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Richard Compton, Esq., Eddington Rouse, Hungerford, Berke, a
lliaglstrate for the counties of Wilts and Berks
Henry Con Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Malden, Essex
The Constable of Hungerford
Richard Davis, Esq., St. Helen's-place, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of
the Warwickshire and London Railway
Captain William Lionel Lampert, The Highlands, Oxfordshire, and
ton House, Warwickshire
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Captain Stewart, R.N., Leamington, Warwickshire
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Samuel Haines, Esq.. Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director
of the South Staffordshire Railway
William Northage, Esq., Upper Gower-street, Bedford. square
John Wodley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the Birmingham
and Bristol Railway
Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory, Roehampton, Surrey
Francis Cole Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, Hyde;Park
Algernon Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
John Parkinson, Esq., PALS., Cambridge-terrace, Ilyde Park
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square
Richard Groucock, Bow-churchyard, and Dulwich. Director
of the Direst Manchester Railway
J. B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland-lodge, Brixton
Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York
Henry Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheapside, Director of the
Rugby and Macclesfield Direct Railway
John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square.
Thomas Grimsditch, Esq , M.P., Macclesfield, Cheshire
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fields, Wolverhampton, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
William Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Erasmus R. Foster, Esq., Birchin-lane
William Bargett, Esq., Broad-street
Peter R. Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank
Thomas Miller, jun. Esq., Leicester
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Enfield, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Thomas Kidley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
James Sheppard, Esq., jun.. White Hart-court, Lombard-street
Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Magistrate
for Middlesex
George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter
John Clampit Sercombe, Esq., Exeter
William Pearce, Eeq., Liverpool
W. llelliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Robert Henry Iturst, Esq., jun., Temple
William Nash, Esq., Caphain Common
Grey Hazlerigg, Esq., West Carlton Hall,
Leicester
Captain Twisleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the
Leicester and Tean and Dove Valley Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEERS IN CIIIEF.
Sir John Macuiell, LL.D., F.R.S.
James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A.
BANEeas—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. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Londe'.
Secatemse—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
Assterater-Seckeraae—Charles J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and B. Pinniger, Esq.
At Rarnsbury—William Rowland, Esq.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq., and John Edwards Hayward, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rudway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Shepton .Hallett—Francis Isaac Haider, Esq.
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Exeter—William Denis Moore, Esq.
At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq., and J, A. Toms, Esq.
At Launceston—Messrs. Lawrence and Pattlsen
At Bodmin
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth—Messrs. Tresidder and Son
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 situatiost 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 230 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 from 200,0001. to 3,0410,e00/. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening. of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably iacreased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End as 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 Falruouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus Is to show that no ether line than the
resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important outport—" tke natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project is distinguished by thls—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 afffird-
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 he curried 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 Wsetern) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to starry 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
tistassee from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With rereot to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is
needless to sayjmore than that there is already thorough traffic snubs
cleat to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern : that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles, that It will traverse rich and populous agricultural
and manufacturing dietricts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction es from others pro•
jected, with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the lino, it is evident that
the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting thane to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to 'which the ports
on either side of the groat promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of tide railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; t • what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bey, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter vieltents—it is obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and peasengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glome at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End, As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
utersetehire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, low altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.
Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom; it may not be out of place to quote here
the following expreiselolle of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the 131rmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he Is reported to have said :—" I consider that the
nicatioln between the metropolis and the great outperts to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
Particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Hum which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
It was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament.
It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties In any part of the line which have cot been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most reraunerativo railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per cent= per annum on the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and Is the shareholders in the
Greet Western, the Bristol and Exeter, mid other railways coanected
with the Direct Western district.
Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, at the Company's
Offices, 20, Poultry,
London, or to the local solicitors, or to any re-
spectable broker in town or Country
20, Poultry, London, September, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisienal Committee of the Direct Westera Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 25/. each in
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 12e. 64
per skare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Coc-
tract when required.
Dated

1845.

