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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway, 48, Moorgate-street, London.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of
501. 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 ; and I undertake, also, to execute the Parliamentary
contract and subscribers' agreement when required.
Name in full ..
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Reference..
Address of Referee.. • • • • • • • • ......
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This Company is established pursuant to the following request and
authority- :
" We, the undersigned, being interested in the trade of Manchester,
and in the shortest and quickest intercourse between London and
Manchester, hereby express our conviction that a direct line of rail-
way between those places will give the public the greatest cheapness,
convenience, and speed.
" That it is of .paramount importance to the trade, and to the
public, that they should not continue dependent for communication
with Lancashire upon one, and that a circuitous line of railway.
" That the immediate formation of a direct line is essential,
because, if delayed, it will become more and more difficult, in con-
sequence of the branch railways which local necessity will originate.
" That an independent trunk line is necessary, to guard the trade
and commerce of the metropolis and Lancashire against excessive
charges. and the many evils of a rapidly-extending monopoly,
" We therefore authorise and request Messrs. Ashurst and Son,
Solicitors, and Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, Solicitors, to take
the necessary steps for the formation of a Committee, with a view
to the adoption of such a line.
Allan and Smith, London
William Allen and Brothers, Manchester
IL Bannerman and Sons, Manchester
Robert Bentley and Co., London
John Burd and Sons, Manchester
Robert Barbour and Co., Manchester
George Brettle and Co., London
J. T. Basset, London
Burls and Gladstones, London
J. B. Banks, London
John Burls, London
James Bradbury, Manchester
Bradbury, Greatorex, and Co., London
Bowman and May, London
Blair and Burton, Manchester
S. A, Butterworth and Co., Manchester
John Biggs and Sons, Leicester
Caldecott, Powell, and Wilcox, London
Cook, Sons, and Co., London
J. and F. Cowper and Co., London
Courtauld, Taylor, and Co., London
Capper, Morley, and Co., London
Francis W. Coates, London
William Cash, London
Cheaper, Watson, and Jackson, London
James Carlton, Walker, and Lewis, Manchester
Richard Cobden and Co., Manchester
Thomas Crompton, Manchester
Darby and Garland, London
James Deacon and Sons, London and Manchester
W. and T. Devas, Minchener, and Routiedge, London
Davies, Freeman, and Co., Manchester
John Dugdale and Brothers, Manchester
Ellis, Everington, and Co. London
David Evans and Co., London
Samuel Fletcher, Son, and Co., Manchester
George Fraser, Son, and Co., Manchester
A. Grant and Brother, London
John and Edward Grundy, Manchester
Edward Granville and Co., London
Gillett, Porter, and Co., London
Gates, Coates, Bartlett, and Co., London
Lot Gardiner and Brothers, Manchester
Hood, Ward, and Hood, London
Henry Hilton, Manchester
Hobday and Cheetham, Manchester
Hoyle and Hanson, London
Richard Harris and Sons, Leicester
Johnson, Bulmer, and Co., London
Jameson and Banks
Kershaw, Leese, and anchester
Leaf, Coles, Smith; and C0.,d0., London
Luck, Castle, arid Co., London
Lycett and Davies, London
Luck, Bouch, and Coath, London
John Lart and Son, London
Le Gros, Thompson, and Bird, London
Thomas Lomas and Co., Manchester
Lewis and James, London
Liddiard and Co., London
Lewellin, Truman, and Hitchcock, London
William Lawrence, London
Morrison, Dillon, and Co., London
J. and R. Morley, London
M'Clure and Haslam. Manchester
James Martin, London
Robert Marie, London
John Munn and Co., Manchester
James and William Morley, London
Nicholls, Lucas, and Co. Manchester
Ovington, Warwick, and Co., London
Oldroyd, Hodgson, and Co. London.
Co.,
J. F. Pawson and London
Potters and Norris, Manchester
Peel, Holmes, and Co., Manchester
John and Nathaniel Phillips and Co., Manchester
Puzey and Pallet, London
Reddish and Bickham, Manchester
R. 11. Robertson and Co., London
Rhoades and Williams, London
John Read, London
Samuel Ridley, Son, and Ellington, London
Rowlandson and Atkinson, London
Sadler, Fenton, and Co.' London
B. Salomon and Co., London
Shirt and Sharp, London
George and James Smith, Manchester
Thomas James Smith, London
W. S. and T. Storar and Co, London
Thomas Shepperson, London
*trachan and Roan, London
Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, London
Townend and Hickson, Manchester
Thompson, Brothers, and Son, Manchester
Joseph Travers and Son, London
Todd, Coston, and Co., Manchester
Tattersall and Mellor, Manchester
' 1 Tarsey and Millgate, London
George Virtue, London
White and Greenwell, London
Ward and Co., London
Whickworth and Proctors, Manchester

C HESTER and MANCHESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
With a Branch to Birkenhead.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Colonel the Hon. LEICESTER STANHOPE, Ashburnham House,
London, Chairman •
Major JOHN T. CROFT, Regent-street, London, Deputy Chairman
David Ainsworth, Esq., Manchester
Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Manchester
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester, and Glyn Garth, Anglesey
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
James Farish, Esq., Lancaster-place, London
Major Ford, of Bodiondet, Carnarvonshire
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Hanmer, Bear-place, Berks, and 7, Devon-
shire-place, London
Fraser B. Henshaw, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square,
London, a Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction Railway
Captain Sir John R. Hilton, R.N., Isle of Wight
J. Harney Higson, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, 8.E.F.R.5., Director of the College
of Civil Engineers
T. D. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, London
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, London, Director of the
National Provincial Bank of Ireland
W. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Com-
pany
George Peter Livius, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's, and
Cauldwell Priory, Bedford
W. Horace Meteyard, Esq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Upper Hyde Park-street, London, a
Director of the Liveepool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction
Railway
James Orrell, Esq., Cuicheth Hall, Kenyon
James Ogden, Esq., m.p., Manchester
David Price, Esq., Manchester
Major James Waller, K.H., St. James's-square
C. J. S. Walker, Esq., Longford, near Manchester
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., London
National Provincial Bank of England, Manchester

SOLICITORS.
London—Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moorgate-
street.
Manchester—Messrs. Higson and Robinson, Cross-street ; R. B. B.
Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-street.
LOCAL AGENT.
Chester—John Walker Esq.

