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• tern : that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles that It will traverse rich and populous agricultural
;1,1 ;1,1 I,,,efer a Thrr, ~m, tuft rf trnffic•
ell Boni ays nor, cour,e 4.construction as from sailers pro-
jected, with every chance of
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, 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 them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to 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 Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line wilicommand a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance 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 distri:t, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now 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 expressions 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 Birmingham 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 com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already- expressed au opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, 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 difficultiei in any part of the line which have not 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 fu asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per centum 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 to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
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, or to any respect-
able broker in town or country
London, September 11, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each is
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d
per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to ins,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con.
tract when required.
Dated

1845.

Name in full
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HREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON,
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
WM. ORMSBY GORE, M.P.. Chairman.
The Hon. ROM. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
John Benbow, Esq., MP.
W. Richford Collett, Esq., M.P.
W. Fechney Black, Esq.
James Clay, Esq.
Richard Norman, Esq.
Stephen Phillips, Esq.
Richard Smith, Esq.
R. A. Slaney, Esq.
Sir W. Young, Bart.
In consequence of the repetition ofAdvertisements signed "Thomas
11. Smith," and an " Original Shareholder," the Committee of Ma-
nagement think it their duty to publish the names of that Commit-
tee, as the best answer to the latter anonymous, writer, and to caution
the Shareholders against being misled by any statements which
might be made at any meeting called by Thomas H. Smith, of whom
the Committee of Management know nothing.
The Committee of Management take this opportunity to state, that
the surveys from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton are nearly completed,
and that the surveys from Wolverhampton to Birmingham are being
made under the direction of a joint Committee representing this
Company, the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the
Birmingham Canal Company, the whole under the immediate super-
intendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson.
By order,
3, Moorgate-street, Sept. 22, 1845.

GEO, KNOX, Secretary.

QHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected lines,
a Direct Communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield,
York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 850,000 t, in 42,500 shares, of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde Park
Adams, Lewis, Esq., Watlin's House, Woolstanton, Staffordshire Pot-
teries
Ashwell, John, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Liver-
pool and Manchester Direct Railway
Askey, John, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., ironmaster, Great-bridge, Tipton, Staffordshire,
Director of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Capt., Kensington-square
Blandford, W., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., merchant, Tutbury, Staffordshire
Boothby, Sir William, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire, Receiver-
General of Customs, London
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Snropshire and Manchester,
Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Man-
chester Direct Railway
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Chance, William, Esq., J. P., Spring-grove, Birmingham
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, A. 8., jun., Esq., ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolver-
hampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Darwell, C. T., Esq., J.l'., Walsall
Davis, Thomas, Esq., ironmaster, Goldshill, New Iron-works, near
Westbrornwich
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eceleshall
Downes, Thos. R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
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Stanton, Shiffnal, Shropshire
EPar's'ons, Esq., ironmaster, Highfields Works, Bil-
fiysnktnoeis,,to,lDlnleil;
Director of sg
r of the South Staffordshire, Worcester and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., ironmaster, Bilston
Fourdrinier, George H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
Frith, John Griffith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of tho Coleraine
and Londonderry Railway
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Gillham, John, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries Railway
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq., Wolverhampton
Gregory, T., Esq., ironmaster, Westbromwieh, Staffordshire
llall, Joseph, Esq , ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieut.-Col. Studholme, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square
Ilelcombe, Chas, T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of the
Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, Win., Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welshpool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Johnson, John, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Rail way
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Kemp, Thomas Reginald, Esq., Abchurch-lane
Lambert, Richard, Esq„ Lyston Hall, near Sadbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Lewty, Thomas Weaver, Esq., Wilden Iron Works, near Stourport
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M.; Parsonage, Great Barr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
lid`Dermott, George A., Esq., Director of the Staffordshire Potteries,
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., ironmaster, Sununerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq. Cleobury North, Shropshire.
Mintorn, J., Esq., Soho-square
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop •
Norbury, John George, Esq., Mancetta House, near Atherstone,
Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and Teen and Dove Valley
Railways
Palmer, William, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries.
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden Hall, noar Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney and Chelten-
ham, and of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Rawson, John, Esq., Stony Royd, near Halifax, Deputy Lieutenant
of Yorkshire, Director of the Manchester, Liverpool and Great
North of England Railway, and of Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T., Esq., ironmaster, Millfield Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton, Win., Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company ; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Silvester and Jackson;- Messrs., ironmasters, Westbroinwich
Simms, Wm., Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shiffnal
Smallman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, Director of
the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi-
ma tioa Railways
Starkie, the Rev. Matthew Yatman, Rector of Rushbury,near Church
Stretton, Shropshire
Stead, James, Esq , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eceleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eeeleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Topham, John, Esq., Eaton Villa, near Newport, Salop
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of the
Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton
Warren, Joseph Londale, Esq., the Lodge, near Market Drayton
Webster, Frank 1). Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thomas, Esq., ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq., Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, James, Esq., ironmaster, Whittington Iron Works, near
Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly,
and Llanfyllin, 3lontgomeryshire
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth, Salop
Wynne, Thomas, Esq., Langton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Young, George, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall,/ London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Backing Company, and its Branches

