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London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

grin OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAiLWAY, via ABINGDON', WANTAGE, UUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,009 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. per Share.
PROVISIONAL comnITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley. park. Oxon
The Right lion. Lord Suffiel 1, Gunton-park, 'North Walsham
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the. Dell, Windsor
The Right lion. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley
The Right lion. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., 6,
street, Park-lane, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct
Railway
The Hod. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent H
Lieut.-Col. the on. J. C. Westenra, M.P., 13, Conduit-street, Di-
rector ot the East and West Junction Railway -Tilney-
The Hon. WiP.iam M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Director of
the Manchester and Fto;by Direct ItailWay
The Hon. Edward Stafford ,ierningham, Director of the London and
Nottingliain Railway
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir John Key, Bart., King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London,
Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway
E. F. Dayrell. Esq.. Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of 1; uckingham-
shirp, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Lieut.-Colonel Ellington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place,
Bryanston-square, Director of the Great Western Extension

Atmosphericßailway
B. B. Williams Esq., 'Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the Central Kent 11:j1way
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director Of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway-
Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director of the
Dower and Bristol Railway
Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-:,quare, and Kirby
Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Major J. T. Croft, 15, Regent-street,yiee-Chainnaa of Remington's

I:onion and Manchester Direct Railway
Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and
. _

Cheltenham Direct Railway
Major Graham, late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Manchester Railway . ,
The Rev. H. R. kowier' Felton, rear Bristol.. and 7,. Marrhcster-
square, Director Of the Rhondda and Ely 'Valleys Junction

James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the

way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully-castle
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Dover

and Bristol Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool
James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester
The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire
Thomas Dowglave, Esq., iMarlborough-place, St.i
John's-wood
Railway
Directors of the
E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street
Direct Lon-
W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex d
G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's-park
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, ter on and Exe-
John Allen, Esq. 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington
Francis Roose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montague-square
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equitable and Law
Life Assurance Companies, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Railway
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Herts
Benjamin Swan, Esq., Jermyn-street, St. James's
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough; Director of the
London and South Wales Direct Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough
Charles Finch, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury
Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley
James Paxton, Esq. M.D., director of the Rugby and Manchester,
Iludi.ersdeld, 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
other Railways
William Doe Belcher, Esq. Mayor of Abingdon
John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alderman of Abingdon
John Tomkins, Esq.
John llarris, Esq. Members of the Town Council, Abing-
Thomas Copeland, Esq. don
Edwin James Trendell, Esq.,
John King, Esq., Abingdon
Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon
John Aldworth, Esq., Frilford, Berks
William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon
Isaac Grubb. Esq
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 and Worcester
Extension Railway
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford
John Looker, Esq., Oxford
William Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
hCarles Sbillingford, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon
Min Williams, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon
Mr. Win. Miller, Oxford
Mr. 11. Dormer, Oxford
Mr. Charles Miller, Oxford
Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford •
Mr. Win. Thompson, Oxford
James Wickens, E- q., Oxford
John Brightman, Esq , Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the

nounsiw Railway
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of tin Eastern and
Midland Counties Railway
F. Walker Botte; ill, 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
Thomas Brown, Esq. West Lockinge, Berks
William Stone, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Richard Barnard, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Henry, Hapward, Esq. Stirlings, Wantage
James Staley, Esq. Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. Wantage
Mr. Charles Hart, foundry. Wantage
Mr. 'William Beesley, Wantagei
John William Palmer, Esq. Letcolmbe Regis, Berke
Mr. J. Pottinger Palmer, Letcombo Regis, Berks
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. John's-wood, London, Director of the Somer-
setshire Midland Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway
Johnson, D. T. churchyard, Director of the Direct
Independent E
Londonsq., A l
anddme Manchesterary. Railway
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, 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 o? the Northampton and Cambridge Railway
George R. Peppercorn, 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
J. Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
General.,Wright. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
. (With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Cimrles Brees, Egq-
SOLICIToRS—Messrs. Ehrslie and Preston, 47, Mr,orgate-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.
.Ithe County
Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. ; an-
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, Eso.
Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son
Wantage—William Ormond, Esq.
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halconib, Esq.
SECRETARY—Z. Hubbersty, Esq.

The imrortauce of connecting remote parts of Ei.gland by rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon iutennediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be beater exemplified that 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, central points from 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 front Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of railway front the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
of the appliance appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.
tionroduce the
The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by perfecting a direct line of commun cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the la:moult of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Ilungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are Seated stand in much
npeveefel ,u antheprovide
ufaacfatuciiilintyg,
kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis-
fuourdtheemiteeb
rural,
ierreiaanigvue
pulap
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 these towns which are already p,
ovided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severe' v crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, witfeh,
as
well as Hungerford and Ludgehall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by rarilsway 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 :o Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that plue ; and
a perfect line of road front the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been lamed, flungerford and Lodgers.
hall, to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.
Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs.
Elinslle and Preston, 47, meergate-street, and to the following
Brokers :—Messrs. Peppercorn, 2, Old Broad-street, and Messrs..
Preece and Evans, Lothbury. London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and
Messrs. Reynolds and Son, LiVerpoo'. ; Mr. John Da-tena, and Mr.
John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. Biadshaw, and Messrs.
Wellbelovecl 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 ; 31r. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; 3fessrs. Easty and
Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs Black
and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Alr. Wm.
Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin,

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct
Railway.

Gentlemen,—l 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.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant
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