone, Lane-
end, Fenton, Stoke-upon-Trent, Shelton, Hanley, Burslem, and Tun-
stall, to Congleton, it will proceed by Knutsford to Altrincham,
where it will join the South 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 Junction
Railway, and proceed thence to Liverpool. A branch from Stoke-
upon-Trent, by Newcastle to Crewe, affording accommodation to the
Silverdale and Apedale Ironworks, will connect 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 from
the salt districts of Cheshire, on the one hand to Liverpool, and on
the other to Manchester, the ports on the Humber, and the eastern
coast of England, and will thus afford a great additional market for
the produce of the district, and facilitate the foreign trade from these
coasts.

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some of the advantages attending it will be as follow :
The Pottery district alone contains an immense population, and the
waole of that district is at present without railway accommodation.
The importance of the Pottery trade is too manifest to require a mo-
ment's comment, and the principal part of that trade being connected
with Liverpool, it is highly important, in a national point of view, that
every facility should be given to the communication betwixt these
parts. In no line of railway at present formed or projected has the
interest 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 coast 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 Altura 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 measure, overlooked in the railway arrange-
ments hitherto carried 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-field 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 moth 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 lino
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 coarse. 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 sach 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, Throgmorton-street ; Liverpool,
Mr. G. A. Brown, Druid-court, Dale-street ; Mr. Robert Oreenliam, 9,
31erseY Olambers, 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. W. Welsh ; Halifax, Mr. J. Newborn ; 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. . Hollnd ;
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. It. 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.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Staffordshire Potteries, and
Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l 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.
Name in fiat .... • • .. ...... • •
Business or Proftsliall (ifally) •
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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 instrueted 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, best adapted for the accom-
modation of the Public, will give it their most cordial support and

co-operation.
Office, Euston-station,
Sept. 10th, 1645.

By order,
R. CREED, Secretary.

RIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNO-
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 Hansler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy-
Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near Minehead
Joim Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead, Magistrate of the
county of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton, Devon
R. Beaden 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. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, 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 Colhoun, 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.

Office-3, Alderman's-walk. New Broad-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. a Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughau Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater..
MANAGING DIRECTORS.
E. F. Dayrell, Esq. James Colhoun, E?q.
IV. It .Vigers, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq.
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. Samuel Pocock, Esq.
W. F. Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
F. W. Green, Esq.
SECRETARY-Mr. Edward Pan•att.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Strahan and Co.; and Messrs. Robarts and Co., London.
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, 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 au eligible steam-packet and post-office station on
the Somersetshire 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 hours, and very often a great
deal snore, 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 Teovll 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, fully 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 on a line of packets between the ports of Poole and Cherbourg
and the Channel Islands, thus shortening 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, for 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, clang 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 merchandize brought by, and intended fer 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 place of destination.
" The number of passengers carried by the existing steam-boats
amounts to at least 200,000 per annum; and when it is considered
that the facilities afforded by the pier of starting and arriving at all
times of the tide, will enable vessels which now perform but one
voyage per diem, or every alternate day, to and from the nearer
ports in South Wales, to make such voyages three or four times in
the same day, at very trifling, if any, additional cost— that on the
voyages to Swansea, Tenby, and Ilfracombe, they will effect a saving
9f one-half the time now occupied, and that similar advantages will
be derived by the trade with Cornwall and Ireland, it can neither be
doubted that the expense of conveyance between Bristol and those
places will be considerably reduced, nor that the effect of such re-
duction, combined with the advantage of greater certainty as to the
times of departure and arrival, must have the effect of causing a
great increase in the number of passengers.
. .

"A large and most valuable portion of the merchandise carried by
the Cornish, Welsh, and Irish steam-beats consists of fish, poultry,
eggs, vegetables, and other articles of provision ; speed and certainty
in the conveyance and delivery of articles of so perishable a nature
are obviously essential, and the facilities in this respect afforded by
the pier are such as to secure this traffic to the undertaking.
" A very considerable revenue will also be derived from the landing
and carriage of Live stock brought by the Irish steam boats, which
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-
portant and justly founded traffic, it is nevertheless impossible to
over-estimate the large portion of it that will come over this line,
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 Minehead, by which the danger, inconvenience, and un-
pleasantness of travelling by night will be altogether avoided.
So 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 beautiful vicinities of Nether Stowey, Blue
Anchor, Alinehead, Porlock, Linton, Lynmouth, and the far-famed
Valley of Rocks 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 from Ireland alone is
upwards of 150,000 head per annum, and it is only reasonable to ex-
pect that thesd will be landed at the far nearer port of ldinehead,
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 mile.
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 Minehead, 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 Minehead 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 all the advantages of which it is capable as a
port.

