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ILBROW'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY
and CANAL PROPULSION COMPANY.
6, King William-street, City.
Notice is ;;,-z__•eby given that no application for Shares in this Com-
pany will be receive fter Wednesday, the 7th inst.
C. COLLINS, Secretary.

6, King William-street, City;
May 3. 1845.

ryIIRMINGHA.III and OXFORD JUNCTION
I_o RAILWAY, with a DIVERGING LINE through STRAY-
FORD-ON-AVON, to unite with the MORETON-IN-MARSH
RAILWAY

Capital £600,000, in Shares of £2O each.
Deposit, 12per Share.
Provisionally Registered pursuant to Act 7th and 6th Vic., C. 110.
raoristoxer. COMMITTEE.
The Mayor of Birmingham
John Adams, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law, London
J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool
IV. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham
John Aston, Es-., Birmingham
Robert James Atty, Esq., Ingon Grange, Stratford-on-Avon
F. P. Barlow, Esq., London
Matthew P. W. Boulton, Esq., Great Tew Park, Oxon
Charles Oldfield Bowles, Esq., North Aston Park
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury
James Butlin, Esq., Westfield House, near Rugby
C. H. Corbett, Esq., Adminton
Walter Cowan, Esq., Of ehnrch Bray, near Leamington
John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool
Sir George Dashwood, Bart., Kirtlington-park, Oxon
William Dickens, Esq., Cherrington, near Shipston
Rev. John Ellis, Wooton, Ilenly-in-Arden
Edmund Darby Ford, Esq., Stratford-on. Avon
John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
J. Gardiner, Esq., South=
Darwin Galton, Edstone Hall, near Stratford-on-Avon
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool
John Giifilth Etlq. Alveston, near Stratford-on-Avon
J. Haddon, isq., Leamington
Wm. Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford-on-Aron

Lawrence Herforai, Esq., Liverpool
Captain Hitchins, Idicote House, near Shipston
Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool
John Leckmere, Esq., Steeple Aston
George Lucy, Esq., Charlecote Park, near Stratford-on-Avon
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristel • -
Rev. Richard Morris, Eatington. near Stratford-on-Avon
John .Mos. Esq., Liverpool
P. IL Muntz, Esq., Birmingham
Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne
J. (4. Reeves, Esq„ Birmingham
JohiLllicla, Esq., Bearley _
John. Reckon, Esq., Bath
Francis Rufford, Esq., Bellbrougliten, near Stourbridge
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., London
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham
Major-General Smith, Rugby
Gustavus Thomas Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-on-Avon
John Staunton, Esq., Tidmington, near Shipston
Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington
Ibninas Thomson, E5q.,..M.D., Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon
T. H. Thorne, Esq., Leamington
Rev. Henry Townsend, lionnington, near Sbipston
'Geo. 'Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfield House, Bletehington, Oxen
Charles Woodmass, Esq., Avonhurtt, near Stratford-on-Avon
[With power to add to their lumber.]
BANIESII.

London—Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and CO.
Birmingham—Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co. ; tue
ham Banking Company.
Bristol—Messrs. Miles, llarford and Co.
Leamington and Warwick—The Leamington Priers and War-
wickshire Banking Company ; the Warwick and Leamington
Banking Company
Liverpool—Messrs. Moss and Co.
Stratford•on-Avon—The Stourblidge and Kidderminster Banking
Company.
Som -- erroitsMessrs. Patterson,.Haymes, and Hanbury, Leamington
and Warwick; W. 0. Hunt, Esq., and C. Stevens, Esq., 10, White-
hall, London ; Messrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool.
The object of this undertaking is to establish the most direct arid
efficient railway communication that can be formed between Dir•
mingham and Oxford, connecting by the shortest possible route the
whole of the Lancashire manufacturing districts and sea-parts with
the south of England and its long line of coast in the British Channel.
The existing lines afford but a very imperfect and circuitous com-
munication through London, and it is singular that the competing
lines of railway now before the public do not supply the deficiency or
provide for the objects now contemplated. Under these circum-
stances, there can be no doubl that this railway will confer essential
benefits on the districts through which it is intended to pass, as well
as on the commercial and industrious classes of the north, and a very
cursory inspection of the map will satisfy the inquirer that the line is
so peculiarly situate as to command an unusually large amok or
through traffic, independent of its local resources, which are very great.
It cannot fail to be observed, that the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction will save a considerable distance on the route towards the
coast, besides furnishing to Warwick and Leamington the most
direct railway communication for the traffic between those placeS
and Oxford. Reeding, 84. c., while the cheapness of construction and
excellence of the gradients will enable the Company to convey pas-
sengers and goods at very low rates, such as would not remunerate
an expensive line, but which are calculated to afford an ample return
for the small capital required for this undertaking.
The railway will commence by a connexion with the Grand Junc-
tion Railway at Birmingham, and proceeding in nearly a straight
line by Warwick and Leamington, fall into the Intended Oxford and
Rugby line, near Fenny Compton ; the entire distance from Birming-
ham to Oxtbrd will thus be about 62 miles.
The Stratford-on Avon line, which will be constructed simultane-
ously with the line by Warwick and Leamington, will join the main
railway at or near to Kingswood. From Stratford-on-Avon to More-
ton-in-the-Marsh, by an improvement of the existing railway, a dis-
tance of 14 miles, the communication throh Stratford will be com-
plete to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wou
lvgerhampton line, and the
Oxford, Reading, and the South of England.
It is confidently believed that this extension of thee xford line to
the Grand Junction Railway at Birmingham, taking Leamington and
Warwick in its course, will furnish such strong corroborative proof
of the public importance and necessity of the Oxford and Rugby line
(now promoted by the Great Western Company) as to ensure its
success in Parliament. If the broad gauge should be adopted, ar-
rangements have been made with the Great Western Company to
run dispatch trains between London and Birmingham in loss than
three hours, and also to provide, at low rates, means of conveyance
for every description of traffic, whether of passengers, carriages.
horses, cattle, or merchandise and minerals.
The Provisional Committee, however, promote this measure as one
ofgreat national importance, and do not intend it to he contingent in
any degree on the success or failure of the Oxford and Rugby Railway,
Ltd they will be guided in the final selection of the line, in the prine
eipie of construction, and in the mode of working it, by the evidenc
which may be adduced during the present session, and by the result
of tho applications now before Parliament, as far as they may appear
consistent with the experience still to be obtained on the relative
merits of the systems.
They need only add, in conclusion, that if the Oxford and Rugby
line is successful, the capital of 600,0001. will be ample, as the country
has been carefully examined. No engineering difficulties exist, and
there will be no tunnel throughout the line.
The landed interests affected by the proposed railway are very
favourable, and the Bill will be applied for in the next session of

Parliament.
As numerous applications for Shares in this Company continue to be
received, notwithstanding the notice of allotment advertised on the
Ist instant, the Provisional Committee take this opportunity to state
to the parties making the same, that their requests cannot be com-
plied with.
449, West Strand, London, April 28, 1545.
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