The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY,
Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction Railways, with a Branch from Ashby-de-la• Zouch to
Derby

(Provisionally lleg,isterecl.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir John Edmund De Beauvoir, Bart., Connaught-terrace, Hyde
Park
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director
of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Simpson Potter, Esq., 7, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Gosport, and Southampton Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the
Irish :North Midland Railway
Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park,
Director of the Direct Western Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the Dendre Valley Railway
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and .Absrgavenny
Railway
Hugh Belishall Williamson, Esq., Greenway Bank, Newcastle-under-
Lyno, Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York,
and Midland Junction Railway
Stephen Hutchison, Esq., London Gas Works, Vauxhall
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-
shire Junction Railway
Daniel APMahon, Esq., Wolverhampton Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Randle Andrews, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway
William Griffiths, Esq., Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Herbert Broom, Esq., Kidderminster, and Essex-court, Temple
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter,
Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Hayes, Esq., South-ileids, Leicester
Charles J. Mason, Esq., :on, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the SoutkNnion and 11..-mingluar. Junction Railway-
Joseph
llenif, Esq.. Soutu-street, Finsbury, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway
Edward Gulson, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coventry,
Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway
William B. Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director of the
Direct London and Exeter Railway
Martin Stutly, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the Direct Western, Dublin and Belfast, and London and South
Essex Railways.
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, North
Wales, and Cannon-street, Director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport and Portsmouth, and Direct Western Railways.
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Liangton, Staffordshire, Director of the South
Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill, Director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, tint' South-Western Junction
Railways
Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con-
sall Hall, near Cheadle, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool
District Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction
Railway
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
Robert Chaplin, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Edward Mammatt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
John lleavington, Esq., Ashby-de-la-ZouchT. S. Kirkland, Esq., hby-de-la-Zouch
Thomas Cantrell, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Mathew, Esq., Staunton Harold, Lessee of, the Staunton
Harold Coal, Lead, and Lime Works
Joseph Bostock, Esq., Breeden-on-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon Lime
Works
James Reeves, Esq., 150, Cheapside, Director of the Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Harvey Wyatt, Esq. Acton-hill, Stafford, Director of the Trent
Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railways, and of the Dudley,
Madeley, Brossely, and Iron Bridge Railway,
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct
Railway
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, War-
wick, and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham
Direct Railway
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway
Joseph Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge
Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
William Field, Esq., Rugeley, Staffordshire
Samuel Ginders, Esq., Ingestre, Staffordshire, Agent to the Right
Hon. the Earl of Talbot, K.G.
R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley Hall, near Hinckley, a Magis-
trate of the County, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and
Leicester Railway
James Morrison; Esq., St. Mary-at-hill, Director of the Bridgewater
and Minehead Railway
C. 11. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu •street, Montagu-square
George Augustus M`Dermott, Esq., Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle-
under-Lpne
Captain Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde Park-square
Wm. Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Wm. Clode Braddon, Esq, Regency-square, Brighton
John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk-crescent, Hyde Park
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole-
raine Railway
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Loudon,
Bristol, and South Wales Railway, and Manchester and Rugby
Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square
John Anderson' Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway, and Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn Fields, Wolverhampton
Henry Turner, Esq., Brewood Hall, Brewood, Staffordshire, Director
of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Henry Scott, Esq., Banker, Waterford, and 17, Pall-mall
Lewis Adamls, Esq., Basford Hall, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Banker, Leicester.
George Harrison, Esq.. F.S.A., Director of the Hull and Holyhead
Railway
Shirley Palmer, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the Leicester and Tam-
worth Railway
Z Bruno Hamel, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tamworth
Railway .
John Thompson, Esq., Great St. Helen's •
John Dove Harris, Esq., Leicester
Richard Gray, Esq., Adam-street, Broad-street
BaNazas—The Union Bank of London.

STANDING COUNSEL.
Charles Howard Whitehurct, Esq., Q.C.
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A.
ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
ACTING ENGINEER--Robert Nicholson, Esq.
Soucrreas—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely-

place, Holborn
SECRETARY—SamueI Stanway, Esq.

The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Loughborough station on the Midland Counties line, and pro-
ceed through the Vale of Sheepshead, to Pegs Green Colliery,
near to the terminus of the Leicester and Swannington Rail-
way, and from thence through the coal-fields of Swannington
and Cole-Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will thence proceed across
the Moira Coal-field and through the rich agricultural districts of
Seal, Clifton Campville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham arid Derby
Railway, which it will cross near to Elford Park Farm, and thence
traverse the Valley of the 'Paine until it reaches Alrewas, where it
will form a junction with the branch of the Trent Valley line now in
progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South
Staffordshire line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by means
of one of the proposed lines it will afford communication with Bir-
mingham.
From Loughborough the line will be further continued to A sfordby
on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, now in progress, and by
means of this latter line, a direct intercourse will be opened with
Melton Mowbray and the various towns through which that route
passes to Peterborough.
By mean.; of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrewas, the
Grand Trunk reaches Colwich, and there meets the proposed North
Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potteries
to Newcastle-under-Lyre, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also
of the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro-
ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford; thus completing its route, and
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction
Railways. This branch of the line was formerly surveyed by Mr.
Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that
no engineering difficulties exist.
The second line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Derby station, and taking the course of the Derby Canal proceed to
Chellaston, where there are extensive plaster-works, and thence
by Swarkestone to the river Trent, which it will cross near to
the ferry at Weston Cliffe, and so proceed to Kings Newton
and Melbourne. From the latter place it will pass by the
village of Wilson to Breedon-on-the-Hill, where there are extensive
lime-works, and thence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicat-
ing by a branch line with the lead, lime, and coal works there ;
thence by the Lount Colliery to Worthington Rough, where it will
follow the line of the Cole-Orton and Swannington Railway until its
junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs
Green Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Grand Trunk forms a junction with the
proposed Nottingham and Birmingham, and with the proposed Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways. Its importance as
a line for passengers is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a
complete junction between those two great thoroughfares, the Mid-
land and Grand Junction Railways, and by its branch from Derby to
Ashby-de-la-Zouch another complete junction between the Great
Northam and Southern lines now in progress, thus opening a direct
line of communication to all parts of the kingdom.
As a line for traffic, the Grand Trunk will form the most direct
transit to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire iron and
coal fields, to the Burton breweries, to North and South Wales, and
Ireland to Scotland, and all parts of the north, and to the eastern,
southern, and western parts of the empire. It will also be the
nearest and most direct communication from the east to the north-
western manufacturing districts, as well as become the great route
from all parts of the kingdom to the midland counties of England.
The mineral resources are of the very highest order. The Moira
coal-field is inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Harold
alone comprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of seven feet,
with a super stratum of main coal to a depth of six feet. The sub-
stratum is yet to be worked. There are beds of Kennel and main
coal at Cole Orton of eqnal•quality, though not of equal depth with
those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal at Swannington is un-
rivalled, being, in fact, tile bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire
coal strata. It is needless to describe the beneficial results which
must arise from this opening of the midland coal district to the Lon-
don and southern markets.
At Staunton Harold and Calks exist rich veins of lead ore, now in
course of working.
The properties of the Breedon, Staunton Harold, and Ticknall lime
aro so well known to agriculturists and others, that an extension of
traffic for so valuable a commodity into wire remote districts must
be of the utmost importance to the practical farmer.
In approaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand
Trunk will fall in with most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser-
viceable for paving and building purposes, and for which a ready
market would be found along the line. The country also abounds
in gypsum, of which immense quantities are used in Birming-
ham and elsewhere : these markets will thus become opened for the
quarries at Chellaston.
A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware
of Wooden Box and Griesley Potteries.
Until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs will be under
the control of the Committee of Management, to whom power is
given to allot the shares and apply the funds of the Company in
payment of all proper expenses in the formation of the Company and
otherwise.
Power will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime the
Committee of Management take power, to alter or extend the lines,
to make branch lines, to abandon any part of the line, .to raise addi-
tional capital, and to enter into arrangements with any other Com-
pany or Companies.
Application for shares mast be made in the usual form to the soli-
citors to the Company, Messrs. Watts, Galsworth
-Y. and Galaworthy,
Y. at the Offices of
19, Ely-place, Holborn, Loedon ; to the Secretar
the Company, 3, Adelaide-place, London -bridge ; and to the fol-
lowing
Wear. somerroas.
Messrs, Keen and Hand, Stafford
Thomas Bolton, Esq., 'Wolverhampton
E. Kem Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
Messrs. Keary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Piddock, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth
John Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough
Charles Griesley, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

STIAREBROKERS.
London—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street
Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change-alley
Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash
Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronhelm
Messrs. Weatherhurn and Jennings
Birmingham—Mr. J. R. Lane
Newcastle—Mr. W. W. Dickinson
Bradford—Mr. William Mason
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons
Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp
Wakefield—Mr. S. H. Armitage
Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer
•
Worcester—Mr. W. Miles
York—Messrs. Grayston and Erie
Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Boardman
Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun.
Exeter—Messrs. H. Beaumont and Co.
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Cooper, 30, St. Andrew's-square
Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes
Leicester—Messrs. Williams and Sunderland Messrs. Eaglelleld
and Co
Newcastle-under-Lyne—Mr. Tomlinson

BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,C00,000/., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor,
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., f,
Tilney-street, Park. lane,
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P.,
Bates, Edward, Esq., 3, Union-place,
Clift, James, Esq., Bloomsbury-square,
Coape, Henry COP, Esq., Goldbanger, 3faldon, Essex
Fitzgerald, Charles, Esq., Charles-street, St. James,
3fackmPlan, James, Esq., Southampton,
Pocock, Lewis, Esq., F.R.S., Montague-street, Russell-square,
Willes. George, Esq., Hungerford-park,
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The lion. Thomas William Gage, Westbury-house, West-
moon, Petersileld
The lion, Edward Jerningham
Sir William Wynn, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall,
Hughes, Hughes William, Esq., late M.P. for
Oxford, High Sheriff of Hants, and Alderman of
the City of London,
Humphrey, John, Esq., M.P., Alderman of the
City of London,
Sir Henry B. Hinrich, Great Marlow, Bucks,
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton,
Chitty, Thomas, Esq , Upper Gower-street,
Greig, Alexander, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-
square,
Chnlow, W. W., Esq., 12, Selwood-place, Brighton
Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester
Dutch, John M., Esq., banker of Worcester
King, William, Esq.
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Bedford
Trapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford,
Croft, Major, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman
The Boroughreeve of Manchester
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place
Johnson, Richard, Esq., Moorgate-street
Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James's-square,
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook's'
Club
Clarice, Jeremiah, Esq., London and Macclesfield
Harris, Samuel, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley
Lea, John W., Esq., Worcester
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbourne
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London,
Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeley-house, Lincolnshir
Atkinson, J.R.W., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds
Wheelton, John, Esq.,. late Sheriff of London,
Meopham Bank, Tonbrielge
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Chairman
Sir Wm. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Der-
byshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull
Brindley, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter
Cumberlege, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's
Park
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Syston Hall, Sudbury,
Suffolk,
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Askew Villa
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, West-
bourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens
The Sheriff of York
Crokett, Thomas, Esq., Cannock
Allen, Robert, Esq., Sergeant-at-law, Sergeant's Inn
Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire 11
Smith, G. W., Esq., Harbury-hall, Sheffield
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman Directors of
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall the York and
Hamilton, Frederick William, Esq., 59, Gloucester- Lancaster
place
Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace, Railway
Directors of the
Barry. John David, Esq., Paris and London Tours, Orleans,
Mackenzie, William, Esq., Paris and London and Bordeaux
Railway
The Hon. William Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole Directors of the
Gemon, James, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice. Galway and
Chairman Ennis Grand
Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor- Junctionßail-
square, way
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., Chairman, Director of
the National Bank of Ireland, St. John's Wood,
Regent's-park,
Directors of the
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman, Bedford
Cork and
Hamer, Samuel, Esq. General Post-office, and Fermoy DI-
Southampton-row, Rlissell-square
rect Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, Carl-
ton Villa., Paddington,
Wardle, Henry, Esq„ Macclesfield
The Count Morel, Hereford-street, Park-lane
Major-Gen. Sir Francis Cockburn, Dover
3fajof-Gen. Sir Love, Parry, Jones Parry, K.C.8., Madryn, Carnar-
vonshire, Director of the Direct East and West Junction Railway
Adair, 3faj. Director of the Church of England Assurance Company
Anderton, Ames. Esq., Bridge-street, Blackfrlars
Allfree, John, Esq., Brighton
Attree, Thomas. Esq., Queen's Park, Brighton
Arnold, Thomas James, Esq., Sergeants' Inn, Temple, revising bar-

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Directors of
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the Oxford,
Southampton,
Gosport and
Portsmouth
Railway
1 Directors of the
/ Rugby, War-
wick, and
Worcester
Railway
1 Directors of
Remington's
London and
Manchester
J Direst Railway
1. Directors of the
Chester
1 and 3fanehes-
-1 ter Railway

Directors of
the East and
West Junction
Railway.

Directors of the
•Leicester and Bed-
ford Railway

Directors ofthe
Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Wor-
cestershire
Junction

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

rister for the City of London .
Bear, Capt., Porchester•place, Connaught-square
Beech, James, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
Brightman, John, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the
Direct Northern Railway
Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoe
Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner of the County
Buscheck, Charles, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street
Chambers, William, Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshire
Cottle, M. 3f., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei-

caster Railway
Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Llingstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff of
Bucks, Chairman of the Minchead and Bridgewater Railway
Everitt, Henry Yarburgh, Esq., Brighton
Furner, Robert, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London
Faracombe, Mr. Alderman
Fladgate, Francis, Esq., Brompton
Freeman, Thomas, Esq., Brighton
Gates, George, Esq., Steyning
Gisborne, Henry Francis,Esq.., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire,

