The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, 140 N DON, FRIDAY. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26,

IRLCT WESTERN RAILWAY
Upon the Broad C e":ra),
From London es the Land's-end ; wit:, Diverging Lines o Bath and
Bridgewater res kuct:
(Provisionally ..' ...s'astered.)
Capi al, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 25/. each.
:Deposit, 21. las. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., 31. P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, hill-street, Berkeley-Square
Charles Barry Ballwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 8, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Fat ncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley- street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
Edward Ilarrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Min's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Raw, ay
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Philips, Esq.,
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Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
B3Plial tCilip WoLv.
George-street, Mansion Mouse Lombard-streetegent's Park, and
John Wheaton, Esq. Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq.' Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of
the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and EnniskElen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
heath House, Er:th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc-
tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George 3Plntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwell Railway.Cempany
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and
the Great Western Extension Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, Lenders, Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the 'Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, Loudon, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anstt. Anthony Ridley,
eye,EDsoac Companyk e. eQueen-square,
uare, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Wards, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
u
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Droinagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, 'Warwickshire., Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company.
R. Wootten, jtm., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Morthnore, Fsq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Barks
Union Banking Company
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunters
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Belts

Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun„ Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Shffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of tke Bast Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect Railway
Samuel Swami Brittain, Esq.,:Sheffield Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Har-

rovrgate Railway Company -----
William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director et the

Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York

and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. H. W. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wor►mm, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of 'the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-

missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex
William John M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., F R.S.,Alderman and Magistrate ofSouthampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Wanvickshire, Director of the

Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringkam, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickskire
William Jenson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitnw, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
BANICERS—AIessrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
A further list of influential names will shortly appear.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Loudon
. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—Charles J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Raft.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Es 4 , and J, A. Toms, Esq.
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its situation at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its importsf rom 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. Tho Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth; and various other projects have been
set on foot on the conviction that Fahuouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the
present can ultimatelyliatisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important out Port—" the natural Packet Station of

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the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Laud's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct
line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Coinpany.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two
miles than any existing railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Benzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
tistance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With refT.eot to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is
eedless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the eoustruction of this portion of the Direct Wes-

tern : that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural
and manufaciuring receive a large amount of tratilc as
well from railways now in course of construction as from ethers pro-
jected, with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
Insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the Inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or 'the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, "the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between_
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.
Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom; it may not be out of place to quote 'here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
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munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, '
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
Nva rdzess, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament.

It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, 'concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.

Applications for shares, In the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, or to any respect-
able broker in town or country
London, September 11, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Company.

gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each iu
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/. l2s. 6d.
per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agieement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated 1845.

Name In full
Re5idence..............
Trade or Profession .............
Place of Business (if any) .
Reference ..... ..................
Signature.... ..

SH RE WSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON,
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
WM. ORMSBY GORE, M.P., Chairman.
The Hon. ROBT. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman,
John Benbow, Esq., HP.
W. Richford Collett, Esq., M.P.
W. Fechney Black, Esq.
James Clay, Esq.
Richard Norman, Esq.
Stephen. Phillips, Esq.
Richard Smith, Esq.
R. A. Slaney, Esq.
Sir W. Young, Bart.
In consequence of the repetition ofAdvertisements signed "Thomas
H. Smith," and an " Original Shareholder," the Committee of Ma-
nagement think it their duty to publish the names of that Commit-
tee, as the best answer to the latter anonymous writer, and to caution
the Shareholders against being misled by any statements which
might be made at any meeting called by Thomas H. Smith, of whom
the Committee of Management know nothing.
The Committee of Management take this opportunity to state, that
the surveys from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton are nearly completed,
and that the surveys from Wolverhampton to Birmingham are being
made under the direction of a joint Committee representing this
Company, the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the
Birmingham Canal Company, the whole under the immediate super-
intendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson.
Sept
order,
3, Moorgate-street, Sept. 22, 1845

GEO, KNOX, Secretary,

SHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
forming, In conjunction with other existing and projected lines,
a Direct Communication between Livarpool, Manchester, Sheffield,
York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.

