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MOM.
MIDLAND AND THIRSK JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Notice is hereby given, that no further Application for Shares in
this undertaking can be received after TUESDAY, the 23d day of
September instant,

THE DIRECT LONDON AND MAN
CHESTER RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management announce that the Letters of
Allotment have been this day posted. They beg to express their
regret at hating been compelled to reject the applications of many
thousand persons, and to curtail, in almost every instance, those
applications which were entertained.
This course of proceeding was rendered unavoidable by the num-
ber of applications which had been received.
• By order,
EDWARD L. OGLE, Secretary.
48, Moorgate-street, Sept. 17, 1845.

-TIE -CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT. RAILWAY.-
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub,
scribers' Agreement are now lying for exceution -at the Company's
Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
Of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed,
the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT. Secretary.
Sept. 12. 1845.

THE MANCHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD
CONTINUATION, AND MOLD, RHUABON, AND NORTH
WALES RAILWAY. COMPANY ;
.. .. ,
' • . - To 11e called, in future,
THE BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER, MOLD, RHUABON, AND
VALE OF LLANGOLLEN RAILWAY COMPANY.
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
W. HUGHES HUGHES, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman,
Chairman.
WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Sir John Hare G. Lawton, Esq.
John Burgess, Esq. John Plekersgill, Esq.
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq. Clement Royds, Esq.
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq. Joseph Shaw; Esq.
Samuel Haines, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
C. H. Jones, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq.
•
Charles Knyvett, Esq.

WEXFORD, WATERFORD, and VALEN-
VA RAILWAY.
The OFFICES of this COMPANY are REMOVED from 33. Old
Jewry, to No. 3, ROYAL EXCHANGE -BUILDINGS, CORNHILL
Sept. 18.1845. 'A. LIGHTON, Sesretary.

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement are now
lying for signature at the Offices of the 'fiornpany, No. 22,' Parlia-
ment-street, Westminster, from the hour of eleven o'clock in the
morning until four in the afternoon, where they will remain for that
purpose until Tuesday, the 30th inst.
For the convenience of the Shareholders residing in the country,
the above Deeds will lie for signature at the places, and on the days
hereafter mentioned, between the hours of ten o'clock in the morn-
ing and four o'clock in the afternoon, viz.:—
At the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, on Wednesday, the let, and Thurs-
day, the 2d of October.
At the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, on Friday, the 3d, and Saturday,
the 4th of October.
At the Hotel, Blackburn, on Monday, the 6th of October.
At the Offices of Messrs. Rawstorne and Wilson, Preston, =Tuesday,
the 7th, and Wednesday, the Bth of October.
At the Swan Inn, Clitheroe, on Thursday, the 9th of October.
At the Offices of Messrs. Hartley and Heath, Settle, on Friday, the
10th of October.
At the Offices of Moir's: Fielding and Wright, Richmond, on Satur-
day, the 11th of October.
At Ward's Waterloo Hotel, Durham, on Monday, the 13th of October.
At the Queen's Head Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Typo, on Tuesday, the
14th, and Wednesday, the 15th of October.
At the George Hotel, York,. on Thursday, the 16th of October.
At the Cross Keys Hotel, Hull, on Friday, the 17th of October. •
At the Scarborough Hotel, Leeds, on Saturday, the 18th of October.
At the Midland Hotel, Derby, on Monday, the 20th of October.
The letter of allotment and bankers' receipt must be produced and
delivered at the time the deeds arc executed, in exchange for which
scrip certificates will be issued ; and as a measure of precaution,
rendered necessary by recent proceedings in Parliament, the party
will be required to be properly identißed.
By order,
J. H. INGRAM, Secretary.
22, Parliament-street, London,. September, IS, 1845.

By order,
DUNNING and STAIVAIAN,} Solicitor,
CHARLES CLOUGH,

GREAT NORTH of ENGLAND RAILWAY
RICHMOND BRANCH.
TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS.
The Directors of this Company will be prepared to receive TEN
DEES for the EXECUTION of the WORKS of the BRANCH from
the GREAT NORTH of ENGLAND RAILWAY to RICHMOND.
Plans, Sections, and Specifications of the same may be seen on
application to Mr. Joseph Stephenson, at the Office of the Company,
in Northgate, Darlington, on and after the 20th inst.
The Directors will meet at their Office, in Darlington, on Tt'EsDAT
the 30th inst , at Twelve o'clock, for the purpose of letting the
Contracts, and all Tenders must be sent in, sealed, addressed to the
Secretary of the Company, before 12 o'clock on the day previous.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
Tenders. H. PARKER, Secretary.
Darlington, Sept. 3, 1845.

