The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-13 00:00:00

To the Provisional Committee of
,1.14 a Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,

and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.

E.
ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
(Cambridge Line.)
NORFOLK and NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
Tickets for First and Second Class Carriages will be issued from
London and Cambridge to Norwich and back, at a Fare and a Half,
ftom Monday the 15th, to Saturday the 20th instant, returnable
without Extra Charge outhe above, or either of the intervening
days.
Eastern Counties Railway Offices, Sept. 8, 1843,

NOTTINGHAM, MIDLANDS, and TEAN
and DOVE VALLEY UNION RAILWAY.
This railway is intended to carry on the eastern branch of the pro-
posed Tean and Dove Valley Railway from a point on the Midlands
Railways, at or near to Findern, in the county of Derby, to another
point on the Midlands Railway, at or near to Sawley, in the same
county.
The line will not exceed ten-miles in length, and will, with the aid
of the Midlands and Tean and Dove Valley Railway, afford a more
direct communication between Nottingham and the Eastern Counties
and the Staffordshire Potteries, Chester, Liverpool, Birkenhead, and
Ireland, than any line either existing or projected.
A prospectus, with a list of the Provisional Committee, will be pub-
lished in a few days.
J. and J. RICHARDSON, Burton-on-Trent, / Solicitors to the
G. H. R. COX, Derby, promoters.
Burton. on-Trent, Sept. 13, 1845.

BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNO-
TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001. in 15,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
is intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM,
AND LEICESTER RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capitals 840,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
This Railway will connect Leicester, Birmingham, and Coventry,
by the nearest practicable route ; and was provisionally registered
and capital subscribed long before any other scheme was projected
for supplying railway accommodation to the district.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES.
Present Proposed Distance
distance. distance. - saved. '
Leicester to Birmingham.... 49 .• .• • 37 • ..... • • 12
Leicester to Coventry ...... 31
This line will commence at or near the Wigston station
of the Midland Counties Railway, will pass by or near
the manufacturing localities of Narborough, Sapcote, Earl
Shilton, Burbage, and :Hinckley, through a district most favourable
for engineering purposes, to a junction with the Trent Valley at Nun-
eaton, thence it continues nearly due west to the Whitacre station of
the Birmingham and Derby Railway, and south-west by Bedworth
to the Coventry station of the London and Birmingham Company.
The line will communicate with the Swamtington Railway either by
means of the proposed Broughton Astley branch of the Midlands, or
of a separate branch to be formed by this Company ; thereby opening
the entire of the Leicestershire coal-field to the counties south-east
Of Leicester.
The Directors, for the last few months, having used their best
exertions for the interests of the Company, feel it their duty, now
that the surveys, plans, and other arrangements are so far advanced,
to acquaint their shareholders with the position and prospects of the
undertaking.
The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton line, which received the
favourable report of the Board of Trade, and was before Parliament
last session, forms part of the present projected plan for connecting
Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham.
The Directors have, by personal inspection, accompanied by their
; engineer, satisfied themselves of the remarkable facilities presented
' by the district for executing the greater part of the line ; and from
careful investigation the Directors have the pleasure of informing the
shareholders that this undertaking cannot fail to prove a profitable
investment if supported by local traffic only, and with the certainty
that a through traffic from the eastern and western lines, combined
with the great advantages afforded by the junction with the Trent
Valley for the transit of goods to and from Liverpool, Scotland, Ire-
land, and the United States, its importance cannot be over estimated.
From the extent of population accommodated by this railway
—from the convenience afforded to the trade and manufactures of
the Midland Counties—from the vast mineral resources of the dis-
tricts traversed, and from its position in regard to other important,
established, and projected railways, the Directors feel confident that
it will be amply remunerative to the Shareholder, and highly advan-
tageous to the public.
The capital has been subscribed, and the Parliamentary deeds have
been executed, and the preliminary survey completed.
A list of a new and highly influential local direction, and a map of
the line, will be published in a few days. .
By order, H. CASSIN, Secretary pro tem.
Offices, 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, Sept. 10, 1845.