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THE LEEDS, lIUDI)EItsFIEI,I3, stiEF-
FIELD, and SOUTII STAPIORDSIIIRE. (or LEEDS
WOLYERHAMPTON, and DUDLE 1) DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PnOVISIONAL COMIIITTEE.

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HAMPTON-, anti DLTDLEy Tt.,1.1-LWAY.
Capit 2,000,000 i,

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Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
Notice is hereby given, that no applications for shares In this line
will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th day of October.
WM. ARNOLD BALNBRIGGE, Joint
JOHN Offices of the Company, 1, OWENS, Solicitors.
3foorgate, Sept. 26, 1846.

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THE LONDON REDIINGTON IN
ANDMANCHESTER
DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY.
The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for
the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below :
Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September
instant.
Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of
September instant.
Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September
instant.
Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of
September instant.
Bedford—At the Company's Office in the High-street, on Thursday,
the 2d day of October next.
Uttoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli-
citor, en Tuesday, the 231 day of September instant.
Burten-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So-
licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
day, the 27th day of geptember instant.
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 29th day of September instant.
Macclesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May,
Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and
Wednesday, the Ist day of October next.
Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ana's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday,
the 23d day of September Instant.
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Hull—At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September
instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, of Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc-
tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October
vent. By order,

H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.

WELSH SOUTH I
STOW. FOREST OF
JUNCTION EXTENSION RAIL
(Registered
900,1100/., in 45,

IDLAND, or CHEP-
DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER
Provisionally.)
~000 Shares of 201. mob.
u. per. Share.
-end the amount of his Share.
COMMITTEE.
William Hughes Hughes, Alder-
man of London
Cal. Hugh Caldwell
George Lawton, Esq.
W. P. Andrew, Esq.
C. R. Colman, Esq.
Joseph Davies, Esq.
John Wheelton, Esq.
Edward Hall, Esc
Major White
Captain J. P. Macdougall
William Shellbrd Fitzwilliana, Esq.
William Frederick Beadon, Esq.
Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
James Beech, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Edward Francis Dayrell, Esq., Chairman
Edward Hall, Esq., Deputy-Chairman
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. W. P. Andrew, Esq.
Sir William Twysden, Sart. C. R. Colman Esq.
Major White S. Fitzvvillians, Esq.
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq. W. F. Beadon, Esq.
George Lawton, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
ENGINEER.
William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
LONDON BANKERS
Messrs. Glynn and Ce. ; and Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., Strand.
PROVINCIAL RANKERS.
Messrs. Bromage and Co., Chepstow
Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth
Menem Williams and Sons, Newport
The West of England Banking Company and Branches
The Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company and Branches
The National Provincial Banking Company and Branches
The Gloucestershire Banking Company and Branches
The County of Gloucester Banking Company and Branches.
SOLICITORS.
Mr. W. T. H. Phelps, Newport. Monmouthshire
Messrs. A'Beckett and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London
LOCAL AGENTS.
Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors
Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors
SECRETARY.
Mr. William Prothero, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, London.

Deposit, No Shareholder to be liable
bey
PROVISIONAL
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmoro
The Right _ Hon. Col. Dawson

Darnel*, M.P.
The Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, M.P.
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P.
Tke Non. Col. Westenra,
Sir Henry Hanleke, Hart.
Sir Henry Webb, Bart.

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Sir William Twisden, Bart.
Sir William Bacen Johnson, Bart.
Sir Henry Seale, Bart
William Collins, Esq., M.P.
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq.,
High Sheriffof Buckinghamshire
William Strahan, Esq.

