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BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Registered Provi-ionallyi
Cap Pal, 1,r00,0001., in Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Rog:more, the Dell, Windsor, 1 The Right Hon. Georg. Lionel Dawsoi Daffier, M.P.,
Tilney-street, Park. lane,
The Ho Robert Gore,
Bates, Edward, Esq., 3, Union-place,
Clitt, James, Esq., Bloomsbtry-square,
Coape, Henry Co Esq., Goldhangsr, Malden, Ess x
itzgerald, Charles, Esq., Charles-street, St. James,
Mackin' lan, Jsmes, Esq., Southampton,
Pocock, Lewis, Esq., F.It.S., Montague-street, Russell-square,
Wines. George, .Esq., Hungerford-park,
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Thomas William Gage, Westbury-house, West- a‘
mean, Peterstielcl
The Hon, Edward Jerningliam
Sir William Wynn, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall,
Hughes, Hughes William, Esq., late M.P. for
Oxford, High Sh•r;ff of Hants, and Alderman of
the City of London,
Humphrey, John, Esq., M.P., Alderman of the
City of London,
Sir Henry B. llinrich, Great Marlow, Bucks,
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton,
Chitty, Thomas, Esq , Upper Gower-street,
their, Alexander, Esq., Lowndes-street, Beigrave-
square,
Chulow, W. W., Esq., 12, Selwood-place, Brighton _
Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester
Clutch, John M., Esq., banker of Worcester
King, William, Esq.
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq , hanker, Bedford
Trapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford.
Croft, Major, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman -
The Boronghreeve of Manchester
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place
Johnson, Richard, Esq., Moorgate-street
Waller, Major James, K. 11., St. James's-square,
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook''
Club
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., London and Macclesfield
Harris, Samuel, Esq., irmuniutter, Dudley
Lea, John W., Esq., Worcester
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashboume
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London,
Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeley-house, Lincolnshire J
Atkinson, J.R.W., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds Directors of the
Wheelton, John, Esq., late Sheriff of London, -Leicester and Bed-
Meopham Bank, Tonbrialge ford Railway
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Chairman
Sir Wm. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Der-
byshire Directors ofthe
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull Derbyshire, Staf-
Brindley, Thomas, Esq., Uttozeter fordshire, and War.
Cumberlege, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's cestershire
Park Junction
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Syston Hall, Sudbury,i
Suffolk,
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Askew Villa
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, West-
bourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens
The Sheriff of York
Crokett, Thomas, Esq., Cannock
Allen, Robert, Esq., Sergeant-at-law, Sergeant's Inn
Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Smith. G. W., Esq., Harlaury-hall, Shelled
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall
Hamilton, Frederick William, Esq., 59, Gleucester-
place
Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace,

Directors of
the Oxford,
Southampton,
Gosport and
Portsmouth
Railway

Directors of the
Rugby, War-
wick, and
Worcester
]Railway

Directors of
Remington's
London and
Manchester
Direct Railway

Dtriictors of the
Chester
and Manches-
ter Railway

Directors of
the East and
West Junction
Railway.

Directors of
the Leeds,
Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and
South Staf-
fordshire
Railway

Directors of
the York and
Lancaster
Railway

Directors of the
Barry. John David, Esq., Paris and London Tours, Orleans,
Mackenzie, William, Esq., Paris and London and Bordeaux
Railway
The Hon. William Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole Directors of the
Gernon, James, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice- Galway and
Chairman Ennis Grand
Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor- Junctionßail-
square,
way
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., Chairman, Director o
the National Bank of Ireland, St. John's Wood,
Regent's-park,
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman, Bedford Directors of the
Hamer, Samuel, Esq., General Post-office, and Cork and
Southampton-row, Russell-square
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, Carl-
tonsect
Villas, Paddington,
Wardle, Henry, Esq„ Macclesfield
The Count Morel, Hereford-street, Park-lane
Major-Gen. Sir Francis Cockburn, Dover
Major-Gen. Sir Love, Parry, Jones Parry, K.C.8., Madryn, earner-
vonshire, Director of the Direct East and West Junction Railway