EXETER, DORCHESTER, AND WEY-
• MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Yrovisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., is 62,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lieut.-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.11., Montague-place, Mon,
tague-square
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell
John Carter, Esq., Dorset-place, Portman-square
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan.
caster Railway
Wiliam Colfax, Esq., Rax House, Bridport
W. S. Cross, Esq., New-court, Temple, Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Railway
Newton Crouch, Esq., Southampton-place, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
The Hon. Miles Dormer, Hans-place, Sloane-street.
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, C. 8., Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity and
Law Life Assurance Companies
Captain S. N. Fisher. Junior United Service Club, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Major Fitzgerald, Mount Edgar, Sidmouth
John Foster, Esq., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury
The Rev. H. Fellowes, J.P., Vicar of Sidbury
Theophilus M. Gunn, Esq., Bridport
Captain Sir Andrew Pellett Green, R.N., K.C.11., James-street, Buck-
ingham-gate, Director of the Bank of Australasia
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
W. Newton Harriott, Esq., Odiham, Hants
Josiah Heide, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
Thomas Heathcock, Esq., The Rermitage, Sidmouth
George Price Hill, Esq., Gawanbro House, Hampstead
F. B. Hoare, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
John Holmes, Esq., Liverpool, and St. James's-street, Westminster,
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Michael Elijah Impey, Esq., Duchess-street, Portland-place, and
Lawn Cottage, Twickenham
Swynfen Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Staf-
fordshire, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and
of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, and Director of the Wor-
cester and South Wales Junction Railway, and of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways
Siegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., 9, Billiter-square
William Ley, Esq., Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway
L. Llewellyn, Esq., Ynis Denllwch, and Graig-Avon, Glamorgan-
shire
Robert Henry Lindham, Esq. New-street, Dorset-square, Director
of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
C. W. Lovesy, jun., Esq., Charlton Kings, Cheltenham
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Wootton-under-Edge
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Captain Mathews, R.N., Sidmouth Lodge, Sidmouth
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life In-
surance Company, and Director of the South and Midland Junc-
tion Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place
George Parbnry, Esq., Russell-square, and Director of the Trent
-Valley Continuation Railway
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Robert Rea, Esq., Exeter, and Cromwell Rock, Waterford
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosamel's Great
Northern of France Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank
of Ireland
Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Galway and Belfast Railway
J. Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge, Surrey
W. Digby Seymour, Esq., Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square
William Sloane Esq, Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church ofEngland Life Insurance Company
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq. Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the South-Eastern Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy Governor of the Union Bank of
London, and Chairman of the Irish North Midland Railway
Henry Savage, Esq., M. 8., F.R.C.S., Dorset-place, Dorset-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Director
of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, and of the Taw Vale
Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester Railway
(With pawer to add to their number).
Cowsuransua Exonaga—Sir John Macneil, LL.D., F.R.S.,
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
Messrs. Gough and Roumieu.
StravEyoas—Messrs Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square
Edward Strick, Esq., 10, Doughty-street.
SECRETAEP-D. Bartle, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Martin, Stones, and Martin, Lombard-street
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Southampton—Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and Atherley
Weymouth—Messrs. Eliott and Pearce.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Weymouth--George Arden, Esq.
Bridport—E. Nicholetts, Esq.
Sidmouth—Edwin Church Everitt, Esq.
Exeter—George William Turner, Esq.