The promoters of this Railway, encouraged by the favourable sup-
port which has been given to the project, and in compliance with
various recommendations they have received, ha-e determined upon
the addition of a branch to Birkenhead, which, although it will
manifestly tend to the advantage of the Shareholders and the public,
will be attended with comparatively little additional outlay. The
project will still retain its chief characteristic of a direct railway,
and by its connexion, near Warrington, with the Grand Junction
Company, is sufficiently comprehensive, without resorting to a com-
plicated system of branch lines, or materially conflicting with the in-
terests of existing companies.
The line will commence at the city of Chester, and proceed by way
of Trafford, Frodsham, and Preston Brook, to Warrington, thence
by Lymm and Stretford direct to Manchester. From a point on the
main line, near Frodsham, a branch will be taken to join the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway, so as to unite Manchester in the most
direct manner possible, with the docks now being formed at Bir-
kenhead.
As Manchester, from its geogemadeali position, is the centre of rail-
way communication between Scotland and the most populous dis-
tricts of England, so Chester, from a like cause, is the great centre of
railway communication between the capitals of Ireland and of Eng-
land. To connect these two points by a direct and independent line
of railway must, therefore, be of the utmost importance, not only in
a local point of view, but to the whole commercial intercourse of the
country.
This line will be the most direct route, by Holyhead, to Ireland,
and will be, in all respects, by far the preferable channel of inter-
course and transit between Ireland and the great manufacturing dis-
tricts of England. By the railways connecting Chester with Wrex-
ham, Osvrestry, Shrewsbury,
Hereford, Gloucester, and South Wales,
this will be the nearest route from Manchester to the south-western
parts of England, and to the mineral districts of Monmouth and
Glamorganshire. The communication with Bristol, Gloucester, and
Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the map, it will
be seen that a very considerable distance will be saved by this line,
the former being 52 miles, and the latter 46 miles,
as compared with the present circuitous routes by Crewe and by
Birkenhead;a
only 34 miles, saving in the one case 18
miles, and in the other 12 miles, besides the serious inconvenience, loss
of time, and expense of passing through Liverpool, and crossing the
w
proposed line is
It is confidently expected that this line will be the precursor of
another scheme, of no ordinary importance—namely, to render
whiletertahtthat place.
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Chester an efficient port for large vessels.
This subject was entertained by Sir John Rennie in 1835, and sub-
sequently, in the same year, by the late Mr. Chapman, who wrote an
able report upon the capabilities of the river Dee. It was again
investigated, in 1837, by Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Remington,
and the practicability of forming a good navigable channel for vessels
of large burden, together with docks at Chester, was then ffilly and
clearly established.
The entrance channel would commence at Dawpool. which is easy
of access (and infinitely preferab'e, in point of access and safety, to
the docks at Liverpool or Birkenhead), for vessels of large burden,
during eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps ; and the
cill of the lock would be sufficiently low to admit vessels drawing 20
feet water to enter at all tides.
This railway, therefore, in connexion with the proposed docks,
will render to Chester and Manchester incalculable advantages. To
the former it will restore the proper position natural to so important
another outlet, by sea, to the ma-
nufacturing
theecttswoinmo :ye
hereafter
risks to which the produce is now subject. It has not been thought
heavy port charges, dues, and
mil ilac tai
advisableetc3d; u.; rlt no gt tohec districts,ol amttbeirn
ei t
freet.willhe
but should it te found requisite,
Merits of no ordinary degree, therefore, may fairly be claimed for
company
beat aPMfelligenat-'
this railway, whether taken in connexion with the proposed docks,
or as standing alone, combining as it does all the advantages of any
other lines, with this great addition, that it will be the high road to
the most convenient outport of Manchester, and will be quite inde-
pendent of any associations or influences that might tend to oppose
the growing desire for a moans of direct and independent communi-
cation between Manchester and the port of Chester.
The line has been carefully examined. There are no difficult
earth-works to be encountered ; on the contrary it will be cheap,
and of easy formation. Power is reserved to the Committee to de-
viate from the proposed line in the vicinity of Manchester, should ,
ulterior arrangements render it expedient.
Applications for shares in the subjoined form, and for maps and
prospectuses to be made to the Solicitors, and to the following Share-
brokers :—Messrs. Showell and Son, 25,Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs.
Preece and Evans, 8, Comilla ; and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26,
and Son s,A.Sheitela ;
Austin-friars, London; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Mr. Locke,
Messrs. A. Birchen and Co., Thomas Leeds and Son, Henry Benton,
J B. Lock, and Samuel Slater,
Manchester; Messrs. Neilsons,
Messrs. Healey, Mr. Crap, and Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liver-
pool • Mr. E. Messrs.
-Armitage, Wake-
field ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. Thomas Board-
man, Blackburn ; Mr. W. H.
eio3vledessrasn.
dT.oaNst.
Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. Francis
weatherburn, Huddersfield ; Mr. Wm.
Ap Vwe ll 1 b;
Stamp, Hull ; Mr. L.
Cronheini, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Speucer, Nottingham ; Mr.
lerß,arLdeewells ,
Samuel Eyre, Derby ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr. Joseph
Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. John Thomas Holland, Coventry;
Mr. William Mason, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Messrs. Payne and Freer,
Leicester ; Mr. Wm. Tomkinson, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Mr.
Richard E. Hide, Macclesfield ; Mr. Lea, Cheltenham ; liessrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol . ,
.William Miles, Worcester ; Messrs.
Read and Nicholson, Edinburgh; Messrs. Rees, Perth, N. 8.; and
Messrs. H. and W. A. Tassie, Glasgow.
Applications for shares must be accompanied by a reference to the
Solicitors of the Company, the sharebrokers, or some oilier respon-
sible person.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR RIARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Chester and Manchester
Direct Railway
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 201. each
to accept
in the above Railway, and I undertake
the same, or each
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the Regula-
tions of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay,
re on of 2/. 2s. per Sh
Dated this
are.
when required, the deposit the
day of 1845.
Name and Residence in Rill ..... . „ ........
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CHESTER, and MANCHESTER,
al It
Ea
SMTEEETRING ofthe DIRECT
RAILWAY. with a Branch to Birkenhead,—At the Albion
Hotel, Manchester, Bth August, 845
PRO-
VISIONAL COMMITTEE of this Company,
GEORGE PETER LIVIUS, Esq., in the Chair,
Resolved,—That with a view to carry out the project of a direct
railway from Chester to Manchester, with a branch line to Birken-
head, as announced in the prospectus already published, the follow-
ing gentlemen be appointed a Committee of Management, with power
to add to their number :
Colonel Hutchinson
Colonel Stanhope
David Ainsworth, Esq. D. T. Johnson, Esq.
Samuel Barton, Esq. John Joseph Keene, Esq.
Hugh Beaver, Esq. William King, Esq,
John Burgess, Fsq. George Peter Livius, Esq.
Major Croft Horace William ineteyard, Esq.
James Farish, Esq. Benjamin Oliveira, Esq,
Major Ford James Ogden, Esq., M.D.
Frazer B. Henshaw, Esq. James Orrell, Esq.
Sir John Hilton Major Waller
J. Harney Higson, Esq. C. I. S. Walker
Resolved,—That no application for shares be received after Mon-
day, the 18th of August instant, except from parties locally interested
in the line, and that the time for receiving applications from such
parties be extended to Thursday, the 21st instant, after which day
no applications for shares be received from any parties.
Resolved—That these resolutions be advertised in the London and
provincial newspapers.
GgORGg rETEIt LIVIUS, Chairman.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY, AND
OXFORD AND WOLVERTON JUNCTION.
Capital 2,250,000/., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 10s. per Share.
Registered Provisionally, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
His Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chanclos,
The Right Hon. Lord Nugent, Lilies, Aylesbuary, Bucks
Sir John Chetwode, Barr., M.P., Chetwode Manor House, Bucks
Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, Bart., Oving House, Bucks
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon House, Bucks
The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley, North-

