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THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares can be received alter Tiwitsnai NEXT,
the 23rd instant.
The following letter has been received from Samuel Charles Brees
Ngq, the engineer to this, Company, viz.:
" Stoke Newington, 18th October, i 845.
" Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of the
Board of Directors, my return from Oxford. Agreeable to their corn •
mands I made further examinations of the line of country, and have
engaged and given instructions to a large and efficient staff of sur-
veyors and assistants to perform the survey. I have much satisfac-
tion in adding that my last visit has been such as to warrant the
statements made by me at the meeting of the Provisional Committee
concerning the elegibility of the line, and l*ve no hesitation in saying
that the survey will be completed, mid the Parliamentary plans de-
posited, by the 30th November.
"I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" SAMUEL CHARLES BRBES,
"Engineer in Chief, Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway
" To Z. Hubbersty, Esq.
Secretary, Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway."
By order of the Committee of Management,
Z. lIIIIIRERSTY, Secretary.

THE OXFORD and SALISBURY
DIRECT RAILWAY, via Abingdon, Wantage, Hungerford,
and Ludgershall.
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Abingdon
and the neighbourhood, held in the Council-c:iamber of that town,
on Friday, the 24th inst. (In pursuance of a requisition which had
been presented to the Mayor),
WILLIAM DOE BELCEER, Esq. Mayor of Abingdon, in the Chair,
It was ruoTed by JOHN TOMILINS, ESQ., a member of the Town
Council, seconded by EDWIN JAMES TRENDELL, Esq., also a member
of the Town Council, and unanimously resolved—
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" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the Oxford and Salisbury
Direct Railway passing the town of Abingdon will be highly
beneficial to that town, and is therefore deserving the support of the
inhabitants."

On the notion of HENRY STOCK, Esq., seconded by WALTER SHAIRP,
Esq. (two of the members of the Committee of Management)—
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" The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the Mayor
for his able and efficient conduct in the chair."
WILLIAM• DOE BELCHER, Chairman.

LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY
CONTRACT FOR SLEEPERS.
Ihe DIRECTORS are READY to RECEIVE TENDERS for the
SUPPLY of RAILWAY SLEEPERS, conformable to Specifications
to be seen at the Company's Offices, 33, Dale-street, Liverpool; or at
the Office of Sir John Macneill and James Thompson, 9, Whitehall-
place, London.
Offers to be forwarded to the Secretary, up to the lot Novem-
ber next. By order,

JOHN S. HERON, Secretary.
Liverpool and Bury Railway Office, 33, Dale-street,
Liverpool, Gth September. 1845.

IHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY and
CANAL COMPANY.
(Reglateied Provisionally, pursuant to the Act of the 7th and Bth

Victoria, cap. 110.)
Carital 5,400,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
The Earl of Powis, K.G. Chairman
Marquis of Clanricarde, K.P.
The Earl of Talbot, K.G. Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Stafford
Earl Bradford
The Earl of Lichfield

The Earl Granville, G.C.B.
Viscount Combermere
Viscount Hill
Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
Viscount Clive, ➢LP.
Lord Leyeson, M.P.

The Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M.P.

The Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P. chairman of the Trent Valley
Railway
The Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, M.P.
Sir John Cave Brown Cave, Bart.
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. M.P.
Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, Bart. M.P.
Sir Robert H. Cuneliffe, Kt. and Bart. Acton-park, Denbighshire
Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, Bart. Acton Reynold, Shrewsbury
Sir Francis Lyttletoa Holyoake Goodricke, Bart. Studley Castle,
Warwickshire
Sir Robert 11. Cuncliffe, Kt. and Bart. Acton-park, Denbighshire
William Henry Gregory, Esq. M.P.
John Lewis Ricardo, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Bernal Osborne, Esq. M.P.
William Lacon Childe, jun. Esq. Kinlett
T. W. Gifford, Esq. Chillington-hall
Edward Monckton, Esq. Somerford-hail
Philip Davies Cooke, Esq. Gwasanney, Flintshire
Rev. C. T. Luxmore, Gullsfield, Welshpool
W. Lutiner, Esq. Dolerw
Richard Griffiths Parry, Esq. Welshpool
Lyon Winder, Esq. Vaynor-park, Montgomeryshire
David Pugh, Esq. Llanerchydon, Montgomeryshire
Rev. R. H. Mostyn Pryce, Gunley, Montgomeryshire
Edmund Peel, Esq. Bone-hill, Fazeley
Major-General Brook Parlby, Rutland-gate, Knightsbridge
John Feilden, Esq. Mollington-hall, Cheshire
James Taylor, Esq. Birmingham
George Wilbraham, Esq. Delamere-lodge, Cheshire
William Tarratt, Esq. Wolverhampton
Richard Darby, Esq. Colebrook-dale
Thomas Eyton, Esq. Eyton
Thomas Cambell Eyton, Esq. Donnerville
Robert Fisher, Esq. Chetwynd-lodge, Salop
William Orme Forster, Esq. Stourbridge Ironworks
John Horton, Esq. Priors Lee
W. 11. Sparrow, Esq. Wolverhampton
Messrs. J. and E. Walker, Gospel Oak Ironworks
John Williams, Esq. the Friary, Handsworth
Philip Williams, Esq. Wednesday Oak Works
William Harley Bayley, Esq.-)
George Briscoe, Esq.
John Edwards, Esq.
Joseph Grout, Esq.
George Harper, Esq.
John Haseldine, Esq.
George Holyoake, Esq.
George Loch, Esq.
Paul Griffiths Parton, Esq.
George Stanton,
John Stanton, Esq.
Joseph Whateley, Esq.
John Williams, Esq.
James Durham, Esq.
Robert Gardner, Esq,
Henry Newbery, Esq.
John Meeson Parsons, Esq.
Joseph Paxton, Esq.
George Sanders, Esq.
Henry Tootal, Esq.
James Walkinshaw, , Esq.
Harvey Wyatt, Esq.,
Richard Barrow, Esq.
Wm. Gabbott Beare, Esq.
John Chapman, Esq,
Geo. Boyle Chappell, Esq.
Henry Dann, Esq.
Edward Grignon, Esq.
Thomas Groves, Esq.
Edward Haycock, Esq.
John Knill, Esq.
Matthew Lyon, Esq.
James Watkins, Esq.,

Directors of the Ellesmere
and Chester Canal
Company

Directors of the Shrewsbury and Trent
1 Valley Union Railway Company

Directors of the Crewe and Worcester
Railway Company

William Rickford CVlett, Esq. M.P. chairman of the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company
William Henri Thomas, Esq. deputy-chairman of the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company
Joshua Proctor Westhead, Esq. chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway Company.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Earl of Powis, K.G. Chairman
Joshua Proctor Wcsthead, Esq. Deputy-Chairman
Colons' the Hon. G. E. Anson, George Loch, Esq.
Henry Newbery, Esq.
Richard Barrow, Esq. John Meeeon Parsons, Esq.
Thomas Groves, Esq. George Stanton, Esq.
Joseph Grout, Esq. Henry Thotal, Esq.
George Holyoake, Esq. John Williams, Esq.
George Harper, Esq.

ENGINEERS.
William Cubitt, Esq. Robert Stephenson, Esq.
William Alexander Provis, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co. Manchester
The Bank of Liverpool
Messrs. Taylor and Lloyd, Birmingham
Messrs. Beckett and Co. Leeds
Messrs. Rorke, Eyton, and Co. Shrewsbury and Ludlow
Messrs. Holyoake and Co. Wolverhampton
Messrs. Williams and Co, Chester
Messrs. Becke and Co. Welsbpool
Messrs. Berwick and Co. Worcester.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, 1, Lincoln's Inn.

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Holds, London
Messrs. Potts and Brown, Chester
Messrs. Slater and Heelis, Manchester
James Wheeler, Esq. Manchester
Messrs. Loxdalc and Peel, Shrewsbury
Henry lleane, Esq. Newport.
MANAGER—Robert S. Skey, Esq.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Cowan, Esq.

