The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-09 00:00:00

No. 16,583 LONDON, THURSDAY E -41-
S 117 N 7 OCTOBER 9, 1845.
PRICES SUPPLEMENT SD.

FRENCH and SWISS JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, from MACON to GENEVA.
No farther Application for Shares can be received after THURSDAY
next, the 9th October.
By order.
J. EDERSHEIM, Secretary-.
73, Basinghall-street, Oct. 3.
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BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Lynbarth, Kildare, and St. James's-street
Sir Love Parry Jones Parry, Major-General, K.H., Madryn, Car-
narvonshire, Director of the Leicester, Bedford, and of the Direct
East and West Junction Railways
Sir William Twisden, Bart., Dorset-square, Director of the Chepstow
and Forest of Dean Railway
Sir Wm. Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde Park-gardens, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and
London Direct Railway
Sir William Wynn, K.C.8., Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of
the North Wales Railway
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, Director of the York and
Lane' ster Railway
The Sheriff of York, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and
London Direct Railway
Ayscough, Rear-Admiral, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Adair, Major, Director of the Church of England Assurance Society,
and of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New-
town, and Indian Peninsular Railways
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Park-cottage, Macclesfield, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct Railways
Brookes, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Buck, W. C., Esq.
Cambridge, John, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the
Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Chambers, Wm., Esq., Cocks Bench, Derby, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Chitty, Thomas, Esq., Temple, Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of the
Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Cook, John, the Rev., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, Director of the Shef-
field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Croft, Major J. T. ,Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman, Director of
Remington's Direct Lond.ni and Manchester Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, Director of the Sheffield,
Nottingham, and Loudon Direct Railway.
Cumberlege, N., Esq., :York-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the
Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown, and
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Burton-on-Trent,
Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton, and Leeds, Huddersfield, and
Wolverhampton Direct: Railways
Daniel, R., Esq , Oakhill , Stoke.upon-Trent, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, and Woh .erhampton Direct Railway
Darlington, John, Esq., Shipley Hall, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct I tailway
Dewhurst, Richard, Esq., Apsley House, Huddersfield, Director of
the West Riding 'Union Banking Company, and Director of the
West Riding Junction -Railway
Dent, Edward, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Dent, John, Esq., Dire ctor of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Eastwood, Abraham, Eel., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Had-
dersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Had
dersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Ellis, John, Esq., Tem; Ile
Ewart, Francis, of 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Great
Leeds and London Dir act, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Me-
tropolitan Junction Railways
Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Idipon, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Fitche, George, Lieutei rant-Colonel, 36, York-terrace, London, Di-
rector of the London . and Lancaster Railway
Franklin. Benjamin, He irley-street, London
Garde, Richard, Esq., 16, Steven's-green, Dublin
Gisborne, Henry French I, Esq., Derby, Director of the Burton-on-
Trent, Stafford, Shrew rsbury, and Newtown Railway
Hammond, George, Es q., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Harrison, John, Esq., b nnker, Ripon, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, and Wolverhan ipton Direct Railway
Heneage, C., Esq., Pal 1-mall, Cadeley Place, Lincolnshire, Director
of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Herries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Hind, Abraham, Esq., Director of the Manchester,' Huddersfield and
Great Grimsby Dire, it Railway
Holdforth, J. D., Esq., Burley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Hughes, Hughes W., E sq., Alderman of the City of London
Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Johnson, Richard Will lam, Esq., Moorgate, Director of the Brighton
and Cheltenham, at id Remington's Direct London and Manchester
Railways
Jones, Ede, Esq., Cal nberwell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
and Wolverhampton i Direct Railway
Jones, Edward, Esq., Windmill-place, Camberwell, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and rorcestershire Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Di-
rector of the Du rt on-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New-
town Railways
King, William, Rag Stepney, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and Brighton and Cheltenham
Railways
Knight, Edward, M. 30., Stafford, Director of the Burton-on-Treat,
Stafford, Shrewsbn ry, and Newtown Railway
Lambert, Richard, Es ig., Lyston-hall, Sudbury
Mackenzie, T., Esq.', Duke-street, Liverpool
M'Cann, Nicholas, B sq., 50, Parliament-street,
rWMahon, Daniel, E sq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mainwaring, John, I esq., Eagle-Hall, Pateley-bridge, Director et the
York and Lancaster • Railway
Mann, T., Esq., Chap el-cottage, Holloway
Maskery, Thos., Eaq-., Norbury-hall, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Railwa y
Meteyard, Horace W. , Esq., Director of Remington's Direct London
and Manchester Ra ilway
Moore, Major, Anne-s treat, Cavendish-square, Director of the Burton-
on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Murray, James T., 1' sq., George-street, Hanover-square, Director of
the Burton-upon-7 . rent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton Railway
Musgrave, S., Esq.
Nadin, Joseph, Esq., Hopenhill, Director of Remington's Direct Lon-
don and Maacheatt sr Railway
Nadin, Nathanieleeee-a., Hopenhill, Derbyshire, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct Londee 1 ana Manchester Railway
Norton, Joseph, Esq.. , Huddersfield, Director of the Nottingham and
Dondon Direct Rai Tway
Ogle, Nathaniel, Es. 1., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham, Director of
the Burton-on-Tre ut, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Rail-
way
Pulteney, Captain re tuglas Kinnaird, 4, Parliament-street, Chairman
of the York and L ancaster Railway, and Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Richardson, Joseph, Esq.
Riddle, Robert Andre iw, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Tr, eig, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Ox-
ford and Worcest r r Extension Railway
Robinson, John, Eisq Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfita d, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield,
Nottingham, and London Direct Railways
Roden, T. C., Esq., -/ eirmingham, Director of the Leeds, Huddders-
field, and Wolves hampton Direct Railway.
Shipton, Robert, Es 1., Scupton, Derbyshire, Director of Remington's
Direct London an d Manchester Railway
Skidmore, J. A., Esq i , St. John's, Wakefield, Director of the Great
Leeds and London I Direct, and Hull and Holyhead Direct Railways
Smith, John, Esq., Barton-house, Ashborne, Derbyshire
Smith, Thomas, Enq ~ M.D., Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, and Wolveal.eimpton Direct, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
Smith, Wm., Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Rail way
Sneyd, Thomas, Elsg Belmont
Spiers, Edward Jol a s, Esq., Carlton-villa, Maida-vale, Director of the
Staffordshire, Di sr byshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Stiuthoee, Lieuten ar at-Colonel Leicester, Chairman of Remington's
Direct London as iel Manchester Railway
Trapp, Benjamin, :E sq., banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's
Direct London &1 i d Manchester Railway
Tyler, George, Esq 1., Holloway-place, London, Director of the
Brighton and Chu Benham Railway
Waller, Major Jett ins,. K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersflr ad, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Brighton
and Cheltenham 'I tailways
Walters, James, Es( 1., Bakeweli, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field
and Woiverhampt on Direct Railway
Warren, Jos. Lox& ae, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, Salop
Wardle. Henry, Eso ~ Macclesfield, Director of Remington's London
and Manchester i )irect Railway
Watts, W. R., Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leel, Huddersfield
and Wolverhamp kin Direct Railway
Welsh, Robert, Esq Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby :0 Erect Railway Company
Weston, Thomas, 7 gsg., Tean, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and Sot tth Staffordshire Railway
Wilkinson, J., Esq.
Wright, Thomas, F tsq., merchant, Derby, Director of the Derbyshire,
Stafforist ire, a nail Worcestershire Junction Railway.
E MOINEER—George Remington, Esq.
The title of this line sufficiently and correctly explains the object
f the undertaking
The Birminghtu a terminus will be placed in communication with
all the other rails rays having a station in that town, and will be
brought as near as practicable to its centre. Proceeding thence in a
northerly direction s, and on the west side of the Lichfield road, it will
pass within a short t distance of Sutton Coldfleld, and to Lichfield, at
the latter of which . -places there will be a station in communication
with the projected Walsall lines.
Thence crossly tg the Trent Valley, near King's Bromley, it will
pursue the enure is otf the Blythe Valley, or by or near to Abbots
Bromley to Leif- ;11, where it will leave the Blythe Valley, and by a
short cutting re *oh the Teals station on Remington's London and
Manchester lir eat the junction of the Crewe branch, or by a junc-
tion with which lever of the projected lines to Manchester may be
adopted by Parld 'talent.
The entire len 4th of the new line to be made will not exceed
thirty-four miles, , and the whole will bs carried over a moat favour-
able country—tv ro-thirds being a water-level.
Sections of a g neat portion of the line have been made, and the en-
tire Parliamentary survey will be completed by the 9th ofOctober.
This railway trill afford 'a route from Birmingham to Manchester
eleven miles shot :Ler than by any existing or projected line. It will
also give the bee x and nearest line between Huddersfield, and Bir-
mingham.
It will also ft* I fish a nearer and more direct route from Birming-
ham to the Potts tries than any line made or projected by several
miles, assuming any of the projected Pottery lines to have their ter-
mini at Colwich, on the Trent Valley, or at Stafford, on the Grand
Junction Raw ty ; thus giving to Manchester, and also the Pot-
teries, the shor' test, easiest, and most direct route to Birmingham.
It will also giv s the nearest line between Huddersfield and Birming-
ham and South. impton.
This railway crosses the projected Leeds and Huddersfield and
Wolverhampto a Direct Railway. In the Blythe Valley a-station will
be placed, and • communication effected, so as to afford to Birmingham
the shortest ne rte by many miles, with Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and the norti it am parts of England. In allotting shares every legi-
timate Preferta see will be given to landholders on the line..
It is obviouie that the projected line will afford an ample return to
the sharehold Drs.
For prospe' reuses, shares, and every information, apply to the
solicitors, W. Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter; or at the Offices
of the Compar ly, No. 1, Moorgate, London.
BROKERS.
Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Now Bank-buildings
Messrs., Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Messrs Cameron and Co., Liverpool
Mr. ) f orris Reynolds, Liverpool
Mr. Ye shard E. Hine, Macclesfield
Mr. J a anes Jamieson, Leeds
Messrs:. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Mr. E !ederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. R (chard Baines, Blackburn
Mr. G. eorge Clark, Bradford
Mr. IV Illiam Mason, Bradford
Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax
Mesa s. Freeman and Son, Northampton
Masse a. Grayston and Earle, York
Alessi v. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds
Mr. J oseph Clark, jun., Southampton
Moser s. Tate and Nash, Bristol
Meast a. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Mesa a. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester
Mr. I V. H. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun., Huddersfield
Met ;sr a. Everard and Co., Huddersfield
Metcst a. Payne and Freer, Leicester
if. Value, Gloucester
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the " Birmingham and Manchester Direct
Railway."
I requel it you to allot me shares in the above undertaking;
and I agn 30 to pay up the deposit of 2', 2s. per share, and sign the
necessary deeds when required thereto.
Dated ti fie day of , 1845.
Name in fidl ........., „
Profession or Business ........
Place of Residence
Place of Business
Nitl)2o3 ReNreal,....

TH E DIRECT WEST-END AND CROYDON
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 4^,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir James Andersen, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director
of the Hereford and Merthr Tydvil Railway
John Byng Banks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct Railway
James Bailey, Esq , Highbary- park, Director of the Sligo, Donegal,
Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction, and of the Scar-
borough, Whitby, Stockton-on-Tees, and Newcastle and York
Junction Railways
William Banks, Esq., 4, Honey lane, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby, and great Leeds and London Railways
Lieut.-General Sir R Barton, K.C.8., 2 Montagu-place, Montagu-
square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Director of the Tean and 1)ove Valley. and West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways
Charles R. Bigge, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square ; Director of the Great
Grimsby, L:mtli, Horncastle, Lincoln, and 31idland Junction Railway
i William Bland, Esq., Brixton; Director of the North Wales, and
Richmond and West-end Junction Railways
IWilliam Blanchard, Esq., York; Chairman of the Liberty of Ripon
Quarter Sessions, and Director of the York, Hull, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction Railway
II William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; Chairman of the Isle
of Ely Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield
Railway
William Broackes, Esq., M.D., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens,
Director of the Direct London and Liverpool, and Bristol and
- Dover Railways
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Direc-
tor of the Grand Trunk Railway
Isaac Baker Brown, Esq., Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Director of the
Bristol and Dover Direct Junction Railway
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne House, Sheffield, Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire ; Direc-
tor of the Manchester, Derby, and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver-
pool Direct Railways
William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Grand Trunk Railway
E. Turst Carver, Esq., Forest Lodge, Tulsa-hill, Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway
John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-steet, London ; Director of the
Chelmsford and Bury, and York and Lancaster Railways
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Richard Clark, Esq., Farnham, Hants
George Clive, Esq., Sancierstead, near Croydon, Director of the Chel-
tenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway
Benjamin Collett, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire;
Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddermin-
ster; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater ; Director of the Ambergate,
Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Mills Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street ; Director
of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London
Direct Railways
Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair ; Direc-
tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway
Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great Welsh
Central Railway, of the Bath, Bristol, and Dover Railway, of the
Hull and Holyhead Railway, &c.
Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street; Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, United Service Club;
Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
Daniel Ebbetts, Esq., Mincing-lane; Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan-
ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool
and Leeds Dinect Railways
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple; Director of the Great
Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railways
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London ; Director
of the London and Westminster Bank, and Director if the London
Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway
Edmund Aldam Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, and Nottingham
Robert Fisher, Esq., Highbury Park, Director of the Trent Valley
Continuation Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Manchester-square ; Director of the Direct
Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough Railway
Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Xottingham
I and Gainsborough Railway
Henry Glynn, Esq , Garden-court, Temple
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di-
rector if the York and Lancaster Railway
C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square;
Director of the Grand Trunk Railway
George R. Harrison, Esq., Harlingford-place, Kennington ; Director
of the Grand Trunk Railway
William Hay, Esq., 19, Clifford-street, Bond-street.
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square ; Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Yew Tree, Liverpool
A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place ; Director of the Direct Exe-
ter Railway
John Belford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester ; Director of the York
and Lancaster Railway
John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street ; Director of the York and
Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., 31. P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London,
Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and
London and Greenwich Railways
Stephen Hutchinson. Esq., London Gas-works, Vauxhall, Director of
the Grand Trunk Railway
John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of Linden ; Director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, and Svrineshead Abbey, Lincoln-
shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and
Eastern Junction Railway
John Jameson, Esq., St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Cumberland Union
Railways
Slegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Junction Coaat Railway
Richard Kelly. Esq., 6, Cleveland-row; Chairman of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny, and Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Extension Railways
Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and
Manchester Direct Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the Direct Western, Dendre Valley, and Grand Trunk Railway
William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the London and Man-
chester and Direct Western Railways
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House, Wootton-
under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman of London, Chairman of the
Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction,
and Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railways
William Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Direct
Western Railway
James M'Miller, Esq., Southampton
James Meaburn, Esq., Grove-hill, Camberwell
Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Director of the
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railways
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway
Horatio Nelson, Esq.. Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouthßussell-square ; Director of thde
RMeagnactheesdtennrctiannnd
Parbury, R ilEwsaciay,
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Birmingham Railway
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens ; Director of the Grand
Trunk, the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and
Railways
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields ;
Director of the Rennet and Avon Canal Company, and York and
Lancaster Railway
George Richard Pye, Esq., LaYenham, Suffolk
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-square, Director of the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton andChel-
tenham Direct Railways
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square ; Director of the
Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, and of the London,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ;
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square ; Director
of the 'rring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railways
James Reid, Esq. Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction
Compacy
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq. Middle Temple, London ; Director of
the Great Western Extension Atmospheric Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale
H. Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway
William Stuctey, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction 1
Railways
Martin Stately, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of
the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Western, and Grand Trunk Railways
Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich
Edward IL 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plymouth; Director
of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
Henry Taylor, Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North
Union Railways
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Great Leeds and
London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of
the Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct
Railways
Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Werthing, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby
Railways
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the
York and Lancaster, and Direct Western Railways
Sir Thomas Woollaston White, Bart., Walling Wells, Nottingham
Thomas Williams, Esq., Belgrave-street, Belgrave-square
W. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and
Marynort and Carlisle Railways
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, and Suffolk-place, Pall-mall ;
Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKEas.—The Commercial Bank of London.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir John Macneil, L.L.D., F.R.S., M.1.C.E.,
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins,M.l.C.E.; Messrs. Gough and Roumieu, C.E.
SURVEYORS.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square.
SECRETARY—J. L. Cotton, Esq.

