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London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

BANKERS,

The Western Bank of Scotland in Glasgow, Airdrie and Edinburgh
The London and Westminster Bank, London
The Union Bank of Manchester, and •
The Royal Bank of Liverpool
SECRETARY—J. F. Galbraith, Esq., W. S., 48, Queen-street, Glasgow
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Campbell ad Tennents, 40, George-square,
Glasgow
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT-G. H. Lang, Esq., 37, Great George-street,

Westminster.
This Railway will commence at a suitable point of the Edinburgh
branch of the Caledonian Rnilway, at or near Mid-Calder, and pro-
ceed westwards, by easy and convenient gradients, accommodating
the populous towns and villages of Livingstone, Bathgate, Blackburn,
Whitburn, and Clarkstone, to the Airdrie District, where it will form
a junction with the existing and projected lines to Glasgow and the
West of Scotland.

The populous district traversed by this Railway is one of the rich-
est in Scotland. It abounds in ironstone, coal, limestone, and other
minerals; and it only requires the advantages of railway accom-
modation to:develop its resources.
The revenue, as a Mineral line alone, should suffice to yield the
largest return legally exigible by railway proprietors; and when it
is considered that, by the junctions already referred to, this line will
form a direct, short, and uninterrupted route between the cities of
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and connect East, West, and Mid Lothian,
and the whole of the eastern counties of Scotland, not merely with
Glasgow, bat with the counties of Renfrew, Ayr, Wigton, and Kirk-
cudbright, and their important seaports, it would be difficult to over-
value the present line as a great national undertaking.
To those acquainted with the district,:fit is unnecessary to point
out the immense local importance of this line and its dependencies ;
and to the inhabitants of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock, and all
the other towns in the east and west of Scotland, it would be super-
fluous to mention the advantages of such a line, whether as respects
safety and comfort, or economy and expelition ; but, for the benefit
of those at a distance, it may be well to state that, while it avoids
objectionable tunnels, viaducts, and other heavy works, it is also
shorter, by at least one-sixth of the whole distance, than any other
line between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and will further
be the means of conveying, without transhipment, passengers and
goods from the east to the west coast.

The largest proprietors along the line have already given their
most cordial assent to this undertaking; and there cannot be &doubt
that, as it will meet the demands of the public, It will in due time
receive the sanction of the Legislature.
Applications for Shares in the form annexed may be made to the
following brokers :—Messrs. Jackson and M'Cowan, Foulds and
Cockburn, T. G. Buchanan, and A. W. Forbes, Glasgow; Alexander
Galloway, banker, Airdrie ; Robert Allan, and Robertson and Co.,
Edinburgh ; Thomas Forsyth, and Massie and Robertson, Liverpool ;
George Harris, Manchester; B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank Buildings,
and J. Shewell and Son, Tokenhouse-yard, London.
Glasgow, Bth SeA., 1843.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To tha Provisional Committee of the Limarkshira and Lothians Di-
rect Railway.
Gentlemen,—l hereby apply for Shares of the Stock of
this Company, and bind myself to pay the Deposit of 31. on this, or
any smaller number of Shares that may be allotted to me, and to
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Deed of Agree-
ment. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
Designation ..... ••• .
Place of Business ... •••••••••
Reference'

SHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct communication 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, Josepb, Esq., Macclesfield
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney LongueTine, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kenshigton-square
Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
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
Cottam, Rev. G., M.A., Wolverhampton
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass. Montgomeryshire
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Ecdeshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Clnn, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironniaster, Highfields Works, Bil-
stun, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. 'Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwieh, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director otsf
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckocic, 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 Oxtbrd,
Wltney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcambe, 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
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-rlace, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Milltield Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire,Staftlardshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton .William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., 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., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffual
Slade, the Rev. H. R., D.D., Wolverhampton
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgmorth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccieshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hlll, Eccleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttozeter Railway
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Breutbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Mouley 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 add to their number.)
BANKERS.

Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury, 2 London
Messrs. Cockbunis and Co., 4,Whitehall,
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Making Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN Cuur—Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, ESQ.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Buttertou, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddelcy, 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., Burslen], Staffordshire Potteries
SEcarraav—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 Eceleshall, Gilley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coulbrook-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 froth whenee It will be conveyed by the " Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomery shire 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 be 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
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 conside:ed that the centre of the line passes through a densely-
pOpulated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving
agricultural neighbourhood, 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.
The line, which will not interfere with any property of an orna-
mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
will be constructed at much less than the average cost.
Such important local co-operation has been secured, that no oppo-
sition is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure.
The liability of the Shareholders wii!. 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 rata of four per cent, per annum
on the amount of the deposit, anti upon the further calls, from the
date of each payment until the opening of the lino ; and the first
deposit being paid, a further call will not bo made until the Act of
Parliament shall have been obtained. _ _

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Maps of the line, prospectuses, &c., are to be obtai!ned from the
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents, also the brokers, Messrs.
Mlevllle and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Messrs.
Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Solmes
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, Esq.
Sheffield ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull ; to whom applications
for shares (which must be on printed forms) may be addressed ; and
it will be necessary that referencia be made to a backer, solicitor, or
Person of responsibility.