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London, England, 1845-09-20 00:00:00

THE OXFORD AN D LISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WA:s.iTAGE, HUN GERFORD,
LUDGE BAUM,. . .

(Provi,ionary gisterel)
C4Ktal 1,200.0001.: to 48,000 sharcs of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. ter Share.

PRELI iNARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

The importance of connecting recd to parts of E gland by
Eail-
ways, with the advantages thereby confer, ed upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely he be•ter exemplified than by the Line
which is how proposed to form a short and direct channel of nter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the pa' lie will make Oxford at the north, anti Salisbury
at the south of the intended Raihead the central points from which
varic,us radii will di'. erge to the north west, north, and north-cast of
the dbrincr, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Ox ord, continuing to that city the
co :r,e of Itailivay fi can the north-eastern part,z of the island, requires
now suggested to effect a coiXwete means of transit to
the, wtsterd z i sanat•westcrn counties.

ne ON.--ord alis,iury Direct Railway, in addition to
tha. benefits which win co:,ferred upon the nation at
lat~•e, by preferrhtg a ditect line of commit:l:cation be-
tw the north-cab,rn and western and south-western
par is of England, will afford to the boron h of Abingdon,
Ulf market towns of Wantage, HungerCoro, and Ludgershall, and
flu! adjacent villages, au Important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
net .0, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kir) ;dom. _ .
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`,he want of railway accommodation has long bren felt to press
an fairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
AD ingdoa. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
.%/-tunate traders or those towns which are already provided with M-
t vet channels of tra::sit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
miles in some degree to the market town of Wastage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
tad advantages produced by railway traffic.
it has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at
/stoat, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Vest.,?.rn Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abhtgd n a direct rail-
' oad to London. Dy continuing the projected railway to Wantoge, the
lame facility of transit to-London will be afforded to that place ; and
A perfect line of road from the north-eastent counties will, by a junc-
tion with the -projection front- Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, liungerford and Ludgers-
hal I 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 traVerscd, Is in course of preparation, and \vial the.
n antes of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly
b published. In the meantime, further Information may be ob-
.ts hied . from Messrs. Elmslie and •Preston, 47, Moorgate-strect,
L mdon, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica-..
ti in for shares may be made.

HROPS HIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected
En es, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Sleet-
te,!d, York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
%Capital, 700,0001., hi 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.

( The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
of Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
A. tams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, (tyde-park
B• Welty, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
re arlzer, Josef'!, Esq., Macclesfield
Is:anion, James, Esq., Iroumastcr, Director of the South Staffordshire

1? ai 1 way
Becidoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Bes mish, Captain, liens!naton-square
IVa nfcrd. Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Rio or, John, Esq., Merchant, Tuthary, Staffordshire
fl 3tlthy, Sir Wilil.trn, Bart., sithourne Hall, .Derbyshire, Director
,of the Derbyshire, Stlfr)rdshiro, and Worcestershire Junction, and
Briglit,..n and ohatn Direct. Railways
r.t :14 Joseph, Esq.., Iron Works, Shropshire and Manchester
irrought, Captain, Davi,s-street, Berkeley-square
Cl arke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the

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.• Direet London and Manchi:s.ter Railway
eflemson, John, Esq., lied Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
6: ox. George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, New Ironwoods
Deakin, i.ddison, Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thoma -, Esq., Ciun, Shropshire
Captain, Junior United Service Club
yke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
I.s,rmstone, John Parsons, Esq., tronmaster, ilightields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
F 1 ther, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
Fe .urdrenier, George H., Esq., Haniey, iitaffordshlre Potteries
with. John Griffith, Esq., Chairokan of the Coleraine and London-
derry Railway
,Georg,, Willtom, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
'Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
•Gregory, T. Esq., Iroutnaster, west Bromwich. Staffordshire
:Halt, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
:Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Studholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
:Holcombe, Charles T.. Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Hallway
'Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gs.ne rysbire
:Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh. Pool, Montgomeryshire
.Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Johnson, John, 'Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gains-
borough Railway
-Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Le;cester, Rev. ChorLis, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolve77,ampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Barr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, sq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
M`Darmott, George A., Esq., Director of the StatiOrdshire Potteries
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, D rector of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cleobury North, Shropshire
Minton, J., Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Goole and Doncas-
ter Railway
Newc unbe, J. W., Esq.. Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Retherwas, near I:mil:rid, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Sinvson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price. Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coks Company
Pidteney, Captain Donslas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Rawson, John, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of Yorkshire, Director of the
Manchester, Liverpool and Great North of England Railway, and
of the 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
Rston.William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Sleaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
sad Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
SmaLnan, 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-
mation Railways
Stool, James, Esq , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wedlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall suit Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall
Thacker, Robert. Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hail, Stafford.hirc
Underhill, Georgs Lees, Esq., IrontnaFter, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stcnwey Court, Church Stretton
Webster, Frank B. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbrldge House, Hendon, Middlesex
• Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironitto,tor, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Themes, Esq , Porslow hall, near Clan, Shropshire
WU lams, Messrs. James and Co., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron
Works, near Stourliridge
Wilson, Lieut. General Sir John, R.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Limit:y:lin, 111,,nr:;onieryshire
Wood. Peter, Esq., .mcretinrt anehester
Wood, William, t.s„ . C .le.twynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, and Worcestershire 'Railway
W,Aryclie, stephen. Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, lie sr Bridamorth, Salop
Wynne, 1 homas, Esq., Langton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the South Un on and Birmingham Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANEERS.
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockbures and Co., 4, Whitehall,
London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Basking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER. IN CIIIEF—SaMUeI Clegg*, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis BrISCOe, Esq. -

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-Ralds, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eceleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun., _Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., rhureh Stretton
Gilbert Brown, Eq., Sh'tFnnl
Charles G. Brown, Bilston. Staffordshire
Philip Oetavins 1•141..,p 's Comte
Thomas Griffiths, Eiq., Clnn and I;istion's Castle
Thomas Wall,r, Esq., Wcdrerhantpton
T. R T. Hodgson, Esq., Ilirnyugham
William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries
SECRETARY-4.40TP Bond, Esq.
Offices, Royal Exchange-buildim:s, London.

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The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Compan3
will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand
Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proci ed from
thence by Eccleshall, Officy, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnin,gton
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalhrook-dale ; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenbck-
edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under-Haywood; to Wistanstow, in
the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with
the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway."

The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure
and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire
coal-field, to a depdt proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, fur the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will be conveyed by the " Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into Idontgomers shire and the
neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to
calculate the extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the
direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire
coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown
and Llanidloes, the price per ton will be reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel marufacturers, now depend-
ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be
enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to
the-great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference
to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight
with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused
by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water.
A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop-
shire. iromnastcrs, for the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh-
hor.rhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of
Ise.id :Ind water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey
it (.!,-,t into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense.

By its junction with the " Grand Junction" and the " Hereford
and Shrewsbury" lizliways, this line will form a direct communica-
tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York and Hull, and
Swansea and South Wales.

As a junction line alone (connecting as it will such important rail-
ways), a large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it
is conside:ed that the centre of the line passes through a densely-
populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving
agricultural neighbourhood, it 'will be obvious that a sufficient local
traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of
capital required to be embarked.
The line, which will not interfere with any property of an orna-
mental or costly elesacter, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
viii be constructed at much less than the average cost.
Such important local co-operation has been secured, that no oppo-
sition is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure.
The liability of the Shareholders tv:2 be limited, by the Act, to the
amcunt of their suriscrilli,l to the capital stock ; and power will be
applied for to allow interest at the rats of four per cent per annum
en the amount of the deposit, and upon the 'further calls, troll tbe
date of each pal. meld until the opening of the line ; and the first
deforsit be!tig paid, a further call will not be mzde until the Ae
of
Parliament shall have been obtained.
'Maps of the line, tiro,peciiises, &c., are to he obta.'ned front me
, alF.e the

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for Shares (which must be on printed ionni) ins y be iviar,,,eit ; ai.c.
it will be necessary that referenee be nude to a bAnker, solicitor, or
person of responsibility.