The Committee of the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Com-
pany have the satisfaction of announcing that the preliminary nego-
tiations with the proprietors of the several canals whose works it Is
intended to convert into railroads have had an entirely successful
result.
The Committee have thus been enabled to unite the poweribl rail-
way interest which had been associated for the promotion of the
Shrewsbury and Trent Union and Worcester and Crewe Railways,
with a not less powerful body of canal proprietors, who, being also
possessors of large landed influence, are at once the most legitimate
and efficient promoters of those railway facilities which Shropshire,
and portions of Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, and North
Wales, so much need, and e hich parties thus locally interested best
know how to provide.
It is also satisfactory to the Committee to state that the projects
outlined by Messrs. Cubitt, Stephenson, and Provis, and announced
in the preliminary prospectus of the Company, have been carefully
matured by thcse gentlemen, and their course definitively laid down,
and that the surveys arc, as to the greatest portion, complete, and as
to the residue, in a very forward state.
The lines determined on are—
Firstly —A lino commencing by a junction with the Manchester
and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways at Crewe, and
passing by Nantwich, Whitchurch (with a branch to Weln), Elles-
mere, Oswestry, and Weistspool, to Newtown, whence a proposed
line runs to Aberystwith.
Secondly—A line commencing by a junction with the North Staf-
fordshire Railway at Norton Bridge, or Stone, and with the Trent
Valley and Grand Junction Railways at Stafford, and passing by
Newport, Donnington, and Wellington, to Shrewsbury.
Thirdly—A line commencing at Shrewsbury, passing through the
Colebrook Dale district, along the valley of the Severn by Bridge-
toorth, Bewdley, and Stourport, to Worcester, and thence to the Bir-
mingham and Gloucester Railway, having a branch from Ironbridgo
to Wellington and Bennington, and joining in its course the Bir-
mingham and Shrewsbury, the Stonr Valley, and the Welsh Midland
Railways; and
Fourthly—A line commencing at Wolverhampton, and passing in
the course of the Liverpool and Birmingham Canal by Market
Drayton and Nantwich, direct to the Chester and Crewe Railway.
This extensive series of railways the Committee are enabled to
state can he constructed, by means of existinc,, canals, after a rate
below the average cost of railways, leaving the Company also in pos-
session of a very valuable range of real and personal property, in
lands, wharfs, warehouses, decks, &c. ; and also of between eighty
and ninety miles of canals open for water communication, of which
forty-five miles run from Ellesmere port, on the river Mersey, to
Middlewich, in the centre of the Cheshire salt district, and twenty-
six miles intersect the mineral district of Shropshire, running from
Colebrook Dale to Shrewsbury. It is hardly necessary to point out
the important public objects which are thus accomplished.
Northward, the proposed railways connect themselves with
Chester and Holyhead, and have also as their feeders Manchester,
the manufacturing districts, Stafford, and the Potteries; whilst east-
ward, Derby, Nottingham, Newark, and Sheffield, become tributary
to them ; and the vast stream of traffic flowing through these chan-
nels, and the rich and hitherto unopened agricultural districts of
Cheshire and Shropshire, the iron and coal districts of Staffordshire
and Worcestershire, and the western and south-western coast, must
follow the course of the proposed lines.
They are, moreover, whilst thus fruitful in their local and proper
traffic, closely linked in, and identified in interest with, not only
those portions of canals belonging to or connected with this Com-
pany, which it is intended still to keep open, but also with numerous
other hues of railway, which are either sanctioned by Parliament or
assured of Parliamentary favour, including the Manchester and Bir-
mingham, the Chester and Birkenhead, the Chester and Holyhead,
the Trent Valley and North Staffordshire, the London and Birming-
ham, the Birmingham and Gloucester, the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham (which it is intended shall eventually form part of this important
chain), the Welsh Midland, the Stour Valley, and the Manchester
and Southampton Railways.
Thus united in interest, they will be enabled to command a large
measure of the traffic which those great trunk communications may
have In their control. In this view it is mast satisfactory: to the
Committee to refer to the fact that they have in active co-operation
with them the London and Birmingham, the Manchester and
Birmingham, the Chester and Holyhead, and the Trent Valley Com-
panies; and that arrangements have been made for the eventual
consolidation of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and
Birmingham Railway with this Company.
Au eligible site has been already seectrel for the erection of a great
central station at Wolverhampton, for the coirunon use of all the
companies before mentioned.
The Committee entertain no doubt that a project thus largely
beneficial, and of which the leading featnre is that of saving from
destruction an extensive as well as valuable vested property, by
converting it to purposes accordant wills the advanced views and
ias nformation of the time, will receive the equitable consideration, and,
ita consequence, the sanction of Parliament ; and they are
grati-
fied to feel that, In' appealing
to the Legislature for such sanction,
they will be encouraged and' supported by a very large proportion of
the landowners with whose
property the railways come into imme-
diate contact, and by the several communities they propose to ac-
commodate.
The allotment of shares reserved for local and other interests will
numerous appl ic
receive the mostations careful attentin
of. the Committee as early as the
of
Prospectuses and plans may he had, in London, at the Offices r
the Company ; of Mr. Lionel llelbert, 4, Shorter's-court, Throgmoci!
ton-street City; and, in the country, at the Offices of the Solicitors
to the Bill.

Temporary Offices, 107, Jennyn-street.
Offices, after the 22d instant, 9, great George-street, Westminster.
• October, 1845.