The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS OF THE
OXFORD', 'MAME, HIG-r1 WYCOMBE,
AND UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Length, about Forty Miles.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capit(4l, 500,0001., in 25,0001. Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
TEstrOBAnY OFFICES—CarIton Chambers, 8, Regent-street
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

CHAIRMAN—Hubert de Burgh, Esq. Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-
square, and West Drayton, Uxbridge, Deputy-Lieutenant for the
Coupty of Middlesex
DEPUTT-UusinuAN---Viscount Curzon, South Audley-street, and Pon,
Buckinghamshire
T. N. Allen, Esq. the Vache, Chalfont, Bucks
Joseph Bishop, Esq. of the Mingles, London, merchant, director of
the London and Blackwsll Railway, Direct Western Railway, So-
mersetsbire and North Devon, &c.
Emanuel Cooper, Esq. Deputy-Chairman of the London and County
Bank,,.director of the Waveney Valley, and Great Yarmouth Rail-

way, &c.
Charles Collins, Esq. King William-street, City, director of the Great
Welsh Junction and Direct London and Dublin Atmospheric Rail-
ways, &c.
William Cory, Esq. director of the London and County Bank, and of

the Taw Vale Extension Railway, &c. -
Major Croft, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and
Manch ester Railway, &c.
Thomas Edwards, Esq. King William-street, City, director of the
Great Welsh Junction, and Direct London and Dublin Atmospheric
Railways, &c.
Frederick William -Etheredge, Esq. Park-street, Westminster, direc-
tor of the Metropolitan Railways Junction Company
Thomas Griffith, Esq. New Place-house, Southampton, director of
the Manchester and Southampton Railway
John Hemming, Esq. Regent's-park, director of the Worcester and
South Wales Railway
W. A. Hillary, Esq., Cadogan-place, Beigrave-square, director o f
the Direct London and Xxeter, Direct West-end and Croydon,
and Auxero and La Roche Railways
Deane .Tolin Heare,.Bsq. Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, director
of the Great Weisliqunciion, and Direet,._Londen and Dublin _it-
Mospherie &c.
-Swynten Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-place, and Darlaston-hall, Stafford-
shire, director of the London and County Bank, director of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway, &c.
John Lane, Esq. Upper Southwick-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex Junction Railway, &c.
George Lee, Esq. Crntched-frlars, London, merchant, director of the
London and Blackwell Railway, the Bridgwater and North
Devon, &c.
Robert Norton, Esq., Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, and Uxbridge
Robert William Sievier, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square
Sir Warwick H. Tonkin, George-street, Hanover-square, and Teign.
mouth, director of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway
Richard Twiss, Esq.. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodborrydown, director of the Erewash
Valley Extension Railway, &c.
Mathew Wyatt, Esq. Upper Hyde• park-street, director of the Not-
tingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Rthlway, &c.
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—HamiIton H. Fulton, Esq.
SURD r AND ARCHITECT—Andrew Trlmen, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—The London and County -Bank, Loasb2rd-street
Country—

STANDING COUNSEL—H. Reddell, Esq. Temple.

SOLICITOR—Francis Thomas Gell, Esq. Carlton Chambers, Regent-

street.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry Norton, Esq. Uxbridge
William Blandy, Esq. High WycotfUc
Messrs. Dudley and Son, Oxford.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.

This line of railway is proposed to commence at the city of Ox-
ford; to pass through the towns of name, Princes Risborough,
High Wycombe, and other intermediate places in the counties of
Oxtbrd and Buckingham ; and to pass on through Uxbridge to
West Drayton, in the county of Middlesex, where it will join the
Great Western Railway.
From the towtt of hame, through which It will pass, a railway
has been projey:ted to Aylesbury, which will, by means of the pre-
sent Aylesbury Junction, form a connection between the proposed
line and Vie London and Birmingham ; while other railways are
proposed, which will further extend the communication to the pro-
posed london and York Railway (or any other which may be
carrl'ad northwards from London), to the Northern and Eastern,
awl lastly to the Eastern Counties Railway. Thus the line at pre-
s'.mt proposed will complete the communication (partially produced
by existing and other proposed lines) between Oxford and many im-
portant and populous places in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hert-
fordshire, and Essex, embracing the seaports and watering-places of
Maldon, Colchester, and Harwich.

By the connexions formed with other railways, the various im-
portant and manufacturing towns and districts of the northern, cen-
tral, and eastern parts of the country will be placed within ready
access of Oxford, its immediate neighbourhood, and the west of
England generally, and this important object being effected,by so
short a line, cannot fail to secure considerable profit, as the mercan-
tile and agricultural traffic will be very great, as well as that of
passengers.

