The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2q, 1845.

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 desirable that the terminus of every railway
should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re-
spect 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, moat direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tablished—a line, also, however superior in position to othera 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
to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and
Midlands' Junction Railway Company.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forma
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Dasinghall-street ; and of the fallowing gentlemen:—
London—Messrs. J. Peppercorns and Co., 9, Old Broad-street ; Mr.
J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Hanbury, 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. Watson and Co.
Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton.

Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford.

Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Pulmer.
Birmingham— Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.
Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M'Callttm
and Co.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

NORTHERN COUNTIES (ROSS, SUTHER
LAND, AND CAITHNESS DIRECT RAILWAY. _

To afford the very important division of the Kingdom the benefits
of railway communication, and to promote and stimulate the pro-
gressively increasing pastoral, agricultural, and commercial, improve-
ments, which of late years have made such rapid strides in these
counties, it is proposed to form, under the sanction of the most
influential patronage, a railway by the most direct practicable route,
to connect these northern and producing districts with the southern
and consuming portions of the empire.
Adopting the line which may be found the shortest to Dingwall
consistent with a due regard to economy in its execution and work-
ing, and to.the rights and interests of private parties, and from Ding-
wall by Navar to Bonar-bridge, the distai.ce of the county of Suther-
land from Inverness would be many miles shorter than by any other
route. From Bonar the line would pass by Lairg, through the
valleys of the Brora and of the Frie, and by Strath Helmsdale to the
Thurso water; thus nearly bisecting the county of Sutherland
through its length and passing into the most populous prrts of
Caithness, diverging to the right and left to Wick and Thurso.

A branch might be formed to connect the coast of Sutherland with
the trunk line. _ _ _ . _

In Ross-shire a branch would be formed from the main line to In-
vergordon, and this brunch might be extended to the burgh of Train.
Arrangements are being made for having the lines (the courses of
which are but generally indicated above) carefully examined by ex-
perienced surveyors and engineers ; and as soon as data which may
be relied on have been matured, a Inn prospectus, with the names of
the promoters and Provisional Committee and detailed particulars,
will be published.
Meantime communications from parties interested in the proposed
undertaking may. up to the Ist of October next, be addressed to
William Mackenzie, Esq., of Muirton, W.S., by Dingwall ; Hugh
Innes Cameron, Esq., Provost of Dingwall ; G. S. Taylor, Esq.,
Golsple ; Peter Wilson, Esq., W.S., Town Clerk of Wick ; M. Snody,
Esq., Thurso ; or to Messrs. Cameron and Bain, 18, Parliament-
street, London.

FRENCH and SWISS JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, from MACON to GENEVA.
Capital, 60,000,000 f. (2,400,0001.) in Shares of 500 f. (201.) each.
Of which 25,000,000 fr. (1,000,000) are reserved for England.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
FRENCII ADMINISTRATION.
Lieut.-Gen. Comte Colbert, Pair de France, Aid-de-Camp de S.A.R.
Ic Duo de Nemours, President
M. le Marquis de Boissy, Pair de France, Vice-President
M. James Fazy, Membre du Grand Counsel Municipal de la Re-
publique de Geneve
M. Ernest Basset, Chevalier de la Legion dlionnenr, Chef du Secre-
tariat du Domain Peva du Rot.
M. Petry and.M. Desvoyes, Administrateurs des Chemins-de-Fer de
Tours a Nantes, and de Creil a St. Quentin
M. Gilbert Coubayon, Chevalier do la Legion de lionneur, Admistra-
teur du Chemin-de-Fer de Paris a Lyons
M. T. Perrot, AdminLstrateur du Chemin de-Fer de Crell a St.
Quentin.
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ENGLISH PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

Captain Chamfer, It N., Director of the Great Paris and Lyons

Railway.
W. Collins, Fsq. M.P., Director of the Southampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham Railway
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Great Northern of France
Railway
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Director of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway
William Morley, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester and
Birkenhead Continuation Railway
William Mountford Nurse, Esq., Director of the Union Bank
Charles M. Rigg, Esq., Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Director of the Great Northern of France

Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the Union Bank,
and Chairman of the Namur and Liege Railway, Chairman
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Director
of Leicester and Bedford Railway.

BANKERS.
In France—Messrs. Gaillard and ltampin, Paris
In England—The Union Bank of London, Princes-street, Mansion
House, Pall-mall East, and Argyle-street ; and its bra Aches.
Er:Gum:a—Mons. Do Villeroy.
SoLtcrross—Messrs. Mayhew and Son, 26, Carey-street,
Lincoln's Inn-Fields.
SECRETARY—J. Edersheim, Esq.

