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THE St N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 15, 1845.

dependent of any cater l!ne already before the publ!,, and as
pose.,,es nati,4nal - ativat,:ag s which 4.4!1 se ; ,
carried o:It, become, without exception, the inns: ini;.,:rt nt, railway
i in ttfr:: t
One of the drst objects of this Company will La to obtain a most
eel it rat and accessilde tenni!, is in London. and Far, ingdon-*li cot lias
bean fixed upon fir that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the (treat Western
station, from whence the line will be continued in as aired a ccume as
poss.bie to Holyhead
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns :
—Rickmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddinaion, and
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onward to StratfOrd-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester,. and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Bromsgreve,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgm6rth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury; it will thence con-
tinue its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyruwy, will proceed to Llau-y mynech, Llaurhalatir,

and liniment, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollex:
At this point there arc three passes, which lmve been inspected, and
it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round b

Conven into the Vale of the River Alwen, from whence it wilt run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-each-road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will thou descend the Yule of Naut Francon
to Bangor and Hots head.
Ihis line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most consi
sidcrable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol ; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhtunptou ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire Att.lway. As this last line will co-uect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesktry, Walsall, and Lichfield wish the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of hring-
ing all Cum important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other trafik, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus estedishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of hitaffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertakinz is secured beyond a
doubt, by the obvious fact that it will net only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will
gave to London aid the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.

It will also ensure twe mail deliveries in the day.
up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the stracght
line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
sit able, power will ho taken In the Bill to continua an independent
line by L'eauniaris to Holyhead.
Atter a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors fe..l warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. en the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, includiug all the inter-
mediate staaons, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the hicon:•enience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprieta-y to that of another. The
railways now in active pr -gress in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain orcommuni ation between the sister countries
Is, by this present undertaking, rehdered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of

the DireetorTi, and every advancement in science wit,, be male
available to gain the almost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ;
while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for ►oth
passengers and traffic, and the pubic will find in the improvement 4,f
the infer:or carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the
first lass, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and In all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise so national in its
character.

Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow Interest at 41. per cent. per a num on the amount of the
subscriptions paid pip ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.

Applications tor Shares raay be made, In the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents : —Messrs. Cameron
and B ins, 18, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Thr ,gmerton-street, London ; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
bull Hugs, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Win. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles
Coup:lr, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edinburgh ; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION',

To the Previsional Directors of the, Grand London and Dublin

Approximation Railway Company,

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of AO/. each
in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required. . _

Name in fVII
Residen •e —
Profession or Business

Date

Reference (two or more)

Wi tn
And his Address

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
THE GREAT WESTERN AND EXETER,
TOPSIIAM, AND EXMOUTH JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(On the Broa I Gauge.)
Capital 120,000 L, in 12,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit It. 2s. Gd. per Share.
The peculiar and very important features in the proposed line are,
that it commences at the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
at Exeter, and passes in a more direct line to Topsham than any
other heretofore proposed, and possesses no engineering difficulties
whatever. From Topsham it will be continued to Exmouth, via
Lympstone, a distance altogether of about ten miles, and will form a
direct lino of railway from Exmouth with the Bristol and Exeter
and Great Western Railways to London, and all parts of England.
It ill open to the whole British public the most beautiful and veiled
scenery of the river Exe from its estuary to Exeter, and bring the
fashionable and delightful watering place of Exmouth within a few
hours' ride of Lond,ai.

The names of an influential Committee will shortly be published ;
anal, in the meantime, applications for shares in the usual form, with
unexc,ptionuble references, may be made to the Secretary of the
Company at the offices of the solicitor, John Laldmau, Esq., Exeter,
and to Charles Richards, Esq., No. 1, Castle-square, Castle-
strect, Exeter ; to the London Agents, Messrs. Clowes, Wedlake, and
Clowes, solicit ors, 10, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; to Mr.

Henry Vatcher, Mr. Thomas Sanford, or any ether Sharebroker in
Exeter; to Messre. Warbottle and Powell, sharebrokers, Manches-
ter ; and to Messrs. Taunton and Bush, sharebrokers, Austin-friars,
London.

N OUTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place South.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, sap. 110.)
Capital, 1,300,0001., in 65,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Attwood, Esq., .M.P., Park-lane, Chairman
James Home, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman
Sir John Edward De llesivoir, Bart., London
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq., taoucester-place, Portman-square
Richard licthell, Esq.' Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate
George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, Inner Circle, Regent's Park
Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation
Railway
George Wooareffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.-1.A., F.L.6., Alderman of the City of
London
Henry Morton, Esq., Biddiek, Durham
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. James's-place
Georg: Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings
Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kellingworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London
Lank of Liverpool
The Union Bank, Manchester.
ENGINEER—George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.I.C.E.
ARCUITECT—Robert Abraham, Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-square.
SnLierron—John Bethel!, Esq., 78, King William-street, City.
SECRETARY—Harry rturrard Fantail, Esq.
The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail-
way Company have great satisfaction In' informing their subscribers
that negotiations are now pendin9; between the Provisional Commit-
tee of this Company and the Directprs of the Railways north of the
Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus
of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City traffic
north of Lyndon.
To effect tkts important object, an area of 10 acres of groued (the
southern botinffitry of which is within 500 yards of tile Bank of
England) has been mist carefully surveyed and valued, and the re-
port ef the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as lo
have induced the Provisional Committee Le determine on purchasing
the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved by them to in-
crease the capital of this COmpany to 1,300,000/.
The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance
to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and
most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway
companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be
effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground
alluded to, within the centre of the City of London.
In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace
that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties
Railway in 6horeditch, which will effect an entire junction between
the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same
time afford a direct communication between the whole of the rail.
ways, which reach London tsthe north of the Thames, and give
full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a
common centre within the heart of the metropolis.
Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic
which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com-
pany, will be added that of those companies also who will eventually
co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and
the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance
will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuab:e
line of railway.
A lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the
entire district throt.gh which this Company proposes to run this tine;
by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in
immediate communication wills the City ; while the dome popu-
lation of the City will enjoy a foci ity of connexion with its suburban
localities, necessarily affording it the :greatest accommodation.
With such important local resources, therefore, together with the
vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
capital. That revenue will be derived thus :
Tile daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
3,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir-
mingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thiri.s of which reach the
City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persons daily, half
of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily
is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City.
Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now un-
accounnixiatod by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
From these sources the following products are derived:.—

rer A nu.

Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail-
way, at 6d. ..
Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus
of this Company, at 3d. each ............ ....
Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, as taken at
present .• • • •••• • • • •
167,929
142,20 k tons of goods and parcels pass annually from the
Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail-
ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s.
6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods
and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per
ton, a reventi! may be derived of
From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing is
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of
40,0001. a year, may be derived the sum of

17,776

•••• • • • 10,000

The total of their calculations amounts t 0.... £280,289
Deduct 40 per sent, for workers' expenses ........ . 112,115

A'illian; 11,1 ~es, Esq., Tho,cht,ter
Jchn W; I. ,;,11 Liverpool
Me: a. Welibeloved and Oastler, Le,,ds
Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol
J. R. Lane, I;!rmingliaal
Messrs. Garton told Wright, Sheffield
J. G Kershaw, Esq., liuddersfleld
F. C. Spencer, Esel , Halifax
Mossrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter
R. I'. Lemon, Esq., bath.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF SCRIP.
'To the Secretary of the North London Junction Railway Company.
Sir —I herewith transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by
me in this Company numbered as at foot, and I undertake to. make
the further payment of 14s. Gd. per share ou the said shares, forth-
with, and 'o execute the new Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Christian and surname In full
Business or Profession .. • • ..
Residence ........ ••••• • • • • • ...... •• • •
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Railway
Company.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the
capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sip'
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re•
quired.
Dated the

day of 1845.
. Christian and surname in full ••• • • ....
Business or Profession • • • • • ......
Address .. • . • ......
Reference • • • • • ... • • • ''

W 014 ATE R. II ANI PTON, BRIDGNORTH,
AND LUTLOW RAILWAY,
Connecting the Agricultural Districts of Herefordshire, Shropshire,
North and South Wales, with the whole of the Midland Counties,
Liverpool, Manchester, and the North.
I'rovistonaally Itmistered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.
Capital 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 20d. east.
Deposit V. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The lion. G. F. Hamilton, Burwarton-hall, Salop
Sir William Edward Rouse Boughton, Bart. Downt n•hall, Ludlow
Thomas Murray Gladstone, Esq. iromnaster, Wolverhampt•n, pro-
visional director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Dixon, Es'l. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Clark, Esq. the Oaks, Wolverhampton, provisional director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc-
tion Railway
Willi :lin Bailey, Esq. Wolverhampton, provisional director of the
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction
Railway
Samuel Walker, Esq. Wolverhampton, provisional director of tho
South Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Hartley, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, provisional director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire June-
tion Railway
John Parsons Firmstone, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc-
tion Railway
Joshua Farmer, Esq. iron merchant, Wolverhampton
J. B. Payne, Esq. Edgbaston, director of the Leicester and Birming-
ham, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways
Edward Terry. Esq. Mayor of Dudley, director of the Oxford, Wor-
cester and Wolverhampton Railway
James Whitney, Esq. Shrewsbury, provincial director of the Shrews-
bury, Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Junction Railway
C. D. Archibald, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A., Rusland Hall, Lancashire,
director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Whitmore Wyld Browne, Esq. Woodlands, near Bridgnorth,
magistrate of the county of Salop, and borough of Bridgnorth
Thomas Pardoe Purton, Esq Faintree-hall, Bridgnorth, magistrate
for the county of Salop, and borough of Britlgno: th
Thomas North, Esq. mayor of Bridgnorth
John Baker, Esq. Dolforwyn-hall, Montgomeryshire, and Bridgnorth,
magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Henry Slater Richards, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
William M‘Miclutel, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Edward Ridley, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
John Jacob Smith, Esq. town clerk, Bridgnorth
Joseph Hall, Esq. Bridgnorth
James Milman Coley, Esq. M.D. Bridgnorth
John Green, Esq. Badger Heath, near Bridgnorth
Thomas Grierson, Esq. carpet manufacturer, Bridgnorth
Joseph Southweli, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer,
Richard Boycoth, Esq. banker, Bridgnorth
William Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer
John Hincksman, Esq. Charlcott, Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq. Bridgnorth
John Dallewy, Esq. Bridgnorth
Thomas Deighton, Esq Bridgnorth
William Wiley. Esq. Vineyard, near Wellington
John Stevens, Esq. Albyns, magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Charles Powell, Esq. Sutton, Ludlow, magistrate of the county of
Salop
James Davies, Esq. Elm Lodge, Ludlow, magistrate of the county
of Salop
Henry Whitton, Esq. Mayor of Ludlow
Benjamin Urwick, Esq. magistra.e of the borough of Ludlow
Robert Thomas, Esq. Ashford Rowdier, Ludlow, Magistrate of the
borough of Ludlow
John Thomas, Esq. Dinham-house, Ludlow, Magistrate of the
borough of Ludlow
William Edwards, Esq. Magistrate of the borough of Ludlow.
John Tench, Esq. Ludlow
Edward Heming Owen, Esq. the Moor, Ludlow
Humphrey Smith, Esq. Overton, Ludlow, Magistrate of the borough
of Ludlow
Frederick Ricketts, Esq. deputy -chairman of the Bristo anld Exeter
Railway
John Masterman, jun., Esq., banker, London
James Whiskin, Esq. London, director of the London and Croydon
Railway
William Morley, Esq. Blackheath
W. T. Andrew, Esq. Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
George Emery, Esq. London, director of the Waterford and Kilkenny
Railway
W. G. Allen, Esq. Leadenhall-street
William Watson, Esq. Bristol, director of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway
II Ridout Downman, Esq. London, provisional director of the Cam-
brian arid Grand Junction Railway
A. F. Paull, Esq. director of the South Wales Railway
William Morgan, Esq. Bristol, director of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq, London, director of the Isle of Jersey
Line
Robert Bramwell, Esq. Brymbo Ironwarks, North Wales, and $7,

r_ _
Cannon-street, London
James Renshaw, Esq. merchant, Crosby-square, London
Abram (larts'de, Esq. Liverpool
Emanuel Zewilcherbart, Esq. provisional director of the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway
Robert Chapman, Esq. London, provisional director of the Groat
Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway
James Bramwell, Esq. Dyers-hall-wharf, Upper Thames-street,
London
Joseph Jones, Esq. Mayor of Hull
Charles Lloyd Browning, Esq. Wolverhampton
Francis Ilamp Adams, Esq. Ross, Herefordshire.

! Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the.
? south mei Midlal,ds Junction Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of Ili. cork and Lancaster Railway --
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Raglan Haiti Giamorganshire
IVilliain Llet:ellyit, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the
National Provittcial Bank of Englalhi
James Ilackirdy, Esq., City of London Club
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon 'Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorgansltire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, Director orthe Kennet and Avea Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna lions', Glamorganshire •
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Bridgend
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq.. Lantrissent House,
Glamorganshire
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Randall, Esq.; Old Castle, Uridgend, Glamorganshlre
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Ilan. glamor-
gaitshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lon Vale-square, Middlesex, and Bread-street-
hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanflhangel,
Denbighshire •
J0,e1,11 Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the
London and Birmingintia. Extension Ita!lway Company, and Di-
rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
(With power to add to their number).

MANAGING CONIMITTEE.
VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman.
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N.
William Bradley, Esq. Crawshay Bailey, Esq.
John Randall, Esq. Griffith Llewellyn, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Gronow Richard Kelly, Esq.
James Merrison, Esq. - The Rev. 11. It. Fowler
William Simp.on Potter, Esq. Samuel R. Pratt, Esq.
Nichol Came, I).C.L. llenry James, Esq.
Richard Lewis Reece. Esq.

(With power to add to their number.)
STANDING COUNSEL—Edward LewisChartlS, Esq., Midlle Temple.
SOLICITOE—W. B. dames, Esq., i, Basinghall-street, Louden.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardif.
:Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEEB—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq.
SECRETARY—John Petherick, Esq., pro tem.

This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis-
twice from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district,
one of the richest and Most important in South Wales, which is at
present without the means of transit for its immense and valuable
products.
It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of
Glamorganshtre, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal In Mi-
nimise quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly fiat, and,
obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition
to its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at Mer-
thyr and Aberdare, is also, like that of those districts, of the very
bast descripti.►n for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although
inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de-
scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other,
that the demand for it far exceeds the supply, and promises, accord-
ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine :engineers, to super-
sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of
traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested,
as bas been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or
canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other
less promising vallies is Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele-
brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro-
ductions.
An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu-
facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may he obtained by
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other
line. _

This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales
if Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great
market town and port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may
be said to be almost excluded.
It is intended that the line shall commence at Risen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass
between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it
will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of
six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there join the
South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the most
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the
Bristol channel.
A preliminary survey has already been made by competent par-
ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favourable
gradients, so much so that it is confidently anticipated that the
works will be executed very considerably under the advertised ca-
pital.

The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the
Provisional Committee.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of kis de-.
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of
his subscription.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Co-opany shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the :hart s, and to apply the funds
of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion, and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted
to Parliament.
Power will be applied for in. the Aet (and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make
branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or
otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi-
nate the first Directors of the Company.
In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to
landowners on the line and other parties locally interested.
Prospectuses and Maps may be had of and applications fin
Shares may be addressed in the form annexed to, W. B. James, Esq.
Solicitor, 19, Northumberland-street, Strand; to W. Norm, Esq.
Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned
Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more
of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers: - •
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard.
Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.
Liverpool—Messrs. Moultt and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese
Leeds—Messrs John Young and Co.
Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq. ; Messrs. Take and Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheftield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons.

THE DIRECT WEST END AND CROYDON
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 800,0001., ha 4 ',OOO :Awes of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. '2B. per Share.
rruivrstoxir. commtrrss.
The Viscount Ingestre, M.P., Brompton-park, London
Sir James Anderson, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director
of the Hereford and Mertlir Tydvil Railway -
John Ityng Banks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct-Railway -
James Bailey, t sq , Highbury-park, Director of the Sligo, Donegal,
Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction, and of the Scar-
borough, Whitby, Stockton-on-Tees, 'and Newcastle and York
Junctlm Railways
William Banks, Esq., 4, Honey lane, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby, and great Leeds and London Railways
Lleut.-tieneral Sir It Barton, K.C.8., 2 Montagu-place, Montagu-
square, Director attic York and Lancaster Railway
Major Beresibrd,-M.P., 77, ; Chairman of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Director of the .Tsan and Dove Valley. and West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways
Char:es R. Bigge, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square; Director of the Great
Grimsby, L. uth, Ilorneastle, Lincoln, and MidiandJunction Railway
IJliam Bland, Esq., Br stop ; Director of the North Wales, and
Richmond and West-(aul Junction Railways
William Btanshard, Esq., York; Chairman of the Liberty of Ripon
Quarter Sessions. and Director of the York. hull, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction Railway
William Bradley, Esq.. 'Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; Chairman of the Isle
of Ely Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield
Railway
Alfred Bredic, Esq ITpper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Direc.
tor of the Grand Trunk Railway
Isaac Baker Brown, Esq , Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Director of the
Bristol and Dover Direc Juretion Railway
Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan, director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railg
ways

Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne House, Sheffield,
Byrom, Esq., Oldham ; Director of the York and Lancaster,
the Cite:Latham, Oxford, and London Railways
Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
William Caldwell, Esq., thee Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire ; Direc-
tor of the Manchester, Derby, and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver-
• pool Direct Railways
William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park
John Carter, Esq , F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Grand Trunk Railway
E.• Turst Carver, Esq , Forest Lodge. Tulse-hill, Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway
John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
John Chaunticr, Esq., Friday-steet, London ; Director of the
Chelmsford and Bury, and York and Lancaster Railways
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the Direct
Western Railway
• Richard Clark, Esq., Farnham, Hants
George Clive, Esq., Satiderstead, near Croydon, Director of the Chel-
tenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway
Benjamin Collett, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire;
Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddermin-
' ster ; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater; Director of the Ambergate,
Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street; Director
of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London
Direct Railways
WilltamCroutlson, Esq., Manor Cottage, Wigan, director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct, of the Smffordshire Potteries, of the
Reighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield, and the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Railways
John Croudsen, Esq. King-street-house, Wigan, director of the Li-
verpool and eeds Direct, of the Keighley, Halifax, and Hudders-
field, of the Staffordshire Potteries, and of the York and Kenyon
Junction Railways
Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson, Curzon-street, May.fair ; Direc-
tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway
Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great Welsh
Central Railway, of the Bath, Bristol, and Dover Railway, of the
Hull and Holyhead Railway, &c.
Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street ; Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
'Colonel- Robert .Douglas, Royal Artillery, United Service Club;
Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
Daniel Ebbetts, Esq., Mincing-lane ; Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan-
ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railways
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple; Director of the Great
Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railways
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London ; Director
of the London and Westminster Bank, and Director of the London
Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway
Edmund Aldam Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, and Nottingham
Robert Fisher, Esq. llighbury Park, Director of the Trent Valley
Continuation Railway
The Rev. It. R. Fowler, Manchester-square ; Director of the Direct
Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough Railway
Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham
and Gainsborough Railway
Henry Glynn, Esq , Garden-court, Temple
Captain Twistleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, director of the
East( rn Counties Junction and Southend and the Midland Grand
Junction Railways
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di-
rector of the York and Lancaster Railway
C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square;
Director of the Grand Trunk Railway
George R. Harrison, Esq., Harlingford-place, Kennington ; Director
of the Grand Trunk Railway
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmore-house, Stafford
William Hay, Esq., 19, Clifford-street, Bond-street.
Josiah Beale. Esq., Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Yew Tree, Liverpool
A. W. Hillary, Esq., 56, Cadogan-place ; Director of the Direct Exe-
ter, Auxerre, and La Roche Railways
G. E. Hodgkinson, Esq., 7, York-terrace, Regent's-park
John Holford, Esq.. Rusholm-hall, Manchester ; Director of the York
and Lancaster Railway
John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street ; Director of the York and
Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.l'., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq.' F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London,
Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and
London and Greenwich Railways
Stephen Hutchinson, Esq.. London Gas-works, Vauxhall, Director of
the Grand Trunk Railway
John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of Londen ; Director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, and Swineshead Abbey, Lincoln-
shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and
Eastern Junction Railway
W. 11. Jackson, Esq. 66, lied Lion-street, Clerkenwell
John Jameson, Esq., St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Cumberland Union
Railways
Slegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Junction Coast Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., 6, Cleveland-row; Chairman of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny, and Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Extension Railways
Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and
Manchester Direct Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
• of the Direct Western. Deirdre Talley, and Grand Trunk Railway
James Lamb, Esq. 25, Hyde-park-square; director of the Dover and
Bristol Railway
William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the London and Man-
chester and Direct Western Railways
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingwood House, Wootton-
under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
Captain J, P. Macdougall, Fir-grove, Brixton; Chairman of the Isle
of Man Railway, any director of th e Leeds and Fleetwood Railway
William Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of this Direct
Western Railway
James Macmillan, Esq. London and Southampton ; director of the
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway, tce. &c.
James Meaburn, Esq., Grove-hill, Camberwell
Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan •, Director of the
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railways
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway
Horatio Nelson, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railway
Williain Nes-ill, Esq. West-green, Stamford-hill
G. Parbury, Esq., Russell-square; Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens ; Director of the Grand
hoaPf
rrdtahtpet
Trunk, the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and Reigate Junction
Railways
t.
, Fa dn
Bath,Lavenham,C anSuffolkalanti 5 Company,sin
Lancaster Railway
George Samuel
Di rec
Richard
i're.Lincoln's-inn-fields
and I 111 "no-Pkel ds
and;
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-square, Director of the South-

ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton andChel-
tenham Direct Railways
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, 13elgrave-square ; Director of the
Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, and of the London,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ;
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, 13ryanston-street, Portman-square ; Director
of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railways
James Reid, Esq., Beulah Wood, Croydon, Director of the Metropo-
litan Railways Junction Company
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq. Middle Temple, Louden; Director of
the ilreat Western Extension Atmospheric Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Reaufoy-terrace, Hattie Yale
H. Sava..te, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway
Edward 11. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden. House, plynputit; Director
of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
A. Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Middlesex.
Julius le Soeuf,
Esq., Deputy Chairman of the St. Albans and Hert-
ford, and Director of the Bristol and Dover Direct Junction
Re !ways
William Stud!ey, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction
Railways
Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of
the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Westent, and Grand Trunk Railways
Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich
Henry Taylor, Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct. Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North
Union Railways
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Groat Leeds and
London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of
the Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct
y,
Railways
Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby
Railways
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the
York and Lancaster, and Direct Western Railways
Dav'd Wheateroft, Esq. director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester, and Nottingham and Gloucester Railways '
John Lowe, Esq. Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds,
Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railway
Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the South Midland, and Leeds,
Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railways
Sir Thntnas Woollaston White, Bart., Walling Well', Nottingham
Thomas Williams, Esq., M.D., Belgrave-street, South Belgrave-
square
W. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and
Maryi:ort and Carlisle Railways
Sir William
Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Wynn. Maesynewadd, and Suffolk-place, Pall-mall;
. .

(With power toadd to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Major Beresford, M.,'. F. W. Hamilton, Esq.
William Bulkeley Hughes, M.P. Captain J. P. Macdougall
Sir J. Anderson, 31.R.1.A. William Bradley, Esq.
Sir J. Key, Bart. Joseph Underwood, Esq.
Sir H. Webb, Bart. Nathaniel Cooke, Esq.
A. W. Hillary, Esq. Charles It. Begg, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
BlNskas.—The Commercial Bank of London.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir John lfacnell, L.L.D., 11.1.C.E.,
ACTING ENGINEERS.

Messrs. R. and T. Hopkif is,M.I.C.E.; Messrs.Gough and Roumieu, C.E.
Sunvayeas.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square.
SECRETARY—J. L. Cotton, Esq.
The principal objects of the scheme are—lst. To remedy the evils
of delay and inconvenience to which parties are, at the present time,
necessarily subjected in proceeding from the west end of the metro-
polis to Croydon, or the most distant places on the South-Eastern
and London and Brighton Railways, as well as the several sea ports
and packet-stations on the coasts of Kent and Sussex; and 2d. To
supply to the numerous and wealthy inhabitants of the district
through which the intended line will pass (at present wholly with-
out railway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in-
terchange of communication with the metropolis, and with each other.
Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail-
way, at Ilungerford or Waterloo-bridge, the line will take the most
practicable route to Kennington; from thence it will follow as near as
posaible the old turnpike road, passing through or near to the
wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton,
Tulse-hill, Streatham, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect-
ing a junction at Croydon with the several existing or projected
lines from that place.

