The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

riIHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
11 BAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERrORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally registered.)
tilapital 1,200,0001., in 48,009 Shares ef 251. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The imrortartee or connecting remote parts of E..gland by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Live
which is Low proposed to form a short and direct channel ef inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected sines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
co•irse of Railway frern the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.

The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of commun'cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
ptlatertsmaorfke w t England,tons will afford to the boroaeh of Abingdon,
of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
animportant railway accommodation, of which
sti icts in which they are seated stand in much
the
ee
agricultural adjacent villadgies
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom.
The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the Inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus sevemly crippled. The same remark
applies ha some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
anda
sh e
advantages
produced by railway traffic.
It ore been determined to commence the proposedil ne at
has therefore
t.e
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place; and
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Hungeriord and Ludgers-
hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.
A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country
intended to be traversed, is in course of preparation, and with the
names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly
be published. In the meantime, further, information may be ob-
tained from Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica
Lion for shares may be made.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY, AND
OXFORD AND BETCHLEY JUNCTION.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital,
2,250,0001., in Shares of 201. each,
Deposit 21. 2s. per share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
His Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G.
The Right Hon. Lord Nugent, the Lilies, Aylesbury, Bucks
Sir John Chetwode, Bart., M.P., Chetwode Manor-house, Bucks
Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, Bart., Oving-house, Bucks
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon-house, Bucks
The Hon. Philip Sidney Plerrepont, Evenley-hall, Brackley, North-
amptonshire
Sir James Watson, K.C.8., Wendover
Charles John Balllo.ll=llton, Esq., M.P., Theme-park, Oxfordshire
Rice Richard Clayton, Esq., 3f.P., Hedgerley-park, Bucks
John Deering, Esq., the Lee, Bucks
George Morgan, Esq., Biddlcsden-Park, Bucks
Robert Bullock Marsham, Esq., LL.D., Caversfield-house, Oxford-
shire
Walter Henry Bracebrldge, Esq., Norville-house, Warwickshire, and
Chetwode Priory, Bucks
B. W. S. Lowndes, Esq., Winslow
G. Cooke, Esq., Winslow
William
John Barnes,o d Hammond,soEnsq.,Choriey Esq.,ol, Harts
St.
juban,B-court,
Whigham,
Kent
Benjamin Price, Esq., Westbury, Bucks
Col. John Hall, Life Guards-barracks, Hyde-park, London
John Newman, Esq., Brand's-house, Hughenden, Bucks
Thomas Newland Allen, Esq., The Vache, Chalfont, Bucks
Henry William Beauclerk, Esq., GI, Chester-square, London
Robert Fox, Esq., Wendot er-lodge, Bucks
William James Bailey, Esq., Shenley-house, Bucks
Thomas Sands Chapman, Esq., The Park, Aston Clinton. Bucks;
Robert Marriott Freeman,•Esq., Stoney Stratford, Bucks
George Parrott, Esq., Castle-farm, Buckingham
Captain Edward Dewes, Buckingham
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham
William Stowe, Esq., Buckingham
William Davis, Esq., Bicester, Oxfordshire
Captain William. Style, R. N., Bicester, Oxfordshire
John Horwood, Esq., Steane-park, Brackley, Northamptonshire
John Henry Butterfield, Esq., Brackley
William Henry Mains, Esq., Brackley
Alfred Hoperaft, Esq., Brackley
Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford
Richard Wootton, sun., Esq., Oxford
Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford
Henry William Tancred, Esq., M.P., London
Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxen
Zacharias Daniel aunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks
Joseph Ashby Gillett, Esq., Banbury, Oxon
George Carr Ginn, Esq., London, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway
Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham, ditto
Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool ditto
Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate lodge, Surrey, ditto
Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London, ditto
Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esq , M.P., London,: ditto
Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N., Birmingham, ditto
Robert Benson, Shn., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester, ditto
With power to acid to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir Harry Verney, Bart. J. E. Ledsam, Esq.
The lion. P. S. Nerrepont Edward Cropper, Esq.
Z. D. Hunt, EEL Thomas Smith, Esq.
Captain Edward Dewes Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N.
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq. Robert Benson, jun., Esq.
J. R. Cobb, Esq, Thomas Young°, Esq.
J. Samuel Browising, Esq. Ross D. Mangles, Esq.
G. C. Glynn, Eiq.
(Wile limited power to add to their number). •
reGlNEEft—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.

Mears. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden,
London ; Mr, Samuel Carter, Birmingham, and 37, Great George-
street, Westhinster; Mr. William 3feyriek, 2, Furnivars-Inn,
London ; Mitisrs. Rose and Messrs. Tindal, Aylesbury ; Messrs.
Hearn and nelson, and Mr. Henry Smith, Buckingham.

SEcaZTAßY—Wyndham Harding, Esq.
BANKERS.
Loadon—Mests, Glynn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street
Aylesbury-3bssrs. Bickford and Hunt,
71va London and County Bank
Buckingham-Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn
The London and County Bank
Banbury—nssrs: Cobb and Co.

Messrs. Gillett and TawneY
Oxford—Mesira. Wootton and Co.
The London and County Bank.
Mester— litsrs. Tubb.
The ehieetof this undertaking is to supply railway communication
to the townsand districts lying between the London and Birmingham*.
and the Greit Western Railways, giving them the best means of ac-
vela to the iletropolie, and connecting them alio with Birmingham