This Company was constituted on the 28th of August, 1845,
according to an Acte de Societe, passed before M Randier,
Notary at Paris. Its object is the construction of one of the most
important lines of railroad hitherto projected in France,
and perhaps on the whole continent. A reference to the map
will make it sufficiently apparent that, although short in
itself, this line will connect, by means of the Paris and
Lyons, and other French railroads, the Atlantic and Mediterranean ;
as well as France, England, Belgium, and Holland with Switzerland
and Italy ; and will thus complete the great Trunk 'lnce of commu-
nicati•n between the West and South-East of Europe.
The length of the line is 120 kilometres, or 76 English miles ; it
_ _

branches off from the Great Paris and Lyons Railroad at Macon,
situated half way between Chalons-sur-Sayone and Lyons, at a dis-
tance of about 70 kilometres, or 27 English miles from each of those
places, and passes through Bourg, the principal town of the depart-
ment De l'Aain, and by Nantua to Geneva.
It had been originally intended to select either Lyons or Chalons-
sur-Saone as the starting•point on the western extremity, but Macon
has been ultimately adopted, as the only one likely to provide the
desired accommodation tor the traffic, both from the north and
south, so that no apprehension need be entertained of any opposition
line being started from either of the above points.
The Council of the city of Geneva has lately caused the different
projects for connecting its territory with the Paris and Lyons Rail-
road to be carefully examined, and has given its decision In favour
of the Macon line ; it has moreover been universally approved of by
the highest authorities in France, as being the shortest and most
economical, and the one answering the wants and requirements of
all parties.

It is needless to speak of the immense number of travellers con-
tinually pouring into Switzerland, which are increasing annually,
and which, no doubt, will be doubled when railway accommodation
is provided for them, and when this road, as it must, becomes the
main road to Italy and the East. It may, therefore, be safely as-
sented that the passenger traffic will be more considerable then on
any other line in Franco, _ . _

With regard to merchandise, the following brief statements will
demonstrate its importance.

From correct statistical reports, it appears that the Imports during
the last year from France into Geneva amounted to-
-13,269,188 kilogr. merchandise
2,139,000 litres of liquids, and
4,172,000 litres of grain

and the exports to-77

5,654,522 kilogr. merchandise
The former consists principally of corn, wines, oil, salt, iron, soap,
glass, yarns, cotton, manufactured and colonial goods ; and the latter
of wood, cattle, cheese, produce of the mountain soil, and the nume-
rous articles of Geneva industry. Besides the increase which the
facilities of railway transit will, as in all cases, naturally produce
upon the commercial intercourse between France and Switzerland,
it may also be considered that the 60,000 bales of cotton which are
annually imported into Switzerland via Trieste, or from Liverpool
up the Rhine, must in future pass through Marseilles, up the Rhone
and Saone, to Macon ; that the produce of Italy will take the same
route; that Swedish irons, which now reach Geneva by an expen-
sive land journey through Metz, will be conveyed, with consider-
able economy, by the French canals and the river Saone, to Macon.
This line therefore will have the advantage of advantage of adding to
its own, a new and most important traffic., withdrawn from olher
channels of communication.
Without entering into further details, which it would not be deemed
prudent to publish at the present moment, the facts which have been
stated will be amply sufficient to show the immense advantages of
this railway, which is held in the highest estimation by capitalists
and parties interested In railway matters, both in France and Swit-
zerland, and supported by the most influential proprietors of the dis-
tricts traversed, as well as the local atehorities.
Negotiations are pending, and likely to be brought to successful
issue, between this Company and the Swiss Government, with regard
to an extension of this line to Lausanne and Yverdun, which will
connect them with the remainder of Switzerland and Germany ; and
should this important concession be gained, a preference in the allot-
ment of shares will, of course, bo given to shareholders in this
Company.
The capital of the Company has been fixed at 60,000,000 of francs
(or 2,400,0001.), of which 25,000,000 francs (or 1,000,000/4, are to be
subscribed for in England.
The English capital is divided into 50,000 shares,of 201. each, upon
which a deposit of 2'. is to be paid on allotment. One month's pre-
vious notice will be given of all subsequent instalments, which are not
to exceed 21. each.
In case a lease of the line shall not be granted to this Company, the
deposits will be paid back without deduction, but without interest.
The English Provisional Directors will be responsible only for the
deposits paid in Great Britain, and the French Provisional Directors
only for those paid in France.
By the statutes of the Company, all powers necessary for its due
government, and .the protection of the Interests committed to their
care, are given to, the Directors ; and the act of subscribing the Ap-
plication for Shares is, in itself, an acquiescence in such Statutes on
the part of the Subscribers.
The Company will be constituted a Societe Anonyme, according
to the laws of France, by which it will be governed ; the responsibi-
lity of the Subscribers being thereby limited to the amount of their
respective snbscriptions. The liability of the original Subsersbeas
will extend only to five-tenths of the amount of their subscriptions ;
and when that proportion is paid tip, the shares will be legally
transferable, and the original subscribers discharged front further
liability.
The Shares will bear interest at the rate of four per cent. per
annum (in lieu of dividend) on the amount paid up, from the date
of the Royal Ordonnance of concession, until the opening of the
whole lino.
After the opening of the line, a sufficient amount will first be
retained out of the net profits of the Company as a sinking fund,
and, after allowing an interest of five per cent. on the Shares, the
surplus will be divided in the following manner :—IB-20ths among
the Shareholders, and 2-20ths to the Directors_
The Provisional Directors are invested with full powers to treat
with the Government for a lease of the Railway, upon such terms
as they, In their discretion, shall consider beneficial to the
Company ; to tender for such lease either by public or
private contract ; to fix the conditions and duration
thereof; to sign and deposit the same ; to effect and regulate
the deposit of the caution-money ; and to bind the Comany to the
performance of the terms and conditions imposed by the Calder des
Charges ; and to approve and sign the Acto de Societe, and all other
necessary documents; to make any treaty, arrangement, or coalition
with other companies, and to reduce proportionately the slumber of
shares ; to alter or dissolve the Comany, due regard being had to the
interest of the shareholders ; and generally to take such measures as
they may deem expedient and may require, in order to secure the con-
cession of the line upon the favourable terms.
No applications for shares will be attended to unless accompaniled
by a first-rate reference.
Applieations for shares may be made, in the annexed form,
to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, 73, Basinghall-street,
London ; to the Solicitors ; or to the following Brokers and Agents :
London—Messrs. John Showell and Son, 25, Tokenhouso-yard
" Mr. Theodore lfzielli, 75, Old Broad-street
Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage
Manchester—Mr. William Marshall
Hull—Messrs. Collinsen and Flint
Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co.
Birmingham—Mr. James Pearson
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robinson and CO.
Halifax—Messrs. Newburn and Blakey.
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FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the English Provisional Committee of the French and Swiss

• Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l hereby subscribe for shares of 201. each
in the Capital Stock of the above Company, upon the terms and
conditions of the Prospectus; and I undertake to accept the same or
any less number of shares that may be allotted to me, to pay the
deposit and calls thereon when required, and to conform to the
statutes of the Company.
Dated this day of

1845.

Name and Surname in full ..........

Profession •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • •
Place of Residence or Address ......
Name and Address of EsteroAce

IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and

Bridgewater respectively. -
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL CONRITTEE.

The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the gout 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, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Ballwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Tim. Percy Evans Frets, 3, helgrave-square
Hndd
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
Sheffield, Director of the
ililhileatilmeldßarnaddie fan
Oaks,
erefield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Ear John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
William
Echsges" Manchester and
Manor
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, 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 Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
south Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln'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 31Idiand Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railr, ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
31illis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. • Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion Home
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell, Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Mull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Bales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of
the South Midland Railway
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, I)irector of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen 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, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire

Railway
Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc-

tor of the Bridpoit and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railvrays
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-

_
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pali-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 Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwell Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstoue-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, 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-squaro
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-lano
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-squaro
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hon, 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, minty Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-

way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreye 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., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin mute, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berke
Col. Burslent, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Batk
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director if the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Colinmpton
Rev. It. A. Roberts, Rector Of Kentisbere, Collamptoit
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Barks
Union Banking Company
William Bale,unb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and

Dorset Bank - -
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton.
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol.
James 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 Mappin, 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
apnacnhi
or
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
es"
James Ogden, 3f .D., Salford
Sic 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
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
un., Esq., Hull, Director of the Nall and BarnsleyLeeds
Charles Bamford, j
Junction
John Lillie, Escl., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Iletton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Was. B. Newberg, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Brooinhlll, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Bdwin 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, Eel., upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, Devonport
11. S. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Lents Di-
rect Railway
Sheffield, Director of the East and West
Samuel Swann Britt:sin, Esq.,
of England RIIIWAY Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and /far-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, 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., 31auchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. H. eV. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wormun, 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, Eq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Auction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Linehouse, merchant
John Moe Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House,'Brentwood, Essex
William John M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., F R.S.,Aiderman and Magistrate ofSouthanapton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringharn, 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).
A further list of influential names will shortly appear.
Basitszas-31essrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Mean. 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 lan-fields, London.
SECSETAST—TIIOMAS Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Eflq•