ENGINEER INCHIEF—SaIIIUeI Clegg, ESq; C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
•
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eecleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun, Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton
Gilbert Brown. Esq., Shiffnal
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clunand Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
T. It. T. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
Win. Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries.
SECRETARY—George Bond, Esq.
Offices—Royal Exchange-buildings, London.

In consequence of the Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales
Railway having given notice of their intention to abandon that part
of their project which extends from Ludlow to Newtown, the Direc-
tors of the Shropshire Mineral Railway have determined to make a
slight deviation from their originallyproposed line, and to carry their
western terminus to the Craven Arms, when it will run into and
form a junction with the Great Western and`Port Dynllaen line of
railway, still reserving the power of going to Wistanston, if found
advisable. The capital will be increased to 850,000/., and the num-
ber of shares to 42,500 ; and notice is hereby given that appliCations
for shares will not be received after Monday, the 29th instant.

WORCES TE R AND LEOMINSTER
RAILWAY, via Bromyard.

;Isft ree ,-ereisienraly.)
Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
FROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company
John Barnehy, Esq., 31. P., Brockampton, Bromyard
George Allies, Esq., Worcester, Alderman of Worcester, Director of
the Great Eastern and Western and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway Companies
William Barneby, Esq., Clayton Park, Bromyard, Magistrate of
Herefordshire
James Best, Esq., Worcester
Mr. Edward Bannister, wool-merchant and wool-manufacturer, Leo
rniuster
William Bestow, Esq. Surrey-place, London
W. G. Beare,;Esq , 6, Porchester-place, Connaught-squaie
Walker Chamberlayne, Esq., Worcester, Royal Porcelain Mann.
factory
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company •
Mr. James Coucher, wool-merchant, Worcester
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, and Old Palace, Richmond,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway
Mr. George Cox, glove manufacturer, Worcester
Captain Charles Dutton, Brtelenbury-house, Bromyard
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry-house, Boughton, Morchelsea,
Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com-
pany
Francis Davis, Esq., Pershore
Thomas Davis, Esq., Powick, Worcester
James Eckley, Esq., Bromyard
John Freeman, Esq., Gains, Bromyard, Magistrate of Herefordshire
and Worcestershire
John Matthew Gutch, Esq , Banker, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
cester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway, and Magistrate of Worcester
Mr. Edwin Gardner, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester
Richard Hickman, Esq., Oldswinford, Magistrate of Worcestershire
E. W. Howes, Esq., Bromyard
Richard Hemming, Esq., Livington, near Bromyard, and Kingshind,
Leominster
James Hemming, Esq., Church House, Bromyard
Mr. John Hughes, wool merchant, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant .and carrier, Worcester
Mr. George Hill, of the firm of Messrs. Hill and Turley, Worcester
John Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester
Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Worcester
Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester
Henry James; Esq., Leominster, Mayor of Leominster
Mr. William James, Leominster
John Kempson, Pisq.' sen., Birchey-fields Henze, Bromyard
John Kempson, jun., Esq., Birchey-fields House, Bromyard
John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice Chairman of the 'Severn Navigation
Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Com-
pa, ty, and a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway
John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porce-
lain manufactory.
Edward Lloyd, Esq., Sheriff of Worcester
James Macmillan, sq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
William John Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the
Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Groat Eastern
and Western Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Meredith, St. John's and Suckley, Worcester
William 3foore, Esq., Elm Bank, Powick, Worcester
Mr. F. H. Needham. merchant, Worcester
Henry Newcombe, Esq., Hardingstone, Northamptonshire
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
Mr. Powell, of the firm of Messrs. Powell and Sons, wine-merchants,
Worcester
John Ptunphrey, Esq., Droitwich, Magistrate of Droitwich, and
Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Company,
Robert lliddulph Phillips, Esq., Longworth, Ledbury, and Bucken-
hill, Bromyard, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieutenant of Hereford-
shire
John Peart, Esq., Cheltenham, Director of the Worcester, Warwick,
and Rugby, the Brighton and Cheltenham, and the Cheltenham,
Oxford, and London Junction Railways
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, masters,
Worcester
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rca and Sons, maltaters, Wor-
cester
Jas. Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and Great Manchester and Rugby, and
Southampton Railway Companies
James Robertson, Esq., Worcester
Sir William Smith, Bart., Eardiston House, Worcester
Joseph Stinton, Esq., Mundertield House, Bromyard, and Lincoln's
Inn, London, Magistrate of Hereford.
Mr. John Stone, Worcester
John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Droitwich, Magistrate of Droitwich
Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway
James Upfill, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, Director of the Stafford•
shire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
T. P. P. Wight, Esq., Tedstone Court, Bromyard
Philip Warburton, Gent., Bromyard
John Walker, Esq., Lulsley Court, Bromyard
Mr. Wells, Hop-merchant, Worcester
Mr. Woodward, Hop-merchant, Worcester
John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester
Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester
(With power to add to their number.)
CHIEF ENGINEER—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie'and Preston, 47, Moorgate.street, London
Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester
Messrs. 3V. and T. Deveroux, Bromyard
RANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavendar, and CO.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. W. and F. Devereaux, Bromyard
John Bedford, Esq., Leominster
This line will diverge from the line of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway, near Worcester, and proceeding by Brom-
yard, will end at Leominster, at which point it will unite with the
proposed lines connecting Hereford and Shrewsbury with North
Wales,

