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London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

TAE GRAANO
APPROXIMATION ILWAY.
Rastrick's Line.
Provisionally Regimered pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, C p. 110
sec. 4.)
Designed to avoid the present circuitous route, and so effect a very
considerable saving, both of time and distance, between the two
capitals of England and Ireland, running in a direct line from Lon-
don to Bangor and Holyhead, through Shrewsbury, and touching or
accommodating in its route the following towns and places, 'lamely,
Rickansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Aylesbury, Alces-
Bicester, Dod-
rnoington, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick,
ter, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Kidderminster, BridgnorthWel, Wenlock
spool,
,
Lroaeley, Coalbrookdale, ahrewsbury, Lian-y-raynech,
Gswestry, Llangollen, Lianrahaladr, Mochnant, Corwen, Pentre-
voelas, Capel Cerrig, Bangor, and Holyhead.
Capital 6,000,000/., in 12000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 51. 59.,0 per Share.
Temporary offices of the Company, 4, Great Winchester-street,
London.
PROVISIONAL CosiMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., G.C.H.
Lord Viscount Mandeville
Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P.
Hon. Captain Fenton Evan Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Bandon and Bantry Railway
Sire. Geoffrey Browne, Castle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland
Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Herts, Director ef the Oxford
and Cambridge Railway
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Esq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland
General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, Bryan-
ston-square
Col. Sir Duncan ll`Dougal, K.C.8., Eaten-square
Rear-Admiral Sir Salusbury Davenport, C. 8., K.C.H., Bramall-hall,
Cheshire, and Weedon-liall, Bucks
Sir J. Gaspard Le Marchant, K.C.11., Cork
Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Director
of the North Wales Railway
Col. Sir F. Hankey, G.C.31.G., Director of the Direct London and
Exeter Railway
Sir George Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southarapton, Gosport, and
Portsmouth Railway
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pyns, Clifford-street, Director of the
London and Exeter Railway
Sir James Pitcairn, Cork
Sir Janes Eyre, Lower Brook-street
Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., Mount Wise,
-Lieutenant of the
Devosep Pet rt
Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Du
County of Salop
John Meredith, Esq., Hasborn Park, Magistrate for the Counties of
Worcester and Salop
The Right Hen. John Ladavere Arabin, Lord Mayor of Dublin
Timothy O'Brien, Esq., Alderman, Merlon-square, Dublin, Director
of the Hibernian Bank
Jeremiah Dunne, Esq., T.C., Dublin, Director of the Hibernian Bank
Thomas Bermingham, Esq., Dublin
Major-General Henry Bowdler, Sidney-terrace, Cork
Captain Robert Peel Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, and Castle-
dawson, Ireland
George Henry Dashwood, Esq., M.P., West Wyeomb-park, Bucks
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square
Jeremiah Filcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and
Armagh Inland Railway
The O'Gorman Mahon, Mahonberg, County of Mare, Ireland
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Bovine, King's Comity, Ireland,
Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway
The O'Moore, Cheghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County of Ros-
common
Robert Hart, Esq., DripshM-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury, and the Great North and South
Wales Railways
Esl,,,Msaintfai,etenrl2l:twimou,thshire._.
magh, Coleraine, and .Itortrush, Dublin and Armagh Inland,
Shropshire Mineral, and Direct London and Exeter Railways
The Rev. C. Leicester, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of
Salop, Vice-Chairman of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Charles Fox, Esq , D.L., Rutland-square, Dublin, Director of the
Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway
William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple
Thomas Meyer Carvick, Esq., Highwood, Director of the Dublin and
Armagh Railway
William Leehmte Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dublin and Gal-
way Railway; &c
George A. Brown, Esq., Director of the Calla* and Lima Railway
William Seymour, Esq, Montague-place, Russeri-square
William Jobs Maeguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Bristol Railway
Rev. Pooley Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissioner of the National
Board of Education and Charitable Bequests, Ireland
Christopher Wallis Popham, Esq., Trevarno, Cornwall, Director of
the. Strabane Ship Canal Company.
Robert John Lattey, Esq., Claremont-place, ()rove End-road, St.
John's Wood.
William Ayseough Wilkinson, Esq. Woodbury Down, Middlesex,
Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, and Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush Railways
Colonel Edward Nichols, R.M., Shooter's-hill and Coleraine, Direc-
tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo, and Shan-
Bon Railways
Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Diree-
tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Shan-
non Railways
Captain James W.od, R.M., Woolwich
William Justin O'Driscoll, Esq., banker, Dublin
Richard Edward Arden,-Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the Dub-
lin and Armagh Inland Railway
Captain Rodgers, Cloaenedon-house, Loughs% Irelaad
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Marine In.
surance Office
Crag t;', Esq., Queen
-square, Bloomsbury
Joseph
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South Midland Junction Rail-
way, &c.
J. I'n:eine, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury
G. Ilazlei
and EsHuntingdonq., West Carlton-hall
Railway, tkc , Leicestershire, Director of the
J. 31`.. T
Rug; .
au, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick
Railway
J. Bright, Esq., 3LD., Cambridge-square, London
Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Coram-street
W. Clement, Esq., Shrewsbury
Rickard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and
County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of Ely, and
Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railways.
Robert Remmett Esq., Victoria-square, Grosvenor-Place, Director of
the Sovereign Insurance Office, &e.
Thomas Gresham; Esq. Rahen ark, Dublin, Director of the Dun-
dalk and Enniskillen,, and Irish'
North Midland Railways
F. W. Heath, Esq., Armagh •
F. 1. Pole, Esq., St. John's Grove-house, County Cork
George Stevens, Esq., Oak Lodge, High Beach, Essex
Edmund Mathew, Esq., Somerset-street, Portman-square
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Di-
rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland
Wm. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's
Thomas Gulliver, Esq., Bioxharn, near Banbury, Oxon, Director of
the Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways
Win. Gulliver, Esq., Swalldiff, near Banbury, Oxon
Captain Julius United Service Club
Captain Itradshair, Hatherley-place, Cheltenham
Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine
Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire
Wm. H. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square
George Beauclerc, Esq., Grosvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place
Robert A. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director
of the Great Leeds and London Railway
J. A. Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways
Major Humphreys, Miltown-house, Strabane, Ireland
Capt. Thw. P. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lugwar-
dine, Herefordshire,: Director of the Isle of Man, and Irish West
Coast Railways
The Mayor of Bridgnorth
Benjamin Watts, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnorth
Thomas Glase, Esq. Members of the Corporation of Bridg-
Josiah Minton Glase, Esq. north
Edward Richard Pratt, Esq.
Samuel Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Edmund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Henry Cane Leahy, St. James's-square, Director of the Sheffield,
Buxton, Derby, and Manchester Railway
B. S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc-
tor of the London and Exeter Railway
Richard Fisher, Esq., Alcester Lodge, Warwick, Director of the War-
wickshire and London Extension and Worcester Junction Railway
James Whitehouse, Esq., Insley Court, Warwick
James Reading, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire, manufacturer
George Hollyoake, Esq., Redditch. Worcestershire
Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
John Onions, Esq., Broseley, ironmaster, &c., Director of the Stour-
I ge,Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junc-
tion and Cambrian Railways
John Thorn, Esq., Whitehall, Broseley, Direct Graine Stattrbridge,
Markley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Junction and
Cambrian Railways
Alexa Ater John Got don, Esq., Linley Hall near Broseley
Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, Manufactures
William Southwell, Esq.
William Cole, Esq., Bicester
Edward Peaking, Esq., Bicester
Horace Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Woodside, County
Cork
B. D.•Freernan, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork
St. John Jeffrey, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, County Cork
Pierce Purcell, Esq., Altemira, County Cork
James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork
Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandaeld, county Cork
J. H. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow
St. John Galwcy, Mallow
George Washington Brazier Creagh, Esq., J.P, Creagh-castle
John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-house, wick, Director of the
Cork and Bandon, and Bandon and Bantry Railways
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq:, Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Ipswich and Southampton, and Sligo and Shannon
Railways
W. 11. O'Driscoll, Egg., Clifton, near Bristol
The Rev. William Wilson, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington4
Oxon
Charles Faulkner, Esq., F.G.S., Deddington, Oxfordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Cruttendea. Balineollig
William Coppinger, Esq., Barry's-court
W. Reeve', Esq., J.P., Tramore, Cork
William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of
the Warwickshire and London Extension, and Woreester Junction
Railways
George Wyman, Esq., Alcester, Warwickshire
William Henry Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan
Junction Company
Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of
Edward Power, Esq.,
the Ipswich and Southampton Railway
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth,
Deptity-Lientenant of the County of Hants, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
William horns, Esq., Blexham
Henry Watson, Esq., High Sheriff Of the City Of Limerick
Robert Baugh Blakemore, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews-
bury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway
Henry Keate, Esq., ShrewS'ouryl Directors of the Birmingham and
Isaac Taylor, Esq., Brighton Railway
Major-General Pallier, Commander of the Cork District
Lieut-Colona Westropp, J.P., Cork
Major NeTah Ludlow Beamish, F.R.S., Ballineurrig, near Duglas,
Cork.
Joseph Leycester, Esq., Cork
Matthew Pierrpoint, Esq., Crow's Nest, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
county of Worcester, and Director of the Rugby, Derby, Man-
chester, and Welsh Malian 1 Railways
John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllin, Merioneth, Director of the Great
North and South Wales Railway
George Paul, Esq., banker, 217, Strand
Morgan Culhane, Esq., M.D., Worthing, Sussex
Charles Thelluson, Esq., Sommer-lodge, Worthing, Sussex
James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 35, Gloucester-road, Hy de Park-
gardens
John Green, Esq., Hales Owen, magistrate for the county or
Worcester
George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical
Invalid Insurance Office
J. M. Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, it 01-
cester, and Stafford. and Direct Western Railway
;Joseph Farmer, Ff,q., Mayor of Bewdley
John Bedoe, Esq., merchant, Bewdley
James F. Sue:kue, Esq., merchant, Cork
Win. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
john Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, London
Colonel G. Fitch, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester,
and the York and Lancaster Railways
George Wyse, Esq., The Manor, Waterford
W. K ;Rodgers, Esq., late High Sheriff of the county of Cork, and Di-
rector of the Cork and Passage Railway
Tierce Nagle, Esq., Anakissy, Doneraile, Ireland
George Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth
William Lumley Perrier, Esq., Bellaire, Cork
Joel Smith, Esq., Walsal, Staffordshire
Edward Canning, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Samuel Hayward, Esq.. New Town Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon
John Harvey, Esq., Director of the London Commercial Bank, Moor-
gate-street •
Richard Lechmere, Esq., 25, Sackrille-street, Piccadilly
(With power to add to their number).
COUNSEL IN lINGLAND.
Mr. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Inn ; Walter M'Grigor, Esq., Lin-
coln's-Inn.
Comte= iN IRELAND—Joseph Napier, Esq., Q.C.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
W. Mackenzie, Rag., C.E. ; J. W. Bazalgette, Esq., C.E.
In London—atessral Ogle and6°Ymecurrugahsus. band, 4, Great Winchester-
street, London
In Ireland—John Cumming, Ilse., 61, North fireat George-street,
Dublin.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Masternan, Peters, and Ce. ; the ;London and Westudneter
Bank.
SZCHSTAII23 Ye-me% Esq., and Henry Cowper, n•q.
Saccurrast IN IRELAND—Frederick Francis Pole, Esq., 61, xorvi
Great George-street, Dublin.

PARLI ANENT ART 4GENTS

Hugh Times Cameron and George Bin, Ewa., 'parliament.
street, London.
J. R. L. Walanky, Esq., North-street, Westminster.

PROSPECTUS.

commercial, or politica
The imperative necessity, alike in a social,
point of view, for drawing as closely together as possible the capitahl
of England and Ireland, has suggested the formation of the Grand
London and Dublin Approximation Railway,—a line, the value of
which it is difficult to over estimate, since it will be fonnd to take a
nearly direct course from the English metropolis to Holyhead. It
will pass through or near. the populous and ncble *aun ty town of
Shropshire (as yet =provided with railway communicatio
weal n), and
will traverse along its whole .isx43nt districts,,soicon4 th , re-
sources, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire; bringing them
more nearly and immediately 13 cdntact with London and Dublin,
Mt NI boo hitherto Leta thought Foible. Thio predeet 11 Y 410117 in•