One very prominent advantage arising from the connexion with
the London and Birmingham Railway, will be the ready and cheap
upply of coal in a district where this essential article is at present
exorbitantly dear; and, as the consumption in Oxford only must be
very considerable, the carriage of it will prove an extensive source of
profit to the line.

Uxbridge is the largest corn market in Fngland ; and the com-
municating medium with that tows and the agricultural districts of
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, and the surrounding counties,
must secure a large remunerating traffic.
At West Drayton, where this line will terminate, the Great
Western Railway furnishes the connecting link to the metropolis,
the emporium of the world ; other railways are already projected, in
a continuous direction with that of the proposed line, to the proposed
London and Exeter Direct, and (crossing the river Thames) to the
South Western, the proposed Portsmouth Direct, and the Brighton
and Dover Railways. Thus Oxford and Its locality will be directly
connected by railway with the west of Middlesex, Kingston-upon-
Thames, Dorking, Reigate, Brighton, and Dover ; and, indeed, with
the counties of Surrey and Kent generally, avoiding the delay, dis-
tance, and expense, resulting from the present route by way of
London.

But, by the connexion formed with the Great Western Railway
above allnded to, a most important object will he attained, namely,
a direct railway communication between Oxford and the metropolis,
which cannot fail to secure the whole of the traffic front the one
place to the other, as the present line, formed by a junction with the
Great Western at Didcet, is very circuitous, and the route will be
shortened twelve miles or more. The proposed line may also be re-
garded as an extension of the projected lines from Oxford to Glouces-
ter and Worcester, and of all other lines westward of Oxford, not
only towards the metropolis, but to the whole of the country and
various railways to which it forms a communication.

Oxford, celebrated as a large and splendid city, and more espe-
cially as being the seat of one of our principal Universities, and con-
taining about 25,000 inhabitants, should undoubtedly be furnished
with a good railway communication; both with London and with
the country at large ; and as no line could be projected which would
embrace both these otojects so extensively and successfully as the
present, there is every reason to believe the business done on It
will be considerable, and will yield considerable return on the capital
Invested.

A large amount of local traffic may also be expected on the line, as
it will pass through a rich and populous tract of country, containing,
within six miles distance fr,,m the site of the proposed railway, about
180,000 inhabitants, who are yet, for the most part, unaccommodated
with the advantages of a railway. This tract of country, being
chiefly of an agricultural character, highly cnitivated and .produc-
tive, a ready and cheap c,nveyance to Oxford and other
towns in the immediate vicinity will be found very desirable.
There are no peculiar difficulties presented to engineerin,, n-
structions along this line, the surface is comparatively level, and the
geological formation favourable ; the expense will be small compared
with that of many others, and the greatest portion of the line does
not approximate any ornamental or residential property.
The usual powers will be applied for in the Act, to allow four per
cent per annum on all calls until the completion of the undertaking,
and no liability will attach to any subscriber beyond the amount of
his subscription.

Parties locally interested, and shareholders in the Great Western,
the Aylesbury, and Thame Railway, and other -proposed Rues in
conjunction with the present, to have the preference as applicants
for shares in this undertaking.

Applications for Shares on the printed forms, to be made to the
Solicitor ; to the Secretary, at the Company's offices ; to the Local
Agents ; or to Richard Ilaighton Wilkins, Esq. Stockbroker, 4,
Bank ('hawbers, London.
In all instances reference mast be given to a member of the Com-
mittee, a banker, or a solicitor orknown respectability.

It. MORTON CALEY, Secretary.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Oxford, Thame, High
Wycombe, and Uxbridge Junction Railway.
Gentlemen—l request you will allot :me shares in the
above undertaking, and I hereby engage to accept the same. or any
less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon,
and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment when reqnh-ed.
• Datcd eay of • , 1845.

ti'elne 'ILA ••• • • •••••••• • • • • •
Business or ProfeiGion (if any) ....
nefurenee ..... ••••• • • • • •• • • •• • • •
Vsual Signature of Applicant.. ••• •

At the earnest recommendation of some of the principal land-
owners, branches are proposed to be made to Godalming and Peters-
field. The branch to Godalming will be from a point in the main
line between Plaistow and North Chapel; and the branch from
Peterstleld will join the main nue at a point between kiidhurst and
I3epton. These extensions of this undertaking have rendered an in-
crease necessary in the amount of the capital originally fixed on ;
but from the increased accommodation which these branches will
afford, the piomoters of the undertaking feel conft lent that a com-
mensurate profit will result to the shareholder.
A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking to join the main
line.at ormear Capel.
liv thistourse the entire distance to travel between London and
Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably
shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected between
London and Portsmouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing
a route more populous and productive than any hitherto presented
tcepublic notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of
railway to complete the course between the Redhill station (near
Reigate) and Einsworth.