ISLE OF- WIGHT RAILWAY.
Capital 309,000/., in 12,000 Shares of 251. each.
•-• Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
0141IIMAN—THOMAS GISBORNE, Esii., M,P.
DEPUTY-Cnetiorks,—HENßY TOOT AL, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield
Wiulant Collins, Esq., M. P.
Charles Popham Hill, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Bonchurch
Sir Raymond Jarvige Fair Oak Park. Hants
N. Harwell, Esq., East Cowes Castle
Captain. Thomas Dickinson, R.N.
Thomas Claxton Esq., High Bank:tottage, Ventnor
A. J. Drewe, Esq.. Elm Grove, Ventbor
William Betts, Esq,o3evois Mount, Southampton
James Durham; Esq., Victoria Park, Xanchester, Director of the
Manchester and,Birmingham Railway Company
George Sandars, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Trent Valley Hall-
way Company
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Lankestel:, Esq , SouthamPton
James Ilibbert Wanklyn, Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director
of the Treat Valley Railway Company
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director.of the Manchester, Buz-
Matloet, alI Midlands Railway Company •
John Bari, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York Rail-
way Company
John Lillie, Esq., Derby House, Manchester, Director of the Shrews-
bury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company
Jame Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway Company
William G. Beare, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe RailwAY
CharleiLyall, Esq., 33, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde_ Park Gardens.
ENGINEERS.
Charles Vignola% Esq., P,8.5.A.., fluginee,r in. Chief.
Sherrard and,Hall, Actiniaingin2iers..
.
BANKERS. •
In Newport, Cowes, and Ryde—The National Provincial Banking
Company.
In Southampton—Messrs. Maddison and Pearse ; the Hampshire
Banking Company.
In London—The Commercial Bank. •
In Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank.

HULL • AND BARNSLEY JUNCTION
•
RAILWAY.
To the Shareholders in the Hull and Selby RailwarCompapy,
Nortcs.—Those persons, who, as Shareholders in the Hull and
Selby Railway Company, may wish for Shares in the above under-
taking, are hereby required to send in their applications in the follow-
ing form, on or before the 20th instant., and it is to.be obserYed that
with regard to their Whole Shares and Quarter. Shares, no allotment
will be made, except for such Shares as may be registered in their"
names on the 20th instant, and that with regard to their Half
Shares, no allotment will be made, except for such Shares as shall be
se registered on the 10th of October next.
It will be necessary that such Shareholders u may have Already
sent in their Applications for Shares, should nevertheless conform to
this notice. By order, -
- - - J. MOOR, Setrstary.

REPORT.
The Directors have the gratification to report to the Shareholders
that the state of the affairs of the Company is, in every respect,
most satisfactory.
Owing to the small number of shares allotted tO any applicant, and
the care exercised in selection, the deposit money has been paid upon
the entire number of shares.
A deputation of the Directors, consisting of the Chairman, the
Deputy-Chairman, and Mr. Pickersgill, accompanied' by Mr. E.
Birch, the engineer, and Mr;3turell, the solicitor, have just re-
turned from traversing the line, the. course of which they declare to
have bean, so judiciously selected. 44, to use thelangnage of the en-
gineers,. a to avoid all eriOneering difficulties," while it embraces the
whole of the finnortatit Mineral 'works with which the district
abounds. Tlie engineering works on the whole length of 28 miles are
exceedingly easy.
line (which bas but one tunnel) traverses a country of such
picturesque and:unrivalled beauty as to have determined the Direc-
tors tocouvert, What they expected to have been almost exclusively
a mineral railway, Into one of the most attractive passenger-lines in
the kingdom, by extending It five miles into the far-famed Vale of
Llangollen.
' By this extension, and the liberal adoption of the system of
weekly excursion, and day return tickets, the inhabitants of the
densely-populated towns 'of Liverpool, Manchester. Birmingham,
Huddersfield, Leeds, Fr.e., will, together with those of Birkenhead and
Chester, and their localities, be enabled to enjoy the romantic
scenery throughout the line, and the Vale of Llangollen a its
terminus.
The orient of the goods traffic Which may be expected fr.= the
cad, iries.'ltialeomsa other ',works-along lb. Can scarcely be es-
timated ; although some idea may be fbnned orit from the vourbAss
of the works, and the quantity of metal now annually shipped from
the banks of the river Dee, far which the railway will be so improved
a mode of conveyance, that there can be no doubt their production
will be multiplied ; the working of stone quarries, and of mountain
limestone, here found, but now almost dormant, will also be induced
by this facility of transit. The traffic table is being taken, and the
utmost confidence is felt in the result.
The extension of the line to the Vale of Llangollen will render it
necessary to add 100,0001. to the capital of the Company; and it will
be at the option of every Shareholder to subscribe for one additional
share in respect of every five shares he may at present hold in the
undertaking.
The Director; propose, at the same time, to avail themselves of
the favourable opportunity thus afforded of increasing the amount of
deposit-money on the shares from 1/. 7s. 6d. to 21. 12s. 6d. per share,
in order to satisfy the requirements of the recent Standing Orders of
both Houses of Parliament.
The importance of the execution of the Parliamentary deeds by
responsible parties makes necessary that the Directors should
reserve to themselves the right of returning the present deposit-
money to irresponsible holders of shares, should any such present
themselves.
It has also been determined to change the name of the Company
from its present less definite one to" The Birkenhead, Chester, Mold,
Rhnabon, and Vale of Llangollen Railway Company."
The Committee of Direction beg to draw the particular attention
of the Shareholders to the above report, and to inform them that,
upon condition that they pay a first call of one pound five shillings
per share on the shares held by them in this Company, to either of
the undermentioned bankers, on or before Saturday, the 27th inst.,
in order to comply with the Standing Orders of Parliament, they will
become entitled to one additional share for every five such shares,
upon the further condition that they pay, at the same time, a deposit
of two pounds twelve shillings and sixpence per share on such addi-
tional share or shares.
In default of such payments being made within the time specified,
the present shares of the Shareholders in the one case, and their right
to an additional share or additional shares in the other case, will be
absolutely forfeited.
A receipt will be given by the bankers to whom the payments are
made, which will be exchanged for scrip upon the shareholders' sur-
render of the scrip they at present hold, and executing the SubScri-
bets' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which may be signed,
immediately afterwards, at the offices of the Company, and will be
forwarded into the country for execution early in the ensuing month.
By order of the Board,
JOHN SALT, Secretary.

RUGBY, WARWICK, and WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
Provisionally Registered.
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Perry, Bart., R.C.E., Madryn
Park, Caeniarvonshire
Str WiMEM' Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Portman-square,
London
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Sir Henry Bromley Henrich, Court Garden, Great Marlow, Bucks
William Hughes Hughes, Lsq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &e. Alderman of
London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction, the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the
North London Junction, and the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies
T. Ilagger, Esq., Northampton Directors of the South Midland and
J. Freeman, Esq., Ditto Northampton, Banbury, and Chel-
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Ditto tenham Railway Companies
Arthur Harries, Esq., MetheunVilla, Provisional Directors of the
Leamington, South Midland Railway
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton, Company
Joseph Wykes, Esq., Northampton
Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Ryelands, Lancas' er, Director of the Lancas-
ter and Preston Junction and North Western Railway Companies
J. M. Cottle Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton,
and Leicester Railway Company
John Gardner, Esq., Southam, Provisional Director of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company
William Frederick Beadon, Esq., John-street, Berkeley-square, Lon-
don, Provisional Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railwly Company
John Wheeiton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Rail-
way Company
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowanhead, Kendal, Provisional Director
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, the York and Carlisle, and Manches-
ter and Southampton Railway Companies
James Beach, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, Lon- Directors of the South
don, and Brandon Lodge, Warwickshire Midland Railway
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton Company
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham and Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Companies
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury,'
Kent
The Rev. D. Robinson, Brompton
W. W. Mansell, Esq., Dorchester-place,
Blandford-square, London
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Wor-
cester
John Haddon, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction Railway Company
John Satchel', Esq., Warwick, Deputy Chairman of the Leamington
Board of Commissioners
Robert Chapman, Esq., Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the
Great Manchester, ugby, and Southampton Railway Company
Henry Morgan, Esq., Bristol Directors of the
William Watson, Esq., Burn Grove, Roxburgh- t Bristol and Exeter
shire Railway Company
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Provisional
Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway Company
Grey Ilazlerigg, Esq., Carlton Hall, near Great Glenn, Leieester,
Director of the Rugby and Huntingdon Railway Company
Henry Patrick, Esq., IS, Montpelier-square, Brompton, and Upper
Forest, Swansea, Provisional Director of the Welsh Midland Rail-
way Company
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
Mr. Sergeant Adams, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Mr. Herbert Atterbury, Thornby, Northamptonshire
John Burnett, Esq.,. Cheltenham, Coroner for the county of Glou-
cester
John Brightman' Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Hill, Surrey
Charles Brandt, Esq. Leamington
Captain Chamfer, Hain-street West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Peter Colston, jun., Esq., Husband's Bosworth, near Market Har-
borough
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Peatling Hall, Leicestershire
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Great Surrey-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq., 39, Lothbnry, and Mayor of Carnarvon
John Eyston, Esq., Welford, Northamptonshire, and Salford Hall,
Warwickshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq., Glendeld and Leicester
Alexander Greig, Esq , Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
George Harper, Esq., Moss Fields, Salop
John llelbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
William hunter, Esq., Leamington
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
Mr. George Wortley Lovell, Great Billing, Northamptonshire
William Laslett, Esq., Worcester
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Mr. Benjamin Payne, Leicester
James Watts Peppercorne. Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwich
Su. rey
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, London
J. Watson Prole, Esq , 31, Thurlow-square, Brompton
James Upfill, Esq., of the Green Bromyard, Herefordshire
James Whitchurch, Esq., Southcliff, Netley Abbey, Hants
William Williams, Esq., Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
Edward Welsh, Esq., Leamington
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington
Mr. John Woolston, jun., merchant, Wellingborough
(With power to add to their number.)

