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London, England, 1845-10-23 00:00:00

THE Stil, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVENING, OCTOBER 2s, 145

Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield ;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham; It. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles
ouper, Esq., I, Parkside-street, Edinburgh James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
snd Stafford Dublin.
FORM OF AVPLICATION.
To the Provisional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin Ap-
proximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,— I request you will allot me shares of 501.
each in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the
same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the
deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement whet; required.

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TENBY, SAUNDERSFOOT, and SOUTH
WALES RAILWAY AND PIER COMPANY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 250,000/., in 12,500 Shares of 2:1.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Chairman—Sir Richard Bulkeley Philipps Philipps, Bart. M.P.

Picton Castle, PembrOleslitre

Henry George Ward, Esq. M.P. director of the Northern and
Eastern Railway
C. Bowes Fripp, Esq. Bristol, director of the Bristol and Exeter,

and :'oath Devon Railways
William Watson, Esq. Bristol, director of the South Devon Railway
John Disney, Esq., / Director of the Saundersfoot Rail-
Charles Ranken, Esq. way
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Sir William Magnay, Bart, aldernian of London
H. R. Downman, Esq. Kidwelly, Carmmihenshire, director of the

Cambrian and Graiid Junctioi; Railway
John Francis Woody, Esq. director of the Cambrian and Grand

Junction Railway-
Summers Harford, Esq. Cold Blow, Pembrokeshire
John Lawrie, Esq. Charles-street, St. James, director •f tho London
and Croydon Railway
Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq. director of the South Midland Rail-
way

W. P. Andrew, Esq.l
Directors of the Welsh South Midland
Geo. Lawton. Esq. Railway
C. R. Colman, Esq.
Seymour Phillips Allen, Esq Cressilly-house, Pembrokeshire
Jame,' Mark Child, Esq. Hegelly-house, Pembrokeshire
The Mayor of Tenby
The Rev. J. H. Humphreys, LL.D. rector of Tenby
William Richards, Esq. the Crott-house, Tenby
Henry Leach, Esq. Corston, Pembrokeshire
William Brock Swann, Esq. Merrixton-house, Saundersfoot
George Protheroe, Esq. Tenby and Loveston, Pembrokeshire
Lieut.-Col. Charles Ferrier, Tenby
George Lloyd, Esq. Tenby, Captain R.N.
John Bowers, Esq. magistrate for the borough of Tenby
J. :H. Morgan, Esq. Tenby, Lieut. R.M. treasurer to the corporation

of Tenby
Wm. Thomas Longbournc, Gray's Thorock
Captain Thomas Stephenson, Bristol
P. Slainsby, Esq. I. insbur3--square
Thomas Stokes, Esq. Hean Castle, Savndersfoot, proprietor of the

Hean Castle Collieries
Lieut.-Col. Samuel Shaw, Tenby
The Rev. J. Dalton, Vicar of St. Issells, Saundersfoot
John P. M. Myers, lEsq.lvy Tower, Tenby, and lessee of the Bon-

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villes Court Colliery, Saundersfoot
The Rev. Richard Buckby, rector of Begelley, Pembrokeshire
John Longbourne, Esq. Bonvilles-court, Saundersfoot, lessee of the
Kilgetty, Merrixton, Cwm, and Lower Level Colleries
The Rev. William D. Phillips, sector of Crunwear, near Saunders-

foot
George Stokes. Esq. Netherwood, Saundersfoot, secretary to the
Saundersfoot Steam Mills Company
The Rev. John liughes, vicar of Penally, near Tenby
The Rev. Henry Leach, Stackpoole Eledor cum St. Petrox, Pem-

brokeshire
Septimus Stephen Williamson, Esq. Saundersfoot and Moreton, lessee
of the Moreton Collieries
James Stretch, Esq Pendilo, Saundersfoot
Lewis and James Wilson, Esqrs. lessees of the Briadmoor Collieries,

near Saundersfoot
Lewis Pocock, Esq. Begally, Pembrokeshire, and Montagu-square,
leesee of the Begelly, Bushmoor,and Spadeland Collieries
The Rev. J. W. Birkett, vicar of St. Florence, Tenby
Robert Brough, Esq. Pentlepoir and Begelly, Pembrokeshire, mine-

ral surveyor
Charles Ranken Vickerman, Esq, Saundersfoot
Robert Waters, Esq. Penally Court, Tenby
The Rev. John William Hughes, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, and Holy-

- well, Oxford
Robert Morgan, Esq. Trenwydd, Saundersfoot, shipowner, timber

_ merchant, and lime-burner
Morgan Hughes, Esq. Thomas Chapel, Saundersfoot, lessee of the

Thomas L'hapel and Hacket Collieries
Samuel Giles, Esq. Saundersfoot, harbour master
Robert Dade, Esq. Tenby
M. Wynn Owen, Esq. Pembroke and Tenby
John Gwynn, Esq. Tenby
Nathaniel Millard, Esq. Tenby
Wm. Freeman, town councillor, Tenby
Charles B. Clark, town councillor, Tenby
William Walkington, Tenby.
ENGINEER—Francis Giles, Esq.
Souciroas—Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square,

London

The Committee have much satisfaction in stating that arrange-
ments are in satisfactory progress for an amalgamation with the
Saundersfoot Company for securing the use of their line, and other
works, and that the surveys of the short extension of the old line are
complete, and the whole of the necessary deposits can be made be-
fore the 25th November next, so as to insure the application being
made to Parliament in the ensuing session. The assent of almost
every landowner on the line has already been obtained, and nego-
tiations are in progress with the South Wales Railway, so that there
is every reason to believe that the measure will be carried out with-
out any opposition.
Prospectuses may be obtained ofthe solicitors and local agents, and
of Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street, London;
Edwards and Son, and Tate and Nash, tristol ; Beaumont and Lang-
worthy, Exeter ; J. Woods, junior, Liverpool ; J. Fernyhough, Man-
chester; and James Jamieson, Leeds, to whom applications for shares,
in .the subjoined form, accompanied by a reference to some banker or
member of the Provisional Committee, may be made.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Comcniti-e-e-oiihe-Te-a—by7S—a-u-niersfoot, anel South Wales Rail-

way and Pier Company.
Gentlemen,—Please allot me shares in this undertaking,
awl I agree to pay the deposit upon so many of such shares as may
he allotted me, and to execute the Parliamentary Deeds when re-
quired.