Fro-m
LeadonrOßeigitie by the London and Brighton
Railroad is • • • •
The junction to be made by this Company is ••••• • • , •• •-• 45 „
From the paint near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the
Chichester and Portsmouth Railway is ..• .......... 7 „

Total distance from London to Portsmouth.... 73 miles.
From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and
which will place Chichester in direct communication with London.
The distance between Chichester and London by this routs will be
62 miles.
Trains will run direct between London and Chichester, without
stopping at Chilgrove.
Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off
from the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected
line will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth
e
and Dover.
From an inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill
statio
and Chatham
n, ar igate., nineattlyursinmuag
the line of communication
direct line between Ports-
mouthand
to the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this line will pass
through or near to the towns of Bletebingley, Godston, Limpsfleld,
Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Town Malting, Wrotham, Off-
ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Wouldham.
The distance between Chatham and Reigate will involve the
making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad betweea
Portsmouth and Chatham will extent over 82 miles

To the naval and military establishments of this kingdom the
construction of this projected line will afford the most important fa-
cilities in the transit of.troops, stores, baggage, &c. &e., diminishing
the tardy course of communication which at present recessarily
exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually extend-
ing over the space of.two days, and placing them in that direct com-
munication with each other which, in two hours, or thereabout,
will enable the journey between them to be made.
The formation of a direct line of rail way between Portsmouth
and Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishing, by the
electric telegraph, that celerity of communication so ,mportant to be
obtained between places of national importance.
_ .

The warm support of the principal landowners on the greater part
of the line is pledged to this undertaking.
The Provisional Committee abstain from making any special re-
ference to the contemplated profit to result from carrying into eiree
this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent of traffic through
the populous and rich districts over which this line and its branches
are projected to pass is sufficiently known, and is decisive of the
inutility of all comment in that respect.
Applications for the shares, in the form given below, to be
made to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any of the
following Brokers:—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton,
Royal Exchange, London ; Mr. H. Pritchett, of No. 74, Old
Broad-street; Mr.. Monday, 1, Roya-21-Ohattre,b,,ildil rye Messrs.
xeilson; sharebroxers,- mrerool ; ohn Dinicult, Esq., shafebroker,
Manchester ; Mr. R. M`Ewen, 18, St. Ann's-street, Manchester ;
John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers,
and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, brokers, Li-
verpool ; Messrs. Hope and Rastrick, brokers, Manchester ; Messrs.
Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth'; Messrs. George Ed •
wards and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Hull ; Messrs. Pott
and Leviek, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis and Son, B;lmingham.
FORM OF APPLICATIONS FOR SHAPES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, Portsmouth, and
Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham Railway
Company.

I request you will allot to me shares el 20/. each in the
above named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same.
or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the . de-
posit of 21. 2s. on each such share, and to execute the Parliamemary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be required of me.
Dated this day of 1845.
Usual signature • • • • •• • • • • • • ******
Name in 11111

Profession or Trade •••• • ****** • • *****
Residence....
Place of Business (if any) • • • *********
Residence of Reference • • • • ' • .•
reference N.B. No application will be attended to except with a
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DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND
CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND
CHATHAM RAILWAY COMPANY,The Committee of Management beg to inform the public that after
SATUIMAY, the 18th day of October instant, no farther applications
for shares in this Company will be received, except from applicant.
locally interested ; and that after WEDNESDAY, the 22dday of
October instant, no further applicaiions for shares from applicants
locally interested in the undertaken., will be received.
PONTIFEX and MOGINTE.
5, St. Andrew's-court, Holborn. Solicitors to the Company.

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E0(PP:o.:WoDI:loe:IONAL COMMITTLE.
THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
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eposit 21.
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The
Right CapitalHet.
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Lord Duuboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley-on-Thames
Lord A. Cunningham, Mickleham-hall, Dorking
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Sir James Annesley, Bart., Albany
Sir Hour., Lambert, Bart. Aston Rowant, Oxon
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart., rdurthley-castle
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. Alderman of London
The Hon. W. M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, 44, Brookstreet
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 150, Piccadilly
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadley House, Lincolnshire
Major Moore, director of the London and Nottingham Railway
It. W. Wood, Esq. Lodge-place, St. John's.wood
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq. Grand Tully Castle
William .lark, Esq. director of the Guarantee Society, Crieldewood,
Middlesex
Benjamin Swan, Esq.
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton,

Manchester, and Oxford Railwity
William Pritchard, Esq. High Bailiff of Southwark
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Wyndham-place
Major Jelf Sharpe, Twickenham
Major-General Brooks Parlby, C.B. Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
The Hon. George Dawson Darner, M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane
James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—W. Rider, ESQ.
__. _ _

SOLICITORS—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, '
5, Basinghall-Street.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, Esq.
SECRETARY—CharIes C. Sanderson, Esq.
BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank.
LOCAL AGENTS
Windsor • •
Esher ••••••• • • • • •

Staines • • •• ........