(Provisionally Registered.)
• Capital, 850,0001, in 42,500 Shares, of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde Park
Adams, Lewis, Esq., Watlin's House, Woolstanton, Staffordshire Pot-
teries
Ashwcll, John, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Liver-
pool and Manchester Direct Railway
Askey, John, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., ironmaster, Great-bridge, Tipton, Staffordshire,
Director of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Capt., Kensington-square
Blandford, W., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., merchant, Tutbury, Staffordshire
Boothby, Sir William, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire, Receiver-
General of Customs, London
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Snropshire and Manchester,
Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Man-
chester Direct Railway
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Chance, William, Esq., J. P., Spring-grove, Birmingham
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and Loudon, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, A. B.,"jun., Esq., ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolver-
hampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Darwell, C. T., Esq., J.P., Walsall
Davis, Thomas, Esq., ironmaster, Goldshill, New Iron-werks, near
Westbromwich
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thos. R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq , Clun, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Esq., Stanton, Shiffnal, Shropshire
Parsons, Esq., ironmaster, Highfields Works, 1111-
DirectorFErsrktoment,l°Vniell'jlah' n
of the South Staffordshire, Worcester and Shrews-
bury ,
ironmaster, Bilston
n
• • George H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
Frith, John Griffith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the Coleraine
and Londonderry Railway
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Gillham, John, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries Railway
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq., Wolverhampton
Gregory, T., Esq., ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq , ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieut.-Col. Studholme, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square
Holcombe, Chas. T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of the
le, James,
Junction Esq.
Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, Wm., Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welshpool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Johnson, John, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Kemp, Thomas Reginald, Esq., Abchurch-lane
Lambert, Richard, Esq„ Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Lewty, Thomas Weaver, Esq., Wilden Iron Works, near Steurport
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Barr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
M`Dermott, George A., Esq., Director of the Staffordshire Potteries,
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
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. Cleobury North, Shropshire.
Mintorn, J., Esq., Soho-square
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Norbury, John George, Esq., Mancetta House, near Atherstone,
Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and Teen and Dove Valley
Railways
Palmer, William, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries.
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden Hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney and Chelten-
ham, and of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Rawson, John, Esq., Stony Royd, near Halifax, Deputy Lieutenant
of Yorkshire, Director of the Manchester, Liverpool and Great
North of England Railway, and of Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T., Esq., ironmaster, Milifield Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton, Wm., 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
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., ironmasters, Westbromwich
Simms, Wm., Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shiffnal
Smallman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridguorth, Director of
the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi-
mation Railways
Starkie, the Rev. Matthew Yatman, Rector of Rushbury, near Church
Stretton, Shropshire
Stead, James, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Topham, John, Esq., Eaton Villa, near Newport, Salop
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 Stretton
Warren, Joseph Londale, Esq., the Lodge, near Market Drayton
Webster, Frank I). Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thomas, Esq., ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq., Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, James, Esq., ironmaster, Whittington Iron Works, near
Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly,
and Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P. Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth, Salop
Wynne, Thomas, Esq., Langton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Young, George, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches
ENGINEER IN ClllEF—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 Wcyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Jun, Newport
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
GilbertE ardE
Brown.
Esq.,, Esq.,sh Shiffnal
Stretton
Philip
Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
SECRETARY—George Bond, Esq.
Offices—Royal Exchange-buildings, London
ilj•slernini,inSgtairrtlshire Potteries.
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rHdotinlgTEns,ql::sßq.u,

In consequence of the Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales
Railway having given notice of their intention to abandon that part
of their project which extends from Ludlow to Newtown, the Direc-
tors of the Shropshire Mineral Railway have determined to make a
slight deviation from their originilly proposed line, and to carry their
western terminus to the Crafett- Arms, when it will run into and
form a junction with the Great Western and Port Dynllaen line of
railway, still reserving the power of going to Wistanston, if found
advisable. The capital will be increased to 850,0001., and the num-
ber of shares to 42,500 ; and notice is hereby given that applications
ter shares will not be received after Mondays the 29th instant.