Adair, Maj., Director of the Church of England Assurance Company
Anderton, ames. Esq., Bridge-street, Blackfriars
Allfree, John, Esq., Brighton
Attree, Thomas, Esq., Queen's Park, Brighton
Arnold, Thomas James, Esq., Sergeants' Inn, Temple, revising bar-
rister for the City of London
Bear, Capt., Porchester-place, Connaught-square
Beech, James, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
Brightman, John, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the
Direct Northern Railway
Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoe
Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner of the County
Buscheck, Charles, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street
Chambers, William, Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshire
Cottle, M. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei-
cester Railway
Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Llingstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff of
Bucks, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Everitt, Henry Yarburgh, Esq., Brighton
Furner, Robert, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London
Faracombe, Mr. Alderman
Fladgate, Francis, Esq., Brompton
Freeman, Thomas, Esq., Brighton
Gates, George, Esq., Steyning
Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire,
Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Greene, The Rev. Haddon, Vicar of Rogate, Petersfield
Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Railway
Hale, The Rev. William, Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
Haynes, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaaton, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Heuty, J., Esq. Chichester
Ingram, Hugh, Esq., Steyning, magistrate for Sussex
Jenkins, Henry, Esq., 47, Woburn-place, Russell-square
Jervis Swynfen, Esq., Whitehall-place, Staffordshire
Lacy, Henry, Esq., Petersfield, Banker
Lyon, James, Esq., Dangsteln, near Rogate, Fetersfield
Macaulay, Captain, R. E., Cheltenham
Joseph, Esq., Basing Park, Alton
Martineau, Joseph,
C. 8., Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-maitre
John, Esq., Eagle Nall, Pately Bridge
Thomas, Esq., Norbury Hall, Ashbourne
Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Cavendish-square, Director of the
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n
Murray. George, Esq., Chichester
Nadin, Joseph, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire
.PajigeorinsQtilleaernß-anilwn-asytreet,
Nadin, Nathaniel, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire
Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville
Norton, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, near Huddersfield, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union
Parkingson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Director of the
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Price, the Rev. Thomas, Llarothel
Proctor, the Rev. Dr., Chichester-house, Kemp-town, Brighton
Robinson, John, Esq., Sile,eates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway
Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen., C. 8., Shirley-house, Southampton
Seymour, Frederick, Esq., St. James's-square, Director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and
Lincolnshire Railway
Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro
Waddington, J. Horsey, Esq., Langush-house, Petersfield
Whitchurch, James, Esq., Sonth-cliff, Nettley Abbey, Heade
Williams, Benjamin, Esq., banker. Whitehall
West, Thomas, Excl., Banker, Brighton
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Yzarn, J. Borwick, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey.

Er John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq., C.E.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Augiustns Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square, London ; John
Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London.
. Loch. SOLICITORS—Ifessrs. Attree, Clarke, and M`Whimils,
Brighton.
Loon. IGENT—William Mitchell, Esq., Petersfield.
RANXERS.
London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 60, Cornhill ;
Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehall.
Brighton—The Union Bank ; Branch of London and County Joint-

Stock Banking Company.
Winchester—Messrs. Bailey and Wickham.
Cheltenham—Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England.
PeaLtelgENTear AQENT— Cadwalladar F. Waddy, FAR., Fludyer-

street.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—Mr. Frederick Penny.
PROSPECTUS.
This important line will commence at Brighton, and (passing
through or contiguous to the towns of Renting, Petworth, Mid-
hurst, Peterstield and Alresford) will join at the Andover Road sta-
tion of the South-Western Railway, the proposed Southampton,
Manchester and Oxford Junction.
A negotiation has been entered into with the latter Company,
and it is proposed by means of their projected line, that the
Brighton and Cheltenham Railway shall proceed through Hunger-
ford to Swindon.

From Petersfield a shed branch will be made to Chichester,
where, nearly at the same point of junction, the London and Ports-
mouth direct will intersect the line in its way to Portsmouth.
From Swahili' it is proposed to proceed by the Manchester and
Soathampt"n Railway to Chelt Wham, and the North of England
by the Derbyshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Junction, or
other existing and contemplated lines.
On reference to the map, it will be seen that the primary object
to be obtained by the formation of this line will be the immediate
connexion of the northern, western, and the whole of the manufac-
turing counties; and North and South Wales, with the southern coast
and the populous and fashionable towns of Brighton. Hastings, and
Dover.

