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London, England, 1845-10-13 00:00:00

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rfui•st; F.sq., Bedford
F.sq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Dl

George
Jolin II

rector of lire Derby lnd Sltaffora
Wm.Empson liolclerneTs House, near Hull, Director

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of the York Sia Hull Rail we-,- •
Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq.. Holdernesa-house, near Hull, Magis-
trate for the lia Riding of :York and Borough of Hull, and Di-
rector ofthe Liverpool andaLee.is, and Hull and Barnsley Railways
John Jameson, Esq., Honey Tane-market
"Wiliam Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railways - • -
Win. Jones Johnson, Esq., Bedford •
Joseph Jones,"Esq.,Mayor of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas R,-,ginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Blythe and Churnet
Valleys, or -Mdc'elestield and Lichfield Railways
JereVah ,F;sq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director
' of ie Man Chester and Great. Grimsby, and Keighlcy, Halifax, and
rradlersfiela Jnnction Railways
George Kamak, Esq., Ordsall-villa, near East Retford
31r. Samuel Knight, Pontefract
Georgia Lawton, Esq., Ditchley's, Essex, Director of the Chepstow,
Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway
IL C. Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square
Moses Edward Legg, Esq., Watling-street, London
Captain Henry Leech, Bedford ' '
Charles Dontrin Leech, Esq., Bury St. Edmunds
William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Direetor of
the Reading" and Reigate Railway
L. Stephens Lyne, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Western
Jamaica Railway
P. Bennett Lticas, Esq., Director of the Sligo and Shannon, the Ips-
wich and Southampton, and the Cork Passage and Kinsale
Railway
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde-park-square, Director of the Scottish
Westeze, and the Direct Western Railways
John Lead, Esq., Wood-street, Cheapside - . .
Jamw Leeming, Egg.; Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, and Keighlsy, Halifax: and Huddersfield Junction Railway
Samuel Lovell; Esq., marchant, Bedford
Captain J. P. Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the
Lee.is, Fleet Wood, and Liverpool, and Isle of Man Railways
John B. Mann, Esq., Leeds
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., NeWark•upon•Trent, end Eedard-
i- square, Hyde-park
Thomas al‘Turk, Esq., Hull
William Mee, Esq., East Retford
R. alesharn, Eifq., M.D., Bedford
Rupert Mellington, Esq., Ordsall-house, near East Retford, Direetor
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Wiliam Moorhouse, Esq., Mariue-villa, Knottingley, a Prov:sional
Director of the Sheffield, Barnsley; and Wakefield Railway
Teter Morrison, Esq., DireetEogr
Extension Railways
and Midlands Juuctlon, and
London aud Birmingham
James Museroft,Esq.,pontaeract, Magistrate for tstrate fur the Borough, a Pro-
visional Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension and
Chester Junction Railway
George Mackintosh, Esq., Upper-Seymour-etree t, Portman-square.
John Manwaring, Esq., Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire,
Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Ord Massey, Esq., Hawkes-house, Burnley, DirectordoLf theiv Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, the Blackburn, Thorley, an
Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Itailwayserpwl, and
riiamas Micklethwalte; Esq., Wakefield
arles Middleton, Esq., Nottingham-park
ceeph Nadia,. Esq., -Manchester, Director o" the Manc%cster and
Southampton, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
illiam Joseph Nash, Esq., Bedford
-Oa •n Nrorton, Esq., St. George's-square, Westminster, and Moat •
house, Brentwood, Director of the Great Western Direct Rail-
way, 80.
Pobert Kewleind, Esrl.4.Kempeon -house, Bedfordshire

Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation
and Holyhead Junction, and West Midland and South Midland and
Oxford Extension Railways
Joins Ostler, En., Director of the Hall and Barnsley, and Leeds and'

