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the adjacent lines, which fact, with particulars, must be stated in
their appiications.
Application for shares may be made in the usual firm, to the Se-
cretary ; soliciters ; Messrs. Thomnson and Debenham, Salters'-ball,
London, and to ,he local agents, and the following isrokers : -Londo:s,
Taunton and Bush, Austin-triars ; Mr. 11. Pritchett, 74, Old Broad-
street ; and Mr.T.C. Munday.l7, Iloyal Exchange (eastern entr nee) .
Messrs. Price and Brown, Chango-al ey. Sheffield—George Radon,
just. Manchester—Messrs. Hope and Rostrum. Liverpool —Mvs,rs.
Schultz and Carr; Messrs. Stubbs Brothers. Leeds—Messrs. Rids-
dale, Myers, and Ridsdale, 'Peale and Burton. Hull—Messrs. Wil-
kinsou and Earl. Wakefield—Messrs. Ridsdale and Rogers; Not-
tingham —Mr. Wakefield ; Pontefract—Mr. Frith ; and Edinburgh.
Messrs. John Robertson and Co., and Messrs. Pillans and Homo.

NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, and HULL
RA lIWAY, commencing at Northampton, and proceeding
by way of Kettering; Uppimzham, Oaliham, Grantham, on to Lin-
coln, with two extensions front hat city—one to the port of Gains-
borough, and the other to Market Raisen and the rising and im-
portant port of Great Grimsby.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100.000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

London and Birmingham, and the lines of railway proposed to con-
verge at that town from Cheltenham, and the west from Worcester
and from Warwick, the line will proceed in a direct course to the
market town of Kettering, by which place all the companies com-
peting for the line of railway between London and Manchester pro-
pose to pass. It will then proceed, also, in a direct course to the
market towns of lippingham, Oakham, and Grantham, to Lincoln.
The country lying between the towns of Northampton and Gran-
tham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo-
dation, not only to the south, but also to the north.
At Lincoln the line will tbrk, and proceed on the one hand in a
northerly direction to the flourishing port of Gainsb*rough, and on
the other by a north-eastern course to the market town of Market
Raiscn, on the rising port of Great Grimsby.
By an union with the Sheffield and Great Grimsby Junction Rail-
way at Market Itaisen, a d rect and uninterrupted chain of commu-
nication will be established between all the above-mentioned districts
and the town and port of Hull.
The soarees of traffic which this line will secure are various and '
very - considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated,
viz.:—
Starting from Great Grimsby the line will appropriate to itself the
whole of the traffic thence to the metropolis, and also the southern
and wectern districts of the country, and, in addition, it will secure
the important and increasing local traffic between that town and

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Le.
tester and Bedford Railway Company
Mr. Joseph Aduitt, merchant, Northampton
Francis ,lines Alliott, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas J. Arnold, Esq.' Revising Barrister for the City of London
Sir Arthur de Capel Broke, Bart., Oakley-hall, near Kettering
Robert M. Bates, Esq., banker, Strand
Charles Itolk Bracebridge, Esq., Atherstone-hall, Warwickshire
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe-hall, Newark
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton-hill, Surrey
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Mr. Alderman Brooks, Manchester
C. Blischek, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street, London
Jonathan Burton, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union
and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Companies
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton
J. 1). Barry, Esq., London and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux Railway Company
Charles Britten, Esq., Northampton
Mr. Alderman Bean, Nottingham
John Bradley, Esq., the Park, Nottingham
Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Upper Gower-street
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-square, London
Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex
Thomas Mortimer Cleoby, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
Ctimberleg,e, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Mr. Edward Cotton, merchant, Northampton
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Peter Coniston, jun., Esq., husbands Bosworth, near Welford
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
John Robert Dolby, Esq., Asbbourne, Derbyshire
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., 6, Tilney-
street, Park-lane
Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone•lodge, Poole
Edmund F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingstone Dayrell, Iligh Sheriff of sucks
John Eyston, Esq., Weltord and Salford-hall, Warwickshire
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Benjamin Fowler, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, And Cheltenham Railway Company
John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Northampton. Banbury, and
Cheltenham Railway Company
William Gambler, Esq., Seacombe-park, Hertfordshire
Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Major-General Grcenstreet, Northampton
John Cooper Gotch, Esq., banker, Kettering
James Gernon, Conduit-street, Bond-street
Alexander Greig, Esq., Leiviides-street, telgrave-square, Linden
Frederick William Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornbill, London
The Rev. George Edward Hanmer, Rector of Loddington and Oyer-
stone, Northamptonshire
Frederick William Hamilton, Esq.
Henry Hensman, Esq., Pytchley, Northamptonshire
George Harper, Esq., Moss-fields, Salop
William Herbert, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas nagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Methuen-villa, Leamington
John Holbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, London
Mr. William Higgins, merchant, Northampton
Edward Hall, Esq., WeSi Bank-house, Macclesfield, Director of the
Northampton, Banbury, ftod Cheltenham Railway Company
John Baron Howse, Esq., Irtlllingberough-grange, Northampton-
shire
Mr. Alderman Hollis, Northampton
Richard llopper, Esq., tipper Clapton, London, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company
Hon. Edward Jerningham
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
William Laycock, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Grand Union Railway Companies
Sir Gregory A. Lewin, Recorder of Doncaster
F. Valentine Lee. Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London,
Director of the Eastern Conties Railway Company
George Wortley Lovell, Esq., Great Billing, Northamptonshire
Charles Leavers, Esq., the Park, Nottingham
Major-Gitneral Mercer, C. 8., Queen Anne-street. Cavendish-square
Christopher Markham, Esq.. Northampton
William Mackenzie, Esq , Liverpool and Paris, Director of the Or-
leans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway Company
James Morrison, Esq., St. Mart -at-hill, London
G. Marshall, Esq., Godalming, Surrey
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury, Kent
Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square
George Murray, Esq., Chichester
Samuel Oxenham, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London
Sir George Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts
Samuel Percival, Esq., banker, Northampton
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrethel, Herefordshire
Edwin Pell, Esq., Sywell-hall, Northamptonshire
George Ryder Peppereorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex
Vaughan Prance, Esq., Nether StoweASomersetshiro
Hoary Pywell, Esq., _\'u: !Hampton
John Phipps, Esq., Northamrl"oll
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
Mr. George Rands, merchant, Nottingham
The Rev. John Lucas Sutton, Rector of Weekly, NorthaMptonshire
F. Curwen Smith, Esq., Frognall-hall, Hampettad
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Companies
Frederick Seymour, Esq., St. dameS'S-square
G. W. Smith, Esq., Harbury-hall, Sheffield
William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Eelgrave-square, London
James Robert Spitler, Esq., banker. Northanip ton
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grantley Castro
William Strong, Esq., Northampton
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall, Landoll
Major James Waller, St. James's-street •
Mr. Alderman Williams, Northampton
Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, manufacturer, Nottingham
David Wheateroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Company
George Willes, Esq., Hungerford, Berks
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Charles Thomas Wardet Esq., Clopton-house, Stratford-on-Avon, and

PONTEFRACT, WORKSOP, and MANS-
FIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby givee, that no further Applications for Shares in
this Company will be received after SATURDAY, the 18th inst. ; and
that no attention can be paid to any which are not accompanied by a
reference to Bankers, members of the Committee, or the Solicitors
and Agents to the undertaking _ _ _

J. N. SPELLEN, Hon. Sec,

1, Royal Exchange-buildings, Oct. 13,

PONTEFRACT, DONCASTER, WORKSOP
and MANSFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Market Raisen and Lincoln.
From Cainsborough, the termini of several railways from tl:e
north and north-west, this line will carry the traffic to Lincoln, its
county town.
The traffic from Hull to the metropolis, and also to the west, will
enter upon this line at ➢farket Raisen, and proceed thereon to
Lincoln.
From Lincoln the whole of the traffic passing to the west and the

TO SURVEYORS,

A liberal remuneration will be given to competent Surveyors wil
ling to he employed on the survey of this line. Immediate applieatim
to he made to the Secretary, at the offices, 1, -Royal Exchange-build•
logs, London, or at the offices of Messrs. Unwin and Mickly, Solici
tors, Sheffield.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

intermediate towns must pass over this line. -
In the event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not
obtaining the:r Bill, then the traffic front Lincoln to the south and
west, and'also the metropolis, will pass along this line of railway;
the former the whole distance, and the latter at any event t• Gran-
tham, a distance of about twenty-five miles ; and should the London
and York Company not succeed, such traffic will proceed on to Ket-

MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,
From Nottingham to Syston.

(Provisionally Registered.)
A prospectus, NNith the names of a most influential Committee, and
other dltails, will appear in a few days. The line will connect the
Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Jtuiction with the
South Midland Railway.

COLICITORS.
William Unwin, Esq.
Sheffield.
Bickley, Esq.
LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Thompson and Debonliant,

St. Swithin's•lane.

SHEFFIELD, WEST RIDING, AND MID-
LANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Prospectuses and plans, with forms of application, are naw ready
for delivery at the Offices of the Company, 11, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet.
street, London.

I BEAT MUNSTER RAILWAY, direct from
Dobvn to Limerick, Tarbert. and Tralee, with a brat Ali to
Itatlikcale and Newcastle. _ _ _

At a public meeting of the landowners and inhabitants of the
town of Rescrea and its vicinity, convened on a requisition, most re-
spectably signed, by the High Sheriff of the county, to take into
consideration the merits of the proposed Great Munster Railway,
and held at the Court House, Roscrea, on Saturday, the 11th Octo-
ber, 1845,
The Hon. F. A. PRITTIE, D.L. and C K. in the Chair,

On the motion of JAMES F. ROLLESTON, Esq., D.L., -of Frankfort
Castle, seconded by GEORGE GARVEY, Esq., J.P., of Thornvale :
Resolved—That this meeting contemplates with satisfaction the
well-directed efforts which capitalists are now making to extend to
Ireland the benefits of railway communication.

On the motion of the Very Rev. THOMAS BLAKE, Roscrea ; seconded

by JOSEPH GRIFFITH. Egg., Ashniear

Resolved—That a direct railway from Dublin through this town,
and the important town of Nenagh, to Limerick, Torbert, and Tralee,
is indispensably necessary to the prosperity of the North Riding of
Tipperary and the South-west of Ireland.

On the motion of GEORGE MINCIIIN, Esq., J.l'., Burcherstown ; se-
conded by GEORGE lineal, Esq., 3fonahinchia

Resolved—That inasmuch as the Great Munster Railway will
afford this accommodation in the most complete and efficient man-
ner, and as it has been the first direct line presented to our nttice, it
is entitled to our warmest approbation and support. _

On the motion of Mr. JOHN CROTTT, lioscrea Iseconded by JACKSON
HONE, Esq., of Old Castle :

Resolved—That a petition be presented to the House of Commons
embodying the foregoing resolutions.

On the motion !of Esq., Ballaghmore ; seconded by HENRY

SMITH, Esq., Clreen

Resolved—That the Right Honourable G. L. D. Darner, ALP., be
requested to present the petition, and that the Hon. Colonel West-
enra, M.P., be requested to support the same.
(Signed) F. A. PRITTIE, Chairman.
The Hon. F. A. Prittie having quitted the chair, the Hon. Colonel
Westenra was caged thereto, when,

On the motion of JAMES F. ROLLESTON, Esq. ; seconded by the Right

Hon. Colonel I). DAmin i

Resolved—That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chair-
man for his able, gentlemanly, and impartial conduct in the chair.

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,200,000/., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 ands Viet., Cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combennere
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George R. Dawson
The Hon. Frederick Byron
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William It. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
George Frederick Mentz, Esq., M.P.
W. 11. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street
John Aston, Esq , Birmingham
Joseph lyre, Esq., Hull
F, ederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
John Moore, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe-hall, Notts
William Ilroaks, Esq., Cork.street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick llrownlow, 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., Chesent-place, Belgrave-
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Req., Edringtotehinise, Berwickshire
Henry It. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambiran and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-read, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmoor. house, Stafford
Charles James Heath, Esq., London
Frazer B. Ilegishaw, Esq., Director of tie Great Manchester and
Southampton Railway
James I'eard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director
of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston and Corbyne-hall Ironworks,
Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square
David Montague, 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
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of
the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham
Theophilits Richards, Esq., Birmingham
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., I ilreetor of the Great Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway
James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire
Henry Svmonde, Esq., D rector of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus I ulk, Esq., Totteridge-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
John Webster, Esq., 35, Meeklenburghasquare, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
Thomas Nugeut Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall, Suffolk, and 32
Grosvenor-place
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, 3foorgate-street, and De-
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Purdon, Esq.
BANKERS.
Teh Commercial Bank of London ; and
The Birmingham Banking Company.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
Burton-upon. Tren—
t Mr. Edward Hart Hart.
OFFICES—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London g 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 the least possible injury to
existing interests. 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 new 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
miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zottch and
Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried eorward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough 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.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Humber, or New Holleud, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
91 Birmingham to Gainsborough,
and from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a direct line from
Wolverhampton to Nottingham, and the other towns already elm-
inerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
lice, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in
Parliament.
As a coneiderrible portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
great tuitional undertaking will he materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to he derived by a direct commu-
nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing. districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may he confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough truffle from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir-
mingham to Hull, the'port at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burgh, the Ge-man States, and the North of Europe ; and from the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
Southern, western, and midland counties.
A preference will he given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors tied
shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will lie liable beyond the amount of the deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
suliseription.
The usual power will he taken to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the °peeing
of the line.
No applications will he attended to without a reference to a
member oftl; e Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, of which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution. of those deeds will be for-
fel t ed
Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may
be had of the Solieitnrs, mid of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
viz..—Messrs. Wells, Weetrapp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street;
Mr. IT. Pritchett, I, Royal Exchange-buildings ; Messrs. Hitching and
Herrison, IS. The! alneedie-street ; and Messrs Peppercorns and Son,
2, 01,1 Ilroad-street, London ; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williams. aral MeSsrs. Bradley, Feria, and Parker, Manchester;
3fessaa IVats,on and Co., and Mr. Satamel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies aiel f .11, Liverpool ;Messrs. Ridsaale, Myers. and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. 1 Derby ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Notting-
. p and Sea,
ham ; Messrs, Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; Mr. Collis,
and Mr. James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee, of the Birmingham, Nottingham,
Gainsborough, and Hull Railway Campany.
I request you will allot me shares of 20/. each, in the capi-
tal of the above-named Rainaey and I will accept the same, os
any less number, and pay 11 te the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, 'am-
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement whet
required.
Dated this

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Luton 800, Bedfordshire
The Rev. C. F. Watkins, Vica? of Brexworth, Northamptonshire
Mr. John Woolston, jun., merchant, Wellinborough
Mr. Joseph Wykes, merchant, Northampton
Mr. Marmaduke Wetherell, merchant, Northampton
Charles Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and
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Consall-hall, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. J. C. Westenra, 31. P., Brooks's Club
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Allen Allieocke Young, Esq.. Orlieghury, Northamptonshire
T. Borwick Yzarn, Esq., Berne-hill, Surrey
Chadwick, William, Esq., Montague-square, Chairman of the Rich-

mond Railway
Carlile, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull
Digby, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull
Sleight, Robert P., Esq., Hull
Atkinson, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Bamford, Charles, jun., Esq., merchant, Hull
Bamford, Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Casey, William, Esq., merchant, Hull
GLIM, Thomas Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Garthume, John, E: q., merchant, Hull
Hammond, Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hannnond, Thomas Dowton, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hall, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hubbersty, Henry, Esq., merchant, Hull

Ilolmes, iYeorge, Esq., merchant, Hull
Norman, Wm. V. Esq., merchant, Hull
Ostler, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Pearson, William Hunt, Esq., merchant, Hull
Petchell, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull
Thompson, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull
Whittaker, Isaac, Esq., merchant, Hull
George Abbey, Esq., Northampton
Mr. Thomas Atherton, merchant, Northampton
Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P., 5, Whitehall-yard
Edmond Singer Burton, Esq., Daventry, Northamptonshire
Mr. W. Bunting, wool merchant, Spratton, Northamptonshire
Sir Montague Cholmley, Burt, Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir Francis Cockburn, Dover
John Collis, Esq., Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, Director of the
Northampton Union Bank
John Chowns, Esq.' Friestou-house, Claythorpo, near Grantham
The Rev. Thomas Clayton, Rector of Cottingham-cum-Middleton,
Northamptonshire
The Rev. Thomas Cook, Rector of Grafton Underwood, Stanior, and
Briggstock, Northamptonshire
Mr. John Groom, manufacturer, Northampton
Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Barton-place, St. James's
Hon. Colonel Hutchinson, 'Weston-house, Worcester
Charles Heneage, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
H. 11. 11. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley-park, Northamptonshire, DI
rector of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Mr. S. S. Hobson, manufacturer, Leicester
Ambrose Isted, Esq., Ectou, Northamptonshire
Major Thomas Isham, Lamport, Northamptonshire
John Jeffery, Esq., Northampton
Thomas Michael Keyworth, Esq., Lincoln
Joint Lovell, Esq., Towcester, Northamptonshire
Herbert Longhorn, Esq., Cottesbrooke-hall, Northamptonshire
Rev. Robert Montgomery, Rector of Ilolcot, Northamptonshire
John Nethercoat, Esq., Moulton-grange, Northamptonshire
John Percival, Esq , Woodlands, Isle of Wight
Mr. Francis Parker, manufacturer, Northampton
Archibald Robertson, Esq., M.D., Northampton
John Reddall, Esq., Dallington-hall, Northamptonshire
The Rev. Henry Rokoby, Rector of Arthingworth, Northamptonshire
William Rudgard, Esq., Lincoln
Richard Whitton, Esq. Lincoln
Thomas Wood, Esq., Esq.,
Northamptonshire

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11. 11. Whitworth, Esq., Northampton
Major Maidwell Young, Northamptonshire
The Rev. Humphrey Waldo Sibthorpe, Washingborough, near Lin-
coln, Director of the London and York Railway Company
George Smith, Esq., Oakham Rutland
Mr. Matthew Sooby, jun., merchant, Gainsborough
The Rev. Thomas Sanders, Vicar of Moulton, Northamptonshire
Thomas Wetherell , Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
Railway Company
Rev. Zacharia Shrapnel Warren, Rector of Ancaster, near Grantham.
Thomas Adams, Esq., I.enton-firs, Nottinghamshire
John Coupland, Esq., Shellingthorpe-hall, near Uncoil
Robert Carr Andrew, Esq., Brixworth, Northamptonshire
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham
Mr. Alderman Cullen, Nottingham
.John Eagleton, Esq., Belton-hall, Rutlandshire
Rev. E. It. Eagle, Rectory, Belton, Rutlandshire
J. F. Edmonds, Esq , Rye-hills, Northamptonshire
Richard Field, Esq. Leigh-house, Lower Tooting, Surrey
Smith Fowler, Earl. Nottingham
John Gladstone, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Captain Twistleton Graves, director of the Leicester and Teen and
Dove Valley Railway
Thomas C. Higgins, Esq. Turvey-house, Bedfordshire
John Harrison, Esq. Nottingham
T. Richard Tucker Hodgson, Esq. Birmingham
R. 5. Ifutchinson, Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Robert Hawley, Esq. Oakham
Mr. Alderman Ileoper, director of the Direct London end Manchester
Railway Company
T. 0. Higgins, Esq. Turvey-house, Beis
John Judkins, Esq. Stowe-hill, Northamptonshire
Godfrey Kemp, Esq. Belton, Rutlandshire
William Lawrence, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manches-
ter Railway Company
John Leavers, Esq. the Park, Nottingham
John Manning, Esq. riarpole, Northamptonshire
James Morley, Esq. Basford-hall, Nottinghamshire
N. M`Cann, Esq. 50, Parliament-street, director of theliSlighton and
Cheltenham, and Manchester and Rugby Railroads
Mr. Fletcher Mercer, merchant, Galesborough
Charles Morris, Esq., the Grange, Oakbam
Tee Rev. J. A. Nash, 27, Walbourne-terrace, Byde-park-gardens,
-London
George Payne, Esq., Sulby-hall, and rltsford-house, Northampton-
shire
Thomas Pell, Esq., Northampton
Mr. lames Pell, Sywell, Northamptonshire
Robert Itising, Esq., the Shrubbery, Worcester
John Sepperson, Esq., Director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Con-wally
William White, ESA., Director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Mr. Alderman Walker, Northampton
William Walker, Esq., Leawood, near Matlock
William Batchellor Brownlow, Esq., merchant, Hull
N.B.— o addition will be made to the above list, unless any
landed proprietor residing in the neighbourhood of the line, or other
influential party, shall be desirous, either on his own account, or in
order to represent the locality in which he resides, of having his
name added to the Provisional Committee, and intimate the same to
one of the Solicitors.

tering or Northampton.
The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of
more than forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakhatn
and Uppingham, is without railway or water-carriage accommoda-
tion, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over this line of
railway, which will be in the direct course not only to the west but
also to London. _ -

At Kettering this line will unite with that one of the now com-
' petmg schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to
London which shall be successful before Parliament.
The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two
exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the very
favourable gradients of by far the greater portion of the line; indeed,
for many miles the line will run upon a water level.
The lire will not interfere with any ornamental property.
The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking.
The promoters reserve power to alter and vary the route, and ex-
tend the proposed line of railway, and to increase the amount of
capital, as may be necessary or advisable.
Applications for shares may be made to the Secre-
tary, or to the following Sharebrokers, of whom Pros-
pectuses, with Maps of the line, may be obtained:—Lon-
don, Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., 2, Old Broad-street ; Bir-
mingham, Mr. W. H. Collis; Blackburn, Mr. Thomas Boardman;
Bradford, Mr. George Clark; Bristol, Messrs. Tate and Nash; Chel-
tenham, Mr. James Stokes ; Coventry, Mr. J. S. Holland ; Dublin,
Messrs. Labertouclie and Statlbrd ; Edinburgh, James Pringle, Esq.,
79, Princes-street ; Exeter, Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy ;
Glasgow, Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson; Halifax, Mr. William
Cronheira ; Huddersfield, Messrs. Everard and Co. ; Hull, Mr. F.
Stamp ; Leeds, Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler ; Leicester, Messrs.
Payne and Freer; Liverpool, Messrs. Townly and Whitehead, Messrs.
Caineron and Co., Mr. Morris Reynolds ; Macclesfield, Mr. Richard
E. Rine ; Manchester, Messrs.Cardwell and Sons, Messrs. A. Birchen
and Co., Mr Charles O'Neil ; Nottingham, Mr. Charles Spencer;
Sheffield, Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons ; Southampton, Mr.
Joseph Clark, jun. ; Wakefield, Mr. E. 11. Armitage ; Worcester, 31r.
Miles ; York, Messrs Grayston and Earle.

FOILII OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull
Railway Company.
Appropriate to me, subject to the and undertake to accept the same, or
such
ih ilessn tl izentantvre
arsai3l,woua y
Centlemen,---I requesi, you to allot me shares of 25/.
in
lotions of the Company, and to s;gn the necessary deeds, and to pay,
when required, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full •.. ...
Profession and Professional Residence in full .
Private Residence in full . . . . • • • • • • • • •
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Usual Signature •• • • •.•.. • •
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Name ..... •• •
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And Profession of Referee .... • • • . • • • • • • • .
Office, 84, Moorgate-street.

NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, and HULL
RAILW
Prospectuses and maps will be ready for delivery TO-MORROW,
the 14th inst.
Company's Offices, 34, Moorgate-street.

THE DIRECT LINCOLN, EAST RETFORD,
and SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Forming a direct communication from Yarmouth and Hull to Man-
chester and Liverpool.
(Provisionally Registered under 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.)
Capital, 600,0001., in 24,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. I2s. 6d. per share.
ONAL
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq.,
PROVISIONAL OVISI COMMITTEE.
31x., Director of the Lancaster and
York, and Great Munster Railways
The Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Edward Chichester, Eaton-place,
Eaton-square, Dean of Raphoe
Hon. Colonel I.eicester Stanhope, Ashburnham-house, Chelsea,
Chairman of Remington's Direct Lon don and Manchester Rail-
way, and Director of the Northern, Eastern, and Western Junc-
tion Railway
The Hon. Henry Gage, Whitehall,
,and Firle, Lewes, Sussex, Direc-
tor of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
The Hon Francis Needham, Fairfield-lodge, Kensington
Lieutenant-Colonel George Moreton Eden, Director of the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
Thomas Nagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midlands,
am: Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railways
Thomas Oharpe, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midlands,
and North..7lPton, Lincoln, and Hull Railways
John Freeman; .r.sq., Director of the Cheltenham and Banbury, and
South Midlands Ra.liwaYs, Northamptonshire Banking Company,
and Northampton, tios:oln, and Hull Railway
John Phipps, Esq., Northamplon, Director of the Northamptonshire
Banking Company, and Bedfoid and Cambridge, and:Northampton,
Lincoln, and Hull Railways
Francis Parker, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Bedford and
Cambridge Railway
William Cotton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northern,
Eastern, and Western Junction Railway
Major Adair, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Northern
and Southern Connecting Railway, Goole and Doncaster, and
Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct
Manchester, and Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways
Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Surrey, Director of the Northern
and Southern Connecting Railway
Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, Director
of Remington's London and Manchester Railway
J, his Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting Railway, and South Midland Railway
Daniel William Lucas, Esq., Mark-lane. City, and Crescent-lodge,
Stockwell-park, Surrey, Director of the Northern and Southern
Connecting Railway
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Rhoyd, Halifax, Deputy-Lieutenant of
Yorkshire
Richard Twigs, Esq., 39, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
Mr. Alderman l'orter, Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Lincoln, and Hull Railway
Lincoln J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq., Harley-place, Cavendish-square, Director
of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
George It. Paul, Esq., Strand, and Worthing, Sussex, Director of
t, EsqE.s,ql„tosist,.Nlle„rtficiradiksii
the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
William Snow, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square,
Major ,f the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
Director.. ...
Hull Railways
Joseph R. Barri-
Frederiok Chamfer, ~age and L'
Director of the Carnim,. ; lEllir-xe-stterneesito,
Extension Railway
-,_nton, Director of the South Midland,
Joseph Wykes, Esq., Nortlia,..
Regent's-park
William Ayrton, Esq., Abbey-square, Chester, Director of the
0 and
eNEo Northampton, mEtsogn,, Litiineci oblunr,s.ano terrace,
Northern and Southern Connecting Rafts.,"
William Bastow, Esq., Director of the Oxford ):.
Northern and Southern Connecting Railways Director of
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, ,„,
the Eastern Counties, and Northampton, Lincoln, and Hall 1.:.'"-x,
Walter Chamberlain, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Northern .
Southern Connecting Railway nd Doncaster, and
J. R. W. AtkinFon, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds
William Ekin, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Northampton, Bed-
ford, and Cambridge Railway
William Cremer, Esq., Barnes,
Surrey, and Mincing-lane, Director
of the Grand Trunk, and Northern and Soathern Connecting Rail-
ways
John King, Esq., Glastonbury, and St. John's Wood, London, Di-
rector of the Somersetshire Midland Railway
John Woolston, Esq., Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Director
of the Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway
George Murray, Esq., Magistrate, Chichester, Director of the North-
ampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway
Thomas Stephens, Esq., 4, Lime-street-square, Director of the
Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
John Soane, Esq., Waltham Hall, Waltham Abbey
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Surrey, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting Railway, and the Direct Sheffield and Mac-
cleafleld Railways
F. W. Hamill° is, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square,
of the York and Lancaster, and Great Munster Railways
John Bishop, Esq., F.R.S., Renard-street, Russell-square
Captain Cliallener Ogle, Eaton-place, Eaton-square, Director of the
Northern and
Southern Connecting Itailway
Thomas Rogers, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Derby,
Director
and Great Northern and Southern RailwaYg
Joseph Brook, Esq., Rushohn-lodge, Lancashire,
Samuel George Bemis!), Esq., Kensington-square or a the
.... .. _. .. Direct

Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
Philadelphus Jeyes, Esq., Northampton. •
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Rugby, Warwle,-
and Gloucester, and Northampton, Lincoln and Hull Railways
Samnel Adams, jun., Esq., Collett-hall, Ware, Hertfordshire
Jasper Capper, Esq., Watling-street, London, Director of the
Northern and Southern Connecting Company
Edward Cook, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Midland and
Eastern Counties Railways
Hastings Green, Esq. Sion-house, Kilkenny, Director of the Kil-
kenny and Waterford Railway
Dean John Hoare, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Director
of the London and Dublin Direct, and the Oxford, Titanic, and
High Wycomb Railways
John Lilly, Eqq., Director of the Somerset and Midland, and Hull and
Holyhead Railways
George Pell, Esq., Welfor?, Northamptonshire
W. H. Ravenhill, Esq., Pedwell-house, Worcestershire, Director of
the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
John Btovenson, Esq., Sheffield and London
M. Wyatt, Esq., Upper Hyde Park-street, Director of the Manches-
ter, Oxford and Southampton Railway
(With Power to add to their number.)

BANKERS.
Messrs. Masterman and Co.
Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.
ENGINEER—Joseph Lockwood, Esq.
LOCAL SOLlciroa—William Burgoyne Fernell, Esq., Sheffield.
Soucrrotts—Mess.rs. Miller and Carr, 7, Easteheap, Londm.
SECRETARY—CharIes William Bevan.

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This line has for its object a direct communication between the
thereby saving a distance of
city of Lincoln and the populous and flourishing town of
unnecessary expense. Sheffield,
and will also be the means of forming a complete line from Yarmouth
through Norwich to Manchester and Liverpool, thereby uniting the
two great ports of Yarmouth and Liverpool, whose commerce is
somewhat die' imilar, and, consequently, a reciprocal benefit must be
the result.
and Lan-
The distance from Lincoln to Sheffield by this line will be forty
miles only, whereas the nearest route by any projected line at pre-
set cannotwnetntym imile,
be, as less,,,i thana an
nlxty enormousmilcs,
The immediate connexion between Yarmouth and Norwich, and all
intermediate towns and cities, together with the whole of the manu-
facturing districts of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinham,
cashire, will be highly beneficial.
The line will commence at Lincoln, at thejunction of the projected
immense paasen .er traffic,
ra bray from Lynn Regis to Lincoln, and proceed from thence
as
the country through East iletford to Sheffield, and there
join the Sheffield anti Manchester Railway. Should the projected
sto"important a line of railway,
line from Macclesfield to Sheffield be carried into effect, it will
then add another important commercial town to those already ad-
verted to, and increase the traffi a vast extent.
A reference to the limp will readily show the great importance
and utility of such a line.
A more than usual revenue may be calculated 111)011 in the goods
traffic from those great emporiums of commerce above alluded to
without talon iit,i
eguisnstaorilc3on
arisesid erautpiolii
Every regard will be paid to local
.accommodation, and a close
scrutiny will convince those who are aware of the exigencies of the
towns and districts embraced within the scope of the intended line
of the advantages which must accrue fromu n.
Preference in the allotment of shares
as w.ill be given to the land-
owners and others locally interested, en as to the connecting

reppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad.-
lines.
Messrs. John Gateliff and Co., Bud-
Subscribers will be only liable to the etent
tooth their deposits.
Applications for shares to be mad? essrs. Miller and
Mr. Thomas Crewdson, and Mr.
Carr, 47, Eastcheap, London ; W. Burgoyne Fennell. Esq
;Green and Lockwood, Manchester;
Sheffield ; also to Messrs.
street, London. ; 31r. John 'Wright, Birmingham ; Messrs. rs Holloway
Newcastle-upon-I ync ; and Messrs. Grayston
and Martin, Bradford ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, and Messrs. Ed-.
wards and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. James Xicolson, and Co., Edin-
burgh ; Mr. J. Bowden, Hull ;
dersfleld ; Messrs. Watson, Tootal and Bartf, and Messrs. Charles
JohnCo
i3lieelsl rlisLeFr‘liciiirlgl Beverley,
nvardeta)oo::l-L eedMess'3
and Earle, Yerk.

clay of 1845.
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Lincoln, East Retford,
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To the ProvisionalaCndonsuitileitffiteeeid of
FORM OF APPLICATION'.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me
utulcletioDniirleaciti
Railway,
shares in the
ertake to pay the deposit upon
above undertaking ; and I hereby und
them,- or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and to
execute the Parliamentary contract and snbscribers' agreement,
when required so to do.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
game in full .......
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Residence•.....
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T01211302%7 0111cm.47. EastchettP• London, . .

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUCII, AND NULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Comp any can be r eceived after
MONDAY, the iOth Instant.
EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Afoorifate-strept
MOTTERAM and IVOWLES, Sitsllngham,
Oet. ID, 1146.• 7

TEE SI7N, LONDON, TUESDAY_ EVENING,OCTOBER 14, 1845.

THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION. and
BRISTOL, BATH, and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY
COMPANY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,500,0001, in 60,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Uxbridge
Viscount Mandeville
Lord Dunboyne
Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, K.C. H., Director of the Gal-
way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M P.. Queen square
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave.square, Director of the
Direct Western Railway, &c.
The Hon. Geoffrey Browne, D.L , Wilton-crescent, London, and
Castle M`Garrett, Mayo, Director of the Irish West Coast
Railway
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., East India Heuse, Director of the
East India Company, and Dendre Valley Railway
Sir John Hare, FS. A., 11, Langham.place, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, of the Manchester and Rugby
Direct Railways, &c.
Sir Geo. Rich, Lowndes-square, Belgrave.square, Director of the
Reading, Guildford and Reigate, and the Callao. Lima, and
Pacific Coast Railways
Sir Wm. Iwysden, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Sir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the
Portsmouth Direct Railway
General Bacon, Rust:am-house, Egham, Director of the Royal Por-
tuguese Railways Company

Lieut.-General Lomax, Bristol
The O'Moore, Cloghren Castle, Banagher, Deputy. Lieutenant and
High Sheriff of the county of Roscommon
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F S.A. F.L S., arc, Alderman of Lon.
don, Chairman of the Leek and Mansfield, of the Erewash Valley,
of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern, and of the Birken-
head, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
The Boroughreere of Manchester, John Burgess, Esq., Director of
the London and Manchester Direct and Independent Railway

The Mayor of Whitchurch, Hants
Wm. Shadbolt. Esq., Croom's.hill, Greenwich, Chairman of the
London and Greenwich, and Director of the Deadre Valley
Railways
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park,
Director of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation
Railway
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's.wood, Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and of the Manchester
and Birkenhead Continuation Railways
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director
of the York and Lancaster Railway
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester.square,
Director of the Leeds and London Direct, the Sligo and Shannon,
the Ipswich and Southampton, and the Cork, Passage, and Kin..
sale Railways
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Mecklenburgh•square, Director of the
East and West Junction, the Derby, Sheffield and Worcester,

the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways, &c.
William J. M Guire, Esq., Hampten.court, Director of the Direct
Western, and of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and
Brighton Railways
Thomas Kidley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Bir.
mingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway, &c.
Thomas Shaw, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Mid.
land, and the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties
Railways
Joseph Shaw, Esq., York.place, Hudderseeld, Director of the
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and the Keightey,
Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways
Charles Henry Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montague-street,
Montague square, Director of the Grand Trunk, and the Direct
West. End and Croydon Railways
Valentine Knight, Esq , Cornwall-terrace, Director of the Great
Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and the Dendre

Valley Railways
Geo. Harrison, Esq., Director of the Grand Trunk, and of the
Hull and Holyhead Railways
C. Preston, Esq., Hereford road, Bayswater, and Blackmore, Essex
Col. Nicolls, Shooter's-hill, Director of the Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush, and the Sligo and Shannon Railways
Griffin Curtis Galt, E,q., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Di-
rector of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and the Sligo

and Shannon Railways
Edwin Cadman, Esq., merchant, Sheffield, Director of the Direct
Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brigl.ton Railway
George Maberly, Esq., Welbeck-street, Cavendish.square

John Alcock bison, Esq., Burnley, Lancashire, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly, Director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton, and the West Midland,

Manchester and Southampton Railways
Lieut.-Col. Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the
York and Lancaster, and of the Oxford, Worcester, and Cheater
Junction Railways
James Clift, Esq., 30, Bloomsbury-square, Director of the Paris
and Strasburg, the Metropolitan Railways Junction, the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railways, &C.
George Lawton, Esq., Ditchley's-hall, Brentwood, Essex, Director
of the South Midland, and of the Great Western, Southern, and
Eastern Counties Railways
Wm. Birmingham Costello, Esq., M.D., Wyke-house, Breatford,
Director of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Alford Brodie, Esq., Director of the Grand Trunk and Direct
West.end and Crcydon Railways
Richard H. A Ilnatt, Esq., M. D., F. S.A., Parliament-street,
Whitehall
Edward Waley, Esq., Portland-place
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia. Ireland, Director of the Sher-
field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Francis Newbery, Esq., Kingston Villa, Clifton
Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting Railway
George Augustus Brown, Esq., 20, Gower-street, Bedford.squaro,
Director of the Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Railway
Knowlton Wilson, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq., A idermary Churchyard, Director
of the Northern and Southern Connecting, of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester, of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the
_ . .

