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London, England, 1845-10-10 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, White-
hall, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Sir William Beothby, Bart., Ashbourn Hall, Derbyshire, Director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the South Midland and North-
ampton and Banbury Railways
The Rev. Charles Leicester, of Whitton Hall, Shropshire, Magistrate
for Shropshire, and Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
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Joins Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafkord-
shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the
Derby and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone,
Director of the Leioester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral
Railways
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direst London and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Clement Tabor, Esq., Cornhill, London, and Rayne, Essex, Director
of the London and County Bank, of the National- Loan Feud
Assurance Company, and of the Direct London and 11013 head
Railway.
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane, Londoa, Director of
the Chelmsford and Bury Railway
Thomas Bernard Iladdeley, Esq., Newport, f(alop, Director of the
Shropshire Mineral Railway
Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Esc/ , ironmaster, Holly Half,
near Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley
Railway
George H. Fourdrinier, Eq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, Direc-
tor of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida-hill, London, Dircctorof
the London and Holyhead Railway
William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Woreester Railways
Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury,- Suffolk, Director
of the Cork and Fcrmoy Direct Railway
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford-
place, Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
William Millington, Esq., ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
William Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington, and Kentish-
town
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and
Lower Thanles-street, Director of the South and Midlands June-, •
tioa Re'lway
Thomas taint() Murray, Req., Geofge-sWet, Hanover-square, Di-
re,:tor of Rosamel's Great Northern hallway, of the National Bank
of Ireland, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, near Halifax, Magistrate, and
Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Director

of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England
1:n:on Midway of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the

National Bank of Ireland
Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the
London, Holyhead, and Portdynllgen Itailhmy
William Torukinson_Riley, Esq., Minesld Works, Bilston, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot-
tcries and Manchester and Liverpool, and of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds, and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Samuel Tudor, Ess.., Upper' Tharees-stre^t Hull, Director of the
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railws •
William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
Edward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropshire, Director of the
Direct London and Holyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and
Broseley Railways
Rev. Matthew Tatman Starkie, Rector of Rushbury, near Church
Stretten, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Similes Merritt Rigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-square,
Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Rev. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
Jame 31`Millan, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Westminster
George Young, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Sampson Bride:wood, Esq., Spratslade House, Longton
William Ottcy, Esq., Longton
John Ashwell; Esq., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and Gains-
borough, and Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester
Railwayf
William George, Esq., Weston, near Much-Wenlock
Thomas Goddard, Esq., Bank House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Weaver Lcwty, Esq., Wilden Ironworks, near Stourport,
Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John street, Bedford-row, London, Director
of the London and Brighton, Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire,
and Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railways
William Heatrell Dowse, Esq., Chancery-lane, London
John Johnson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Shropshire Mineral
Railway, and of the Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby
Railway
William Dutton, Esq., Tittensor Villa, Stone, Staffordshire, and
kbtity-street,.Eatott-square, Director of the Direct London and
Holyhead Railway
George Cowen, Esq., Dalston, near Carlisle, Director of the London
and Holyhead Railway
Robert Foreman, Esq., Abbott's Hill, Derby, Director of the Tean
and Dove Valley Railway
Joseph Gilham, Esq.' Hargreaves House, Oldham, Direetor of the
Shropshire Mineral Railway
Peter Wood, Bag., merchant, Manchester, Director of the Shrop-
shire Mineral Railway
George Swift, Esq., Elford Hill, Eceleshall, Director of the Shrop-

shire Mineral Railway
John Robertson, Esq., St. Mary's-buildings, Glasgow
1. W. 13. Grevilic, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of

the Great haatern and Western, and Barbadoes General Railways
Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, Director
of the East India Company,
William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple, London
John Wright, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire and North
Midland Counties Railway
William Law, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
James Fisher, Esq., ironmaster,iston
Henry Turner, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
John Clemson, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Barnett Joseph, Esq., Liverpool
Rees Price, Esq., Tyne Hall, Ilford, Essex