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BradfordeTsra.snL.l.lTat. LOCAL AGENTS.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. R. Poole
eeeiniodre:llErs Messrs.for,
d anal, Stoneli
jd.
Staunton
daTnßotmoo dner,r
Ea Ys
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 situation 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. eavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, hes ,since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
- ereased its imports from 201,0001. to 3,009,000/. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably iacreased.
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 Railway having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extent 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 th tt no other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, Its most important eutport—" 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 Beciwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manuitteturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frouae, Shepton Mallet, Weds
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two
miles than any existing railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this ling direct to the Land's End, Falm ut'i, St.
Ices, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
llstance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With 'erect to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is
Vedlen to say Wore UM that there is already thorough traffic

dent to ittstify 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
and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction as from ethers pro-
Jact.d, 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
hasurance 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 iaexhaustible 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
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, 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 prolect
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 llristol 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 Falmouth ; 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-
liament.

It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties 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 remuile:ative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per centime 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 coanected
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, or to any respect-
able broker in town or country
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, aad I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d.
per skare thaaeoa, or on any less number you may appropriate to use,
aad to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Coo-
tract when required.
Dated 1845.
Name in full .. • • • • • ..... •
Residence .....................
Trade or Profession ............ ..
Place of Business (if any)
Reference ..... • ....
Signature......... ..... ..............

MADRID AND VALENCIA. RAILWAY,
authorised by an Ordinance of her Majesty the Queen of
Spain.
Capital 2,400,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 201. each, Spanish reals

. •
(Vellon) 2,000, fr. 500.
Deposit 2/. per Share, reals 200, fr. 50.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Most Noble the Marquis of Winchester, 27, Cavendish-square
The Lord de l'lsle and Dudley, 16, New Burlington-street
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Beigrave-
square, a-d the Riding, Northumberland
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., 27, Regent-street
Sir William Wynn, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
C. Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street; Chairman of the
Paris and Strasbourg Railway
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker (Mesas. Cockburn and Co.)
William COIIIIII3, Esq., M.P., Reform Club
Edward Bates, Esq., Managing Director of the Angus Life Assurance
Company
John Capper, Esq., merchant, 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge
William Chadwick, Esq., Montagu-square, Chairman of the Rich-
mond Railway
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer Lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-
park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Company
William Cooper, Esq., merchant, 20, Mark-lane, and Kingwood
Lodge, Dulwich
Edmund F. Dayrell; Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, and Lillingstono
Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff of Bucks, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County, Chairman of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Railway and
Bridgewater and Minehead
W. Eales, Esq., merchant, Mincing-lane, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, Director

_
of the London and Westminster Bank
Richard Forman, Esq , Upper Thames-street
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, near London, Director
_ _

of the National Bank of Ireland
Wm. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Com-
pany
James John Kinloch, Esq., 21, Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director
of the North Wales Railway Company
John Knill, Esq., Fresh-wharf, Thames-street, Director of the
Worcester and Crewe Railway
T. Laurence, Esq., St. Mary-axe, Director of the Direct Western

Railway
Major James Oliver Lindam, K.H., 1, New-street, Dorset-square,
Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales
Railway, and Director of the South Midland Junction Railway
Nicholas M`Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street, Director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway
J. B. Montefiore, Esq., 2, Winchester-buildings
William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Railway
S. P. Pratt, Esq., 55, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the Kennet and
Avon Canal Company
Colonel Edward Stopford, 16, Edward-street, Portman-square, Direc-
tor of the Darbadoes Railway Company
William Gordon Thompson, Esq., Director of the South Midland

Junction
S. J. Waley, Esq., 22, Devonshire-place
William Lechmero Whitmore, Esq., 19, James-street, Buckingham-
gate, Director of the London Central Railway Terminus.

BANKER.

London—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill ; Messrs. Masterman and
Co., Nicholas-lane ; Messrs. Cockburn and Co., Whitehall.
Madrid—Bank of Isabella 11.

STANDING COUNSEL—Jacob Waley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn

SOLICITORS—Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 84, Lime-street.
ICONEULTING ENGINEER—P. Prichard Bab-, Esq.
SECRETALT—F. Kirkham Powell, Esq.
Offices of the Company, 37, Moorgate-street.

The present Company has been formed for the construction of a
line of railway from Madrid to the cityand port of Valencia, the most
central seaport on the Mediterranean. It will open out the re-
sources of an extensive district of country, eastward from the capital,
remarkable for the richness and fertility of its soil, the varied abun-
dance of its productions, and the commercial spirit of its inhabitants.
This railway is authorised by a special ordinance of her Majesty
the Queen of Spain; and from its vast importance as a national route
of intercommunication her Majesty has been pleased to accompany
the grant with all the privileges and immunities which the Crown is
empowered to confer upon a railway company. Amongst these may
be enumerated—

1. A lease of the line and of its branches for 99 years.
2. The gratuitous grant of such Government and corporation lands
as may be required for the railway.
3. The free use of all timber, the property of the State, that may be
necessary for the works, or for other purposes.
4. The exemption for ten years, to be computed fiom the com-
mencement of the works, of all import duties on the machniery,
rails, and other articles requisite for the completion of the railway.
5. The entire exemption from all national and local taxes that
could otherwise be levied upon the railway, works, or buildings of
any description, upd upon the capital represented by the shares.
1. The Government is not to interfere with the Company's tariff
of charges for the space of forty years from the completion of the
works ; and no revision thereof is to take place on the expiration of
that period that can sink the profits below 15 per cent.
T. The line is to be classed, by a special law, under the title of a
" work of public utility," and as such to enjoy the royal patronage
and protection, and all the peculiar privileges attached to important
national undertakings. _ _ _

The proposed line, thus largely endowed, is about 240 miles in
length, being upwards of 150 miles nearer the capital than the ports
of Cadiz and the north coast of Spain, and generally nearer than any
other port in the kingdom. Although it has not yet been minutely
surveyed, it is well knowa that there is no similar district of equal
extent in the kingdom which presents so few engineering difficulties.
For upwards of 80 miles the ling will traverse the almost level plain
of Valencia; and emerging from the boundaries of the province, it
will follow as nearly as possible the course of the rivers which flow
east and west from the central plateau in the province of Cuenca,
and approach Madrid by the valley of the Manzanares. The line
will either pass through or accommodate the most important towns
in the two provinces, which will thus be brought Into rapid com-
munication with the capital on the ono side, a seaport on the other.

This railway will be the means of supplying 3fadr:d, con.aining
300,000 inhabitants, entirely dependent for provisions upon the con-
tiguous provinces, at a cheap rate, with the rich products of the pro-
vinces of Valencia, which abounds in most valuable mines, and Is
beyond comparison the most fertile district of Spain.
Valencia, brought by this communication within ten hours' dis-
tance of the chief market of Spain, must necessarily become the
port at which all vessels with supplies for the metropolis will unload,
and the centre of the coasting trade along the whole sea-line from
Barcelona to Gibraltar.

The traffic in passengers and goods now existing between Madrid
aid Valencia has been correctly ascertained, showing the following
results :

The annual number of passengers travelling between
Madrid and Valencia, and the intermediate towns, is
upwards of 42,000 ; but taking that number at the
present cost of conveyance by stage coaches, private
carriages, galeras, and waggons, the amount will be £67,800
The annual weight of goods conveyed between the two
cities and the intermediate localities is 4,900,000 cwt.,
from which the return is estimated at .• 1,223,400

£1,291,200

Assuming that two•fifths only of the existing charges
become a source of revenue to the railway, and that
the tariff be reduced considerably below the State
tariff of Belgium, there will be deducted .. .. 752,320

• Remains • • • • • . £538,880
Supposing that the present traffic will only be doubled
by the railway, although experience has proved the
increase to be equal to 300 and 400 per cent., there will
be added • • .. • . • • • • .. 538,860

And add £1,077,760
For the transport of troops, military stores, bcc., which
the Government will substitute for the conveyance by
waggons .. .. • . 50,000
25 per Cent., at the least, for the Allcant trattio .. 215,952

£1,343,712
From which deduct nearly 50 per eent.formalinterumee
of way, &c... 671,856

Leaving a net profit of
Or of nearly 28 per cent. upon the capital.

£671,856

_ . .
The capital now proposed to be raised has been estimated, by
competent authority, to be amply sufficient for the completion of the
railway, including stations, a double line for rails, and the working
plant.

