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EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
(Cambridge Line.)
NORFOLK and NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
Tickets for First and Second Class Carriages will be issued from
London and Cambridge to Norwich and back, at a Fare and a Half,
from Monday the 15th, to Saturday the 20th instant, returnable
without Extra Charge on_the above, or either of the intervening
days.
Eastern Counties Railway Offices, Sept. 8, 1843,
_ .

THE LEEDS, HITDDEB,SFEELD, SHEF-
YIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE or
W9LTERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.LEEDS,
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,700,0001., ,
21. 2soo. pin 85,0
er Share Shares of 201. each.
Deposit.
7TIOTISIONAL cosiairrree.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart.. Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
Derbyshire, itaffordahlre, and Worcesterahire Junction Railway
Sir William bloothby, Bart, Aehbourne-ha Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthorp, Knt., Hull and Alga-house Scarborough, Di-
reler the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire June-
tiri Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, "lisps Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manche Railway
Bright, Seim, Esq., Buxton
Blurton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derby-hire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction -Railway
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reining-
toll's London and 3lenchester Direct Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Railway
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and Weet Junction
Railway, &c.
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Milne Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove
Talley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestcrshi'c Junction Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamiserhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Dalby, Join, Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbonrne
Fidler, i'oter Pichott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq.,, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Raifway
Garbo, Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter
Gilpin, and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Hatfield, Thomas, Egg., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, See.
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Jones, the Rev. J. P., 'Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall Aslibourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-
ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq.„ St. John's Wood, Regen'ts Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemason's
Life Assn/ince, &c.
Larrence, chard Corbett, Esq., Wandfield-hall, Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Leseetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheelcy, Esq., Worcester, Vice•Chaireaan of the Severn
Commission, &e.
Leneert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hail, Sudbury
Meteyarti, Horace, Win.. Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
M'Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
"Jenard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
Mathew, John Mee, Req., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Milner, William, Esq., lean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Marton, Joseph, Esq., Walsall, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Maskers-, Thomas, Esq. Norbury, Derbyshire
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Ilyde-park,Rai Dl-
i-
rec:or of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham
way, Sec.
Pulteney, Douglas, Kinnaird, Capt., Parliament-street, London, Di-
rector of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield Ilouse, Uttoxeter. Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
ilcoates Cottaget, Wake and W'orcesershire
field Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., S
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordehire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shins, Staffordshire Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq:, Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and
West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
surance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire Railway, &c.
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq., Ashbourne
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-Place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Waller, Major, KAI., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, Sec,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Teen, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, ands orcestershire Junction Railway
Wise, Thomas, Esq., slnie
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
ford sh ce, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne
Wright, Thomas. Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
rough Railway

COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM, •
AND LEICESTER RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 840,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
This Railway will connect Leicester, Birmingham, and Coventry,
by the nearest practicable route; and was provisionally registered
and capital subscribed long before any other scheme was projected
for supplying railway accommodation to the district.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES.
Present Proposed Distance
distance. distance. saved.
Leicester to Birmingham.. • . 49 .... •• .. 37 .. • • 12
Leicester to Coventry ••• • .. 31 .• • • .... 24 .•• • • 7
This line will commence at or near the Wigston station
of the Midland Counties Railway, will pass by or near
the manufacturing localities of Narborough, Sapcote, Earl
Shilton, Burbage, and ;Hinckley, through a district most favourable
for engineering purposes, to a junction with the Trent Valley at Nun-
eaton, thence it continues nearly due west to the Whitacre station of
the Birmingham and Derby Railway, and south-west by Bedworth
to the Coventry station of the London and Birmingham Company.
The line will communicate with the Swanaington Railway either by
means of the proposed Broughton Astley branch of the Midlands, or
of a separate branch to be formed by this Company ; thereby opening
the entire of the Leicestershire coal-field to the counties south-east
of Leicester.
The Directors, for the last few months, having used their best
exertions for the interests of the Company, feel it their duty, now
that the surveys, plans, and other arrangements are so far advanced,
to acquaint their shareholders with the position and prospects of the
undertaking.
The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton line, which received the
favourable report of the Board of Trade, and was before Parliament
last session, forms part of the present projected plan for connecting
Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham.
The Directors have, by personal inspection, accompanied by their
engineer, satisfied themselves of the remarkable facilities presented
by the district for executing the greater part of the line ; and from
careful investigation the Directors have the pleasure of informing the
shareholders that this undertaking cannot fail to prove a profitable
investment if supported by local traffic only, and with the certainty
that a through traffic from the eastern and western lines, combined
with the great advantages afforded by the junction with the Trent
Valley for the transit of goods to and from Liverpool, Scotland, Ire-
land, and the United States, its importance cannot be over estimated.
From the extent of population accommodated by this railway
—from the convenience afforded to the trade and manufactures of
the Midland Counties—from the vast mineral resources of the dis-
tricts traversed, and from its position in regard to other important,
established, and projected railways, the Directors feel confident that
it will be amply remunerative to the Shareholder, and highly advan-
tageous to the public.
The capital has been subscribed, and the Parliamentary deeds have
been executed, and the preliminary survey completed.
A list of a new and highly influential local direction, and a map of
the line, will be published in a few days.
By order, 11. CASSIN, Secretary pro tem.
Offices, 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, Sept. 10, 1845.

Sept. 12. 1845,

NOTTINGHAM, MIDLANDS, and TEAN
and DOVE VALLEY UNION RAILWAY.
pro-
This railway Is intended to carry on the eastern branch of the
posed Tean and Dove Valley Railway from a point on the Midlands
Railways, at or near to Findern, in the county of Derby, to another
point on the Midlands Railway, at or near to Sawley, in the same
county.
The line will not exceed tetimiles in length, and will, with the aid
of the Midlands and Tean and Dove Valley Railway, afford a more
direct communication between Nottingham and the Eastern Counties
and the Staffordshire Potteries, Chester, Liverpool, Birkenhead, and
Ireland, than any line either existing or projected.
A prospectus, with a list of the Provisional Committee, will be pub-
lished In a few days.
J. and J. RICIIARDSON, Burton-on-Trent,l Solicitors to the
G. H. R. COX, Derby, j promoters.
Burton. on-Trent, Sept. 13, 1845.

aRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
A., TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and Lo:.don, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands. _

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001. in 15,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited .to the amount of subscription ; and It
is intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

