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London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

r EIRE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
E. RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, VANTAGE, lIITNGERFORD,
anti LUDCINIISAALL.

(Pr°visionally registered.)
Capital 1,200,000/, In 48.000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. Iss. per Share.
PRE L MINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The importance of connecting remote parts of Ei.gland by Rail-
Ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can-scarcely be be'ter exeraklified than by the Line
which is row proposed to forma short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford anal 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 di verge to thenorth -west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
coarse of Railway from 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 Yalisbury Direst Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of coruntungcatiou
Tw-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will atrord to the borouelt of ♦bingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent T 111 ag es, 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 want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town •f
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Ilungerford and Ltulgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commenee the proposedli ne 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
sane 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, Flungenord and Ludgers •
hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country
intended to be traversed, is in course of preparation, and with the
names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly
be published. In the meantime, farther information may be ob-
tained from Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applies
Von for shares nay be made.

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Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
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Hyde Park, Director
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company
late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
GJohn Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Junction
William Chadwick, Esq.' Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of I
London,
The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
Sir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport
Louis Ruckland, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's Park, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
George Bovill, Esq., Miliwall, Poplar
John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Buxton, Director of the North Wales Railway
W. Bevan, Esq.. 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. Direc-
tor. of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and Wales Railway
E. Chapman, Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway
James I). De Vitre, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight Abbey, near Manchester
William Tulioch Fraser, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direst Railway
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West and Birmingham South Stafford-
shire Railways
James Home, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
William Halliday, Esq., merchant, Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director
of the Leekfleld and Birmingham Railway
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton
Railway
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Jerdine, Esq., Piccadilly
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmoath, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South
Wales Railway
W. Knott. Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway
John Kinlock, Esq., 21, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-gardens, Director
of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway, and the Great Britain Life
Assurance Company
Captain J. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
J. D. Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Richmond
Railway
William Morley, Req., Blackheath-park, Deputy Chairman of the
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Robert Mutrie, Esq., merchant. 93, Watling-street,
G. Miller, Esq.. Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
N. M`Cann, Esq., SO. Parliament-street. Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
Wm. Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway
Geo. Rongemont, Esq., 9, Cheater-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rogers. Esq., Laura-place, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway, and the Keighley, Huddersfield and
Halifax Junction Railway
Christopher Shaplaud, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon and Cornwall Railway
Walter Sharp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond
Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of th
London and Brighton Railway
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorstin Hall, Melton
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, Distiller
S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest WM. near Worksop
W. I. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Railway
(With power to add to their namber).
RANKERS.
Messrs. Masterman and Co.. London
- The Union Bank, Manchester
SoMorroz--John Bethell,E.,
ENGINEER.
oKliNng William-street, London.
CONSULTING
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.1.C.E.;
and John Belcher, Esq.
SECRETARY.

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This Company is formed for making a railway from Liverpool to
Derby, and will, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby
Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest
route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and
proceed along the Liverpool and Manehester Railway to within a
importance of the Whiston Inclined Plane, and thence branch off,
in a south-easterly direction, through 'Warrington, Rnutsford, and
Congleton to Leek (there joining the Manchester and Rugby Rail-
way), and from thence through Ashbourne to Derby. The whole
length of the proposed line will be about sixty-six miles. It will be
seen by reference to the map that this important line of railway will
form the shortest route from Liverpool to London and effect a direct
chain of communication between Liverpool and Derby, and will
thence, by means of the Midlands and other railways, open an unin-
terrupted route to the more eastern counties, and afford a complete
midland communication between the eastern and western parts of
the kingdom and the important intermediate manufacturing districts.
The most important feature in this railway is that it forms the
shortest road from Liverpool to London. The distance by it, with the
Manchester anti Rugby, and London and Birmingham, will be only
188 miles, whereas by the present route it is 210 miles, and by the
Trent Valley Railway 200% miles ; effecting a saving of 22 miles in
one instance, and 1234 miles in the other.
And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between
Liverpool and Derby will be reduced by this line to about 74 miles,
thus decreasing the distance by any present existing railway, at least
46 miles; an advantage which carries in itself the conviction of the
necessity there is for the proposed railway, in order to eonnect more
immediately two such important towns, especially when these towns
are.but the foci, as it were, for other railways from still more distant
localities, as before adverted to.
The distance also from Manchester to Leek (where the proposed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway)
will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 26% miles,
making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby only 56%
miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi-
cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object
most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite sufficient to recom-
mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results.
But great as these results most certainly will be, they are far out-
weighed by the very important consideration that, in conjunction
with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, it will also be the
most direct route from Liverpool to London.
The distance from Liverpool to Leek (the proposed point of junc-
tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles;
from Leek to Rugby, according to the line as proposed by the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London 83 miles; thus making the whole distance from Liverpool to
London 188% miles, instead of 210, by the present route.

With regard to the traffic and -otiter details connected with the
working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great
importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication
with each other, in order to convince the minds of all that the source
of revenue thus derived will be immense.
There are no engineering difficulties connected with the forming of
the line.
The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliamentnt
is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per ce
interest on all calls.
Applications for detailed prospectuses, map2sB, argoosrghaaretes_
shares,
be made to the Secretary, at the offices,
,
King William-street, City,
London ; at Mr. Bethel's Offices, 7
London ; and at 22, Cross-street, 141w:tester, and the following
Sharehrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Cribb e, and Sutton, 22, North
Side, Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ;
and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs.
Messrs. Ma-
c Allsop,
enzie and Laurence, 38, ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese,
k5l, King-street, Manchester; Messrs. Marshall, Town-hall-buildings,
Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ;
3tesers. Wellheloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son,
and W. 11. Land, Esq., Bristol; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham;
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Rod_
derstield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter; R. I'. Lemon,
Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. glint
and Tootal, Hull.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Derby Railway
I request you will allot to meCompaay,
shares of 20/. each in the
capital of the abovi-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired.
Dated the day of

, 1845

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