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

LOCAL bOLICITORS.

G. F. Thompson, Esq., Dover ; Henry Gilbert, Esq., Devizes; W.
H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Timbrell and Meyrlck,
Bradford and Trowbridge; Messrs. Taylor, Kamp, and Kingston,
Bath ; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke
Messrs. Hoffman and Son, Heading

Thomas Lamb, Esq , Andover
Mes,rs. J. and W. Rees Mogg, Lholwell, near Bath
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Wadiiy,
SECRETARY—CharIes Martin, Esq.

This Company has been formed for the purpose of constricting a
line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate,
whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the
south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the
several ports and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and
Bristol ; and, by meals of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with
Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and
the north of England.
From its proximity to the Continent, the pert of Dover will always
be the most accessible point of the English coast ; an expeditious
communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours,
and inland:towns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily he regarded
as a great national advantage.

Dover is at present the chief port of embarkation for Calais,
Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and the vast numbers
already resorting there both on business and pleasure, will ►e im-
measurably increased when the railways of France, Belgium, Hol-
land, and Germany are fully brought into operation.
In addition to which, the Government Commissioners having
selected Dever as a Harbour of Refuge, and recommended the outlay
therP •f 1,500,000!., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the
greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the ccci-
try, and perhaps tho most important town on tho southern coast.
In every point of ♦iew, therefore, whether for national security, or
for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping
and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more conve-
nient, and accelerated intercourse between this great port and all
parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the pro-
moters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed railway,
which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing the
chain of railway communication upon the narrow gauge between the
south-eastern coast, and Bristol aid the western, northern, and mid-
land counties. . _

The lam will commence at the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail-
way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Godalming, Farnham,
and Odiham to the Basingstoke station, en the South-Western Rail-
way. It will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trow-
bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course
through the Somersetshire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards
Radstock hit* the heart of the collieries, terminate in ajunction with
the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol.
By its course through Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odi-
ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by
those towns, and connect the rich and fertile lisp districts of Surrey,
Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means ef conveyance of their
produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill.
By its junction with the contemplated " Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Railway ," it will afford to the inhabitants of Reading, Oxford,
and to the midland counties generally, the best and shortest rents to
the Continent, as well as to Worthing, Hastings, Brighton, and the
other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of
visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior
of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which
will be accomplished by this and the proposed railway from heading.
By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke,
and of the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway farther
west, the present line will connect Dover towards the south, with
Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.),
Gosport, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Cheltenham,
Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, also
with Shrewsbury, Chester, and Holyhead, and in fact with the whole
of North and South Wales.
At Basingstoke, also, this line will join the proposed London, Salis-
bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dever and the south-
eastern counties the populous acid wealthy cities of Salisbury and
Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset,
and Devon, the ports of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and
the mineral regions of Cornwall.
Te Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns
in the vicinity of its course, the benefit which this line will confer
cannot be too highly estimated ; to the coal districts of Somerset-
shire it will open large and constant markets both in Bristol and to
the south and east, while to the inhabitants of Bristol especially, con-
necting its channel with the Straits of Dover and the Downs, pro-
viding a perfect line for telegraphic communication, and securing to
them the whole of the trade between the south-east of England and
the west and south of Ireland, it seems difficult, considering the enor-
mous traffic which must necessarily flow to that city, to conceive a
project more deserving of their cordial support.
In the memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two
great rival companies, the Legislature for the first time admitted
that principle of competition with existing interests which was
claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for
the protection and benefit of the public; and it is with no fear of
the result that the promoters of the present undertaking invite
attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the
construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel
will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be
established between Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the
narrow gauge than by the devious course of the Great Western, inde-
pendently of all the advantages of the proposed central station at
Hungerford-bridge, and the convenient access to the Thames both
there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and inconvenient station
of the Great Western at Paddington.