Depots for goods will be erected at the station at Combwitch
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 tons of foreign
trade.
From the estimates prepared, it is expected that only a portion of
the proposed capital will be required to carry cut the objects of this
Company.

Power will be reserved to allow the sharekolders 41. per cent. on
the paid-up capital, and also to construct branches from Minehead or
Watchet to Wiveliscombe, Porlock, Soc., and the extensive iron mines
o f Sir T. Buckler Lethbridge, Bart., which, with the slate quarries of
Sir John Trevylyan, are in active workingwithin sevenmiles 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 thuds 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.

Applications 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 Offices 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. James 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. Huggings 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. Chautreli and Boys, Leeds ;
Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf-
ford, Dublin; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; and Mr. B. Ball, Taunton.
•
IDIP RID GE WATER and MINE HEAD JUNC-
ILP
Notice is hereby given,TtlhOaNt noßAAlpLplliTCAatYlo:n for Shares will be en-
tertained, tudess the same be made in the form prescribed by the
Managing Direetors; and the applicants must also refer either to one
of i.ll.!3Pl9YiSional.Cominittee, or to some person of known respecta-
r4nty.:—Dated September 12, 1845. By order,
.... . Messrs. .VBECKETT, SON, and SYMPSON; and
vAtrcaux.plucE, Solicitors to the Company.
:.•04108 4t Arci44l-WIWOUII

WILTS, SOMERSET, AND :SOUTHAMP-
TON JUNCTION RAILWAY.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
The DEEDS of this COMPANY will LIE for SIGNATURE as
follows :
In
Tuesday, and Wednesday, the
SOUTHAMPTON,At the Offices of W. H. Maberly, Esq., soli-
citor,• Portland 'street, on Monday,lsth, 16th, and 17th of September instant, between the hours of
Eleven and Four each day. ,
In BRISTOL—Ai 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 atil 19th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.
_ _

In LEEDS—At the Royal hotel, on Saturday and Monday, the
20th and 22d 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 NEWCASTLEtON-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 and 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.
By order,
London, August 13, 180. H. B. MIERIDA.N, Secretary.

RUGBY, WARWIQK and .WORCESTER
RAILWA.t.
Provisionally Registered.
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8., Madryn
Park, Caernarvonshire
Sir William Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Portman-square,
London
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-man, London
Sir Henry Bromley Henrich, Court Garden, Great Marlow, Bucks
William Hughes Hughes; Esq., F.S:A., F.L.S., &e.. Alderman of
London, Chairman of tire Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction, the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the
North London Junction, and the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies
T. nagger, Esq., Northampton Directors of the South Midland and
J. Freeman Esq., Ditto Northampton, Banbury, and Chel-
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Ditto tenham Railway Companies
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Methem Villa, Provisional Directors of the
Leamington, South Midland Railway
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton,
Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Ryelands, LancasterC,oDmipreacntyor 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, Lon-
don, Provisional Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway Company
John Wheeltou, 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, Buxton,
Tewkesbury, Director ofp'rstohoviuetstiholivitraiisat.lpoelsiraeanendtdownoorf
reenhaatialwniNaoyrth Railwayand
Bir-
mingham and Northampton, Banbury, and
ctheeseheeGirt
Companies
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury,l
Kent
The Rev. D. Robinson, Brompton
W. W. Mansell, Esq., Dorchester-place,
Blandford,square, London
Chairman of the Leamington
Roebeesrtterßising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Wor-
John Haddon, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Birmingham and
ent's-park,
JoOhnxfsoardteJhttonLctirq.R,
Warwick,
yieCtomppepaunyty
Board of Commissioners
RobertGrea tC3hfaapnmehaens,tEersqn.ai, Parky-place,-anßys: Director of the
Henry Morgan, Esq., Bristol Directors of the
William Watson, Esq., Burn Grove, RoxburgßhatarlysctoolmapnadnEyeeter
shire Railway Company
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Provisional
AdmiralDirßridgewaterectoAryosfeotluregh,ehead
d y e-park
Mr. Sergeant Adams
Mr. Herbert Atterbury, Thornby, Northamptonshire
John Burnett, Es Cheltenham, Coroner for the county of q.,
Glou-
cester
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
John itichards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Hill, Surrey
sta
t Southamptonihopea-pn
Ida
c3el::
Charles Brandt, Esq., Leamington
Captain Chamier, lialkin-street West, Beigrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Peter Colston, jun., Esq., Husband's Bosworth,near Market Har-
borough
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Peatling Hall, Leicestershire
Edward Doubleday, Esq., Great Surrey-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq, 39, Lothbnry, and Mayor of Carnarvon
John Eyston, Esq., Wciford, Northamptonshire, and Salford Hall,
Warwickshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq., Glenneld and Leicester
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
George Harper, Esq., Moss Fields, Salop
John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, Londe%
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington
Richard Parry Jonet, Esq., Whitchurch, Salep
Mr. George Wortley Lovell, Great Billing, Northamptonshire
William Laslett, Esq., Worcester
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
The ltev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Mr. Benjamin Paine, Leicester
James Watts Peppercorn*, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwich,
Surrey
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, London
J. Watson Prole, Esq., Al, Thurlow-square, Brompton
James Whltchurch, Esq., Southcliff, Netley Abbey, Hants
William Williams, Esq., Guilsborough, NorthamptonshireEdward Welsh, Esq., Leamington
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington
Mr. John Woolston, jun., merchant, Wellingborough
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Rugby—Messrs. Butlin and Son
Leamington
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Com-
Warwick
Southern pany
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Cs.
ENGINEER IN Cusp—John Urpeth Rastritk, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Mr. George Weller, 8, King's-road, Bedford-row
Welford—Mr. George Pell, jun.
Leamington
Warwick Messrs. Patterson, Haynaes, Banbury, and Gardner
Southern
Worcester—Mr. R. T. Rea
Birmingham--Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson
SECRETARY—Mr. George H. Weller.

The object proposed by this railway,
as is, as well to stipPlY the wants
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
..
of the district through which it p to complete the chain of
asses
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 riche,'
thickly t description, and
populated.

By means of this, and the existing and protected 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, as a most import-
ant consideration, the abating of those causes of loss and inconveni-
ence which, along the line of country over which this railway will
pass, are experienced from water carriage being front necessity at
present a principal mode of transit for heavy goods and merchandise,
and which, in the winter season, is productive of the most evil con-
sequences to those engaged in commerce.
A manifest advantage to the Shareholders will be the extent of traffle
which will be secured and appropriated by the present undertaking,
in lieu 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 and other
similar undertakings are Alone capable of producing.
The proposed line will commence at Rugby, the terminus of the
Midland Counties and Trent Valley Railways, and also of the pro-
posed Rugby end Huntingdon Junction Railway, and proceed from
thence near to the towns of Leamington, Warwick, and Alcester, and
end at the City of Worcester. At Worcester this llne will form 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 ',en-
close, 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 cow.
=ldeation 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 providing 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,
1845, 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 exPanse 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 not 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 Act is
obtained, and power will be applied far to allow interest at 4/. per
centum on all calls, from the time of their respective payments, and
to limit the liability of the Shareholders to the amount of their sub-
scriptions.
power to themselves to amalgamate with
The Directors reserve
any existing or projected line of railway ; to vary the route ; to
make all desirable extensions; and to increase the capital its
may
be
advisable or necessary.
Prospectuses, with a Plan, will be published In a few days,
and may then be obtainedapplication to
on the several solicitors,
and to any of the following share brokers, viz., Messrs. Peppercorne
and Co. 2, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, r 9, Loth-
bury, London ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Diessrs. Alston
and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. Freeman and Ron, 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, Birminglutm ; Messrs. White and Son, Leamington ;
Messrs. Flint and Todtai, Bull ; Messrs.'f empest and Britchart, Hud-
dersfield; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edinburgh; and Messrs.
Tassie, Glasgow; to any of whom applications hi the undermen-
tiened form may be addressed.

FOItDI OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Directors of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester

Railway,

I request you to allot me
Shares in this undertaking; and I
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 and Subscriber's Agreement when re-
quired.
Christian and Surnames in .•••••••••••
• -.• Residence..
Business or profession ...... ••• • • •
--Place of Business • • • ..... ......:::• • • • • "
•• • Name and Address of Referee. ••• • • " ••• . •••
Date.• • •

RUGBY, WARWICK, '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 be received after .Tuesday the 26th instant, except
from parties resident in the country, as to whom the time will be
extended to Monday, the 22cl instant.
OEa it. wzlairx, secretary.
'nicer, pret. .•., t :!H' 1. tedfta"
.-soir,
re ..011; Prt. 6; 160! . .

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 WEDNESDAT, the 17th instant.
L. CROMBIE, Seeretary.
63, Moorgate-street, Sept. 11, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. •
THE MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD,
BARNSLEY, 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, and Hull, 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 HUDDERSFIELTY 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 Station 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 are respectfully informed that it will be neces-
sary l'or them to renew their applications (in the form which will be
annexed to the prospectus) for Shares in such extendod under-
taking, If desirous of obtaining Shares therein.
By order,
WILL. JACOMB, Solicitor.

EXETER, DORCHESTER, AND WEY-
IO N COAST
to7and 8
RAILWAY.
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.
cap. 110.)
(Provisionally TREeig jistieNreCd pursuant
Capital, 1,250,000!., ix 62,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lieut.-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., 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
Wiliam Colf.,x, Esq., Raz House, Bridport
W. S. Cross. -Req., 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 Edlln, Esq., Director of the Warwick 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 Rev. H. Fellowes, J.n, Vicar of Sidbury
Theophilus M. Gunn, Esq., Bridport
Captain Sir Andrew PellettGreen, R.N., K.C.H., James-street, Buck-
ingham-gate, Director of the Bank of Australasia
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
W. Newton Harriott, Esq., Odiham, Hants
Josiah Beale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
Thomas Heathcock, Esq., The Itermitage, 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
Swyntbn Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Staf-
fordshire, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and
of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
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-
cester and South Wales Junction Railway, and of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways
Siegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., 9, Billiter-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, R.N., 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
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-strect, Portman-square,
Director of the Galway and Belfast Railway
J. Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge, Surrey •
W. Digby Seymour, Esq., Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-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 Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq.. Deputy Governor of the Union Bank of
London, and Chairman of the Irish .North Midland Railway
Henry Savage, Esq.. M. 8., 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 and Bedford Railway, and of the Taw Vale
Railway
Henry Wright, Esq. Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester Railway
(With power to add to their number).
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Macneil, LL.D., F.R.S.,
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
Messrs. Gough and Roumieu.
Suzymyols—Messrs Shuttleworth and Sons.
Y. SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square
Edward Stria, Esq., 10, Doughty-street.
SECRETARY—D. Bartle, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Martin, Stones, and Martin, Lombard-street
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Southampton—Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and Atherley
fi eynaouth—Messrs. Eliott and Pearce. •
LOCAL AGENTS.
Weymouth—George Arden, Bsq.
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, Axmouth, Lyme Regis, and Charmouth, to Bridport.
At Bridport the line will divide, taking the course direct to Dor-
chester, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and the
other, passing near Bridport harbour and Abbotsbury to Weymouth.
At Exeter, junctions will be formed with the Bristol and Exeter and
North Devon Railways, and at Exmouth with the South Devon, by
means of their steam ferry, thus making the most direct route to
Plymouth from London. Also at Dorchester and Weymouth it will
be connected with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, as well as
with the Dorchester and Southampton at Dorchester.
It will be seen, on reference to the map, that by forming a junc-
tion with the lines of coast railway that have already been coil-
structed or commenced from Exeter westward, and from Dorchester'
eastward, and by following the *east as nearly as is practicable be-
tween its termini, this line will effectually complete a railway com-
munication from Dover to the Land's End, an undertaking in itself
of great national importance, and likely to meet with the cordial sup-
port of the Government.
In fixing the course which this Railway will take, it has been the
careful consideration of the Promoters to project only such a Line as
will afford the greatest facility of communication to the populous and
important towns and fashionable watering places which are situated
on and near that part of the Coast which this Railway is particu-
larly meant to accommodate; whilst, at the same time, the Agri-
cultural, l'ilanufactnring, and Commercial Interests of this part of
the Kingdom have been equally studied.
This Line will also open such additional means of communication
to the Port of Weymouth, the large Manufacturing Town and Har-
bour of Bridport, and the Harbour of Lyme Regis, as must' even-
tually replace them in that high position, when compared with the
other Ports of the Kingdom, which they formerly held. The Water-
ing Places of Exmouth, Budleigh-Salterton, Sidmouth, Charmouth,
Lyme-Regis, Weymouth, &c., will be thus thrown open to every part
of England and Wales, and accommodated with that facility of ac-
cess which they alone require to place them on an equal position
with other favourite places of resort, for which the picturesque In-
land and bold Coast-Scenery of Devonshire and Dorsetshire is pre-
eminently proverbial, and justly entitles them to hold.
The following extract from the Report of the Select Committee of
the House of Lords on the " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way," made on the 18th of June, 1145, will show the sense enter-
tained by that body of the importance of a line of railway in the di-
rection proposed by the present Company :—" In making their re-
port, the Committee feel it their duty to state that the great diffi-
culty with them, in deciding on the Bill referred to them, had arisen
from the' fear they entertained whether, in allowing the Great
Western Railway to come down to the sea at Weymouth, or even be-
low Yeovil, they might not be creating a difileulty as to making a
railway in the most desirable manner to Falmouth, the meat westerly
port in the Channel."

The great importance of this railway may be further 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
line, 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 in 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, Moor-
gate-street ; to the solicitors and local agents ; also to the fol-
lowing sharebrokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank
buildings, and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-friar, Lon-
don; Henry Vafeher, Esq., and John Lan,gworthy, msg., Exeter
Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Messrs. Tate and Nash,
Bristol; Thomas Forsyth, Esq., Liverpool; Henry Benton, Esq.,i
Manchester ; Messrs. Rhodes, Leeds ; W. H. Collis, Esq., Binning-,
ham; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York; William Mason, Esq..:
Bradford, Yorkshire; F. Stamp, Esq., Hull; Thomas Boardman,
Esq., Blackburn ; Messrs. John Robertson and Co., Edinburgh
Messrs: Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Newborn
and Blakey, Halifax.
To the Provisional Committee of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Company.
I request that you will apportion me Shares of 2JI. each, in
dtioleheErmebeyter.,ndDeorrtealkieesttoera,cacielpdt It'iti`eeysmmoueti,
rnaani Railway Company;
ni be number o and
3
allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per sharel
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract a sc -
andelLfbuturrie
and
hers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in MU • • • .. . .
Residenee • • ... .......... .....
Business or Prefeesion
Place of Business (if any) „
Name, Residence. and l
FroresSiOn Oft Referee ....... ' " " .•

LYNN and ELY RAILWAY COMPAN Y
FIRST CALL OF X 2 lOs 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 2/. 10s. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz. :—lfessrs. 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 5/. per cent per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpahl after the First flay of October next.
WM. BROWNE FOLKES, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIA.MS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3, 1845.

LYNN and DEREHAM RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FIRST CALL of 3/. 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 3/. 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. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of Si. 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 COP=
PANT.

FIRST CALL of 3/. 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 dayoW 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; or Messrs. Moss and
Co., Liverpool:; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manckester.
Interest at the rate of 51. per Cent. per annum will bo charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
DIET BY C. LACY, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3rd, 1845.

ORCE STER, WARWICK, .and RUGBY
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share,
Offices, No. 5, Gresham-street, Bank.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company
David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P., Belfast, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway Company
Sir William Smith, Bart., Cardiston House, Worcester
irJohn Key, Bart., and Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and
other Railways
William Hughes 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 Celyn 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., Hipper Bedford-place, Director of the 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 Cols 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., Marlbro'-place, St. John's Wood, Director
of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton Winchilsetti-
Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com-
pany
Francis Davis, Pershore
Thomas Davies, Esq., Powick, Worcester
Georg* Ening, Esq., salt manufacturer, Droitwich
George English, Esq., needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
John English, Esq., needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditell
George Farley, Esq., Renwick House, and Crowle, Worcestershire,
banker, Worcester
Mr. J. Firkins, of the firm of Firkins and Co., glove maaufasturers
and hop merchants
Henry Grasett, Esq., Chesham-street, Belgrave-square
John Matthew Gutch, Esq., banker, Worcester
Mr. Edwin Gardener, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester
:lharles Hastings, M.D., Alderman of Worcester
John Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester
Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman, Worcester
Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester
Henry Herbert, Esq.; Pe_wiek, Worcester
George Hill, Esq., merchant Worcester •
James James, Esq., Swansea
William Laurence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London and Man-
chester Direct Railway -
Nu; Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice-ohairman of the Severn Navigation
Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Com-
pany, and 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
B. Morgan, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, London
Amos Middleton, Esq., M.D., Leamington
William Middleton, Esq., Lansdowne-place, Leamington
' Robert Nuttall, Esq., Kernpsey House, Worcester
J. C. Nott, Esq., Hallow, Worcester
Mr. F. H. Neeham, merchant, Worcester
Richard Pope, Esq., Camberwell
Mr. Powell, wine merchant, Worcester
John Pumphrey, Esq., Droitwich
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, Maltstera,
Worcester
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Son, Maltsters, Wor-
cester
fames Reeves, Esq.' Cheapside, and Leyton, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester and Great Manchester and Rugby and
Southampton Railway Companies
Captain Rattray, R.N., Barford House, Warwick, Magistrate for
Warwickshire
Messrs. James Smith and Sons, Needle Mansfasturers, Astwood Bank,
Redditch
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
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire
Mr. John Stone, Worcester
Messrs. Smith, Lutes, and CO., Iron Foundry, Leamington
Thomas Thorold, Esq., Inmney Lodge,l
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
I Mr. Wells, Hop Merchant, Worcester
John Hunt Wilson, Esq., Porshore
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, Feckenham, Redditch
Thomas Webb, Esq., Needle Manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
Benjamin B. Williams, Esq., 37, Throgmorton-street, London
With power to add to their number.
CHIEF ENGINEER.
William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER.
S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.F.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London.
Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester.
BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury.
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Droitwich—Messrs. Curtle and Holyoake
Warwick and Leamington—A. S. Field, Esq.
Rugby—W. F. Wratislaw, Esq.
This Line, which, subject to the decision of the Gauge Commis-
sioners, will be constructed on the Broad Gauge principle, will com-
mence at the Worcester Station of the Great Eastern and Western
Railway, and, proceeding by Redditch and Henley-in-Arden, will
fetich Warwick and Leamington, and end at Rugby, the terminus of
the Midland Counties Railway and of the proposed Rugby and Ilunt-
ingdon Junction Railway. It will communicate with Droitwich,
Studley, Alcester, and Stratford-on-Avon.
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 Railways.
The country through which it will pass, is thickly populated, and
of the richest description. It presents no engineering difficulties, and
from its population, its manufactures, and agricultural produce, it
possesses sources of such abundant traffic as to render it highly re-
munerative to the Capitalists.
The object proposed is to complete the line of railway communica-
tion between the Western, Midland, and Eastern portions tof the
Kingdom, and a glance at the Map of England will show that this
will be effected in the most direct manner by the present line ; touch-
ing, as It will, at one of its termini, a railway running direct frpm
Swansea to Worcester, and at the other, the projected line from
Rugby to Huntingdon—from which point a railway communication
has been already provided.
By means of this Railway, the manufactures of all the towns and
the agricultural produce of the country contained within its 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: Hong the line as well as to the Midland and
Northern portions of 'he kingdom, this undertaking will present the
most direct communication with those towns of fashionable resort-7
Leamington and Cheltenham. To the inhabitants of Leamington
and Warwick, it will open the most direct communication with the
city of Worcester and South Wales, whilst to the inhabitants of
Worcester, it will open the markets of the Eastern portals of the
country.
sed to be joined or
The Shareholders in tko several railways prop*
intersected, will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
undertaking
No person will be liable for more than his deP°
obtained, and power will be applied for t allowsitinttilleresthte atA Act
toarii
pounds per centum on all calls from the
q imeof their respective
payments, and to limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount
of their subscription.
• Applications for shares in she acen,no, xed form to be made te the
5, Gresham-street, London, or
Provisional Committee, at the 111
to Messrs. John Shewell and Ron sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith,
Messrs. 13. and M. Boyd,
, Shorter's-court, London John Duncaft, sharebroker, Man-
chester ; Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester , Messrs. Schultz
and Carr,sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reyno:ds and Son, Liverpool ;
Messrs. 11. and C. Bcardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds; MesSll3. Tate
and Naidi. sharebrokers, Bristol; Mr. James Pearson, shorebroker,
; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., sharebrokers,
Bradford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester; Mr. Robert
Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker,
Aberdeen ; Sfe.ssrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street,
Glasgow; and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sharebrokers 01'''.
gow; Messrs. Brace and Symes, sharebrokers, Dublin; of whom
Prospectuses may be had.
• FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To tie Provisional Committee of the Worcester, Warwick, and
nouttemen,—l requßesugt byyoußwaiilliwaarloCtotommpaiely. Shares of
201. each in the above-named Company, and I hereby undertake to
'pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the necessary Deeds when
required.

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I'laee of Business (if any)
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NORTHAMPTON,7BANBURY, and
TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.
• Notice is hereby given, that on and after WEDNESDAY. thee 17th
bust., the business of this Company will be conducted at :No. 3,
Ptinces-Street, Westminster. By order,
WM. BURGESS, Secretary.
1, Gray's Inn-square, Sept. 15, 1845..

THE THAMES EMBANKMENT AND
RAILWAY JUNCTION COMPANY.

Provisionally Registered.
Temporary Offices, No. 32, Charing-cross.
Capital 1,800,0001., in 90,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Earl of Devon
James Ackers, Esq., M.P.

Philip Anstruiher,^Esq., Late Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
John Auldjo, Esq., Noel House, Kensington
B. Baines, Esq., Director of the Croydon Railway Company
C. B. Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Director of the North Devon Railway
Company
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwail Railway Company
W. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's
J. Bowring, LL.D, M.P., Director of the Blackwall Railway Com-
pany
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street
John Chevalier Cobbold, Chairman of the Eastern Union Railway

Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart.
J. N. Daniel, Esq., Chairman of the Blackwall Railway Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
Sir James Duke, M.P. and Alderman
Howard Elphinstone Esq., M.P.
James Esdaile, Esq.;Director of the London and South Essex Railway
Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman
Bight Hon. Sir Augustus Foster, Bart., New-street, Spring-gardens
Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart., Queen-square, Westminster
W. Haigh, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Blackwall Railway Company
W. E. Hickson, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Rail-
• way Company
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq.
John James Hope Johnstone, Esq., M.P.
Captain B. M. Kelly, R.N., Director of the Brighton Railway Com-
pany
James Leman, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
F. Macnaghten, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Rail-
way Company
Sir William Magnay, Bart. and Alderman
Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P.
John Martin, Esq., K.L., Alleop's-terrace, New-road
James Matheson, Esq., 3f.P.
Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P.
David Ogilvy, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Railway
Colonel Reid, 2d Life Guards
Major-General Sir James Reynett, K.C.11.
Major Jelf Sharp
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq.
Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the London and
Westminster Bank
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square
fair George Strickland, Bart., M.P.
.r. A. Taylor, Esq., Croydon
cay,taln C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern Railway
non. Charles P. Villiers, M.P.
W. A, Wilkinson, Esq., Chairmtn of the Croydon Railway Company
Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P.
With power to add to their number.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
criAti,lmati—The EARL of DEVON.
Patrick Mazweil 4Stewart, Egg" M'P'i Vice-Chairmen.
Major Jelf Sharp.
Philip Anatruther, Esq. I Capt. B. M. Kelly, R.N.
Win. Sprott Boyd, Esq. . W. E. Hickson, Esq.
John Bowring, LL.D., M.P. Sir William Magnay, Ba t.
Sir A. D. Croft, Bart. C Apt.- O. W. rvad ite
I
J. N. Daniell, Esq. The Hon. C. I 5 Villiers, M.P.
Howard Elphinstone, Esq. M.P. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq.
ENGINBER—Thomas Page. Esq.
Souctroas—Messrs. Bridges and Macon, Red Lion-square.
ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS— liessrs. Fowler and Austin.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank
The Union Bank of London
The Commercial Bank of London
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Hugh Innes Cameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street
Joseph Parkes Esq., 21, Great George-street.
SECRETARY (pro tem.),—E. W. Williams, Esq.

The object of the above Company is to carry into effect the report
of the Metropolitan Improvement Commissioners (7th of February,
1844), recommending an embankment of the northern shore of the
Thames, between Blackfriars and Westminster-bridges, and to con-
nect such embankment with a railway proceeding from the proposed
site of the Central Terminus Company, at or near Hungerford-market,
to the Blackwell Railway at Fenchurch-street, and crossing the
river to the South-Eastern, Croydon, and Brighton Railways, at
London-bridge.
Applications for shares may be addressed to the Secretary, at the
temporary office of the Company, 32, Charing-cross; to the Solicf-
tors and Parliamentary., Agents, and to the following agents and
aharebrokers, of whom also prospectuses may be obtained, more
fully explaining the object—Messrs. R. and W. Hichins and Harrison,.
Threadneedle-street ; Mr. H.. 1. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street;
Messrs. Barclay, Allsop, and Mercier, Exchange-buildings ; Messrs.
Mackenzie and Lawrence, No. 38, Cornhill, London ; Messrs. For-
syth and Pritchard, Liverpool; Messrs. Johnstone and Bradley,
Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Luke Arnold,
Bristol ' • Mr. Themes Sanford, Exeter ; Messrs. Watson and Co.,
Leeds; Mr. Robert Allan, and Messrs. John Robertson and Co.,
Edinburgh ; Messrs. M`Ewen and Auld, and Foulds and Cockburn,
Glasgow.
Such parties as are Shareholders in the Blackwell, Croydon, South-
Eastern, and South Essex Railway Companies, are requested to
signify the same in their letters of application.

THAMES EMBANKMENT and RAILWAY
JUNCTION COMPANY.

Chairman.—The EARL of DEVON.

Shareholders in the Blackwell, the Croydon, the South. Eastern
and South Essex Railway Companies, desirous of obtaining Shares
in the above united THAMES EMBANKMENT and RAILWAY
JUNCTION COMPANY, are requested to name the Company in
which they have a proprietary interest, in their letters of application.
W. WILLIAMS, Secretary pro tern.
Offfea 32, Charineitoss.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD
Rl4. IL WA Y.
(ProvisionatUy Registered.)
Capital 300,000/., in 15,6,90 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 2!. 2s. per share, in accordanoe with tile standing orders of
the Houses of Lords ant Commons.
No call to be made until the Act Is obtained —and no Subscriber to be
answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham . •
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birminghara
Tohn Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
George Unett, Esq., The Laurels; Handsworth, Staffordshire
William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Coldeld
C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Ragland Hall, Lancashire, and Re-
gent's Park, London
John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the London Central Terminus Company
George Turner, Esq., Bunton Hill,-Brdingten, Warwickshire, Direc-
tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford
Railways . -
Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham
Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire
R. Fowler, Esq., 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 tile Great Western (Trish), and
the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire •
David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Smith Witilock, Esq., Birmingham •
John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham
Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Thomas Bollman Upfil, Eel. Birmingham
Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Han, Staffordshire
Major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Itsilway
Henry Coo Cope, Esq., Hungerford l'ark, 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
T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley
If, Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Lock' Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway' •
John Kempe Dev;,llshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton
William Royden Esq., Birmingham • •
J. Mee Mathews, Beth., :Olrector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Manchester Railway
Theophilus Richards, Esq.. }l.lgbaston, near Birmingham
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wheetone House, aear.Birmingham
Capt. M'Dougal, Fir Grove, Noio Brixton
East India Company's, Service,
John Anderson, Esq., Honourage
Euston-place, Euston-square, LontThu
arch of England Insuranc c
Sir William White, Director of the L'b
Company' .
nderry and Coleraine
Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Lolul-c!
Railway, &e., &c.
John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birm,!ngcham
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham •
Hercules Hailes Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Ke;z!Psey, 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 Railways
Oleo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
'tattles Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshi.re
Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham
Mtn Russell, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and .Oxford Junction, and Deeds and.
Liverpool Railway
Joshua Horton, Esq., .Etna Iron-wOrks, 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 and
Liverpool Railway Companies
(With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq C.R.
JOINT „SOLICITORS.
J. Graham, Esq., 60, MoOiate-street, London. -
Richard Ford, Esq., 28, EsseX-street, Strand, London.
Local. AGENTS..
Birmingham—W. li. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. H. Jagger,
Esq., New-street.
BANKERS.
Messrs, Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London. • ,
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham:-_
•
This short but very Important Line of Railway will commence at
to the City of tic:li-
the ncarost point on the Trent Valley Railway
field, and proceed through a rich and populous coun
ham.
try, by memo,
Sutton Coldfield, and Ertlington, to the town of itirming
ow the very timnerous advan-
The length of the Line will to sh
be only about siteen miles,
g awl a
lance at the map will Ranee
tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Ultima Rail-
way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Vailey Railway
just below Lichfield,
and, proceeding along te Trent Va?ley Line,
via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shohrtest and moil direct
route front Manchester to Laudon, but will leave Birmingham' an the
west, which can only be reached by the circuitous route thMiigh
Tiunworth, 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 projeeteol
Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus,
save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the
shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de-

vise& •
As to the returns to be expeeted for the capital embarked, It.if,!
sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large Income.: rt
ing frem the local passenger and goods traffic (the lat•teri fh• which
it thle
of limn lig
very great, as most of the agricultural supplies
populated neigh-
emporium of the Midland Counties, and itsdenselynd must pass along this
boirrhood, are derived from the vicinities o
Line), every passenger direct from
necessarily proceed along the projectedi made.ll
.lines from Manchester to Lichfield be
Aftititc.hreiz,tositfurmldinegi
trxnofmt.thiset.
raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Sha-res of
The Capital propos t2o.zbe.
e.
form the nearest route /rout Derby and the
NorthTilis tloinßei rrnilinghalasom.
201. each. A deposit of 21.
of the Directors with the Bank'ertt
2 per Share will be required to be void
upon the allotment, to t
of the Company.
No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained;
and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent.
upon the amount of each call, from the date 01' payment
Lertiii-t-Lu
opening of the line, and Subscaririznta
scribers will
rynOt be anewerable
beiyohnedsutibiesearimbom gr
mßAofteheemireSnht andares p
Contract, Which
shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate With
any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or miSke
Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present u.n-
dertaking for the benefit' of the Company, as they. may. deem proper,
will be ready on tile day fixed for.the payment of deposit, and will
be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts ate exchanged
for certificates of Scrip ; and the shares.of any Subscribers making
default in the execution of those deedi-within 'the time limited, of
which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely .forfeited.
No application for shares can be attended to, unless accompanied
by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the,
Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker.
Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, and a
map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offices- of this
Company, 60, Moorgate-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from
Local Agents; from Mr. B. B. Williams, 17, Throgruorton-street
London; Mr. W. 11. Collis, 104, New-.0.r et, Birmingham ; Messrs
LudloW, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall atd Worthington, Liver-
pool ; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinsonfsind Fut-lay,
Leeds • Mr. Thomas Evans, Masora-street, Bath; Messrs. Ellgood
and Harrison, Leicester.
BIRIIILNGIIAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
FOAM OF APPLICATION FOY SHAILL74.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham end -Lichfield
Railway Company.
Centlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such smaller number as may be allotted to me, ggd to pay the de-
posit of 'll. 2s. per share thereon, and to executenthe Subscribere
agreement and Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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