- Carilsk-Rstilways •
Robert 04ley_, POntefract
George Osgood, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn
Charles Frederick Palgrave, Esq., Bedford
Bennett Pell, Esq., 12, Fins-bury-place North
John Phillips, Esq., Mayor of Pontefract
George Parbery, Esq., Mansfield-house, Russell-square
William Patterson, Esq., Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire
Robert Power, Esq., Director of the Great Britain •Life Assurance
Thomas Ingham.Raynor, Esq., Birstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding. Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways.......
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Birming-
ham Direct, Leicester, Iron and Dove Valley Railways
Edward Rawlins, Esq., Bedford
Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah-house, Enfield, Managing
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
James Robson, Esq., Tansheif, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon-
tefract •
Frederick Redden, -Esq., Bedford
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester,
and ,Weymoath. Junction, the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke,
and the Direct Western Railway
George Robinson, Esq,„ Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways
John Richardson, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate,
the East and West Yorkshire, and the Midland and Thirsk Junc-
tion Railways . .
Thomas Rontlidge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract
James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton, of the Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railways
Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury
Henry Savage,-Esq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway
Benjamin Thaw, 'Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnet
and Blythe Valleys Railways
J. E. Sichel, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and
cf the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
William Sloane, Etq., Wimpole-street, Ca,endish-square, Director
of the South Midland Junction Railway, Re. Re.
George. Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury-hall, Sheffield, Director of
the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., 30, North-street, Leeds,Director of the
Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Joseph;Smithson, Esq Kiridess Mills, near Halifax
-John-Sanders, Esq., Bedford
J. W. Se.riVen, Esq., Throstlencst, near Otley, Director of the
Leeds,-York, and Midland Junction Railway
Richard Shaw, Esq., Tulledge, near Burnley, Director of the Keigh-
ley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway
James Henry Simpson, Esq, M. 8.; Pontefract
Joshua Annable Skidmore, Esq., St. John's-place, Wakefield
William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort-
Icy, Silkstone,- and Wakefield, and the Leeds and York Railways
Willman Stewart, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield
.George Eaton Stanger, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel. Herrick Surplice, Esq., Beeston, Notts
John Streets,- Esq., merchant, Spring Field-house, Sandiacre, Derby-

shire . _ _
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William Surplice, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel!James Sykes, Esq., Hull
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Dlree lor of the Derby, Uttozeter,

and StaffOrd Railway
Thomas 3. Trapp, Esq., banker,Bedford
- John Best Trapp. Esq., Redford
-Samuel , Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, Hull, Di-
- - rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
Thomas Turney, Esq., Park-lodge, near Halifax
William. Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, Hull
Joseph Francis Tempest, Esq., F.S.A., the Mount, Ackworth
Charles Wicker's, Esq., Pontefract, Director of the Manchester, Had-
- - dersMd, and Great Grimsby Railway
Watson,Esq , Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, Director of Amber-
gate, Nottingham and Boston, and hastens Junction Railway
StuMtel Warburton, Esq., Hunslet, Leeds, Director of the Wakefield
and Harrogate Railway
The Rev. Richard Whitelock, MA., Saddleworth, Magistrate for
the West tilling of Yorkshire
Joseph Whitaker,• Esq., Rams Bale, Nottingnamshire •
William Wh:te; Esq., Bedford
John Esq., M.D., Magistrate for Yorkshire, Director of
the YOrk, Hull, and East and West Riding Junction Railway
Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale, F.R.C.S.
do:eph Wylee, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Nat-

thigliani, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Dacid Wheateroft, Esq., Buckhuid-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
t!..6 Rugby, Kerby, and Manchester, and Direct lltruilughain and

Leicester Railways
William Williams, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Charles Waite, Esq., Willesdon-house, Middlesex
John Wheelion. Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Willett, Esq., Bradford
The Bev. 11. Burdett Worthington, Bedford
G. N. Wright,- Coed y Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdalc-
square. London, Director of the Thames Valley Rallway
George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax
(With power to add to their number).
ENG INEER-IN•CIIIEF—Sir John liftmen, LL.D., and F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Biggins, Esq C F
LONDON SOLICITORS.
J. R. Gipson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court.
Owen Gray, Esq. 3 _
Esq. 2a, Crest Tower-street.

- LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Leeds—Charles Naylor, Esq., and
Pontefract—Henry John Coleman, Esq.
Rotherham—John Oxisy. Esq., and Jobn Wright Potter, Esq.
Fast Bettbrd—Messrs. Mee, Bigshy, and Mee.
Nottingham—Messrs. Fox and Malin.
Oa!zliam—Henry Honzh, Esq.
Kettering—Thomas Marshall, Esq.
Bedford—Ezra Eagles, Esq.
SzcarranY—J. B. Owen, Esq.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—J. M. Widdicombe, Esq..!
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Itogere, Olding, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs.Becktt and Company
Doncaster i The Yorkshire Banking Company.
Pontefract

The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course,

he important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds with

metropolis, the want of which has long been felt, and Is too univer-
sally acknowledged to need any comment, and it is under this con-
viction that this important undertaking, a.ter several minute exa-
minations of the country through which it will pais, has been brought
forward.

The proposed line will commence at the janction of the Manchester

and LeWs; and York and North Midland Railways, near Wakefield,
and will terminate by means of a junction with the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, at Bedford (to which place it is the intention of that
Company to extend. their line in the ensuing session of Parliament),
and by thus availing itself as far as possible of the existing railways,
will complete the most direct and least expensive trunk line, from
London to Leeds, York, and Hull. It will pass in its route Within an
available distance of Wakefield, Pontefract, Doncaster, Rotherham,
East Redford, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Melton Mowbray,
Oakham, and-Stamford.
Tho importance of such a line is obvious, both from the nature of
its cow se (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within
its limits), as also from the absence of any direct communication
for the conveyance of passengers and merchandise.
By the construction of this railway, railway communication to
London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester (by means of
the Syston and Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham,
(by the Nottingham and Lincoln line(, and to Sheffield and Gains-
borough, )by the Sheffield and Gainshorough line), by a much shorter
route than by any existing railways.
Independently of the advantages offered to the towns in the seve-
ral counties throterh which this line will pass, the line in itself, con-
sidered as a direct trunk line between London and Leeds, is sufficient
to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic
between these two places would produce such a retire on tho capital
required, as to admit of a dividend equal to that of any railway in
operation; but when it. is borne in mind that a company is being
formed for the purpose. of connecting Glasgow and Leeds by
meins of a junction with the York and Carlisle Railway, no better
line can be presented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct
communication from Glasgow and the western parts of Scotland to
London, but would also connect Edinburgh and the eastern parts of
Scotland, as well as Durham and Newcastle (by the York and North
Midland, and Great North of England Railways) with the metropo-
lis,- which would be considerably shorter than the accommodation
offered by any other company ; and when cost of construction is con-
sidered, there cannot be a doubt but that preference would be given
to the Great Leeds and Loudon Direct Railway.

The fact of the Eastern Counties Railway being connected by a
branch line with the East and West India Docks on the river
Thames, and the Railway Company having recently leased for 999
years the exteucive pepper warehouses belonging to those docks,
which are capable of receiving 12,000 tons of goods, together with
wharf§ adjoining, where the shipment and trans-shipment of goods
from all parts of the world can take place, is a most important fea-
ture in favour of the direct communication from the manufacturing
towns of Glasgotv and Leeds offered by the Great Leeds and London
Direct Railway and, by branch railways to the main trunk line,
through which all gbods front the manufacturing districts could be
conveyed at once to these warehouses for shipment, thereby avoiding
the present delay and expense of cartzlge, and in reality establishing
an almost direct and invaluable connexion between the rivers Clyde
and Thames. •
It has been ascertained that there are no engineering difficulties,

that the w ,rks will be easy, and the gradients remarkably good, and
that it will not materially interfere with any ornamental property.
The subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first
leposits, until an .tvzt of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
to the amount of theirsubscriptions.
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It is proposed to take powerin the Bill to allow interest at 4 per
cent. per annum on all calls until the opening of the line, and also
to extend the line to Hertford ou the Eastern Counties line, in the
event of that Company not prosecuting their line to Bedford.

BROKER 3.
London—MeSsrs. Marten and Heseltine, 9, Finch-lane
Leeds—Messrs. Hopps and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Joseph King and Son
I Bill—Messrs. Flint and Toots]
and:tester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons
Bradford—Mr. Josiah Scholefleld
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's. square.

GREIIT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Managing Committee of this Railway hereby give notice that
they are now proceeding in the Allotment of the Shares in the above
undertaking, and that all the Letters of Allotmeat will be issued in
the ensuing week.

J. B. OWEN, Secretary

Temporary Offices, Adelaide-place,
London-bridge.

rPHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY, vla ABINGDON, WASTAGE, HITNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Clapitall,2oo,6oo/., in 48,009 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlingtou
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dillon, Dltchley-park, Oxon
The Right Hon. Lord SWIM I, Gunton-park, North Walsham
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Deil, Windsor
The Right Hon: Lord Dnnboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Hamer, M.P., ii, Thum--
street,- Park-lane, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct
Railway
The lion. Robert Gore, R.N., 111. P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Lieut.-Col. the Hon.-J. C. Westenra, M.P., 13, Condult-s!reet, Di-
rector of the East and West Junction Railway
Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Director of
Thtehell3oftwii.
Manchester
The Hon. Edwardlm M.
Stafford jerningham, Director of the London and
cislitiear an(11. 11771Tircct Railway

Nottingham Railway •
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Ilart.
Sir Joint Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London,
Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway
E. F. Dayrell. Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Buckingham-
shire, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Lieut.-Colonel -Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place,
Bryanston-square, Director of the Great Western Extension
Atmospheric Railway
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the Central Kent Railway
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton. Director of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director of the
Dover and Bristol Railway
Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby
Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Major J. T. Croft, 15, Regent-street, Vice-Chairman of Remington'a
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Major Moore, Qaecn Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Direct Railway
Major Graham,. late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham
G. B; Bunbery, • Esq.; Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Manchester Railway
The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester-
square, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction
Railway . .
James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal-
' way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully-castle
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Dover
and Bristol Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale
. Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool
James Slur; Esq., Pendleton, Manchester
The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, Catnbridgeshirc
Thomas Dowgias:e, Esq., iMarlborough-place, St.-
John's-wood
E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Directors of the
W. Lon-
W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex
G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-terracc, Regent's-park don and Exe-
ter Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, II yde-pa rk,
John Allen, Esq., 12, Gloucster-tcr, Kensington
Francis Roose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montague-square
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equitable and Law
Life Assurance Companies, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Railway
William Gambler,
F.,sq , Sacombe-park, Herts
Nehemiah John ltee'd,
Gainthorotury Rail way
Benjamin
nn
SanwdanSOEutsqh W.jalesmql.337-itstr:Nee"t'
ou7stal ry
Marlborough, Director of the
Cmhlaltirlaems
Belcher,E zEsisl ger t.
,
John Hyde, Esq., Jun., Alderman of Abingdon •
John King, Esq., .V-Aligtion

Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdoll
John Tomkins, Esq.
Varris,
Thomas Copeland, Esq. don
Members of the Town Council,' Abing.
Edwin James Treudell, Escp,
John Aldworth, Esq.,Frilford, Berks
William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon
Isaac Grubb. Esq.
John Towle, Esq.
Samuel Steane, Esq. Members of the City Council, Oxford
Richard Chaundy, Esq.
Charles Hickman, Esq.

John Weaving, Esq.,
IL C. Godfrey, Esq.

James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford,
Director of the Londo -' and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Captain IL Strong, Oxford, Director of the Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railway
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford

John Looker, Esq., Oxford
William Seekham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon

henries Shillingford, Esq., Sourer Town, Oxon

MAI Williams, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon
Mr. Wm. Miller, Oxford

Mr. H. Dormer, Oxford
Mr. Charles Miller, Oxford

Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford
Mr. Wm. Thompson, Oxford

James Wiekens.-E4ql, Oxford

John Brightman, Esq , Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the
Hounslow Railway
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Eastern and
Midland Counties Railway
F. Walker Botte!ill, Esq., Burnley

Capt. James Edward Carnegie, Somerset-street. Portman-square,
and Bower-hall, Inverness, Director of the Reading and Reigate
Railway
Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage
Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage

John 131ulit, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London

Docks
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the
Commercial and General Life Assurance Association
Robert Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern
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and Western Railway
John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the Somer.
setshire Midland Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary-churchyard, Director of the Direct
Independent London aud. Manchester Railway
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway
T. A. Dale, Esq., .Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot-

teries Railways. .
Charles Johnston, Esq., Aldersg,ate-street, Director of the Lynn,
Thetford, and Ipswich Railway
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Malkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Director if the Northampton and Cambridge Railway
George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby
and Warwick Railway
George Jackson, Esq. Abingdon

George Cox, Esq., Abingdon ow ~NO v0tramem5.....•••.....
John Knight, Esq. Abingdon
Thomas MAIM, Egg. Huddersfield, director of the Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, and Huddersfield and Liverpool
Direct Railway .
James Paxton, Esq. M.D., director of the Rugby and Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways
Thomas Ingham Raynes, Esq. Lilac-cottage, Birstal, near LeMs, di-
rector of the Great Leeds, and London, Midland, and Thirsk, and
oth:r Railways
J. Russell, Esq, Gloucester-place, Portman-squara

