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Sapt. 12, 1845

LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a Meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Salisbury, hold
at the Council Chamber, on the t 9th day of September, 1845, in pur-
slane* of a requisition to the Mayor ;
E. E. P. KELSEY, Esq., Mayor, in the chair;
It was proposed by W. ANDREWS, Esq., seconded by ROBERT

Sclueitiv, Esq., and resolved unanimously,
That this meeting pledges itself to support the scheme for extend-
ing the line of communication from the South-Western line at
Basingstoke, to Salisbury, Yeovil, and Exeter, as proposed by the
South-Western, London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, and Exeter and
Yeovil Companies. E. E. P. KELSEY, Mayor.

THE GREAT NORTHERN AND SOUTH-
ERN DIRECT RAILWAY FROM HUDDERSFIELD TO

DERBY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,5000,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 20/.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.)
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Mastermann and Co.
Huddersfleld—The West Riding Union Banking Company.
ENGINEERS.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
ACTING ENGINEER.

Soluotwoll —Messrs. Battye and Clay and Mr. Robt. T. Robinson,
Huddersfield.

LONDON AoswTe-4fessrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery-lane.
The object of lilts railway is, in conjunction with the intended
lines ftom Huddersfield to Halifax and the North, to connect, in the
most direct route, the important and increasing manufacturing
towns of Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, and Keighley, with the
metropolis and south of England, and at the same time to oomplete
the intended chain of railway communication from Glasgow and the
north, by the shortest and most direct route, with London, and from
the south to Glasgow, and other parts of Scotland.
It is intended to commence by a junction with the Huddersfield
and Sheffield Railway (for which an Act of Parliament has already
bees obtained) at or near Holmtirth, and to proceed from thence
threngh the last-mentioned place to Woodhead, and across the Man-
chester and Sheffield Railway there, thence to or near Athersage,
Nether Padley, Froggatt, Bubnell, Bakewell, Matlock, Cromford, and
to follow the course of the River Derwent to its junction with the
North Midland Station near to Ambergate, and from thence to Belper
os Derby.
The present route from Huddersfield to Derby is very circuitous,
being now 81 miles, whilst by the intended line the distance between
those places will be reduced to 51 miles ; and will also be the most
direct communication that can be formed between Glasgow, Carlisle,
Settle, Skipton, Colne, Keighley, Halifax, Huddersfield (by means of
the projected railway,) and the counties of Derby, Nottingham,
Leicester, Northampton, Bedford, and London.
It will open the extensive and celebrated stone quarries and coal
mines of West Yorkshire, and afford an inexhaustible supply of coal
and atone to the Midland and Southern Counties, and at the same
time open fresh markets for the products of the celebrated Derbyshire
mines,—the coat of which, from the increased facilities of direct
transit to be afforded by this railway, will be materially lessened ;
Wd at the same time the markets of the manufacturing towns of
est Yorkshire will be rendered infinitely more accessible for the
cern, wool, cheese, and other productions of the extensive and fertile
agricultural districts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and the south.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and return are in preparation.
There are no engineering difficulties in any part of the line which
have not been repeatedly surmounted lu other cases, whilst by far
the greater portion of the southern part of the line will be constructed
at au unusually small expense.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
V. per eentum per annum on the deposits, and preference in the al-
lotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through
which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Huddersfield
and Sheffield, and Huddersfield, Halifax, and Keighley lines.
The names of a large and influential Committee, with a detailed
proepeetue, will shortly be published.
All communications relative to the line, as also applications for
shares (in the form below), accompanied by a satisfactory reference,
may be mad. and addressed to the Solicitors, at whose offices every
ueceesary Information will be given.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Great Northern and Southern
Direct Railway from Huddersfield to Derby.

Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot me shares
of te/. each in the above proposed railway ; and I hereby undertake
to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, or any lesser number
of shares which may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to
execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement
when required.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full
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Place of Business (if any)
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NORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY,
F 4031 CitENVE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, passing
through the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidder-
minster, Worcester, and Tewkesbury, forming the shortest and most
desirable Communication between Liverpool, Manchester, and the
Northern Parts of England and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,250,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 10s. per Share.
(Being in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House of
Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon, Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, White-

hall, Chairman of tha York and Lancaster Railway
air William Boothby, Bait, Ashbourn Hall, Derbyshire, Director of

the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester R.tilway
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the

Derby and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone,
Director of the Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral

lt ail ways
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Clement Tabor, Esq., Cornhill, London, Director of the London
and County Bank, and of the National Loan-Fund Assurance

Company
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane, London, Director of
_ _

the Chelmsford and Bury Railway
Shomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Newport, Salop, Director of the

Shropshire Mineral Railway
Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Esq., ironmaster, Holly Hall,
near Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley

Railway _
George IL Fourdrinier, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries,
. .

for of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida-hill, London
William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Director
of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Lower Thames-street, s,nd Upper Bedford-
place, Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
William Millington, Esq., ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway

William Holmes, Esq., St. George's:terrace, Kensington, and Kentish-
town

William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands Junc-
tion Railway
_ _ _ . .

Bohn Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, near Halifax, magistrate, and
Deputy-Chairman of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Director
of the Manchester, Liverf.ool, and great North of England

Union Railway, of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the

National Bank of Ireland
Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the
London, Holyhead, and Port Dynllaen Railway
William Totnkinson Riley, Esq., Milltield Works, Bilston, Director
of tho Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction

Railway
Jo;eph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot-
teries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway
James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds. and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Hull, Director of the
Darby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway
William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
XLlward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropshire, Director of the
Direct London and Holyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and
Broseley Railways
ley. Matthew Yatman Starkie, Rector of Rushbury, near Church
Stratton
Charles Merritt Rigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-square,

Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
/Cr. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
James McMillan. Use., Manchester-buildings, Westminster
George Young, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Spratslade House, Longton
William Ottey, E sq., Longton

John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and Gains-
borough, and Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester
Railways
William George, Esq., Weston, near Much-Wenlock
Thomas Goddard, Esq., Bank House,Langton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq., \\Wen Iron Works, near Stourport,
Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway.
Thomas Lamle Murray, Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, Dl-
rector Great Northern Lailway, of the National Bank
rector of
III)Df Ireland, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
rogaph Thampson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, London, Director
of the London and Brighton, Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire,
....-enirManchester and Birkenhead ContinuationElts. hallways
BANK
Messrs. Old;ng, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Shropshire Ranking Company, Shiffnall
The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport
Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster
Messrs. Far;ey, Lavender, and Co., Worcester
The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury
SOLICITORS.
Ingleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, London
Edmund Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop
William Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster
(filbert Brows, Esq., Shift-nal.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston
Thomas Griffin, Esq., Chelton, Staffordshire PotterieS
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, Esq., Newport.
SECRETARY—J. Stevens, Esq.
Temporary Offices, 3, Abehareh-term, London,

This line of Railway will commence at the junction of the Man-
heater and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and Grand Junction
Railway-le at Crewe, in the county of Chester, and proceed from
thence through or near the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and
In Shropshire, thence through the flourishing town of Kid-
derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Rail-
way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct
route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, and Chester to the
important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct
line il'ont the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will, also,
in conjunction wtih the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swan-
sea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form the most advan-
tageous route from Swansea and the iron districts of Sehth Wales,
to Liverpool, Manchester, and Hull.
The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at
Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley
-Union at the thriving town of Newport. It will form a junction
with the two latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug-
gage may bo conveyed to Stafford, Derby, the Midland Counties,
Staffordshire Potteries, Sheffiell, and Hull ; and, In addition to the
carriage of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and
Kiddennineter, to Manchester, Liverpool, the whole of the laorth of
England, and Scotland—will secure a large passenger traffic in the
district through which it passes.
The proposed railway will be about 87 miles in length, and be-
tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save in distance
at team. 20 miles, and the journey can be accomplished, at the pre-
!v.! rapiiirate of travelling, in about two hours. This project as a
Cnayttsoinn line,
the kingdom
populated itself with some of the most important rail-
populated iron districts It
alsoskirtsthe
large,
extensive, and densely
course passes through a of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its
rich agricultural country. It must, there-
fore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient traffic to pay a high
rate of interest on the capital, required.
There are no engineering iti:tilculties in the country through which
the line is intended to whole being nearly on a level, and
on reference to the map of country, taken from the Ordnance survey,
which accompanies the prospectus, the line will appear straight, and
will at the same time show the superior' advantages it possesses,
that it and
the not ba surpassed by any existing or Projected Hues, betweleind
the same
It will not interfere with any ornamental property, and no tunnel-
ling will be required.
The ilablities of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of
their subaeriptims, ant interest will be allowed on the deposits and
further e&iis, from the date of the several payments to the opening of
the line.
Prospectuees, with Maps and Forms of Application for Shares, can
be had from the Secretary on application at thetein
of the Cotnpany, 3, Abehurch-lane, London; from the Solicitors °file" 1
and
Local Agents; also from the following Brokers, viz. r
2, Birchin-lane, London ; Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, Lord-street,
kenhead ; Mr. E. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. W. Whitmore,
George, Liverpool ; Messrs. Sohmcs and Tripp, Bristol ; mess".
Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; and Messrs. Greece and Oldham, Man-
chester ; to whom Applications for Shares may be addressed. It will
be necessary that reference be made t, a Banker, Solicitor, or person
of responsibility.

FORM OF APPLICATION.