This railway is intended to commence at the east part of the city
of Exeter, neat St. Sidwells, and after passing through Topsham,
with a fork at Woodbury by Lympstone to Exmouth, will proceed, in
an easterly direction, towards Sidmouth, and thence, near Colyton,
Beer, Seaton, Axmouth, Lyme Regis, and Charmouth, to Bridport.
At Bridport the line will divide, taking the course direct to Dor-
chester, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and the
other, passing near Bridport harbour and Abbotsbury to Weymouth.
At Exeter, junctions will be formed with the Bristol and Exeter and
North Devon Railways, and at Exmouth with the South Devon, by
means of their steam ferry, thus making the most direct route to
Plymouth from London. Also at Dorchester and Weymouth it will
be connected with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, as well as
with the Dorchester and Southampton at Dorchester.
It will be seen, on reference to the map, that by forming a junc-
tion with the lines of coast railway that have already been con-
structed or commenced from Exeter westward, and from. Dorchester
eastward, and by following the coast as nearly as is practicable be-
tween its termini, this line will effectually complete a railway com-
munication from Dover to the Land's End, an undertaking in itself
of great national importance, and likely to meet with the cordial sup-
port of the Government.
In fixing the course which this Railway will take, It has been the
careful consideration of the Promoters to project only such a Line as
will afford the greatest facility of communication to the populous and
important towns and fashionable watering places which are situated
on and near that part of the Coast which this Railway is particu-
larly meant to accommodate ; whilst, at the same time, the Agri-
cultural, Manufacturing, and Commercial Interests of this part of
the Kingdom have been equally studied.
This Line will also open such additional means of communication
to the Port of Weymouth, the large Manufacturing Town and Har-
bour of Bridport, and the Harbour of Lyme Regis, as must even-
tually replace them in that high position, when compared with the
other Ports of the Kingdom, which they held. The Water-
ing Places of Exmouth, Budleigh-Salterton, Sidmouth, Charmouth,
Lyme-Regis, We.) mouth, &c., will be thus thrown open to every part
of England and Wales, and accommodated with that facility of ac-
cess which they alone require 'to place them on an equal position
with other favourite places of resort, for which the picturesque In-
land and bold Coast-Scenery of Devonshire and Dorsetslaire is pre-
eminently proverbial, and, justly entitles them to hold.
The following extract from the Report of the Select Committee of
the House of Lords on the " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way," made on the 18th of June, 1845, will show the sense enter-
tained by that body of the importance of a line of railway in the di-
rection proposed by the present Company :—" In making their re-
port, the Committee feel it their duty to state that the great diffi-
culty with them, in deciding on the Bill referred to them, had arisen
from the fear they entertained whether, in allowing the Great
Western Railway to come down to the sea at Weymouth, or even be-
low Yeovil, they might not be creating a difficulty as to making a
railway in the most desirable manner to Falmouth, the most westerly
port in the Channel."
The great importance of this railway may be further estimated,
from a consideration of the fact that the local population which would
be benefited by its construction exceeds two hundred thousand
persons.
Anti also that Weymouth, which will be one of the termini of the
line, is about to become a great National Harbour of Refuge and
Packet-station, by the construction of a breakwater in Portland
Roads, in accordance with the recommendation of the Government
Commissioners, for which purpose a grant was made during the last
session of Parliament for commencing the works. The additional
population and traffic, which will thus be attracted to this port, will
be very considerable.
A preliminary survey has been made, and there are no peculiar
engineering difficulties. The length of the main line, from Exeter to
Dorchester, will be about fifty-two miles; and of the Forks, or exten-
sions, to Weymouth, and Exmouth, about sixteen miles ; making, in
the whole, sixty-eight miles of railway.
The sentiments of the landowners are favourable to the construc-
tion of a railway calculated, as this is, very greatly to benefit their
properties, and in the allotment of shares preference will be given
to the applications of persons locally interested.
Estimates of the traffic have been carefully prepared by the pro-
moters of the line, from which it is evident that an ample re-
turn will be obtained for the investment of capital is the undertak-
ing. More detailed traffic tables will, however, be forthwith com-
piled, as required by the Committees of toils Houses of Parliament.

The usual power wit be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at 41. per cent. on the amount of deposit and calls from the
passing of the Act until the completion of the line, and the liability
of Shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions.

