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WREXHAM, NANTWICH, and CREWE
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

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(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 450,000/., in 22,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. 6d. per Share.
TiIIorPORAItY OFFICES—Henblas-street, Wrexham.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Townshend Ilainwaring, Esq., Marchwiel Hall, M.P. for the Den.
b'ghehire Boroughs
Sir Ralph Pcndlebury, Knight, Mersey Bank, Heaton North,
Stockport, Director of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway
The Worshipful the Mayor of Macclesfield
R. Humphreys Jones, Esq., Willow-house, Wrexham, Recorder of
Holt, Denbighshire
Bullock, Joseph, Esq., Congleten, Cheshire
Byrom, William, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Liverpool and
Preston, and North Union Railways
Dicker, J. Campbell, Esq., New Hall, Neston, Cheshire, Director
of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Duncan, James, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Birkenhead and
Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Preston, and North
Union Junction, and the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool
and Manchester Direct Railways
Edgworth, Thomas, Esq., Wrexham Fechan, Wrexham
Foulkes, John, Esq., Ashfield, Wrexham, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation, and the Manchester and Birkenhead Con-
tinuation, and Holyhead Junction Railways
Gillham, Joseph, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Staffordshire Pot-
teries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Gough, Richard, Esq., South Sea Colliery, Wrexham, and
Pepper-street, Chester
Kenrick, Samuel, Esq., banker, Wrexham, Director of the Man..
Mester and Birkenhead Continuation, and Mole, Ruabon, and
North Wales Railways
ityrke, James, Was-coed, Wrexham
Lewis, George, Esq., Wrexham, Director of the Manchester and
Birkenhead Continuation, and Mold, Ruabon, and North Wales

Railways
McDermott, George Augustus, Esq., Chesterton.hall, Stafford-
shire, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and
Manchester Direct Railways
Motto, W. R. Standish, Esq , Lincoln's. Inn-fiAds, London
Overend, J., Esq., Bentham, Lancashire, Director of the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Preston, the North
Union Junction, and the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool
and Manchester Direct Railways
Perrott, Samuel, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Birkenhead and
Holyhead Junction Railways
Poyser, Charles, Esq., Summer-hill, Wrexham
Radish, Joseph, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Staffordshire Pot.
teries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Seed, Joseph, Esq., Lancaster, Director of the Staffordshire Pot.
teries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Thompson, John, Esq., Frwd Works, near Wrexham, and Wigan,
Lancashire, Director of the Bolton and Wigan, the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the
Liverpool and Preston, and the North Union Junction Railways
Thompson, Richard, Esq , Stansty Hall, Wrexham, Director of the
Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Watts, Thomas Itchenor, Esq., Macclesfield, Chcallitv, sate Di-
rector of the Churnet Valley Railway, and Director of the South
Union or Manchester, Potteries, and London Railway
Williamson, J. S., Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Lawton, Cheshire
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RANKERS.
London—Sir J, W. Lubbock, Bart., and Co.
Liverpool—The North and South Wales Bank.
➢Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank.
Wrexham—Samuel Kenrick, Esq.
JOINT SOLICITORS.

William Jones, Esq.
Wrexham.
John Dcvereux Pugh, Esq.
LONDON AGENTS.
Messrs. Raimondi and Gooday, 14, South.square, Gray's Inn.
Messrs. Evans, and Barnes, 6, South-square, Gray's Inn.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Edleston and Edleston, Nantwich.
SECRETARY, pro tem—John Devereux Pugh, Esq.
This line is intended to be made from Wrexham, through Holt
and Nantwich to Crewe. Its length will be about 23 miles, and it
will be a direct communication between the most populous
district of North Wales, and one of the most valuable
mineral fields in the kingdom ; and Crewe and the
manufacturing districts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Stafford-
shire, and Yorkshire, being a nearer route than any now
existing or contemplated, by upwards of 12 miles. It is satisfac-
torily proved by the evidence of persons best qualified to give a
correct opinion on the subject, that the district of Wrexham (even
exclusive of what may be called the Ruabon district) possesses in-
exhaustible supplies of coal, ironstone, lime, and lead, of the best
quality; the extent of the coal-field is about eight miles long by
two broad, and the limestone is of much greater extent; the ver-
tical section of coal presents 14 successive strata of coal, of which
10 are workable; these strata give 40 feet 6 inches of solid coal,
supposing there to be 15 cwt. of coal to the cubic yard, and deduct-
ing one.tenth for old workings, and one.third for waste, faults,
kc., there remains 18,817,920 tons of coal in a square mile.—(See
Evidence given before Parliament on the North Wales Mineral
Railway Bill.)
The value of the ironstone in the whole area of 16 miles is esti-
mated at 35,400,9941. The importance of connecting this wealthy
district with the towns beferc named is too obvious to require a
moment's comment. By means of the cheap and expeditious transit
provided by this line, the coke manufactured in the neighbeurhcod
of Wrexham (which is proved to be superior to any other, see evi-
dence before mentioned) will be conveyed to Crewe, for the supply
of the numerous railways centering at that place, at one.third the
present price ; the revenue to be derived from this source must be
immense. The whole district through which this line will pass is
now supplied with coal, coke, lime, and slates from the mines and
quarries in the neighbourhood of Wrexham at a very high price, in
consequence of the carriage being so expensive. The average
prices (per ton) of coal, coke, and lime, at Nantwlch and Crewe,
exclusive of carriage, are as follows :
At Nantwich, Coal
Coke
„ Lime
At Crewe, Coal
„ Coke
„ Lime
This railway will afford the means of supplying coal, lime, and
coke at one-third the above prices.
Among the multifarious railway schemes now before the public,
the most legitimate and also the most likely to yield a fair remu.
nerative return on the outlay, are the traverse railways projected
with the object of supplying the existing want of railway transit

The lino will 'sat int,illns; nick any u• propcat,
namental character, and will be constructed at much less than the
average cost.
The Provisional Directors have no reason to expect any effectual
opposition to a treasure so obviously beneficial both to the public
and the landed proprietors, and so powerfully supported by those
best qualified to form an opinion of its merits.
With respect to engineering, the line presents no difficulty
whatever, the gradients are very easy, and the earth-work light.
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow interest, at 41. per cent. per annum, on the deposits as well
as upon all future calls from the date of the passing of the Act
until the opening of the railway, and no shareholder will be liable
beyond the amount of his subscription.
In the allotment of shares preference will be given, to a certain
extent, to the proprietors of land through which the line will pass,
and to shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham, the Man.
cheater and Birmingham Continuation, the North Wales Mineral,
and the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railways.
Applications for shares must be made in the annexed form to
the solicitors, or to the following sharebrokers —Mr. Langton, Ex-
change-court, Exchange-street East, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cameron,
Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool; Mr. Thomas Moxon, jun., 69
Old Broactstreet, London ; Mr. W. G. Seed, 15, St. Ann's-square,
Manchester; Mr. Nathaniel Lea, Birmingham; and Messrs.
Standish and Bleckett, Leeds ; of whom prospectuses and maps of
the line may be obtained.
Applicants for shares, who are personally known to the Pro.
visional Directors, are requested to refer to one of such Directors;
all other applicants will be required to give a refence to some
banker, or other person of known respectability.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Wrexham, Nantwich, and
Crewe Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,— I hereby request that you will allot me Shares
of 20/. each, in the above proposed railway, and I hereby under-
take to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. 6d. per Share thereon, or any
lesser number of Shares which may be allotted to me; and I also
undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract, and the Sub-
scribers' Agreement when required.
I am, Gentlemen, your cbedient servant,
Name (in full)..
Profession, Trade, or Occupation
Residence (in full)
Place of Business (if any)
Date

Name of Referee ..
Address of Referee

rril 14: SHEFFIELD, WORTLEY, SILK.
STOAT, AND WAKEFIELD RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 500,000/. in 20,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROTISIONAL DIRECTORS.

J. W. B. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway
William' Alexander, Esq., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Liver-
pool add Leeds Direct, and the Midland and Think Railways
Joseph Austin, Esq., Headingley Hill, Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and York Railways
W. P. Bradshaw, Esq., Woodthorpe Hall, Sandal Magna, Wakefield
Charles Bamford, jun, Esq., Hull, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
William Broadhurst, Eeq., Weafichl-terracte, Micalcid
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Alexander Brown, Esq., Headingley, Leeds
Isaac Burkill, Esq., Highfield-cottage, Beeston, Leeds
Wm. Clifford, Esq., Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern
Counties Railway
Robt. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
Railway
Joseph Cis' ke, Esq., Sherburn, Ferrybridge
John Priston Cutts, Esq., Sheffield
John H. Coates, Esq., Wakefield
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Director
of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Wm. Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough,
Lynn, Wisbeach, and Boston Railway .
John Egginton, Esq., a Magistrate of the Borough of Hen
Thomas England, Esq., Headingley, Leeds, Director of the West
Junction and the Leeds and York Railways
Robert John Ellershaw, Esq., Leeds
Ephraim Slsworth, Esq., Sandford-house, Kirkstall, near Leeds
Gearge Earle, Esq Hull
Mil Fawcett, Esq., Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the Wake-
fi id and Harrogate Junction, the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
and the Direct Western Railways
Wm. Gresham, Esq., Alderman of the City of Lincoln
Aulustus G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq., Potter Newton, near Leeds
Frederick Hattersley, Esq., West House, Bradford
cnert Henries, Esq., Leeds
William Wilkes Hill, Esq., Beeston, near Leeds
John Hall, Esq., Hull, Director of the York and Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
William Hutchinson, Esq, Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the
Great Grimsby, Sheffield, the Potteries, and Grand Junction
Railway
Hong Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Wake..
field and Harrogate Junction, and the Direct Western Railways
J. Hastings Ingham,
Riding trate of the West Martin-house, near Skipton, a Magis-
John Heard, Esq , Alderman of Nottingham, Director of the Lon-
don end Nottingham Railway
Thomas Herbert, Esq., Alderman of Nottingham
Thomas Molmes, Esq., Hull
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
John Jackson, Esq., Alderman of Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and Yorkßailways
Thomas Jessop, Esq., Claremont.place, Sheffield
Sydney Jessop, Esq., Manchester
Charles Locke, Esq., Shapethorpe_house, Wakefield, Director of
the Wakefield and Harrogate Junction Railway
James Martin, Esq., Wakefield
James Joseph M'Swiney, Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Director
of the Wakefield 3.11.1 Harrogate Junction, the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester, and the Leeds, York, azd Midland Railways
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