The communication by railway between these important towns
and the continuous hop and cider districts has been entirely left
unprovided for by existing arrangements, and this line is brought
forward under the auspices of the Great Eastera and Western
Railway Company, on the strong representations and request of a
large and most influential body of the landed gentry of the neigh-
bourhood.

The object proposed is to make a direct communication between
Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester, which latter town has always
been the natural market for the produce of these districts, and to af-
ford the inhabitants the most direct communication with London, as
compared with other lines, by upwards of 30 miles.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the act is ob-
tained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 41. per cent.
on all calls from the time of their respective payments, as well as to
limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscrip-
tions.

Applications for Shares, in the ann'xed form, to be wade to the
Provisional Committee, at the Office, 5, Gresham-street, London,
or Messrs. John Sliewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3,
Shorter's-court, London ; Mr. John Duncuft, slutrebroker, Manchester;
Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr,
sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool; Messrs. H.
and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds; Messrs. Tate and
Nash, sharebrokers, Bri-tol ; Mr. James Pearson, sharebroker, Bir-
mingliatst ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., sharebrokers, Brad-
ford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester ; Mr. Robert Allan,
sharebroker, Edinburgh ; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker, Aber-
deen ; Messrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow ;
Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sharebrokers, Glasgow; and Messrs.
Bruce and Symes, sharebrokers, Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may
be had.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Leominster

Railway.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
201. each in the above railway ; and I hereby undertake to accept
the same or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the
deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of September, 1845.
Name in full ••. • •• •• •• • •
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W.tness
Residence......

ThiE M DUBLIN, TULLAORE, AND PAR-
SONSTOWN RAILWAY.
WITH A BRANCH TO PORTUMNA.
(Registered provisionally, under 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.)
Capital, 250,0001., in 12,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. per Share.
Pursuant to the amended Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq. M.P., 6, Parliament-street, London,
D.L.J.P., King's County, Director of the Waterford and Kilkenny,
Cork and Waterford, and the Dublin and Mullingar Railway
Richard Warburton, Esq., D.L.J.P., Garryherick, High Sheriff of the
King's County
The Hon. W. M. Dawson, Parkstown
The O'More, D.L.J.P., Cloghan Castle, King's County, High Sheriff
of the County Roscommon
Sir Edward Syne, Bart., D.L.J.P., Parsonstown, King's County, late
High Sheriff County of Cork
Lieut.-Col. Henry Pasley L'Estrange, D.L,J.P., Moystown, King's
County
Captain Bernard, D.L.J.P., Castle Bernard, King's County
John H. Drought, Esq., D.L.J.P., Lettybrook, King's County
Lieut.-Col. Elrington, Scots Fusileer Guards, 12, Wyndham-place,
Bryanston-square, Director of the Southampton, Manchester,
and Oxford Railways
B. B. Williams, Esq., 2, Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the Direct London and Manchester, Southampton and Oxford,
and Tamworth and Leicester Railways
Charles Bigge, Esq., Bryttnston-square, London, Director of the
North Midland and Manchester, and Southampton and Oxford
Junction Railways
H. R. Fowler, Esq., 7, Manchester-square, London, Director of the
Irish North Midland, and Galway and Ennis Grand Junction, and
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction Railways
William H. Harrison, Esq., Cecil-street, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire, and icester and Tamworth Railways
R. Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Reading,
Guildford and Reigate, and Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough
Railways
Captain William Gabbett Beare, Porchester-place, London, Director
of the Worchester and Crewe, and Warwick and Worcester Rail-
ways
Luke Butler, Esq., Christchurch-place, Dublin, Alderman cf the city
of Dublin, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway
Thomas Spunner, Esq., J. P„ Clydhff, King's County
Richard Hammersley, Esq., J. P., Corlanty, King's County
William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Clonmei and Kilkenny, and
Bandon and Bantry Railways
William Justin O'Driscoll, Esq., 28, Lower Fitzwilliana-street, Dub-
lin, Director of the Cork and Waterford, and Dublin and Ennis-
killen Railways
Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., Merrion-square, Dublin, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton and Oxford, and Galway and Ennis
Grand Junction Railways
Henry Thunder, Esq., 18, Bruton-street, Eaton-square, London,
Director of the Manchester, Southampton and Oxford, and Galway
and Ennis Grand Junction Railways
W. H. Coppinger, Esq., Wexford, Director of the Waterford, Wex-
ford, WickloW and Dublin Railways
Lieut.-Co!onel Synge, Sileviere House, County Tipperary
W. L'Estrange, Esq., J. P., Kilcommon, King's County
Charles Camble, Esq., J.P., Castletown, County Tipperary
John A. Drought, Esq., J.P., Clonean, King's County
Daniel Molley, Esq., Cionbella, King's County
A. Stoney, Esq., J.P., Frankford, King's County
James Ferrier Armstrong, Esq., Treasurer, King's County
Major 11. C. Johnson, J.l".' Mountmellick, Queen's County
James Gernon, Esq., 18, Conduit-street, Bond-Street, London, Di-
rector of the Southampton and Oxford, Direct London and Man-
chester, and Galway and Ennis Railways
Ralph Smith, Esq., J.P., Clareen, King's County
Robert Drought, Esq., Ridge Mount, King's County
Michael Hackett, Esq., Elm Grove, King's County
Phillip F. Drought, Esq., J.P., Rosso Ville, King's County
Daniel Manifold, Esq., J.P., Cadamstown, King's County
John Warburton, Esq., J.P., Crinkell, King's County, Director of the
Cork and Waterford Railway
' Rev. Francis Synge; Sileviere House, County Tipperary
Amos Palmer Doolan, Esq., J.P., Derry House, King's County
Arthur Robinson, Esq., Tinnekelly, County Tipperary
Henry Smith, Esq., Clareen, King's County
Richard Sadler Hammeriley, Esq., Fayclough Lodge,
Lorrlta
Christopher Bailey, Esq. J.P., Cappaianghan, Queen's County
Thomas Neville Bagot, Esq., J.P.. B.allyznore, Roscommon
Thomas Sheane, Esq., J.P., Mountmeleckt, Qeuree_p:os.Cot-usnttryeet
Robert Carlile Williams, Esq., M.D.,t5.8,d,-r
I J. H. Fagan, Esq., Warnford-icourt, n
Park,way
K. Lewis, Esq., Stratford-p acieLvisLl:eoancdhotai,nd
Surrey, Director of the Lynn, aPnedt Worcester
o ugh t a
4 Lincoln's-inn-fields, Director of the
Alexander Prince,
Tring, Reading and Basingstoke Railway
Hardy Ilislop, Esq., Duke-street, St. James's-square, Director of the
Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, South Midlands, and Birmingham
Junction Railway Company
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain, Light Dragoons, apirector of the Dover
and Bristol Railway Company
George Unett, Esq., Hundsworth, Staffordshire, a Dire3tor of the
Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, South Midlands, and Birmingham
Junction Railway Company
William Henry Collis, Esq., Hundsworth, Staffordshire, a Director of
the South Staffordshire Railway Company
Adam Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street
Thomas Stoney, Esq., J.P. Kyle, County Tipperary
Francis Bennett, Esq., Thomas Town-house King's County
John Tarnton, Esq., J.P. Killeigh, King's County
Thomas Robinson, Esq., Moore Park, King's County
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER.—Sir John Macneil, L.L.D.
BANKERS IN IRELAND.
The London and Dublin Bank, and its Branches. -
The Bank of Ireland, and its Branches.
The Provincial Bank of Ireland, and its Branches.
The National Bank of Ireland, and its Branches.
BANKERS IN ENGLAND.
London—Rogers, Olding, and Co. ; and The London and Dublin
Bank, Piccadilly.
Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank.
Manchester—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank.
Bristol--The West of England and South Wales District Bank,
The important line of railway proposed by this Company will com-
mence at Tullamore, the assize town of King's County, where it will