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PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,
Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boom, Dartmouth
Sir John Hensler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy-
Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near Minehead, Vice-Chairman of the
Somerset Quarter Sessions
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near blinchead,Magistrate of the
county of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton, Devon
R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,
merchant
IV. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Colhoun, Esq., 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter's
chambers, Cornhill, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maakelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon-
shire
F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square
W. Strachan, Esq., Banker, Strand.
Office-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. 3 Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater..
MANAGING DIRRCTORS.
E. F. Dayrell, Esq.
James Colhoun, E?q.
W. R .Vigers, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq.
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. Samuel Pocock, Esq.
W. F. Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
F. W. Green, Esq.
SECRETARY—Mr. Edward Parrett.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Strachan and Co. ; and Messrs. Roberts and Co., London.
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, Bridgwater, and Taunton.
Mcs;rs. Badcock, Taunton and Dunster.
One of the principal objects this Company has in view, is a great
saving of time in the journey from Ireland and South Wales to
Bristol and London, by avoiding the tedious and dangerous passage
of the Bristol Channel, and at the same time effecting the long
sought-for communication between the English and Bristol Channels,
all of which will be gained by connecting Minehead with Bridge-
water by a Railway, and there forming a junction with the railways
already opened, and also with those now in actual progress between
Bridgwater and the commodious and important port of Poole.
The question of an eligible steam packet and post-office station on
the Somersetshire coast for Ireland, Wales, and the Westward gene-
rally, from whence vessels may arrive and depart at all times, with-
out reference to tide, has for many years past been regarded as one
of immense importance to the Government and the public.
By making Minehead a post-office station, a saving of twelve
hours will be effected in the delivery of letters between Ireland and
the whole of the west and south of England ; and no other port on
the coast of Somerset (or even on the north of Devon) will be so
safe, and sheltered from all the prevailing winds.
At Minehead, the proposed railway will run down on a pier, which
the largest class steamers may approach, and land and embark pas-
sengers at ail states of the tide, and again proceed at once into the
Western Ocean on their outward voyage.
The public is perhaps hardly aware that, even with the present
imperfect and ride arrangements for landing passengers at Weston
Super-Mare, it is found that passengers from Ireland and the impor-
tant ports of the south of Wales save several hours by landing at that
place ; where" by the proposed pier and railway from Minehead,
passengers would save generally twelve hours, and very often a great
deal more, on their journey to London, avoiding, besides, the dangers
of the Bristol Channel.
It Is not among the least striking features of this project that it
foams part of a grand scheme for shortening the communication
between Ireland and Wales with Jersey, Guernsey, Paris, and the
Continent generally, as passengers landed at Minehead will proceed
by this railway to others now in progress via Teovil and Dorchester
to Poole, from which port the distance to Cherbourg is only sixty
miles, thus rendering the distance from Minehead to Cherbourg easily
performed in eight hours and a half; and from Cherbourg a railway
is now in course of formation to Paris. The distance also to the
Channel Islands is reduced in the same proportion. A powerful com-
pany, fully alive to the advantages of this mode of transit in prefe-
rence to the more tedious one via Southampton and Havre, is about
to put on a line of packets between the ports of Poole and Cherbourg
and the Channel Islands, thus 'shortening the route in point of time
by about seventeen hours.
This Company, in showing to the public the probable amount of
traffic which will flow over their line, beg leave to draw attention to
the following extracts, taken from a prospectus of a Company, formed
under the auspices of the Chairman of the Grad Western Company,
and the leading bankers and merchants of Bristol, for making a pier
at, and railway from Portbury, to Bristol, and on which no further
comment will be made, save that whatever applies to Portbury, ap-
plies with infinitely greater force to Minehead, both in the saving of
time, dang 1, delay, and expense.
" There are at the present time engaged in the trade with South
Wales, Somersetshire, Devonshire, Cornwall, Liverpool, and Ireland,
twenty-three steam-vessels of the aggregate tonnage of upwards of
6,000 tons, making rather better than fifty voyages, or 100 arrivals
and departures per week on an average throughout the year.
" The principal part of the traffic of the whole of these vessels con-
sists of passengers, whilst of their goods traffic an important portion
consists of merchandise brought by, and intended for carriage on, the
existing railways, from and to places on either side of Bristol. For
the conduct of this traffic, every vessel will necessarily require to use
the pier and railway on each occasion of departure and arrival, as
the most expeditious, convenient, sine economical mode of conveying
such traffic to or towards its place of destination.
" The number of passengers carried by the existing steam-boats
amounts to at least 200,000 per annum ; and when it is considered
that the facilities afforded by the pier of starting and arriving at all
times of the tide, will enable vessels which now perform but one
voyage per diem, or every alternate day, to and from the nearer
ports in South Wales, to make such voyages three or four times in
the same day, at very trifling, if any, additional cost— th it on the
voyages to Swansea, Tenby, and Ilfracombe, they will effect a saving
of one-half the time now occupied, and that similar advantages will
be derived by the trade with Cornwall and Ireland, it can neither be
doubted that the expense of conveyance between Bristol and those
places will be considerably reduced, nor that the effect of such re-
duction, combined with the advantage of greater certainty as to the
times of departure and arrival, must have the effect of causing a
great increase in the number of passengers.
"A large and most valuable portion of the merchandise carried by
the Cornish, Welsh, and Irish steam-beats consists of fish, poultry,
eggs, vegetables, and other articles of provision ; speed and certainty
in the conveyance and delivery of articles of so perishable a nature
are obviously essential, and the facilities in this respect afforded by
the pier are such as to secure this traffic to the undertaking.
" A very considerable revenue will also be derived from the landing
and carriage of Live stock brought by the Irish steam boats, which
being imported fat and ready to kill, now suffer much injury from the
detention of the vessels in Kingroad whilst waiting for tide."
Although it is unnecessary to calculate upon the whole of this im-
portant and justly founded traffic, it is nevertheless impossible to
over-estimate the large portion of it that will come over this line,
when it is remembered that by the proposed scheme the harbour of
Waterford will, by means of powerful steamers, be brought within
twelve, and the ports of Dublin and Cork within fifteen hours of the
terminus at Minehead, by which the danger, inconvenience, and un-
pleasantness of travelling by night will be altogether avoided.
So also must the traffic derived from steam-boats, and on the line
itself, be added, which will arise from the immense resort of persons
seeking pleasure in the beautiful vicinities of Nether Stowey, Blue
Anchor, Minehead, Porlock, Linton, Lyrunouth, and the far-famed
Valley of Rocks and adjacent country, so aptly termed the Switzer-
land of England, and which only require increased facilities to be
much more than even at present resorted to ; and so great is the
existing traffic that, by the calculations already made, a large reve-
nue will be derived from this source alone.
The present number of cattle sent to Bristol from Ireland alone is
upwards of 150,000 head per annum, and it is only reasonable to ex-
pect that these will be landed at the far nearer port of Minehead,
thereby creating a considerable source of revenue.
The importance of this railway to the agricultural district of North
Somerset is incalculable for disseminating, as manure, In every di-
rection the celebrated lime of Cannington Park, from which, aad also
from the carrying of coal, a large revenue will arise.
Memel timber brought Into the port of Poole (the harbour dues of
which are very insignificant) can be unshipped, carried across by
rail, and re-shipped at Minehead, at a cost of 7s. per ton less in
freight, than if carried round the Landsend, exclusive of the great
saving in time ; this alone will open a large trade with Wales, as
vessels will bring over coals to Minehead, and take back timber,
limestone, flour, mine, slates, and copper ore.
The blue lias lime-stone of Watcher, so admirably adapted for
aquatic banding, will also produce a conskierabl: revenue to this
undertaking.
The flour and provision trade, at present carried on between the
mining districts of South Wales and the coast of Somerset, must ne-
cessarily flow over this line, and create an important feature in its
revenue.
Ono of the first effects of the formation of this line will be, that
steam communication will be established between Minehead and the
following places :—Swansea, Tenby, Milford, Neath, Haverfordwast.
Pembroke, and Carmarthen, and with the whole of the South of
Ireland ; and this railway, with a suitable station and wharfs, will
also afford to Watchet all the advantages of which it is capable as a
port.
Depots for goods will be erected at the station at Combwitch
Reach, where at present all the larger vessels trading to Bridgwater
stop ; and it may be mentioned that 130,000 tons of coasting trade
come into this port annually, exclusively of 10,000 tons of foreign
trade.
From the estimates prepared, it Is expected that only a portion of
the proposed capital will be required to carry out the objects of this
Company.
rower will be reserved to allow the shareholders 41. per cent. on