It is also proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh-
bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend
to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, the advantages
of a direct railway communication with the metropolis.

A great portion of the traffic in passengers and goods upon the
Brighton and Dover lines is supplied from the west-end of London
and the Birmingham and Great Western Railways. The necessity
of proceeding to the station at London-bridge, and by the present
circuitous route to Croydon, Is a serious and unnecessary inconveni-
ence, entailing additional expense and delay. The removal of this
long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre-
sent undertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay-
ing this scheme before the public, that they hare no desire to Inter-
fere with existing railway interests, timber than is absolutely indis-
pensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield
assistance to, and in return endeavour to secure it, from each com-
pany with which this line may ultimately be connected.
A glance at the map will show, that as a branch or arm of the
line London
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fromatl wa yt,h telt i
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placesde on he
rsthteportsof Dover and Folke-
stone, South-Eastern line, more
easily accessible from that part of the metropolis.
lteiga te
as, andwoii Brighton,a st severaland renders
The grey =mat of traffic at the present time upon the roads be,

. ( tween Croydon, Mitcham, Toot!Pg, 2.-c., and London, proves at once
- that the existing railway faculties do not at all meet the exigencies
of the mass of popnlatien to whom this line will be available.
The population who re,i(le upon or in the intnediats neighbour-
hood of the proposed line, independent of the metropolis, and between
the intended termini, exceeds 100,000, whose wants are almost
wholly yupplied from the London markets, &c., and who have, at
the present time, no mode of conveyance but upon the turnpike
road. In the transit of building materials, corn, coal, lime, and
other heavy nods, from the warehouses and wharfs on the banks of
the Thames, and for marketable produce in each direction, this line
must become to them particularly useful and convenh nt.
Stone idea may be formed .. f the local necers.sity of this railway,
when it is known that the number ofpt‘swagera-who avail themselves
of the accommodation afforded by the severaomnibuses and other
pub (vehicles, running upon the turnplke.road, have been ascer-
tained to exceed 2,600 daily. An equal number (at least) proceed
by private ant other conveyances. Of foot passengers, although
no accurate estimate salt be formed of them, it is considered that
they at least numberfour times that of passengers who travel by con-
veyance. The tornage of got,.'.: it is calculated will be in full pro-
portion to the receipt from pas-..:. :i rs.
Experience has fully prowl, :ii,i: on however liberal a scale the
probability of future traffic in the transit of goods and passengers has
been judged, almost every line of railway has, upon its completion,
vastly exceeded the calculated amount. There are, however, in this
instance, reasons for supposing that the extended facilities of con- '
munication will cause more than an.onlinary increase in the con-
veyance or passengers. The country which tits, line of railway will
opyo is singularly picturesque and beautiful, and in addition to the
min.ired districts of Ihixton and itscatiiiiin, the long-favoured and
much-frequented Beulah and Norwood v. iii be placed within easy
access, mid become more than ever, objects of interest and delight
to the visitor and resident of the metropolis.
There can therefore be little doubt but that the present line must
become a profitable and eligible scheme for the investment of capital.
The promoters of this ut.dertaking have pleasure in announcing
that It is approved of, an I will he generally supported by local in-
fluence. They have caused a partial survey to be made, which will
be completed shortly, and they have the assurance of their engineers
that there are not more than_ ordinary difficulties to contend with.
The liability of the shareholders will be restricted, by Act of Parlia-
molt, to the amount of their subscriptions; and power will be applied
for In the Bill to allow interest at 41. per cent. per annum on all calls
from the passing of the Act until fire opening of the line.
_ . . .. ._

Applications for Anther information, prospectuses, and shares (In
he form annexed), may he addressed to the Solicitors; to the Secre-
tary, at the offices of the Company, No. 34, Gracechurch-street ; or
to the following Brokers :—viz., Messrs. 14. and M. 11, yd, Princes-
street ; Mr. 11. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street; 318ss Greystone
and Earle, York; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; esst s. Cardwell
and Co., and Mr. henry Benton, Manchester ; Mr. James Pearson,
Birmingham; Yessrs. Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Pr sly and
Stainforth, hull ; Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sand.
ford, Exeter ; Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. J. W. Carr, Col-
chester.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the D:reet West-End and Croydon

Railway,

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above railway, upon which or twon any less number that
may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to pay the deposit, and to
execute the. Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement
when required to do so.

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Residence • . • •• • ••••• •• • •
Profession or Trade (if and•) ......
Place of Business (if any) .....
Reference..
Date .

THE DIRECT WEST END and CROYDON
RAILWAY.—The Provisional Committee give notice that
no application for Shares in this (7-Inpany can be received after the
20th instant. By order,
J. L. COTTON', Secretary.
34, Gracechurch-street, Oct. 10th, 1845.

G REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF
FRANCE.
(LAFFITTE'S COMPANY.)
FRENCH ALLOTMENT.
The HOLDERS of FRENCH CERTIFICATES issued by the
above Company, are invited to deposit them forthwith, at the offices
of Messrs. C. Latlitte, Blount, and Co., 4, Castle-court, Birchin•
lane, London, in order that the same may be arranged and cx•
changed for the definitive shares.
The amount of the deposit to be returned (in consequence of the
reduction in the original allotment), will be paid here so soon as the
certificates have been examined.
Particulars, &c., may be obtained on application as above, between
the hours of 11 and 2.
Notice.—As the last day for depositing shares in Paris expires ca
the 15th instant, none can possibly be received after that day in
London.
London, October let, 184 E

NEWCASTLE AND LONDON COAL
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital, 5,000,0001, in 200,000 shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per share.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq., Groslenor-square, and St.:PauPs Church
yard
Robert Merttins Bird, Esq. H.E.I.C. Civil Service, Taplow.hill
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq. Chester-street, Belgrave-square
Captain Mark Currie, R.N., U.S. Club, and Laleham, Middlesex
Wynn Ellis, Esq. M.P. Cadogan.place
John Kinnersley Ilooper, Esq. Alderman, Queenhithe
Sir William Magnay, Bart. Alderman, Upper Thames-street
The Hon. E. Plunkett, Pall-mall
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde.park
Sir George Rich, Lowndes.street, Beigrave-square
Andrew Spottiawoode, Esq. Carlton-house-terrace
Henry Birchfield Swabey, Esq. Great Cumberland-place
Frederick Taylor, Esq. Worcester-park, Ewell
Nicholas Temperley, Esq. Brixton
Daniel Watney. Esq. Wandsworth
DANCER/.
Messrs. Puget, Bainbridges, and Co., St. Paul's Chureh.yard
SOLICITORS.
Messm.Sutton,Ewens,Ommanney, and Prudence, 41,Basinghall.street
CONSULTING. ENGINEER— William Gravatt, Esq F.R.S.
ENGINEER—H. H, Bird, Esq., 5, Robert-street, Adelphi.
SECRETARY—Edward *Blanchard Stamp, Esq.
Offices, 50 A, King Williarn.street- Londcn.bridge.

The establishment of the above railway will effect two great
and important objects :—first, the supply of the metropolis and its
vicinity with coal fully twenty per cent. cheaper than by the pre-
sent mode of transit: secondly, by the exclusion of passenger
traffic to diminish the risk of accidents. The Board of Trade, in
reference to the latter, have in their report upon the subject, laid
great stress on the importance of separating the passenger from
goods trains ; and the Select Cominittee on the Coal Trade
recommend that every means of promoting a new supply
of coal should be encouraged. The existing lines from the
north being already crowded to excess with trains of every class,
travelling at velocities varying from fifteen to fifty miles per hour,
and new railways being almost daily projected as feeders to the
great trunk lines, the already prodigious traffic on those lines must
be still further augmented; so that it may be truly assumed,
that the addition thereto of several millions of tons of coals
and goods is out of the question. It, therefore, becomes
manifestly necessary, with a view to public convenience,
and to supply the metropolis and the intermediate districts
with coals from the coal fields in the north (from which at present
the greater proportion is supplied) that an indeperdent railway,
devoted exclusively to the conveyance of coals and goods at a
moderate and regular speed, should be constructed from Newcastle
to London. It is, therefore, intended to confine this railway to
carriage of coals and goods only; and it is amcrtained that the
conveyance by railway of large quantities, for long distances, at a
moderate speed, and at comparatively low rates, will be as profitable
as the carriage of passengers at a greater velocity, The actual ex-
perience of the London and Birmingham Railway affords a safe
ground for calculation; the expenses on that line for the year 1844
being 1,4721. per mile; at the same rate per mile, 2,000,000 tons of
coal annually may be brought the entire distance from Newcastle;
this quantity is about one-half of the present importation from
London, making on the average from 13,000 to 14,000 tons
daily.

The extreme fluctuations to which the price of coal is subject
from irregularity in the supply, dependent as it is on the uncer-
tainty of the winds and weather, has hitherto operated against the
estabishment of manufactories on the banks of the Thames. From
the same cause. also, London has, at times narrowly escaped total
darkness, the gas works not being able to obtain their regular
supply of coals. In the course of the last five years the prices of
household coal, on the Coal Exchange, have fluctuated between
14s. 6d. to '27s. per ton, and last winter the price rose even to 355.
per ton ; the high prices always occurring at a season when the
scarcity, and consequently increased price of coal, is moat distress-
ing to the poor.

The removal of the colliers from the Pool is an important con.
sideration, as it will necessarily render the navigation of the
Thames safer for all other vessels: and it is no valid objection
to this undertaking, that it will supersede, in a great measure
the employment of collier ships, because it is now ascertained, be-
yond all doubt, that coals can be brought to London by railway at
20 per cent less than those sea-borne ; and, therefore, London will
be supplied from Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and South
Wales, unless the present project, or one offering equal advantages
to the northern coal.owners, in their certain and fast approaching
competition with the Infant collieries, be carried into effect.

In addition to the through traffic, accommodation will be afforded
to the intermediate districts for the conveyance of coals and goods,
which will materially increase the revenue of the Company.
The estimated cost of the line is 5,000,000/ , and the traffic, in
coals alone, will give a net return of 10 per cent.
It is proposed to raise the required capital in 200,000 shares of
251. each ; deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per share, the subsequent calls to be
made in the usual way.

The customary clauses will be inserted in the Act, limiting the
liability of the shareholders to the amount of their respective
;hares.

Interest, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be allowed
on all calls between the passing of the Act and the opening of tha
railway,

Prospectuses, with fuller information and in detail, together
with Forms of Applicati.n, may be obtained on applying to the
Solicitors of the Company, Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney, and
Prudence, 6, Basinghall.street ; or to the Secretary, at the Com
pany's Offices, 50A, King William.street ; to Messrs. B. and M.
Boyd, New Bank buildings, and Messrs. Wells, Westrop, and
Prinsev, 75, Old Broad-street, London; and Mr. Edward Reid
Messrs. Drewry and Richardson, and Mr. W.hiasa Fordyce, New-
castle-cm-Tyne.

N EWCASTLE AN D LONDON COAL.
RAILWAY. _

The Committee of Management, with the view of enabling re-
sponsible parties (desirous to participate in the allotment) tosecure
at least some shares in this gnat undertaking, will permit the pay-
ment of a preliminary deposit of 10s. 6d. per share previous to ap-
plication being made ; and will guarantee that the parties so paying
shall have shares allotted them, to at least the number upon which
the sum paid by them as a preliminary dspesit shall cover the full
deposit of 01. 12s. 6d. They, however, reserve to themselves the
right of limiting this privilege to the extent of 100 shares, if a
larger number should be applied for, or even 01 refusing it, in cases
where they may find on inquiry that the applicant is not in their
judgment eligible to be a shareholder; in such cases the deposit
will be immediately returned ; nor will this privilege be extended
beyond the deposition of 100,000 shares, after which the bankers
of the Comp.iny will receive instructions to refuse further prelimi-
nary deposits.
' '

The preliminary deposits must be paid to the bankers of the
Company, who will furnish a receipt for the same. The Coin.
mittee caution the public not to negotiate such receipts, as their
undertaking to supply the shares holds good only so far as the
applicants, upon their references being examined into, prove re-
spectable and responsible. They particularly request that each
applicant for shares 'who avails himself of this privilege will state,
in his application, the amount of the deposit he has paid, and the
number of the bankers' receipt.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Committee of Management of the Newcastle and London

Coal Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of
251. each in your Company, and i undertake to accept the same,
or any less number that may be allotted me, and to pay the depcsit
hereon ; ami I undertake also to execute the Subscribers' Agree.
ment, or any other documents that may be necessary, when re-
quired. I ant, Gentlemen,
Date
Christian and Surname
Profession or Calling
Place of Residence
Reference

Usual Signature
P.S.—I beg to state that I have paid into the Com-
pany's bankers, the sum of as a preliminary deposit, and
that the number of the receipt for the same is

NEWCASTLE AND LONDON COAL
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management have the satisfaction to state
that, owing to the measures that have been taken, the surveys, &c.
are in a very forward state, and that the necessary documents will
be deposited, in accordance with the standing orders of Parliament,
and application made for the Bill in the approaching session.
Ortict*, 50, King William.atreot, City.

THE EXETER, DORCHESTER, and WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management inform the Applicants for Shares
in this line that the letters of allotment have been issued, and that
the number of applicants has been go great as to prevent their
complying with the wishes of many most respectable parties. The
Committee, therefore, trust that this will be deemed a sufficient
excuse to all applicants who have not teceivcd allotments.
ROBERT ANDREW RIDDELL, Chairmatt,
By order of the Board,

FRANCIS CREW, Socretary.
Company s Offices, 62, Moorgite-street, Oct. 10,_lakk,

THE STAFFORDSHIRE AND NOBTI-1
MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered)
Capital 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares o: 207. endk.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL commeeraa.
The Hon. and Rev. Augustus Duncomle, Calwich Abbey, Ash-
bourne, Derbyshire
Sir John Cave Brown Cave, Bart.. Chairman of the Deiby and
Crewe Railway
Francis Simes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham
Therms Bishop, Esq., Standar.l-Ifill, Nottingham, Deputy-Chair-
man of the Ambergate, Nottir gham, Loston, and Raga=
Junction Railway
John Fowler Burbidge, Esq., Mayor of Grantham
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffor !shire, Director of the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
NV. Gabbett Bear; Esq., 6, Porche ter-place, Connaught-mules
Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway
John Bradley, Esq., Nottingham park
Joseph Bridgett, Esq., Aldermanbury, Len don
William Cantrell, Esq., aVirksworth
Jsi.n Chambers, Esq., the Hirst, Alfreton, Derby:hira, DIT ct Cfr
the Derby and Crewe Railway
Charles Kelly Cooper, Esq., Ashbourne
Robert Cresswell, Esq. Idridgehay, Wirksworth, Director of the
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Railway
Henry Cox, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Derby and Crewe,
Railway
Charles Clarke, Esq., Matlock, Deputy-Chairman of the Quartee
Sessions of the county of Derby
Francis Critchlow, jun., Esq , Mayfield, Ashbourne
Phiip Dawson, Esq., Walton-Lank, Asbbourne
John Esrp, Esq., Uttoxeter
Lieutenant- Colonel Elring ton, Wyndb, m-place. Bryanston-rsiti are,
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Dasid Evans, Esq., Belper
Robert Forman, Esq., Derby
Henry Plomp•re Gipps, Esq., 9, Montagu-place, Bryan ton-square,
Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Francis Green Goodwin, Esq , Wigwell-grange, Derbyshire
William Greases, El., the Hermitage, Mayfield, Asbbourne
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmore.houre, Stafford
William Harding, Esq., Lea-hall, Ashbourne
Thomas Holmes, Esq., The Elms, Cheadle
Robert James Hartshorne, Esq,, Ashbourne
Richard Hurt, Esq . Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Edward Anthony Holden, Esq., Aston.lodge, Derbyshire
Thomas Hackett, Esq., Derby
William Harding, Esq., Ladbrooko-villa, Notting.hill, London
John Jackson, Esq , Eccleston-place, Euston-square Lo ulon
Sir John Key, Bart., alderman, King's Arms-yard, London, Dirces
for of the Direct London and Manchester Railway
John Keys, Esq., Whiston, Cheadle, Staffordshire
Wm. Lawrence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the Direct Landon and
Manchester Railway
James Manes, Esq. Alton-manor, Wirksworth
Charles Milnes, Esq., Torr.house, Matlock
James Mills, Esq., Wood-end, Matlock
Daniel Oakden, Esq., Bentley-hall, Ashbourne
Wiliam Orpe, Esq., Birchwooemoor, Ashbourne
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F. R. S., Upper Hyde-park-street, Di-
rector of the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Kenyon Stevens Parker, Esq., Q.C., Gower-street, London,
Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Edmund Percy, Esq., Nottingham
James Peate, Esq., Derby
Thomas Richardson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Liverpool and
Derby Railway
John Skevington, Esq., Ashbourne
W. B. Spurgeon, Esq., Derby
John Swan, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Arabergate, Net.
tingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
John B. Storey, Esq., Lockington, Derbyshire
John Smedley, Esq., Lea, Matlock
Francis Edward Shiply. Esq., Giltbrook-house, Nottinghamshire
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex gardens, Hyde-park, London
Joseph Shipley, Esq., Uttoxeter
John Smedley, Esq., Lea-bridge, Matlock
William Taylor, Esq., Derby
Charles Walker, Esq., Ellaston, Staffordshire
George Walker, Esq., Wootton-park, Ashbourne
Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., The Lodge, Market Draytcn, and
Consall Hall, Cheadle, Director of the Macclesfield and Lich-
field Railway
Joseph Wass, Esq., Lea, near Matlock, Director of the Manama.
ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Walker, Esq., Belper
James Dyer Williams, Esq., Milton-street, Dorset-square, London,
Director of the Taw Vale Railway Extension and Dock Company
Frederick Williams, Esq., Hampstead
William Wright, Esq., Wirkwortk
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham.place, Bryanston-squaro, Director
of the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Thomas Wyse, Esq., Ashbourne
%%illiam Hurd Wood, Esq., Ashbourne
Josepn aVyles. Esq., Grantham, Director of the Anabergate, Not..
tingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway.
John Wright, Esq., Derby
Nathaniel Wheatcroft, Esq., NVillersley, Cromferd
(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Joseph Locke, Esq., CIL
RESIDENT ENGINCER—Stourges Meeke, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., Lombard-street, London
The Uttoxeter, Burton and Ashbourne Union Banking Company,
Uttoxeter and Ashbourne
The Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Deal
The Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company
Stafford.
Messrs. Richard Arliwright and Co., Wirksworth
Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Nottingham,