Applications for copies of the prospectus, and for shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 62, Moor-
gate-street ; to the solicitors and local agents ; also to the fol-
lowing sharebrokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-
buildings, and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-friars Lon-
don ; Henry Watcher, Esq., and John Langworthy, Esq., Exeter ;
Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth; Messrs. Tate and Nash,
Bristol; Thomas Forsyth, Esq., Liverpool; Henry Benton Esq.,
Manchester; Messrs. Rhodes, Leeds; W. 11. Collis, Esq., Birming-
ham; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York ; William Mason, Esq.,
Bradford, Yorkshire ; F. Stamp, Esq., Hull ; Thomas Boardman,
Esq., Blackburn; Messrs. John Robertson and Co., Edinburgh;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson. Glasgow ; and Messrs. Mewburn
and Blakey, Halifax.
To the Provisional Committee of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Company.
I request that you will apportion mo Shares of 201. each, in
the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Company; and I
do hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may
allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share and all future
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscri-
bers' Agreement when required.
Dated this

Gontiemon,,,l, request you to allot me Shares of 201. eaeh
in 04 „boys tailway, .acid I undertake to accept the same or such
leas number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
a the auraPanY, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
the Depot thereon of 21. 2e. per Share.
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, 1845.

SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINt, SEPTEMBER 13, 1845.

THE CHESTER AND- AIANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's
Office, 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
of Ten and Fiie o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed,
the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary.
Sept. 12. 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Connecting with the Great Western Railway on the one side, and
on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im-
portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Markbury, Stanton Priory,
Farnborough, Finsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Paulton, Wellon,
Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, Kilmersdon, Newberry, Coleford,
Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Sheptou
Crosscombe, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham,
Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell,
Greinton, Shisiwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorlinch, Sutton Mallet,
Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater.
It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near
the station of the Great Western Railway at Key nsham, and proceed
by Burnet to Marksbury and Farnborough. Thence it will pass on
the west side of FinsburY, and go on through the numerous and ex-
tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad-
stoke. Thence to Kilmerdowu, which it will skirt on the western
side, and thence through Babiagtou to the eastern side of Newberry,
from which there will be a branch line to Frome, passing by Elm on
the southern side. The main line will hold its course beside the
Upper and Lower Vobster coal works and Goodeve's coal works,
through Melcombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip.
Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side
of Bodden, and to the eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western
side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sides
of Ham, Croescombe, and Dinder, to the southern point of the city
of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Conley and Coxley
Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Poi-
sham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will
cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt
on the northern side, Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern
side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell between Shipwick
and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence
to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to
Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the
southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, and thence spanning: the railway into the borough of
Bridgwater.
The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that
of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs.
The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga-
tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There
will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be
no-heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer-
tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in
the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the
regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter
Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand
Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers,
goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject.
A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the
amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the
names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied
by a map of the line and the adjacent country, laid down upon the
scale of one inch to a mile.
EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi.

r HE YORK, HULL, AND EAST AND WEST
YORKSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY, WITH BRANCHES
TO GREAT DRIFFIELD, SELBY, AND HORNSEA.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. ss. per Share.
MOWSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Manchester •
Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield Woedhouse
H. W. 'Wickham, Esq., Kirkless Hall
John Milligan Laws, Esq., Crtuaapsall Ho, Lanes-

Directors
of the
Manchester
and Leeds
Railway
Company.

D IRE CT WESTERN RAILWAY,
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
t'rorn London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater lespectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 21. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, 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 the 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
Chainnan of the Trent Valley Continuation Ralln ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq.; Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. 11'hilips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Esq., 3leopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness• House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq. Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, 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
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., Coulsden-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 Victuallers' 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
Cutchbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, 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, Lon-
. 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
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwall Railway Company
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, Belgravo-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and

shire
Leo Schuster, Esq., Manchester
Samuel Brooks, Esq., Manchester
John Rhodes Ralph, Esq., Halifax
George Pollard, Esq., Stannay Hall
Edward Ackroyd, Esq., Halifax,
Peter Fairbairn, Esq., Woodsley House, Leeds
Daniton Lupton, Esq., Mayor of Leeds Directors of
Charles Heneage Elsley, Esq., Recorder of York the Leeds
John Damton Luccock, Esq., Alderman of Leeds and York
Robert Cadman, Esq., Sheepscar Railway.
John Towlerton Leather, Esq., LeaventhorPo Hall,
Francis Billam, Esq., Nei* Hall, OtleY Directors of
Joseph St. John Yates, Esq., Manchester the North
Jame Foulis, Esq., Trawden House, Colno Eastern
Clifton Wilkinson, Esq., Cayton Hall, Ripley, Railway.
Robert Buchanan, Esq., M.D., Pontefract Directors of
Ralph Creyke, Esq., Rawcliffe Hall the Wake-
James Audus, Esq., Selby, and Headingley, near Leeds field, Ponte-
Jeremiah Bourn Faviell, Esq., Featherstone Hall, fract, and
Pontefract Goole
William Moxon, Egg., Pontefract Railway
Edward Harper, Esq., York, Company.
Sir Henry Boynton, Bart., Burton Agnes
Sir Henry Mervyn Vavasour, Bart., Melbourne Hall
John Grhnston, Esq., Neswick
W. H. R. Read, Esq., Hayton
The Rev. John Blanchard, Middleton
The Rev. Wm. Blow, Goodmanham, Market Leighton
The Rev. George Rudston Read, Sutton-upon-Derwent
William Blanshard, Esq., York
Mr. Alderman Matterson, York
John Bentham, Esq., Clifton, York
James Meek, jun., Esq., York
W. L. Newman, Esq., York
Captain Binstetul, R.N., Wakefield
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull
John,Greesham, Esq., Alderman of Hull
John Atkinson, Esq., Alderman of Hull
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., Hull
Benson Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holdernesa House, Hull
John Hall, Esq., Hull
John Tall, Esq., Hull
William E. Jalland, Est., Hull
George Barkworth, Esq., Hull
George Buckton, Esq., Hull
Robert Ward Gleadew, Esq., Hull
John Petchell, Esq., Hull
R. H. Pearson, Esq., Hull
Thomas Petchell, Esq., Hull
Charles Bamford, Esq., Hull
John Alder, Esq., Sutton, Hull
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull
William Green, Esq., Hull
Thomas Horncastle, Esq., Sutton, Hull
Robert Kirk, Esq., Hull
Joha Brodrick, Esq., Hull
William Priest, Esq., Hull
Isaac Whittaker, Esq., Hessle, Hull
John Brodrick, jun., Esq., Hull
Edward Hubersty, Esq., Hull
Henry Francis Lockwood, Esq., Hull
John Myers, Esq., mayor of Beverley
Smith Wormald, Esq., Tickton Grange, Beverley
John Williams, Esq., M.D., Beverley
Thomas Sandwich, Esq., alderman of Beverley
John Muschamp, Esq., alderman of Beverley
William Hodgson, Esq., alderman of Beverley
Pennock Tiger, Esq., alderman of Beverley
Charles Brereton, Esq., alderman of Beverley
William Brigham, Esq., Beverley
James Baker Bainton, Esq., Beverley
William Crosskill, Esq., Ironworks, Beverley
James Mould Robinson,,,EK., -
Mr. Robert Crump,
Mr. John Oxley,
Mr. John Swailes,
Mr. Thomas Stephenson,
Mr. Daniel Boyce,
Mr. John Robert Clark,
Mr. Thomas Beaumont,
Mr. William Catterson,
Mr. Daniel Hall,
Mr. John Duncan Dawson,
Mr. Joseph Issott,
Mr. Japheth Duncan,
Mr. William B. Johnson,
Matthias Whitehead, Esq., Selby
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Jonathan Harrison, Esq., Pocklington
Thomas Johnson, Esq., Podding-ton
William Statter, Esq., Wakefield
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Barnard Hartley, Esq., Halifax
Robert Leighton, Esq., Goodmanham
Richard Jefferson, Esq., 3larket Weighton
Mr. James Holmes, Market Weighton
John Rickaby, Esq., Burlington Quay
Henry Boynton. Esq., Burton Agnes
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Henry Woodfall, Esq., North Dalton
House, Drifileld
David Anderson, Esq., Driffield
William Christopher Harrison, Esq., Brandeburton
George P. Harrison, Esq., Gembling
T. W. Rivls, Esq., Market Weighton
Mr. Caleb Angas, Neswickflpreiiffid
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Mr. Washington Harrison, Driffleld
Mr. William Jarrett, Driffield
Mr. Robert lloltby, Driflleld
Mr. Richard Bonen% Garton Field House, Driffield
Mr. Thomas Holtby, Rotsea, Driftleld.
COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT.
John Gresham, Esq. The Rev. William Blow
John Atkinson, Esq. Mr. Alderman Matterson
John Ball, Esq. Edward Harper, Esq.
John Hall, Esq. Peter Fairbairn, Esq.
W. B. Carrick, Esq. William Blanshard, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Brownlow Francis Billam, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Thompson John Williams, Esq.
John Milligan Laws, Esq. Pennock Tiger, Esq. -
Edward .AckroYel, Esq. W. H. Read, Esq.
Ralph Creyke, Esq. Jonathan Harrison, Esq.
James Audus, Esq. James Harrison, jun., Esq.
J. B. Faviell, Esq.

INfeinbers of the
Corporation of Beverley

ENGlssrEnns.
John Hawkshaw, Esq.
George Leather, Esq.
BANKERS.
Yorkshire Banking Company, York, Hull, and Leeds.
Cunlifre, Brookes, and Co., Manchester and London.
Messrs. Bower, Hutton, Hall, and Co., Beverley and Defileld.
Hull Banking Company, Hull and Beverley.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Leeman and Clark, York and Beverley.
Messrs. England and Shackles, Hull.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Wright, Smith, and Shepherd, 15, Golden-square, London,
LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry Powell, Esq., Pockllngton.
John Foster, Esq., Driffie ld•
Robert Tonge, Esq., -

This Line of Railway is intended to commence at the City of York
by a junction with the London and York, and Leeds and York Rail-
ways, at or near York, and proceed by way of Pocklington, Market
Weighton, and Beverley, to the Port of Hull, and there terminate at
the extensive East Docks, now imoourse of construction, thus afford-
ing the shortest and most direct communication from Newcastle and
the whole of the North of England, as well as from Skipton, Colne,
Utley, and the northern part of Lancashire to the Port of Hull. It is
also intended to have branches from the main line at some con-
venient part between the towns of Market Weighton and Pockling-
ton westward to Selby, and eastwards to Great Driffield, thus afford-
ing to a rich and very highly cultivated portion of the East-Riding,
the shortest and best line for the transmission of its agricultural pro-
duce to the markets of Leeds, Wakefield, and the consuming dis-
tricts, and secure the return of coals, lime, and manures at a greatly
reduced cost. The Committee have also given directions for a sur-
vey of the country between Beverley and:.the favourite watering
places of Hornsea, with a view of giving a branch line through the
richest portion of Holderness, and affording to that district a ready,
expeditious, and much desired mode of transit.
The Main Line of Railway from York to Hull will effect a very
considerable saving of distance between the two termini, and give
railway communication to a very extensive and valuable district of
country at present unprovided with railway accommodation ; it will
also open out a direct and expeditious communication for the Dur-
ham and Newcastle Collieries to the port of Hull, as well as Bever-
ley, Market-Weighton, and Pocklington, and the several villages on
the Line, and by its connexion with the intended Leeds and York,
and Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Railways, give direct
railway communication from the whole of North Lancashire to the
port of Hull, and the terminus of the Main Line, at the East Docks,
will save a large expenditure, which, without the construction of this
Line, must be incurred in the carriage of merchandise across the
town.
The branch lines to Great Driffield and Selby will also open out an
entirely new district of country, and effect an immense saving of
distance between Bridlington, Driffield, Market Weighton, Pockling-
ton, and a great portion of the East-Riding, and the town of Leeds,
Wakefield, Manchester, and the manufacturing districts, and by the
junction of the Selby branch with the London and York line at
Selby, will give the most direct and expeditious communication to
London and the south, from a great portion of the East-Riding, while,
by its connexion with the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway,
it will open out the valuable Knottingsley Lime Quarries to the agri-
cultural districts in Holderness and the East-Riding. They will also
give the shortest and most complete line of communication from
York and the whole of the West-Riding to the favourite watering
place of Bridlington Quay.
The intended branch to Hornsea will form a very valuable adjunct
to the main line, and being the nearest watering place to both
Beverley and Hull, will thus be reached by the Inhabitants of the
former town in a few minutes, and by those of Hull in considerably
less than an hour, while this branch will also afford accommodation
to the several important villages lying between Beverley and Hornsea
for general merchandise and agricultural produce.
The great advantages which will be thus secured to the whole of
the East-Riding, Including the Holderness district, are apparent on
reference to the Map, and arrangements have been made by which
this line will be promoted in friendly conjunction with other im-
portant railways in the West of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
The line will have the benefit of a great through as well as local
traffic, and the country is admirably adapted for railway communi-
cation, being nearly on a level the whole distance, and the cost of
construction consequently much below the average.
To prevent unnecessary trouble to parties at a distance, the public
are informed that the share capital of this Company will be confined
exclusively to landowners and persons resident upon the line, or
otherwise locally interested, and applications for shares &OM them
must be addressed to the solicitors.
Ymit, 10th September, 1845.

Luton Hoo, 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., Leamtngton, 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., Stavertoo, 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 of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. It. 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. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Burks
Union Banking Company
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfleld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
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
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" .
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester
H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Holes Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newbury, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and. Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
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. S. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield; Director of the Wakefield and Har-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Atter:l:if-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
Joins Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq. Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex
William John M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxord-t arrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Grove,, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lcfevre, Esq., Alderman rand Maglitrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., 3fork-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leaminglon, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringlsam, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Eau' Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
&omens—Messrs. Cusrleo 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 find Moore, Wara.vick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, /4, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—ThOII423 Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS 4.I.READT APPOINTED.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Mess; -s. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Hard srd, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. anti J. R. Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to eft-re t a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view swat a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railro: id,. Falmouth, from its position at the
western extremity of the king' to as, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on t hat coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, 'that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Sou tis ampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening 'of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,0004 to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the G,:e at Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they liave very considerably increased.
The merits of a line to the L: in d's End as an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the pres, sr it Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemralation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth; at la various other projects have been
set 'on foot on the conviction 'that Falmouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is,.tto show that no other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the/ •exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important outpo.ft —" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as neatly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Batts, and Bridge' eater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the in to sense local influence commanded
by them will now contribute to 1.. hi great national object of a direct
line ; while means have been tokens_ for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accommodation contem pi'ated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing it se if of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its cour sic by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough., Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a 'diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbus 7 , Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(from which another diverging line' 'will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shor by about thirty-two miles than
any existing or projected railways 1 n Asveen these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bras tol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is tr. tv ersed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to -the Land's End, Falmouthh, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter -Joy about sixty m the
lately proposed line by way of Ply roc 'nth, and effecting, in the whole
distance from London to Falmouti I, :a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic beta ve, 1 London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that thee I, s already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the construction of tl tis portion of the Direct 'Wes-
tern ; that it will shorten the di star ice from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles; that it will travel r rich and populous agricultural

and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as I
well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro-
jected with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by:adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory-of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.

Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom ; it !may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London. to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Cominittee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,

it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose ,a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament.
It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
our pounds per centum per annum An the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.
Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you:Will allot me shares of 25/. each
in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 15s.
per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con
tract when required.
Dated

1845.

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