It is unnecessary to observe on the daily increasing trafde between
Brighton and Dieppe, Which the railroad from the latter place to
Rouen, and thence to Paris, must greatly augment; thus, by means
of the projected line, a direct communication with Franee, either
from Brighton or Dover, will be opened with the northern counties
of England.

It is obvious that with these advantages the traflio must neces-
sarily be large, (the line passing through the centre of Sussex, con-
taining a population of about 300,000, at present almost devoid of
railway accommodation.

Power will be applied for in the Act to increase the capital, if
neesssary, to alter the line, or to make such deviations or branches
therefrom as maybe deemed necessary ; also for the purposes of amal-
gamation with other Companies, should the same be found desirable.
The Company reserves to itself the option of adopting the broad or
narrow gauge, or the principle of atmospheric traction, if preferable.
No further call beyond the deposit will be made until the Act
shall be obtained.

In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to parties
locally interested, and to the shareholders in the lines with which
this Company will be connected.
Application for shares may be made to the !Solicitors, Secretary
and to the following Sharebrokers, of whom prospectuses, with maps
of the line, may be obtained:—London--Messrs. Peppeecorne and
Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury.
Birmingham—Mr. W H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Board-
man. Bradford—Mr. George Clark; Mr. William Mason. Bristol—
Messrs. Tate and Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—
Mr. J. B. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs.
Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq., 79,
Princes-street; Mr. Nicholson. Exeter—Messrs. Beaumont and
Langworthy ; Mr. Thomas Sandford. Glasgow—Messrs. Duncan
and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr. William Cronhelm. Huddersfield—,
Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun.; Messrs. Everard and Co. Hull—Mr.
Frederick Stamp. Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson ; Messrs. Wellbe-
loved and Oastler. Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer. Liver-
pool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs. Cameron and Co. ;
Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. Hine. Man-
chester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Birehall and Co. ;
Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spencer. Sheffield—
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark,
jnn. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester—Mr. Miles; Mr
Thomas Henry Wheeler. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle.
Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgato.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Brighton and Cheltenham
Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in
the above railway ; and I undertake to aecept the same, or sueh less
number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of
the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay, when re-
quired, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
• Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in full •• • •
Profession and Professional Residence in 11111
Private Residence in full
Usual Signature....... • • • • • • • • • • • • • .... •
Reference . ,••••••••
Ofllces,l, Mooragte.

(Provisionally' registered.)
Capital 1,200,000/., in 48.000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 2/. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The inar.ortance of connecting• remote parts of England by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can'scarcely be better exemelitied than by the Line
which is .ow proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford And Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the northwest, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
co'zrse of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
gSalaisbudriyreent irlehei: Roafilwettoym,miunnicaadtidoitr
6 g the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
7, the western and south,western counties.
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E.;I the benefits which will
44rpcirefearnrdin be conferred upon the nation at
need, and will provide a facility for the Interchange of produce be-
C 3 0,14 tweeu the north-eastern and western and south-western
d' N parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
'1 Sl 0 the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
6;1 the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are Seated stand In much
_ tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial popnlatio of the
kingdom.
The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of Competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as- Ilungerford and Ludgersliall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposed( ne at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place; and
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Hungeriord and Lodgers.
hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.
' A map of the line, a statistical report of the whole country
intended to be traversed and
, Is In course of preparation, and with the
names of an influential provisional Committee, wilt very shortly
lie published. In the meantime, thrther information may be ob-
tained
from Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applies
thin for shares may be made.