SOLICITORS.
Thomas Richardson, EN., Uttoxeter ; Phillip liubbersty, rag..
Wirksworth.
LOCAL SOLICITOR—John J. Wise, Esq., Ashbourne.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlowand Kingdon, 8, New
Palace-yard, Westminster.
SECRETARY (pro tern)--Thomas Rif hardson, Esq.
COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. and Rev. Augustus
Duncombe
John Chambers, Esq,
Thomas Bishop, Esq.
Joseph Wyles, Esq.
John Keys, Esq
Joieph Wass, Esq.
Charles Clarke, Esq.
William Bloor, Esq.

PROSP:

James Mllnre, Esq.
John Bloor, Esq.
NVilliam C 311,1171/, Esq.
Charles Walker, Esq.
William Hurd Wood, Esq.
T. Richardson, Esq.
Thomas Walker, Esg,
John Earp, Esq.

:CTUS.

This undertaking is designed to supply the wants of an •xten.
sire mineral and populous district, the local traffic of which alone
is admitted to be sufficient to support a railway, and amply re-
munerate the shareholders. The line will not only accomplish
so desirable an object, but it also possesses the advantage of forming
a &rect communication, by the shortest possible route (in connexion
with existing and projected railways), between two •f the most
important divisions of the kingdom.
It is intended to commence by joining the Grand Junction
Railway at Stafford, and proceed by the Uttoxeter, Rochester,
and Ashbouine, to a junction with the Midland Railway, the Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock. and Midland Railway, and the Amber-
gate, Nottingham, Bo ton, and Eastern Junction Railway, at the
General Terminus at Amber-gate; a short branch from Writs.
worth will connect the line with that town, and the important

limestone Lnd mineral district connected with it. The line will
be ,:bout forty miles long, and by its connection with the Midland
Railway at Ambei •gate, and the Derby and Crewe Railway at U;-
toxeter,t will be the nearest practicable route from Sheffield, York.
Leeds, Hull, the populous manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and
the north and north eastern part of England, to the salt districts of
Cheshire, the Potteries, Liverpool and North Wales, and by Its
junction at Stafford with the Shropshire Union Railway, will be
the nearest route from those important districts to Shrewsbury and
South Wales, and by the Grand Junction Railway, to the densely
populated districts of South Staffordshire.

The district is destitute of water communication, and it i•
only necesinry to adveri to a few of the prominent resources of
the country to show the magnitude of the local traffic.

The price of coals on all parts of the Hoe is very high, being
carted a distance of 10 to 15 miles. The cost of this indispensable
artiee of consumption will be reaiced nearly one• half, and this
line will immediately communicate with the Derbyshire and Star-
fordshire coal-fields.

The line will pass several valuable quarries of Derbyshire marble
which is extensively u,e,l in all parts of the kingdom ; and also
numerous lead-smelting works and rolling m•lls, producing large
quantities of pig and sheet lead. It will afford an inexhaustible
supply of lime for the highly cultivated land on the banks of the
Dove and Southward. It will open the Derbyshire mines to the
Zinc Smelting Works in the neighbourhood of Cheadle, and will
afford a direct communication with Sheffield for the articles manu-
'actured at those works, which at present are carted to Derby, a
distance of more than twenty miles.
Already a large cattle traffic exists with the north, which will
unquestionably be greatly augmented by the facilities of this rail-
way, large importations of Scotch and Yorkshire cattle •ill be
brought for fattening on the luxuriant pastures of the Dove, tak-
ing in return to the markets of the manufacturing towns, the corns
cheese, wool, and other produce of the extensive and fertile agris
cultural district which surrounds the Staffordshire terminus f
this railway. It will bring the already large cheese and cattle fairsi
ofUht
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masters give a decided preference to the limestone at the south of
the Peak, over any other that has hitherto been tried; the very
great fusibility of this stone rendering it peculiarly suitable as a
flux for reducing the stubborn iron ores of South Staffordshire, and
were it not for the dilatory and expensive mea.ls of transit from
Froghall, it would now be used to the total exclusion of all other
kinds. The proximity of this railway to the iron district, the fact
of
its entering the limestone range at the most southern extremity,
and the advantage of excavating the stone immediately on the line
of rails, cannot but ensure to it a very large share of that enormous
traffic, if it do not engross the whole. The cost of the stone and
expenses of delivery by the canal from Froghall to the iron district,
amount to 7s. per ton, and by this railway, after allowing a remu-
nerative toll, would be laid down at less than 4s. per ton.
The visitors to Dovedale and the Peak are already very nu-
merous. When this line and the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland Junction Railway open this roman' ic scenery to the
indus rious artisans who chiefly compose the great hives of popu-
laticn with which this railway will communic.ite, and make it
easily accessible to this class of persons at a trifling sacrifice both
of time and money, the revenue trout this source alone during
the summer months will be found to be of no inconsiderable
amount.
The projectors feel convinced that this railway contains the ec.
ments of great prosperity, and that as an investment it offers more
than ordinary security.
The Imelowners on the line are favonrable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the
Pro.

,visional Committee.
Arrangements have been made with the Derby and Crewe Rail.
way Company, who take a portion of the capital, and give the line
their support and co-operation.

The Committee of Management are fortunate in having se
cured the valuable services of Mr. Locke, as consulting engineer,
and of Mr. Mceke, as resident engineer, who have assured the corn.
mittee that the plans and surveys will be ready for applioatlon to
Parliament the next session.

Applications for shares to be addressed to the secretary or solid
tors. Plans and prospectuses may be obtained from the solicitors
or from the following brokers :—William le Grand, Esq., Shortest .
court, London ; Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby,

FORM OF APPLIC/tTION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Staffortish.re and Nort

Midland Junctiun Railway.
Gentlemcn,—l request you will allot me sharesot
251. each'M this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and
to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be
allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name in full
Residence
Trade or Profession
Reference ...,
Address of Referee

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