the paid-up capital, and also to construct branches from Minehead or
Watchet to Wiveliscombe, Porlock, &c., and the extensive iron mines
of Sir T. Buckler Lethbridge, Bart., which, with the slate quarries of
Sir John Trevylyan, are in active workingwithin seven miles of Mine.
head. From this source, as also from the copper mines of Andrew
Crosse, Esq., a large revenue must arise.
The landowners have been communicated with, and are most
anxious for the successful carrying out of the objects of the Com-
pany ; nor is there reason to expect that auy Parliamentary opposi-
tion will be offered.
The line will be twenty-five miles in length, and no engineering
difficulties present themselves.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the ffinds of
the Company in pennant of all the expenses incurred in its formation,
and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted to
Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime is hereby
given to the Managing Directors as above, to raise any additional capital,
to abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, docks, piers,
wharfs, or jetties, or enter into any arrangement with any other
Company or Companies, and also to nominate the first Directors of
the Company.
Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed informa-
tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Alderman's-
ol
walk, City, London; at the Offices of the Company'sden-squar e, L
Solicitors,ondon
m
Messrs. a Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, o
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater. And of the
Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton ; Mr. N.
Pearce, solicitor, Wiviliscombe ; Mr. James Parsons, solicitor, Lang-
port; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorchester ; Mr.
Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor,
Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol. And of the following
Stock and Share Brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11,
Blechin-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, London; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ;
Mr. Thomas vans, Bath ; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester ; Messrs.
11. Davies and Co., Liverpool; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds;
Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertonche and Staf-
ford, Dublin ; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; and Mr. R. Ball, Taunton.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater and 31Inehead Junc-
tion Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot mo Shares of 201.
each in the above undertaking ; and I hereby undertake to accept
the same, or any less number you may allot me, on the terms
of the prospectus, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share,
ett,ll4,lla subscribers'
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary contract
agreement, and other deeds, when required so to do.
Dated the of 1845.
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EXETER, PORCHES rER, AND WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pureliant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., is 62,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
',tent -General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.11., Montague-place, Mon.
tague-square
Jacob Bell, Esq., Laugham-place
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell •
John Carter, Esq., Dorset-place, Portman-square
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lam
caster Railway
WI Liam Colfax, Esq., Rax House, Bridport
W. S. Cross. Esq., New-court, Temple, Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Refinery
Newton Crouch, Esq., Southampton-place, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
The Hon. Miles Dormer, Hans-place, Sloane-street.
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, C. 8., Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity and
Law Life Assurance Companies
Captain S. N. Fisher. Junior United Service Club, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Major Fitzgerald, Mount Edgar, Sidmouth
John Foster, Esq., Barge-3 ard, Bucklersbury
The Rev. 11. Fellowes, J.P., Vicar of Sidbury
Theophilus M. Gunn, E‘q., Bridport
Captain Sir Andrew Pellett Green, R.N., K.C.H., James-street, Buck-
ingham-gate, Director of the Bank of Australasia
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Treni
Valley Continuation Railway
W. Newton Harriott, Esq., Odiham, Hants
Josiah Reale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford
and Burr Railway
Thomas Ileathcock, Esq., The Afermitage, Sidmouth
George Price Hill, Esq., Gawanbro House, Hampstead
F. B. Hoare, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
John Holmes, Esq., Liverpool, and St. James's-street, Westminster,
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Michael Elijah Impey, Esq., Duchess-street, Portland-place, and
Lawn Cottage, Twickenham
Swynfen Jerv;s, Esq., Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Han, Staf-
fordshire, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and
of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, and Director of the Wor-
cester and South Wales Junction Railway, and of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways
Siegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., 9, Billiter-square
William Ley, Esq., Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway
L. Llewellyn, Esq., Ynis Penilwch, and Graig-Avon, Glamorgan-
shire
Robert Henry Lindham Esq., New-street, Dorset-square, Director
of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
C. W. Lovesy, jun., Esq., Charlton Kings, Cheltenham
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Wootton-under-Edge
J. 3lee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Direclor of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Captain Mathews, R.N., Sidmouth Lodge, Sidmouth
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life In-
surance Company, and Director of the South aud Midland Junc-
tion Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, and Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Robert Rea, Esq., Exeter, and Cromwell Rock, Waterford
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosamel's Great
Northern of France Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank
of Ireland
Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London. Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah lionse, Enfield, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq.. Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Galway and Belfast Railway
.1. Carrington Ridgway, Esq., RoehamPton Lodge, Surrey
W. Digby Seymour, Esq., Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square
William Sloane Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby house, Tottenham, Director
of the South-Eastern ailway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq.. Deputy Governor of the Union Bank of
London, and Chairman of tile Irish North Midland Railway
Henry Savage, Esq.. 31.8., F.R.C.S., Dorset-place, Dorset-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
John IVheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and 311ddlesex, Director
of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, and of the Taw Vale
Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester Railway
(With p )ver to add to their number).
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Macneil, LL. D., F.R.S., M.I.C.E.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
Messrs. Gough and Roumieu.
SuavExons—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square
Edward Strick, Esq., 10, Doughty-street.
SECRETARY—D. Partie, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Martin, Stones, and Martin, Lombard-street
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Southampton—Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and Atherley
Weymouth—Messrs. Mott and Pearce.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Weymouth—George Arden, Esq.
Bridport—E. Nleholetts, Esq.
Sidmouth—Edwin Church Everitt, Esq.
Exeter—George William Turner, Esq.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhffi, London
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 3.5, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL AGENT*.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Eggiugton, A. Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J.. Esq., Walsall.
This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is
Intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com-
munication between two of the most import tint manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dadley, TrPton,Walsall, Easton, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, aid the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, llereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Tish-
ri" ird, Abcrystwith, and with Porthdynllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds
and Southampton.
The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfleid to Ashbourn, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
c 1-la-Frith, Woodhead and Hob-Mirth to Huddersfield, where it will
j.iin the Huddersfield and eds Railway, and so to Thirst. It will
44
',len asw mines, in additi o those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carbo roux and magnesia!' limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen-
sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etrtyria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnacW, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very scarce,
and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire; and the route of this line would fur-
nish a cheep and pod supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and cool, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, aed Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into full work.
The coal is of a superior quality.
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists; and iarticular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
infint of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as In North Staffordshire,
a ,c 1 vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company, which this and other liues of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufae-
tering purposes along this line will be great.
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a junc-
tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
and Gainsborough and Midland Railways
The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest
Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
a-res, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy anti circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to make this lino on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 35,