In length the proposed line will be nearly 110 miles (assuming this
Company to have the construction of that portion between Reigate
and Dorking, for which plans have been deposited by the South-
Eastern Company)—the country through which it passes does not
present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any resi-
dential or ornamental property be interfered with except under an
imperative necessity.
A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and
the Committee also retain to themselves the power to vary the course
of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests
and projected linea that may be considered advantageous to the
shareholders.
The capital proposed to be raised is 1,500,0001., in 75,000 shares of
201. each, with a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, to be paid on allotment.
Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest, at 41. per cent.
per annum, upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of
the line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more than the
amount of his deposit until the Act has beea obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
p issued immediately upon pay-
tsanomduustniltieebe addressed to the Secretary, at the
The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
No. 12, Gray's Inn-place, only ; hut no appli-
ssscriaccompanied by a reference to a
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Offices
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deposits.csx.oefte Company,
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Copies of the Prospectus and form of application
for shares may be
obtained at the offices of the Company, or of Messrs. Peppercorne, Old
Broad-street ; Mr. Sym,
Cmoemmpbaenry.e,
otrh
bnler. Provisional Committee,
9, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. S. Wil-
liams, Throgmorton-street, stock and sharebrokers, London.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Bristol Railway.
Gentlemen,—I request you will allot me shares of 211. each
in this Company, and I agree to accept the same, or :my smaller
wannuhdi
meiebxerreecquwhich
Dated thisempaayrlibame allottedentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement
to Me, to pay the deposit thereon

day of
Name in full .• .• ........
Occupation or Profession..
Residence • • • • • • •
Reference• • •• • • • • ••

1845.

DIRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD
RA.I LWAy.
No further Applications for Shares can be received. The Allot-
ment will take place immediately, and the letters be Issued in a few
By order,
days. GEORGE F. HIRE, Soerstary.
Gresham-street (late Lad-lane), Oct. 14, 1845.

SOUTH MIDLAND, or LEICESTER
kJ NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, tuld HUNTINGDON
RAILWAY.

(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

COJIMITTIE OF DIRBCTION.

GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairmas of the Midland Railway
Company, Chairman
John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Legs, Leicester
Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., RoLleStOn Hall, Burton-

upon-Trent
Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster
John Waddingham, Esq., Leeds
William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester
Edmond Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley
Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.
Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Northampton
William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-
road, Hyde Park-gardens, London
Josh. Knight, Esq., Leicester. •
Evenian.—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester
Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, Londo
T. E. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth.
WOMBS.
Messrs. Currie and Co., London
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
The Union Bank, Northampton
SicarrAav—George Newton Browne, Esq.
Orricas—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester.

Directors of the
Midland Railway
Company

Directors of the
South Midland
Railway Company

The shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company are in
formed that arrangements have been made by the Committee of
anagement with the Board of Directors of the Midland Railway
Company for carrying out the original South Midland line with the
important additions of a line to Bedford and a branch to Huntingdon,
the whole being consolidated in one undertaking, and placed ander
the management of a joint Board of Direction composed of members
of the Boards of the two Companies.
The objects, therefore, embraced by the present undertaking are—.
1. A direct line from Leicester by way of Market Harborough to
Northampton, being :he original South Midland
2. A line diverging therefrom at Market Yarborough, and passing
by way of Kettering to Bedford ; and
3. A branch from the last-mentioned line, at or neartKhecit,erldg,fotro
Huntingdon.
The capital at present belonging to the South Midland Company
will form a portion of the consolidated capital (and re
being
contributed by the Midland Railway Company), and in order to com-
ply with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, as recently
altered, it is necessary that the deposit of it. 2s. already paid on the
South Midland shares should be increased to 2/. 2s. It is also neces-
sary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued, and new Parna.
mentary deeds executed.
The shareholders in the South Midland Company are therefore re.
quired to pay, on or before the 25th day of October next, the further
sum of IL per share on the shares respectively held by
this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the ConsPanY's offices,
Leicester, the scrip now held by them, together with an application
for registry and exchange in the annexed form, on or before the 18th
day of October next.
The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to rece've the
increased deposit will be issued within three days after the registry
of the scrip, and oa the production of the bankers' receipt and the
execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new
scrip cer-
tificates will be issued.
All scrip in respect of which the shareholders shall fall to take the
necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the
specified period will be forfeited.
Forms of application for registry and exchange of scrip may be eb.
tained by applying to the Secretary, at the Company's offices.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman,
a, N. BROWNE, Secretary,
Leicester, Sept. 30, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE

P In OF SCRIP.
To the Committee of Direction of the South Midland, or Leicester,
Northampton, Redford, and Runtindon Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the
South Midland, Northampton, and Leicester Railway Company, in
respect of which I request you to issue me new seri the above
Company, and I agree to pay the furtherdeposit of 11. per share on or
before the 25th day of Oetober instant, and to execute the new Par-
liamentary Contract and Subscriberis' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 11145.
'ame in full ....... ....:., .

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THE GRANJ LONDON AND DUBLIN
ATPROXINLATIeN RAILWAY.

Rastrick's Line.
Provisionally Registered pur milt to 7th and lith Victoria, tap. 110,

sec. 4.)

