The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-25 00:00:00

D IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
Upon the Broad (q•7ga),
Gill London A the Land's-end ; with Diverginz Lines o Bah and
Bridgewater res
(Provisionally ..e,4ltered.)
Capi al, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 11s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COSIMITTREL

The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly Rouse, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Hadderefield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
air John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester awl London and Direst
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Faincomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tholey-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
Edward Harrisaon Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Chelteaham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersileli, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton,* Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rally. ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Eat., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. .Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion Rouse
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tanbridge, Kent, Director if
the Leicester and Bedford Lailway
Boswell Middleton Joiland, Esq., Holderness House, near Bull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Majstrate for theEstst Biding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Ebel., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq. Ilincing.lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-orals, Director of
the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-torraee, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the Seuth
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniski:len Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and ef the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Er:th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Dire.
for of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, sad Cannon-
street, Loudon
11. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-sqnare
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-conrt, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company

Patrick Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cusaborland-place -
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the Londe' and
Blackwell Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Rryansteue-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and
the Great Western Extension Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 31, Pall-mall, London, Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpolier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamwerth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Ecq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, Loudon, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esc, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. slack, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, . Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and

Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire -
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Wane-100111re, and Grorrenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Drotnagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-

way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain id
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbottrne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near .Newbury, Berko
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berko
Major Kirwan, Great Fulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
Caunty
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerten, near Rath
Richard Mortimer., Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsnilll, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Win. Ir. lialeornb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerforil, Chairman of the Berko
Union Banking Company
William Haleomb, Esq., Marlborough. Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Tannttn
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berko
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Katie Habertleld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Cllfton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
sanpton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
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Manchester
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Southampton
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Companies"
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Direetor of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Saltbrd
Sir William LowthroP, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the. "Liver-
Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
Skedl7:elflield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
EsqTrnecutshßoailmlwijayail,
Manchester
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Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., BEI, Hall, Direetor of the Hull and Barnsley

Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the fihefleld and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
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ManchesterAppl Appleby,
Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast

Railviay Company
Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool aid Leeds Di
Captain
H. Bowker, R.N., Devonport
S. Bright,•

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Sheffield, Director of the
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq.,:Sheffield Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Bar-
rewgate Railway Company
William
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Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. H. W. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of 'the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-sqaare, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat Howie, Brentwood, Essex
William John M`Gaire, Esq. Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., F.R.S.,Aldennan and Magistrate ofSoutlaampton
Thomas Chas, Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringhans, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to acid to their number).
A further list of influential names will shortly appear.
Bemuse—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard. London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. a. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Loudon.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq. .
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley-, ESQ.
LOCAL AGENTS.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Hanford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Erg , and J, A. Toms, Esq.
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its situation at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports: rom 200,0001. to 3,000,000/. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End Its an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been
set on foot on the conviction that Fahuouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is to show that no ether line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct
line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two
miles than any existing railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
llatanoe from London to Falmouth, a saving of about nicety miles.
With reeageLto the traffic on the upper 132rtion of the line it I
eogers to itirmbro than that Mere is atithloiy thbrough tragic suffi