Leicester and Tamworth Railway -----
Greene, The Rev. Madden, Vicar of Rogate, Petersfield
Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Railway
Hale, The Rev. William, Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
Haynes, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Ingram,iieutY 'jihigh, E
Esq. Chichester
Steyniag,ester magistrate for Sussex
Jenkins, Henry, Esq., 47, Woburn-place, Russell-square
Jervis Swynfen, Esq., Whitehall-place, Staffordshire
Lacy, Henry, Esq., Petersfleld, Banker
Lyon, James, Esq., Dangstein, near Rogate, Petersfield
Macaulay, Captain, R. E., Cheltenham
Martineau, Joseph, Esq., Basing Park, Alton
Mercer, Major-General, GE., Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square
Manwaring, John, Esq., Eagle Ball, Pately Bridge
Mascary, Thomas, Esq., Norbury Hall, Ashbourne
M'Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the
Indian Peninsular Railway
Murray. George, Esq., Chichester
Nadin, Joseph. Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire
Nadin, Nathaniel, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire
Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville
Norton, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, near Huddersfield, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union
Parkingson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Director of the
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Price, the Rev. Thomas, Llarothel
Proctor, the Rev. Dr., Chichester-house, Kemp-town, Brighton
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway
Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen., C. 8., Shirley-house, Southampton
Seymour, Frederick, Esq., St. James's-square, Director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Skeins, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and
Lincolnshire Railway
Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro
Waddington, J. Horsey, Esq., Langush-house, Petersfleld
Whitchurch, James, Esq., South-cliff, Nettley Abbey, Hants
Williams, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Whitehall
West, Thomas, Esq., Banker, Brighton
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Yzarn, J. Borwick, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey.

ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq., C.E.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square, London ; John

Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London.
LOCAL Somerroas—Messrs. Attree, Clarke, and M‘Whinnie,
Brighton.
LOCAL AGENT—William Mitchell, Esq., Petersteld.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Cornhill ;

. .
Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehall.
Brighton—The Union Bank ; Branch of London and County Joint-

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

street.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.-Mr. Frederick Penny.
PROSPECTUS.

This important line will commence at Brighton, and (passing
through or contiguous to the towns of Steyning, Petworth, Mid-
hurst, Peterefleld and Alresford) will join at the Andover Road sta-
tion of the South-Western Railway, the proposed Southampton,
Manchester and Oxford Junction.

A negotiation has been entered into with the latter Company,
and it is pronosed by means of their projected line, that the
Brighton and Cheltenham Railway shall proceed through Hunger-
ford to Swindon.

From Petersfleld a short branch will be made to Chichester,
where, nearly at the same point of junction, the London and Ports-
mouth direct will intersect the line in its way to Portsmouth.
From Swindon it is proposed to proceed by the Manchester and
Southamptnn Railway to Chelt nham, and the North of England
by the Derbyshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Junction, or
other existing and contemplated lines.

On reference to the map, it will be seen that the primary object
to be obtained by the formation of this line will be the immediate
connexion of the northern, western, and the whole of the manufac-
turing counties; and North and South Wales, with the southern coast
and the populous and fashionable towns of Brighton, Hastings, and
Dover.

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

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

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Power will be applied for in the Act to increase the capital, if
necessary, to alter the line, or to make such deviations or branches
therefrom as may be deemed necessary ; also for the purposes of amal-
gamation with other Companies, should the same be found desirable.

The Company reserves to itself the option of adopting the broad or
narrow gauge, or the principle of atmospheric traction, if preferable.
No further call beyond the deposit will be made until the Act
shall be obtained.

In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to parties
locally interested, and to the shareholders in the lines with which
this Company will he connected.
Application for shares may be made to the !Solicitors, Secretary
and to the following Sharebrokers, of whom prospectuses, with maps
of the line, may be obtained :—London—Messrs. Peppercorns and
Co., 2, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury.
Birmingham—Mr. W 11. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Board-
man. Bradford—Mr. George Clark ; Mr. William Mason. Bristol—
Messrs. Tate and Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—
Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs.
Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq., 79,
Princes-street; Mr. Nicholson. Exeter—Messrs. Beaumont and
Langworthy ; Mr. Thomas Sandford. Glasgow—Messrs. Duncan
and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr. William Cronhelm. Huddersfield—•
Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun. ; Messrs. Everard and Co. Hull—Mr.
Frederick Stamp. Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson ; Messrs. Wellbe-
loved and ()sutler. Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer. Liver-
pool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs. Cameron and Co. ;
Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. Hine. Man-
chester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Birchen and Co. ;
Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spencer. Sheffield—
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark,
jnn. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester—Mr. Miles; Mr
Thomas Henry Wheeler. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle.
Offices of the Company, I, Moorgate.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Brighton and Cheltenham
Direct Railway.

Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. eaeh in
the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or such less
number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of
the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay, when re-
quired, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in .. • • ..
Profession and Professional Residence in full ....
Private Residence in full
Usual Signature.. . • . . • • • ....• •••• ••
Reference •• •• •• •• •• •
Oftices,l, Alooragte.

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