THE LWERPOOL and DERBY RAILWAY,
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Offices of the Company, 28, Meorgate-street.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park, Director
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane,Lombard-street, banker 'a
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Director
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill "4" John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern •.°,
Railway
0
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway IS William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of n the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq,, Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London,
J
The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk•street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the Nor
Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, ai
Portsmouth Railway
Rir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport
Louis Buckland, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's Park, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
George Bovill, Esq., Millwall, Poplar
John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Buxton, Director of the North Wales Railway
W. Bevan, Esq.. 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the'
North Wales Mineral Railway
Samuel Swann 13rittain, Esq., Sheffield
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square, Direc-
tor of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and Wales Railway
E. Chapman, Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway
James D. Dc Vitre, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight Abbey, near Manchester
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direst Railway
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West and Birmingham South Stafford-
shire Railways
James Horne, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
William Halliday, Esq., merchant, Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director
of the Leektleld and Birmingham Railway
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton
Railway
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Rut and West
of England Railway
Jerdine, Esq., Piccadilly
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmoath, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South
Wales Railway
W. Knott, ESC', 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway
John Kinlock, Esq., 21, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-gardens, Director
of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway, and the Great Britain Life
Assurance Company
Captain J. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
J. D. Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Riehmend
Railway
William Morley, Esq., Blackheath-park, Deputy Chairman of the
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Robert Mutrie, Esq., merchant, 93, Watling-stroet
G. Miller, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
N. M`Cann, Esq., 60, Parliament-street, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
Wm. Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
George Parbnry, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and 'West
of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway
Geo. Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq., Laura-place, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway, and the Keighley, Huddersfield and
Halifax Junction Railway
Bristol,
aDllißreacitolwrayof the Bristol and
Walter Sharp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Christopher Shapland, Ssohauptlhaupd, Devon and
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
dBCr losrn
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond
Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Thompson, Req., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of th
London and Brighton ailway
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorstin Hall, Malton
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, Distiller
S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest Rill. near Worksop
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS.
Masterman and Co., London
The Union Bank, Manchester
Somerroz--John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
and John Belcher, Esq.
SECRETARY.

This Cempany is formed for making a railway from Liverpool to
Derby, and will, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby
Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest
route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and
proceed along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to within a
importance of the Whiston Inclined Plane, and thence branch off,
in a south-easterly direction, through Warrington, Knutsford, and
Congleton to Leek (there joining the Manchester and Rugby Rail-
way), and from thence through Ashbourne to Derby. The Whole
length of the proposed line will be about sixty-six miles. It will be
seen by reference to the map that this important line of railway will
form the shortest route from Liverpool to London and effect a direct
chain of communication between Liverpool and Derby, and will
thence, by means of the Midlands and other railways, open an unin-
terrupted route to the more eastern counties, and afford a complete
midland communication between the eastern and western parts of
the kingdom and the important intermediate manufacturing districts.
The most important feature in this railway is that it forms the
shortest road from Liverpool to London. The distance by it, with the
Manchester and Rugby, and London and Birmingham, will be only
Ilia miles, whereas by the present route it is 210 miles, and by the
Trent Valley Railway 200% miles ; effecting a saving of 22 miles in
one instance, and 12% miles in the other.
And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between
Liverpool and Derby will be reduced by this line to about 74 miles,
thus decreasing the distance by any present ettsting railway, at least
46 miles ; an advantage which carries in itself the conviction of the
necessity there is for the proposed railway, in order to eonnect more
la.reablintit te., immediately two such Important towns, especially when these towns
heastbbceifoares latdwveertreed, for other railways from still more distant

The distance also froin Manchester to Leek (where the proposed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway)
will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 2634 miles,
making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby only 6634
miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi-
cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object
most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite sufficient to recom-
mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results.
But great as these results most certainly will be, they are far out-
weighed by the very important consideration that, in conjunction
with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, it Wlll also be the
most direct route from Liverpool to London.

The distance from Liverpo-ol to Leek (the proposed point of Anc-
tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles:
from Leek to Rugby, according to the line as proposed by the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London 83 miles; thus making the whole distance from Liverpool to
London 188% miles, instead of 210, by the present route. •
With regard to the traffic and other details connected with the
working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great
importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication
with each other, in order to convince the minds of all that the source
of revenue thus derived will be immense.
There are no engineering difficulties connected with the forming of
the line.