form a junction with the great Western Railway of Ireland, proceed-
ing by Frankford to Parsonstown, and from thence to, and termi-
nating at or near, Portumna-bridge, in the countypf Tipperary. The
line will tra,,erse a rich and populous country, and by its junction
with the Great Southern and Western, and the Dublin and Galway
Railways, complete a chain of direct lines of railway between the
metropolis and Ireland, and the river Shannon ; and afford the ad-
vantages of the improved syStem of intercommunication to an exten-
sive district untouched by any existing or other projected railway.
This facility of intercommunication is imperatively demanded
to connect the populous towns of Frankford, Kennitty, Clonasleo,
Parsonstown, Banagher, Eyrecourt, Cloghan, Fcrbane. Shinrone,
Portuinna, and Borriskane, with the City of Dublin on the east, and
the port of Galway on the west, which object will be effected by the
construction of a direct Railway, not exceeding thirty-ilve miles in
length, passing through a'country free from engineering difficulties,
and avoiding competition with other lines.
The large amount of traffic at present existing between Dublin and
the towns in immediate connection with the proposed line, with the
great increase which must flow as a necessary consequence of the
completion of the work, ensuring a highly remunerative return on
the capital required to be embarked.
A detailed prospectus will be issued on Tuesday. In the interim
application may be addressed to John Julien, Esq., Lower Mount-.
street, Dublin ; to Alexander, al`Neil, Esq., stockbroker, Dublin ;
and to William Andrews, Esq., at the office of the Company, 41,
24foorgate-street, London.
Sept. 19, 1845.

MIDLAND AND THIRSK JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Wanted, a SECRETARY to this Company, who has had some ex-
perience in Railway business, and can give satisfactory references
for character and ability. Salary 3001. per annum.
Applications, by letters only, addressed No. 64 Box, Post-office.
Bradford, Yorkshire.

VORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY
FROM CREWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, passing
Virough the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidder-
minster, Worcester, and Tewkesbury, Ibruiing the shortest and most
desirable Communication between Liverpool, Manchester, and the
Northern Parts of England and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 251. each,
Deposit, 21. 10s. per Share.
(Being in accordance with the Standing Orders of the house of
Commons.)

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon, Douglas Klnnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, White-
hall, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourn Hall, Derbyshire, Director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the
Derby and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone.
Director of the Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral
Rail ways
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Clement Tabor, Esq , Cornhill, London, Director of the London
and County Bank, and of the National Loan-Fund Assurance
Company
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane, London, Director of
the Chelmsford and Bury Railway
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Newport, Salop, Director of the
Shropshire Mineral Railway
Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Esq., iroumaster, Holly Hall,
near Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley
Railway ...
George H. Fourdrinier, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, Direc-
tor of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida-hill, London
William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Director
of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford-
place, Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
William Millington, Esq., ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
William Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington, and Kentish-
town
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands Junc-
tion Railway
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, near Halifax, magistrate, and
Deputy-Chairman of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Director
of the Manchester, Liverpool, and great North of England
Union Railway, of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the
National Bank of Ireland
Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the
London, Holyhead, and Port Dynllaen Railway
William Tomkinson Riley, Esq., Millfield Works, Bilston, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot-
teries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway
James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds. and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Hull, Director of the
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway
William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and 'Worcestershire Railways
Edward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropshire, Director of the
Direct London and Holyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and
Broseley Railways
Rev. Matthew Yatman Starkie, Rector of Rushbury, near Church
Stretton

Charles Merritt Rigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-square,
Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Rev. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
James McMillan, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Westminster
George Young, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Spratslade House, Longton
Ottey, Esq., Longton
_ .