Epsom . ...... ..• • .
goigate--Georgo Morrison, Esq.

Maidenhead,eGraruunicatermediate
is intended to formnga,
The Southern Junction Railway
tion between the Great Western Railway at Slough, and the south.
Eastern at Reigate.
It will afford the mast easy access through the medium of the
iGvrienadtsoWr,e.:tearinneßs,aliclwinagysttoont,hEepshotinha,blantadntsthoef
principal
towns, to Dover, Brighton, Hastings, and the other watering-places
on the coast of Kent and Sussex.
Ireland, Wales, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, and the
manu-
facturing districts in the West of England will thus obtain a moredirect, less tedious and expensive communication with the Continent
than by the way of London.
The length of line as proposed will be twenty-seven miles ; and,
after a careftil examination, no engineering difficulty presents itself,
as it runs for more than half the distance on a level, and traverses
country that must be greatly benefited by this project.
The Company will be in a situation to deposit the Parliamentary
plans and sections in ample time for complying with the swift;
orders, and enabling them to apply for an Act in the ensuing'
session.
The shortness of the line, and the quantity of passenger and mer-
cantile traffic that the line 'will command, leaves no doubt of an
ample return for the investment of capital.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of applications for shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; of the Local Agents;
and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. I'eppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street
Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. Wham Mar-
shall
Hull—Messrs. Cellinson and Flint, and Mr. James Bowden
Leeds—Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and J. Young and Co.
Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Samord
Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer
Birmingham—Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright
Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co. and Messrs. At'Callum

arid CO.
Huddersfleld—Messrs. Wilson and Hellawell
Worcester—Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital, 750,0101., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Junction Railway.
Clentlemen.—l request that you will allot to me shares
of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same,
and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may
be allotted to me ; end I undertake also to execute the Parliamen-
tary Contract and SuVcril,ers' A.Teement when required.
Name (in full) • • .
Residence.. • • • ..
Trade or Profession ..
......
' • Reference ..... ..•••••••••11•• ......