This Line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to
Plercifield, the far-famed Windcliff, and Tintern Abbey, to the towns
of lick and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and coal
field of South Wales, passing near to and through the midst of the
extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor-
ganshire, to join the Aberdare branch of the Taff Vale Railway,
which connects Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare with Cardiff—thus
forming a much more direct and almost straight Line—by means of
the railways already made and projected between those immensely
populous districts, and the eentre of the kingdom and London, by
means of which the journey by land will be shortened between the
metropolis and this great seat of industry to four and a half, and
between Newport and Cardiff to dye hours. which at present, oven by
the aid of existing railways, cannot be performed in less than froze
ten to twelve hours.
It will be found by reference to the official census of 1831 and
1841, that the average increase of population of the county of Mon-
mouth exceeded that of any other county in England or Wales ; this
fact is referred to as illustrative of the rising importance of the
country through which this railway is intended to pass, and of
the very large passenger traffic which may reasonably be calculated
upon.

The town of Usk, with Ragland, and the rich agricultural district
for many miles around, are supplied by carts from the vicinity of
Pontypool with coal and lime, which are there obtained at a cheap
rate, and in return cattle and provisions of all kinds, hay, corn, and
pit timber to an enormous extent, are sent to the iron works and
collieries, where the consumption is immense. This traffic alone
must necessarily ensure a considerable revenue to the Company, in-
dependent of the great traffic from the manufactured iron, fire
bricks, and paying stone, which is of superior quality, and In great
abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and
tin plates from the works to London, including transit to the port,
shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts to little less than
295. per ton, whilst by this railway, and those it is Intended to join,
the average cost at the rate usually charged for such goods on rail-
ways will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., and be conveyed
within twenty-four hours, instead of the average voyage round the
Land's End of three, and not unfrequently six weeks, and with the
very important advantage of delivering the iron free from rust,
which is unavoidable on a sea voyage, in small bars more particu-
larly, causing a deterioration of from 15s. to 20s. per ton at least.
This railway, by means of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and
Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways,
will open Birmingham as a market for the manufactured iron of
South Wales, from which it has been in a measure excluded, from
the difficult and expensive transit by the River Severn and Canals.
Large quantities of iron ore, known as " Hmmatete ore," Is imported
into Wales, from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst
ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron making,
exists in abundance in the Forest ef Dean, and may be raised and
delivered from thence by means of this and the Chepstow, Forest of
Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway to the different iron works
in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire at an average of from 25 to 30
per cent. lees than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a
handsome remilneration to the Railway Companies.
The Committee of Management have gone very carefully into
estimates ef the goods traffic especially, and they feel justified in
expressing a decided opinion that the revenue from this source alone
will yield 5 per cent. on the proposed capital of the Company, in
addition to the revenue to be derived from the other traffic.
This Railway will pass close to, and within a few miles of, all the
iron and tin works of Monmouthshire, and the principal part ef
those in Glatnorganshire ; and the following short statistic of the
extent of those stupendous undertakings will give an idea of the vast
importance of the present project. The iron and tin works com-
mence at Pontypool, and are-
1. The Pontymeile Tin and Iron Works
2. The Blaendare Iron and Coal Works
3. The extensive Tin Works at Ponthir and Caerleon
4. The Pentwyn, Golonos, and Varteg Iron Works and Rolling
Mills
5. The British Iron Company
6. The Blaenavon Iron Company
7. The Nantylylo
8. The Coalbrooke Vale
9. The Cwn Celyn and Blaine Company
10. The Beaufort
11. The Ebbw Vale •
12. The Victoria Company
13. The Abbercarne, PontyMister, and Tydee Tin Works,
t 4. The Tredegar Iron Company
15. The Shirhowey
16. The Rhymney and Bate Company
7. The Dowlais Iron Works
8. Carfartha.
Added to which, in the vicinity, are the extensive works and
collieries in the Aberdare Valley, and on either side of the intended
railway are collieries raising and vending about one million and a
half tons of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to ex-
pect will be greatly extended, by the facilities offered through the
intended railway.
In the districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and westward, there exists
an inexhaustible abundance of a peculiar description of coal, which,
though inflammable, is nearly smokeless, and is found to be superior
in quality for steam purposes to any yet known. In the London
market it meets with a ready sale at 30 per cent. higher than any of
the best north country Hartley's ; and notwithstanding the high
price, so highly is it esteemed, that the present importation amounts
to nearly 100,000 tons per annum. This coal for the most part is
brought from a distance of 24 miles, and shipped at Cardiff, from
whence freights to London have averaged from 10s. to Ils. per ton
during the past year; but so uncertain is the supply to the metropo-
lis, owing to the scarcity of ships on the Welsh coast, and the long
and precarious navigation round the Land's End, that many who are
anxious to adopt their engine grates for its use, are deterred from
the too great uncertainty which exists against obtaining a regular
and constant supply; these difficulties will be entirely superseded by
the proposed railway, and these it is intended to join, with the great
additional advantage and impetus to increased use and consumption,
that it may be delivered to the consumer at from 28. to 3s. per ton
less price than at present. Under such circumstances, it will not
appear unreasonable to those unacquainted with the trade, to expect
that the consumption in the metropolis alone will be increased four-
fold, whilst a new-found trade will be opened out with Chepstow,
Gloucester, Cheltenham, Witney, Oxford, and the numerous inter-
mediate towns to London, where steam coal is used.
It has been considered more judicious to term a separate Company
for the Extension line from Chepstow to the Taff Vale, than to alter
the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway
Company at present, but powers are proposed to be taken for uniting
the two Companies hereafter, with the assent of their respective
Boards of Direction.

Prefbrence will be given to those locally interested, aid to the
holders et Shares in the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction Railway.

A reference to the map will show the importance of this line as
forming a direct line of railway communication between the great
mineral district of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, with the
heart of the'Kingdom and London.
It may confidently be stated that in connexion with the Chep-
stow, Forest of Dean, and Glouttester Junction Railway, there is
not a line of railroad In the Kingdom which offers greater advan-
tages to the Shareholders than the present. Provision will be made
in the Act of Parliament which will be applied for in the next ses-
sion to limit the liability of the Shareholder to the amount of his
shares, and to allow four per cent. on the calls.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the finds of
the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion, and in the preparation of the Plans and Sections submitted to
Parliament.

Power will be applied for in the Aet (and ht the meantime is
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon auy branch of the line, to make
branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or
otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi-
nate the first Directors of the Company.
Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be made to the
Solicitors, or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle Street,
and Messrs. Backhouse and Co., No. 4, Angel Court, Throgmorton
Street, London ;—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham;—
Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; —Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath;—
Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester ;—MeSsrs. H. Davies
and Ce., Dale Street, Liverpool ;—Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ;
—Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ;—and Messrs. Labertoache and
Stafford, Dahlia.
To the Provisional Committee of the Welsh South Midland or Chep.
stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Extension Railway
I request that you will apportion me shares of 20/. each, in
the Welsh South Midland or Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glouces-
ter Junction Extension Railway; and I do hereby undertake to ac-
cept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the
deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
qaired. _ _ _

Dated this
Name in full
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Name, Residence. aad Profession of Referee....
Usual t3igassure of Applicant

day of

1845.

LSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or Cfnt,p.
&TOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOINESTAA it ia~
TIO IiXTENCION RAILWAY,
NoWce is hereby given that ao Application for Shares in this Com-
pany sin be resolved after the lot of October next.
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PROVISIONAL cONNITTER.
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' rd de Lisle, of Penshurst,
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The Right Hon. Ito oEfgpmeotwnto,r.thof CHoowudsret,tysrussex
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, of the
ii
.ml.eHouse, S»>
Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., of Ho a bs'a "
The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton
WindsorletonVtlat al.
The Hon. Robert Core,
The Hon. William M. Dawson loaf
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, Brook-street
..
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Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbourne-stree., Hyd Part, M.P., of 21, Wilton-crescent
of the East India Company
ex-aardens
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., of 40, Suss . ,„
~t it.
Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P.,
Sir Robert Schomburgh, of New Kingston,
of Eaton- Thames
Direct Western Railway Company,
Company, &c.
Lee Steore, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey Surreice, tot
Captain Charles Shirley, of
lgrave-square
Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowncles-street, Pe
re,
Midhurst, Sutshseex
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., of Broom Hall,
Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect-Place llSeuuErse'',?eurr, Ifia;
Lancelot Archer Burton, Esq., of Woodlands,
Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex
Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton-street
rns_ ,_
rotto4,
E. T. Dayrell, Esq.,Taligh Sheriff of Buckingll
_el f°, r
Colonel Henry Manias Campbell, of North-en Hoes
Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants °
...• fale
Major Snow, of 4, Ohl Cavendish-strt Recto,. or -
Francis Lyons Price, Esq., of Sydenham,
The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, oeef WCSMOUTRe
/;anti 1),
jw.-...00 ,e 0
Shropshire Mineral Company
JeaetonregseßGereaciha,hEamsq;E, of Brandon
ofßare olmlalble,_ Tipiraaerzasckusshiarrereeti
Brictoo.
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 16, danies-s
gate
Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex dactylng „eg
George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, HarleyfOrdana" a Or' ares.
.{..111 rt.
ul. la '"
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham
Regent's 1...,eac
Robert Chapman, Esq., of I, Park-place, lOl
10.
Park
_square, i aotaP a
William Watson Prole, Esq., of ThurdoW ~,olis
Brompton,
Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 8, Upper Gower-streeti_nraoalPent
Director of the Birmingharr , and Leicester H 3111"•••
John Napper, Esq., of Ifold F louse, Surrey
Stephen Loudell, Esq., of Landfield, Sussex —et
004
Thomas Stevenson, Esq.. f.s7, Upper Grosvenorama
....ter
George Baker, Esq., of St hand, Sussex a.. afelie.
James Hitchins, Esq., ~f Lincoln, Director of ..
Southampton Railway Company 434101
Lewis Pocock, Esq., WI nontague-street, RuStieß
Thomas Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey
Samuel Relf, Esq., Rai agate, Surrey
Thomas Neale,
Esq., t an., of Reigate, Surrey
John Lucas, Esq., of 'i arndall-hill, Haslemere
Thomas Bowles,
Esc;,, of alidhurst, x
. aairee" gr
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S ,of Great Sarre., _,,,,, of
the Rugby, Warw la, and Worcester
William Hardy, Esq.. .F.S.A., of Croydon, Surfetl
tropolitan Junctioat•Compa
Railway We'
ny tidilerit ... .
John Davidson. Esq, of Trotton-house, near a
_,_,,aoer.
Edmund Sadler, Esq-, of Bepton, Sussex sear
Anthony Dickson, :Esq., Edrington-house, n
...let 01
Tweed
Joseph Eade, Eaq., of Clapham Common
„,„01111-... Dr
William Watson, Eats., of Burn-grove, ROXnu"i
C
