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parts of Gloucester, Berke, Wilts, and Hants; and, properly speaking
has no Independent terminus. • -
A large longitudinal section of the kingdom—the West Midland
district—a district inviting a similar species of accommodation from
concentrated local advantages, still remains unprovided with a•chief
trunk line ; and it is contemplated to remedy this deficioney'by the
present undertaking, or a.fourth longitudinal line.
Adopting Birmingham as a northern terminus of the West Mid-
land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, it is proposed to carry
a line through or near to Stratford-on-Avon, thence between Moreton,
Stow, Northleach, Fairford, Cricklade, and Swindon, where it will
merge in the South and Midlands' Junction Railway.
The length of the proposed line will be about sixty miles, and the
district traversed by it is gently undulating and densely peopled. At
its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with the South
and Midlands, by means of which it opens a most direct communica-
tion hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weytnouth, Christ-
church, Poole, and k.4oharapton. At its northern terminus, B.
tiVtltana, it cOmninniNNs wfth a reties of limit Piareeted, in rff
' Kress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can
ever piobabiy be constructed between the southern ports of England
and the great manufacturing districts.
In the alliance of lines forming the West Midland, Manchester
and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages pre-
sents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin-
gencies also. If it be desirab'e that the terminus of every railway
' should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re-
, sneet the present project is peculiarly fortunate. If Government be
resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lines, it
will be seen, by laying a rule on the map of England from Salisbury
to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these
places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this
prospectus, as being on the proposed line ; and actual measurement
has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and
Manchester by 26 miles.
By the construction, therefore, of little more than 60 miles of
rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tablished—a line, also, however superior in po,ition to others pro-
mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing
with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole,
and Southampton.
In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
giving a preference to shareholders in the South and Midlands'
Junction Railway Company.
Applications /or prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Basinetall-street ; and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street ; Mr. T. B. Har-
rison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Banbury, 4, Angel-court.
Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co , and Messrs. Neilson.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese-, and Mr. William
Marshall.
Hull—Messrs Collinson and Flint.
Leeds—Messrs. Young and Son.
Stratford-on Avon—Mr. William Bolton.
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford.
Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer
Birmingham- Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.
Glasgow—Messrs Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M`Calltun
and Co.
Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Co.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, Manchester,
• and Southampton Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me
Shires of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that .
may be allotted to rue ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
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Address of Referee..

Date

rgIHE WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER,
J. AND SOUTHAMPTON RiILWAY, AND BIRMINGHAM,
SWINDON, DEVIZES, AND SALISBURY JUNCTION.
Notice is hereby given, that after the 30th of SEPTEMBER Instant,
no applications for shares in this undertaking can be received.
By order of the Board, G. N. WRIGHT.
5, Basinghall-street, Loudon, Sept. 23, 1845.

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V ORCESTER and MERTHYR TYDVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PEOVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewydd, Chairman of the North Walesi
Railway
William Chadwick, Esq., Montagu-square, Director of the North
Wales Railway, and Chairman of the Worcester and South /;44

Wales Junctitin
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Weimer Lodge, Avenue. road, Regent's ,E
Park, Director of the Manchester and Southampton
ailw
Thßomas Fay
arneomb, Esq., Alderman of London
John Knill, Esq.. Thames-street, Director of tho Worcester,
Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 19, James-street, Bucking-
ham-gate
Henry Plumtre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanstone-sqnare,
Director of the Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction
Raiways
Major-1 General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate ,
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London e
Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Brixton, Director of ft
the North Wales Railway, and Deputy-Chairman of the Nor- 8
center and South Wales Junction
John Purchas, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross
The Rev. Edward Higgins, Rosbury House, Herefordshire
John Tanner, Esq., M.D., Ledbury
William Barnes, Esq., Foregate-street, Worcester
George Alfred Ellis Wall, Cross House, near Worcester, and
o
Wortley Park, Hampshire
John Hemming, Esq., North Sank, Regent's Park A
Philip Matthews, Esq., Burton-court, near Ross
Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow-court, Worcestershire
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby Railway Company
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Railway
Wm. Bland, Esq., 11, Park?terrace, Brixton-road, Director of the
North Wales Railway
James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street
Thomas Baylis, Esq., F.S.A., Pryors Bank, Fulham
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse Hill, Brixton, Surrey
Joseph Gillman Barratt, Esq., Ross
James Upfill, Esq., Bromyard, Herefordshire
William Candler, Esq., Newland Court, near Worcester
James Chamberlain, Esq., Green Hill, Worcester.
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde Park-street, Direc-
tor of Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, and Leeds and Li-
verpool Direct Railway
Charles Grant, Esq., Fitzroy. square
John Jennings, Esq., Elm Grove, Hammersmith, Director of the
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railways
(With power to add to their number).
CONSULTING ENGINEER..
Exotxxxas—Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins, 31.1.C.E.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross
Messrs. Webb and Co., Lecibury
Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins, and Co.. Ross
Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere and Co., Worcester
Tho National Provincial Bank, Gloucester
Messrs. Baileys, Graterex, and Williams, Abergavenny.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, and Gutteres, Phi'pot-lane, London
Charles G. Jones, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square
Messrs. J. and F. Higins and Chamberlain, Ledbury.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Worcester
Messrs. Edwards, Ross
Messrs. Gabb and Secretan, AbergaYenny.
SECRETARY PRO TEX—William Borrow, ESQ.
Offices of the Company, 7, Walbrook.

This railway will commence al the— station of the Monmouth and
Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, proceed-
ing through a rich agricultural district, now devoid of railway ac-
commodation, to Abergavenny, and from thence by Lianeily, Nant-
y-Glo, Tredegar, Ebba Vale, Rumney, and Dowlais, to Merthyr
Tydvil, at which place it will join the Taff Vale Railway. The dis-
tance will not exceed forty miles.
On reference to the map it will be seen that this line, in conjunction
with the proposed Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway, via
Ledbury, Malvern, aed Ross, will perfect a continuous and direct
communication from Merthyr Tydvil to London, Gloucester, Bir-
mingham. South Staffordshire, and the north.
The population of Merthyr, and the surrounding mineral districts,
exceeds 120,000, and this line will place it in direct connexion with
the a ricuitural counties of Monmouth, Hereford, and Worcester.
The line will be laid down so as to render the greatest accommodation
to the principal ironworks in the district through which it will pass,
and a saving of ten miles over any other linewill be effected between
Merthyr and Worcester, and other places north and east of that city.
Arrangements are in progress with the Worcester and South
Wales Junction Railway Company, for the mutual advantage of both
Companies.
Applicants for shares, who are personally known to members of
the Vrov ;tonal Committee, are requested to refer to one of such
Committee; all other applicants will he required to give a reference
to some hanker or other persons of known respectability in London or
the tows from which the application Is made. A preference will he
given to the holders of scrip in the Worcester and South Wales Junc-
tion Railway. . . _

usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at four
per cent. per annum on V.e amount of subscription paid up, and no
aub-eriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit
until the Act Is obtained, and then not beyond his subscription.
_ .

Detailed prospectuses, with the names of a powerful local Provi-
sional Committee, will shortly be published, and may be obtained of
the Solicitors and Local Agents, and of the following Sharebrokers :
Messrs. Ashton and Scott, Throgmerton• street, London; John San-
ford, Esq., Exeter; Messrs Rldsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds;
Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green
ani Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Na-
thaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham; Mr. William Miles, Worcester; and
Mr. Andrew Brand, Glasgow
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Merthyr TydTll
Junction Railway.
_ _

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201.
ea^h in the proposed Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail-
way, and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit
thereon, or upon any lesser number that may be allotted to me, such
payment to be made within the time limited and prescribed by you,
and I undertake to execute the agreement and Parliamentary con-
tract when required.
Dated this day of

1845.

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