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THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE or LEEDS,
WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLE f DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered). -
Capital 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westboume-street,
Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart, Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of

Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthorp, Knt., Hull and Alga-house Scarborough, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton
Blurton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Bradley, Septimus,
Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Railway
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxetcr, Director of the East and West Junction
itaihvay, &c.
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, 'Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove

Talky Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
,and Worcestershire Junction Rail Way
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, andAtttoreter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershiit Junction
Railway
Dalby, John, Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of th:i Derbyshire;
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak 11111, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq.,:sen., Ashbourne
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-

shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq.,, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct

Radway _ _
Carle. Samuel, Esq., Uttox.eter
Carle, William, Esq. tittoxeter
Gilpin, awl Co., Messrs. William. Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire J unction Railway
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford.
shire, aryl Worcestershire Junction Railway
nahles, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-

ces'..er and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
theDerbyshire,Staffoidshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall Ashbourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-

ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq.,, St. John's Wood, Regen'ts Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemason's

Life Assurance,
Lawrence, 11,.chard Corbett, Esq., Wan&leld-hall, Uttoxeter, Director
of the Dcrbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
bye:ire. Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Las otter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
Lambert, Richard, Req., Lyston Hall, Sudbury
Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
3Plifahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton. Director of the Derbyshire
Scaffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
savare, and Worcestershire JUnction Railway.
Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Egq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
Mathew, John Mee, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Milner, William, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Marton, Joseph, Esq., Walsall. Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Maskery, Thomas, Esq., Norbnry, Derbyshire
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, gyde-park, Di-
rector of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-
way, &C.
Pulteney, Douglas, Kinnaird, Capt., Parliament-street, London, Di-
rector of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates Cottage, Wakefield
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Smith Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Stafforchhire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and
West Junction Railway
Stephenson. Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
surance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire Railway, &c.
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq., Ashbourne
Tyleeote, Edward, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
, 1., r.sq., .nugzzes,
Weston, Tlwmas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshice, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainebo-
rough Railway.

BANZERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dirusdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Dainbrigge, Esq., Uttometor
ENGINEERS.
Slr John Rennie, I.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Eggiugton, A. Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.

This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com-
munication between two of the most important manufacturing aud
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with, Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly-, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystwith, and with Porthdynllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And, also the most direct communication between Leeds
and SouthaApton.
The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourn, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Hohnfirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap cominunica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements hare been made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous aud expen-
sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield l also becoming very scarce,
and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire; and the route of this line would fur-
nish a cheap and pod supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, as d Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into full work.
The coal Is of a superior quality.

There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists ; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company, which this and other lines of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshirl to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a junc-
tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
and 'Gainsborough and Midland Railways
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The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest
Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
Applications for ,Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 3.5,
Moorgate-street, London, and 'William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
Uttoxeter ; and to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Preece and
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry
Wheeler, 'Worcester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
pool.; Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. lihie, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler,
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. !limas Boardman, Black-
l_Arn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
York";.Mtry2
:3‘ltre4William Cronhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
ham• It . and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle,
•, Messrs. Beaumont
;Anitjage. aWndak
elleld ; Mr. James Stokes, Chelten-
ham; . r. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Messrs, Tate rid Nash,
Bristol
Sandford, Exeter Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
and Leese, Manchester ; ;;,i Holland, Coventry; Messrs, Houghland
Messrs. A. Birchall and
W., Manchester;
and Sons, Manchester ;
and Sons. Sheffield; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell
Weather-
burn, Pin., Huddersfield ; Messrs. Es,,, Birmingham ; 3ir.L.
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester erard and Co., Huddersfield ;
; Mr. Nichol
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgo • Messrs. son, Edinburgh ;
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and Stafford, College-green, Dublin ;
Mr. , Labertouche
Andrew Milligan, Birken-
head.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisiooal Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Shefil ld
uld South Staffordshire Direct Railway. e '
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 201. eaeh
in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
required; the Deposit thereon of 2/. 2s, per Share,
Dated Ude day cf •- 184 •-

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SHROPSHROPSHIRE MINER AL RAILWAY,
SHIRE
forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct conununication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
of Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di-
rector of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kenslngton-square
Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire and Manchester
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway

Cle;;,JOicn,Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cottam, Rev. G., M.A., Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Dowries. Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Servide Club' -
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highflelds Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
liumphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle _ _

Jonei, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Chartes, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfrlars, Director of
the Chattered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millfleld Works, 'Elston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton .William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Egg., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedsidil Ironworks, Shiffnal
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
Slade, the Rev. H. It., D.D., Wolverhampton '
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eeeleshall
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 Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stratton
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen: Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth,
Salop •(With power to acid to their number.)
BANKERS.

Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockbums and Co., 4, Whitehall,
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bileton District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN Cum—Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.
SOLTCITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbctt, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John 'William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley; Esq., Jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries
SECRETARY—George Bond, Esq.
Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings, London.

The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company
will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand
Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proceed from
thence by Eccleshall, Offley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, D.-..wley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock-
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 depot proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will he conveyed by the "Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North %Vales Railway," into Montgomeryshire 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 he reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel manufacturers, 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 1'
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 ironmasters, for the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh-
bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of
land and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey
it direct 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" Railways, 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), s large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it
is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely-
populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving
agricultural nethbourhood, 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.

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Such important local co-operation has teen secured, that no oppo-
sition is anticipated or can he sustained alzainst the measure.
The liability or the Shareholders be limited, by the Act, to the
amount of their subscription to the capital stock ; and power will be
applied for to allow interest at the_ rate of four per, cent. per annum
on the amount of the deposit, and upon the flirther calls, flom the
date of each payment until the opening of the line ; and the first
deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the Act of
Parliament shall have been obtained.
Naps of the line, propeotuses, dm, are to be obtained Croon the

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY, from
LONDON to YORK.
At a MEETING of PROPRIETORS, held this day at the London
Tavern, Dishopsgate-Street, pursuant to public advertisement, the
following Reports were submitted for adoption :
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
The Directors have called the Shareholders together for the pur-
pose of submitting to them a statement of their affairs, and of con-
sulting them as to their future proceedings.
The Board of Trade having recommended the adoption of a line of
railway from London_to York, composed of the Northern and Eastern
line to Cambridge, improved by the new terminus proposed by the
Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension, and of the Cambridge
and Lincoln line, and the northern portion of the Direct Northern
from Lincoln to York, the Directors, in the exercise of the discre-
Son which the Shareholders a* unreservedly vested in them at the
meeting of 14th February last, resolved to subinit to Parliament so
much only of their line as was comprised in the scheme recommended
by the Board of Trade, under the impression that the decision of that
Board would be supported by the Legislature. They accordingly did
so, but certain objections to the engineering and engraving depart-
ments having been' taken, it was decided that the standing orders of
the House of Commons had not been complied with, and, consequently,
the scheme could only be considered in Committee as a project.
The result was that, after a contest of unexampled duration, the
Committee of the House of Commons negatived the combination re-
commended by the Board of Trade, and repOrted in favour of what
at that time was the shortest, and the only continous and inde-
pendent line from London to York before them. The Bill for this
purpose passed the House of Commons, but was arrested in its pro-
gress In the House of Lords, by preliminary objections to the sub-
scription contract on which it was based, which were not finally dis-
posed of when Parliament was prorogued. The position this scheme
may assume next session will depend upon the view the parties pro-
moting it may take of the objections proved to exist, or which it is
known can be established against them. But your Directors are ad-
vised, that even should: the promoters of that scheme take the risk
of continuing their proceedings in Parliament on their present foot-
ing, they will, practically speaking, have no advantage when their
scheme is brought into competition with one which at the period
when the Committee of the House of Commons reported had not
been considered by them.
Impressed with these views, and holding it to be now settled, be-
yond doubt, that a new line from Landon to York will be sanctioned,
irrespective of existing routes, and being convinced that the scheme
of the London and York does not satisfy the main conditions which
ought to attach to such a line, as a communication of great national
importance, your Directors instructed Mr. John Miller, the distin-
guished engineer of the North British Railway (to whom they have
now cbmmitted the entire charge of the engineering department) to
examine the country between London and York, and to report to
them his opinion, with a view to future proceedings. That gentle-
man's report will be read to the Meeting, and the Shareholders will
perceive that he is decidedly of opinion that the scheme of a direct
line from London to York, formed by one Company, should be ad-
hered to, improving it only by a further approach, where practi-
cable, to the most direct and shortest line that circumstances will
admit of.
In this opinion the Directors most heartily concur, and they pro-
pose acting upon it, by carrying out the system of railway therein
recommended.
To the North British, the Great North of England, and the other
lines which form the eastern route to Scotland, the formation of the
shortest line from London to York is of vital importance, and the
Directors think themselves justified in anticipating that the scheme
recommended by Mr. Miller will receive the cordial support and co-
operaton of these Companies, as well as of the population generally
of the north-eastern portion of Great Britain.
In Mr. Miller's hands the Directors are confident that they will be
enabled to submit to Parliament a main line, which shall be at least
ten miles shorter than that proposed by the London and York, and
which, combined with the necessary branches, will give a greater
amount of local accommodation.
The through traffic is every day becoming more important, and it
will he recollected that in the report of the Board of Trade it was
stated that " should Parliament be of opinion that the construction
of the most direct line between London and York ought to be con-
sidered as a paramount object, the integral scheme of the Direct
Northern would deserve a preference. It reduces the distance to
176% miles, being 42 miles shorter than by the existing route, and
9% shorter than by the proposed London and York line."
The Directors have used their best endeavours to have all the out-
standing accounts of the Company examined and settled ; but the
progress they have made, although considerable, has not permitted
them to submit these accounts in detail to this meeting. Th. Direc-
tors are, however, enabled to state that the gross amount of ex-
penses incurred will be about thirty shillings per share, and, conse-
