The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

THE GRAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS
UNION RAILWAY, connecting Stafford and the Pot-
te:iec, via Burton-upon-Trent, with Derby, Nottingham, and the
Els: ern Counties.
Capital, 600,0001.0 n 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. as. per Share.
Ne subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription, and
no call to be made until the Act is obtained.

PROVISIONA2 OMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield
The Right lion. the Lord Viscount Combermere
The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir Arthur De Capel Broke, Bart.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Wilson, K.C.D.
Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham
Fred. Ricketts, Esq., London, Director of the Great Western

Railway
Directors of the Notting-
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham, 2 ham and Gainsboroug h
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Nottingham, S Railway
James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Sheffield,
Buxton, Leek, and Potteries Railway
Will'.am R. Collett, Esq., M.P., St. James's-square
James Cliff.,rd, Esq., Broughton House, Derbyshire
Francis Hall, Esq., Park Hall, Nottingham, Chairman of the Notting-
ham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall
George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Managing Director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway
William Eaton Mousley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, and Derby
11. J. Enthoven, Esq., London
F. P. Barlow, Esq., London, Director of the Great Western Railway
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester, Director of the London and York
Railway
George Emery, Esq., London, Director of But Waterford and Kil-
kenny Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., London, Director of the South Wales Rail-
way
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Rail-

way
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, Director of the
South Midland Railway
Wm. Watson Prole, Esq.,l Directors of the Great Manchester,
Robert Chapman, Esq., .5 Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington House, Berwickshire
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester
Ambrose Moore, Esq., London and Derby
William Johnson, Esq., Rickerscote, near Stafford
Joseph Ward, Esq., Milford Villa, near Stafford
George Russell Eaton, Esq., Cavendish Bridge, near Derby
James Upflll, Esq., Bromyard, Director of the Staffordshire and
Shropshire Junction Railway
Matthew Gaunt, Esq. J.P. Hightleld-house, Staffordshire, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq. Silkmore-house, Staffordshire
Edward Knight, Esq. M.D. Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and
Shropshire Junction Railway
William Charles Woodroffe, Esq. Haywood Abbey, Staffordshire
Charles Dawson, Esq. Stafford and Abbots-Bromley, Director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
LORD VISCOUNT INGSESTRE, Chairman.
F. P. Barlow, Esq. Archibald F. Paull, Esq.
Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton IF. Ricketts, Esq.
W. Morgan, Esq. W. Watson, Esq.
W. W. Prole, Esq.
ENGINEER—E. J. Maude, Esq.C.E.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, ands,
Dtlahay-street, Westminster.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
Burton-upon-Trent—John Thornewill, Esq.
Stafford—Messrs. Bennet and Bowen

BANKERG.

London—Messrs Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co.,

Lombard-street
Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co.
Burten-upon-Trent —Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourn

Union Bank
Stafford—Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co.

The proposed railway is intended to commence on the Trent
Iralley Railway near Stafford. and proceeding thence in 'an easterly
lirection, to pass through, or near to, Tixall, Haywood, Colwich, and
Abbott's Bromley, to the rapidly-increasing town of Burton-upon-
Trent, where it will run into the Birmingham and Derby Railway,
forming the shortest and best practicable route from Stafford to
Derby. Leaving the Birmingham and Derby Railway at Burton-
upon-Trent, it will proceed along the valley of the Trent by Repton,
Swarkestone, and Shardlow, to the Midland Counties Railway at the
point where that railway forms a junction with the Derby and Not-
tingham Railway; and thus, by means of these and other railways
in progress, form a complete line of railway communication between
the central towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Leices-
ter, Peterborough, and Boston, on the east, and Shrewsbury, Ches-
ter, and Holyhead, North Wales, and Ireland, on the west.
This railway will, therefore, form the only connecting link re-
quired in the great chain of railway communication from east and
west through the heart of the kingdom, uniting the shores of the
German Ocean on the east with those of the Irish Sea on the west, and
traversing in its course the rich agricultural districts of the eastern,
midland, and western counties, and accommodating the important, and
populous manufacturing towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lei-
cester, and Shrewsbury. But another most important advantage
that will result from the formation of this line will consist in the
fact of its affording, in connexion with the proposed South Union, or
Manchester and Potteries Railway, by far the shortest and best
route between Derby, Nottingham, Newark, Lincoln, Peterborough,
Leicester, and Loughborough, and the extensive and populous dis-
tricts of the Staffordshire Potteries, Macclesfield, Stockport, and
Manchester. By the proposed line the distance between Nottingham
and Derby and Manchester will be at least from 15 to 20 miles less
than by the prosent circuitous route by Sheffield.
The traffic on this line must necessarily be equal, if not superior,
to that of any line in the district.
The length of the line will be about 33 miles, through a country
presenting no difficulties of more than an ordinary kind for its con-
struction.
The capital proposed to be raised is 600,0001., in shares of 201.
each, upon which a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share must be paid upon the
allotment. No call will be made until the Act is obtained, and no
subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of his deposit until the
Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription ;
and the usual power will be taken to allow interest at four per cent.
from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the
line.
The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract must
be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip cer-
tificates, of which 14 days' notice will be given ; and the deposits
paid by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will
be forfeited.

GRAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS
UNION RAILWAY.
Notice Is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares will
be received.

By order of the Committee,
W. A. ROSS, Secretary,
1, Royal Exchange Bnildings, 11th October, 1845.

THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH,
AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH
♦YD CHATHAM RAILWAY, via REIGATE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,900,0001., in 95,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per bhare.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Mon. the Earl of Egmont, of Cowdray Park, 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, Maid*. hill
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, of the Dell, Windsor
Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., of Hollycombe House, Sussex
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., of 1, Wilton-crescent
Sir William Wynn, Knight of the Bath, Governor of Sandown Fort,
Isle of Wight
The lion. William IL Dawson, Poole Lodge, Dorset
The Hon. Percy Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The lion. Stafford Jerningham, Brook-street'
hir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbournesstreet, Hyde Park, Direetor
of the East India Company
Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Sir Robert Schomburgk, of New Kingston, Surrey
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq.,
M.P., Carlton Club, and Plas Coeh,
Angelsea, Chairman of theft Welsh Mr a d Railway
of Eaton-place, Director of the
Howard Elphiastonos E iq., P.,
Company, the Thames Embarkment
Direct Western Railway
Company, &c.
Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex
Lee Steere, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey
Captain Charles Shirley, of 3fidhurst, Sussex
Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, BelgssivessqUare
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., of Broom Hall, Surrey_outhamptern
Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect-Place House, 6
William Leyland Woods, Esq., of Cliilgrove, Sussex
Launcelot Archer-Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, EmSwOrth, Pants
Rey. John Pannel, Aldsworth House, Sussex
R. Bingham Newland, Esq., Boveysand, Plymouth
Colonel Forbes, M.A., Seafield House, Emsworth
Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bniton-street
E. T. Dayrell, Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, High Sheriff of Buck-
inghamshire
Colonel Henry Dundee Campbell, of North-end House, Portsmouth,
Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants
The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbourne 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, Warwickshire
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, -1 Directors of
Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's the Great
Park, Manchester
William Watson Prole, Esq., of Thnrlow-square, Railway
Brompton, Company
'Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 9, Upper Gower-street
John Napper, Esq., of Mad House, Sussex
Stephen Lowden, Esq., of Lindfield, Sussex
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street
James Hitching, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Manchester and
Southampton Railway Company
George Baker, Esq., of Stillan4, Sussex
Jelingor Cookson Symonds, Esq., Radnage, Bucks
Mar mad uke Hart Hart, Esq., Totteridge-park, Herta
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 Noah, Esq., jun., of Reigate, Surrey
John Lucas, Esq., of Varndall-hill, Haslemere
Thomas Bowles, Esq., of 31Idhurst, Sussex
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., of Great Surrey-street, Director of
the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A., of Croydon, Surrey, Director of the
Metropolitan Junction Company
John Davidson, Esq., of Trotton-house,near Midhurst
Edmund Sadler, Esq., of Bepton, Sussex
Anthony Dickson, Esq., of Edrineton-house, near Berwick-en. Tweed
Joseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham-common
William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, Roxbnrghshire, Director of
the Isristel and Exeter Railway Company
s Jortn,ml);,,llrown, Esq., of Clapham
Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, and Upper
Slaptoncales' Esq., of 3,
CJohn Parkinse•
r•Thq of 30, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park,
Director of the Reading nsd. Reigate Railway Company
Robert Wynne Williams,ri:a.s.
letil.;b(of 29, Lower Bedford-place, Director
of the Nottingham and
Esq.,of
7,
Lower,rough Railway
Cymric Lloyd,Company
-street, Grosvenor-square,
Director of the Nottingham ari Bostonrrc°k Railway Company
Robert
Linc oln' Stilsl,
Inn Esq., of Wood Vale, Norwood, gurney, and 5, New-square,
John Ilelbert Helbert, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Director of the Lei
-
cotter and Birmingham Railway Company
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clopton House, Stratford-en-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 Chamfer, of Halkin-street, litelgrave-square, Di-
-rector of the Fampoux and Ilazebrouck Railway
John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of Glou-
cester
John Moreton Cottle, Del., of Leamington, Director of tke Coventry
and Birmingham Railway Company
,T,shn Brightman, Esq., of Inency-squart. DirCCtOc of the
Leal and Carlial3 Eal/wa:, Company,