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THE OXFORD and WORCESTER -EXTEN.
SION and CHESTER JUNCTION SWI .WAY, with
Branches to Shrewsbury and Northwitch. On the Broa t Gauge.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 2,250,0001., in 125,000 Shares of 201. ea ch.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
isovisioNat. COMMITTEE.
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge Fuse •
The Hon. Douglas Kinnard Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, Directo
of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
William Beresford, Esq., M.P.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, s Aberdeenshire, Director
of the Chester and Forest of Dean Railways
Sir Wm. Wynn, Maesyneward, Chairman of the North Walesßailway
Sir John Edward de Beauvoir, Chairman of the London and Bir-

raingham Extension
Sir Samuel Brown, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway
Sir John Hare, Langham-place, Director of the London and Bir-

mingham Extension
Sir John Bander, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and •Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool Railways.
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Railway
Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Director of the Soutkand Midland
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place, Southampton,Diroctor of the

South and Midland Railway
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Manchester

and Chaster Railway
Major Chase, 31, Nottingham-place
Captain S. M. Fisher, jun., Director of the Warwick and Worcester

Railway _
Captain Kitchens, H.E.1.C.5., Director of the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Railway
Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street, Beigraye-square, Director of the
Great Paris and Lyons Railway.
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c.;-Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and BirkenheacrOantinuation,
Chairman of the London and Greenwich Railways, &c.,
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct Railway, and South Midland
Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
Thos. Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Wilson-street, Finsbury
Thos. Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, Sheriff of _London and
Middlesex
Captain Alex. Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club.
John Inglis Jardein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby
and Southampton Railway
Wm. Morley, Esq„ Blackheath
Wm. Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rocheater',-And Essex
and Suffolk Railways
Rd, Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Beclibrd Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the South and Midland's Junction
Railw~ ;v
John Wheelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Colliqridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex
W. A. Wilkinsoi;. Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
John Brocke Wall;ancke, Esq., Director of the South-Midland Railway
Rd. Wm. Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester and
Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple, Director of the Eastern Counties
Railway ' •
Major Jeff Sharp, Deputy Chairman of the Thames Embankment
Railway
Major-General Brooks Parlby, C. 8., 18, Rutland-place
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester
Direct and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham

Railway
W. F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the

Italian and Austrian Railway
W. G. Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway
John James, Esq., Secondary of London
Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
J. B. Richardson, Esq., Director of the Colchester and Cambridge
Railway
Matthew Harrison, Esq., Chester, Director of the North and South
Wales Bank
Richard Growcock, Esq.
Skreene, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
ROlway
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Bide.
ford an.:l Tavistock Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndale. Director7of the South-Eastern Railway
Henry Lewis tilnale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London ,:nd Dover Railway
Frederick Jones, &A, Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
C. Waite, Esq., Willesded, Middlesei
R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Wm. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embarkment Railway
Wm. Alfred Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
Richard Dutton Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway
Wm. Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Railway
Frederick Collingrge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq., Gresham-street
Robert Richards, Esq., Temple, Director of the Birmingham and Lon-
don Extension Railway
Kingsmill Grove Key, Esq., Wandsworth-common
The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Falbourne, Cambridge
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
, Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and -Aberystwith

Railway
John Barber, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aborystwith

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Railway
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Hereford
E. R. Foster, Esq., Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford-
shire Railway
Martin Furnis, Esq., Director of the Nottingham, Newark, and
Boston Railway
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Manchester
Extension Railway
W. Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
Alexander Oreig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgraye-square, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool

Direct Railway _
Wm. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds

Railway
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James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract
David William Nell, Esq., Leeds, Director of the. Leeds and