quently, to such Shareholders as may desire to withdraw from the
further prosecution of the undertaking, there will remain the sum of
say from 17s. to 11. per share on their original deposits of 21. 10s. per
share to be returned.
Haring maturely considered all the circumstances of the case, the
Directors have come to the determination that the original project
of an integral line from the metropolis to York on the direct prin-
Epic, and under one management, ought to be resumed and proceeded
within the ensuing session of Parliament.
For this purpose the Directors propose that the required capital of
4,000,0001. shall be divided into 160,000 shares of 251. each, those
shareholders who may desire to continue their interest in the under-
taking being entitled, with the sanction of the Directors, to exchange
their scrip certificates of 501. each for two new shares of 251. each,
on paying up such further sum per share as, with the remainder of
the former deposit, will make up 10 per cent. upon the capital now
required to be deposited by the standing orders of the House of
Lords. As to any shares that may remain at the disposal of the Di-
rectors, atter carrying out this arrangement, they will consider a pre-
ference to be due to approved holders of the present scrip.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
'lO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECT NORTHERN
RAILWAY.
Gentlemen—Having received your instructions to examine the
country between London and York, and to report to you my opinion
of your proposed line of railway, with the view of again proceeding
to Parliament, I lost no time in making arrangements for following
out your instructions, and I accordingly last week examined the
country generally, having reference to the plans of the whole line as
originally contemplated ; and I now beg to report.
In the outset I may remark that since your scheme for a line of
railway between London and York was laid out last autumn, several
important circumstances have occurred which have a most material
bearing on the question, and which, to my mind, show the great ex-
pediency, if not necessity, of having as a line from London to York,
the most direct which the country will admit of.
Since that period the railway system has taken a most rapid
stride, and the public seem now to look forward to that mode of
transit as forming the great means of conveyance through the
country, not limited to the traffic between great towns and manu-
facturing and mining districts, but penetrating into every corner of
the land.
The system when so carried out (as there is now no doubt what-
ever that it will speedily be), will create such an amount of through
traffic as will render great leading lines absolutely necessary, and in
my opinion it will be imperative on the promoters of all thorough
leading lines, if they look to the public advantage and their own in-
terest, to have them laid out as direct as possible, In no line will
this principle of action be more imperatively called for than in the
great leadlny,lines from London, and especially those towards the
metropolis by the shortest route.
This principle has already begun to be acted on to a considerable
extent, and there is every reason to believe that it will in the end
prevail generally. In carrying it out, however, I would not hold that
the local accommodation of the country traversed should be altoge-
ther lost sight of, far from it, but I think that in such a line as that
between London and York, the deviation of the direct line for the
sole purpose of placing some particular town on the main line
should not be thought of, and more particularly where such towns
can be brought into immediate connexion with the main line by
means of branches or by local lines, either in existence or certain
to be executed. It appears to me to be in vain to attempt to mix
up with a great leading line from London towards the north a mi-
nute attention to local accommodation. In a scheme based upon
such a principle, both objects would be imperfectly attained, and if
so carried out, it would only be as a temporary measure, the great
interests of the country beyond would press for the most direct line
to the capital, and the local interests of such a rich and populous
country as England will call for accommodation so minute that it
will be impossible for any railway lines to give it, who have also the
thorough traffic to attend to, without prejudicing that throught rhaienlmyopsotsinsibinleuttoe
accommodation,give,by means of branches and
su ab
but such must be
ffisidciar3l-tliisnecse,r t
given apart from the great leading Measure ; and least of all should
the object of the main line be made subservient to that of the
kranclies. •
Applying this direct principle (if I may so term it) to the question
of a line between London and York, you will at once perceive that,
in my opinion, the line should be laid out as direct as the country
will admit of, embracing such towns only as can on the applicat:on
of that principle be included; but where that cannot be done, their
accommodation should be met by branches, or by the net of local
lines which will sooner or later cover the country.
I have looked over the plans of your line as laid out by your
engineers, and although it appears to have been laid out on the di-
rect principle, carried even further than the general idea of the time
(and that time being only last year), 3-et it appears to me that the
principle could be yet further carried out, and the distance between
London and York still further ,shortened.
It maybe that some towns along the districts may not, by this
means, be included on the main line ; this will now, however, be of
less importance than it would have been last year, for since your
scheme was laid out (and I mention this as another of those circum-
stances which have occurred) so many local lines have been brought
forward, embracing almost every town, that no injury can arise on
that account. Some of these local lines have been authorised by
Parliament, as for instance, the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole,
the Nottingham and Lincoln and Great Grimsby lines. Some of
them have only so far advanced in Parliament, and others are only
lately brought before the public. It is so far satisfactory, however,
that a direct London and York line would cross them all, and be
brought into connexion with them, not interfering with them in their
local objects, but aiding them in carrying out a London and North
traffic from their respective districts.
Should you resolve to proceed with your scheme on the principle
which I have stated, I think such a line can be laid down as I can
scarcely doubt will command success in Parliament, possessing, as it
will, so many advantaget over any scheme yet proposed for the same
()Week
I have the honour to na, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
London, Sept. 1, 1845. JOHN MILLER.
It was moved by J. B. LeeK, Esq.; seconded by L. CROMBIE, Esq.,
and resolved unanimously :
That the report now read be adopted, and that the thanks of this'
meeting be given to the Directors for their past services. And this
meeting assures them of its cordial support in their 'future efforts to
carry into effect the objects contemplated in the report.
Moved by ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Esq. ; seconded by W.
M`LABEN, Esq., and resolved unanimously :
That the capital of the Company shall be 4,000,0001., divided into
shares of 251. each, with a deposit of 21. 10s. per share ; and that
approved holders of the present scrip shall have the option of receiv-
ing two new shares in exchange for one existing share, receiving
credit for 1/. on each existing share ; and also that a preference be
given to such holder in the allotment of the remaining shares.
(Signed) S. J. CAPPER, Chairman.
The Chairman having vacated the chair,
It was resolved,—That the unanimous thanks of this meeting be
given to the Chairman for his impartial and able conduct in the
chair.
Direct Northern Railway Offices, 64, MoOrgate.street, London,
September 11, 1845.