Designed to avoid the present circuitous route, and so effect a very
considerable saving, both of time and distance, between the two
capitals of England and Ireland, running in a direct line from Len-
don to Bangor and Holyhead, through Shrewsbury, and touching or
accommodating in its route the following towns and places, namely,
Iticknaansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Aylesbury, 131cester, Dud-
ain;ton, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, 'Warwick, Alces-
zer, Bromsgrovo, Worcester, Kidderminster, Brialgnorth, Wenlock,
hroseley, Coalbrookdale, ,lirewsbury, Llau-y-myucch, Welclapool,
~swestry, Llangollen, Llattrahaladr, 3lochtiant, Corwem, Petitre-
voelas, Capel Cerrig, Bangor, and Holyhead.
Capital 6,000,0001., in 120,000 lihares of SO/. each.
Deposit 51. ss. per Share.
Temporary offices of the Company, 4. Great lYinellester-street,
London.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTRE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Comberuhro, ta.C.B.,
Lord Viscount Mandeville
Lord Claud Hamilton, 31. P.
Hon, Captain Fenton Evan Freke. 13olgrave-square, Director of the
. _

Bandon and Bantry Railway
Hon. Geoffrey Browne, Castle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland
Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman of
the York and Lancsater Railway
!Pr Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Harts, Director of the Oxford
and Cambridge Railway
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Esq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland
General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, liryttn-
ston-square
Col. Sir Duncan IPDottgal, K.C.8., Eaten-square
Rear-Admiral Sir Sainsbury Davenport, C. 11., Rratuall-hall,
Cheshire, and Weedon-hall, Bucks
Sir J. Gaspard Le Merchant, K.C.11., Cork
Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Director
of the North Wales Railway
Col. Sir F. Ilankey, G.C.M.G., Director of the Direct London aid
Exeter Railway
dir George Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and
Portsmouth Railway
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynia. Clifford-street, Director of the
London and Exeter Railway
Sir James Pitcairn, Cork
Sir Janes Eyre, Lower Brook-street
Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 11., Mount Wise, Devexpert
Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County of Sr.:.op
John Meredith, Esq., Ilasbora Park, Magistrate for the Counties •f
Worcester and Salop
Major-General Henry Bowdier, Sidney-terrace, Cork •
Captain Robert Peel Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, aad Castle-
dawson, Ireland
George Henry Dashwoed, Esq., 11. P., West Wycomb-park, Bucks
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square
Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and
Armagh Inland Railway
The O'Gorman Mahon, Mahonberg, County of Clare, Ireland
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Bovine, King's County, Ireland,
Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway
The O'Moore, Cheghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County •f Ros-
common
Robert Hart, Esq., Dripshill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury, and the Great North and South
Wales Railways
W. Hutchins, Esq.. Llsaintflied-ceurt, Monmouthshire
Charles William Spicer, Esq., Portman-square, Director ef the Ar-
magh, Coleraine, and Portrush, Dublin and Armagh Inland,
Shropshire Mineral, and Direct London and Exeter Railways
The Rev. C. Leicester, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of
Salop, Tice-Chairman of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Charles Fox, Esq., D.L., Rutland-square, Dublin, Director of the
Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway
•
William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple
Thomas Meyer Carvick. Esq., Ilighwood, Director ef the Dublin and
Armagh Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dublin aid Gal-
way Railway, &c.
George A. Brown, Esq., Director of the Callao and Lima Railway
William Seymour, Esq, Montague-place, Russell-square
William John Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Bristol Railway
Rev. Pooley Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissioner of the National
Board of Education and Charitable Bequests, Ireland
Christopher Wallis Popham, Esq., Trevarno, Cornwall, Director of
the Strabane Ship Canal Company.
Robert John Lattey, Esq., Claremont-place, Grove End-road, St.
John's Wood.
William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Dews, Middlesex,
Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, mni Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush Railways
Colonel Edward Nichols, R.M., Shooter's-till and Coleraine, Direc-
tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo, and Shan-
non Railways
Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Direc-
tor of the ♦rmagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Shan-
non Railways
Captain James Wood, R.M., Woolwich
William Justin O'Driscoll, Esq., banker, Dublin
Richard Edward Arden, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the Dub-

lin and Armagh Inland Railway
Captain Rodgers, Cloyenedon-house, Loughsll, Iretaut
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Marina In.
surance Office _ _

Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen •square, Bloomsbury
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South Midland Junction
Jr.o.
J. Freese, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury
G. Hazlerigg, Eaq., West Carlton-hall, Leicestershire, Director ef the
Rugby and Huntingdon Railway, &e. - '" - •
J. M`Millan, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick
Railway
J. Bright, Esq., M.D., Cambridge-square, London . -
Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Coram-street
W. Clement, Esq., Shrewsbury
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and
County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of .Ely, and
Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railways.
Robert Remmett, Esq., Victoria-square, Grosvenor-place, Director of
the Sovereign Insurance Office, kc.
Thomas Gresham, Esq., Raheny Park, Dublin, Director of the Dun-
dalk and Enniskillen, and Irish North Midland Railways
F. W. Heath, Esq., Armagh
F. F. Pole, Esq., St. John's Grove-house, County Cork
George Stevens, Esq., Oak Lodge, High Beach, Essex
Edmund Mathew, Esq., Somerset-street, Portman-square
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Weed, Dl-
rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland
Wm. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's
Thomas Gulliver, Esq., Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxoi, Director of
the Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways
Win. Gulliver, Esq., Swallcliff, near Banbury, Oxon
Captain Julius Newell, R.N., United Service Club
Captain Bradshaw, R.N., Hatherley-place, Cheltenluuts
Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine
Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire
Wra. H. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square
George Beauclerc, Esq., Grosvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place
Robert I. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director
of the Great Leeds and London Railway
J. A. Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways
Major Humphreys, Miltown-house, Strabane, Ireland
Capt. Thos. P. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lugwar-
dine, Herefordshire,: Director of the Isle of Man, and Irish West
Cookst Railways
The Mayor of Bridgnorth
Benjamin Watts, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnorth
Thomas Glase, Esq. /Members of the Corporation of Bridg-
Josiah Minton Glase, Esq. north
Edward Richard Pratt, Esq.
Samuel Ridley, Esq., 'rid:north
Edmund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Henry Cane Leahy, St. James's-square, Director of the Sheffield,
Buxton, Derby, and Manchester Railway
R. S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc-
tor of the London and Exeter Railway
Richard Fisher, Esq., Alcester Lodge, Warwick, Director of the War-
wickshire and London Extension and Worcester Junction Railway
Jaraes Whitehouse, Esq., Ipsley Court, Warwick
Janes Reading, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire, manufsetture
George Hollyoake, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
John Onions, Esq., Broseley, Ironmaeter, &c., Director of the Stour-
kridge,Madeley, Ironbridge, and Breseley, and the Grand June-
ion and Cambrian Railways
n Thorn, Esq., Whitehall, Broseley, Director et the Stearbridge,
Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and
Cambrian Railways
Alexander John Gen don, Esq., Linley Hall near Brossley
Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. Briignorth, Manufacturers
Williata Southwell, Esq.
William Cele, Esq., Bicester
Edward Deaking, Esq., Bicester
Horace Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Limiteamat, Woodside, County
Cork
R. D. Freeman, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork
St. Johu Jeffrey, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, County Cork
Pierce Purcell, Esq., Aitemira, County Cork
James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork
Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandfleld, county Cork
J. H. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow
St. John Galway, M.D., Mallow
George Washington Brazier Creagit, Esq., J.P„ Creagh-castle
John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-house, Celt, Director of the
Cork and Bandon, and Bandon and Bantry Railways
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Ipswich and Southampton, and Sligo and Shannon
Railways
W. H. O'Driscoll, Esq., Clifton, near Bristol
The Rev. William Wilson, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington,
Oxon
Charles Faulkner, Esq., F.a.s., Deddington, Oxfordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Cruttenden, Balineollig
William Copplager, Esq., Barry's-court
W. Reeves, Esq., J.P., Trainor*, Cork • •
William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of
the Warwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction
Railways
George Wyman, Esq., Aleester, Warwickshire •
William Henry Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan
Junction Company •
Edward Power, Esq., Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of
the Ipswich and Southampton Railway
Colonel Henry Duadas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth,
Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Hants, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
William Urns, Esq., Bloxham
Henry Watson, Esq., High Sheriff of the City of Limerick
Robert Baugh Blakemore, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews-
bury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway
Henry Keats, Esq., Shrewsbury/ Directors of the Birmingham aid
Isaac Taylor, Esq., ditto, S Brighton Railway
Major-General Turner, Commander of the Cork District
Lieut-Colonel Westropp, J.P., Cork
Major North Ludlow Beamish, F.R.S., Ballincurrig, Near Duglas,
Cork
Joseph Leycester, Esq., Cork
Matthew Pierrpoint, Esq., Crow's Nest, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
county of Worcester, and Director of the Rugby, Derby, Man.
chaster, and Welsh Midiaa.l Railways
John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllin, Merioneth. Director of the Great
North and South Wales Railway
George Paul, Esq., banker, 217, Strand
Morgan Culhane, DR., M.D., Worthing, Sussex
Charles Thelluson, Esq., Simmer-lodge, Worthing, Sussex
James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 35, Gloucester-read, Hyde Park-
gardens
John Green, Esq., Hales Owen. magistrate fbr the *punts of
Worcester
George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical
Invalid Insurance Office
J. M. Mathew, Esq.. Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, sq pt.
cester, and Stafford, and Direct Western Railway
Joseph Farmer4Esq., Mayor of Bewdley
John Bedoe, Esq., merchant, Bewdley
Tames F. Sugrue, Esq., merchant, Cork
Win. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portmaa-square
John Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, London
Colonel G. Fitch, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester,
and the York and Lancaster Railways
W. Wyse, Esq., The Manor, Waterford
W.K. Rodgers, Esq., late High Sheriff of the smutty:of Cork, and Di-
rector of the Cork and Passage Railway
Pierce Nagle, Esq., Anakissy, Doneraile, London
George Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth
William Lumley Perrier, Esq., Bellaire, Cork
Joel Smith, Esq., -, Walsal, Staffordshire
Edward Canning, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon
Thomas Ashmead Perry. Esq..
Esq.. New Town Cottage, Stratford I
Samuel Hayward,
(With power to add to their number).
COUNSEL IN ENGLAND.

