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London, England, 1845-10-20 00:00:00

THE GRANd LONDON AND DUBLIN
APPROXIMATION RAILWAY.

Rastrick's Line.

(Provisionally Regiswered pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, c p. 110

sec. 4.)

Designed to avoid the present circuitous routg, 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, namely,
Yisekmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bicester, Dod-
umzton, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Alces-
ter, Bromsgrcrre, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Wenlock,
leroseloY, Coalbrookdale, lhrewsbury, Llan-y-mynech, Welchpool,
;swestry, Llangollen, Llanrabaladr, Mochnant, Corwea, Pentre-
oelas, Capel Cerrig, Bangor, and Holyhead. _ -

Capital 6,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 21. 15s.,er Share.
rsmporary offices of the Company, 4, Great Winchester-street
London.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
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
Non. Geoffrey Browne, Castle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland
Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Herts, Director of the Oxford
and Cambridge Railu ay
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland
General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, Bryan-
eton-squaro
Col. Sir Duncan 31`Dougal, K.C.8., Eaten-square
Rear-Admiral Sir Salusbury Davenport, K.C.H., Bramall-hall,
Cheshire, and Weedon-hall, Bucks
Sir J. Gaspard Le Merchant, K.C.H., Cork
Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Director
of the North Wales Railway
Col. Sir F. Mulkey, G.C.M.G., Director of the Direct London and
Exeter Railway
Sir George Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and
Portsmouth Railway
Prigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Clifford-street, Director of the
London and Exeter Railway
Sir James Pitcairn, Cork
hear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., Mount Wise, Devouport
Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County of Salop
John Meredith, Esq., Hasborn Park, Magistrate for the Counties of
Worcester and Salop
The Right Hon. John Ladaveze Arabin, Lord Mayor of Dublin
Timothy O'Brien, Esq., Alderman,:3lerrion-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 Rowdier, Sidney-terrace, Cork
Captain Robert Peel Dawson, Upper G rosvenor-street, and Castle-
dawson, Ireland
George Henry Dashwood, Esq., M.P., West Wycomb-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 Clare, Ireland
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Bovine, King's County, Ireland,
Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway
The O'Mooro, Choghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County of Ros-
common
Robert Hart, Esq., Dripohill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury, and the Great North and South
Wales Railways
W. Hutchins, Esq., Llsaintflied-court, Monmouthshire
Charles William Spicer, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Ar-
magh, Coleraine, and Portrush, Dublin and Armagh Inland,
Shropshire Mineral, and Direct London and Exeter Railways
The Rev. C. Leicester, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County or
Salop, Vice-Chairman of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple
Thomas Meyer Carvick, Esq., Highwood, Director of the Dublin and
Armagh Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dublin and Gal-
way Railway, &c.
George A. Brown, Esq., Director of the Callao and Lima Railway
William Seymour, Esq, Montague-place, Russell-square
William John Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Bristol Railway
Rev. I'ooley Shuldani 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, Grove End-road, St.
John's Wood.
William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Down, Middlesex,
Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, and Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush Railways
Colonel Edward Nichols, 11. M., Shooter's-hill and Coleraine, Direc-
tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and rertrush, and Sligo, and Shan-
non Railways
Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Direc-
tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Shan-
non Railways
Captain James Wiod, 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, Clovenedon-house, Leughall, Ireland
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Marine In-
surance Office
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen square, Bloomsbury
John Anderson, Esq.. Director of the South 311dland Junction
&c.
J. Freeme, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury
G. Hazlett:4r, Esq., West Carlton-hall, Leicestershire, Director of the
Rugby and Huntingdon Railway, &c.
J. 31`31illan, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick
Railway
J. Bright, Esq., M.D., Cambridge-square, London
Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Coram-street
W. Clement, Esq., Shrewsbury
Richard 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, &c.
Thomas Gresham, Esq., Raheny Park, Dublin, Director of the Dun-
dalk and Enniskillen, and Irish North Midland Railways
F. W. Heath, Esq., Armagh
F. F. 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., Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxon, Director of
the Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways
Wm. Gulliver, Esq., Swalleliff, near Banbury, Oxon
Captain Julius Newell, R.N. United Service Club
Captain Bradshaw, R.N., Hatherley-place, Cheltenham
Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine
Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire
Win. 11. 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. Tho'. P. Newton, Button-street, Berkeley-square, and Lngwar-
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
Thomatt Glase, Esq. Members of the Corporation of Bridg-
Josiah Minton Gla.se, 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
E. S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc-
. for 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., Ipsley 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-
tridge,Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the errand Junc-
tion and Cambrian Railways
John Thorn, Esq., Whitehall, Broseley, Director of the Stourbridge,
Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and
Cambrian Railways
Alexander John Got don, Esq., Linley Hall near Broseley
Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgnorth
Joseph Sonthwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, Manufacturers
Sonthwell, Esq.
-William Cole, Esq., Bicester
Edward Deaking, Esq., Bicester
Noraco Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Woodside, County
Cork
E. D. Freeman, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork
St. John Jeffereys, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, County Cork
Tierce Purcell, Esq., Altemira, County Cork
James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork
Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandfield, county Cork
J. H. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow
St. John GalwitY, M.D., Mallow
George Washington Brazier Creagh, Esq., J.P., Creagh-castle
John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-house, Cork, Director of the
Corls. 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. H. O'Driscoll, Esq., Clifton, near Bristol
Tire Rev. William Wilson, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington,
Oxon
Charles Faulkner, F.aq., F.G.S., Deddington, Oxfordshire
Lieutenant-Coloriel Cruttenden, Balineollig
William Coppinger, Esq., Barry's-court
Thomas Somerville Reeves, Esq., J.P., Trainor°, Cork
William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of
the Warwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction.
Railways
(Imre Wyman, Esq., Alcester, Warwickshire
Wilnam Henry Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan
Junction Company
]Edward Power, Esq., Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of
the Ipswich and Southampton Railway
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth,
Deputy -Lieutenant of the County of Rants, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
William Toms, Esq., Bioxhain, near Banbnry, Oxen
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., Shrewsbury]
Brighton Railway Directors of the Birmingham and
Isaac Taylor, Esq., ditto,"
Major-Gentral Turner, Commander of the Cork District
Lieut-(Morel Westropp, J.P., Cork
Major =Werth Ludlow Beamish, Millincurrig, Rear Dttglas,
Cork
Jose ph Leycester, ETq., Cork
John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllin, 3ferieneth, Director of the Great
North and South Wales Railway
George Paul, Esq.. banker, 217, Strand
Morgan Culhane, Esq., 31. D., Worthing, Sussex
Charles Thelluson, Esq., Summer-lodge, Worthing, Sussex
James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 35, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-
gardens
George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical
Invalid Insurance OSice
ist2in Green, Esq., Hales Owen, magistrate for the county of
Worcester
J.-M. Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, Wor-
cester, and Stafford, and Direct Western Railway
Joseph Farmer, Esq., Mayor of Bewdley
John Bedoe, Esq., merchant, Bewdley
Tames F. Sugrue, Esq., merchant, Cork
.W/111. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Jdsn Mathew, Esq.. 4, 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
-IV. K. Rodgers, Esq., late High Sheriff of the county of Cork, and Dl-

rector of the Coil( and Passage Railway
Pierce Nagle, Esq., Anakissy, Doneralle, Ireland
George Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth
'William Lumley Perrier, E.g., Bellaire, Cork
Joel Smith, Esq., Waisal, Staffordshire
Zdward Canning, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
'Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Samncl Hayward, Esq.. New Town Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon
Julian Skriue, Esq., Cambridge.
(With power to add to their number).

COUNSEL IN ENGLAND.

31r. :Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Inn ; Walter M'Orlgor, Esq., Lin

coln's-Inn

COUNSEL IN IRELAND—JosephNapier, Esq., Q.C.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
♦CTIN6 ENGINEERS.
W. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E. ; J. W. Bazalgette,. Es., C.E,

SOLICITORS.
!n London—Messrs. Ogle and Younghusband, 4, Great Winchester-
street, London
Ira Ireland—John Cumming, Esq., 51, North great George-street,
Dublin.