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
Samuel Brown, Esq.., of Clapham _,,aette,
Joseph Scales, Esq.,. of 3, Dunster-court, Millen',"B.
I.*
terre°4,. I.*
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., of 30, Cambridge-„,anaaaL of tbe
Director of the It eading and Reigate Railway ~,,,irectof
,o,
John Helbert Helb, tat, Esq., of alencesteaplace, m a.oA,
tester and Birml ngham Railway Company •
Charles Thomas W arele, Esq., of Clopton H
Director of the l' rarwick and London Railway 'swica-s4 O.
ease„..Sootrap";°,,r
ore, pa
Captain William C ousins, of Compton-street, larlin_any 000,
rector of the Do; acaster and Goole Railway Control-A 0.
Captain Frederick Chamier, of Halkin-street, Be„,.' of 6'
rector of the Fat npoux and Hazebrouck Railaaale „act/ ,r,
John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner a tli 04
cester
froWr at" '.4
John Moreton Cottle, Esq., of Leamington, 13
pipatold
and Birmingham Railway Company htoll,
0004'
John Brightman, E sq., of Regency-square, Brig
Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company
-Oar"' 't4
William Spooner, E.sq., of Chapel-street, Belgavn pa.'
the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway ComPaill,.,,,,autire' l,
Alexander Greig, Et at, of Lowndes-street, Belga' - Air'
of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester RailwaYrtge, 111 or
Captain Trophinn Is Hodges. of 65, Connaught-tc
soy
e,t,,e
Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway CalnPr efta • itt
a
George Parbury, Asa., of 37, Russell-square, Direct°
r
ter and Rugby 1 tanway Company ,a Vet°
~,,,1
George R. Pepper wane, Esq , of Bexhill, Susse',•,yl) , r"
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway ColliP-,e't or '-'
Thomas Henry Eva'as, Esq., of Lothbury, Mr"'
Warwick and Wor tester Railway Company
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 5, Harley-street h,. rl
bite
Rev. F. H. Hall, D_,)•,rn U Ift
~ Rector of Fulbo e •,-- Ire
~,
Rev. Thomas Price. Rector of Llanrothel, Here.°rd
W. Wood, Esq., el Chilgrove, Sussex
Henry Morley, Esei.. of Midhurst, Sussex
William Gambier, isq., Seacombe Park, Herta
IC. A. Talk, Esq., cif Totteridge Park, Herts tebtal'e° .tor`
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks, Whi-- Muff
John Inglis JArdel a, Esq., 150, Piccadilly t r vs
4.,ce 1 Z
Joseph Bulkeley Johnson, Esq., of 10, Coleman's a'
Staffordshire Potteries Railway tae , Eirec'
,i
H. R. Dowman, Usti., of 47, Upper Bedford-P-e ,
Cambrian and (3i-and Junction Railway 4,r0. David Montague, E sq., of Regent's-park t"
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Ludgate-hill, Director °C .105 Y
a
Valley Railway Company eta.-
James Gernon, Esq., Director of the London alb',, -
way Company
James afacmillon, Esq., Southampton
Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M. of Midhurst
Rectory' /arid Rev. Charles Edward Twyford,; of Trotton Rec.-' hag?
~ ,''t
Major James Adair, Director of Church of ''•-• 171;i4,
Company
...star, ic .0
Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Malaahea- irapi'
Manchester and Southampton Railway, Manegraola ' „,
West Lancashire Railway, and of Manchester, .'
~ o"
port Railway erg
tr
Of 01 Oa Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director 0. - ra '
-re( 0 Railway
O 0•" gO4 a
John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Manchester, Director -flea ' ,0.
ampton, and Gosport Railway, and of Mieeles •Ir
Railway „ r 11' or
Henry Farrington, Esq , of afaneheater, Director °of i f0;:i
nail a $ Southport Railway, and of York and Lancaster --„tor 1
Josephus Hurney Higson, Esq., of Manchester, D"-, „ter
of and Manchester Direct Railway. and of Mane.' aas
or
~t 4
Railway
aire.a/ ~,:0'
Daniel Grant, Esq., of Springside, Br, Lancaster, LaRCREtth, ~I, f
ington's Direct London and Manchester Hldl7„ ;114 lof
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastleallai'" oir''
Railway
tat, Esq., of the Polygon, afanclleSter' -,,,,,tt'‘:
London and Manchester Direct Railway f )/'„aP„,:i •
John Burgess, Esq., of Manclualter rou b ea,•°,il'itag,,,l Pt. ,
Director of the London and M anchestersße Directgre 1'..a%0X9-' 4,119
and of the Manchester, Bu alley, Settle, itnel 400`"
Railway
dal°.
James Shaw, Esq., of Salford. T.tancashire, Director - a,;
and Rugby J:ailway
slips
Edward Parratt, Esq., of the Siuttons. Romford will alie,o fpe
The names of other noble' non and gentlemen ased •
further advertisement, whose kapott has been Pr°
dertaking.
109?
coN3II"NRE OF MANAGEMINIr•_„.att,,I,O
Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward l''`'-arsite • 04'
Frederick Clarkson, „Esq. William la • ea, I
Robert Chapman, Esq. „05 fu
„0 , ,
Joseph Scales, Esq,
John Parkinson, Patel, David aion vir e` ie,"
Earonazaas--laiessra. Drs son of No. 2, Palace-PI log
SOLICITORS TO TIM COMPANY—Messrs. Pontifex il° •
ITrhoßmansote„,guee, fp00,4,
61% 1
Andrew's-court, Holborn, LOINIOn.
LOCAL . . ~.
Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Cnia,-
oester
paw
Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate OSP
William Minchin, Esq., solicitor, Portsea turd r
Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham
Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth •
Edwin Aldbery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurst ~te:11611
Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, `'••• l'
Szcaarear—Mr. John C. Sommers.
.„otraie
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010 P 1711414
In submitting this tmdertakimg to the public, It :00
0 sr influenced no less by a conviction of its importance or 01
necthlg line between the important towns of Cliche Obi°
ii
mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand nationat „,
~sta
affording a direct communication between the two gr„tbie.";o9,4lo;
naval arsenals of Great B stain--Portsmouth and enwo 'erne.
The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the et OA Or
Chichester and Portsmouth, -will extend the facilitiesudi ofwasal
den with the coast branches of railways along the sod £+Olo
connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, e" arig'ao/
towards the west. Sly the main line falling into °l be 047,1 ii Os
way the advantage of two termini in London ly.,11„aorl-br a,
one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at I'e-ora r A
latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom one V' (r.
several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged W be, tiona'„,aoV:
for a London terminus for merchandise of all desertsCo.'" 04 pi;
The line of railway intended to be constructed bYa
um op tpo
commence at or near the Redhill station near Heig frtini i°
don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 Miles li/A
bridge.
~ aesr .a,ao
In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through °c",01111,10,401
Newdigate, Cupel, Oakley, Ewhurst, Ruclgaldek. ,a C°7loe,tae:
Billinghurst, Wisborongh-green, Plaistow, Haslellie,.o•o,
~,' ad 'pi/
North Chapel, Kidford, Petforth, Midhurst, Chia,: isst4',.A
Racton, Westbourne. and Emsworth, at or near whiawaana.- or
place this projected Rae will join the Chichasterand ' the I
way to Portsmouth. o °PI' 4f
A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking r 0 'a ,
line at or near Capel.' ea 4,1v514
t,
By this course the entire distance to travel bet" bedistraenoc.ece reill:,,j 41
Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles,
shorter than that by which any line hitherto I;rod4 ;also
pre
.110.
London and Portsmouth has proposed to Pass' halle rt°4s 11 r a route more populous and productive than any -, only - tall
to public notice. It will involve the construction of Jost
railway to complete the course between the Bed
Reigate) and Emsworth.
..„,4Attori ,11 0
From London to Reigate by the London and P"." ..• i'
Railroad is . ..... ... ..... .... ......... •.:
:• • • , /
The junctioa to be made by;this Company is • • •:,.by. the 1;,,a.
Front the point near Emsworth to Portsmolia' .• •• ,re
.1
Chichester and Portsmouth Railway is .• •• • • .... • .P 17
• 4, p
•• • ie ,4,
Total distance from London to Portsmouth - • •• •• nog( p 0417
From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will helec:vilillie 1 'taef,i
which Will place Chichester in direct commtuticaa,pie route; re? el tei
The distance between Chichester and London by ' and . 0 ell ler 0
62 miles, and trains will run direct between Eolld°°,ea _ ,br,°, ga
Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to veie, triP 40 4
from the London and Brighton Railroad at Refga_een I'''. aunt
line will open up a communication by railroad beta aj, air,
and Dover. Or° I Ow
tb ,wees,f ...,
From an inspection of the map, it will be seen
~e 'b.- ice ip
station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct uautonale 0.1 I
mouth and Chatham, and in pursuing the line ofichia, Onto 7'J'
the last-mentioned naval and military depot, `-atell_a aatal ° iito
through or near the towns of Bletchingle",/, „u---- VI"-
frif/1
Vresterham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Tow'., laau"''' pal
ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Waodhalli• will ifd b 00
The distance between Chatham .nd Reigate railre'
nines 00 fr
making of 31 miles of railroad, and the lin.
...saga lica
Portsmouth and Chatham will calm' over 82 this or Fa
- ts •of iniP i 110),
To the naval and military establishments . ,st Alia .
..d•
construction of this projected line will afford the - stca " o Stiw.
n.e fae• „nt 0 i,alli ditties in the transit of troops, stores, baggea-', pres--,,A111 a al,
the tardy course of communication which eat lis7. dire 00-
exists between Portsmouth and Chathain, at Pr` in thatwthers ia
ing over the space of two days, and placing thallium or
paoooo
munication with each other which, in two Ile,
~ rat e' iv
will enable the journey between them to be rna heiareeViing, te
The formation of of a direct line of rail Will
estabito ors p'
ory
and Chatham will afford the opportunity 01
1° D'eP
electric telegraphic, that celerity of communication e
gr,,Ater P
re
obtained between places of national importances on
on ria eat?, a '
The warm support of the principal landowners
any elite es g 0
of the line is pledged to this undertaking• rasklng7o nittooi: 0,1
The Provisional Committee abstain from carry iale oto 119'
froni fOa Dr i
ference to the contemplate I profit to result „at ej ts of
this undertaking, feeling convinced that the ex
fine and lore
le
als',a
the populous and rich districts over which th1...,s 4 s de
are projected to pass is sufficiently known, °1•• to bekaalr''
Inutility of all comment in that respect. mow, fol. ore,
got
f VIP ll' et,
Applications for the shares, in the fortn e• tiny ~a ~,tre ..
to the Solicitors and Local Agents, a to_.ton, go)srog.u..foot;
Brokers :—Messrs, R. Sutton, Gribble, and ~u'' 2, Olivet ,;roael,
London ; Messrs. Peppercorn and Co., fill'crataoltd.l., ollroesleri:
London; Mr. H. Pritchett, of No. 74i %o t, B't Ss! af.ti,
Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool John Da‘n,,_atreaisaia•eo, ~
Manchester ; Mr. B. M`Ewen, 18, St. Ann's-stye
...,,_ bro.:dos/so
John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; .aa, naa Car,:ersjer c.tielr`_,,t
and Bailey, brokers, Leeds; Messrs. Schuh' 'mane" tge a' a a•
brokers' . Oe° 1°
verpool ; Mess& Hope and Rastrick, - nth , fessrs• 01.
PlYlla° a• 3 gb Tyeth and Luscoinbe, stockbrokers, Hu ',vitae
and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and C'9_,::a son,' 04
Levick, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis .....:____ -s,
ue,,,fl
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s 0
010,000
FORM OF APPLICATION' Faltenfoli•_it'h'itlrli is .tii
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct _,,d Oa
,20a ea'"
Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth ''`• ewes 'floe sale
Company.
to ate Coe
I request that yon will allot to me taka ad te PatarY
in the above Company, and I hereby alei.;
to Me' a jailerneaa.
or any less number that may be allotted
,e the .P.A of
... .
posit of 21. 2s. on each share, and to exeau`be tetana4s. ..• . „
tract and Subscribers' Agreement as may
Dated this day of •..... • ..• • • .. •', .•
Usual signature
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