Mr. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Inn ; Walter M'Grlgor, Min, Lie.
coln's-Inn.

COEINSEL IN IRELAND—Joseph Napier, Esq., Q.C.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—J. U. it astrick, Esq.
ACTIN• ENGINEERS.
W. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E. ; J. W. Eazalgette, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.

In London—Measrs. Ogle and Tennghnsband, 4, Great Winchester-
street, London
In Ireland-401m Cutainlag, Esq., 11, Nortk Great George-street,
Dublin.

IA NUM.!.

Messrs. Mastermai, ?eters, and C•. ; the :Leaden and Westminster

Bank.
swim-mans ix ENGLAND—H. Newell, Esq., and Henry Cowper, E:q.
SZOILLSART IN ICELAND—Frederick Francis Pole, Eeq., ii, North
Great George-street, Dublin.

PAILIADIENTAZT Asir(Ts.

Hugh Imes Cameron and George Bain, Eaqrst, 18, Parliament

street, London.
J. E. L. Walmsley, Esq., North-street„ Westminster.

PROSPECTUS.

The imperative necessity, alike in a social, commercial, or political
point of view, for drawing as closely together as possible the capitals
of England and Ireland, has suggested the formation of the Grand
London and Dublin Approximation Railway,—a line, the value of
which it is difficult to over estimate, since it will be found to take a
nearly direct course from the English metropolis-to-Holyhead. It
will pass through or near the populous and nolele county town of
Shropshire (as ye iunprovided with railway communication), and
will traverse along its whole extent districts second in wealth, re-
sources, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire ; bringing them
more nearly and immediately in ecntact with London and Dublin,
than has hitherto been tbrir.ght possible. This project is wholly in-
dependent of any ether line already before the public, and as it
poslcsses national advantages whie:h none can surpass, must, when
earyied, lit, become, wi':.noe Uncap:RA the Most important railway
diroonritain.
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central and accessible terminus iu London, and Farringdon-street has
bean fixed upon for that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as
poss,ble to Uolyhead

In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns :
—Rickmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to birom.sgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence con-
tinuo its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyrnwy, will proceed to Lian-y-mynech, Llaurhaladr,
and Mochnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by
Conran into the Vale of the River Alwen, from whence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale Of Nant Francon
to Bangor and Holyhead.
This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by tha most consi-
siderabio railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol ; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire Ittelway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of bring-
, ing all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a
doubt, by the obvious fact that it will not only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the otker
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will
give to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in tea hours.
It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day. .

Up to the point where the lino approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
lino may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to llolyhead ; or, if found de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continuo an independent
lino by Beaun►aris to Holyhead.
After a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors feel warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may-
be booked throughout, from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of ens proprietary to that of another. The
railways new in active progress in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete

and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of
the Directors, and every advancement in science will bo made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ;
while, finally, the very lowest rats of fares will he adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the pnblic will find in the improvement of
the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the
first class, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy au enterprise so national in its
character.

Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per arinum on the amount of the
subscriptions paid ap ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not

beyond the amennt of his subscription.
Applications for Shares nay be made, in the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Messrs. Cameron
and Baius, 11, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
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Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Klmpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;

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Messrs, Graystone and Earl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles
Calmer, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-burgh ; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and .Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin.