The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

D IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Di,. c;•4l.n; Lines :'_, Batt rind
Bridgewater respectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6(1. per Share.
TILOVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdalo Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardena
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph lieville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Ballwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke. 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway

Companies •
sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of tke Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rani\ ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., IVhitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. !Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Ilolderness House, near null,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, E.q., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-Bross, Director of
the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Thomas Drano, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc-
tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
. _

street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsclen-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victualler? Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwall Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A.,
17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and
the Great Western Extension Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London, Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Len-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
paanyer, Esq
R.,aEllwusaty Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
PhilipCanodm Blackwellllk
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton 800, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq.,
Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Raven.sbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
_

square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director •f the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmil, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Halcomb Esq Marlborough, Manager of the Wilt* and

Dorset Bank.
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Baize% Esq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Habertield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Magistrate for the East Riding of York
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
of the acting Committee of the toofuthßea'll'lYlauylland Barnsley"
Companies"
Rusholm Manchceshtaeirrman
of
Wigan, and ManchesterriadfinedideS:oipauitermhpaumatynp
thue Rudders-
field‘‘ier-
and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union Railway
John
JamesBrpCahio „Liver-
pool d:
Leedsilijiiflina:looinriagftdemdottnsheerdenLE, b°aEsifrs borough
iheePSume' of
iidbßf elhu uil v, a y
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hall and Barnsley
Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Ilole, Durham
Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
W Manchester
nnßcßh Newberg,re ge er
iRt
y; ICC"
Company
mm
pp
aa
nn
yy
JorthnotNhYoarhrda,m,
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, Devonport
H. 8. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq.,-Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and far-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. H. W. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wornuin, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of ',the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Ha, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
Jlloehnor er s
Esq.,ty Esq., Hull
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Cm-

missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House,Trentwood, Essex
William John M‘Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., F.R.S.,Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringham, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
A further list of influential names will shortly appear.
BArixzes--,-Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS•
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq., and J, A. Toms, Esq.
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its situation at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least
280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,000/. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Groat Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End as an Investment for m
ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already readied
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way
set on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by
railway. of Plymouth; and various other projects have been
The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the
?resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this,
its most important eutport—" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, llath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct
line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Groat Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
fbrd, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shopton Mallet, Wells
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two
miles than any existing railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic on the upper portion of tho line it Is
liitC4lo3ll to sny more than that there is already thareugh traC