The principal objects of the scheme are—let. To remedy the evils
of delay and inconvenience to which parties are, at the present time,
necessarily subjected in proceeding from the west end of the metro-
polis to Croydon, or the most distant places on the South-Eastern
and London and Brighton Railways, as well as the several sea-ports
and packet-stations on the coasts of Kent and Sussex; and 2d. To
supply to the numerous and wealthy inhabitants of the district
through which the intended line will pass (at present wholly with-
out railway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in-
terchange of communication with the metropolis, and with each other.
Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail-
way, at Hungerford or Waterloo-bridge, the line will take the most
practicable route to Kennington, from thence it will follow as near as
possible the old turnpike road, passing through or near to the
wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton,
Tulse-hill, Streatham, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect-
ing a junction at Croydon with the several existing or projected
lines from that place.
It is also proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh-
bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend
to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, the advantages
of a direct railway communication with the metropolis.
A great portion of the traffic In passengers and goods upon the
Brighton and Dover lines is supplied from the west-end of London
and the Birmingham and Great Western Railways. The necessity
of proceeding to the station at London-bridge, and by the present
circuitous route to Croydon, is a serious and unnecessary inconveni-
ence, entailing additional expense and delay. The removal of this
long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre-
sent undertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay-
ing this scheme before the public, that they have no desire to inter-
fere with existing railway interests, further than is absolutely indis-
pensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield
assistance to, and in return endeavour to secure it, from each com-
pany with which this line may ultimately be connected.
A glance at the map will show, that as a branch or arm of the
London and Brighton Railway, this undertaking completes a straight
line of communication from the west end of London to Croydon,
Reigate, and Brighton, and renders the ports of Dover and Folke-
stone, as well as the several places on the South-Eastern line, more
easily accessible from that part of the metropolis.
The great amount of traffic at the present time upon the roads be-
tween Croydon, Mitcham, Tooting, &c., and London, proves at once
that the existing railway facilities do not at all meet the exigencies
of the mass of population to whom this line will be available.
The population who reside upon or in the immediate neighbour-
hood of the proposed line, independent of the metropolis, and between
the intended termini, exceeds 100,000, whose wants are almost
wharfs wholly supplied from the London markets, &c., and who have, at
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on the banks of
corn, coal, lime, and
the present time, no mode of conveyance but upon the turnpike
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the Thames, and for marketable produce in each direction, this line
must become to them particularly useful and convenient.
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Some idea may be formed of the local necessity of this railway
W' en it is known that the number ofpassengers who avail themselves
of the accommodation afforded by the several omnibuses and other
publieiehicles, running upon the turnpike-road, have been ascer-
tained to exceed 2,600 daily. An equal number (at least) proceed
by private and other conveyances. Of foot passengers, although
no accurate estimate NM be fora* of Wow, 0 is considere4 that

they at least number four times that of passengers who travel by con-
veyance. The tonnage of goods it is calculated will be in full pro-
portion to the receipt from passengers.
Experience has fully proved, that on however liberal a scale the
probability of future traffic in the transit of goods and passengers has
been judged, almost every line of railway has, upon its completion,
vastly exceeded the calculated amount. There are, however, in this
instance, reasons for supposing' that the extended facilities of com-
munication will cause more than an ordinary increase in the con-
veyance of passengers. The country which the line of railway will
open is singularly picturesque and beautiful, and in addition to the
admired districts of Brixton and Streathain, the long-favoured and
much-frequented Beulah and Norwood NN, id be placed within easy
access, and become more than ever, objects of interest and delight
to the visitor and resident of the metropolis.
There can therefore be little doubt but that the present line must
become a profitable and eligible scheme for the investment of capital.
The promoters of this undertaking have pleasure in announcing
that it is approved of, awl will Ise generally supported by local in-
fluence. They have caused a partial survey to be made, which will
be completed shortly, and they have the assurance of their engineers
that there are not more than ordinary difficulties to contend with.
The liability of the shareholders will be restricted, by Act of Parlia-
ment, to the amount of their subscriptions; and power will be applied
for in the Bill to allow interest at 41. per cent. per annum on all calls
from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line.
Applications for further information, prospectuses, and shares (in
he form annexed), may he addressed to the Solicitors; to the Secre-
tary, at the offices of the Company, No. 34, Gracechurch-street ; or
to the following Brokers :—viz., Messrs. U. and M. BP yd, Princes-
street; Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Greystone
and Earle, York; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool; Messrs. Cardwell
and Co., and Mr. Henry Benton, Manchester ; Mr. James Pearson,
Birmingham; Yessrs. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs. 14r tdy and
Stainforth, Hull ' • Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sand-
ford, Exeter ; Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. J. W. Carr, Col-
chester.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct West-End and Croydon
Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above railway, upon which or anon any less number that
may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to pay the deposit, and to
execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement
when required to do so.

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Date

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

NEW LONDOgAgfiThIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.
This Company has beetx this day Provisionally Registered, thelgreat
object of which is to afford cheap accommodation to the public.
This railway will embrace in its course the towns of St. Albans,
Redburn, Markgate-street, Dunstable, Hockliffe, Woburn, Newport
Pagnell, Northampton, Daventry, Leamington, and Warwark.
The detailed prospectus will immediately be published. In the
meantime, communications "nay be made to A. W. Arnold, Esq.,
Solicitor, 34, Moorgate-street, City, London ; or to J. Cave Hall,
Esq., Solicitor, Northampton.
Dated this:3d day of October, 1845,

S HREWSBURY • AND TRENT VALLEY
UNION RAILWAY.
Company's Offices, 68, George street,
Manchester, October 3d, 1845.
_ .

The Committee of Management of the Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union Railway Company having this day unanimously re-
solved, that it is expedient that this undertaking should be combined
with the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, and that
for thin purpose the Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Railway
Company should be dissolved and its affairs wound up ;
Notice is hereby given, that scrip holders must forward their scrip
to these offices on or before the 31st October instant, and signify in
the annexed form, their election either to receive back their deposit,
which, in that event, will be returned to them without deduction for
past expenses, or to take in exchange for the scrip of the Shrews-
bury and Trent Valley Union Company, a corresponding number of
Shares in the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company.
Parties who shall so elect may receive back their deposits forthwith,
on depositing their scrip.
Parties who elect to take shares in the Shropshire Union Railway
and Canal Company, ittay, in like manner, on depositing their scrip,
obtain a letter of allotment for a coresponding number of shares in
the new Company, which allotment will be forwarded to original
allottees immediately after the scrip shall have been deposited, and
in other cases so soon as the Directors shall be satisfied of the suffi-
ciency of the depositors.
Parties who shall fail to send in their scrip and notify their wishes
on or before the 31st October, will be considered as haying elected
to receive back their deposits.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement of the
New Company, together with a Deed of Release, will lie for signa-
ture on and after Monday, the 13th October instant ;—in Manches-
ter, at No. 68, George-street, and in London, at a place to be here-
after named ; and the scrip of the New Company will be issuable
immediately after the deeds shall have been executed.
HENRY TOOTAL, Deputy Chairman,
R. FOSS, Secretary.

(PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.)
PROSPECTUS OF THE

KENT and ESSEX UNION RAILWAY,
connecting the Southern Coast of Essex with Dover and the
Continent, via Sheerness, Faversham, and Canterbury, with a Junc-
tion Line to Herne Bay, Margate, Itamsgate, and Deal.
Capital 550,0001., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
With power to add to their number.
John Brought Esq., Herne Bay
George Burge, Esq., Herne Bay

John Burgess, Esq., Boroughteeve of Manchester, Director of the

London and Manchester Railway
Thomas Camplin, Esq., Herne Bay, and Alderman of Bristol
Edward B. Davis, Esq., Rochester

Lewis Levy, Esq., Tavistock-square

John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn

Commission
The lion. Capt. Douglas Kinnaird Paßaney, Chairman of the York
and Lancaster Railway
Rev. D. Robinson, Brompton

Edward Sherman,Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand.

_
ENGINEEZ—WiIIiam Tierney Clark, Esq., M.I.C.E. and F.R.S.
SUEVEYOR—J. M. Davey, Esq.
BaNkaas—Union Bank of London, Princes-street and Pall-mall East.

SOLICITORS.
George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square
William Rogers, Esq., 1, Moorgate, London
James White. Esq., Canterbury.
Temporary °dices of the Company, 34, Coleman-street.

- - - -
This railway will commence at Sheerness in conjunction with a
short steam-ferry communication from a point at or near to South-
end, on the opposite Essex coast, and will proceed from Sheerness
by Queenborough to Faversham, where it will form a junction with
one of the proposed lines from London by that town to Canterbury
and Dover.

The integral line will be continued from Faversham to or near to
Herne Bay,; and from thence to the South-Eastern Extension
Railway (now being made), at a point near Sarr, and will then pro-
ceed on that line direct to Ramsgate eastwards, and direct to Deal
south-eastwards. From a point between Herne Bay and Sarr the
line will also be carried by a short extension to Margate.
By this project Marga'e will be placed within 75 miles of the me-
tropolis, instead of more than 100, as at present, and that, too, by a
direct line through Faversham, at which place it will meet the Lon-
don lines.
The important town of Ramsgate, now so extensively connected
with continental communication, will also be thus afforded a much
nearer overland route to London ; and Deal, Ramsgate, Margate,
Herne Bay, Sheerness, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Woolwich,
Greenwich, and London, will all be placed in immediate or easy con-
nexion upon one continuous line of railway.
By means also of this undertaking, in conjunction with the exist-
ing and projected railways proceeding to the south coast of Essex,
the whole of the
passengers and traffic from Liverpool, Manchester,
Leeds, Hull, York, and the Northern, the Midland, and the
will
polis , whereby the
Eastern Counties, be conveyed to Dover and the Conti-
nent via Sheerness, in preference to a lengthened and cir-
cuitous route through the metro journey will be
shortened more than 50 miles, travelling expenses will be curtailed,
and the serious inconvenience and delay of transhipment and con-
veyance from one part of London to another wholly avoided.
A glance at the map also will show the immense advantage which
the metropolis itself will enjoy by its being thus afforded other routes
to the coast of Kent. The millions who annually seek pleasure in
excursions to Gravesend, Sheerness, Southend, Herne Bay, Margate,
Ramsgate, Deal, and Dover, will have a choice of different routes.
They may proceed by railway, oa the Essex side of the Thames, to
the Thames Haven, Tilbury Fort, or Southend—pass over to Sheer-
ness by water, and thence proceed direct by this railway—or they
may reach Sheerness wholly by water, and then avoid the sea—or,
may pass at once from London, on the Surrey sidesof the Thames,
to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, by railway in a
direct line, consuming only about two hours in the journey, and may
vary their pleasure by going in one direction and returning by
another.
Independently of the vast multitudes who will thus seek health
and recreation, the importance, as a national object, of connecting all
the above-mentioned towns, and solving a direct line from Sheerness to
Dover, together with the immense existing traffic in the direction of
the undertaking, and the great increase which the improved and
enlarged modes of communication throughout. Kent will occasion,
must be too apparent to need further observation ; and the Commit-
tee, from careful inquiry, feel confidence in stating that no scheme of
railway has yet been offered 111) public attention combining greater
public and private advantages.
About thirty-six miles of new railway only will embrace all the
above important objects—viz., from Sheerness to Faversham
about •••• • • • • .•• • . ...... ...... „„ „ • • 12 miles.
Faversham to Herne Bay ..... .............., 10
Thence to Sarr • •
The extension to Margate .... • . 9

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Only willing
it is at the request of many
of them that the promoters have determined on prosecuting it.
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Faversham to Margate.
undertakingThelandedahporulopdriitoarsecaorme
accomplished, and
The Committee reserve the power of making branches to Canter-
bury and to Deal, if circumstances shoul.l hereafter render it ad-
visable.
The liability of the shareholders will be restricted to the amount
of their subscriptions, and power will be applied for in the Bill to
allow interest, at 4 per cent. per annum on all calla, from the
of the Act until the opening of the line. passing
Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to
the solicitors or secretary, at the temporary offices, 34, Coleman-
street, or at No. 2, Hercules-passage, City; and the following share-
brok ers :
Mr. Miles, Worcester
Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler, Worcester
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Messrs. Cameron and Co. Liverpool Mr.
Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool
Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield
Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Mr. Frederick Stamp. Hull
Mr;Thomas Boardman, Blackburn
Mr. George Clark, Bradford
Mr. Wm. Mason, Bradford
Mr. Wm. Cronhelm, Halifax
Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York
Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield
Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds
Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham
Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun., Southampton
Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol
Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter
Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter
- Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. A. fireball and Co., Manchester
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield
Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Weatherburn, Jun., Huddersfield
Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester
Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin
Mr. James Ross, Perth.
To the Provisional Committee of the Kent and Essex Union Railway.
I request you will !allot me shares in Use proposed Kent.
and Essex Union Railway, and I agree to take all such shares, or so
many as may be alloted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and
to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement
when required so to do.
Name --.

Description

Resident
Date

Reference to

EREWASH VALLEY EXTENSION, and
ROCHDALE, BLACKBURN, and EAST LANCASHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,750,0001., in 87,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
C. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Mid-
land Railway Company
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., York-terrace, Re-
gent's-park, and Walney, Director of the Trent Valley Railway
- Company

WlMain Bean, Esq., Tulse-hill
William Beresford, Esq., M.P., 77, Pall-mall, London, Director of
the Thames Valley Railway Company
Hon. Augustus Berkeley, Berkeley-house, Spring-gardens
William Blanford, Esq., Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Company

John Hlooi, Esq., Leotbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Tean and
Dove Valley, the Derby, Gainsberough and Great Grimsby June-
_Hon, the Sheffield, Leith, and Potteries, and the Shropshire Mineral
Railway Company
William Walker Botterill, Swallow House, Bumly, Director of the
Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction, and the York
and Renor Railway Companies
Charles Bradley, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation,
and of- the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Companies

Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport,
and Portsmouth, and the South and Midland Railway Companies
Louis Buckland, Lloyd's, Director of the Manchester and Rugby
Railway Company
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the Heighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield, the York and Lan-
caster, the Staffordshire Potteries, and the Rugby and Derby Rail-
way Companies.

William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct. the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junc-
tion, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Rail-
way Companies

.
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne-house, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbech, and Lincolnshire ; of the Great Grimsby
and Lincolnshire; and of the Direct Western Railway Companies
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince-hall, near Wigan, Director of the Staf-
fordshire Potteries Railways, the York and Lancashire, the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct, and the Keighly, Halifax, and Hudders-
field Railway Companies

William Campbell, Esq., Fairfield, Ayrshire
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Magistrate of Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman
of the Warwick and Worcester ; and Director of the Taw Vale
Railway Companies

Rev. H. R. Chandos Pole, M.A., Rector of Radbourne and Bluggen-
_ ten, Derbyshire

John Churchill, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation Railway Company
Major Morse Cooper, Wargrave, Henly-on-Thames, Director of the
South and Midlands, and Thames Valley Railway Companies
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadvale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Tean Dove Valley, and of the Thames Valley Railway Com-
panies

William Thomas Cox, Esq., Spordon, Derbyshire, Director of tho
Tean and Dove Valley Railway Company
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the West Midlands and of the Thames
Valley Railway Companies
_ _ _

John Alec,ek Dixon, Esq., Burnly, Director of the Leeds and Liver-
pool, and of the Huddersfield, Halifax, Reithby Railway Companies
Henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk-house, Tuise.hill

Col. Robert Douglas, Director of the London and Birmingham Ex-
tension, and of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway Companies
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Director of the Thames Valley
Railway Company

Warner Ewart,Esq., 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Great
Leeds and London Direct, the Liverpool and London Direct, and
the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Companies
Sir James Eyre, Lower Brook-street

Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the South and Midlands, and
ofthe London and Birmingham Extension Railway Companies
W. T. Fraser, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Railway Company
John Grant, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Manchester, Barnly,
Settle, and Carlisle Direct Railway Company
Lieut.-Colonel Sir L. Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street
Sir Andrew Pellett Green, Director of the Hull and Doncaster Rail-
way Company

Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the South
Staffordshire, ofthe Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth;
of the London► and Birmingham Extension, and Northampton,
Daventry, and Warwick ; and of the Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation, and Welsh Junction Railway Companies
F. J. Hall, Esq., Torringten-square, London, The Grange, Alfreton,
Director of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Company
S. C. Hall, Esq., F.S.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Great
London and Lulls Direct, and of the Thames Valley Railway
Companies

RobereHammersley, Esq., Leek, Director of the Macclesfield and
Lichfield Railway
Frederic Hewett, Esq., Clapham, Surrey, Director of the Great
Western, Southern, and Eastern Counties, and of the Leek and
Mansfield Railway Companies
George Price Hill, Esq., Gavenbrae-house, Hampstead, Director of
the Thames Valley Railway Company
Roger idolinsworth, Esq , Birmingham, Director of the Trent Valley
Continuation Railway Company
Henry Holroyd, Esq , Burnly, Director of the Wolverhampton,
Chester and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
John Douglas Hopkins, Esq., Director of the London and Birming-
ham Extension, and of the Staffordshire Potteries Railway
Companies
Abraham Howe, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Railway Company
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London,
Chairman of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale
of Llangollen ; of the Leek and Mansfield ; and of the Great
Western, Southern, and Eastern Counties Railway Companies
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, and
Parthenon Club, Regent-street, Director of the Chepstow and
Forest of Dean and Gloucester Railway Companies
Frederick I. Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester, Staffordshire Potteries, and South and Midland
Railway Companies
Mr. Alderman Kelly, Director of the London and Birmingham Ex-
tension, and of the West Midland Railway Companies
Thomas Kidley, M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway Bompany
Charles George Knox, Esq., Old-square, Lincoln's Inn
William Law, Esq., Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Companies
George Lawton, Esq., Dutchley's, Essex, Director of the South
Midland and South Ilnien, and of the Thames Valley Railway
Companies
Rev. Richard Lee, rector of Darley-dale, Derbyshire
Thomas Lee, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway Company
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood-house, Wotton-
under-Edge, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth
Railway Company

John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, near Wigan, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct, the Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield, and
of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway Companies
William Margetson, Esq., Streatham
Henry Blair Mayne, Esq., 14, Wilton-street, Grosvenor-square
John Mollady, Esq., Marble-hall, Warwick, Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension, and of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway Companies

Peter Morrison,-Esq., Prince's-street, Bank, London, Director ofthe
Thames Valley Railway Company
Robert William Netterville, Esq., Cruise Rath, County Meath, and
Sackville-street, Dublin
John George Norbury, Esq., 3fancetta-house, Atherstone, Director
of the Thames Valley Railway Company
Henry Gerard Ohrley, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands, and
of the Oxford and- Worcester Extension Railway Companies
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., 8, Upper Hyde Park-street, Director of the
Thames. Valley Railway Company
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway Company
Lewis Pocock, Esq., Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and
Oxford Junction Railway
The Rev. John Poole, M.A., Mansfield
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosa eel's
Great Northern of France ; of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England ; and of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Companies
David R Ross. Esq., M.P. Chairman of the Belfast, and Director of
the London and Manchester Railway Companies.
Henry Savage, Esq., 34, Dorset-place, Dorset-square, Director of the
Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway Company
James Shaw, Esq., Aldred-place, Salford, Director of the Western,
York, and Lancashire, the Chester and Manchester Direct, and
the Rugby and Manchester Direct Railway Companies
Joseph Shaw,
Esq.,Huddersfield, Director of the Eastern Union
Railway Company
William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and
Thames Embankment Companies
William Simpson, Esq., York
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Director of
the South and Midlands Railway, and Belfast, Larne, and Bally-
mena Railway Companies
James Sins-4a * Esq., Green Bank, Burnly, Director of the
Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Railway Company
Henry Taylor, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield, the York and
Lancashire, and the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railway
Companies
William H. Terrell, Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, Director of
the Hull and Doncaster Railway
William Thornton, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portman-square Thomas Hammond Tooke, Esq., Director of the Bideford and Tavis-
tock, and London and Birmingham Extension Railway Companies
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Portman-square, Dorset-street, Director
of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean and Gloucester Junction Rail-
way Company
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath-park and Norwich, Director of
the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway Company
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Director of the Worcester and Warwick
Railway Company
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport,
and Portsmouth Railway Companies
Samuel Watkins, Esq., Forest Hill
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Director of the Waveney Talley and Great
Yarmouth Railway Company
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company
John Wheelton, Esq.
Francis Sacheverel Wilmot, Esq., Storton-by-Dale, Derbyshire,
Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway Company
G, N. Wright, MA., Coed Coelyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-
square, London, Deputy-Chairman of the West Midlands, and
Director of the Oxford and Worcester Railway Companies
William Wright, Esq., Thorp-house, Norton, near Sheffield, Direc-
tor of the Sheffield, Barnsby, and Wakefield Junction Railway
Companies

Sir William Wynn, Meseynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales,
and Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Company
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
CHAIRMAN—W. HUGHES HUGHES, ,Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c.,
Alderman
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—JOSEPH BROWN, Esq.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart. Charles George Knox, Esq.
G. N. Wright, M.A. William Law, Esq.
William Bean, Esq. Stephen Lewis, Esq.
Richard Carpenter, Esq. William Shaw, Esq.
John Churchill, Esq. Robert Watkins, Esq.
F. J. Hall, Esq. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq.
Frederick Hewitt, Esq.

BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank, Lothbury
Derby—The Derby and Derbyshire Bank
Rochdale—Messrs. Clement Royds and Son
Blackburn—The Manchester and Liverpool Banking Company.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Sir John Macneill, LL.D. and F.R.S.
James Thompson, Esq., F.R.S.E. and M.R.I.A.
ENGINEERS.
William B. Prichard, Esq.. C.E.
William Thomson, Esq., C.E.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates,
SOLICITOR—HuII Terrell, Esq., 30, Basinghall-street, LOW=
LOCAL AGENTS.
J. Cressy Hall, Esq., Aifteton, Derbyshire
George Henry Richardson Cox, Esq., Spondon, Derbyshire
SECRETARY—Stillingfieet Locker, Esq.

Assuming the northern terminus of the Erewash Railway
as its origin, this line will pass through localities totally un-
provided with railway accommodation, into the populous ma-
nufacturing districts of Lancashire. It will continue the
important line from which it borrows the prefix of its name,
from Alfreton, in Derbyshire, where it will be a recipient of
traffic from the Cromford Canal—communicating with the Codnor
ironworks—along the Dinting Vale, and, obeying the course of the
river Derwent, enter Yorkshire, in the vicinity of Saddiewerth. In
its course, it will pass through or near to Matlock, Ashbourne, Glos-
sop, Mottram, Hy-field, and Duckenfield, in reaching which point, the
Manckester and Sheffield Railway will be intersected, and the Hud-
dersfield Canal Railway passed, near to the Rochdale station of the
Manchester and Leeds Railway.
It is unnecessary to state here the character of the country from
Rochdale to Blackburn : it will be sufficient to observe, that it is the
seat of those manufactures to which England owes her accumulating
wealth. The line will proceed thence through or near to Whitworth
and Rossendale, and fall into the East Lancashire Railway, in the
vicinity of Haslingden.
A branch will be thrown out of the think line, from the Junction
with the East Lancashire line near Haslingden, by Low-Moor iron-
works and Bacup, to Todmorden.
The Erewash Extension will be the only direct route from the
centre of Derbyshire to the great manufacturing towns and chief
seaports of Lancashire. It will traverse a valley district adorned
with the most picturesque scenery, and, at the same time, rich in,
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with the exact direction of the projected line, highly favourable gra-
dients are Obtained for a considerable part of the length ; and every
other section of the country, upon a preliminary survey, has been
reported as more than commonly practicable. While the return for
capital cannot be questioned, and the necessities of the district de-
mand accommodation, the expenditure must necessarily fall below
the usual amount for works of equal magnitude.
To identify this project with that of the Erewash Valley, although
not included under, or belonging to the same executive, it is pro-
posed to allow subscribers in that Company shares in the Erewash
Extension : the number to be regulated by the interest retained in
the elder project.
The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the Share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is
obtained ; and power will be taken in the Act to allow 4 per cent. in-
terest upon all calls.
Prospectuses,!maps, and forms, may be had at the Offices of Hull
Terrell, Esq., solicitor, 30, Basinghall-street, London ; G. Esq., Cressy
Hall, solicitor, Alfreton ; George Henry Richardson Cox, Esq.,
Spondon, Derbyshire ; and the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs.
Broad-street,
and Bush, 26, Austin-friars; Mr. T. iTzielli, 75, Old
Broad-street, London ; Mr. W. Wren, Preston ; Messrs. Flint and
Tootal, Hull; Mr. W. Mason, Bradford; Messrs. Graystone and
Earle, York ; Mr. W. Croniem, Halifax ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and
Sons, Sheffield ; Mr. S. Eyre, Derby ; Mr. T. Boardman, Blackburn ;
Mr. Lemon, Bath ; Mr. Henry Carr, Colchester ; Mr. William Allbut,
I lauley.

Applications for shares must be accompanied by references to a
member of the Provisional Committee—to the Solicitor or Local
Agent—to some person of known respectability—or to the applicant's
banker in London or elsewhere.

Notice.—No further applications for Shares in this Company can
be received after Wednesday, October 15.
Offices of the Company, 44, Finsbury-circus.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Erewash Valley Extension, and
Rochdale, Blackburn, and East Lancashire Junction Railway Com-
pany.

Capital, 1,750,0001., in 87,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each
in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same,
or any portion of that number you may allot me, and to pay the de-
posit of 2/. 2s. per share on them, as wel as all future calls, also to
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreememt when-
ever required.
Dated

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Profession and Residence of Retiree

FREWASH VALLEY EXTENSION, AND
ROCHDALE, BLACKBURN, AND EAST LANCASHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in
this Company can be received after WEDNESDAY next, the 15th day
of October, Immediately after which7the Allotment will take place.
By order, STILLINGFLEET LOCKER, Secretary.
44, Finsbury-circus.

REWASH VALLEY EXTENSION, AND
ROCHDALE, BLACKBURN, AND EAST LANCASHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given, that the OFFICES of this Company ARE
REMOVED to 44, FINSBURY-CIRCUS,
By order,

STILLINGFLEET LOCKER, Secretary.
October 9, 1845.

AT OTTINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, AND
COVENTRY JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Uniting Warwick, Coventry, and Birmingham, with Nottingham,
Newark, and Lincoln.
(Provisionally Registered.)
effices—(temporary), 19, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
Capital 550,000/., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Lifford, Astley Castle, Coventry
Matthew Gisborne, Esq., Walton Hall, Derbyshire
Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S., 5, Gloucester-terrace, Regent Park
Sir John Penniston Milbanke, Bart., Great Portland. street
William Collins, Esq., M.P. for Warwick, Director of the Leioester
and Tamworth Railway
Michael Thomas Bass, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and
Manchester Direct Railway
Fraser B. Henshaw, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction
Railway
Major Wailer, K.H., Deputy-Chairman of the South and Midlands
Junction Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, F.R.S., 15, Upper Montague-street,
Montague-square, Director of the College of Civil Engineers
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Hyde Park-place, Director of the
Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle Junction Railway
T. E. Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square, Director of the Warwick
and Cheltenham Railway
The Hon.W. E. Fitzmaurice, M.P., Cheshara-street, Belgrave-square
Henry Dann, Esq., 42, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the
Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe Railway
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts, Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Clement Ruding, Esq., Director of the National Bank of
Ireland
John Rawson, Esq., Halifax, Deputy-Lieutenant for Yorkshire, and
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway
The Hon. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, Ashbuniham House, Chairman
- of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway
John Thomas Rsworth, Esq., Leicester
Thomas Hackett, Esq., Derby, Director of the Great Manchester and
Southampton Railway
John Sandars, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Crewe Railway
John Fisher, Esq., Short-hill, Nottingham, and Watling-street,
London
Nathaniel Nadin, Esq., Stapenhill, Burton-upon-Trent
Capt. Gustavus Evansi R.N., Headley Grove, Surrey
Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the Leicester and
Tamworth Railway
Edmund Sharpe, Esq., Swandlincote, Potteries
Sheldon Craddock, Esq., Leicester
John Gretton, Esq., brewer, Burton-npon-Trent
Ambrose Moore, Esq., Milk-street, Cheapside
James Arbouin, Esq., Mark-lane, Director of the London and York
Railway
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the East India Company
Lieut.-Gen. Taylor, Clarendon-place, Hyde Park
George Ledwell Taylor, Esq., 45, Hyde Park-square
Douglas Fox, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Crewe Railway
Frederick Cayley Worsky, Esq., Imberhorne House, Sussex
John Taylor, Esq., Cross-street, City, Director of the Commercial
Bank of London
Lancelot Llewbellyn Haslope, Esq., Lifford, near Birmingham, Di-
rector of the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway
John Eames, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Captain Beare, Director of the Worcestershire, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe Railway
W. Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon Railway
Matthew Wyatt, Esq., 1, Upper Hyde Park-street, Director of the
Manchester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway
John Douglas Cooper, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
John B. Story, Esq., Lockington Hall, Leicester
Captain Holden, Locko Park, Derbyshire
The Mayor of Nottingham
George Bacon, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
William Charles Boden, Esq., Apsley Hall, Nottingham
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., magistrate, Nottingham
Thomas Fisher, Esq., Short Hill, Nottingham
Henry Attenburrow, Esq., Nottingham
William Hannay, Esq., magistrate, Nottingham
William Cartledge, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Lewis Heyman, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Alfreton
Joshua Harding, Esq., Rosliston, Derbyshire
Morris Piddocke, Esq., Stanton, near Burton-upon-Trent
Robert Collings Cilbertson, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
David Melville, Esq., 13, Wood-street, Cheapside, and Nottingham
William Clark, Esq., the Mayor of Coventry
Alderman Dunn, Coventry
Francis Wyley, Esq., Coventry
Captain Frederick Willmot Horton, R.N., Cation-hall, Derbyshire
Charles Noel, Esq., Kirby Mallory, Leicestershire
Mr. Alderman Newton, Coventry
Robert Power, Esq., Atherstone
George Meek, Esq., 29, Russell-square
Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gutter-lane
Dr. Williams, Nottingham
John Smith Mansfield, Esq., 3, Essex-court, Temple
Edward Coleman, Esq., Atherstene
Thomas Dicken, Esq., St. Stephen's-hill, Staffordshire
John Mott, Esq., the Close, Lichfield, Director of the South Stafford.
shire Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq., Greenwich, Chairman of the Greenwich
Railway

(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITORS.
Abraham Bass, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent.
Messrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, Kng's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 1, Exchange-baildingl.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates.
BANKERS.
The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street.
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, aid 6, Henrietta-street,

Covent-garden,

The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashb-ourne Union Banking Company,
Burton-upon-Trent, and Ashbourne.
Messrs. Evans and Co., Derby.
I. and John Charles Wright and Co., Nottingham.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Fox, Esq.
ENGINEER—EIijah Galloway, Esq.

This line will commence at a point on the Midland Counties Rail-
way, near Kegworth, and will proceed in a direct line to Nuneaton,
and thus, by means of other projected lines, a direct communication
will be formed between the important towns of Nottingham, Newark,
and Lincoln on the one side, and Birmingham, Coventry, and War-
wick on the other ; and: as there is no doubt the proposed rail-
way between Cheltenham and Warwick will be formed, a direct
communication will thus be effected between the Severn at Glouces-
ter, and the Humber at Great Grimsby. At the same time, a rich
mineral and: agricultural district will be supplied with railway ad-
vantages.

The line will pass through a very productive district, intersecting
the Leicestershire coal-fields and limeworks, and will afford commu-
nication, north and south, to the Derbyshire potteries. With such
an assured immediate and prospective amount of traffic, the profits
on the small capital required cannot fail to be highly remunerative.
In consequence of the lines in the course of formation, exclusive of
those projected to Great Grimsby, that port will be rendered of the
first importance, and It must be obvious that traffic from the district
south-west of Warwick will be very great.
The distance saved by the proposed line between Leamington,
Warwick, Coventry, and Nottingham, will be about twenty miles ;
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Lincoln, it must secure the traffis from Birmingham is Notting-
ham, Newark, Lincoln, and the port of Great Grimsby ; and by com-
municating with the Erewash Valley Railway at Long Eaton, is mast
fauromd NBottrtstininghgahmant atitt Nottingham
six
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ames
command the traffic from Coventry, Warwick, and the district south
of those towns to Sheffield, Leeds, York, and the north of England
generally. It will also afford a direct commusication between Not-
tingham and the
district between Warwick and Worcester, by means
ef the projected Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, aid the Warwick
and Worcester Railways.
The entire length of the line will be about twenty-four miles. The
Parliamentary surveys are now in active progress, and contracts have
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Coventry, for the formation r
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ire the
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should ten-
der
been entered into with eminent surveyors, which will insure ample
time for a compliance with the standing orders. The engineer also
reports the country to be free from all engineering difftculties, and to
ees
The Committee having determined upon making provision for com-
pleting present
theunusual
whole
such a course expedient, have resolved to raise the capital to
550,00 W., in 27,500 shares of 201. each. Any parties who may be
desirous of withdrawing their applications in consequence of the
above alterations in the project, must signify the same forthwith,
otherwise the applicants for shares will be considered as acquiescing
therein.

Powers for allowance of interest at four per cent. en the paid-up
capital will be taken, and the liability of shareholders limited to the
amount of their subscriptions.

TABLE OF DISTANCES.

Present Distances. I Miles By proposed i saving
Itoute.
------ --.-----
Warwick to Nottingham, by
Hampton and Derby .. about 71 ? s 20
1
Warwick to Nottingham, by 5
Rugby and Leicester •• • do. 65 3 Z 14
83 14
Warwick to Lincoln do. 97
Coventry to Nottingham • • do. 62 42 20
do. • . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Coventry to Lincoln .. • • ..
Birmingham to Nottingham—do.l 55
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49 6
Birmingham to Lincoln.. • . —do. .• • • •• • • .
Cheltenham to Nottingham, by
Birmingham and Derby.. ..do.
___ 100
^N.. 86 14
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