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General Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Charles Brees, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Ehuslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddy, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—The London and 'Westminster Bank.
Oxford—The London and County Bank.
Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank.
Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co.; and the County
Bank
Wantage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co.
Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank
Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Oxford—Jno. Francis Wilde, Esq.
Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq.
Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son
Wantage—William Ormond, Esq.
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Macomb, Esq.
SECRETARY—Z. Hubbersty, Esq.
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- - —„.
The imvortance of Connecting remote parts of Ei:gland by rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby confzrred upon Intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the line
which is how proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
coarse between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the publio will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended railrca 1, the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the north west, north, and north-cast of
the former, and to the south and west of the latter ; and the
proposed line from Cambridge to Ox'ord, contlauhr, to that city the
curse of railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.

The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, In addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by perfecting a direct line of communication be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the byroads of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts is which they arc seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis-
bury Intel immediate connexion with the City and University of
Oxford, combining also the advantage of a direct communication
with the aster University of Cambridge ; thus strengthening the
ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com-
mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be
essentially enhanced.

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 severe!), crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, ar
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
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It has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of tke Great
Westera Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to }Vantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be aforded to that place; and
a perfect lino of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Catnbridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have bee:► nauaud, litingerford and Lodgers-
hall, to Salisbury, and thence to the loath and western ports and dis-
tricts.

Applications for shares and prospectuses t• he made to Messrs.
Firrslle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, and to the following
Ur( kers t—Messrs. Peppereorne, 2, Old Broad-street, and Messrs.
Pr( elte and Evans, Lothbury, London ; Messrs. Alston and Cage, and
Missrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; John Duneuft, and Mr.
John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. B-adshaw, and Messrs.
Welibeloved and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr.
James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
Bradford ; Mr. Win. Miles, Worcester ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. Easty and
Sous, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs Black
and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm.
Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Prorislonal Committee of the Oxford and Valisbury Dire

Railway,
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the
above undertaking; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number which may be allotted to sas, and also to pay the &-
posits thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, Parlia-
mentary Contract, ;and all other necessary instruments, when re-
quired so to do.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
Name in full
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Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London.

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and g Vict., Cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermcre
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesha:n-?like.?, Bulgrt.vc-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right lion. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George it. Dawson
The lion. Frederick Byron
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The lion. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. 11. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William It. Collett, Esq., M.P.
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Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., ILp. •
W. li. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
F.ederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
John Bloore, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe-hall, Notts
William Broaks, Esq., Cork -street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Cliesent-place,
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doetore•coramons
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, Berwicks/fre
Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cainbiran and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-read, Director of Cie London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square
Thomas Hartslionie,•Esq'., Silkmoor-house, Stafford
Charles James Heath, Esq., London
Frazer B. Holahan', Esq., Director of the Great Maneheeter and
Southampton Railway

James Peard Ley, Esq.:Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Dlractor
of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston and Corbyns-hall Ironworks,
Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-sq,mre
Robert Marsden 3lassey, Esq., Oxford-square
David 3lontague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
W. E. Mousley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn and Derby
r.Directortr 0
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P. H. Muntz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxfbrd,
Watsonsq.,
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tovWorcester, and Wolverhampton Railways
William Francanc Francis Parker, 1
Archibald
.tshgeu.Sroeu,thuroWroalpetsoßn, Directorailway of
the Grand Junction and Midlands Unian Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham
Theophilus Richards, Esq., Binningliant
Frederick Ricketts, E.sq., Director of
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairinan of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway
James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire
Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus l'ulk, Esq., Totteridg,e-park, Hants
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Webster, Esq.,
John2s, 3fecklenburgh-square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry rW ight Esq. Director of the Groat Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
Thomas gl •ut Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-ball, Suffolk, and 32
Grosvenor-place
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate•street, and De.
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. 3fotterain and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CluEr—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. 11. Purdon, Esq.
BANKERS.
TCh Commercial Bank of London ; and
The Birmingham Banking Company.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
Burton-upen•Trent— -
SECRETARY—Mr. Edward Hart Hart.
OFFICES—No,), Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and

36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.
It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with th least possible injury to
existing interefts. To effect this object, use will be made of existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica-
tion will be completed by throwing out nea lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
milesin length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
Ihe communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried •brward as far as Gainsberough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gahisborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act WAS obtained by
the Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament.