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QOUT H - EA STERN RAILWAY.
At the EIGHTEENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL and
SPECIAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the SOUTH-
EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, held in pursuance of the Act
of Incorporation, in the Large Room over the booking-offices,
London Terminus, on Thursday, the 1 lth day of September, 1845,

ATAN C HE S TvEraRMACEICVESFI
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,000!., in. 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. DIRECT,
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
RUGBYELD.
The lion. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andi
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com-
pany
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of
London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for
Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston -square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London,
The Hon. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square ,
Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton
Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
Charles Anstey, Esq., Rugby
The Rev. J. Harvey, As' worth, Nes,. bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
Samuel Swann Brittair, , Esq., Sheffield
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
George Burnand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde Park
William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Bradley, Esq., Director of the Sheffield and Manchester
Railway, a,,d Chairman of the Direct Western
George Borritt, Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colonel Burslam, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester —1
Wm. F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
H. Boning, Esq., .D., Gosport
John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreeve, Manchester
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Cleft, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
George Dawson, Esq., Norfolk-street, Sheffield
Colonel Geo. Disbrow, Chester-place, London
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Sullblk Railway
F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
Methuen Paul Gipps, Esq., London
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West sad Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England
H. H. Hornby, Esq , Blackburn
John
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.efnMeilcdhael's, Winchester
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way Company
John
Hemming,Ra ihvay
Esq.,
James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Company Lo-
ndon
North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfleld House, Newcastle, Staffordshire'
Frederick [Lewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales
John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles Kelson, Esq. Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
William Leclunere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street
John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock
Company
G. 11. Leekie, Esq., Richmond
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular ItailwaY
W. 3lalins, Eaq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire Railway
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
F. R. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester
George Parbury, Esq. Russell-square, Director of the East and
West of England Rai
lway
Ansley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Ralway
B. Price, Esq., Rugby
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Philips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Railway
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Rickett, Esq.
George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London unction Railway
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
W. Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
John Stewart, sq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Charles B. Flipp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North
Kent Railway
Thomas Woodham, Eaq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveney
Valley Railway
George Young, Esq.' Denmark-hill, Surrey
(With power to add to their number).
Bewxxas—Messrs. Masterman and Co., London.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster
Brackstone Baker, Esq.
SOLICITOR—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.

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That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between
the metropolis and the manufacturing.districts around Manchester, is
now fully admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be
adopted.

The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di-
rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen-
diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man-
chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be
constructed being only 73 miles.
_ _

A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this
railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby to Macclesfield, as
an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 310,0001. judicially applied in
the present perfected state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost
of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end a far greater
real economy, both to the Cqmpany Itself in the saving effected in
the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance,
to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much loss cost, the
same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from London to
Manchester.

These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
other parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby
to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue
valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country,
obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company.
The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more
difficulties to overcome, and Involving a greater outlay, having been
adopted by Parliament in preference to the many competing projects,
in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported
in the House by very influential parties.

Should it be found necessary,. arrangements have been made by
which additional lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon-
don on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for.
The line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the
shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed
railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great
Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp-
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to
Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route,
and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company.
The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and
Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or
valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no
engineering difficulties of ally magnitude. The towns more directly
interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market
Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Sutbury, Ashbounme, and Leek.
The Company has made arrangements with the North London
Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their
station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London,
at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost
importance to this line.
Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public
mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded
that a line that will attain such important results at so small an
outlay of capital, and of the time required for its construction, and
without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet
with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent
investment for capital
The deeds shall provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent.
interest on all calls.

The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and
Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of
shares.

Application thr detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Office, 78, King William-street, City,
London, and the followirg sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton,
G. itble, and Sutton, 22, North-side Royal Exchange, London, and
George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, 51,
King-street, Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings,
Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an 1 °ostler, Leeds ; Messrs. Ed-
wards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq.,
Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffi_gig ; J. G. Ker-
shaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; P. C. Spencer, Esq.; -Halifax ; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co.,
.Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., 13ath ; and Georgia Dunlop, Esq.,
Southampton.

I ONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
I The Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway feel
themselves called upon to give Notice, that that Company has no
connexion whatever with a proposed line, announced as the " Lon-
don and Birmingham Extension Railway." The Directors of the
London and Birmingham Railway have instructed 31r. Robert
Stephenson'to make the necessary surveys for a line from North-
ampton to Weedon, to connect their Peterborough Branch with the
proposed London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster line;
Acts for both which lines will be applied for in the ensuing Parlia-
mentary session.

The London and Birmingham Railway Company being of opinion
that the proposed London and Kidderminster line is, in connexion
with the London and Birmingham line, best adapted for the accom-
modation of the Public, will give it their most cordial support and
co-operation. By order,
Office, Euston-station, R. CREED, Secretary.
Sept. 10th, 1845.

iv( IDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES
LTA. RAILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON, to
WORCESTER.
In consequence of important arrangements just concluded in con-
nexion with this undertaking, an amended prospectus will appear In
a few days ; in the meantime the allotment of shares Is necessarily
postponed.
Dated this 9th day of September, 1845.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall,
F. T. ELGIE, Worcester, Solicitors.
JOHN CIIINERY, Leamngton,
Messrs. DAY, St. Neots,

WORCESTER, HEREFORD, AND
GLOUCESTER RAILWAY,
Through Malvern, with a Branch to Ledbury.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 750,000/., in shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMBLITTEE.
W. G. Hayter, Esq., M.P. Directors of the Great Western
R. F. Gower, Esq. and
F. P. Barlow, Esq. Synth Wales Railway
L. Vigers, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the South Wales Railway
Francis Raiford, Esq., Chairman of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway
T. N. Foster, Esq:, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway
J. Crossthwaite, Esq., Liverpool
Lawrence Hayworth, Esq., Liverpool
John Roskell, Esq.,. Bath
John Rogers, Esq., Chester, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway
WiMalin Lewis, Esq., mayor of Worcester, and 11rector of the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Edward Evans, Esq., Worcester, alderman and banker
Richard Yapp, Esq., Worcester, magistrate of the city, and Director
of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Thomas Chalk, Esq., alderman of Worcester
Charles Augustus Helm, Esq., alderman of Worcester
John Parker, Esq., Lark Hill, Worcester
Mr. William Stallard, jun., merchant, Worcester
Mr. Edward Wheeler, hop-merchant, Worcester
Mr. Henry Southan, merchant, Worcester
Mr. Edward Giles, hop-merchant, Worcester
Mr. Henry Webb, merchant, Worcester
Mr. George Anderson, Worcester
Mr. John Turley, Worcester
Gabriel Goodman, Esq., Upton-on-Severn
Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart., Harewood Herefordshire
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Iderefordshire
Kedgwin Hoskins, Esq., M.P., Birch House, Herefordshire
Robert Pulsford, Esq., M.P. for Hereford •
John William Miles, Esq., Bristol and Ledbury, Herefordshire, a
Director of the Great Western Railway Company
Edmund Broman Pateshall, Esq., Allensmore, Herefordshire
Colonel Thomas Powell, Hardwick, Herefordshire
W. George Beamish, Esq., Kensington-square, London, and West-
hide, Herefordshire
John Johnstone, Esq., Maidstone, Herefordshire
William James, Esq., Wilcroft, Herefordshire
Francis Ramp, Esq., Barton, Herefordshire
Henry Horn, Esq., 5, Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, and
Hare-court, Temple
John Gardiner Freeman, Esq., Rockfield, Herefordshire
Marceilus Newton, Esq., Warham, Herefordshire
W. S. Vale, Esq., Mathon, Worcestershire
Joseph Bird, Esq., Hampton, Herefordshire
George Crosse, Esq. Burcott House, Herefordshire
Thomas Jennings, Esq., Highland-grove, Fownhope,'Herefordshire
John Hollings, Esq., Versons, near Ledbury, Herefordshire
William Webb, Esq., Mayor of Idereford
Herefordof Hereford
Richard
John Rogers, Esq., Alderman of Ilereford
William L. Gilliland, Esq., M.D., Hereford
Thomas
Thomas Davis, EBarra,sEsq.,
Magistrate
Esq., Magistrate of
Edward Morris, Esq., M.D., Hereford
G. E. Terry, Esq., llereford
W. Pulling, Esq., merchant, Hereford
John Kerr Hastings, Esq., General Manager of the Herefordshire
Banking Company, Hereford
Charles Balmer, Esq., Hereford
Mr. George Bonner, Hereford
Mr. Charles Anthony, Hereford
John Dowling, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester
David Mowbray Walker, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester
Thomas Jenkins, Esq. Gloucester
Arthur Hammond Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq., Gloucester
George Jones, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
Samuel Hitch, Esq., M.D., Glouceser
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lypiatt Park, Gloucestershire
William Philip Price, Esq., Tibberten-court, Gloucestershire
Charles Barton, Esq., Wellclose House, Gloucestershire
A. H. Phillpotts, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
Charles Walker, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
Robert Heane, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
John Forster, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
Edward L. Kendall, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
George Davison Moffatt, Esq., banker, Gloucester
Charles F. Cliffe, Esq., Gloucester
Thomas C. Avery, Esq., Gloucester
W. H. Evans, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
ENGINEER—I. K. Brunel, Esq.
BANKERS.
City and County Bank, Worcester
National Provincial Bank, Worcester
Messrs. Hoskins, Morgan, and Hamp, Hereford
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Messrs. Matthews, Phillips, and Company, Hereford
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester
County of Gloucester Bank, Gloucester
National Provincial Bank, Gloucester.
SOLICITOUS.
Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall
Mr. F. T. Elgie, Worcester
Mr. F. L. Bodenham and Mr. T. Evans, Hereford
Messrs. Whitcombe, Helps, and Co., Gloucester.

It is proposed that the course of this line shall be from the Worces-
ter station of the Oxford, Worcester, and IVolverhampton Railway,
to a point near Malvern, where the line will be divided into two
branches, the one branch proceeding through or near the parish of
Bosbury (whence there will be a branch to Ledbury) to Herefor.d,
where it will run Into the station of the Great Western-ComPanY'e
Monmouth and Hereford Railway, and the projected Hereford and
Shrewsbury Railway ; the other branch will proceed from the point
of division near Malvern, straight to Gloucester, and wiii join the
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway near that city.
This line will pass rather more than half a mile below Great Mar-
vent, and not far distant from the town of Upton-on-Severn, both of
which places are at present entirely shut out from the
benefits of
railway communication.

The country has already been inspected under the direction of the
engineer, and it is found that there is no engineering
difficulties of a
serious diameter to be overcome ; and indeed the greater portion of
the line presents a course extremely favourable for a railway, the
gradients being very easy.
Near the point of division at Malvern. the Hereford lino will cross
a portion of the Malvern range by one or more tunnels, but the whole
length of the tunnelling will not much exceed one mile. From the
other side of Malvern to Hereford the surface of the country is as
favourable as could be desired.
The Gloucester line, from the point of division to its terminus, will
pass through a country peculiarly favourable, the surface being
throughout nearly one continuous level.
With regard to the immediate local advantages offered by the
proposed railway, it will effect the most direct communication be-
tween the cities of Worcester and Hereford and Gloucester and Wor-
cester, and between those cities and the delightful waterhig place
and favourite summer residence of Great Malveni, to which it will
also give an easy and expeditious access from other populous but
more remote districts.

The important market town of Ledbary, with the rich corn, fruit,
and hop district around it, will also be brought into closer and more
profitable connexion with the three cities ; and it cannot fail to make
a considerable addition to the traffic between Worcester and the port
of Gloucester.

The facilities presented by the proposed railway for increasing and
developing traffic in a more general and national Point of view are
of a very extended character. Joining the Forest of Dean and Mon-
mouth Railways, it will afford a ready means of transit to South
Wales, and by its junction with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton line, and with the projected line to Porth Dynllaen,
it will give railway communication with the manufacturing and
mining districts of the North of England, especially of South Staf-
fordshire and Worcestershire, and also with North Wales and Ire-
land ; and by means of the Great Western Railway, which it joins
at Gloucester, it wilL complete an unbroken broad gauge line from
Wolverhampton to Exeter in the one direction, and from Pembroke
to Wolverhampton in the other. It will effect a considerable
saving in distance between the port of Gloucester and Wolverhamp-
ton, and all parts of the north ; it will be the nearest possible route
from the extreme west of England, and from South Wales to All
places north of Wolverhampton.
The enumeration of the places and districts to be traversed by the
proposed line, and a description of its course, sufficiently indicate a
remunerating amount of traffic.
It will supply to the Port of Gloucester important and bulky
articles of export, drawn from the mining and manufacturing dis-
tricts; of South Staffordshire and Worcestershire ; and will still further
develon the resources of these districts by increased facility of com-
munication with their natural port. The importance of this branch
of the traffic can scarcely be over-estimated ; in one portion of the
district alone, viz., between Wolverhampton and Stourbridge, there
are about 100 blast furnaces in work, producing nearly 500,000 tons
of pig iron annually, and it is admitted that the want of railway
facilities has hitherto greatly hindered the development of an im-
portant export trade from this district. The works at Droitwich and
Stoke Prior can furnish any quantity of salt. The carpet manufac-
tories of Kidderminster, the iron and glass works at Stourbridge,
Dudley, and their populous neighbourhood, will also supply an im-
portant amount of traffic, certainly far beyond that now carried on
with the present insufficient means of transit between those places
and the district to be affected by the proposed line.
The Hereford branch of the line offers to the agriculturists of the
counties of Hereford, Radnor, and Brecon the advantages of cheap
and ready means of access to their principal markets. It will be an
important advantage to them to have their cattle, corn, hops, fruit,
wool, and other produce speedily and cheaply conveyed to the great
markets of Worcester and Birmingham, and the towns in the centre
of the great manufacturing population of Staffordshire and Worces-
tershire ; the advantages, too, will be mutual, as the line will afford
equal facilities for the conveyance of the mineral and manufacturing
produce of the north to the rural districts.
The population of the districts affected by the proposed line, rec-
koning from Wolverhampton to Gloucester on the one hand, and
from the same place to Hereford on the other, is not less than
400,000 ; and from the position of the country traversed, the line
must be fed by all the railways constructed, or to be formed,
on either side. There can, therefore, be no reasonable doubt of the
Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester line commanding a traffic so
considerable as to yield an ample remuneration for the requisite
capital.
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at 4 per cent. per annum on the deposits, and no subscriber
will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit of 2/. 2s.
per share until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount
of his subscription.
In the allotment of the shares of the Company, a preference will
be given to parties locally interested, and to the proprietors of shares
in those railways with which the present is connected and intended
to communicate.
Prospectuses may bo had, and applications for shares may bo ad-
dressed to the respective solicitors, or at the London offices of the
Company, 449, West Strand, London.
Infirmary-walk, Worcester, August 28, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester, Hereford, and Glou-
cester Railway.

I request you will allot toy me Shares in the above un-
dertaking, and I agree to take all such sharess, or so many thereof as
you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit, and to sign the Par-
liamentary contract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required.
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WORCESTER, HEREFORD, AND GLOU-
CESTER RAILWAY.
Notice Is hereby given, that no application for Shares will be re-
ceived after Tirmisp.s.v, the 18th day of September Instant.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall,
F. T. ELGIE, Worcester,
F. L. BODENHAM, Solicitor.
T. EVANS, Hereford,
WHITCOMBE, HELPS, and WENYSS, Gloucester,
"IldQn OfACCs of the Company, 449, Wein. Strand,
ilopt. 12, Mb.

BOSTON, NEWARK, and SHEFFIELD
RAILWAY, NOTTINGHAM, MANSFIELD, and MID-
LANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The Directors of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway, and
the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway, are
happy to inform the shareholders and the public, that an amalga-
mation of interests has been effected between the two Companies
upon equal terms. The Directors can only view the important ad-
vantages which will arise from this union as a subject of mutual
congratulation. The Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction
Railway will, by its Clay Cross extension, open up the vast and ex-
haustless coal fields of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for the con-
sumpton of Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and the adjoining counties, and
through the medium of their seaports create a new and extensive export
and import trade. It will also pour an immense passenger and other
traffic into the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield line, from Notting-
ham, Mansfield, and their populous districts to Sheffield, Hudders-
field, Manchester, Bradford, and other large manufacturing towns
in the counties of Lancaster and Yorkshire, by means of an amicable
understanding with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, which
the amalgamated lines are intended to join. The Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield Railway will confer an equal benefit upon the Notting-
ham, Mansfield and Midlands Junction Railway, in affording not
only the most direct and the shortest mode of communication with
Sheffield and the North, but in consequence of the amalgamation, it
will decrease the expense of transit, and ensure an extensive market
In Lincolnshire and Norfolk for the valuable minerals and othe re-
sources which the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction
Railway will, in its progress, necessarily develop°.
By order, JOHN DENNISTON, Secretary,
T. H. RIGBYE, Secretary.
Mansfield, September 10, 1845.

RUGBY, WARWICK, and WORCESTER
RAILWAY.

Provisionally Registered.
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-General Slr Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8., Madryn
Park, Caernarvonshiro
Sir William Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Portman-scluare,
London
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Sir Henry Bromley Henrich, Court Garden, Great Marlow, Bucks
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &e., Alderman of
London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuatioa,
and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction, the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the
North London Junction, and the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies
T. Hagger, Esq., Northampton iDirectors of the South Midland and
J. Freeman, Esq., Ditto Northampton, Banbury, and Chel-
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Ditto tenham Railway Companies
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Methem Villa, Provisional Directors of the
Leamington, South Midland Railway
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton, Company
Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Ryelands, Lancaster, Director of the Lancas-
ter and Preston Junction and North Western Railway Companies
J. M. Cottle Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton,
and Leicester Railway Company
John Gardner, Esq., Southall), Provisional Director of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company
William Frederick Boadon, Esq., John-street; Berkeley-square, Lon-
don, Provisional Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway Company
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Rail-

way Company
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowanhead, Kendal, Provisional Director
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, the York and Carlisle, and Manches-
ter and Southampton Railway Companies
James Beach,"Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, Lon-1 Directors of the South
don, and Brandon Lodge, Warwickshire Midland Railway
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton Company
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham and Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Companies
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury,
Kent of
Provisional Directors d
The Rev. D. Robinson, Brompton
W. W. Mansell, Esq., Dorchester-place, the Great North an
Blandford.-square, London South Wales and Wor-
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Wor-
cester Railway
cester -
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway Company
John Satchell, Esq., Warwick, Deputy Chairman of the Leamington
Board of Commissioners
Robert Chapman, Esq., Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the
Great Manchester Railway Company
Henry Morgan, Esq., Bristol Directors of the
William Watson, Esq., Burn Grove, Roxburgh-,Bristol and Exeter
shire Railway Company
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Provisional
Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway Company
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
Mr. Sergeant Adams, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Mr. Herbert Atterbury, Thornby, Northamptonshire
John Burnett, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner for the county of Glou-
cester
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Hill, Surrey
Charles Brandt, Esq., Leamington
Captain Chamier, Halkin-street West, Belgrave-aquare, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Peter Colston, jun., Esq., Husband's Bosworth, near Market Har-
borough
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Pestling Hall, Leicestershire
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Great Surrey-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq., 39, Lothbnry, and Mayor of Carnarvon
John Eyston, Esq., Welford, Northamptonshire, and Salford Hall,
Warwickshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq., Glentleld and Leicester
Alexander Greig, Esq , Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
George Harper, Esq., Moss Fields, Salop
John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gleuceater-Street, London
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
Mr. George Wortley Lovell, Great Billing, Northamptonshire
William Laslett, Esq., Worcester
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Mr. Benjamin Paine, Leicester
James Watts Peppercorue, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwieh,
Surrey
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, London
J. Watson Prole, Esq., 31, Thurlow-square, Brompton
James Whitchurch, Esq., Southcliff, Netley Abbey, Hants
William Williams, Esq., Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
Edward Welsh, Esq., Leamington
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington
Mr. John Woolaton, jun., merchant, Wellingborough, Northampton-
shire

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Rugby—Messrs. Butlin and Son
Leamingktm Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Coin-
Southam pany
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and CO,
ENGINES% IN CHIRP—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Mr. George Weller, 8, King's-road, Bedford-row
Welford—Mr. George Pell, jun.
Leamington
Warwick Messrs. Patterson, Haymes, Hanbury, and Gardner
Southam
Worcester—Mr. R. T. Rea
Birmingham-31r. T. R. T. Hodgson

SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.
Parties holding Scrip Certificates for Shares in this Com are
requested to transmit the same to Mr. Christopher Kerr, 26pan, Caystle-
street, Dundee, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 24th current, with
their Names, Professions, and Residences, distinctly written, in order
that the same may be correctly entered In the Re4istcr, as required
by law. By order,

Dundee, Sept. 10, 1845.

CHRIS. KERR, Int. Sec.

CORK AND FERMOY DIRECT RAILWAY
COMPANY.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 250,000/., in 12,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Kingston
The Hon. James King
The Very Rev. Edward Gustavus Hudson, Dean of Armagh, Glenville
Adams, Thomas Travers, Esq., J.P., Annagarra
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Bedford
Beamish, S. G., Esq., Kensington-square, London
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., London
Champion, Richard Gifford, Esq., Bushy Park, Cork
Crawford, Cooper, Esq., Mitchelstown
Dennehy, Thomas, Esq., Bellevue, Fermoy
Disney, Rev. Harry, Mitchelstown
Fitzgibbon, Michael, Esq., Solicitor, Mitchelstown
Forrest. the Rev. Thomas, Mitchelstown
Geron, Daniel, Esq., Coroner, Ruslunount
Green, Thomas, Esq., Airhill
Hamer, Samuel, Esq., London
Johnson, Noble, Esq., Cork
Johnson, D. T., Esq., London
Johnson, R. IV., Esq., London
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., London
King, William, Esq., London
Massy, John, Esq , 'Tipperary
Livius, G. P., Esq., London
M'Carthy, Rev. Charles, R.C., Vicar, Mitchelstown
Meteyard, H. W., Esq. London
M`Carthy, W., Esq., Xi/glass Mills
Mitchell, Henry Brazier, Esq., D.L. and J.P., Mitchelsfert, Water-
grass-hill .
Montgomery, Rev. William Quinn, Killee Castle
Montgomery, Arthur C., Esq., Killee Castle
Morgan, Edward, Esq., Bridestown
Morrogh, 'James, Esq., Kilworth, Manager of the National Bank,
Fermoy
O'Brien, .Michael, Esq., Ballyboy
O'Brien, Edward, Esq., Mounteagle, Manager of the National Bank,
Mitchelstown
O'Brien, Richard, Esq., Solicitor, Mitchelstown
O'Brien, Rev. Morgan, P.P., Mitchelstown
Phelan, James, Esq., M.R.C.S., Mitchelstown
Reeves, Edward Hoare, Esq., Ballyglissane
Roche, J. W., Esq., Rochemount
Sadler, Nicholas, Esq., Ballanvillen
Smyth, Henry Mitchell, Esq., J.P., Castle Widnam and Bishop's
Island
Stevenson, Thomas, Esq., London
Smyth, Henry, Esq., J.P., Richmond, and Renny, Fennoy
Spiers, E. J., Esq., London
Teulon, Major Peter, Glenwood, Kilworth
Wardle, Henry, Esq., London
(With power to add to their number).
A considerable addition of influential local names will appear
shortly.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
CHAIRMAN.