The royal ordinance authorises the erection of an electric tele-
graph along the line, which will answer the double purpose of placing
the railway under the special protection of the Government, and
eloscly uniting.it with all the railways that intersect the kingdom
and have their common termini in Madrid, to which capital maritime
and mercantile information from the Mediterranean can be instan-
taneously communicated.

One-third of the shares are, by the terms of the concession, con-
ceded to Spain.

The locale of the Company will be in Spain, and It will be framed
on the principle of a compania anoninm, agreeably to the commercial
eode of that country.
The affairs of the Company will be conducted by a Board of Di-
rectors in London, assisted by a highly influential Committee in
Madrid. The remuneration to the Directors will be made in ac-
cordance with the plan usually adopted in continental railways, and
that to the Concessionaires consists of a mere contingent interest in
two-twentieths of net profits, after five per cent. shall have been se-
oured to the shareholders.

A deposit •f 21. per share is payable on allotment, and no future
call will exceel 21. per share, of which two months' notice at least
will be given. .

Applications for shares, according to the subjoined form, to be ad-
dressed to Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, solicitors, 34, Lime-
street, London ; to Messrs. Hutchinson and Son, stockbrokers, Loth-
bury ; Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street ; Messrs.
Johnston, and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead,
Liyerpool ; Messrs. Wreford, and Co., Bristol ; Mr. Lea, Binning-
ham; Messrs. Watson, and Co. Leeds; Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle,
Hull; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitkin, Glasgow ; Mr. W. Gordon,
Aberdeen ; Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin ; and to the
Secretary, at the office, 37, Moorgate-street, London.
London, Sept. 10, 1545.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Directors Ofthelkfaaridani Valencia Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201.
eazh in the above Company ; and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, or any less number which you may appropriate to me, and to
pay the deposit thereon of 21. per share.
Dated this day of 1845.
Residence .... •• • •
Profession or Trade .....

ofe Business . ......
Atvrenr4

QHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
forwing, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, York and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0C3/., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per She"..e.
-

(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House

of Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Director of the South Staffordshire

Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kensington-square
Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tutbury, Staffordshire
Boothby, Sir William, Bart , Ashbonrne Hall, Derbyshire, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and
Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railways
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire and Manchester
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, New Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas It. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thema-, Esq., Chin, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highlields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, &DIMS, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
Fourdrinier, George IL, Esq., Hanley, Vtaffordshlre PotterieS
Frith, John Griffith, Esq., Chairman of the Coleraine and London-
derry Railway
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Studholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
llumphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Johnson, John, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gains-

_
borough Railway
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luc:cock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Barr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopcsay, Salop •
M`Dermott, George A., Esq., Director of the Staffordshire Potteries
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,

Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cleobury North, Shropshire
Minton, J., Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Goole and Doncas-
ter Railway
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields

Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and

Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and or the South and ➢lidlands Junction Railways
Price. Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of

. .
the Chartered Gas Ligh, and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain DonOas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of

the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Rawson, John, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of Yorkshire, Director of the
Manchester, Liverpool and Great North of England Railway, and
of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T., Esq., Ironmaster, 31illfleld Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire. Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton, William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
awl Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shifinal
Silyester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, Westbromwick
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
.

Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approii:
mation Railways
Strad, James, Esq , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the

Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq, Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Mosley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron

Works, near Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.•-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P.,Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth, Salop
Wynne, Thomas, Esq., Langton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the South Un!on and Birmingham Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).

Applications for shaies in this Company will not be received after
Monday, the 29th instant. All applications must be made upon printed
forms, which, together with copies of the prospectus and maps of the
line, may be obtained from the secretary ; also the solicitors, Messrs.
Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London, and Edmund
Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop ; from the local agents—Messrs. G.
and B. Anderson, Ludlow ; Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow; John
William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall ; Thomas Bernard Baddeley,jun.,
Esq., Newport ; Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton ; Gilbert
Brown, Esq., Shiffnal ; Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Stafford-
shire ; Philip Octavins Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle ; Thomas Griffiths,
Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle ; Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhamp-
ton ; T. B. T. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham ; William Harding, Esq.,
Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries ; and from the brokers—Messrs.
Mieville and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Megan.
Cameron, Cazcnove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester ; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham.; Messrs. Sohmes
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; S. Senior, Esq.
Sheffield ; and Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull.
BF girder,

GEORGE BOND, Secretary.
Royal Exchange-buildings, London, Sept. 22, 1645.

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription