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London, England, 1845-09-13 00:00:00

jIANCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON AND
POOLE RAILWAY, via CHELTENHAM, CIRENCESTER,
MARLBOROUGH, and SALISBURY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 1,600,0001. in 64,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
CHAIRMAN.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House, near Manchester
John Ashton, 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-
chester
William Bird Brodie, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
George Watson Buck, Esq., C.E., Ardwick, Manchester
John Henry Campbell. Esq., M.P., Exton, Hampshire
William Dougal Christie, Esq., M.P., Eceleston-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., Salter-ton, Wilts.
Sir Augustus Forster, Bart., Brownsea Castle, Dorsetshire
Charles Ingram Ford, Esq., Abbey Field, Sandbach, Cheshire
Lot Gardiner, Esq., Manchester
Ambrose Hussey, Esg., M.P., Salisbury
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds
Henry Hetley, Esq., Bulbridge House, Wilts.
Richard Hetley, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
Joseph Hornby, 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 Mllligen Laws, R.N., Crampsall 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., Elstone 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
Licut.-Col. Philip Warren Pedler, Nutley House, Devonshire
The Hon. Charles F. A. Ponsouby, M.P., Canford House, Dorsetshire
Alexander Powell, Esq., Hurdcott House, Wilts
J. Rickman, Esq., Poole
T. T. Rogers, Esq., Longfieet, 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 Teale, Esq., Leeds
William Tinker, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
John Teather, Esq., Alstonby, Cumberland
Charles Baring Wall, Esq., M.P., Norman Court, Wiltshire
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 Hooper.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith
Manchester and 1 Manchester and Liverpool District
Liverpool 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 connect
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 continue 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 from 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
. are 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
scheme. 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 moorings 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 by 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 end 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. 14, Great George-street, Westminster, and 29, Princess-street,
Manchester, from the respective Solicitors of the Company, and
from Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, London : Messrs. Bradley, Ford,
and Parker, Manchester; Messrs. Scholes and Ilorafall, and Richard
Dawson, Esq., Liverpool; and Messrs. Ridsdale Myers and Co.,
Leeds. _ .

No application for Shares will be entertained unless accompanies
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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