The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent
interest on all calla.
Applications for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may
be made to the Secretary, at the offices, 58, Moorgate-street,
London ; at Mr. Bethel's Offices, 75, King Willlam-streef, City,
London ; and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester, and the following
Sharebrokers:—Messrs. It. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North
Side, Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Caraltill ;
sLiverno. dal_ ;
Messrs. Balclay, Alleop, and Co., Royal Exchange; Meow mile_
kenzie and Lawrence, 38, Corn ; Messrs. Houghlitild and Lena,
and
mEtsi
eqr.:
LReoody:ansl:limeallessrsn:E-b.tiEL:dwngs s
51, King-street, Manchester; Messrs. 3larshali,-Town-hall-hlilldings
Brothers,4 and
Messrs.
and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lame, Esq . u; Aid SCIU,
I;bejloovhedn
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Keralta\v p."l,,„nlitarilA;
dersfield ;F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax ; Meeerg, uii --',” ...uu-
Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont
Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., Salmi , geter ;R. p. Lemon,
and Tootal, Hull, Southampton • , and Messrs ritui

FORM OF APPLICATION
T
o the Provisional Committee of the Livetpuoi apd Derby Railway
Compuy,
I request you will allot to Me shares of 202, each in tbe
capital of the above-named railway, and I will wept the same or
any less number, and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s, pee share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and SubSVTibers' Agreement when re-
quired.
Dated the

day or

, 1845,

Namo
Address • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Profession •••• • • • • •• • .
..'"`.°.• •• . ~ .

