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London, England, 1845-05-05 00:00:00

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PILBROW'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWA?
and CANAL PROPULSION COMPANY.
6, King William-street, City.
Notice is hereby given that no application for Shares to this tem*
pany will be received after Wednesday, the hist,- -
C. LOLLINS, Secrotary.

6, King William-street, City,
May 3, 1845.

taIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
11_11. RAILWAY, ivith a DIVERGING LINE through STRAT.
FORD-ON-AVON, to unite with the MORETON-IN-MARS*
RAILWAY. _ _

Capital £600,000, in Shares of £2O each.
Deposit, £2 per Share.
Provisionally Registered pursuant to Act 7th and ith Vie., C. 111.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Mayor of Birmingham
John Adams, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law, London
J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birtainghatak
John Aston, Es-., Birmingham
Robert James Atty, Esq., Ingon Grange, Stratford-on-Avon
F. P. Barlow, Esq., London
Matthew P. W. Boulton, Esq., Great Tow Park, Oxon
Charles Oldfleld Bowles, Esq., North Aston Park
W. E. Boyce, Esq., Alkerton, Hear Banbury
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James Buttin, Esq., IV( stfleld House, near Rugby
C. H. Corbett, Req., Adminton
Walter Cowan, Esq.. Offehurch Bray, near Leamington
John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool
Sir George Dashwood, Bart., Kirtlington-park, Oxon
William Dickens, Req., Clierrinr,ton, near Shipston
Rev. John Ellis, Wooton, Henly-lu-Arden
Edmund Darby Ford, Esq., Stratford-on. Avon
John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-en-Avon
J. Gardiner, Esq., Southern
Darwin Galion, Esq., Edstone Hall, near Stratford-on-Ann
Robertson Gladstone, Esq.. Liverpool
John Griffith, Edq., Alvesten, near Stratford-on-Avon
J. Haddon, Esq., Leamington
Wm. Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford-on-Avon
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool
Captain Hitchins, Idicote House, near Shipston
Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool
John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston
George Lucy, Esq., Charlecote Park, near Stratford-on-Aves
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire
--Willlarn-Mathews, Esq.,-Edgbaston, Birmingham
J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristel
Rev. Richard Morris, Eatington, near Stratford-en-a.veu
John Moss, Esq., Liverpool
P. li. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham
Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne
J. G. Reeves, Esq., Birmingham
John Rich, Esq., Bearley
John Beckett, .Esq., Bath
Francis Rufford, Esq., Bellbroughton, near Stourbridgo •
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., London
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham
Major-General Smith, Rugby
Gustavus Thomas Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-on-Avon
John Staunton, Esq., Tidmington, near Shipston
Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington
Thomas Thomson, Esq., M.D., Mayor of Stratford-oil-Avon
T. H. Thorne, Esq., Leamington
Rev. Henry Townsend, Honnington, near Shipston
Geo. Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfield House, Bletchlngton, (Non
Charlei Woodiness, Esq., Avonliurst, near Stratford-on-Avon
[With power I. add to their number.] .
BANKERS.

London—Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co.
Birmingham—Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co. ; the Birentng.
ham Banking Company.
Bristol—Messrs. Miles, Harford and Co.
Leamington and Warwick—The Leamington Priers and War-
wickshire Banking Company ; the Warwick and Leamington
Banking Company
Liverpool—Messrs. Moss and Co.
Stratford-on-Avon—The gtourbridge and Kidderminster Banking
Company.
Souctroas—Messrs. Patterson, Haynes, and Hanbury, Leamington
and Warwick ; W. 0. Hunt, Esq., and C. Stevens, Esq., 10, White-
hall, London; Messrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool.
The object of this undertaking is to establish the most direct and
efficient railway communication that can be formed between Bir-
mingham and Oxford, connecting by the shortest possible route the
whole of the Lancashire manufacturing districts and sea-ports with
the south of England sad its long line of coast in the British Channel.
The existing lines afford but a very imperfect and circuitous com-
munication through London, and it is singular that the competing
lines of railway now before the public do not supply the deficiency or
provide for the objects now contemplated. Under these circum-
stances, there can be no doubt that this railway will confer essential
benefits on the districts through which it is intended to pass, as well
as on the commercial and hitrustrions claseei-of the-nottE, -Wig very
cursory inspection of the map will satisfy the inquirer that the line is
so peculiarly situate as to command an unusually large amount of
through traffic, independent of its local resources, which are very great.
It cannot fail to be observed, that the Birmingham and Oxford
junction will save a considerable distance on the route towards the
coast, besides furnishing to Warwick and Leamington the most
direct railway communication for the traffic between those places
and Oxford, Reading, kc., while the cheapness of construction and
excellence of the gradients will enable the Company to convey pas-
sengers and goods at very low rates, such as would not remunerate
an expensive line, but which are calculated to afford an ample return
for the small capital required for this undertaking.
The railway will commence by a connexion with the Grand done-
tion Railway at Birmingham, and proceeding in nearly a straight
line by Warwick and Leamington, fall into the intended Oxford and
Rugby line, near Fenny Compton ; the entire distance from Zinnias--
ham to Oxford will thus be about 62 miles.
The Stratford-on-Avon line, which will be constructed simultane-
ously with the line by Warwick and Letunington, will join the main
railway at or near to Kingswood. From Stratford-on-Avon to More-
ton-in-the-Marsh, by an improvement of the existing railway, a dis-
tance of 14 miles, the communication through Stratford will be- com-
plete,- to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, and the
Oxford, Reading, and the South of England.-
It is confidently believed that this extension of the Oxford tine to
the Grand Junction Railway at Birmingbaui, taking Leamington and
Warwick iii its course, wilt furnish such strong corroborative proof
of the public imp, wt wive and necessity of the Oxford and Rugby line
(now promoted by the Great Western Company) as to ensure its
success in Parliatuent. If the broad gauge should be adopted, ar-
rangements have been made with the Great Western Company to
rnn dispatch trains between London and Birmingham in less than
three hours, and also to provide, at low rates, means of convevanoe
for every description of traffic, whether of passengers, caraages,
horses, cattle, or merchandise and minerals.
The Provisional Committee, however, promote this wieasttre as one
ofgreat national importance, and do not intend it to be contingent in
any degree on the success or failure of the Oxford and Rugby Itailwar.
but they will be guided in the final selection of the line, in the prin-
ciple of construction, and in the mode of working it, by the evidence
which may be adduced during the present session, and by the remit
of the applications now before Parliament, as far as they may appear
consistent with the experience still to be obtained on the re.lhtive
merits of the systems.

They need only add, in conclusion, that if the Oxford and ltogby
line is successful, the capital of 600,0001. will be ample, as the country
has been carefully examined. No engineering difficulties exist, and
there will he no tunnel throughout the line.
The lauded interests affected by the proposed railway are very
favourable, and the Bill will be applied for in the next melon of
Parliament.
A 8 n umerous applications for Shares in this Company continue to be
received, notwithstanding the notice of allotment advertised on the
Ist instant, the Provisional Committee take this opportunity to-state
-to the parties making the same, that their requests cannot ha com-
plied with.
449, West Strand, London, April 2a, 1645.