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

(D IRE CT WESTERN RAILWAY
Upon the Broad t nage),
From London a the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines c Bath and
Bridgewater,. i,etioely.
(Provisionally a Metered.)
Capi al, 3,000,000/., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
;Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTRE.
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., M.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 Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Frekt, 3, 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 Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tenley-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 Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Chelteaham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., 3llln'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 Railv, ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Eno Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion Mouse
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Di/voter of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Mull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Ma7;istrate 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 ailway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrain:, 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 Enniskiilen 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, Dire.-
tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
H. 01. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Sully Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bieaden, Esq., Couladen-court, Surrey, Chairman of tke 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 Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwell Railway Company
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, Bryanstone-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and
the Great Western Extension Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, Louden, 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, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwall Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh 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
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouck Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Barks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke
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 Blueing-
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Fsq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. It. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Duadas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Eeq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berke
Union Banking Company
William Haleomb, Esq., Marlborough. Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks
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., isq., 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 She Meld Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the Bast Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool aid Leeds Di-
rect Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq.,",Shefiteld Director of the Rut and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Ear-
rewgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attereliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle et 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. tat. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbenk 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 Joistion
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Moe Mathew, Esq., Gray's lan-sqaare, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Meat Home, Brentwood, Inez
William John 31‘Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefenyre, Esq., F. R.S.,Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringkans, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson 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).
A further list of influential names will shortly appear.
Bananas—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore•Warwlck and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTART-SECRETARY--ChltrleB J. Whalley, Esq,
LOCAL AGINTS

At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and l!toclway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Hanford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. soleP
Tome and
At Tiverton, T. L. T. Bendel, E0(1, , 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 it, 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 imports/ 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. The 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 Falmouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is to show that n• other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important eutport—" the natural Packet Station of
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 Land'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 Company.
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
ergdis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a divin
Shepton Malletg line will be arced
by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, , Wells
being shorter by about thirty-two
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton,
miles than any existing railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Groat Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter oath,ot sixty miles than the
lately proposedline by way of Plym and effecting, in the whole
%stem* from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With reereat to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is
eediess to say inert than that there is already thorough traffic Suffi-
cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Dlrect Wee-

SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON,
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
WM. ORMSBY GORE, M.P.. Chairman.
The lion. ROBT. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
John Benbow, Esq., MP.
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.
By order, GEO, KNOX, Secretary.
3, Moorgate-street, Sept. 22, 1845.

QHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
kJ forming, In conjunction with other existing and projected lines,
a Direct Communication between Liverpool, 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
Ashwell, 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
Neddoes, 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, Tittbury, Staffordshire
Boothby, Sir William, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire, Receiver-
General of Customs, London
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire 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 London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, A. 8., 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-works, near
Westbromwich
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thos. R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
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Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnal, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., ironmaster, Hightields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, Esq., ironmaster, Bilston
Fourdrirjriaelar,efTeorge H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
Frith, John Griffith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the Coleraine
way
near Much Wenlock
George, William,
wonindoinadmeTrEysßi.a, Weston,ll
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
Melcombe, Chas. T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of the
Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, Wm., Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welshpool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welshpool, Montgomery-shire
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 Sidbury, 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
lit'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 Tean 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, Biackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of I
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, Millffeld Works, Billiton, 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
Sitnrns, Wm., Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shiffnal
Smallman, 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
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 D. 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
Stottrbridge
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.)
'UNFURL
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Billiton District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches

ENGINEER IDrC/llEF—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 Heyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eecleshaß
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun, Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton
Gilbert Brown. Esq., Shiffnal
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Allston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
•
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
T. It. T. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
Wm. Harding, Esq., Burslom, Staffordshire Potteries.
SECRETARY —George Bond, Esq.
Offices—Royal Exchange-buildings, London.
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 originally proposed line, and to carry their
western terminus to the Craven Arms, when it will run into and
form a junction with the Great Western and Port Dyullaen line of
railway, still reserving the power of going to Wistanston, if found
advisable. The capital will be increased to 850,00 W., and the num-
ber of shares to 42,500 ; and notice Is hereby given that applications
for Aluiroll Will not be received eta Monday, the 29th instant,