WEST MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Contiectffig the Eastern and 'Western parts of the kingdom.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,700,000/., in 611,000 shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12e, 6d. per share.
TIOVIaiIONAL COMMITTED.
Sir W. lloothby, Bart., Ashbourne-hall
Sir David Scott, Bart., Porchester-terrace, Hyde Park, London
Jedediah Strutt, Esq., Director of the Derby and Galusborough
Railway
Edward Hyde Clerke, Esq., Le unit.gton Priors
John Ashton, Esq., Newton Bank, Hyde, and Manchester
William Bayley. Esq., Lark-hiP, A shton-under•Lyne
Th‘ Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the London and Holyhead
. Railway
Edward v. alentine Pegge Burnell, Esq., Winkburn-hall, Nottingham-
shire, Vice-Chairmau of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Henry Kendall, Esq., Austin-friars, London, Director of the Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Colonel Thomas Wildniau, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, Di
rector of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Rail-
way
John Calthorp Williams, Esq., M.D., Nottingham
Major Hiablnde, NettlGalusborough Railw eworth Hall,
ayNottinghatr.sh?re, D:recter of *Ls
D
James Salinund, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Chairman of the Boston, Newark and Sheffield; and Director of
the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Jnnetion Railway
Francis Hall, Esq., Chairman of the Nottingham, Mansfield, ant
Midlands Junction Railway
The Mayor of Newark-ou-Trent
Henry Roden, Req. The Field, I erby, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
William Tniser, Beg. Hyde, Manchester
Thomas Horseley, Esq., Pye Bridge, Derbyshire
Major Coke, Woodhouse Grove, Nottinghamshire, Vicc-'C'hafrinan
the Derby and Gainsborongh Railway
JOlla Ray, Ksq., Deaner Hall, Derbyshire
George Johnson, Esq., Mansfield
Charles Allix, Esq., Willoughby Hall, Grantham, Director of the
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
John Brown, Esq., M.D., Brotulfield House, Roston, ditto
John Coke Fowler, Esq., Duffield Bank, Derby, Director of the Derby
aid Gainsborough Railway-
John Edward Brodhurst, Esq., Crow Hill, Mansfield, Director of the
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Thomas Fowke Andrew Buntaby, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Charles Holden, Esq., Junior United Service Club, London
David Harrison, Seq., Staleybridge
H. D: Dod, Esq., Mansfield, Woodhouse
Lewis Novell', Esq., Manchester
Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ingram Ford, Esq., Abbey-field, Sandbeach, Cheshire
H. Ckve Leahy, St. James's-square, London, a Director of the
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, and Potteries Railway, the Great Walsh
Central Railway, and the Grand Trunk Railway
The Rev. Dr. Cursham, Vicar of Nanstleld, Nottinghamshire, Di-
rector of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Richard Greenhalgh, Esq„ Car Bank, Mansfield, Director of the:Boo-
ton, Newark, and Sheffield, and Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid-
lands Junction, and Derby, coif Gainsborough Railways
William Sacheverell Cook, Esq., Langton-hall, Nottinghamshire,
Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Richard Truswell, Esq., Mandrake-house, Sheffield
Edward Dowland, Esq., Mansfield
P. R. Deardon, Esq., Birkenhead
re The Rev. John Peatfield, West Bridgeferd
S Edsatind Sykes, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
ra" Williams Sabine, Esq., Broomhill-grange, Nottinghamshire
H Isaac Heywood, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
.= Montagu David Scott, Esq., Porchester-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
z tor of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
• 0
g William Heywood Paulson, Esq., Mansfield
Thomas Spragging Godfrey, Esq., Eslderton-hall, Nottinghamshire,
o Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sherr old Hallway
William Hollins, Req., Pleasly-vale, Derbyshire
4 Richard Henry Wright, Esq., Mansfield
William Gething, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield, and Derby, and Guinsborough Railway
Sibbald Scott, Esq., 62, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
2.° W. F. Handley, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
r 7 Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
Watkin Lees, Esq., Dukinfield
William Sidebottom, Esq., Ethrow House, HollinrwOrth
Richard,Wharton Myddleton,sq., Leasingham Hall
John Dodsloy, Esq., Skegby Hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the
a Derby and Gainsborough Railway
I Robert Watsoa, Esq., Mansfield
Thomas Burroughs, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gains-
'borough Railway
John Hudson, Eaq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gaitisborough
Railway •
Henry Brodhurst, Esq., Woodhouse-place
Samuel Wright Feam,
.Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq:,-/Irtedsall,. Director of the De?by and
Gaintlborough Railway a
General Reeve, Leadenhaln Hall,' Director of the Boston. Newark.
and Sheffield Railway
Major TaZylor, Radcliffe, Nottingham
Joseph Gilstrap, Esq., 4-ewarksOn-Trent -
Douglas Fox, Esq., Derby; Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
John Johnson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Galnsborough
Railway
William Foster, Esq., Sientbrd, Director of the Boston, Newark.
and Sheffield Railway
William GM, Esq, M.D., Nottingham
William Iloulasworth; Esq., Farnsfield
I Jonathan Ilardeastle, Esq., Blidworth Dale
John
Newark rand Tho,
tth Es meld Railwa Newark-yon-Trent, Director of the Boston.
Captain F. Chamier,..lie.kin-street, Beigrave-square
Edward Newbatt, Esq., Old-place, Sleaford
Dr, Bent; Derby, Director of the Derby and GainsboroughEmanuel Hewett, Esq.; Parnsfield
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Provisional Director of ;the Mid-
land and Eastern Counties Railways.
R. M. -Pruce, Esq.; Lothbury, anti 24, Park-square, Regent's-park
William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London
Rewliuid Mackenzie, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and
Baelngtoke, of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction,
and of the Great Western Extension Railway Companies
Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac Cottage, Bustal, near TAO*,
Director of the West Riding Junction, the Direct,Ueda and Liverpool
and other Railways
SOlemon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Martin Fundes, Esq., ditto
George Bodon, Inner Temple, and St. George's-terrace, lkonsingtost
John Richardson, Esq., Mansfield
Godfrey Tollenta, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Samuel Hart, Esq., Mansfield
Richard N. Piffilipson, Esq., Rugby
TUG FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORM THIS COMMITTEE Os'
niamerfox.
Edward Thomas Coke, Esq,
Francis Hall, Esq.
William Tinker, Esq.
Montagu David Scott, Esq.
James Sahnond, Esq.
Richard Greesthalgh, Esq.
Henry Kendall, Esq.
E. V. P. Burnell, Esq.
John Ray, Esq.
John Dodsley,Esq,
Messrs. Jones, Lo,
LONDON BANDEIS-3141161'11. DeniEoll, iien9ooCl, Kennards, and CO.
cons,srsy Eacaxas ;
nd Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Arthur, Heywood, and Sons
Nantwich—Liverpool and Manchester District Banking Company's
Branch
Neweastle-under-Lyno—Manehester and Liverpool District Banking
Company's Branch
Burslem—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's
Branch
Stafford—Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co.
Uttoxeter—The Burton Union Bank
Cheadanlech—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's
Br
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Sheffield— The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company
Mansfield and Chesterfield—Messrs. Robinson and Broadhurst
Nottingham—Messrs. J. and J. C. Wright, and Messrs. Moore and
Robinson's Banking Company.
ENGINEEE—Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
SoiniTtlas--Messrs. Parsons, Benn, and Parsons, and Metiers. liana
T. Walkden, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
LOCAL AGENTS.
St. G. George Smith, Esq., Derby
Newcastle-under-Lyint
Stafford
•
Ashbourne
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Wear& Dorrington, Hayward, BM-
combe, and Co., 16, Parliament-street