Name in full length ••
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Residence•• •••• •• •• •• •••• •• •• ••
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TENBY, SAUNDERSFOOT, and SOUTH
WALES RAILWAY.
Shareholders in the South Wales Railway, and parties having a
local interest, will obtain a preference in the Allotment of Shares in
this undertaking.
Railway Offices, 1, Gray's Inn-square,
Oct. 14, 1845.

r HE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
IL RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WASTAGE, HUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park, Oxon
The Right Hon. Lord 5u171211, Gunton-park, North Walsham
The Right lion. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboync, Belle Hatch-house, Henley
The Hoe. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkatone-lodge, Poole, Director of

the Manchester and Rugby Dlrect Railway
The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningham, Director of the London and

Nottingham Railway
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir John Key, Bart., King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London,

Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, United Service Club
E. F. Dayrell, Esq.. Lillingston Dayrell, High. Sheriff of Buckingham-
shire, Chairman of the Miiiehead and Bridgewater Railway
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester,

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Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director of the

Dover and Bristol Railway
Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby
Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and

Cheltenham Direct Railway
Major Graham, late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham
G. B. Butibury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the

Coventry and Manchester Railway
The Rev. IL R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester-

square, Director of the ItliOndda and lily Valleys Junction

Railway
James Gentian, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal-

way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully Castle
Robert Bell, Esq , Manor-houSe, Chiswick, Director of the Dover

and Bristol Railway
Joseph Bull, Etq., Manchester
Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool
James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester
Tha Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire
Thomas Dowglase, Esq., Marlborough-place, St,
John's-wood
E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street

Directors of the
Direct Lon-

W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex don and Exe-
G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's-park ter Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park,
John Allen, Esq. 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington
Francis noose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montague-square
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equity and Law
Life Assurance Company, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Railway
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Herts
Benjamin Swan, Esq., Jermyn-street, St. James's
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough, Director of the

London and South Wales Direct Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough
F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley
James Paxton, Esq.. M.D., Director of the Rugby and Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways
Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac-cottage, Birstal, near Leeds, Di-
rector of the Great Leeds, and London, Midland, and Thirsk, and
other Railways
Major Henry Lyster, 9, Spring-terrace, Wandsworth-road, Director
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Of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
J. Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
James Scott, M.D., Grove End-lodge, St. John's-wood, Director
of the Hull and Holyhead, and of the Bristol, Bath, and Poole
Railways
William Doe Belcher, Esq., Mayor of Abingdon
John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alerman of Abingdon
John Tomkins, Esq.
John Harris, Esq. Members of the Town Council, Abing,-
Thomas Copeland, Esq. don
Edwin James Trendell, Esq ,
John li!ng, Esq., Abingdon
George Cox, Esq., Abingdon
George Jackson, Esq., Abingdon
John Knight, Esq., Abingdon
Mr. Thomas Payne, Jun., Abingdon
John Aldworth, Esq., Frilford, Berks
William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon
John Towle, Esq. } Members of the City Council, Oxford
R. C. Godfrey, Esq.,
James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford,
_ _

Director of the Londol and Cheltenham Direct Railwiy
Santuary, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
Captain 11. Strong, Oxford, Director of the Oxford and Worcester

Extension Railway
Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., 68, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Chel-
tenham and Oxford Railways
Abraham Bauer, Esq., 9, Arthur-street West, King William-street
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford
William Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
Charles Shillingford, Esq., Sonter Town, Oxon
Min Williams, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon
Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford •
Mr. Wrn. Thompson, Oxford
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the

Hounslow Railway
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Easters and

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Midland Counties Railway
Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage
Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. West Lockinge, Berks
William Stone, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Richard Barnard, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Henry Hayward, Esq. Stirlings, Wantage
Janes Staley, Esq. Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. Wantage
Mr. Charles Hart, foundry, Wantage
Mr. William Beesley, Wantage
John William Palmer, Esq. Letcombe Regis, Berks
Mr. J. Pottinger Palmer, Letcombe Regis, Berks
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London

Docks
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the
Commercial and General Life Assurance Association
Robert Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern

and Western Railway
John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the homer-

setshireMidland Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary-churchyard, Director of the Direct
Independent London and Manchester Railway
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and 31an-

chester Railway
T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot-

teries Railways
Charles Johnston, Esq., Aldersgate-street, Director of the Lynn,

_
Thetford, and Ipswich Railway
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Malkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway
George It. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby
and Warwick Railway
Thomas Salkeld, Esq. Huddersfield, Director of the Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, and Huddersfield and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Charles Finch, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury
General Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Chairman.

