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London, England, 1845-10-13 00:00:00

B SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13 1845.

Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon

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John Tomkins, Esq. .
John Harris, Esq. Members of the Town Council, .ibing-
Thomas Copeland, Esq. don
Edwin James Trendell, Esq.,
John Aldworth, Esq.,Frilford, Berks
William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon
Isaac Grubb, Esq. 1

John Towle, Esq.
Samuel Steane, Esq.
Members of the City Council, Oxford
Richard Chaundy, Esq.

Charles Hickman, Esq.
John Weaving, Esq.,

R. C. Godfrey, Esq. J
James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford,
Director of the Londo., and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Captain H. Strong, Oxford, Director of the Oxford ant Worcester
Extension Railway
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford
John Looker, Esq., Oxford
William Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
hCarles Shillingford, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon
Adin Williams, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon

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Mr. Wm. Miller, Oxford
Mr. H. Dormer, Oxford •
Mr. Charles Miller, Oxford
Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford
Mr. Wm. Thompson, Oxford
James Wickens, E'q., Oxford
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the

Hounslow Railway
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Eastern and
Midland Counties Railway
F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley
Capt. James Edward Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portman-square,
and Bower-hall, Inverness, Director of the Reading and Reigate
Railway
Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage
Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London
Docks
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the
Commercial and General Life Assurance Association
Robert Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
John King, Esq., St. Jahn's-wood, London, Director of the Somer-

setshire7Mielland Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary-churchyard, Director of the Direc
Independent London and Manchester Railway
John Bloor, Esq., 'rebury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man
chester Railway
T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot-
teries Railways
Charles Johnston, Esq., Aldersgate-street, Director of the Lynn,
Thetford, and Ipswich Railway
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway
George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby
and Warwick Railway
George Jackson, Esq. Abingdon
George Cox, Esq., Abingdon
John Knight, Esq. Abingdon
Thomas Salkild, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, and Huddersfield and Liverpool
Direct Railway
James Paxton, Esq. M.D., director of the Rugby and Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways
Thomas Ingham Raynes, Esq. Lilac-cottage, Birstal, near Leeds, di-
rector of the Great Leeds, and London, Midland; and Thirsk, and
otht Railways
J. Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
General Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEBB-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Charles Brecs, Esq.
SoLtaToas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT--Cadwallador F. Waddy, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank.
Oxford—The London and County Bank.
Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank.
Abingdon—Messrs. lienry Knapp and Co. ; and the County
Bank
Wantage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co.
Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank
Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Oxford—Jno. Francis Wilde, Esq.
Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq.
Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son
Wantage—William Ormond, Esq.
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb, Esq.
SECRETARY—Z. Hubbersty, Esq.
The importance of connecting remote parts of England hy rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the line
which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended railroad, the central points ttom which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the south and west of the latter • and the
proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of railway from 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, ii addition to
the benefits which will he conferred upon the nation at
large, by perfecting a direct line of communication be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis-
bury into immediate connexion with the City and University of
Oxford, combining also the advantage of a direct communication
with the sister University of Cambridge ; thus strengthening the
ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com-
mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be
essentially enhanced.
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 severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at
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, Hungerford aid Ludgere-
hall, to Salisbury, and thence to the month and western ports and die.
tricts.
Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs.
Elraslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, and to the following
Brokers :—Messrs. Pepperconie, 2, Old Broad-street, and Messrs.
Preece and Evans, Lothbury, London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and
Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Mr. John Dunonft, and Mr.
John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. Bradshaw, and Messrs.
Wellbeloved and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr.
James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
Bradford ; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Easty and
Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs Black
and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm.
Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct
Railway.
Gentlemen,--I request you to allot me shares in the
above undertaking ; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number which may be allotted to me, and also to pay the de-
posits thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, Parlia-
mentary Contract, :and all other necessary instruments, when re-
quired so to do.

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I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
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Ilmatte aistlTraston, 47, Moorgate-street, London.

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 6 Yid., Cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere
The Right lion. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chcsbarn-place, Be:grave-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right lion. George R. Dawson
The Hon. Frederick Byron
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Beigrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P.
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
John Bloore, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe-hall, Notts
William Breaks, Esq., Cork•street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Egg., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belr,,rave-
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons
Henry Crane. Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambiran and Grand
.rossion Railway
Dm can Dunbar, Esq., East India-101d, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Ben aan Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Slikmoor-house, Stafford
Chants James Heath, Esq., London
Frazer B. Henshaw, Esq., Director of tke Great Manchester and
Southampton Railway
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehavea
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director
of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston and Corbyns-hall Ironworks,
Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
W. E. Mousley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn and Derby
P. R. Muntz, Ese., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brewton, Director of
the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq Birmingham
Theophilns Richards, E " Birmingham
Frederick Ricketts,
John Shaw, Esq.,3q Director irectorofthe Great Western Railway
Esq.,
Charles Shaw,
and Leicester Deputy-Chainnan of the Direct Birmingham
art,aillawnda Director of the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhamptovnr
Julies Sutton, Esq., ShardloZall, Derbyshire
Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., WolverhamptonTotterg-park, Hants
Charles Augustus fulk, Esq.,
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq., 35, Ifeeklenborgh.square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall Suffolk, and 32
Grosvenor-place
(With power to add to their number),
sommotts.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, 3foorgate-street, and Do.
bahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Mottcram and Knowles, Birmingham,
EN•INEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, I.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER— W. H. Pardon,
Esq.
BANKERS.
Tch Commercial Bank of London ; and
The Birmingham Banking Company.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
Burton-upon• Tren—
t Edward Hart Hart.
OFFICES—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and
36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.
It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to
existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica-
tion will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Donning-ton, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
theMidlang Counties Company during the last see on 01.1!ndiSakent•

From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the- .1
Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
Birmingham to Gainsborough,
• and 'from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a direct line from
Wolverhampton to Nottingham, and the other towns already enu-
merated.
The support if several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
live, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success In
Parliament.
As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
great national undertaking will be materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu-
nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir-
mingham to Hull, the:port at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe; and from the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
Southern, western, and midland counties.
A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and
shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
subscription.
. The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the line.
No applications be attended to without a reference to a
member of the Ccramittee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the t,nkers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, of which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may
be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
viz.:—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ;
faeniytedp.arty making default in the execution of those deeds will befor-
Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitchins and
Harrison, 18, Threldneedie-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London; Mean. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies and Son, Liverpool ;Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby ; Messrs. rott and Levick, Notting-
ham
;
Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; Mr. Collis,
Mr.
and James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham,
Gainsborough, and Hull Railway Campany.
I request you will allot me shares of 201. each, in the capi-
tal of the above-named Railway ; and I will accept the same, os
any less number, and pay the the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this

day of 1845.
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r IHE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after
MONDAY, the 20th instant.
EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street.
MOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingham.
Oct. 10, 1845.

THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH,
AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH
AND CHATHAM RAILWAY, via REIGATE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,900,0001., in 95,000 Shares of 201. cash.
Deposit, 21. 25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl if Egmont, of Cowdray ?ark, Sussex
Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth House, Sussex
The Hon. and Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, of West Dean, Sussex
The Right Hon. Lord de Lisle and Dudley, of Penshurst, Kent
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, 16, King-street, St. James's
The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton Villas, 3faida-hill
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, of the Dell, Windsor
Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart.' of Hollycombe House, Sussex
The Hon. Robert Gore, 31. P., of 21, Wilton-crescent
Sir William Wynn, Knight of the Bath, Governor of Saudown Fort,
Isle of Wight
The Hon. William M. Dawson, Poole Lodge, Dorset
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, Brook-street
Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbourne-street, Hyde Park, Director
of the East India Company
Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-sqtaro
Sir Robert Schomburgk, of New Kingston, Surrey
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Carlton Club, and Phis Coch,
Angelsea, Chairman of the Welsh Midland Railway
Howard Elphitastone, Esq., m.r., of Eaton-place, Director of the
Direct Western Railway Company, the Thames Embankment
Company, &c.
Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex
Lee Steere, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey
Captain Charles Shirley, of Midhurst, Sussex
Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., of Broom Hall, Surrey
Admiral John Ayscougb, of Prospect-place House, Southampton
Launcelot Archer-Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, Emsworth, Hants
William Leyland Woods, Esq., of Chilgrove, Sussex
Rev. John Fennel, Aldsworth House, Sussex
R. Bingham Newland, Esq., Boveysand, Plymouth
Colonel Forbes, R.A., Seafield House, Emsworth
Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton-street
E. T. Dayrell, Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, High Sheriff of Buck.
inghamshire
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, of North-end Home, Portsmouth,
Deputy-Lieutenant for Rants
The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbeurne Rectory, Sussex
Francis Lysons Price, Esq., of Sydenham, Kent, Director of the
Shropshire Mineral Railway, and Director of the Chartered Gas
Light and Coke Company
James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, Warvrickshire
George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe-place, Sussex
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., of 16, James-street, Bucking-
ham-gate
Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex
George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, Harleyford-place, Kennington
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham, Directors of
Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's the Great
Park, Manchester
William Watson Prole, Esq., of Thurlow-square, Railway
Brompton, Company
Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 8, Upper Gower-street, Director of the Rugby
and Worcester Railway Company
John Napper, Esq., of Hold House, Sussex
Stephen Lowden, Esq., of Lindfleld, Sussex
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street
George Baker, Esq., of Stilland, Sussex
James Hitchins, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Manchester and
Southampton Railway Company
Jelinger Cookson, Symonds, Esq., Radtrtge, Bucks
Marmaduke Hart Hart, Esq., Ilotteridge-park, Herts
William Ley, Esq., Durrant-house, Bideford
Lewis Pocock, Esq., of Montague-street, Russell-square
Thomas Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey
Samuel Relf, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey
Thomas Neale, Esq., jun., of Reigate, Surrey
John Lucas, Esq., of Vamdall-hill, Haslemere
Thomas Bowles, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., of Great Surrey-street, Director 01
the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
William Hardy, 'Esq., r.S.A., of Croydon, Surrey, Director of the
Metropolitan Junction Company
John Davidson, Esq., of Trotton-hense,near Midhurst
Edmund Sadler, Esq., of Be ton, Sussex
of 3, Dunster-court,
Anthony Dickson, Esq., of Edrington-house, near Berwick-en- Tweed
Joseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham-common
Mincing-lane, and Upper
William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, Roxburghshire, Director of
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
Samuel Brown, Esq., of Clapham
Clapton
Joseph Scales, Req.,
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.s., of 30, Cambridge-terrace, Ryde Park,
Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway Company
Robert Wynne Williams, Esq., of 29, Lower Bedford-place, Director
if the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Company
Cynric Lloyd, Esq., of 7, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square,
Director of the Nottingham and Boston Railway Company
Robert Still, Esq., of Wood Vale, Norwood, Surrey, and 5, New-square,
Lincoln's Inn
Samuel Ellis Bristow, Esq., Twyford-hall, near Derby
John Helbert Helbert, Esq., ef Gloucester-place, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway Company
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Cloptoa House, Stratford-on-Avon,
Director of the Warwick and London Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, of Compton-street, Brunswick-square, Di-
rector of the Doncaster and Goole Railway Company
Captain Frederick Chamic oldf Halkin-strect, lielgrave-square, Di-
rector of the Fampoux Hazebrouck Railway
Jolla Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of Giou-
cester
John Moreton Cottle, Esq., of Leamington, Director of the Coventry
and Birmingham Railway Company
John Brightman, Esq., of Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the
Leeds anti Carlisle Railway Company, ee,
William Spooner, Esq.. of Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company
Alexander Greig, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director
of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
Captain Trophimus Hodges, of 65, Connaught-terrace,
Hyde Park,
Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company
George ?arbors', Esq., of 37, Russell-square, Director of the Manches-
ter and Rugby Railway Company
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq.. of Lothbury, Director of the Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 5, Harley-street
Rev. F. H. Hall, P.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Henry Morley, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex
C. A. Tulk, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks, Whitehavez
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., of 150, Piccadilly
Colonel Nicholls, Shootemhill, Woolwich
Griffin Curtis Gait, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., 8, Manchester-street, Manchester-sqUare
Reif. William Watkins, of Chichester, Rector of Racton
Abraham Duke, Esq., Chichester
C. D. Archibald, Esq F.R.S., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Joseph Bulkeley Johnson, Esq., of 10, Coleman-street, Director of
the Staffordshire Potteries Railway
H. R. Downman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford-place, Director of the
Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
David Wilkinson, Esq., of Regent's-park
W. w, Esq., Ludgate-hill, Director of the Waveaey
Valley Railway Company
James Gernon, Esq., of 13, Conduit-street, Director of the London
and Nottingham Railway Company
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton
Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M., of Midhurst
Rev. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trotton Rectory, Sussex
Major James Adair, Directer of the Church of England Insurance
Company
Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Manchester, Director *1
the Manchester end Southampton Railway, Managing Director of
the West Lancashire Railway, and of the Manchester, Wigan, and
Southport Railway
Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Directer of the Clitheroe Jane-
tion Railway
John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Blanchester, Director of the Oxford,
Southampton, and Gosport Railway, and of the Macelesneld and
Ruby Railway
Henry Farrington, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Wigan and
Southport Railway, and of the York and Lancaster Railway
Josephus Homey Higson, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Chester
and Manchester Direct Railway, and of the Manchester and Rugby
Railway
Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Blanchester-square
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, City
Edward Chapman, Esq., Gibson-square, Islington
E. T. Grandy, Esq., Rusholme, near Manchester
Thomas B. Sands, Esq., the Hamlet, Liverpool
Daniel Grant, Esq., of Springside, Bury, Lancaster, Director of Rem-
ington's Direct London and Manchester Railway, and of the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction
Railway
Thomas Townend, Esq., of the Polygon, Manchester, Director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
John Burgess, Esq., of Manchester, Boroughreeve of Manchester,
Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Company,
and of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle, Railway
C Direct
Railway
James Shaw, Esq., of Salford. Lancashire, Director of the Manchester
and Rughy Vailway
Edward Parrett, Esq., Sutton!, Romford
Rev. W. S. Richards, of Terwick Rectory, near Midhurst
John Amos, Esq., of Willow Bank, Lower Broughton, Manchester
John Stoveld, Esq., Stedham Hall, near Midhurst
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway Company, and the Staffordshire Midland Junction
Captain Ewbank, jun., United Service Club, Director of the Shrop-
shire Mineral Railway Company
J. W. Newcombe, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-field
Iron-works, Dawley, Salop
Frank D. Bullock Webster, Esq., Brentbridge House, Hendon, Mid-
dlesex, Director of the New River Company
Charles Halsted, Esq., Chichester
Colonel Sir It. Doherty, Senior United Service Club, Sub-Governor
of St. Vincent's
Captain Hozeaton, R.N., 7, Stafford-street, Al
William William Birmingham Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Isleworth, Direc-
tor of the London and Exeter Railway Company
Stephen Knowles, Esq., Bridge-street, Exeter, Director of the Exeter,
Topsham, and Exmouth Railway
Henry Paxton, Esq., West Dean, Chichester
and Camberwell, Deputy
Andrew Clark, Esq., of Adelaide-place
lhairman of the Lcensed Victuallers' and General Fire and Life
Assurance Company
John Campbell Dicker, Esq., New Hall, Cheshire, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead, the Staffordshire Potteries Railway
Company, &c.
Charles Waite, Esq., 3, Old Burlington4treet, and Welleaden, Mid-
dlesex
Edward Bold, Esq., Millbrook, Southampton
Mr. John Biffin, Chichester
Edward Leach, Esq., Chichester
James Lersingham Jellicoe, Esq., 5. Wimpole-street
The IMMO of other noblemeu and litentleulen will appear in a

Wither advertisement, whose sup;
dertaking.

)port has been promised to the un-

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq.
Frederick Clarkeon, Esq: Wm. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P.
Robert Chapman, Esq. H. R. Downman, Esq.
Joseph Scales, Esq. David Montague, Esq.
Jokn Parkinson, Esq. Thomas Stevenson, Esq.

BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbnry
Chichester—Messrs. Dendy, Coiner and Co., and
The London and County Banking Company
Rochester—Messrs. Day and Nicholson
Riegate —Messrs. Nash and Neale
Portsmouth and Portsea—National and Provincial Bank of
England, and
Messrs. Grants, Gilman and Long.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of 2, Palace-yard, Westminster.
SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANT—Messrs. ?ontifea and Mozime, b. St.
Andrew's-court, Holborn-bill, London.
LOCAL AGENTS.

Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester
Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate
William Miuchin, Esq., solicitor, Portsea and Portsmouth
Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham
Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth
Edwin Albery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurat
Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerham.
William King, Esq., Godalming
Arthur Daintry, Esq., Petworth
SaCRETARY—Mr. John C. Sommers.

In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters are
Influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con-
necting line between the important towns of Chichester anti Ports-
mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in
affording a direct communication between the two great naval and
military arsenals of Great B. stain.—Portsmouth and Chatham.
The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the two termini at
Chichester and Portsmouth, will extend the facilities of communica-
tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England,
oonnecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton
towards the west. By the main line falling into the Brighton Rail-
way the advantage of two termini in London will be secured—the
one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London.hridge—the
latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, and the
several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be the best position
for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions.
The line of railway intended to be constructed by this Company will
commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon-
don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles front London-
bridge.
In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate,
Newdigate, Capel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold,
Billinghurst, Wisborough-green, PlaistoW, Haslemere, Chiddingfold,
North Chapel, Kirdtbrd, Petworth, Midhurst, Chilgrove, Stoughton,
Racton, Weetbouree, and Emsworth, at or near which last •mentioned
place this projeetedline will join the Chichester and Portsmouth Rail-
way to Portsmouth.
At the earnest recommendation of some of the principal land-
owners, branches are proposed tobe made to Godalming and Peters-
field. The branch to Godalming will be from a point in the main
line between Plaistow and North Chapel; and the branch from
Petersfield will join the main line at a point between Midhurst and
13epton. These extensions of this undertaking have rendered an in-
crease necessary in the amount of the capital originally fixed on ;
hut from the increased accommodation which these branches will
afford, the promoters of the undertaking feel confident that a com-
mensurate profit will result to the shareholder.
A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking is join the main
line at or near Capel.
By this course the entire distance to travel between London and
Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably
shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected between
London and Portsmouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing
a route more populous and productive than any hitherto presented
to public notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of
railway to complete the course between the Redhill station (near
Reigate) And Etn:worth.
From London to Reigate by the London and Brighton