The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-19 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

The object proposed by this railway is, as well to supply the wants
of the district through which it passes, as to complete the chain of
railway communication between the eastern and midland counties
and the western district, including the whole of North and South
Wales.

The country embraced by this line is of the richest description, and
thickly populated.
By means of this, and the existing and projected lines of railway,
the whole of the ports in the eastern and north-eastern counties, in-
cluding the manufacturing city of Norwich, and towns of Leicester,
Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, and the whole of Yorkshire will be
brought in direct communication with the mineral districts of
North and South Wales, the salt district of Droitwich, and the
river Severn.

The promoters of this line submit to the public, as a most import-
ant consideration, the abating of those causes of loss and inconveni-
ence which, along the line of country over which this railway will
pass, are experienced from water carriage being from necessity at
present a principal mode of transit for heavy goods and merchandise,
and which,l n the winter season, is productive of the most evil con-
sequences to those engaged in commerce.
A manifest advantage to the Shareholders will les the extent of traffic
which will be secured and appropriated by the present undertaking,
in lien of that which hitherto has been engrossed .by the more
dilatory course of water carriage.
As a public advantage to the inhabitants generally of the
above-mentioned districts, the promoters submit that the equa-
lisation in prices of the produce and merchandise which the
opening of this line of railway is calculated to produce is of the high-
est importance, and one of the principal benefits which this and other
similar undertakings are alone capable of producing.
The proposed line will commence at Rugby, the terminus of the
Midland Counties and Trent Valley Railways, and also of the pro-
posed Rugby end Huntingdon Junction Railway, and proceed from
thence near to the towns of Leamington, Warwick, and Alcester, and
end at the City of Worcester. At Worcester this line will form a
junction with the several Welsh railways, the Shrewsbury, Wor-
cester, and Crews Railway, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway.
At Warwick it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway, the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway, and the Lon-
don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway.
And at Rugby with the London and Birmingham, the Midland
Counties, and the projected Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway.

To the inhabitants of Rugby as well as to those of the Midland,
Eastern, and Northern Counties this line will afford a direct com-
munication with the fashionable towns of Leamington and Chelten-
ham, as well as the whole of the Western Counties.
To the inhabitants of Leamington and Warwick it will give a
direct communication with the City of Worcester and North and
South Wales, now so much needed.
And to the inhabitants of Worcester, in addition to providing the
nearest route to London via Warwick, it will be an outlet to the
Eastern Counties and ports, and afford great facilities for the increase
of the manufactories now carried on in that city.

The whole of the country has during the present month, August,
1845, been most carefully surveyed by the engineers, and they report
it to be free from engineering difficulty, and well adapted for a rail-
way, and the provisional Directors entertain no doubt that the
line will be made under the average rate of expense incident to
similar undertakings, and, from the statistics in their possession,
that the traffic will afford an ample return for the capital invested.
The line will not interfere with any ornamental property, and the
landowners are favourable to the undertaking.
The Shareholders in the several Railways proposed to be joined or
intersected will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
undertaking.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the Act is
obtained, and power will be applied far to allow interest at 4/. per
centum on all calls, from the time of their respective payments, and
to limit the liability of the Shareholders to- the amount of their sub-
rcriptions. _ _

The Directors reserve power to themselves to amalgamate with
any existing or projected line of railway ; to vary the route ; to
make all desirable extensions; and to increase the capital as may be
advisable or necessary.
Prospectuses, with a Plan, will be published in a few days,
and may then be obtained on application to the several solicitors,
and to any of the following share brokers, viz., Messrs. Peppercorne
and Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece aad Evans, 39, Loth-
bury, London ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Messrs. Alston
and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. Freeman and yon, Northampton ; Mr.
John Duneaft, Manchester; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bris-
tol; Mr. John Watson, Leeds ; Mr. John Cragg, Skipton ; and
Messrs. Atkinson, Newcastle ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ;
Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; Messrs. White and Son, Leamington ;
Messrs. Flint and Toole], Hull ; Messrs. tempest and Britchart, Hud-
dersfield ; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edinburgh ; and Messrs.
Tassie, Glasgow ; to any of whom applications in the undermen-
tioned form may. be addressed.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Directors of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester

Railway.

I request you to allot me Shares in this undertaking ; and I
hereby undertake to accept the same or any smaller number that
may be allotted me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscriber's Agreement when re-
quired.
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Place of Business
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1:1T ORCE STEM, WARWICK, and RUGBY
v v RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share,
Oftle:es, No. 5, Gresham-street, Bank.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Henry George Ward„Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and

Western Railway Company
Sir William Smith, Bart., Cardiston House, Worcester
George Allies, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Cwm Celyn Ironworks
Richard Ashton, Esq., White Lion-courtr, Cornhill
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, London -
Robert Bastow, Esq., Member of the Provisional CorOmlttee of the

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Great Eastern and Western Railway
James Barker, Esq., Severn's Stoke, Worcester
Charles Bleeder', Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coulsden
Court, Surrey
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the Great Eastern

and Western Railway Company
Walter Chamberlain, Esq„ Worcester Royal Porcelain Manufactory,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Mr. Jeremiah Clarke, of Macclesfield, Merchant, Director of the Lon-

and Manchester Direct
Mr. William Clay
Mr. James Coucher, Wool Merchant, Worcester
Henry Cornfoot, Esq.. Copthall-court, and Old Palace, Richmond,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Mr. George Cox, Glove Mantifacturer, Worcester
Edward Henry Cole, Esq„ Monasterwin, Kildare
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlbro'-place, St. John's Wood, Director
of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton Winchilsea,
Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com-
pany
Francis Davis, Pershore
Thomas Davies, Esq., Powick, Worcester
George Ellins, Esq., salt manufacturer, Droitwich
George English, Esq., needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
John English, Esq , needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
George Farley, Esq., Henwick House, and Crowle, Worcestershire,
banker, Worcester
Mr. J. Firkins, of the flrm of Firkins and Co., glove manufacturers
and hop merchants
Henry Grasett, Esq., Chesham-street, Belgrave-square
John Matthew Gutch, Esq., banker, Worcester
Mr. Edwin Gardener, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester
Mr John Hughes, wool merchant, Clop-gate, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester
John Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester
Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman and Mggistrate of Worcester
Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester
Henry Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester
Mr. George Hill, of the firm of Mcssr. Hill and Turley, Worcester
T. C. MP, Esq., Pwllddw Colliery, Blaenavon
James James, Esq., Swansea
William Laurence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London and Man-
chester Direct Railway
William Lionel Lampet, Esq., The Highlands, Oxfordshire, Deputy-
Lieutenant of that county, and Warwick-place, Leamington
Tohv Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Severn Navigation
Company, Managing. Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Com-

pany, aid a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway

Company
John Lilly,Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porcelain

Manufactory
Mr, Lloyd
Mr. Thomas Lucy, Albion Steam Flour Mills, Worcester
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway Company
Amos Middleton, Esq., M.D., Leamington
William Middleton, Esq., Lansdowne-place, Leamington
Henry Moss, Esq., Severn Bank, Worcester
William Moore, Esq., Elm Bank, Powick, Worcester
John Morton, Esq., Wick, Worcester
J. B. Morgan, Esq., The Terrace, Powick, Worcester
C. B. Morgan, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, London • -
Robert Nuttall, Esq., Kempsey House, Worcester
J. C. Nott, Esq., Hallow, Worcester
Mr. F. H. Needham, merchant, Worcester
Richard Pope, Esq., Camberwell
Mr. Powell, wine merchant, Worcester
John Pumplarey, Esq., Droitwich
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, Maltsters,

Worcester
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Son, Maltsters, Wor-

cater
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside, send Leyton, Director of the Direct

London anciMaiiChester and Great Manchester and Rugby and
Southampton Railway Companies
Messrs. James Smith and Sons, Needle Manufacturers, Astwood Bank,

Redditch
James Robertson, Esq., Worcester
Joseph Rusher, Esq., Glyn Leiros, Neath
Messrs. Smith, Inns, and Co., Iron Foundry, Leamington
T. G. Smith, Esq., Mayor of Droitwich
J. B. Spedding, Esq., Mines Royal Copper Company, London and
Neath
Captain Stewart, R.N., Bertre-terrace, Leamington
Timothy Steward, Esq., Higham Lodge, Norwich
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire
Mr. John Stone, Worcester
S. H. Staele, Esq., A bergavenny
Thomas Thould, Esq., Impney Lodge,
Droitwich Magistrates of Droitwich
Thomas Tompkins, Esq., Droitwich
William Trentham, Esq., Leamington
John Twamley, Esq., Warwick
George S. Trower, Esq., St. Diary-at-Hill, and St. James's-place,

St. James's
John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Magistrate of Droitwich
Samuel Tombs, jun., Esq., Town Clerk of Droitwich
James Uptlll,Esq., The reen, Bromyard, a Director of the Stafford-
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shire arid Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
Mr. Wells, Hop Merchant, Worcester
John Hunt Wilson, Esq., Pershore
Mr. Woodward, Hop Merchant, Worcester
John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester
Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester
Mr. John Webb, Worcester
John Webb, Esq., Needle Manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
Thomas Webb, Esq., Needle Manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
Benjamin B. Williams, Esq., 37, Throgmorton-street, and Bryan-
stone-Square, London
With power to add to their number.
CRIES' ENGINEER.
William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER.
S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London.
Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester.
RANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury.
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and CO.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Droitwlch—Messrs. Curtler and Holyoake
Warwick and Leamington—A. S. Field, Esq.
Rugby—W. F. Wratislaw, Esq.
SECRETARY—John Hughes, Esq.

This Line, which, subject to the decision of the Gauge Commis-
sioners, will be constructed on the Broad Gauge principle, will com-
mence at the Worcester Station of the Great Eastern and Western
Railway, and, proceeding by Redditch and Henley-in-Arden, will
torch Warwick and Leamington, and end at Rugby, the terminus of
the Midland Counties Railway and of the proposed Rugby and Hunt-
ingdon Junction Railway. It will communicate with Droitwich,
Studley, Aicester, and Stratford-on-Avon.
At Warwick, it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway, the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway, and the Lon-
don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway ; and at
Rugby, with the London and Birmingham, the Midland Counties,
and the projected Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railways.
The country through which it will pass, is thickly populated, and
of the richest description. It presents no engineering difficulties, and
from its population, its manufactures, and agricultural produce, it
possesses sources of such abundant traffic as to render it highly re.
munerative to the capitalists.
The object proposed is to complete the line of railway communica-
tion between the Western, Midland, and Eastern portions 'of the
Kingdom, and a glance at the Map of England will show that this
will be effected in the most direct manner by the present line ; touch-
ing, as it will, at one of its termini, a railway running direct from
Swansea to Worcester, and at the other, the projected line from
Rugby to Huntingdon—from which point a railway communication
has been already provided.
By means of this Railway, the manufactures of all the towns and
the agricultural produce of the country contained within its range,
as well as the Ports on the Eastern and North-Eastern Coast, will
have opened to them a direct and unbroken communication with
the great and densely-populated mineral fields of South Wales, as well
as the markets of the Northern portion of the principality.
To the population along the line as well as to the Midland and
Northern portions of be kingdom, this undertaking will present the
most direct communication with those towns of fashionable resort—
Leamington and Cheltenham. To the inhabitants of Leamington
and Wen wick, it will open the most direct communication with the
city of Worcester and South Wales, whilst to the inhabitants of
Worcester, it will open the markets of the Eastern portions of the
country.

The Shareholders In the several railways proposed to be joined or
intersected, will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
undertaking.

No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the Act is
obtained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at four
pounds per centum on all calls from the time of their respective
payments, and to limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount
of their subscription.

Applications for shares in the annexed form to be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the office, 5, Gresham-street, London, or
to Messrs. John Shewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith,
3, Shorter's-court, London; Mr. John Duncuft, sharebroker, Man-
chester; Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester; Messrs. Schultz
and Carr, sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reyno!ds and Son, Liverpool ;
Messrs. H. and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds; Messrs. Tate
and Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol; Mr. James Pearson, sharebroker,
Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., sharebrokers,
Bradford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester; Mr. Robert
Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker,
Aberdeen ; Messrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street,
Glasgow; and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sharebrokers, Glas
gow; Messrs. Bruce and Symes, sharebrokers, Dublin ; of whom
prospectuses may be had.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of
281. each in the above-named Company, and I hereby undertake to
pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the necessary Deeds when
required.

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QHROPS HIRE 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.) - - - ----
pßovtstotim, COMMITTEE.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di-
rector of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kensington-square
Blanford. Win., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Moor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk
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
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Sliropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Clun, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, Ml-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
Fourdrenier, George IL, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich. Staffordshire
Stall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadhoime, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of

the Anilo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-

gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Beniew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Strctton
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
Luckock, 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 Oxford,
Witney, 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
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxfbrd, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pelteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millfleld Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, 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, Shiffnal
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
Smalrnan, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, 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
Stead, James, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eceleshall
Thacker, Robert. Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
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
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron
Works, near Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
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. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall,
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The BUston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN CHlEF—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 Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, 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., Bursiem, Staffordshire Potteries
SECRETART—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 Eccleshall, Oflley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-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 from whence it will be conveyed by the " Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire 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 iromnitsteri fCZ 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), a large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it
is considered 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 w 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 rats of four per cent, per annum
Hue
on the amount of the deposit, and upon the furer th calls, from the
date of each payment until the opening of tbo ; and the first
deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the Act e
Parliament shall have been obtained.
also the brokers, Messrs.
Maps of the line, prospectuses, itc., are to be obte'.ned from the
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents,
Mieville and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Messrs.
Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Folmes
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 e addressed ; and
it will be necessary filet I'oWe/10k 129 Rage tQ a banker, CM otter, Or
parson of rospongtraity.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 300,000/., in 15,00') Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share, In accordance with the standing orders of
the Houses of Lords and Commons.
No call to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be
answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
The Right Worshipful the ayor of Birmingham
John Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
George tnett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Colfield
John Godfrey lludson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the London Central Terminus Company
George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc-
tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford
Railways
Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham
Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire
R. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park,
-Bristol
Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's..park, London, and
Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant
W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and
the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire
David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham
John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham
Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Thomas Bollman Upfil, Esq. Birmingham
Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Hall, Staffordshire
major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Railway
Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerford Park, Wilts, Military Secretary
at Hyderabad
William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
T. It. Wright, Esq,, Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam-
worth, Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways
J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley
W. Drury Holden, Esq., JO, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
John Kenme Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton
William Royden Watts, Esq., Birmingham
J. Mee Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Manchester Railway
Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birmingham
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wharstone House, near Birmingham
Capt. M`Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton
John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service,
Euston-place, Euston-square, London
Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance
Company
Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway, &c., &c.
John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Hercules Hailes Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Rempsey, Glouces-
tershire
William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham
John George Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atherstone, Direc-
tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways
Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham
John Russell, Esq., riandsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and
Liverpool ailway
Joshua Horton, Esq., Atria Iron-works, Smethwick, Staffordshire
Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham
R. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di-
rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway Companies
(With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINEER.-E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
J. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, London.
Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Birmingham—W, H. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. H. Jagger,
Esq., New-street.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London.
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham.

This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at
the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich-
field, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone,
Sutton Coldfleld, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham.
The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a
glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan-
tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Union Rail-
way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway
just below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line,
via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct
route from Manchester to London, but will leave Birmingham on the
west, which' can only be reached by the circuitous route through
Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles.
The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex-
tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected
Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus
save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the
shortest and best ne between Manchester and Birmingham yet de-
vised.

As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked, it is
sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income aris-
ing from the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is
very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingham, the
emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated neigh-
bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this
Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must
necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the
lines from Manchester to Lichfield be made.

This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the
North to Birmingham.

The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,000/., in 15,000 Shares of
201. each. A deposit of 21. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid
upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers
of the Company. . _ _

No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent.
per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment
until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answerable
beyond the amount of their Shares.

The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which
shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with
any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or make
Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present un-
dertaking for the benefit of the Company, as they may deem proper,
will be ready on the day fixed for the payment of deposit, and will
be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged
for certificates of Scrip ; and the shares of any Subscribers making
default In the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of
which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited.
No application for shares can be attended to, unless accompanied
by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the
Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker.
Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, and a
map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offices of the
Company, 60, Moorgate-street, London; from the Solicitors; from
Local Agents ; from Mr. B. B. Williams, 17, Throgmorton-street,
London ; Mr. W. 11. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs.
Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. PoNsmall and Worthington, Liver-
pool • Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Farlay,
Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Milsom-street, Bath ; Messrs. Ellgood
and Harrison, Leicester.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
• FORM OF APPLICATION roa sfIARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de-
posit of `,/. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Subscribers'
agreement and Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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