William Bastow, Esq. W. L. Pope, Esq.
William Doe Belcher, Esq. Brigadier-General Sir Henry
Robert Bell, Esq. Pynn
E. S. Blundell, Esq. M.D. Francis Roose, Esq.
Francis Ewart, Esq. Walter Shairp, Esq.
Charles Liddiard, Esq. Henry Stock, Esq.
James Macmillan, Esq.
(With limited power to add to their number).
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Charles Brees, Esq.
SoLiciToas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
PABLIANENTART AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddy, FAQ.
BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London
Oxford—The London and County Bank
Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank
Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. ; and the County
Bank
Wautage—Messrs. Henry Knapp ant Co.
Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank
Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Oxford—John Francis Wilde, Esq.
Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq.
Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son
Wantage--William Qrmond, Esq.
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Macomb, Esq.
SECRETART—Z. Hubbersty, Esq.
The importance of connecting remote parts of England by rail-
ways, wlth the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and distracts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the line
which is row 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 north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the south and west of the latter ; and the
proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
coarse of railway front the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.
The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by perfecting a direct line if communication be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis-
bury into immediate connexion with the City and University of
Oxford, combining also the advantage of a direct communication
with the sister University of Cambridge ; thus strengthening the
ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com-
mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be
essentially enhanced.
The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town 01
Abingdon. Their means and opportunieies of competing. with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severey crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits,
and advantages produced Ity railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line 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, Hungerford and Ludgers-
hall, to Salisbury, and thence to tke south and western ports and dis-
tricts.
The survey is In a state of great forwardness, and will be com-
pleted in sufficient time to enable the Company to apply to Parlia-
ment in the next session ; and the promoters having received general
and most satisfactory assurances of support from the local gentry,
landowners, traders, and influential inhabitants, have reasonable
ground to anticipate the unobstructed passing of the necessary Act
for the formation of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway during
the ensuing session.
Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs.
Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ; to the Secretary, at the
offices of the Company, 37, Gresham-street; and to the following
Brokers :—Messrs. Peppersorne, 2, Old Broad-street, Messrs. W
and D. Ewart, 13, Finch-lane, and Messrs. Preece and Evans,
Lothbury, London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and Messrs.
Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Mr. John Duncuft, and Mr.
John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. Bradshaw, and Messrs.
Welibeloved and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr.
James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
Bradford; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Easty and
Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. Black
and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm.
Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct

Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the
above undertaking; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number which may be allotted to me, and also to pay the de-
posits thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, Parlia-
mentary Contract, and all other necessary instruments, when re-
quired so to do.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
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Elnaslie and Preston 47.11loorgate-street, London.

THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY.

No Application for Shares can be received after THURSDAY NEXT,
the 23rd instant.

The following letter has been received from Samuel Charles Brees
Esq., the engineer to this, Company, viz.:

- Stoketo :lec'peoNrvt.,n— gf,t,or n ,t,
hi: %ha
fOacrintobaetira,
al 804 f st.h e
n from Oxford. Agreeable to their com-
_ .
Board
rdStro,--r Lihraevcteorsth,emyhorielto‘urtlr‘
mantis I made further examinations of the line of country, and have
engaged and given instructions to a large and efficient staff of sur-
veyors and assistants to perform thesurvey. I have much satisfac-
tion in adding that my last visit has been such as to warrant the
statements made by me at the meeting of the Provisional Committee
concerningby the 30th November.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
,
"
gibbileitYof the line,
and the
ne,andhave
no
Parliamentary
Your obedient servant,
hesitation
SAMUEL CHARLES BREES,
tatt
hesUrtvhee ely Iveili completed,

"Engineer in Chief, Oxford and Salisbury Direct Itatilwa.7
" To Z. 13ubbersty, Esq. •
SeJeLory, Oxford and Salisbury Direct Riilcray."
Vy order of the Committee of Management,
AVDDERSTr• Sceretarb

TUE AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAIL-
WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER,
Connecting Leamington and the whole of-the Midland and North
Eastern Counties with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the
South of England.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
No ftirther call will be made tint)]. an Act of Parliament is obtained,

and no party will be liable beyond the amount of his shares,
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE:

The Bight Hon. the Lord Beauclerc, 8, Cheshaua-place, Belgrave-

square
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrare-square
The Hon. Captain E. Freke, Life Guards, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir Montague John Chohneley. Bart., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, Forest
of Dean, and Gloucester, and the South and Midland Junction

Rail way
Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, New Kensington, Surrey, Chairlinvi of
the Barbadoes General Railway
Joseph Yorke, Esq. Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, late High
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and magistrate for the counties of Wor-
cester and Gloucester
John Williams Martin, Esq. Twyning, near Tewkesbury, Magistrate
for the connties of Worcester and Gloucester
Colonel J. Taylor, Cheltenham, Magistrate for the counties of Wor-
cester and Gloucester
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of Lon-
don, late M.P. for Oxford, Chairtnan of the Erewash Valley Ex-
tension, the Leek and Macclesfield, the Great Western, Southern
and Eastern Counties, and of the Birkenhead, Chester,
Rhaubon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
Williams Bradley, Esq., Manor-oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Cam-
brifte and Lincoln Extension, and the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Junction Railways
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde park-street, and
Brookes' Club, St. James's, Director of the West Midland, and
Manchester and Southampton Railways
Villiers C. Villiers Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Director of
the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Railway
William Lloyd Caldecot, Esq., G, Laura-place, Bath
William Breynton, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple,
London, Director of the Leic.:ster and Tamworth, and other
Railways
H. It. Dancocks, Esq., the Manor-house, Kempley, (Iloucestershir,
Director of the Birmingham, West Bromwich, and Wednesbury,
and Walsall Junction Railways
James Maurice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Walmer-hall, near Tewkesbury,
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice-
Consul of Russia at that port
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq., Gloucester, late Mayor of the City of
Gloucester, and Deputy-Chaimian of the Gloucester and Forest of
Dean Railway
Samuel Hitch, Esq., M.D., Gloucester
Charles F. Thornley, Esq., merchant, Bristol
Cornelius Brady, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwickshire
Paris Dick, Esq., M.D., Forthampton, Tewkesbury
George Smith, Esq., Prestbury, near Cheltenham
Thomas C. Avery, Esq., Gloucester
Caleb Trotter, Esq., ditto
Arthur H. Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester
W. H. Evans, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
Charles F. Cliffe, Esq., Gloucester
Edward L. Kendall, Esq., merchant, ditto
Robert Heane, Esq., Merchant, ditto
Charles Walker, Esq., merchant, ditto
Henry Fox, Esq., merchant, ditto
Edward J. Woodhouse, Esq., merchant, ditto,
John Sadds, Esq., Abbot's-court, Twyning and Tewkesbury
Aaron Goold Bilsome, Esq., Forest r.f Dean, Director of the East and

Directors of the
, Worcester, Here-
} forci,audGlouces-
ter Railway

We st of England, and the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Wm. Mousley, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Medllcott, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park,
and Mancetter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Tean and Dove

Valley, South Staffordshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leicester
and Tamworth, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways
George Frederic Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire, the Grand Junction and Midlands

Union, and Dover and Bristol Railways
John Campbell Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Cheltenham, Oxford,

and London Junction Railways
George Unett, Esq. tho Laurels, llandswortb, Staffordshire,
Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, and

Dover and Bristol Railways
Major White, Pall-mall, London, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury-, and Cheltenham Railway
Lewis Hoffmann, Esq., Reading, Berkshire, and Inner Temple,
London, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire, and

the Dover and Bristol Railways a
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Director of the
Dover and Bristol, and Grand Trunk Railways
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London, Director of the Dover and Bristol

Railway
Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of
the Staffordshire, and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the
London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct, the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London, the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Liverpool,
Preston, and North Union Railways
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince-hall, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, the Lancaster and York, and the Staffordshire

Potteries Railways
Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Direct, and the York and Lancaster, and other Railways
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell•hall, Worcestershire, and Adelaide-
place, London-bridge, Director of the Southern and Eastern, 'and
Northern Jamaica, and the Irish West Coast Railways
John Bird, Esq., Dinas Mowddy, North Wales
W. R. Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln and
Great Grimsby, the Dover and Bristol, and the Birmingham, West
Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction Railways
Edward Shilton, Esq., Bath-cottage, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham,
Lichfield, and Manchester, and the Birmingham, Westbromwich,
Wednesbury, and Walsall Railways
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the York and Lancaster, the Liverpool and Bolton Direct,
and the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
Henry Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square, Director of the London and

Exeter, and other Railways
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locko-park, Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
Capt. Gould, Charles-street, St. James's
Samuel Kempson, Esq., Little Sutton, near Birmingham, Director of
the Birmingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, arid Walsall Railway
Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, London, Director of the
Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railway
Robert Grove, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director of the Bir-
mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction
Railway.
Edward Canning, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Hayward, Esq. Newtown-cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hunter, Esq. Leamington, director of the Direct Western,
-and the Rugby and Manchester Railways
John Burgess, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-lodge, near Coventry
Henry Scott, Esq. 17, Pall-mall, London
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq. M.D. Leamington
D. W. Griffith, Esq. Bodegroes, Carnarvonshire, late High Sheriff of
the County of Merioneth, and director of the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Junction, and other Railways
William Fenton, Esq. Chatham-place. Blackfriars, director of the
Hull, Sheffield, and Midland Direct Railway
John James Rippon, Esq., Ealing, Middle .ex, director of the Bir-
mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction
Railway
Lodge Morres Murray Prior, Esq. Coventry, director of the Dublin,
Tullamore, and Parsonstown, Dover and Bristol, Dundalk and
Sligo, and other railways
C. 11. Jagger, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Ips-
wich and Southampton, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peter-
borough Railways
Captain Thomas Ross, 59, Porchester-terrace, director of the Dover
and Bristol Railway
James Upflli, Esq. the Green, Bromyard, director of the Dover
and Bristol, Staffordshire and Shropshire, and other Railways
John Johnson, Esq. R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham, director of the
Birmingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and alsall Junction,
and the Dudley, Madeley, Brosely, and Ironbridge Railway
William Henry Collis, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Worgan, Esq. director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway
Joseph Turner, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Haines, Esq. Edgbaston, near Birmingham, director of the
Dover and Bristol, and other Railways
William Spooner, Esq., London, director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Thomas Spencer, Esq., Earl Shilton, director of the Wolverhampton,
Walsall, and Atherstone Railway

ENGINEER.
William Henry Smith, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London
W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berm, Rugby
William Tibbits, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Anthony Sproule, Esq., Tewkesbury
Edwin Pollard, Esq., Gloucester
Messrs. Russell, Leamington.
BANKERS—Messrs. Rogers, Oldlng, and Co., Clement's-lane, London.

SECRiTsiy—Henr. y Brookes, Esq.

The proposed railway will commence at Rugby, on the London
and Birmingham Railway, the terminus of the Midland Counties
and Trent Valley Railways, and the point to which several other
projected railways converge, and will proceed through or near to
Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury,
and Cheltenham, to Gloucester. The length of the line will be
about 56 miles.
The advantages that will result from the construction of this line
are numerous and highly important, and such as cannot fail to secure
a very large amount of local and through traffic, and a highly-re-
munerative return upon the capital invested. By means of existing
and proposed railways, it will form a complete chain of railway com-
munication between the whole of the midland and north-eastern
counties of England, the populous cities and towns before-named, and
the southern and western districts, and thus bring Leicester, Not-
tingham, Newark, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and Hull,
into direct communication with the favourite and fashionable spas of
Leamington and Cheltenham, the richly-productive and far-famed
Vale of Evesham,' and the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth,
and Falmouth, and those of South Wales.
The inhabitants and visitors of the much-frequented watering-
places of Leamington and Cheltenham will thus obtain a direct line
between those resorts, instead of the present circuitous route through
Birmingham, affording that facility of intercommunication which
has long been ardently desired ; and it will also afford the utmost fa-
cility of access to the innumerable visitors who, attracted as well by
the beauty of the scenery as the memory of Shakspeare, annually
resart to Stratford-on-Avon.
To those passengers from the east and north-east, direct to
Gloucester, the line from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Cheltenham, will afford a
great accommodation, and a saving in distance of at least eight miles,
besides the delay of the stoppage at Cheltenham.
At Tewkesbury it will also form a junction with the proposed line
from that place to Malvern, affording the most direct communication
to the numerous visitors to the magnificent scenery and invigorating
atmosphere of the celebrated Malvern-hills.
To the Inhabitants of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes-
bury this portion of the proposed lino will prove immensely advan-
tageous ; situated within ten miles of the important city and port of
Gloucester, they have nevertheless to travel by the present railway
route nearly twice that distance, an inconvenience which has
already materially affected the trade, and prejudiced the interests of
the town. The proposed line, running close to the town, will remove
this great inconvenience, and restore its trade to its former state of
prosperity.
The value of this line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot
be too highly estimated, as it will not only open to it immen,e
sources of traffic from the whole of the eastern and north-eastern
counties, but will very materially lessen the distance between it
and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, making
Gloucester still more securely the nearest and most accessible outlet
for the whole of that immensely productive manufacturing region;
and it is impossible to conceive any project better calculated to
advance the interests of Gloucester, than one capable of effecting
that object.
Ths line will also form an important junction between the London
and Birmingham and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and
Gloucester Railway, and constitute the highway for the traffic of the
, to the proposed
ham ; and the through
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traffic from the latter source alone is expected to be very great.
It will thus have the effect of connecting the ports of the eastern
and north-eastern with those of the western and southern coasts ;
of aftbrding the most direct and convenient access from the north
and east to the vast mineral regions of South Wales, and of opening
new markets for the rich products of the fertile valleys of the Avon
and Severs, and the agricultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor-
cestershire, in the manufacturing towns and ports of the north.
"i'he line will be easy of construction, traversing, as it does, through
nearly its whole length, the valleys of the Avon and Severn. The
towns through which it will run are very populous, and the country
of the richest description ' • and the local traffic will consequently be
very great in addition to the through traffic,- which on such a line
must necessarily be very extensive.
The Provisional Co•amittee reserve to themselves the power to
amalgamate with any other company as to the whole or any part of
the line, and to vary or extend the line, and to increase or diminish
the capital accordingly, if deemed expedient.
The capital proposed to be raised is 1,000,0001., in shares of 201.,
each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid upon
allotment. _

The liability of the subscribers will be limited by the Act to the
amount of their respective subscriptions to the capital stock, and
power will be applied for in the Act to allow interest at the rate of
4/. per cent.per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the re-
spective calls, from the data of each payment until the opening of the
line. .

The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
be required, to be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are ex-
changed for certificates of scrip, of which due notice will be given ;
and the deposits paid by persons making default in due execution of
the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract within the
time to be limited by such notice, will be absolutely forfeited.
Forms of application for shares, prospectuses, and a map of the
line, may be obtained from the Solicitors, or the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London, or from
any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers; but no application will be
attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one of the Provi-
sional Committee, the Solicitors, or a Banker :
London—Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard
Birmingham—Mr. Duncan Smith
Leamington—Mr. Eliezer Edwa, ds, Belford-street
Bath—Mr. T. E. Evans, Milsom-street
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. l3alme, King-street
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash and Mr. W. IL Land
Stratford-on-Avon Mr, William Bolton
Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, end Mr. William Tier:MMus. card
Manchester—Mr. John Barlow, well and Son, and Henry
Woodhouse
L Robinioa and Furey

Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison.
Hull—Mr. S. Phillips
Glasgow—Mr. 'T.D. Sheppar I, Buchanan-street
Cheltenham—Mr. Lea
Wolverhampton—Mr. Bannister.

THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
FORM Oir APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Avon and Severn Valley
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares
of 201. each in the above Company; and I hereby undertake to ac-
cept the same, or any smaller' number, and to pay the deposit of
21. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con-
tract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this *day of , 1845.
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PROSPECTUS OF THE
LINCOLN- AND NORTHAMPTON
RAILWAY
(Originally registered under the name of the Hull, Great Grimsby,
and Southampton I)irect Itaiway), connecting Great Grimsby with
the South Midland Railway, forming a direct communication be-
tween the ports of Hull and Southampton.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Ay-re, —, Esq. M.I). hull
Alexander, Abraham, Hull, Lullington-house, Leamington
Acton, Joseph, Esq. Wigan
Addison, George Wilson, Esq. Hall. field, Bradford, director of the
West Yorkshire Raway Company
Ackroyd —, Esq. Orley, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds and Carlisle
Railway Company, &c.
Ashpitel, William Hurst, Esq. 11, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street,
magistrate for the county of Middlesex
Bradley, William, Esq. Manor-oaks, Sheffield, director of the Shef-
field and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Brittain, Samuel Swan, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the East and West of England,
and the Ely and Wisbeach Railway Companies
Burgess, John, E q. Boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the
London and Manchester Direct, and the Direct Manchester and
Chester Railway Companies
Betteridge, Abraham, Esq. Loudon, director of the Metropolitan
Junction, and the Great Grimsby and Midland Railway Company
Bicknell, J. A. Esq. Bristol, director of the Stafford and Shrewsbury,
and of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway Company
Byrom, William, Esq. Oldham, director of the Oldham District, the
York and Lancaster, and London, Bristol, and South Wales Rail-
way Companies
Byrom, Thomas, Esq. Alderman, Wigan, director of the Cheltenam,
Oxford, and London Railway Company
Brown, Joseph, Esq. Bedford
Burrows, Josiah, Esq. Castle-house, Gomersal. Leeds
Buliivant, Job, Esq. East Retford, director of the Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire Railway Company
Bateman, Samuel, Esq. Croft-house, near Bradford, Yorkshire,
director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Midland and
Think Railway Companies
Braman, Thomas, Esq. Tamworth
Butterfield, John, Esq. Keighley
Brook, Joseph, jun. Esq. Greenhead, near Huddersfield
Beverley, William, Esq. Potter Newton, near Leeds, director of the
Lincolnshire and East, rn Counties Railway Company, &c.
Beioley, Joseph, Esq. 14, Stanhope. street, Regent's-park
Betts, William, Esq. Nevis-mount, Southampton
Bentley, Nathan, Esq. Horton, near Leeds, director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railway
Burgess, John, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
Barnsby, Thomas, Esq. Gomersal
Cadman, Edwin, Esq. Westbourne house, Sheffield, director of the
Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire, and Salisbury and Swindon Rail-
way Companies
Cameron, J. Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and Mid-
land Railway Company
Caldwell, William, Esq. Alderman, Wigan, director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and the York and Lancaster Railway Com-
panies, &c.
Crowdson, William, Esq. Wigan
Clark, Jeremiah, Esq. 11%, Union-court, Broad-street, London,
director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company
Coventry, Millis, Esq. White Hart-court, Lombard-street, London,
director of the Britannia Life Assurance Company
Cook, —, Esq. Gainsboreugh
Carlisle, Thomas, Esq. Clifton, Bristol, 6, Hyde Park-place West,
Chairman of the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings Railway
Company
Chapman, E. Esq. Gibson-square, London, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction
Coupland, Edward, Esq. Boston
C,ollinson, William, Esq. Hull
Chapman, R. Esq. director of the Manchester, Rugby, and South-
ampton Railway
Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Peasling-hall, and Leicester
Darlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire, director
and treasurer of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Com-
pany, &c.
Duffield, Francis, Esq. Bolton-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Scarroft-lodge, Leeds, director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Keighley, Halifax, and Hud-
dersfield Railway Company
Daykene, the Rev. J. 0. Lincoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c.
magistrate of the county
Douglas, Samuel, Esq. • Doctors'-commons, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South Western Railway Junction
Downes, C. Esq. Warwick street, Golden-square, London, director
of the South Midland, and Northampton and Banbury Railway
Company
Dieon, John Alcock, Esq. Burnley, Lancashire Assurance Com-
pany
Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire
Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse-hill, director of the Grand
Trunk Railway
Driffield, William, Esq. Bondbud-heuse, Knaresborough
Eccles, William, Esq. 59, Old Broad-street, London, director of the
Great Grimsby and Midlands, and of the Metropolitan Junction
Railway Companies
Eaton, James, Cieckheaton, York
Eleworth, E., Esq., Sandford-house, Kirkstall, near Leeds
Edens, Joel, Esq. Northampton
Etheredge, F. W., Esq. Park-street, Westminster, director of the
Liverp ol and Derby Railway Company, &c.
Farrar, Timothy, jun., Esq. Wragley-house, Wakefield
Fitch, Colonel, Yore-terrace, Regent's-park, director of the York
and Manchester Railway
Gordon, Esq. M.D. Hull
Green, George, Esq. Pontefract, director of the Great Leeds and Lon-
don Direct Railway Company
Gol Isaiah, Charles, Esq. Friday-street, London, director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Railway Company
Garty, F. 8., Esq. Chepstow-place, Camberwell, director of tha Lin-
colnshire and Eastern Counties, and the Wolverhampton, Chester,
and Birkenhead Railway Company
Greaves, A. G. Esq. Derby
Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham
Graves, Henry Swan, Esq. Exley-bank-lodge, Halifax, director of
the Great Leeds and London, and the Muddersfield, Halifax, and
Keighley Railway Companies
Hattersley, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire
eleeles, Thomas, Esq. Skiptorl Castle, director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway
Companies
Hillyard, Clark, Esq. Thorpelands, near Northampton, President of
the Northamptonshire Farming Society
Hewlett, T. B. Esq. Northampton
Holmes, Isaac, Esq. Liverpool
Halferd, John, Esq. Rusholm-house, near Manchester
Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield, director of Manchester, Hudders-
field, and Great Grimsbe Railway Company
Haigh, Thomas, Esq. Newlay, near Leeds, director of the Midland
and Thirsk Railway Company
Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke-street, St. James's, director of Lynn,
Wisbeach, Peterborough, Midland Counties, and Birmingham
- Railway Companies
Heygate, R. B. Esq. Market Harborough
Hollingworth, James, Esq , London-terrace, Derby
Isaacson, Rev. Stephen, Berners-street, director of the Cheltenham,
Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c.
Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Johnson, Samuel, Esq. Halifax, Director of the Leeds, York. and
Midland Railway
Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct Lon-
don and Manchester, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Companies
Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Ross and Kil-
kenny-, and director of the York and Lancaster Railway Com-
panies
Ridley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield
Kuper, William, Esq. Camberwell, director of the London and Wind-
sor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies
Lowthorp, Sir William, Hull, chairman of the Hull and Barnsley,
and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies
Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Morton, F. Esq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds, York,
and Midland Railway Company
Morton, H. J. Esq. C. E. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Hull,
Mallon, and Northern Union Railway
31`Crea, H. C., Esq. the Haugh, Halifax
Mesham, W. IR. Esq. St. Loyes, Bedford, director of the North-
ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company
Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and
Midland Railway Company
Maguey, Sir William, Bart. Alderman, London
M‘Swinney, Joseph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company, &c. &c.
Newer, George, Esq. Hyde-park-terrace
Needham, the Hen. Francis, Fairfield-lodge, Kensington
Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds, director of the Leeds, York, and Mid.:
land Railway Company
Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. • Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and
Liverpool Railway Company
Purcell, R. 11. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Direct Western Railway Company
Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester
Powell, S. 11. Esq. Foxley-cottages, North Brixton, director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company
Preston, Thomas B. Skipton
Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby
Reynolds, James, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West
Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, Chairman of the Manchester, Wigan,
and Southampton Railway Company
Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director. of the York and Lancaster
Railway
Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Chair-
man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail-
way Company
Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq., Birstal, near Leeds, director of the
Great Leeds and Loudon Railway Company, &c.
Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the
Great Western, and Southern and Eastern Railway Company
Ramsden, T. Esq. Clothingley, Near Bradford, Yorkshire
Renshaw, James, Esq. Lombard-street, London, and West Heath-
house, Frith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley,
Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company
Rogers, Thomas, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the Liverpool and Derby, and the North and Eastern Riding
Junction Railway
Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square.
Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moor-house, near Tuxford, Notts
Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln
Scriven, J.W. Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds 'and
London Railway Company
Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds
Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmondwicke, Yorkshire, director of the
Great Northern and Southern Railway Company
Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shilliber-hall, Halifax
Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble-coombe, near Dorking, director of the
Reading and Reigate Railway Company
Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South Western Railway Junction
Scott, William, Esq. Haworth, near York, a provisional director of
the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomson, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway
Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tux ford, Notts
Wright, Major-Gen. R. E. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Whitehead, William Dossa, Esq. Derby-house,. Cheetwood, Man-
chester
Wilson, William, Esq. 3, Devonport-street, Sussex-square
Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire
Wigglesworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax
Wright, T. S. Esq. Northampton, director of the South Midlands,
and the Hull and Lincoln Direct Railway Companies
Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endcliffe hall, Sheffield
White, W. Esq. Fitzroy-square
Witham, James, Esq. 49, Eaton-square, director of the Direct
London and Liverpool
Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Wade, Edwin, Esq. York, a provisional director of the York, Leeds,
and Midland Junction Railway
Yates, George, Esq. Halifax .
England, W. Paul, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby Railway Company
Marshall, John, Esq. Northampton, magistrate for the borough
Robinson, Henry, Esq. Gainsborough
Baldrey, Robert G. Esq. Halifax
Groom, John, Esq. Northampton
Wilkinson, J. Esq. Wakefield
Waller, Thomas, Esq. the Rookery, Woodbridge
Dennis, Geo. Esq. 43, Pall-mall, director of the Erewash Valley Rail.
way Company
Walker, T. K. L. Esq. York
Evans, Chas. Esq. Kennington
Willett, Tires. Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Lincolnshire
and Eastern Counties Railway Company
ENGINEERS.
Francis Giles, Esq.
Alfred Giles, Esq.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London, Lothbnry
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Cocks, :'haring-cross.
)LICITOR—George Smith, Esq. 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Curd-
hall Chambers, Basinghall-street.
SEcRETARY—Joshua Brandon, Esq.
Offices, No. 2, Guildhall Chambers, Basingball-street.
This Company Is formed for the purpose of establishing dt r • rail-
way communication between the important ports of Hull, Great
Grimsby, and Southampton.
It is intended to effect this desirable object by the construction of
a line of railway, commeucing at Lincoln, passing Grantham, Oak-
ham, leppargliain, near to Rockingham and Bothwell, and Joining

the South Midland Railway between 3.l.rket Hatborough and North-
ampton ; thus forming in connexion with projected um,. tsr railway
from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and from Northampton to South-
ampton, the connecting link, In one uninterrupted chain of railway
communication, from Hull and Gritusby to Southampton, Gosport,
and Poole, and the whole of the south-western coast of England.
. .

It will also form the most direct route. from Hall, Great Griinsiiy,
and the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Northamptonshire, and
part of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Cheltenham, Gloucester,
Bristol, Exeter, and the south and west of England.

An inspection of the map will at once show the Importance of this
undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of view,
forming as it will an intimate connexion between London and the
south generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire and the
adjacent counties, at present without railway accommodation;
whilst its value to the South Midland, the Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway Companies,
and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which it will form
a most profitable adjunct), must be obvious.
This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected line
from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and Grimsby,
the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed lines running to
Lincoln at Grantham with the Nottingham, Yale of Belvoir, and
Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakham with the Syston and
Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham and
London, and Manchester Direct.
One great and Important feature in this railway is, that it does not
run parallel with, or In opposition to, any existing line of railway.
The ground has been surveyed and found to be practicable, pre-
senting for the most part no engineering difficulties.
Satisfactory communications for mutual co-operation have been
opened with the several companies whose interests will be affected
by the proposed line. In the meantime, the Committee of Manage.
meat reserve power to amalgamate with any other company, or
deviate front the proposed line, or make such extension and branches
as they may hereafter deem advisable.
The subscribers will be held liable only to the amount of their sub-
scriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at th,, rats of 4 per cent. per annum on all calls from the
passing of the Act.
In consequence of a great portion of the shares having been already
applied for, the period for application must necessarily be very
limited.
Applications for shares may be made, in the annexed form, to the
following sharebrokers :—London, Mr. W. West, Capel-court ; Mr.
Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Exchange-
buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. E. C. Hews and Co., Leeds ; Messrs.
Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and Co.,
Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Potter and Harrison. York ; Messrs.
Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ;
Mr. T. t-andford, Exeter ; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham ; Messrs.
Sibary and Simpson, Hull ; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield ; Messrs. Mann
and Son, Norwich; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Cheltenham; to the
Secretary, 2, Guildhall-chambers ; and to George Smith, Esq., soli-
citor, 24, Golden-square, and 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
street.
To the Provisional Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton Rail-

way Company.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares in
the above Company ; and I agree to take all such shares, or so many
as may be allotted to me, and pay the deposit thereon, and to execute
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' agreement when re-
quired so to do.

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BIRMINGHAM AND BOSTON DIRECT
RAILWAY, with a BRANCH TO GRANTHAM.

.Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares
in this C'-mpany can be received after the 3 st of October instant
in London, or after the Gth of November from the country.
By order,

26, Moorgate•street,

JAMES ELLIOTT, Secretary.

LIVERPOOL AND DERBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, AND LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER
GRAND JUNCTION, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES RAIL-
WAYS JUNCTION.

(Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.)

MANAGING COMMITTEE.
James Templer, Esq., Chairman.
Sir James Eglinton Anderson, Vice- Chairman.

Richard Carpenter, Esq.
Francis Dacre, Esq.
T. P. Healy, Esq.
G. P. Hill, Esq.

John Douglas Hopkins, Esq.
Thomas Paul, Esq.
Edward Sankey, Esq.
Henry Savage, Esq.

Thomas Hawker, Esq. Samuel Tudor, E.q.
A Prospectus, containing the names of the 160 Noblemen and
Gentlemen forming the Provisional Committee, may be had on ap-
plication at the offices of the Company, No. 10, Old Jewry-chambers.
ENGINEER—SamueI Hughes, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Richard Cromwell Carpenter, Esq.
M. A. Gage, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
The Commercial Bank, Lothbury.
SOLICITOR—Francis William Mount, Esq., 10, Lawrence Pountney-
lane, London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Derby—Messrs. Dunnicliff and Severne.
Rnutsford—Henry Wright, Esq.
Congleton—John Wilson, Esq.
JOINT SECRETARIES—Messrs. W. T. Hislop and James Oliver.

BRIGHTON, LEWES, TUNBRIDGE
WELLS, GRAVESEND, and EASTERN COUNTIES
JUNCTION RAILWAY, with branches to Chatham and Maid.
stone.

Capital 1,000,0007., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and S Vic., c. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir John Key, Bart. Alderman, Director of the Exeter, Dorches.
ter, and Weymouth Railway
John Saddingtou, Esq., Mayor of Gravesend
Medhurst Troughton, Esq., Alderman of Gravesend
Thomas Pallister, Esq., Alderman of Gravesend
Kr. Tisdell, Councillor of Gravesend
Jeremiah Rosher, Esq., Rosherville, near Gravesend
John Breugh, E-q., Herne Bay
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the
London and Manchester Railway
Nathaniel Cumberlege, Esq., York terrace, Regent's.park, Direc-
tor of the Leeds and Huddersfield Railway
Thomas Camplin, Esq., Herne Bay
W. A. Campbell, Esq., Wanstead.park
Charles Goodwin, Esq., Battersea
Captain Twisleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of
the Leicester and Tean and Dove Valley Railway
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman.square, Direc.
tor of the York and Lancaster Railway Company
James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent
William Kuper, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction, Great
Western, and South Western Railway
John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple-lane
Edward Lacey, Esq., St. Paul's-churchyard, and Gravesend
Jonas Levy, Esq., 55, Tavistock-square
H. C. Leahy, E3q., St. James's-square, Director of the Direct Bir-
mingham and Brighton, and Great Welsh Junction Railway
R. H. Lewis, Esq., 12, Upper Montague-street, Director of the
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway
Major Moore, Military Secretary of Hyderabad
Thomas Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of
the Sheffield and Nottingham Railway Company
John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Se-
vern Commission
Edmund Pallister, Esq., Gravesend
S. 14. Powell, Esq., Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland
Junction Railway
E. R. Simmons, Esq., Gloucester Lodge, Croydon
W. White, Esq., Fitzroy-square, Director of the London and
Windsor Railway
J. D. Williams, Esq., Milton-street, Dorset.square
Edward Chapman, Esq , Gibson-square, Islington, Director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Junction
Henry Dodson, Esq., Director of the Grand Trunk Railway
R. W. Keate, Eaq., Albemarle-street, Director of the London and
Windsor Railway
H. C. Curtis, Esq., Portland-place
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir John Key, Bart. • S. H. Powell, Esq.
The Mayor of Gravesend W. White, Esq.
John Brough, Esq. Nat. Cumberledge, Esq.
T. M. Cleobury, Esq. H. C. Curtis, Esq.
Wm. Kuper, Esq. It. W. Keate, Esq.
John Kerschner, Esq.