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liancliester, Liverpool, and

RAILWAY.

11, A RNET and NORTH MIZTROPOLLTAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to ith and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 400,000/., in 20,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hen. F. H. F. Berkeley, 31. P., Chairman, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway Company
William Alfred 11111, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman
of the Oxford, Witncy, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway Company
Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Chessel, near Southampton Lord of
the Manors of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley
William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham gate, and

Highivood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon
Samuel Bendy, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the
Manor of Hendon
Lieut.-Colonel Gillies, Porchester Houser Bayswater
William F. Riack, Esq., Wilton-placo, Director of the Italian and
Austrian Railway
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn
Major Lindam, K. 11., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central Wales Railway Company
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester,
Cambridge, and Hamlet Junction Railway
Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-
square
Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Direetor of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway
Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School,

llendon, Middlesex
The. Rev. 11. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex
Captain Grover, R.N.
Captain John Innes, ILC.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon,
'Middlesex
The Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's

31111 Hill, Hendon, It itl.dlesex
Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet
r. Bruce .T.linson, Finchley •
William Christopher Daniel Deighton,Esq., Fellow of Queen's College
Cambridge, Holloway
Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London,

lionnslow, and Western Railway
Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet
Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet
W. J. M`Gwire, Esq., 74, St. James's-street
W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City
James Berington, Esq., East-street, Horton
George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and

Western *Railway Company
George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, Essex •
Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and

asinvstoke Railway Company
Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Beading, and Basing-

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stoke Railway
Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's Park
William Henry Ralph], Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and

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Basing-tote Railway Company
Charles Green, Esq.,Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and

Central Wales Railway Company
J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street
John Godfrey IL Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus

Railway Company
The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe Parsonage. Wakefield, Direc •
for of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union

• and Leicester and Barn lig lain Rf . way
Thomas Francis Justice, Esq., Berner's-street, Oxford-street
George raroury, y.,....‘u-afunire, Director of
the Grand Trunk Railway
John D. Hopkin.3, Esq., 25, Bedford-square
J. H. Lister, Esq., Director of the south and Midland .7unst.lon

Railway
J. P. Wright, Esq., Edinburgh
W. Stark, Esq., Rockhalls, Lodge, Cricklewood
Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden
Thomas Cope, Esq., Cricklewood
Captain F. N. Fisher, United Service Club, Whitehall
George Howell, Esq., Finchley-common
George Hayes, Esq., Vincent-villa, Finchlcy-common
Robert Henry Lindham, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset-square
Alexander James Geddes, Esq., Parade, Thames Bank.
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. IL Halpin, Esq.
Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq.
William Alfred HM,Esq., Deputy. Alexander Prince, Esq.
Chairman George Freeman, Esq.
Major Lindam, K.H. George Godfrey, Esq.
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq.
F.S.A. 'Charles Green, Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Whishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook Lodge

Hendon, and Adelphi. -
ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, Esq., 10, Gray's Inn-square.,
BANKERS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths,
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxfbrd-street
G. P. Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Finchley
John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone.
Messrs. Tatham and Son, solicitors, Highgate