This railway is Intended to commence at the east part of the city '
of Exeter, neat St. Sidwells, and after passing through Topsham,
with a fork at Woodbury by Lympstone to Exmouth, wilt proceed, in
an easterly direction, towards Sidmouth, and thence, near Colyton,
Beer, Seaton, Axrnouth, Lyme Regis, and Charmouth, to Bridport.
At Bridport the line will divide, taking the course direct to Dor-
chester, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and the
other, passing near Bridport harbour and Abbotsbury to Weymouth.
At Exeter, junctions will be formed with the Bristol and Exeter and
North Devon Railways, and at Exmouth with the South Devon, by
means of their steam ferry, thus makng the most direct route to
Plymouth from London. Also at Dorchester and Weymouth it will
bo connected with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, as well as
with the Dorchester and Southampton at Dorchester.
It will be seen, on reference to the map, that by forming a June-
tion with the lines of coast railway that have already been con-
structed or commenced from Exeter westward, and from Dorchester
eastward, and by following the coast as nearly as is practicable be-
tween its termini, this line will effectually complete a railway com-
munication from Dover to the Land's End, an undertaking in itself
of great national importance, and likely to meet with the cordial sup-
port of the Government.
In fixing the course which this Railway will take, it has been the
careful consideration of the Promoters to project only such a .Line
as
will afford the greatest facility of communication to the populous and
important towns and fashionable watering places which are situated
on and near that part of the Coast which this Railway is particu-
larly meant to accommodate ; whilst, at the same time, the Agri-
cultural, Manufacturing, and Commercial Interests of this part of
the Kingdom have been equally studied.
This Line will also open such additional means of communication
to the Port of Weymouth, the large Manufacturing Town and Har-
bour of Bridport, and the Harbour of Lyme Regis, as must even-
tually replace them in that high position, when compared with the
other Ports of the Kingdom, which they formerly held. The Water-
ing Places of Exmouth, Budleigh-Salterton, Sidmouth, Charmouth,
Lyme-Regis, Weymouth, &c., will be thus thrown open to every part
of England and Wales, and accommodated with that facility of ac-
cess which they alone require to place them on an equal position
with other favourite places of resort, for which the picturesque In-
land and bold Coast-Scenery of Devonshire and Dorsetshire is pre-
eminently proverbial, and justly entitles them to hold.
The following extract from the Report of the Select Committee of
the House of Lords on the " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way," made on the 18th of June, 1845, will show the sense enter-
tained by that body of the importance of a line of railway in the di-
rection proposed by the present Company :—" In making their re-
port, the Committee feel it their duty to state that the great diffi-
culty with them, in deciding on the Bill referred to them, had arisen
from the fear they entertained whether, in allowing the Great
Western Railway to come down to the sit at Wes-mouth, or even be-
low Yeovil, they might not be creating a difficulty as to making a
railway in the most desirable manner to Falmouth, the most westerly
port in the Channel."
The great importance of this railway may be further estimated,
from a consideration of the fact that the local population which would
be benefited by its construction exceeds two hundred thousand
persons.
And also that Weymouth, which will be one of the termini of the
line, is about to become a great National Harbour of Refuge and
Packet-station, by the construction of a breakwater in Portland
Roads, in accordance with the recommendation of the Government
Commissioners, for which purpose a grant was made during the last
session of Parliament for commencing the works. The additional
population and traffic, which will thus be attracted to this port, will
be very considerable.
A preliminary survey has been made, and there are no peculiar
engineering difficulties. The length of the main line, from Exeter to
Dorchester, will be about fifty-two miles; and of the Forks, or exten-
sions, to Weymouth, and Exmouth, about sixteen miles ; making, in
the whole, sixty-eight miles of railway.
The sentiments of the landowners are favourable to the construc-
tion of a railway calculated, as this is, very greatly to benefit their
properties, and in the allotment of shares preference will be given
to the applications of persons locals- interested.
Estimates of the traffic have been careftilly prepared by the pro-
moters of the line, from which it is evident that an ample re-
turn will be obtained for the investment of capital in the undertak-
ing. More detailed traffic tables will, however, be forthwith com-
piled, as required by the Committees of both Houses of Parliament.
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at 41. per cent. on the amount of deposit and calls from the
passing of the Act until the completion of 'the line, and the liability
ef Shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions.

Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
Uttoxeter ; and to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Preece and
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Mlles, Worcester ; Mr. Thomas Henry
Wheeler, Worcester ; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler,
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Eradfoid ;
Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham;
Mews. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle,
York; Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield; Mr. James Stokes, Chelten-
ham ; Mr. Joseph Clark,jun., Southampton ; Messrs, Tate and Nash,
Btistol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter ; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry ; Messrs, Houghland
and Leese, Manchester; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester;
Messrs. A. Birchen and Co., Manchester; Messrs. T. N. !Indwell
and Sons, Sheffield; Mr. W. H. Collis, BirminghamWeater-
Huddersfield ; Messrs. ETerard and Co., Huddersfield;
burn, Jun,
3lcssrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh ;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, College-green, Dublin; Mr. Andrew Milligan, Birken-
head.

Applications for copies of the prospectus, and for shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 62, Moor-
gate-street ; to the solicitors and local agents ; also to the fol-
lowing sharebrokers :—Messrs. 11. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-
buildings, and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-friar!, Lon-
don ; Henry Vatcher, Esq., and John Langworthy, Esq., Exeter ;
Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Messrs. Tate and Nash,
Bristol; Thomas Forsyth, Esq., Liverpool; Henry Benton, Esq.,
Manchester; Messrs. Rhodes, Leeds; W. H. Collis, Esq., Birming-
ham; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York ; William Mason, Esq.,
Bradford, Yorkshire; F. Stamp, Esq., Hull; Thomas Boardman,
Esq., Blackburn; Messrs. John Robertson and Co., Edinburgh;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Mewburn
and Blakey, Halifax.
To the Provisional Commiee of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymout Junction Coast Railway Company.
I request that you will apportion me Shares of 2ul. each, in
the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Company ; and I
do hereby undertake to accept the same, or any lees number you may
allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share and all future
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscri-
bers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of
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Business or Profession • • • •
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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield

and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—I request you to allot me Shares of 201. each
in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such
leas number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company, and to sign tho necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
required, the De (y thereon of 21. 2s. per Share.
Dated Ole Way of , 184 .
Name in full ..,........

BRIDGEWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no Application for Shares will be en-
tertained, unless the same be made in the form prescribed by the
Managing Directors ; and the applicants must also refer either to one
of the Provisional Committee, or to some person of known respecta-
bility.—Dated September 12, 184.5. By or ler,
Messrs. A'BECKETT, SON, and SYMPSON ; and
Mr. 'VAUGHAN PRICE, Solicitors to the Company.
Once, 3, Alderman's-walk, OM Broad-street.

1845,

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THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVEN LNG, SEPTEMBER 13, 1845.

THE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
1
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's
Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed,
the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT. Secretary.

11) IRE CT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater t espectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, V. 151 s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, an
Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
ph Neville, Esq , 31. P. for Winclior, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies.
Sir John Key, Bart ,9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Faincomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, 'Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
Edward Harrisson Banvell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
gouth Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Mlln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railvi ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. 'Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion louse
John Wheelton, Esq., 3leopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riling of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of
Railway
South Midland ailway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskiaen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitchart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Er:th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George 31`Intosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, 311nories, Director of the London and
' Blackwell Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cutchbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London, Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordeal House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-Place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rev. Chas. Fres. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company
R. Wootton, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundee Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. lialcOnah, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berke
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Berle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton 3fappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
' Joseph Nadin Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Holford, Esq., Rushohn Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junctkin
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaaq Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
, John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Win. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowkcr, R.N., Devon Port
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeac, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex
William John 31`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefevre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringham, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James 'Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS—MCSSYS. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker. 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY--CharleS J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its position at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western. Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been
set on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct
line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Froinc, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than
an existing or projected railways between these points, and withot
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (I our
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Fahnouth, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles ; that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Connecting with the Great Western Railway on the one side, and
on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im-
portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Markbury, Stanton Priory,
Farnborough, Finsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Pennon, Welton,
Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, Kilmersdon, Newberry, Coleford,
Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shcpton
Mallet, Crosscombe, binder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham,
Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell,
Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorlinch, Sutton Mallet,
Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater.
It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near
the station of the Great Western Railway at Keynsham, and proceed
by Burnet to Marksbury and Farnborough. Thence it will pass on
the west side of Finsbury, and go on through the numerous and ex-
tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad-
stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western
side; and thence through Babiagton to the eastern side of Newberry,
from which there will be a branch line to Frome, passing by Elm on
the southern side. The main line will hold its course beside the
Upper and Lower Vobstcr coal works and Goodeve's coal works,
through Melcombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip.
Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side
of Bodden, and to the eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western
side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sides
of Ham, Crosseombe, and binder, to the southern point of the city
of Wells. From this it will hold its'way between Corley and Coxley
Ponnd to the western side of Southsay and the eastern s
ide ftPsham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where i will
cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt
on the northern side, Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern
side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell between Shipwick
and Greinton, and SO on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence
to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to
Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the
southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, and thence 4panning, the railway into the borough of
Bridgwater.
The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that
of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs.
The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga-
tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There
will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be
no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer-
tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in
the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the
regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter
Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand
Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers,
goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject.
A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the
amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the
names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied
by a map of the line and the adjacent country, laid down upon the
scale of one inch to a mile.
EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi.

r HE YORK, HULL, AND EAST AND WEST
YORKSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY, WITH BRANCHES
TO GREAT DRIFFIELD, SELBY, AND HORNSEA.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. ss. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Manchester
Robert Gill, Esq., Mangled Woodhouse
11. W. Wickham, Esq., Kirkless Hall
John Milligan Laws, Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Lance-

Directors
of the
Manchester
and Leeds
Railway
Company.