Thirsk Railway
Joseph Robert Wilkin Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and
Bedti)rd, and York and Lancaster Railways
John Fagan, Esq., Gloucester-road, Old Bromptou
Charles Holden, Esq., Director of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway
J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction
Railway
Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Chairraan of the Lincoln, York and
Leeds Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
J. M. Douglas, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street '
John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the,690,191343041end
Railway
W. Ley, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Robert Power, Esq., Queen-street, May Fair, Director of the Great
Britain Life Assurance-office.
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond
W. Pastow, Esq., surrey-Place
James Burners, Esq., Leyton, Essex
, G. N. Wright, M.A.
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Extension Railway
James Lees, Esq., Delp% Saddlewortb, near Manchester, Director of
the Manchester Banking CompanY
Samuel Kenrick, Esq., Wrexham
Arthur Agard Davenport, Esq., Eastwood, Notts, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct Railway
Joseph Lancelot Davenport, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby and
Derby and Manchester Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
The names of an influential Committee formed at Woreeater and
Chester will be published in a few days.
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BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London' •
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Zerl.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
SOLICITORS.
Potter and CoMngridge, 5, Basinghall-street ; W. B. James, Esq.,
5, Basinghall-street.
SECRE'TARY-1111t011 T. Jenkins, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Worcester—Charles Creswell, Esq., And C. Geo. R. St. PatOtici Esq.
Whitchurch—James Bromfield, Esq.
Chester—John F. Maddock, Esq.
Wellington—George Marcy, Esq., and T. Smallwood, Esq.
Northwich—Messrs. Barker and Christie
Bridgnorth—R. 0. Backhouse, Esq.
Shrewsbury—W. Cooper, Esq.
The geographical position of Worcester has caused its adoption as'
the point where the broad guage trunk lines of the west are to have a
common terminus. From Oxford the Great Western Company have
lecided on constructing a line of rail :—another project under the pa-
tronage of the same powerful direction is now before the public,
uniting Worcester with Warwick ; and, that the broad gauge will be
carried from Worcester Into Wales, and to the Irish packet stations
on that coast, is now no longer doubtful. This undertaking will com-
plete a series of great avenues of iron-road, whose ramificaeml.
from Worcester will render every part of the kingdom directly
accessible from that city. Passing up the Severn Vale, where
it will disclose a succession of picturesque scenes, it reaches
Stourport, and proceeding thence through Kidderminster, arrives at
Bewdley. This district is one of the chief seats of our carpet mann,-
factures, and in the towns here named, exclusive of the intervening
districts, upwards of 30,000 persons are located. Leaving Stourbridgo
a little to the east, the line is taken to Bridgenorth, a town enjoying:
an active inland trade, and possessing woollen manufactures and iron.
works, that give employment to a population of about 15,000. Pass-.
Mg through or near to Much Wenlock, Broseley, and Madeley, from
which place there-will be a branch to Shrewsbury, the line ascends
Colebrook Dale, and approaching in its course Wellington and Wen.
enters Whitchurch. From this central place a branch will be formed
to Norwich via Stoke, forming a junction with the Liverpool and'.
Crewe Railway. The trunk line will continue from Whitchurch, and
passing through or near Malpas, have its northern terminus in the
city of Chester..
In estimating the probable amount of revenue which the Worces-
ter and Chester Railway may be expected to yield, many sources of
profit present themselves, such are the dense population located along-
the length of the Severn Vale, and the enriching works of industry
in which they are engaged. Amongst the latter may be mentioned
the China manufactories of Worcester , the iron, coal, and earthen-
ware works at Broseley and other places ; the agricultural produce
brought to Stourport market ; the inexhaustible fields of coal and
mies of iron ore in the vicinity of Colebrock Dale, Ironbridge, and
the districts to the east of Shrewsbury generally.
In calculating the cost of construction unusual advantages are also
obvious. The line traverses a district affording levels of several
miles in extent, and with a surface peculiarly favourable. The resi-
dent population, disappointed by the postponement of promised pro-
jects, have warmly espoused the present, and the labouring popula-
tion being familiar with mining operations, will be found better
qualified for the execution of railway works here than in maerother
locali ties.
As a link in the railway network of England, or as auxiliary
to existing or• projected lines passing in various directions, fray
schemes hitherto proposed appear to afford greater inducement
for investment, or a wider range of accommodation for traffic and
travelling. This project constitutes a lengthened link in the chain:
that will connect Liverpool with Bristol, the grand trunk of the
West of England ;—its southern terminus, Worcester, is the half-
way station of the Lon lon and Port Dynnllaen broad gauge nue
by projected lines a direct communication will be afforded yranest:
ward to Swansea and Aberystwith, and, eastward,
Northampton, Cambridge, Peterborough, Harwich, Lynn. .1477111
ani Hull. to TV _ Fa_
rail fur many
miles may
The line has been repeatedly and cereal,' examined by the Com'
pany's acting engineer, who reports that the
thestructlre of the districts to
be laid on the natural level
in-
stance favourable—that the geological want of such a line ef corn-
-that gradients are in every
be traversed is equally so, and th
t resis seated on its proposed
reef ;s
oafloAolesotsrlys.
.PBot.tejramanesd
causes and plans may be made, and forms
Cmounersicestion is acknowledged by
het! e • •
Applications for P
Esq., solicitor, 5, Basing
of application
solicitors,f' hall-street ;of the local agents ; and of the
srarsPeses, 1111a4dsinagthatille-st°rffleecet
hi, gentlemen
f°ll°w-- l• Mr. Samuel Banbury, 4, Angel-court,
London ....... Mr. Winston Powell,
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12, Copthall-court;, and
Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street
Liverpool. ••••• • • • . Messrs. Alston and Gage. •
Manchester •••• • • S' Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. Wil-
t Liam Marshall.
.......... [Messrs. Collinson and nut. And James
Bowden
[Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and
J. Young and Co
Stratford-on-Avon..3lr. William Bolton.
Exeter .. .......... Mr. Thbmas Sanford.
Plymouth ••• • . Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer.'
Birmingham •
• • • Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright.
Glasgow..... • • . • •Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh •. • • .• • c Messrs. Robertson and Co., and
!Messrs. M`Callum and Co.
Huddersfield ...... 3. essrs. Wilson and Hellawell
Worcester • . Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
THE OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTENSION and CHESTER
JUNCTION RAILWAY, with BRANCHES to SHREWSBURY
and NORTHIVICH.
Capital, 2,250,0001., in 125,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Chester

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Railway.
Gentlemen, —I request that you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, an
to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any leas number that may be al-
lotted to me; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
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Trade or Profession
Reference.. • • • • • ..... • • • • • •
Address of Referee ..