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY, from
LONDON to YORK.
In conformity with the resolutions unanimously passed at a
GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS in this undertaking,
held at the London Tavern this day, the holders of Scrip Certificates
are hereby informed that, on leaving the same at the bffice of the
Company, with the numerical list, accompanied by an application in
the form below, No.l, they will, if approved by the Directors, be en-
titled to an allotment of two new Shares of 251. each, in exchange
for each original share, on payment of a deposit of 21. on each new
Share. If theywish for any additional Shares, in accordance with
the preference resolved upon at the Meeting, they will likewise 811
up the form No. 2.
For such shares as may remain for general distribution, applicants
will apply in the annexed form No. 3.
Parties returning scrip are requested to write across each certifi-
cate their name and address, with the words " Returned for ex-
changes' J. CAPPER, Chairman.
Direct Northern Railway Offices, Sept. 11, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION, No. 1.
Direct Northern Railway Company.
I hereby give you notice that I desire to exchange the scrip certifi-
cates held by me in the Direct Northern Railway Company,
numbered* for new
shares in this undertaking, upon the terms stated in the advertise-
ment, dated the 11th day of September, 1843, and in addition to the
11. per share coming to me on the above Scrip, I undertake to pay the
sum of 21. per share, as a deposit on such new shares as may be al-
lotted to me, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name .. .. • • ........... ••• • • • •
Residence • • • • • • • • ..... ..........,
Profession or Occupation .....
Rcference.• • • • • • • ..... • • • • • • • • • ....
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct
Northern Railway Company.
* Here insert the numbers specified in the certificates.
FORM OF APPLICATION, No. 2.
Direct Northern Railway Company.
Having signified my desire to exchange the scrip certificates held
by me in the Direct Northern Railway Company for new shares in
this undertaking, I hereby request you will allot to me
additional shares, and I agree to pay the deposit of 21. 10s. per share
thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.

Name .••• • •
Residence ••• • • •• ..... • •• • • • • • .
Profession or Occupation
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct
Northern Railway Company.
FORM OF APPLICATION", No. 3.
• Direct Northern Railway Company.
I request you will allot to me shares in this undertaking,
and I agree to take the same, or such of them as may be allotted to
me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 10s. per share thereon, and to
execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement
when required.
Dated this

day of , 1645.
Name • • •••• • • • •• • • •••• .. • •
Residence • • .... • • . .......
Profession or Occupation
Name . ......... .............
Reference— [Address ..... ••••• e• •,.. •• •••• r• •• • •
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct
Northern Railway Company.