shire
Leo Schuster, Esq., Manchester
Samuel Brooks, Esq., Manchester
John Rhodes Ralph, Esq., Halifax
Gcorga Pollard, Esq., Stannay Hull
Edward Ackroyd, Esq., Halifax,
Peter Fairbairn, Esq., Woodsley House, Leeds
Darnton Lupton, Esq., Mayor of Leeds Directors of
Charles Hencage Elsley, Esq., Recorder of York the Leeds
John Darnton Luccock, Esq., Alderman of Leeds and York
Robert Cadman, Esq., Sheepscar Railway.
John Towlerton Leather, Esq., Leaventhorpe Hall,
Francis Billam, Esq., New Hall, Otley Directors of
Joseph St. John Yates, Esq., Manchester the North
Jame Foulis, Esq., Trawden House, Colnc Eastern
Clifton Wilkinson, Esq., Ceylon Hall, Ripley, Rallwsy.
Robert Buchanan, Esq., Pontefract Directors of
Ralph Creyke, Esq., Rawcliffe Hall the Wake-
James Audus, Esq., Selby, and Headingley, near Leeds field, Ponte-
Jeremiah Bourn Faviell, Esq., Featherstone Hall, fract, and
Pontefract Goole
William Moxon, Esq., Pontefract Railway
Edward Harper, Esq., York, Company.
Sir Henry Boynton, Bart., Burton Agnes
Sir Henry Mervyn Vavasour, Bart., Melbourne Hall
John Grimston, Esq., Neswick
W. 11. R. Read, Esq., Hayton
The Rev. John Blanchard, Middleton
The Rev. Win. Blow, Goodmanham, Market Leighton
The Rev. George Rudston Read, Sutton-upon-Derwent
William Blanshard, Esq., York
Mr. Alderman Matterson, York
John Bentham, Esq., Clifton, York
James Meek, jun., Esq., York
W. L. Newman, Esq., York
Captain Binstead, Wakefield
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull
John Greesham, Esq., Alderman of Hull
John Atkinson, Esq., Alderman of Hull
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., Hull
Benson Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holdernesa House,
Hull
John Hall, Esq., Hull
John Tall, Esq., Hull
William E. Jalland, Esq., Hall
George Barkworth, Esq., Hull
George Buckton, Esq., Hull
Robert Ward Gleadow, Esq., Hull
John Petchell, Esq., Hull
R. H. Pearson, Esq., Hull
Thomas Petchell, Esq., Hull
Charles Bamford, Esq., Hull
John Alder, Esq., Sutton, Hull
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull
William Green, Esq., Hull
Thomas Horncastle, Esq., Sutton, hull
Robert Kirk, Esq., Hull
John Brodrick, Esq., Hull
William Priest, Esq., Hull
Isaac Whittaker, Esq., Hessle, Hull
John Brodrick, jun., Esq., Hull
Edward Huberaty, Esq., Hull
Henry Francis Lockwood, Esq., Hull
John Myers, Esq., mayor of Beverley
Smith Wormald, Esq., Tickton Grange, Beverley
John Williams, Esq., Beverley
Thomas Sandwich, Esq., alderman of Beverley
John Muschamp, Esq., alderman of Beverley
William Hodgson, Esq., alderman of Beverley
Pennock Tigar, Esq., alderman of Beverley
Charles Brereton, Esq., alderman of Beverley
William Brigham, Esq., Beverley
James Baker Bainton, Esq., Beverley
William Crosskill, Esq., Ironworks, Beverley
James Mould Robinson,!Esq.,
Mr. Robert Crump,
Mr. John Oxley,
Mr. John Swatles,
Mr. Thomas Stephenson,
Mr. Daniel Boyes,
Mr. John Robert Clark,
Mr. Thomas Beaumont,
Mr. William Catterson,
Mr. Daniel Hall,
Mr. John Duncan Dawson,
Mr. Joseph Issott,
Mr. Japheth Duncan,
Mr. William B. Johnson,
Matthias Whitehead, Esq., Selby
Weighton
John Adams, jun., Esq., Selby
Thomas Fisher, Esq., Selby
Jonathan Harrison, Esq., PocklingtOn
Thomas Johnson, Esq., PockWigton •
William Statter, Esq., Wakefield
Henry Alcock, Esq., Alma, Skipton
John Michael Barstow, Esq., Templethorpe, Leeds, and Nunthorpe,
York
Barnard Hartley, Esq., Halifax
Robert Leighton, Esq., Goodmanham
Richardmr jamJeseffieirsohnones,
John Rickaby, Esq., Burlington Quay
Thomas Prickett, Esq., Burlington
E,
Vta"rkMeart Nik"eeti
John Harding, Esq., Burlington
Henry Boynton. Esq., Burton Agnes
Henry Woodfall, Esq., North Dalton
David Anderson, Esq., Drifileld
William Christopher Harrison, Esq., Brandsburton
George P. tlarrison, Esq., Gembling
T. W. Rivis, Esq., Market Weighton
Mr. Caleb Angas, Neswick
Mr. Thomas Atkinson, Driffield
Mr. James Harrison, jun., Driffield
Mr. Robert Ilornby, Wold Home, Driffield
Mr. Washington Harrison, Driffield •
Mr. William Jarratt, Driftleld
Mr. Robert Holtby, Driffield
Mr. Richard Botterlll, Garton Field House, Driffield
Mr. Thomas Holtby, ROWS., Driffield.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Gresham, Esq. The Rev. William Blow
John Atkinson, Esq. Mr. Alderman Matterson
John Ball, Esq. Edward Harper, Esq.
John Hall, Esq. Peter Fairbairn, Esq.
W. B. Carrick, Esq. William Blanshard, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Brownlow Francis Billam, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Thompson John Williams, Esq.
John Milligan Laws, Esq. Pennock Tigar, Esq.
Edward Ackroyd, Esq. W. H. Read, Esq.
Ralph Creyke, Esq. Jonathan Harrison, Esq.
James Audus, Esq. James Harrison, jun., Esq.
J. B. Faviell, Esq.

Members of the
Corporation of Beverley

ENGINEERS.
John Hawkshaw, Esq.
nh Manchester George Leather, Esq.
BANKERS.
cYtomarksffhel,rottoankkesin,ganCdomcopß,
My C York, Hull,and Leeds.
and London.
Messrs. Bower, Hutton, Hall, and Co., Beverley and Driffield.
Hull Banking Company, Hull and Beverley.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Leeman and Clark, York and Beverley.
Messrs. England'and Shackles, Hull.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Wright, Smith, aad Shepherd, 15, Golden-square, London
LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry Powell, Esq., Pocklington.
John Foster, Esq., „
eld.
Robert Tonge, Esq.,3"" M

This Line of Railway is intended to commence at the City of York
by a junction with the London and York, and Leeds and York Rail-
ways, at or near York, and proceed by way of Pocklington, Market
Weighton, and Beverley, to the Port of Hull, and there terminate at
the extensive East Docks, now in course of construction, thus afford-
ing the shortest and most direct communication from Newcastle and
the whole of the North of England, as well as from Skipton, Colne,
Otley, and the northern part of Lancashire to the Port of Hull. It is
also Intended to have branches from the main line at some con-
venient part between the towns of Market Weighton and Pockling-
ton westward to Selby, and eastwards to Great Driftleld, thus afford-
ing to a rich and very highly cultivated portion of the East-Riding,
the shortest and best line for the transmission of its agricultural pro-
duce to the markets of Leeds, Wakefield, and the consuming dis-
tricts, and secure the return of coals, lime, and nd mdirectionsanures at
for a a greasur-
tly
reduced cost. The Committee have also gi
rey of the country between Beverley and.the favourite watering
places of Hornsea, with a view of giving a branch line through the
richest portion of Holderness, and affording to that district a ready,
expeditious, and much desired mode of transit.
fhe Main Line of Railway from York to Hull will effect a very
considerable saving of distance between the two termini, and give
railway communication to a very extensive
com and valuable district of
country at present unprovided with railway accommodation ; it will
also open out a direct and expeditious communication for the Dur-
ham and Newcastle Collieries to the port of Hull, as well as Bever-
ley, Market-Weighton, and Pocklington, and the several villages on
the Line, and by its connexion with the intended Leeds and York,
and Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Railways, give direct
railway communication from the whole of North Lancashire to the
port of Hull, and the terminus of the Main Line, at the East Docks,
will ave a large expenditure, which, without the construction of this
Line, must be incurred in the carriage of merchandise across the

town.
The branch lines to Great Defileld and Selby will also open out an
entirely new district of country, and effect an immense saving of
distance between Bridlington, Driffield, Market Weighton, Pockling-
ton, and a great portion of the East-Riding,and the town of Leeds,
Wakefield, Manchester, and the manufacturing districts, and by the
junction of the Selby branch with the London and York line at
Selby, will give the most direct and expeditious communication to
London and the south, from a great portion of the East-Riding, while,
by its connexion with the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway,
it will open out the valuable Knottingsley Lime Quarries to the agri-
cultural districts in Holderness and the East-Riding. They will also
give the shortest and most complete line of communication from
Y ork and the whole of the West-Riding to the favourite watering
place of Bridlington Quay.
The intended branch to Hornse,a will form a very valuable adjunct
to the main line, and being the nearest watering place to both
Beverley and Hull, will thus be reached by the inhabitants of the
former town in a few minutes, and by those of Hull in considerably
less than an hour, while this branch will also afford accommodation
to the several important villages lying between Beverley and Homsea
for general merchandise and agricultural produce.
The great advantages which will be thus secured to the whole of
the East-Riding, including the Holderness district, are apparent on
reference to the Map, and arrangements have been made by which
'this line will be promoted in friendly conjuncon with other im-
portant railways in the West of Yorkshire and Lati ncashire.
The line will have the benefit of a great through as well as local
traffic, and the country is admirably adapted for railway communi-
cation, being nearly on a level the whole distance, and the cost of
construction consequently much below the average.
To prevent unnecessary trouble to parties at a distance, the public
are Informed that the share capital of this Company will be confined
exclusively to landowners and persons resident upon the line, or
otherwise locally interested, and applications for shares from them
must be addressed to the solicitors.
York, 10th September, 1845.

and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro-
jected with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
the vast :number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by:adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
iestablished between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
-1 tent of midland distri it, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.

Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom ; It !may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London. to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Fahnouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liame

:11L.
•L is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering ditllcultie,s in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the

kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
our pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct 'Western district.
Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot me shares of 251. each
in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 15s.
per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated

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ANCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON AND
POOLE RAILWAY, via CHELTENHAM, CIRENCESTER,
MARLBOROUGH, and SALISBURY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 1,600,0001. in 64,000 Shares of 211. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
CHALRMAN.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House, near Manchester
John Asliton, Esq., Hyde, Manchester
Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
Thomas Neville Abdy, Esq., Albyns, Essex
Edward Ackroyd, Esq., Halifax
Cowling Ackroyd, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire
George Anderton, Esq., Clackheaton, Yorkshire
William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hill, Ashton-under-Lyne and Man.
cheater
William Bird Brodie, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
George Watson Buck, Esq., C.E., Ardwick, Manchester
John Henry Campbell, Esq., M.P., Eaton, Hampshire
William Dougal Christie, Esq., M.P., Eccleston-street, Chester.
square, London
Robert Cadman, Esq., Sheepscar, Leeds
John Chapman, Esq., Blackheath
Sir Henry Calder, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's-park
Sir Edward Doughty, Bart., Upton House, Dorset
John Davis, Esq., Fisherton, Delamere, Wilts.
John Davis, Esq., jun., Salterton, Wilts.
Sir Augustus Forster, Bart., Brownsea Castle, Dorsetshire
Charles Ingram Ford, Esq., Abbey Field, Sandbach, Cheshire
Lot Gardiner, Esq., Manchester
Ambrose Hussey, Esq., M.l'., Salisbury
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds
Henry Hetley, Esq., Bulbridge House, Wilts.
Richard Hetley, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
Joseph llornby, Esq., Liverpool
James Hatton, Esq., Broughton and Manchester
Richard Hargrave, Esq., York-place, Leeds
David Harrison, Esq., Manchester
Charles Hardy, Esq., Low Moor, Yorkshire
John Henry Jacob, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
Henry Jennins, Esq., York-place, Leeds
Henry Garrett Key, Esq„ Tulse Hill
Captain John Milligen Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester
George Ledgard, Esq., Bournemouth and Poole
Richard Ledgard, Esq., Poole
John Leech, Esq., Staleybridge and Manchester
Edward Lacy, Esq., Surgeon, Poole
John Laurie, Esq , Charles-street, St. James's-square
Stephen Mills, Esq., Elston House, Wiltshire
W. J. Pike, Clay Merchant, Wareham, Dorsetshire
George Pain, Esq., Salisbury
Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester -
Lieut.-Col. Pollard, Stannary Hall, Yorkshire
Edward Dyke Poore, Esq., Figheldean, Wilts
Lieut.-Col. Philip Warren Pedler, Nutley House, Devonshire
The Hon. Charles F. A. Ponsonby, 31. P., Canford House, Dorsetshire
Alexander Powell, Esq., Hurdeott House, Wilts
J. Rickman, Esq., Poole
T. T. Rogers, Esq., Longflect, Dorsetshire
Samuel Salter, Esq., Poole
Henry James Stevens, Esq., Poole
Isaac Steele, Esq., Poole
Robert Slade, Esq., Poole
James Slade, Esq., Parkstone, Dorsetshire
John Slack, Esq., Manor House, Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire
Henry Seymour, Esq., Hanford House, Dorsetshire
Charles Squarey, Esq., Salisbury
John Sidebotham, Esq., Kingston Hyde, and Manchester
Charles Townend, Esq., Moss-side and Manchester
Benjamin Hardwicke Teals, Esq., Leeds
William Tinker, Esq , Hyde and Manchester
John Teather, Esq., Alstonby, Cumberland
Charles Baring Wall, Esq., M.P., Norman Court, Willtsbire
Henry Wickham Wickham, Esq., Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire
Lamberyn Wickham Wickham, Esq., Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire
Samuel Waterhouse, jun., Esq., Halifax.
William Walker, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq, John Leech, Esq. •
Robert Ashton, Esq. George Pain, Esq.
Ambrose Hussey, Esq. T. C. W. Pierce, Esq.
Richard Hetley, Esq. Charles Squarey, Esq.
David Harrison, Esq. William Tinker, Esq.
John Henry Jacob, Esq.
ENGINEER—Joseph Locke, Esq., C.E., F.R.S.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hodding, Hodding and Townsend, Salisbury.
Edmund Taverner, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Cirencester—Richard Mullins, Esq.
Devizes—Henry Gilbert, Esq., and
John Hayward, jun., Esq.
Poole—Messrs. Parr and Co., and
John Durant, Esq.
SECRETARY—Captain John Rooper.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith
Manchester and Manchester and Liverpool District
Liverpool 3 Banking Company
Leeds—Leeds Banking Company
Salisbury—Messrs. Hetley and Co.,
Messrs. Brodie and Co., and
The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company
Poole—Messrs. Ledgard and Co.