The national object of this undertaking is to create a direct and
united communication between the eastern and western Parts of the
kingdom.
On reference to a railway map of England, it will at once be seen
that Stafford and Crewe, on the Grand Junction and Derby, and
Belper, en the Midland Railway, are the centres to which a great
number of lines of railway, either already constructed or projected.
converge ; and between these four points no railway exists.
The West Midland Railway proposes to unite these points in the
following way commencing one of its arms at Crewe station.
on the Grand Junction Railway, which will run through or near
Newcastle-under-Lyre, Burnham, Stoke-spon-Trent, Lan. End, and
Cheadle, to Uttoxeter, where its other arm from Stafford will meet it and proceed thence, by Ashbourne to a point near the Belper station
on the Midland Railway, whore it will take advantage of the pro-
posed Derby and Gainsborough, Nottingham and Mansfield, and
Roston, Newark, and Sheffield Railways ; thus opening a direct oom-
munication between Holyhead and other:parts of North Wales,
Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire,'en the one hand, and Sheffield,
Retford, Mansfield, Nottingham, Newark, rorwich, and the ports of
Gainsborough, Grimsby, Boston, Spalding, Lynn and Yarmouth, oat
the other.

This line will accommodate a very considerable portion of the traffic
proceeding from the west coast of Scotland, Cumberland, and Lanca-
shire, into Line,olnehlre and the south-eastern parts of the kingdow,
and by that portion of the line which is proposed to rull betweell
'leper and Stafford, and the whole of the traffic from the east costs,
of Scotland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire,
tit its
and other populous northern counties passing to the west and south.
ntlleveettsration of local
west, together with the opulent mineral districts of South Wales, nut
vnteeWreed•
be effectually served.
Passing as this line will do, through a densely-populate and ex-
tensiveeharaet enr7ansuf,ac)netuorfitvigudtisiti.ripcto,rtiant
importance.
towns affected by it would suffice to show that Este
will be immense ; hut, in addition to this, wbta Credit is taken
for the
thorough traffic passing diagonally over the Ilee from south-east to
nortb-west, and from north-east to soidia..,, t
corn and other agricultural produce t.orn
thees , as well as for the
manufacturing districts ; and it return'
carriageeaen; counties to the
reannfactured
goods, slates from North Wales, salt fleet Cheshire,o
earthenware
from Staffordshire, and iron tom Shropshire, for *e consumption of
the midland counties as Well as for export from the eastern ports
of Hull, con
as
Spalding, &c., some adequate idea may
be formed of the advantages which the comple ion of this
comprehensive scheme will naturally develop. All these objects
have been deeply and seriously considered, and deemed of sash para-
mount importance to local interests, that the shiest and most in-
fluential atippert and co-operatioe have been obtained to effectually
carry out and insure the various objects of this undertaking.
Surveys of the district have been made
with much care, and the
result le highly favourable in an engineering point orview.
The Committee in the allotment of shares will give a preference to
parties locally interested, and in all cases satisiactoryi reference will
be required to some person of known respeelaehriles y
t tt
.at rho rate of 41.
Power will be taken in the act to allogw,,i.
'ell as On all fUture. calls.
Per cent. per annum, on
the
depXlittsLenopening of the h from the date of each Payment,
until a dividend be declared ; anti the liability of
subscribers will be
limited by the Act of Parliament to the amount of their respective
Shares.
The shame and all payments made thereon will be forfeited with-
out notice, should the holders thereof not sign the Subaeribera' Agree-
ment and Parliamentary Contract as soon as required.
Applications for shares in the form annexed may be inade to the Bo-
licitors, or the undermentioned Sharebrokere :
.r. s. yeates, Esq., Bank Chambers, London
ItogerMortinter, Esq , Throgrnortoil-street,_ditto
J. W. Scott, Esq., Bartholomew-lane, ditto
Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker. Manchester
John Duncull, Esq., ditto
Messrs. S. R. Healey, If itrapoot
Thomas, FOreyth Esq., ditto
Messril, V.lfill and Shaw, Derby
Aleasrilt not and Tootal, Hull
14elinii. Brady and Stanitbrth, Hull
'ini, ThomPSUII,Bsq., ditto.
rrancls Wakefield, Esq., lintiingbarn.
J. R. Lsne, Esq., Birminiiam.
Meagre. Edwards and Son, Bristol,
William Lee, Esq., Son,
Robert Allan, Esq„ Edinbur h.
Messrs. Mein and eunnin:gh-agm, Glasgow.
Messrs, lidTwen and Auld, ditto.
'bitty Carr, Manateld
Charles lipencez,Nottingham