. Anderson, John, Esq., 5, Lothbury, Director of the Tring, Reading,
, and Basingstoke Railway
Armit, John Lees, Esq., Ashe-lodge, Farnham, Surrey
Armstrong, Benjamin John, Esq. Southall-green, Middlesex, a
Magistrate for the County, and a director of the Great Western,
Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction Railway
Ayscough, Admiral John, Prospect-place-house, Southampton, Di-
rector of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Barnes, Robert Edward, Esq., 11, Mincing-lane, Director of the
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex Junction Railway
Beare, William Gabbett, Esq., 6, Porchester-place, Connaught-square,
Deputy-Chairman of the Great Munster Railway, Director of the
Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe, the Leeds and Carlisle, and
Hull and Holyhead Railways
Bedborough, James Thomas, Esq., Upton-park, Bucks, Director of
the Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railway
Bettridge, Abraham, Esq., 4, Devonshire terrace, Camden-road,
Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln,
and Junction Railway
Carter, John, Esq., Park-lodge, Stockwell, Director of the Grand
Trunk Railway
Clowes, Joseph, Esq., Director of the British and Foreign Gas Light
and Meter Company
Costello, William Bermingham, Esq., Wyke-house, Isleworth, Direc-
tor of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Cox, Edw. William, Esq., 1, Torrington-square, and Temple, Director
of the Great Western, and Falmouth Junction Railway
Cromer, William, Esq., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Grand Trunk
Railway
Elrington, Col., Scots Fusilier Guards, 12, Wyndham-place, Bryan-
sten-square. Director of the Direct Leeds and London Railway
Eyans, George, Esq., 14, Melbury-terrace, Blandford-square
Ewart, Francis, Esq., 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity
and Law Life Assurance Company
Fawcett, Edmund Alderson, Esq., I, Huggin-lane, Wood-street, and
Derby and Nottingham, silk manufacturer, Director of the Direct
West-end and Croydon Railway
Hemming, John, Esq., 8, North-bank, Regent's-park, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Henry, Joseph, Esq., 13, South-street, Finsbury, Director of the Lon-
don, Hounslow. and Direct Western Railway
Howlett, Henry, Esq.' 18, Cambridge-terrace, Director of the Amman
Vale Iron and Coal Company
Hutchison, Stephen, Esq., London Gas Works, Vauxhall, Director of
the Grand Trunk, Railway
Innis, Thomas, Esq., 29, Fitzroy-square
Key, Sir John, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, Alder-
man of London, and a Director of the York and Lancaster, and
Liverpool and Leeds Railways.
King, John, Esq., of Norbi ton, Kingston-upon-Thames
Lamb, James, Esq., 25, Hyde-park-square, Director of the • Direct
Western Railway
Lawson, J. H., Esq., South-street, Rye-lane, Peckham, and Lans-
downe-cottage, Brighton
Lewis, Kensington, Esq., 18, Stratford-place, and Worcester-park,
Ewell, Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway
Lindham, Henry Robert, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset-square, Director
of the Dorchester, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway
Macdougal, J. P., Esq. (late Bengal Staff), Firgrove, Brixton,
Director of the Direct London and Holyhead and Portdynllaen
Railway
Macguire, W. J., Esq., Hampton Court, Middlesex, Director of the
Reading and Reigate Atmospheric Railway
Macintosh, George, Esq„ 27, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Mansell, W. W., Esq., Dorchester-place, Blandford-square, Director
of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
Margetson, William, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton, Surrey
Mercer, William, Esq., Kingston-upon-Thames
Norris, Caleb, Esq., 10, Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Dor-
chester, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway, and Windsor, Slough,
and Staines Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.L.A., F.N.S., so, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-
park, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Phillips, B. Laurence, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the Direct Western Railway
Potter, Wm. Simpson, Esq.' Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of
Pownall, Henry, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, a magistrate for
Midd:esex, and Director of the Great Western, Brentford, and
Central Terminus Junction Railway
Pynn, Sir Henry, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of
the County Fire-office, and of the Direct Western Railway
the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Rayner, Charles S. Esq., Kew, Director of the British and Foreign
Gas Light and Meter Company
Raphael, Alexander, Esq. of bitten Lodge, Thames Ditton, Surrey
Bashford, W. C. L., Esq. Norwood-house, Norwood-green, Middlesex
Reeves, James, Esq. Layton, Essex, Director of the Direct London
Rich, Sir George, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
and Manchester Railway
Ridgway, Joseph Carrington, Esq., Itoehampton-lodge, Surrey, Di.
rector of the Grand Trunk Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., 27, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, Direc-
tor of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway
Spry, George, Esq., Surbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames
Westbrook, Edward, Esq., Heston, Middlesex
Westmacott, Charles M., Esq., Kingston, Surrey
Whiskin, James, Esq., 10, Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, a
Magistrate for the County of Middlesex, and a Director of the
Croydon Railway
Wilkinson, W. A.„ Esq., Woodberrydown, and Ludgate-hill, Director
of the Waveney Valley Railway
Eley, Charles, Esq., Hounslow
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. ,
Robert Owen Aland, Esq., Greek-street, Soho, and Slough, Bucks.
one of the Provisional Committee of the Windsor, Slough and
Staines Railway
Andrew Clark, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the Chatham and
--Portsmouth Railway

Horatio Day, Esq., islewortlx
major Jeif Sharp, of Meadow Side, Twickenham, a Magistrate for
the county
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(With power to add to their number.)
B.
The Commercial Bank of London.
Hall, Smith, and Co., 'Uxbridge.
Messrs. Sprabsole, Lambert, and Co., Kingston.
ENGINEER—Hamilton H. Fulton, ESQ.
Stliwzroit—Andrew Trimen, Esq.
SomaToas—Messrs. Watts, GalBworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely-
place.
',SECRETARY (pro tem)—W. Harrs, Esq.
This railway is proposed to commence at Uxbridge, proceeding
thence to the Southall station of the Great Western Railway, and
then through Heston to Hounslow, there meeting one of the proposed
lines to Hounslow from London. Leaving Hounslow the line pro-
daita,tEop:oand.r.ects
ceeds through Whitton, Twickenham, Teddington, and Hampton,
to Kingston, and, crossing the Thames, joins the Kingston station of
the South-Western Railway, whence it will proceed to, and terminate
contain an aggregate population of about 200,000
The towns and places through which the line passes, or most imme-
persons.
To the inhabitants of the important town of Uxbridge, this line
presents the mast direct communication with the metropolis, adopt-
ha the old course taken by the coaches, viz., through Hillingdon,
1, he
e neighbouring
and weeklyit i is
a inttare
countrynk de
Hayes,yes, Southall, &c., contrasting favourably with the present cir-
cuitous rcute to London, by coach or omnibus to West Drayton, and
thence by the Great Western Railway. With the present limited
railway accommodation, the corn returns of Uxbridge show an
et
datby Southall
atnhdetgraziersh
in-
creasee of 30 per cent. upon the average of the last two years.
The
emissetrcooanponddlis butchersin.import importance to
all
par
Smith-
field, dof
BY means of this line, and one of the proposed lines from London
to Hounslow which this will intersect, Brentford, the county-town
of Middlesex,, and the Thames, will be brought into immediate con-
nexion with Uxbridge ; the traffic between the last-named towns has
hithet to materially helped to produce the large dividends of the Grand
Junction Canal.
By means also of this line, and the Croydon and Epsom line (now
in course of construction), all the before-ntentioned towns and places
are likewise connected with Croydon.
The importance of connecting twe such towns as Uxbridge and
Brentford will Kingston, Croydon, and Epsom, three of the largest
market-towns in Surrey, between:w hich the present agricultural traffic
is extensive, is too obvious to require comment. A glance at the map
will at once show that the communication now proposed is not only
judicious, but, in order to satisfy the requirements of the important
and populous district involved, is actually imperative. It will afford
to Uxbridge and the towns in Hertfordshire north of it, with which
it will be connected by proposed new lines, direct transit to the Great
Western, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railways, and by the
established lines' southward, to Shoreham, Brighton, Dover,
Ramsgate, and all the south and south-eastern parts of th
kingdom, avoiding the loss of time and great inconvenience of going
round by the metropolis. So also as to Brentford, Hounslow, King-
ston, and Epsom—it will afford to them access to the Great Western,
London and Birmingham, and Northern and Eastern lines; and by
this line, in connexion with one proposed to Hounslow from the me-
tropolis, and the other proposed and established lines north and south
of it, easy access will be afforded to Hampton-court, Epsom, and
other favourite places of resort. There can be no doubt, therefore,
that the passenger traffic alone will be sufficient to pay a very large
dividend on the outlay.
The average number of persons
visiting Hampton-court in the
summer months amounts to about 18,000 per week.
The supply by the sounty of Kent and western division of Middle-
sex of the north and north-western markets with fruit during the
season, would, by this line, be immensely increased, and form another
source of income to the Company.
This undertaking presents the additional and important advantage
of competing with no line at present established ; on the contrary,
it will be the means of connecting and feeding the several lines enu-
merated, and several others that are projected ; and the engineer
reports that it passes over a particularly easy country, and will be
1
capable of construction at; about 16,0001. per mile ; and the land-
owners on the line who have been seen, are favourable to the un-
dertaking.
The length of the line will be about 18 miles. _ _ _

Application for shares must be made in the annexed form, to the
solicitors of the Company, Messrs. Watts,'Galsworthy, and Gal worthy,
to whom also all communications from parties locally interested
should be addressed, at their offices, No. 19, Ely-place, Holborn ;
also to the following local solicitors, Henry Norton, Esq., Uxbridge;
C. E. Jemmett, Esq., Kingston-upon-Thames ; F. J. Kent., Esq.,
Hampton ; Thomas Etchings, Esq., Staines ; Mr. reesley,HounAlow,
and of the following brokers:—Messrs. Harris and Sons, Change-
alley, Cornhill • Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard, London; Messrs.
Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool; Mr. Allan, Manchester ; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York ; Mr.
Collis, Birmingham ; and Messrs. Borthwick, Campbell and Co..
Glasgow ; from any of whom prospectuses and plans of the line
may be obtained. _ _

go application will be attended to unless accompanied by
a reference to one of the Committee, to the solicitors, or to some
hanker or other person of known standing.

MIDDLESEX and SURREY JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Not is hereby given, that the time for closing the List of Appli.
cab°, a for shares in this Company is axed for the 20th of October
inbtai t for Loudon, and the 22d inst. for the country.
By order,
WATTS, GALSWORTIIY, sad GAIWORTIIri
19, Ely-place, Sam, Oct,lea 1140.
_ _

GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of the GREAT WESTERN RAIL-
WAY will be held at the Paddington Station, in London, on FRI-
DAY the• 7th of November, 1845, at One o'clock, for the pirpose of
considering an agreement entered into between the Directors of the
said Great Western Railway Company and the Directors of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, for the purchase of the Bris-
tol and Exeter Railway, and all brinch lines, and interest held by
that Company in any other railway companies, and generally of all
other property and effects belonging to the said Bristol. and Exeter
Railway Company, subject to all debenture, bonds, loan notes, and
other liabilities, at which meeting the agrehment between the said
Great Wetter!' Railway Company and the said Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company for the said purchase, will be submitted for con-
firmation, with a view to the necessary measures being taken by the
directors, under the authority of the said special general meeting, to
carry the same into effect.

The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.

C. RUSSELL, Chairman.

Paddington Station, 15th Oct., 1845.

GREAT GWENDRAETH VALE AND
WELSH JUNCTION RAILWAY.
In answer to numerous inquiries on the subject, Notice is hereby
given, that the Dir ctors of thirCornpauy have resolved, in the Allot-
ment of Shares, to give a preference to the Scripholders on all the
Welsh Railways, and also on those English Railways which form a
junction with the Welsh.

WIRE and CHILD,
9, St. Swithin's-lane, London.

UNBRIDGE and RYE HARBOUR DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Frederick Lawrance, Esq. Registered Projector.
Capital, 500,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share
Temporary offices, 94, Cheapside.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
George Ballard, Esq. Sandhurst
Win. Bastow, Esq. 20, Surrey-place, London, director of the Corn.
mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway
Robert Bastow, Esq. Surrey-place, London, director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway
J. Benson, Esq. Park-place-villas, Maida-hill West, director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway
John Bishop, Es!. Bodiam
John Blunt, Es!. director of the London Decks Company, and Great
Eastern and Western Railway
John Bryant, Esq. Highgate, Hawkhurst
Alfred Bush, Esq. Queen-square, Bath, director of the Great North
and South Wales and Worcester Railway
Capt. James E. Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portman-square, director
of tha Reading and Reigate Railway
Captain F. Chamfer, lialkin-street Beigrave-square, director of the
Hazebrouk and Fampoux Railway
Thomas Chitty, Esq. Gower-street, director of the Rugby and War-
wick Railway
W. H. Collis, Esq. Humsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford
and Shropshire Junction Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq. 6, Copthall-court, director of the Commercial
Bank of London
Robert Cook, Esq. Gainsbereugh
Miles Dormer, Esq. 51, Han.,-place, Sloane-street
John Mercer Durrant, Esq. Theobald's, Hawkhurst
Thomas Mercer Durrant, Esq. Attwaters, Hawkhurst
Edward Evans, Esq. Stones-end, Borough, director of the Commer-
cial Life Assurance Company
Thomas H. Evans, Esq. Mayor of Carnarvon, director ofthe London
and Holyhead Railway
George Fred. Gregory, Esq. Seacombo, Cheshire, director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction
John Milder, Esq. Old-place, Sandhurst
Lewis Hoffman, Esq. Inner Temple, director of the Dover and
I tristol Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aldermary-churchyard, director of Remington's
Direct Manchester Railway
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart. Hilton, *Aberdeenshire, director of
the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
William Phillips Lamb, Esq. Ockham-house, Sussex, director of the
Dover and Bristol and Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction
Railway
Rev. G. A. Lamb, D.D., Iden, Sussex
Kensington Lewis, Esq. Stafford-place, and Worcester-park, Surrey,
director of the Lynn and Wisbeach Railway
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Gybbon Monypenny, Esq. Hole-park, Rolvenden, Kent,
director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
E. W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, director of
Great North and South Wales Railway
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland late, Hyde-park, director of the
London and Manchester Railway
James W. Peppercorn, Esq. Old Broad-street, director of the Maze-
brouk and Fampoux Rail Way
R. M. Preece, Esq. Lothbury, and 24, Park-square
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, director of the South Midlands Junction,
and Direct London and Manchester Railway
Francis Reeves, Esq. Delmoaden Hawkhurst
Robert Rising, Esq. the Shrubbery, Worcester, director of the Great
North and South of Wales Railway Company
Francis Roose, Esq. Upper Montague-street, Montague-square;
James Russell, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, director o
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton and Trills,
Reating, and Basingstoke Railways
W. Slark, Esq. Rockhall's-lodge, Cricklewood
James Saynes, Esq. Great Dover-street, Borough
Edwin Smith, Esq. 51, Great Ormond-street, director of the Avon and
Severn Valley Railway
George Smith, Esq. the Lambs, Staffordshire
John Taylor, Esq. Buxton, director of the West Etal and Southern
Counties Railway
Robert Tooth, Esq. Swift's-place, Craubrook
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
John James Conway, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Dover and Bris-
tol Railway
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Goldhanger, Essex, director of the Man-
chester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway, &c.
M. Clements, Esq. 69, Lowndes-square, director of the Great Leeds
and Loudon Direct Railway
(With power to add to their number).
Bastxsa--Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury.
ENGINEERS—Francis Giles, Esq. and Alfred Giles, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.—Francis Barrow.

liorAciToas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, MoOrgate-street,
London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Willis and Neve, Cranbrook,
Mr. John Elliot Wilson, Cranbrook.
Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, Rawkhurst.
SECRETARY-E. A. Lamb, Esq.
PROSPECTUS.

This line will pass in a direct course from Tunbridge, via Paddock.
wood (thus connecting itself with Maidstone), through the parishes
of Brenchley, Horsmonden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Benenden,
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northiam, Peas-
marsh, Beckley, Iden, and Playden, to the town and harbour of
Rye, and it will embrace a large extent of adjacent country, at pre-
sent unprovided with, and- much requiring the admitted advantages
of railway transit.
The length of the line will be about twenty-five miles, a great
portion of it will pass through a level country, and the remaining
part is free from any material engineering difficulty, or works likely
to require any serious outlay, and it is not expected to be necessary
to interfere with any residences or ornamental property.
The saving of distance to Rye, and all the other places embraced
by this line, will be considerable.
The capital required is estimated not to exceed 500,0001.
was assimisholawrnlii
During the last session of Parliament application was made for
evidence produced before the Committee,
that the contemplated traffic, after deducting 401. per cent. for work-
ing expenses, would leave a large per centagc upon the invested
capital. That line was rejected on the ground that the best direc-
tionnie,deptaarilt,iablif. embracing the same country, when it
Rye was e :titled to a direct railway communication with the inte-
rior of the country, in the best
direction towards London. The pre•
sent scheme has been based upon this intimation, taking advantage
had not been selected, but with an
aanndidnt:p.mirllodathincacivitielth.ethacteotuhbieletrynpeohrtand
ff
and more numerous lines, the sources of traMe
passes in
of the merits and defects of which appeareydeuthpotnhethfigat
full benefit
it
are considerably increased, and there is every reason to believe, from
baentdteasr accessaembraces
toor
eodthire
er t
what passed during the last session, that the present plan Will be
l'innoeretoiLOPtunill7
railway communication, through a populous and productive district,
in the direction of London, to the best point at which it can avail
favneueracihillye,fent
objecterta entertained by bipetnhethLeegpiosrlattourf
Re.
itselfof the existing and contemplated lines.
The imports of Rye, particularly coals, with lime and other
manures, are of great importance to the country through which the
line will pass, and a cheaper and better mode of transit will much
increase the demand for them, and give the opportunity of great im-
provement in the cultivation of the adjacent country.
A railway through the heart of the chief hop district of the king-
dom, also producing corn, timber, and hop-poles, and communicating
at its terminus with a great part of the important cattle district of
Romney Marsh, must be a public advantage.
The port of Rye is admitted to be the best outlet and quickest
rout to Paris and to other parts of the Continent, and there can be
no doubt if a direct railway should be made to Rye, with moderate
improvement in the harbour, that it would be much adopted, particu-
' cularly as a national and commercial communication with France,
and by persons travelling on business.
Applications for shares and prospectuses to be addressed to the
Secretary, at the offices, 94, Cheapside ; Messrs. W illis and Nei. C, so-
Bettors, Cranbrook ; Mr. John Elliot Wilson, solicitor, Cranbrook ; or
' to Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, solicitors. Hawkhurst ; and
to the following Brokers :—London
Messrs. Peppercorns
and
Preece and Evans, Lothbury.
Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. -. Messrs.
Reynolds and Son.
Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage. ,_ohn_
O'Niel. Leeds—Messrs.
Manchester—Mr. John Duncan;
.Mr a
rs Wellbeloved and Co. Bristol—
A. and C. Beardshaws ; .iam_
Mr. James Pearson. Brad-
Messrs. Tate and Nash. Birmit gl
Samuel Hutchinson and Co. C Worcester—Mr. William
ford—Messrs. Salmi
. Cheltenham-3 • tessrs Hall, Brothers, and Co. Exeter—Mr.
Miles
East and Sons. Southampton—Messrs. yEdin-
burgh—Thomas Sanford.
Robert Allen. Glasgow—Messrs. Black and Co. ; Messrs.
Mr
rtncbnnan and •
4 *kin Aberdeen—Mr. W. Gordon. Dublin—Messrs.
• •
Bruce and Symes.
icnor OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Previsional Committee of the Tunbridge and Rye Harbour

Direct Railway.

I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each: in
the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same,
or any less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 21. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and &Ibsenleers' Agreement when re-
wired.
Dated the
Address
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