John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and ains-
borough, and Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester
Railways
William George, Esq., Weston, near Much-Wenlock
Thomas Goddard, Esq., Bank House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq., Wilden Iron Works, near Stourport,
Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway,
Thomas Lamle Murray, Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, Di-
rector of Rosamel's Great Northern Railway, of the National Bank
it. of Ireland, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, London, Director
of the London and Brighton, Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire,
'''and Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railways

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport
Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster
Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co., Worcester
The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury
SOLICITORS.
Ingleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, London
Edmund Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop
William Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilaton
Thomas Griffin, Esq., Chelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, Esq., Newport.
SECRETARY-4. Stevens, Esq.
TeMporary Offices, 3, Abchurch-lane, London.

This line of Railway will commence at the junction of the Man-
hester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and Grand Junction
Railways, at Crewe, in the county of Chester, and proceed from
thence through or near the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and
Shiffnal, in Shropshire, thence through the flourishing town of Kid-
derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Rail-
way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct
route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, and Chester to the
Important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct
line from the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will, also.
In conjunction wtih the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swan-
sea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form the most advan-
tageous route from Swansea and the iron districts of South Wales,
to Liverpool, Manchester, and Hull.

The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at
Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley
Union at the thriving town of Newport. It will form a junction
with the two latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug-
gage may be conveyed to Stafford, Derby, the Midland Counties,
Staffordshire Potteries, Sheffield, and Hull; and, in addition to the
carriage of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and
Kidderminster, to Manchester, Liverpool, the whole of the north of
England, and Scotland—will secure a large passenger traffic in the
district through which it passes.

The proposed railway will be about 87 miles in length, and be-
tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save in distance
at least 20 miles, and the journey can be accomplished, at the pre-
sent rapid rate of travelling, in about two hours. This project as a
junction line, connects itself with some of the most important rail-
ways in the kingdom. It also skirts the large, extensive, and densely
populated iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its
course passes through a rich agricultural country. It must, there-
fore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient traffic to pay a high
rate of interest on the capital required.

. -
There are no engineering difficulties in the country through which
the line is intended to pass, the whole being nearly on a level, and
on reference to the map of country, taken from the Ordnance survey,
which accompanies the prospectus, the line will appear straight, and
will at the same time show the superior advantages it possesses, and
that it cannot be surpassed by any existing or projected lines, between
the same termini.

It will not interfere with any ornamental property, and no tunnel-
ling will be required.

The liabilities of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of
their subscriptions, and interest will be allowed on the deposits and
further calls, from the date of the several payments to the opening of
the line.

Prospectuses, with Maps and Forms of Application for Shares, can
be had from the Secretary on application at the temporary offices
of the Company, 3, Abchurch-lane, London; from the Solicitors and
Looal Agents ; also from the following Brokers, viz. :—Messrs. Lyon,
2, Birchin-lane, London ; Mr. Andre ,v Milligan, 2, Lord-street, Bir-
kenhead ; Mr. E. IL Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. W. Whitmore, St.
George, Liverpool ; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs.
Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Man-
chester ; to whom Applications for Shares may be addressed. It will
be necessary that reference be made to a Banker, Solicitor, or person
of responsibility.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Directors of the North-Western Trunk Railway,

3, Abchnrchrlane, London.

Gentlemen—l request you to allot me Shares in the Nerth.
Western Trunk Railway; and I undertake to pay the Deposit of
21. 10s., and all further calls upon the same, or such lesser number
as you may allot to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement
and the Parliamentary Contract when called upon to do so.
Dated this day of , 1845.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant,
Christian and Surname in •• • • •• ••
Profession • • • • • • • • • • • • •• .... • • • • •• ••
Residence
Reference .........• ..
Residence of Referee. .

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