John Joseph Keene, Esq., Diree---torOTiiie National Bank of Ireland,
St. John's-wood, Regent's Park, London
,Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman, Bedford
Beamish, S. G., Esq., Kensington square
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Union-court, Old Broad-street
Hamer, Samuel, Esq., G. P. 0., and Southampton-row, Russell-
square

Johnson, D. T., Esq., Director of the Chester and Manchester Rail•
way, Aidermanbary Churchyard, London
Johnson, R. W., Esq., Director of the Chester and Manchester Rail.
way, Moorgate-street

King, 'Milian, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Assurance Com-
pany, Waterloo place
Livius, G. P. Esq., Director of Remington's London and Manchester
Railway, 29, Moorgate-street
Mcteyard, Horace William, Esq., 8.C.L., Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Railway, Middle Temple and Chatham-
place
Splers, E. J., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Railway, Carlton-villas, Paddington
Stevenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Medical, Invalid, and Ge-
neral Assurance Company, 37, Upper Grosvenor-street
Wardle, Henry, Esq., Aldersgate-street and Macclesfield.

BANKERS.
The National Bank of Ireland and its Branches
Messrs. Barnet, Hoare, and Co., 62, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.--

Ireland—Messrs. Jonathan Wign7ore,giterlock, and Sons, Cork and
Fermoy; and Lower Pembroke-street, Dublin
London—William Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street.
ENGINEER—Edgar Clements, Esq.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Bridges, Esq.
The projected line of railway, to connect Cork, the first seaport and
second city of Ireland, with the central agricultural district from
which it is extensively supplied with produce in exchange for im-
ported commodities, has the entire and cordial approbation of a large
body of landholders and residents between the two termini, as
carrying out the principle of direct communication for which the in-
habitants of Fermoy and its vicinity have always contended.
The line will be 19% English miles in length, being 2% miles
shorter than the mail-coach road, and 14 miles shorter than any line
which may be constructed as a branch via Middleton.
The entire line of country has been surveyed by competent engi-
neers, and reported OR as extremely favourable as to the gradients,
and entirely free front engineering difficulties. It will therefore be
easy of construction, and all the works may be completed in a com-
paratively short time from the obtaining of the Act.
It is intended to adapt the line in its construction to the most im-
proved principle of motive power.
The present traffic in passengers and goods between Cork and
Fermoy is considered equal, if not superior, to that existing between
any two towns in Ireland equally distant from each other. As every
economy will he used in its formation, and as the landowners on the
! line are entirely favourable, the railway will be constructed for a
very reasonable sum, and thus ensure ample remuneration to the
Shareholders.

Prospectus and forms of application for shares may be obtained of
the solicitors; or of the Secretary, at the offices of the Company,
No. 38, 3foorgate-street, London.
11th September, 1845.

OXFORD, SOUTHAMPTON, GOS-
PORT, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Right Hen. Lord Ingestre, 31. P.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and Biuming-
ham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, sq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, Banker
Sir John Campbell,
Sir John Pirie, Bart ,Alderman, Directors of the Peninsular and
Pedro de Zulurta, Esq., Oriental Steam Packet Company
B. M. Wilcox, Esq.,
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton
Dock Company
Sir William Wynne, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chassel-house, Southampton
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, late
M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
John Humphrey, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, and M.P.
for the Borough of Southwark
The Mayor of Newbury
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq , Director of the Northern and Eastern Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Junction Railway
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
Samuel Boy:11, Esq., Southampton
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Junction, and East and West of England
Junction and Crewe Railways
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Banbury, Director of the Birmingham and Oxford
Railway
Robert Barbour, Esq., Manchester
George Barrett, Esq., Southampton
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
C. R. Colman, Esq., Irongate Wharf, and General Steam Navigation
Company, Director of the South Midland Railway
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Samuel James Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
F. F. Clossmann, Esq., Mincing-lane
George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Mid-
land Junction Railway
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury, Berks, Alderman
Captain Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railways
Edward Farrow, Esq., Newbury, Director of Union Bank
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Man-
chester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Newington Hughes, Esq., Winchester
William Jaeomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde Park, Director of the North
Wales and the Newry and Enniskillen Railway
Edward Lerner, Esq., Southampton
James Lees, Esq., Deputy Chairman of Union Bank, Manchester
Captain James Patrick Macdougal, Brixton, Surrey, late Bengal
General Staff
Lewin Moseley, Esq., Banker, Liverpool
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
John Clark Prescott, Esq., Manchester
David Price, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Leeds and Bolton
Railway
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., of the South-Western Steam Packet Company,
Southampton
G. Parbury, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way
William Watson Prole, Esq., Director of the Jersey Railway
William Langley Pope, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Woodford, Director
of the Falmouth and Exeter Railway
Clement Royds, Esq., Rochdale, Chairman of the Preston and Wyre
Railway
Major Selwyn, Royal Engineers, Director of the East and West of
England Junction Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and Austin-friars,
Director of the Cobra Mining Company
Benjamin Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Dublin and
Kilkenny Railway
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Railway
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton.
COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT.
The Honourable Howe Brown, Chairman
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Deputy-Chairman
John Attwood, Esq., M.P.
John Masterman, Esq.
Sir John Pirie, Bart.
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman
• George Adam, Esq.
John Bagshaw, Esq.
Joseph Brawn, Esq.
William Chadwick, Esq.
William Henry Forman, Esq.
Captain George Probyn
Robert Watkins, Esq.
Joseph 'Underwood, Esq._
William Langley Pope, E
BANKERS —M ittessrs. —esteCo.,Esq.
nnan and Co. London
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF—Joseph Locke, Esq.
ACTING ENG [NEERs—Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch
SOLICITORS—John Bethel], Esq., 75, King William-street, London;
at Southampton, Messrs. Sharp and Harrison
SECRETARY—John Dunlop, Esq.
The Deeds will lie for signature at the Company's same", No. 19,
Bircliin-lane, from Twelve till Four o'clock, every day until thriller
notice ; and duplicate Deeds will lie forsignature between the hours
of Eleven and Five o'clock, at the following places ;
Manchester—On Saturday, September 13, at Messrs. Honghland and
Leese's, King-street
Liverpool—OnMonday, September 15, at Messrs. John Well sand Co.'s, Royal flank Buildings
Leeds—On Tuesday, September 16, at Messrs. Weilbeloved and
()loner's
Sheffield—On Wednesday, September 17, at Messrs. Garton and
Birmingham—On Thursday, September 18, at Mr. Lane's, share-
broker.
On the execution of the Deeds the Scrip will be delivered.
19, Birchin.laneord, CO By er,rnhill, Sept. 12 JOH DUNLOP, Secretary.
, 1845. N

THE OXFORD, SOUTHAMPTON, GOS-
PORT, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
In answer to the numerous applications still being made for Shares
In this Railway, notice is hereby given that the allotment wee closed
On the 6t>l instant, and no ftuther applications can possibly be received.
By order, --JOHN DUNLOP, Bearotary.
191 nirelgivisZo, Ca4ll4l,,Sept, IQ, 1846, •