TYOntas Weeks, Esq., solicitor Tottenham
This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected
town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great
Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern.
and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten-
ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon-
don and York Railways.
The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet-
stone, Totteridge, Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finehley, Holder's Hill,
Hendon, Burrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon,
Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green. Holsdon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne
Green, Maida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch
End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton,
Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap-
ton, Highbury, Holloway, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham,
Bow, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Hoxton, Homerton,
Hackney, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch,
Blackwall, Euston-square Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith,Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, &c. ; connecting those places with the
varjous railways named, and all those south of the river Thames.
The distance front the town of Barnet to the station of the London
and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will bo
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15 miles.
The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten-
ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will he 11 miles ; awl
the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4y, miles. From the
junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 934
miles ; from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Ilendon), on the proposed
Barnet and North 3letropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern
and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 61. r
There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance.
The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp-
stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow
the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus
the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan
line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass through
an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large
collections of houses and buildings.
Upon the completion of this railway, 'a large and daily-increasing
population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses,
will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto
aftording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad-
rupled in value.
The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too,
will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend-
ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who
may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of
the trunk lines now contemplated.
An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may
be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following sources,
amongst others:-
1. From the conveyance of passengers.
2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City and
Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this
line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through
London ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly
during the period of the large Barnet fairs
3d. From-the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fuel,
and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense
of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grievcts ev...
The Committee t t atmcfnent fe:,•crve to themselves the power
of adopting, upon t his line, locomotive pca YT, or Presser's Railway
guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expe-lient.
Applications for Shares In the form annexed an! ornmuni-
cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the C•nr
patty), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices
of the Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street; to the Joint
Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, and G. P
Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square; or to Messrs. Sparks and Clark,
3, Bartholomew-lane ; Messrs. W. and 11. R. Cox, Share-brokers,
16, Throgmorton-street; I. It. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; Charles
0. Nei, Esq., 15, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; Mr. Landford,
Exeter; John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; and
Messrs. Weilbeloved and Oaster, Leeds.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and Nort`o. Metropolitan
'Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name in full ........... ....... ••••• . • • • •
Residence..." ......... ..... . • • • • • • • •
Trade or Profession .. • • • • • - • ..... • • • • • • ' • " • • " "

Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee

BARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity,
convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published,
held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day 01
September instant,
JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair ;
It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq ; seconded by the Rev. J. D.
THOMPSON, and carried unanimously—
That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway commu-
nication between the northern districts of the Metropolis and the
town of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now
imperatively called for.
It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITH, Esq., and seconded by
Mr. JOHN HOPEWELL, and resolved unanimously-
2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and
map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other pro-
jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet
and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town
greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to
come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford
to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it
deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an in-
terest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be presented in
favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of
Parliament ; and this meeting pledges itself to further the views of
the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed to promote
the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet.
That the Committee consist of
Benjamin Smith Esq.
Mr. John Hopewell
Mr. George Bower
Mr. James Hill
Mr. James Cooper
'With power to add to their number.
It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART, and seconded by
J. SPENCER. ESN., and resolved unanimously-
3. That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the lion. F. H. F.
Berkeley, the Chairman, and the Deputy-Chairman, and the other
members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they
have laid before the meeting the project of the Company.
It was proposed by WILLIAM HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. W.
HotrEN, Esq., and carried unanimously-
4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for
his impartial and able conduct in the chair.

Mr. Brunt
Mr. Spencer
Rev. Alexander Stuart
Rey. John Dawson Thompson

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no turther Applications for Shares in
this undertaking will be received after SATUIDAY, the 4th October
nest,

By order of the Cemmittee of Management,
EDWARD ELKINS,
/Joint Solicitors,
G. P. lIILL,
59 Newman-street, Sept.' 25, 1845.

PORT of WISBECH, PETERBOROUGH
BIRMINGHAM, and MIDLAND COUNTIES UNION

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,000/., in Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. ss. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Ilumphery, Esq., 11. P., Alderman of the City of London, Di

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

ltastrick's Direct kanchester 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 Wavency 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. 11. R.Fowler. 7, ManchestiEr-square,Director of the London
and Nottingham Railway
W. A. Campbell, Esq., Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and Va-
lentia Railway
F. Barretto, Esq., Portland-place, London
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Frighten
Railway
Joseph Liaderwood, Esq., Norwich, and Blackheath Park, Kent, Di-
rector of the Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
W. S. Potter, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Cheltenham, awl
Gloucester Railway
Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Nortliamptom,BallhurY, and
Cheltenham Railway
R.N., Sheerness, Director of the Metropolitan
Frederick White, Esq.,
Junction Railway
George Parbury, Esq. Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Samuel Pocock, Esq., 'Bloornsbury-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-eoutt, Old Broad-street, London
R. C. Colman, Esq., DiteLtor of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct
Railway

Peter Mori i=on, Esq., Director of the South.llllilland Railway

Henry Chator, Esq., CrVaUX Castle, Darlington
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Bridgewater and Minehaw

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Railway •
W. C. Duppa, Esq., Director of the Canterbury and Dovor Railway
William G. Harricon, Esq., MP House, Upper Tooting, Surrey
George R. rye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rug
Direct Railway
(With power :o add to their number.)
RANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
Wisbech —Messrs. Gurney, Peckover, and Co.
Lynn —Messrs. Gurney, Cresswell, and Co.
ENGINEERS.
B. Albano, Esq., M Inst. C.E., and Wm. Laxton, Esq., C.E.

SOLICITOR —higlebYThomas Miler, Eeq., 3, Abchuivll-lane, Lom-

bard-street, London.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—W. O.T. Wollaston, Estl

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 Thorney 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, Stafford.shire, snd 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 ixirt for Belgium, Holland, Germany, and the nor-
thern States of Europe.
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3. That by the formation of this line a direct railway ommunica-
Hon 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 with Nor•
wick and Yarmouth.

Application for shares (which must in all cases 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 theoflices of Mr. I. T. Miller, solicitor to
the Company, or the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Shcwell and
Son, Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Lyon, 2, Birchin-lane, London;
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Messrs. Cruso and Son, L 3 on ;
Messrs. Peet, Son, and Potter, Notting,ham • 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, Peterborough,
Birmingham, and Midland Counties Union Railway.
I request you will allow shares in this undertaking,
and I agree to take the same er 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 • ... • .
Profession or Occupation • • . • • • • •
Usual Signature •
Reference (Name in full • • • • .. • • • •
Address.•.. ..

WORCESTER,T HEREFORD, and GLOU-

The Committee of Management, in consequence of receiving daily
applications for shares in this Company, beg to state th It the lists of
appli7ations have been closed for some time. The allotment is now
to erner,a. nmi‘l.lse letters will be issued as soon as the requisite
examination has taken place. The Committee regret that the
number of shares applied for having so greatly exceeded the number
at their disposal, they will be compelled iu all cases greatly to reduce
the number- applied for, svirtriv „implications f
respectable parties to whom they would otherwise have been tic_
OnS to snake allotments.

By order of the Board,
ROBERT PRICE, Chairman
SAMUEL BAKER, }
Vice-Chairmen
WILLIAM LEWIS,
449, Strand, Ist October, 1845.

ORCESTER,sTHEREREFORD, and GLOU-
CERAILWAY.
ENGINEEE—I. K. Brunel, Esq.
The Committee of Management of this Company, having deter-
mined to continue their Bum from Ledbury to Ross, the Capital of the
Company will be increased froth 750,0001. to 1,000,0001.
No further applications for Shares, except from parties interested
oil the line from Ledbury to Ross, can be received.
Applications from parties interested will be received by the Soli-
citors to the 6th instant.
ROBERT PRICE, Chairman •
SAMUEL BAKER Vice-Chairmen
WILLIAM LEWIS
W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall
F. T. Elgie, Worcester
F. L. Bodenham Hereford Solicitors.
Thomas E vv.ns
Whiteombe, Helps, and Co., Gloucester
449, West Strand, Oct. 1, 1845,

rrliE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
_IL RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, BUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

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

The intrortauce of connecting remote parts of E..gland by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon lutennediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line
which is Low 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
ccr.:rse of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the westeni and south-western counties.

The Oxford and :;alisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of connutin,cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the boron2ll of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Ilungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
reed, 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 sevetay 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 lay railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the propose& 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 ; and
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern muffles will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Ffungeriord and Ludgers-
hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts. _
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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 front Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica
tion for shares may be made.