T. Burrought, Esq., Derby, Director of the West Midland, and Derby
and Gainsborough Railway
Jebnathan Burton, Esq., Carrington, near Nottingham, Director of
the Grand Union and Midland Junction Railways
Henry Cartwright, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham
and Mansfield, and Sheffield and London Direct Railways
Samuel Wright Fearn, Esq., Derby, Director of the West Midland,
and Derby and Gainsborough Railways
Henry J. Mellor, Esq., 10, Cliffords' Inn
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Bryanstoirstreet, Portman square,
Loud( a, Director of the Great Leeds and London, of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and of the Direct Western Railways
John Ferguson, Esq., Liverpool
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
Joseph Barker, Esq., Macclesfield
Thomas Gregory, Esq., iromnastcr, Westbromwich
William Cantrill, Esq., Cliff House, Wirksworth, Director of the
Nottingham and London Direct, and of the Ambergate and Not-
tingham Railways ,
William Hurd Wood, Esq., Ashbourne
John Earp, Esq., Uttoxeter 1 Directors of the Stafford-
Thomas Richardson, Esq., Derby shire and North Midland
Thomas Walker, Esq., Belper Junction Railway
Charles Walker, Esq., Ellastone
William Nichols, Esq., 3, Inner Temple-lane
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
John Taylor, Esq., lloxton, Director of the Guernsey Railway and
Pier Company
Clapp, Esq., Welbeck-street, Cavehdish-square
Sir John Hare, Langlumplace, Director of the London and Man-
chester Railway
Geo. R. Harrison, Esq., Harleyford-plaCe, Kennington, Director of
the Grand Trunk Railway
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montague-st7s4. Montague-square, Di-
rector of the Grand Trunk Railway
E. Kern Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
C. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montaguc-sireet, Montague-square
• r Director of the Grand Trunk Railway,
Henry Brinton Esq., Kidderminster •
James Holmes, Esq., Kidderminster
John Hadland, Esq., Banbury, Oxfordshire
William White Coleman, Esq., Banbury
Barnes Austin, Eel., Banbury
William Caless, Esq., Banbury •
Thomas Hackett, Esq., Derby, Director of. the Great Manchester,
Rugby, Southampton, of the Liverpool and Derby Direct, and of
the Nottingham, Biriningliam, and Coventry Junction Railways
John Hudson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby, Gainsborough, and
Great Grimsby Junction Railway
Sarhuel Parsons, Esq., Sackville-street, Piccadilly, London
C. L. Browning, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Dudley,
Madeley, and Broseley Railway
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
The Liverpool and Manchester District Bank, Liverpool
The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport, Gloucester, and
Manchester
Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster
Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co., Worcester
The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester aid Tewkesbury
Messrs. Alcock and Co., Hanley
ENGINEER-IN-ClNEF—Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.D.
ACTING ENGINEER—FraIICLS Briscoe, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Ingleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, London
Edmund Garbctt, Esq., Wellington, Salop
William Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster
Gilbert Browr, Esq., Shiffnal.
rAni.JAMENTAILT AGENTS.
Messrs. Jones and Walmestey, Path/IRMA-Street
LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry 'lime, Esq., Liverpool
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester
John Brampton, Esq., Worcester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston
Thomas Griffin, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, Esq., Newport
William Harding, Esq., Burslem
Henry Vickers, Esq., Solicitor, Bridgnorth
SECRETARY—J. Stevens, Esq.
Temporary Offices, 3, Abehureh-lane, London.

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thence through or near the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and
Mifflin], in Shropshire, thence through the flourishing town of Kid-
derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and t• the Bristol Rail-
way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct
route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, and Chester to the
important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct
line from the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will also,
in conjunction wtih the proposed Hereford and 'Worcester, and Swan-
sea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form the most advan-
tageous route from Swansea and the iron districts of South Wales,
to Liverpool, Manchester, and Hull.
The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at
Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley
Union at the thriving town of Newport. It will form a junction
with the two
latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug-
gage may be conveyed to Stafford, Derby, the midland counties,
Staffordshire Potteries, Sheffield, and Hull and, In addition to the
carriage
of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and
"e Kidderminster, to anc 3f hester, I iverpool, the whole of the north of
England
and Scotland—will secure a large passen,ger traffic in the
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district through which it passes. A branch will be made from New-
port to the important town of Wellingto".
- The proposed railway win be about 87 miles In length, and be-
tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save In distance
at least 20 miles, and the journey can be accomplished, at the pre-
sent rapid rate of travelling, in about two hours. This project as a
junction line, connects itself with some of the most important rail-
ways in the kingdom. It also skirts the large, extensive, and densely-
populated iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its
course passes through a rich agricultural country. It must, there-
fore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient traffic to pay high
rate a
rate of interest on the capital required.

There are no engineering difficulties In the country through which
the line is intended to pass, the whole being nearly ou a level, and
on reference to the map of country, taken from the Ordnance survey,
which accompanies the prospectus, the line will appear straight, and
will at the same time show the superior advantages it possesses, and
that it cannot be surpassed by any existirx or projected lines between
the same termini.

It will not interfere with any ornamehi,:i. ~,i:operty, and no tunnel-
ing will be required.

Application is intended to be made, in the ensuing session of Par-
liament, for a direct line of railway (of which a survey has been
made) from Southampton to Kidderminster, and by which a ready
communicationwill be afforded to the most southern ports of rngland.
The liabilities of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of
their subscriptions, and interest will he allowed on the deposits and
further calls, from the date of the several payments to the opening of
the line.

Prospectuses, with maps and forms of application for shares, can
be had from the Secretary on application at the temporary offices
of the Company, 3, Abchurch-lane, London; from the Solicitors and
Local Agents ; also from the following Brokers, viz. :—Messrs. Lyon,
2, Blrehin-lane, and Messrs. Franclit and Ilenesey, 27, Change-
alley, Cornitill, London ; Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, Lord-street, Bir-
kenhead ; Mr. E. IL Collis' Birmingham ; Mr. W. Whitmore, St.
George, and Mossrsr.E. S. -Boult, Liver Pool ; Messrs. Sohmes and
Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds.;. Mr. William
M Iles, Worcester ; and Messrs. Green..and Oldham, Manchester ;
to 'whom applications for shares maybe addressed.' 'lt will be
necessary that reference be made to a Banker, Solicitor or pens n
of responailsilitr.