The great and important object of this undertaking is to cornice
by a Railway in the most direct route, and of the least expensive
character, the mail and shipping port of Southampton and the port
and harbour of Poole, with Manchester, Liverpool, and the counties
of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Warwick-
shire ; in fact, with the whole of the cotton, woollen, salt, pottery,
and iron manufacturing and producing districts.
It is not necessary in this case to enter into the question of ex-
pediency or inexpediency of railway communication, the necessity
and advantage of such a measure being obvious and fully admitted.
This line commencing at Cheltenham, to which point railway com-
munication from the north already exists, proceeds to Cirencester
and Marlborough, and then passing down the peopled and fertile
valley of the Avon to Salisbury, meets with the railway now con-
structing by way of Romsey to Southampton ; thus making the dis-
tance to Southampton as short as by any other practicable route,
and saving the construction of twenty-three miles of railway.
From Salisbury it is intended, still pursuing the valley of the Avon,
to eontinue the line eighteen miles to a point about three miles west
of Ringwood, where, 'meeting the Southampton and Dorchester Line,
It communicates with Poole and the country below as far as Dor-
chester and Weymouth. It is also intended to carry the line from a
point on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, about two miles
south of Wimborne, by the shortest route, Ito the town and quay of
Poole, entering the town on its northern side.
About four miles below Marlborough it is intended to make a
branch in the same course as the Kennet and Avon Canal, about
eight miles long, to Devizes.
It has already been stated, that it is not necessary to enter upon
the question of expediency of railway communication with South-
ampton; but it is proper to state why the line here laid down is pre-
ferable to that from Marlborough by way of Ludgershall and An-
dover to that place. The latter is hilly, comparatively barren, and
uninhabited, and consequently expensive, with very little local
traffic ; and would have to depend in a commensurate degree on
the through traffic for support ; it would also be necessary to make
a line the whole distance, there being no existing line with which
it could unite between Marlborough and Southampton. It is also
open to the objection that it runs from Andover to Southampton
parallel with and at a short distance ftom the South-Western line of
Railway, which must necessarily leave it a very limited amount of
traffic as respects that distance, even if it should not expose it to the
powerful opposition of that company. On the other hand, this line
passing as it does from north to south, through the heart of the
county of Wilts, a distance of fifty miles, unites the whole of that
county, obtains the traffic now existing between its towns, which is
considerable, and affords with the aid of the branch to Devizes and
the existing and projected railways, easy access from all parts of
Wiltshire to the county town of Salisbury, and also to Devizes, the
alternate assize town.
Thus far, the greater advantages of this route as regards the line
to Southampton only have been spoken of, and important as they
ate with reference to the interest of the shareholders, and the accom-
modation of the country traversed, a further advantage, not only to
the shareholders but to the public attained by this project, has yet to
be stated.
By the formation of eighteen miles of railway between Salisbury
and Ringwood, passing by the towns of Downton and Fordingbridge,
the port and harbour and the town and county of the town
of Poole are brought within the operation of this comprehensive
saheme. The harbour of Poole admits vessels up to 400 tons
burden; and it has been confidently asserted by practical men, that
by a small: outlay improvements might be made to admit ships of
the largest size. There are safe and quiet mornings for vessels, with
ample quays and warehouses, and the dues and charges are about
one-twelfth of the ordinary charges at other ports in England. The
existing local traffic alone would, it is calculated, be sufficient to pay
the Shareholders a remunerating dividend on the outlay required for
making the line from Salisbury to Ringwood. In the item of Potter's
Clay alone there are annually shipped for the Potteries upwards
of fifty thousand tons, which, after reaching Liverpool, have
to be transmitted b 3 inland navigation about sixty miles to reach
their destination, at a total cost for carriage of 20s. per ton—every
ton of which would unquestionably be forwarded from Poole by this
railway. The stone of the Isle of Purbeck, vast quantities of which
are used for flagging and building purposes, would find a much more
extensive and ready market In the interior of the country, if there
were cheaper and more ready and convenient means of trans-
porting it.
The announcement of this project has been hailed with the utmost
satisfaction both in the north and throughout every district over
which the line passes, as well as by every interest identified with it,
or affected by it.
Forms of application for Shares, Copies of the Prospectus, and a
Map exact y according as to local position with the Index to the
Ordnance Survey, and showing the line of Railway, may be obtained
from the Secretary at the temporary Offices of the Company,
No. Isl, Great George-street, Westminster, and 29, Princess-street,
Manchester, from the respective Solicitors of the Company, and
from Messt. Sutton and Gribbin, London: Messrs. Bradley, Ford,
and Parker, Manchester; Messrs. Scholes and Horgan, and Richard
Dawson, Esq., Liverpool; and Messrs. Ridsdale Myers and Co.,

Leeds.
No application for Shares will be entertained unless accompanied
by a reference to one of the Provisional Committee or to a party per-
sonally known to a member thereof, or to a Banker.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Southampton and
Poole Railway Company,lB, Great George-street, Westminster.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in this
undertaking, and I agree to accept the same or any part thereof, sub-
ject to the Provisions of the Subscribers' Agreement, and to execute
such Agreement, or any other Agreement, and any Deed or Deeds,
and to pay the Deposit when required.
Dated this day of September, 1845.
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