amptonshire
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks, nigh

Sheriff of Bucks
Charles John Baillie Hamilton, Esq., M.P., Thame Park, Oxfordshire
Rice Richard Clayton, Esq., M.P., Hedgerley Park, Bucks
John Deering, Esq., The Lee, Bucks
George Morgan, Esq„ Biddlesden Park, Bucks
Robert Bullock Marsham, Esq., L.L.D., Caversfleld House, Ox-

fordshire
Walter Henry Bracebridge, Esq., Morville House, Warwickshire and

Chetwode Priory, Bucks
John Barnes, Esq., Chorley Wood, Herts
William Osmond Hammond, Esq., St. Alban's-court, Wingham, Kent
Benjamin Price, Esq., Westbury, Bucks
Colonel John Hall, Life Guards' Barracks, Hyde Park, London
John Newman, Esq., Brand's House, Hughenden, Bucks
Thomas Newland Allen, Esq., The Vache, Chalfont, Bucks
Henry William Beauclerk, Esq., 61, Chester-square, London
Robert Fox, Esq., Wendover Lodge, Bucks
William James Bally, Esq., Shepley House, Bucks
Thomas Sands Chapman, Esq., The Park, Aston Clinton, ucks
Robert Marriott Freeman, Esq., Stony Stratford Bucks
George Parrott, Esq., Castle Farm, Buckingham
Captain Edward Hewes, Buckingham

Humphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham
William Stowe, Esq., 13uckingham
William I)avis, Esq., Bicester, Oxfordshire
Captain William Style, R.N., Bicester, Oxfordshire
John Norwood, Esq., Steane Park, Brackley, Northamptonshire
John henry Butterfield, Esq., Brackley
William King Malins, Esq., Brackley
Alfred Hoperaft, Esq., Brackley
Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford
Richard Wootton, jun., Esq., Oxford
Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford
Henry William Tancred, Esq., 31. P., London
Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxon
Zacharia Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks
Joseph Ashby Gillett, Esq., Banbury, Oxon
George Carr Glynn, Esq., London
Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham
Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool
Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey
Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London
Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P., London
Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N.,
Birmingham
Robert Benson, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester
Edw. Wm. Selby Lowndes, Esq., Winslow, Bucks
With power to add to their numb
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir Harry Verney, Bart. G. C. Glyn, Esq.
The Hon. P. S. H. Pierrepont J. F. Ledsam, Esq
E. F. Dayrell, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq.
Z. D. Hunt, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq.
Captain Edward Delves Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N.
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq. Robert Benson, jun., Esq.
J. R. Cobb, Esq. Thomas Young, Esq.
Jon. Samuel Browning, Esq. Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street
Aylesbury—Messrs. Bickford and Hunt ; the London and County
Bank
Buckingham—Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn ; the London and
County Bank
Banbury—Messrs. Cobb and Co. ; Messrs. Gillett and Tawney
Oxford—Messrs. Wootton and Co. ; the London and County Bank
Bicester—Messrs. Tubb.

Directors
of the
London
and
Birmingham
Railway

SOLICITORS.
➢lessrs. Parker, llayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, Lincoln's Inn-tlelds,

. _
London
Mr. Samuel Carter, Birmingham, and 37, Great George•atreet, IVest-

minster
Mr. William Meyrick, 2, Furnival's Inn, London
_ _ .

Messrs. Rose and Messrs. Tindal, Aylesbury
Messrs. 'learn and Nelson, and Mr. Henry Smith, Buckingham
The object of this undertaking is to supply railway communication
to the towns and districts lying between the London and Birming-
ham, and the Great Western Railways, giving them the best means
of access to the metropolis, and connecting them also with the
Northern and Eastern lines of railway, as well as with Oxford and
the South.'
The main line will commence from the London and Birmingham
Railway, near Harrow, and passi►g to the north of Uxbridge, will
proceed up the Valley by Chalfont, near Amersham and Chesham to
Missenden and Wendover, and thence to Aylesbury ; from which
place it will extend to Buckingham, and passing near Winslow, and
approaching Brackley, will terminate by a Junction with the proposed
IVarwickshire and London Railway, near Banbury.
In addition to the line above described, it is intended also to con-
struct a Railway from the central station of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway at Wolverton to Buckingham, and thence through
Bicester to Oxford; and in connexion with the line here proposed,
the Bedford, and London and Birmingham Company, intend to make
a connecting line between Bedford and Wolverton.
The proposed Luckingliam and London and Birmingham Railway
Company (for the construction of a line from Wolverton to Bicester)
is amalgamated with this Company.
Accurate surveys of the country have been taken by Mr. Robert
Stephenson, and it has been ascertained that no engineering difficulty
of importance presents itself.
The undertaking has already received the sanction and support of
a very large proportion of the Nobility, Gentry, and Proprietors of
land through or near whose property it is intended to pass.
It is proposed that these lines should be made with the co-operation,
and under the direction and superintendence of the London and
Birmingham Railway Company; under a lease, in perpetuity, at
four per cent. per annum on the outlay, with a conditional arrange-
ment as to the surplus profits.
It is intended to offer the shares in such proportion as the amount
of capital will allow of, to the holders of shares in the London,
Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway Company, subject to the
approbation of the Committee of Management, with the exception
of such as may be required for parties having local interests.

BUCKINGHAM and LONDON and BIR-
MINGHAM RAILWAY.
The public are respectfully informed that the Company for con-
structing the BUCKINGHAM and LONDON and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY is amalgamated with the BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Any parties locally interested, who have applied for Shares in the
Buckingham and London and Birmingham Company, and who may
wish to take Shares in the Buckinghamshire Company, aro re-
quested to make application on or before the 20th day of August
instant, to any of the solicitors of the Buckinghamshire Railway.
In consequence of the arrangements with the Buckinghamshire
Railway Company, no Mares can be allotted except to parties locally
nteree 1.

NTARIO and HURON JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

The applications for Shares in this Company have been transferred
to the City of Toronto and Lake lluron Railroad Company. A selec-
tion will be made from the applicants to the former Company, who
will receive a communication, giving them the opportunity of be-
coming subscribers in the latter, upon the terms of its prospectus.
W. T. SMITH, Secretary.