FORM OF APPLICATION.
TO the Committee of Direction of the West Midland Railway
• " Company.

• • sh.
Gentlemen—l request you will allotll mefaudield, Nottingham
Shaes oire 257.
each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept then
same, to
_pay_ the_deposit thereon.l& on any less number that may be allotted
to me, and to execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement in respect thereof when thereunto required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in till ........ ..... • • • • ..........
Trade or Profession ..... .
Name or Referee ..... ........
Address of Referee .................. a

T 9 TIM WORSHIPFUL TILE MAYOR OF 1
T lE BOROUGH OF GRANTHAM.
N4-c, the undersigned, respectfully request you to call a MEETING
of the Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of GRANT-
11‘31, and other persons interested, for the purpose of taking into
cei.sidoration the railways projected from the west to the east, pass-
iug through Grantham.—Dated this 19th day of September, 1845.
John Garnar Richard Bradley
P.. L. Hough Joseph J. A. Brown
Robert Turner Samuel
Heal Ridge
John Hardwick George y
J. J. Herbert John Manners
Thomas Manners J. S. Wagstoffe, Clerk
F. Musson Henry Thompson
J. Lely Ostler Charles Miller
Mark Ward Robert Mather
Joseph llancock W. Eaton
John Basker John Rippin
Forman Owen C. G. Gray
C. H. Haycock Lawrence Wyles
Thomas Ekin Geo. Draper I
William Green Edward Wilks
W. Walkington Henry Pearce
Robert Henry Johnson J. L. Gray
John Lane J. Chamberlain
Charird George Brett
John NVOLson Samuel King
John Hardy, Jun. John King
William Turner William Booth
Kewney and King Joseph Wyles
Fred. Malim Thomas Wyles
Richard Briggs F. P. Newcombe
Thomas Burgess Joseph Hind.
Joseph Richards
In compliance with the above requisition, I hereby appoint a public
meeting to he held at the Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of
September, at Twelve o'clock at noon.
Grantham, Sept. 20, 1845. J. F. BURBIDGE, Mayor.

T }I

YORK and LANCASTER RAILWAY.
It is hereby notified to the public that, the Shares in the
above Company being appropriated, the Letters of Allotment were
is3ued this evening, and the Provisional Directors regret, from the
multiplicity of applications (nearly 400,000 Shares being appplied for,
while the total number of the Company amounts to but 64,000) very
many persons of known respectability have been nete:sarily dis-
appointed, by not receiving Allotments. Due notice will be given,
when the Scrip is ready for issuing in exchange for the bankers'
receipts.. By order of the Board,
DOUGLAS KINNAIRD PULTENEY, Chairman.
S. HOLDSWORTH, Secretary.
Palace Chambers, St. James's-street, Sept. 27, 1845.