South Union and Birmingham Junction, of the Holyhead Direct,
and of the Leeds and Carlisle Railways

Hugh John Smerdon, Esq., Christow, Devonshire, Director of the
Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway
. _

. ..
William Eccles, Esq., Old Broad.street, Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction

Rai; way
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., North-terrace, Brompton, Middle-
sex, Director of the Thames Valley and Hounslow Railway, &c.
Horace William Meteyard, Esq., Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting, of Remington's London and Manchester,
the Chester and Manchester Direct, and the Derbyshire, Stat.
fordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, Chairman of the Cork
and Fermoy Direct, and Deputy-Chairman of the Leeds and

Hdddersfield Railways, &c.
Major Adair, Pall-mall, Director of the Central Sardinian, and the
Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
Lieut.-Col. Cruttenden, R. A., Director of the Gloucester, Aberyst-
with and Central Wales Railway
Geo. Jones, Esq., M.R.S., F S.V 13, George-street, Hanover-
square. Director of the London and Windsor Railway
Abraham Bettridge, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Director of the
Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland June.
tn, and the Metropolitan Railways Junction, &c.
Fred, Ranasden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Trafford, Manchester,
Dirent.:w of the Birkenhead and,Holyhead Junction, the Lon-
don and Oolyhead Direct, and the Sheffield and Macclesfield
Railways, &c.
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Manchester and
Chester Direct Rat: way
James Atkinson West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham, Director of
the Neu-Tastle, Durham,
.and Lancashire; the Manchester, Liver-
pool, and Great North of L'gland ; the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek,
Potteries and Ccewe ; and the Fear Dock Railways, &c.
Samuel Giles, Esq., merchant,
mam.bester, Director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct, and Sheta:
eld and Macclesfield Direct

Railways, &c.
Robert Passenger. Esq., Union•street, yk,,,:,:igh, Director of the
the Royal Mines
Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Railway, ans.

of Conti Association
Colonel Campbell Dalt"topic, George-street, Westinins.er, Direc-

tor of the City and West.end Railway
Wm. King, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di.-ect
Line (Remington's)
John Miller, Esq., St. John's-wood-grove
Robt. Fynn, Esq., Temple, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox.
ford, and Brighton Junction Railway, &c.
Stephen Henry Lee, Esq , Dalston, Director of the City of London
Life Assurance Society, &c.
John King, Esq., Grove-road, St. John's Wood, Director of the
Somersetshire Midland Railway, &c.
Captain Trophimus Hodges, Connaught-tetrace, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, &c.
John Emmet, Esq., Ovenden Grange. Halifax, Director of the
Halifax Fire and Life Insurance Company
John :11odson, Esq., Sunderland house, Halifax, Director of the

Stanchest`.', Southampton, and Oxford Junctinn Railway
Joseph °Wham, ful., Hargreaves.house, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potter;.. "a, the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction,
and the Manchester and Southampton
Railways
Wm. Hunter, Esq., Clarendon.;pare, Leamington
Sam. Douglass, Esq.. Doctoes_corninons,Director of the Grand

Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railways
Charles Roger Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great
Welsh Central Railway
William Shaw, Director of the Royal Farmers' Insurance Company,
and the Warwick and Worcester Railway
Richard Geddes, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Captain John Harrison Bowker, R.N., Newcastle.upon-Tyne
Ambrose Moore, Esq., Milk-street, Cheapside
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Director of the Erewash Valley
Extension of the Leek and Mansfield, and of the Birkenhead,
Cheater, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
Lteutenant-Colonel Macaliater, K.H., Loppe Cottage, Axminster,
Magistrate of the County, and Director of the Yeovil, Exeter,

and Dorchester, and of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter
Railways
Thomas S. Richards, Esq Baker.street, Portman. square, Director
of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and the
Leek and Mansfield Railways, &c.
John Kemp Devonshire, Esq., Riverdale Villa, Hampton, Director
of the London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway
Robert Chapman, Esq., Park.place, Regent's park, Director of the
Great Manchester and Southampton Railway
Henry Parkes, Esq., Ferriby, near Hull
N. M'Cann, Esq., Parliament-street, Director of the Liverpool and
Derby, the Direct Manchester and Rugby, the Sheffield and
Nottingham, the Brighton and Cheltenham, and the Burton-on-
Trent Railways

James oar Grats, Esq., Temple and Aylesbury
Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the Direct Western and Grand Trunk Railways
John Levitt, Esq., Hull
Geo. Robinson, Esq., Hull
Robt. Middleton, Esq , Manchester
Wm. Middleton, Esq., Manchester
Henry Smyth, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union
Railway
Sam. Cavan, Esq., Liverpool
Edmund Gwyer, Esq., Bristol
Richard Dransfield, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield. Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, of the Manchester, Huddersfield,
and Great Grimsby, the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, the
Great Northern and Southern Direct, the Keighly, Halifax,

and Huddersfield Railways
Jere Key, Esq , Huddersfield, Director el the Great Northern and
Southern Direct and the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great
Grimsby Railways
Joseph Brooke, jun., Esq., Huddersfield. Director of the Great
Northern and Southern Direct Railway
G. Haelerigg, Esq., West Carlton Hall, Leicestershire
Ilenry Newcombe, Esq.. Hardingston. NortJampton

John Grant, Esq., Northampton
Holmes, Esq., Hull
Swynfen Jervis, ,Esq., Whitehall-place
George Laishley, Esq., Southampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham, Deputy-Chairman of the Direct
Birmingham and Leicester, and Director of the Bristol and Bir.
mingham Railways
George Simpson, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the Sligo,
Donegal, Tyrone, and Belfast Junction, and Middlesex and
Surrey Junction Railways
John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting, and the South Midland Birmingham and
Lichfield Railways
Jeremiah Clarke, F.'sq., Macclesfield, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting, of RClMingtoll'S London and M
and the Derbyshire, Saffordshire, and Worcester Railways anchester,
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Magistrate of Middlesex, and Director
of the Northern and Southern Connecting Rahway
Captain M. Gambier, Upper Seymour-street,Portman-stVare
it, WeJttlerorth, Esq., II tiler-placi ftlepitteet

Julius Lowenthal, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders-
field, Manchester, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Wm. Thomas Jsekson, Esq., Tadcaster, Director of the East and
West York-hire, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
Joint Ostler, Esq., Hull
W. S'oane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square
John Jervis Garrard, Esq.. Queen-square, Bristol
Samuel Garlick, Esq., Park-square, Leeds
Cuthbert Johnson, Esq., A venue-rond, Regent's.park
James Goren, Esq., The Priory, Battersea
Rev. Francis Tkornburgh, Kingswood, Wilts
James Yearsley, Esq., Saville-row, Piccadilly
Alfred Parker, Esq., Park-road, Regent's-park
James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Manchester, Director of the Manches-
ter, Liverpool, and Great North of England; of the Newcastle,
Durham, and Lancashire; and of the Bolton and Bury Railway,
Captain James Wood, R.M., Woolwich, Director of the Dublin
Approximation Atmospheric Railway
Benjamin Carson, Esq., Hull
John Holmes, Esq., Ilull
Richard Hands, Esq., Coventry, Director of the Birmingham West
Branch, Wednesbury, and Walsall Railway
Thomas Ferrand Dearden, Esq., Coroner, Rochdale, Lancashire
Charles Ralph Broadley, Esq., Rochdale
James Clarkson, Esq., Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Rugby and
Manchester, via Macclesfield Railway
J. J. Godfrey, Esc! , Liverpool
J. H. M'Mahon, Erg., Limerick, Director of the Cheltenham, Oz.
ford, and Brighton Junction, and the Galway and Ennis Grand
Junction Railways
Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clairvaux Castle, Darlington, Director of
the Warwick and Worcester, and the Hull and Holyhead Rail-
ways
Robert Bourne, Esq., Parliament-street, Whitehall
Alfred Parker, Esq., Park-road, Regent's-park
William Cremer, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the Grand Trunk ;
and Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
William Bousfield, Esq., Colebrook-terrece
John Years!ey, Esq , merchant, Fenchurch.street
James Robertson, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Warwick and
Rugby, and Leominster Railways
John Batley Wrigley, Esq., Croft-house, near Huddersfield, Director
of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimaby Direct
Railways
Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq., Ivy.cottage, Syncombe-hill, Bath
George Barons Northcote, Esq., Somerset-court, Somersetshire,
Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway
Thomas Dixon Burrow, Esq., Settle, Yorkshire
George Watts, Esq., Mount Radford, Exeter, Director of the
Exeter and Exmouth, the Great Western Extension, and the
Direct Exeter. Plymouth, and Devonport Railways
William Henry Samwell George, Esq., Exmouth
Edward Greaves, Esq., Leeds
John Bowes, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, Leamington, and
Warwick Railway
Thomas Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and
Holyhead Railway
William Priest, Esq., Hull, Director of the York and Hull, and
the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
Thomas Holmes, Esq., Hull
Benjamin Willsher, Esq., Waterloo-place, Pall. mall
Richard Power, Esq., Euston-square, and Long Orchard, Tipperary
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton.place
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Methuen Villa, Leamington, Director of
the South Midland and Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Rugby
Derby, and Manchester Railway
Joseph Brook, jun., Esq., Huddersfield
Julian Skrine, Esq., Linsfield-house, Cambridge, Director of the
Cambridge and Lincoln, and the Northern and Southern Con-
necting Railways
Rev. G. AL D'Arcy Irvine, LL.D., Redcliffe.parade, Bristol
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Great Manchester,
Rugby, and Southampton, the Shropshire Mineral, the London
and Holyhead Direct, the Liverpool, and Derby Direct, the
London and Liverpool Direct, and the Derby and Gainsborough
Railways, &c.
Edward Gaubert, Esq., Park-villa, Richmond, Director of the
Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway.
William James Ire, Esq., Northampton-square, Director of the
Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., Upper Hyde- park.street, Director of the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, the Chester and
Manchester Direct, and the 'West Midland, Manchester, and
Southampton Railways
Abraham Alexander, Esq., Lullington-house, Leamington, Direc-
tor of the Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton, the
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, and the Lincolnshire and
Eastern Counties Railways
Joel Edens, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct, the Liverpool and Derby Direct, the
Direct Northern, Eastern; and Western Junction, and the Mid.
land and Eastern Counties Railways, &c.
F. Valentine Lee. Esq.
P. Taylor, Esq , Knaresborough
Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, and
the Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railways
G. I. 'Brandon, Esq., Finsbury-square, Director of the Direct
Manchester, Leeds, and York; and the Grand Trunk Railways
William Driffield, Esq., Bond-house, Knaresborough, Director of
the Liverpool and Leeds Direct; the East and West Yorkshire,
and the Leeds and Thirsk Railways
Wm. A. Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood, Wotton.under-Edge
Rev. Stephen Isaacson, M.A., Berners-street, Director of the
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton; the Cambridge and Lin-
coln Extension ; the Hull and Holyhead ; and the Leeds, Fleet-
wood, and Liverpool Railways
Thomas Dutton, Esq., Blackburn, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool
Railways
John Joseph Allnatt, Esq., Wallingford,Berks
Edmund Alderson Fawcett, Esq., Huggin-lane and Nottingham,
&c., Director of the Direct Liverpool and Derby, the Direct
West End and Croydem, and the Middlesex and Surrey Junction
Railways
Capt. T. C. Newton, Luguardlne, Herefordshire, Director of the
Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool, the Hereford and Merthyr
Tydvil, the Ilull and Holyhead Direct, and the Grand London
and Dublin Approximation Railways
Wm. Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Hume-wood, Wicklow, Deputy
Lieutenant, J. P., and High Sheriff of the County of Wicklow
Edward Irwin, Esq., Rathbide.house, Kildare
Christopher Carter, Esq., Belmont-house, Knaresboreugh
Walter Watson, Esq., Leamington
James Peard Lye, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven, Director
of the Hull and Holyhead Railway
Arthur Ley, Esq , Bideford, Devonshire, Director of the Hull and
Holyhead Railway
' John Albutt, Esq , Leeds
William Muschamp, Esq., Sunderland
Joseph Henry Oates, Jun., Esq., Meanwood, near Leeds
George Mitchell. E.g., Sandbed-house, Ossett, near Wakefield,
Director of the Wakefield, Ossett and Dewsbury Railway, also
of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, and Leeds Railway
William Mien, Esq.. Chappletown, near Leeds
William Standidge, Jun., Esq., Barkston Ash, near Ferrybridge
Samuel Warburton, E.,q„ Hunslet, near Leeds, Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway, and of the Wakefield and
Harrowgate Railway, .ec. &c.
George William Oates, Esq., Carr House, Meanwood, near Leeds
George Newsome, Esq., Cross Banks, Batley, near Dewesbury
James Kitchen, Esq., Burmanstofts, Leeds
William Fieldhouse, Esq., St. Mark's-place, Leeds
William Beaumont, Esq., Crawshaw House, Pudsey, Director of
the West Yorkshire, Midland and Thirsk Junction, &c. &c.
John Pawson, Esq., Chappleton, near Leeds
John Lawson, Esq., Town Knawl Cottage, Ossett, near Wakefield
John Sheard, Esq , Bonfire-cottage, near Dewsbury
Joseph Thompson Fenton, Esq., Chesterfield
John Haley, Esq., Stanningley
David Gummenall, Esq., Stanningley Mills
William Dixon, Esq., Howley mills, Morley, near Leeds
Joe Dransfield, Esq., Rookery-mills, near Huddersfield
Joseph Jubb, sen., Esq., Batley-mills, near Dewsbury, Director of
the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield and Leeds Railway, &e.
Henry Lodge, Esq., Sheffield
Josiah Burrows, Esq., Castle-house, Gommersall, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct, and the Liverpool and Leeds

Direct
Robert Bell, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds
George A. Hauston, Esq., Paisley
Frank Mitchell, Esq., Ryecroft.cottage, near Ossett
Alexander Majoribanks, Esq., of Majoribanks, NB.
Major-General White, Bath, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
A:idrew Clarke, Esq., Adelaide-place, London.bridge, and Cam.
bet well, Surrey
Job. Ac'heelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbr:dge, Kent
rtley Knowles, Esq., merchant, Ten Lands, Gomersall,
Stephen h.'
near Leeds
Lionel William .nnpwles, Esq., merchant, West-house, Gomersall,
near Leeds
James Sutcliffe, Esq., iin.wland.hall, near Halifax, Director of the
Leeds and Think Railway
George Fearnley, Esq., hI.D., Grove-house, Dewsbury
Thomas Hadfield Gloyne, Esq., Prospect-house, Dewsbury
Samuel Burnley, Esq., merchant and Manufacturer, Havercroft-
house, Batley, near Dewsbury
Thomas Dean, Esq., Healey house, Dewsbury
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq., M.D., Leamington
James Braham, Esq., Torquay, Devon
Christopher Carter, Esq., Belmont.house, Knaresborough
Frederick Goddard, Esq., Bath
Thomas Emsley, Esq , Dodley, near Leeds, Director of the North.
East Riding Junction Railway
Wm. Shaw, Esq. Director of the Farmer's Life Assurance Company
Watson,:Esq., Leamington
Thomas Rogers, Esq„ Bradford
John Lloyd, Esq. Newington
Edward Elarke, Esq., Temple, and Dover-street, Piccadilly
Samuel Geo. Beamish, Esq. Kennington-square
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street, Bank,
and 69, Pall-mall.
ACTING ENGINEER—Henry Renton, Esq C.E.
ARCHITECT AND SURTEYOR.—CharIes Lee, Esq., Golden-square.
bout:iron—J. D. Wells, Esq., No. 13, George-street, Mansion-
house.
SECRETARY—R. H. Gadcsden, Esq.
ciFgrcEs_l,7o. 70, King William-street, Mansion -house, London
The object of the promoters of this Company is to form a direct
line of railway, from Bristol and Bath to Dover; and thus, in effict,
unite, connect, or recii,.'ocate with, all the existing and projected
lines of railway in the south .
ai.d south-West and west of Eg
aandnd, stall
s
well also as form a complete co.:imunication with
Ireland
ny,sl most of those in the northern
the western and Welsh railways,
passengers and goods
and great manufacturing districts, by
s
to and from Folkestone and Dover, Frans e and Belgium, may
be conveyed without the necessity of passing through the m e
tropolis.
The main line to be laid down by the Company will be con;lderably
less than 100 miles, throughout which the strongest eneouragen;ert
and support have been manifested towards this railway by the landea
proprietors, many of whom have determined to invest capital in the
undertaking; and the engineer's report precludes any apprehen-
sion of engineering difficulties. The great public utility and corn.
uremia] advantages of railway communication between the important
places and ports which it is now contemplated to unite must be at
once appreciated by reference to a snap of the country, and they
will be forcibly illustrated by the objects to be attained by this
Company. _ .

will be entire'l obviated, and manufacturers and merchants in rues'
parts of the country, west and north, or south, will be thus en•
aided to forward and receivegoods direct from and to Dover and
Folkstonr, avoiding the present inconvenient mode and expense of
transference from railway to railway across London.
Any attempt to distinguish the number of passengers proceed-
ing to or from London, or the provinces and the continent by the
South Eastern and Dover Rail.vay, would be abortive; but the
published statements of that Company show that the traffic ex.
coeds 8,0001. weekly, and the accounts of arrivals at, and departures
from Calais, Boulogne, and Ostend, exhibit an astonishing number
of persons as passengers to and from England weekly, by Dover
and Folkenstone, throughout the whole of the year. Yielding to
the metropolis one.half of the number as a large proportion, the
remaining half will belong to the provinces and Ireland, who will
probably prefer to be conveyed from or to their localities without
the annoyance of being compelled to pass through London, es-
pecially as the saving of distance alone will considerably diminish
expenses.

The construction of this line of railway can hardly fail to meet
the full approvol of the Government; as, besides its great com-
mercial utility, the convenience it will afford for the speedy Iran.
sport of troops from Ireland, or the north, south, or west of Eng-
land to Dover, in a direct manner. Avoiding the present necessity of
marching them across London or other towns, after they are once
placed iii railway carriages, must be greatly appreciated; and where
it is expedient that expedition and secrecy should be observed in
the removal of troops, the means offered by this Company will
greatly assist the authorities in facilitating their objects.
The railways already constructed or projected with which this
line of railway will effect a union or communication, and recipro.
cate, advantages exceed fifty in number (as will be seen by examin-
ing any railway map), and all of them must be in direct commu-
nication with, and will feed, or be fed by The Southern Counties
Union, and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Direct Railway ; the most
important junctions being those leading to this line from the north
and the manufacturing districts by Oxford to Dovor and Brighton,
those from Ireland, North Wales by Cheltenham or Oxford and
this railway to Dover or Brighton, and those from the south and
west of England by Salisbury to Dover; thus effecting a con-
tinuance and direct intercourse with nearly every part of Eng-
land, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the continent.
The census returns show that this railway will pass through a
country containing a population of upwards of one million, and this
number, though large, may be fairly multiplied several times, if all
the other parts of the kingdom which will benefit by it be con-
sidered.

With these facts before them, the promoters hare not deemed it
necessary to put forth estimates of traffic; the soundness of the
project being guaranteed by the truths already given in this brief
exposition, and the great objects intended to be compassed by this
Company.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Basingstoke and Odiham—Messrs. Cole, Lamb, and Brooks
Bath—Messrs. Mant and Harvey
Bristol—Matthew Perkins, Esq.
Devizes—John Raikes Bayly, Esq.
Farnham—B. Nichols, Esq.
Hawkhurst Messrs. Beecham and Upperton
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb, Esq.
Melksham—Messrs. Motile and Gore
Newbury—Robert Baker, Esq. and Messrs Bunny and Son
Reading—Rupert Clarke, Esq.
Reigate—William Burt, Esq,
Trowbridge—John Brent, Esq.
Whitchurch, Hants—Thomas Pain, Esq.
Applications for shares (which must be necessarily restricted in
consequence of the immense number that have already lice*
applied for under guarantee of persons of the highest respectability)
with prospectuses and plans, to be made to the secretary, at the
offices of the Company, 70, King William-street, City; to
J D. Wells, Esq., 13, George-street, Mansion-house, and
to the following sharebrokers :—Loridon, S. 11. Ellis, Esq.,
17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Price and Brown, Change-
al ley ; L. H. Hazlewood, Esq., Angel-court, Throgmor.
ton-street; and I'. C. Mundey, Esq., 17, Royal Exchange,
Bath, R. P. Lemon, Esq., Thomas Evans, Esq , and J. B. Mundy,
Esq. ; Birmingham, J. R. Lane, Esq., W. H. Collis, Esq. ;
Blackburn, Thomas Boardman, Esq., James Senior, Esq ; Bridge-
water, Edward Lilly, Esq. ; Bristol, Messrs. Tat, and Nash, Messrs.
George Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, F.sq. ; Burton-on-
Trent, W. Wishy, Esq. ; Cheltenham, Messrs. Hall Brothers, arid
Co. ; Coventry, Messrs. Browne and Clarke, and John T. Holland,
Esq. ; Dewsbury, John Brooke, Esq. ; Dunlin, Messrs. Bruce and
Symes ; Edinburgh, Charles Couper, Esq.; Exeter, Messrs. H.
Beaumont and Co. ; Halifax, F. C. Spencer, Esq , and James
Hurry, Esq. ; Huddersfield, Messrs. John Gatliff and Co., and John
Butchart, Esq. ; Hull, Messrs. Flint and Toots], Messrs. Charles
Wikinson and Earle; Leamington, T. W. Powell, Esq.; Leeds,
Chantrell and Boyes ; Messrs. Wellbeloved, Barwick and Co.,
Messrs. J. and G. Rhodes, Messrs. Read, Broadbent and Co., and
James Jamieson, Esq.; Leicester, Messrs. Payne and Freer ; Liver.
pool, Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Messrs. Davies and Co., H. W.
Lucas, Esq., and John Wids, Esq ; Manchester, Messrs. Hough-
land and Leese, Messrs. Lynil and Berlyn, Messrs. Johnsen, Brad.
ley, and Walker, Messrs. O'Neil and Nosworthy, Messrs. Ner,
Gardiner, and Heap, John Dunmit, Esq.; Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Messrs. Kimpster; Plymouth, Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer;
Sheffield, Messrs. Garton and Wright ; Southampton, Joseph Clarke,
jun., Esq. ; Stratford-on-Avon, W. Bolton, Esq.; Taunton, Richard
Ball, Esq. ; Worcester, William Miles, Esq. ; York, Messrs. Gray-
ston and Earle.

This line is hitencicd to begin at Bristol by means of the Great
Western Railway, and passing through Bath to Bath Hampton
it will skirt the valley of the Avon, to Bradford, and thence to
Trowbridge. It will then take as straight a direction as can be
obtained to Devises, All Cannings, Pewsey, Burbage, Shatborne,
West Woodhay, High Clere, and Overton, on to Basiiigitoke,
where it will unite with the South Western Railway, and thus
from the western counties the distance will be several miles
shorter to the metropolis than by any other existing line.
to It wilt
then, by means of the South Western Railway, proceed on near
Farnborough (a distance of fourteen miles) whence, leaving
Farnham to the south, it will pass onward to Ashe, Guildford.
Gornshall, and Dorking to Riegate, where il unite with
miles thr
South Eastern and Dower Railway—(the lattert wit
, eighteen
from Guildford to Reigate will in all probability be constructed by
another Company.)
In its course it will thread its way
through the lines of many of
the railways already constructed or projected—the junction of
which will not only be estimated as a great public convenience, but
prove highly advantageous to the several Companies interested, pro.
that must stream from Ireland—from
clueing an immense traffic,
our great manufacturing districts in the north--the cloth and corn
markets of the west of England—the mineral and coal fields of
Wales, and the hop districts in Kent—all of which point to the
formation of this railway as a great desideratum, as well also as to
form a direct communication with France, Belgium, and the con-
tinent generally. The distance to be tared b
exceed thirty miles from Bath (and all the toywtnhsisnorrathil-7eyst) willto
Dover ; while to many of the towns southwest of Bristol sixty
miles or more will be saved by this railway in union with some of
the other lines ;and the often disagreeable
and costly necessity (at
_ _ 011 paging through London, to or tram Dover,