Hull, Sept. 10, 1845. .. -
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me such number of
Shares of 201. each in the above undertaking as may, be apportioned
to me as being a Shfrebblder- ti the Hull and Selby Railway ; and I
agree to accept such Shares as may be allotted to me, and also to pay
the deposit thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and
the Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated the day of
Name• ..... • • • • • • • • • • • -
Residence •••• .• • •
Trade or Profession • • • • •
Number of Shares hold by me :

, 1845.

£5O Shares.
£25 Shares.
£l2 10s. Shares,

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY,
By a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford.
Distance, 120 miles.
Capital 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. •
(Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.)
PRESENT PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. •
(The names of a further Provisional Committee will be published in
a few days.)
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and
Erewash Valley Extension Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the
Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, of
the South and Midland Junction, and West Midland Railways
Major-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.11., Director of the York and

ORCESTER, WARWICK, and RUGBY
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 900,000/., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share,
Offices, 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 Celyu Ironworks
Richard Ashton, Esq., White Lion-courtr, Cornhill
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, London
Robert Bestow, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the
Great Eastern and Western Railway
James Barker, Esq., Severn's Stoke, Worcester
Charles Bleaden, 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 Manufacturer, 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 nglish, Esq., needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
John English, Esq , needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch
George Farley, Esq., Renwick House, and Crowle, Worcestershire,
banker, Worcester
Mr. J. Firkins, of the firm 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 UM, of the firm of Messr. Hill and Turley, Worcester
T. C. Hilt, Esq., Pwilildw 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
John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the severn Navigation
Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Com-
pany, and 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
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, wino merchant, Worcester
John Pumphrey, Esq., Droitwich
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, Maltsters,
Worcester
Mr. J. P. Itea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Son, Maltsters, Wor-
cester
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside, and Leyton, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester 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, Innes, 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., Ingham Lodge, Norwich
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire
Mr. John Stone, Worcester
S. H. Steele, Esq., Abergavenny
Thomas Thould, Esq., Impney Lodge,
31agistrates of Droitwich
Droitwich
Thomas Tompkins, Esq., Droitwich
William Trentham, Esq., Leamington
John Twarnley, Esq., Warwick
George S. Trower, Esq., St. Mary-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 Cpfill, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, a Director of the Stafford-
shire and 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., V, Throg,morton-street, and Bryan.
stone-square, London
With power to add to their number.
CUTE? 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., Worceste r.
BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury.
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Droitwich—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
tcuch 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, Alcester, and Stratford-on-Avon.
At Warwick, it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford June-
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 snob 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 he kingdom, this undertaking will present the
most direct communication with those towns of fashionable resort—
Leamington and Cheltenham. To the inhabitants of Leamington
and Wai 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 tbr 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. Reynolds 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 Spites, sharebrokers, Dublin ; of whom
prospectuses may be had.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester, Warwick, and
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of
20/. each in the above-named Company, and I hereby undertake to
ilway Company
pay the Deposit thereßonu,gabnyd to execute the necessary Deeds when
required.

In announcing that the Allotment of Shares is now made, and
that the letters will be posted this evening, the Directors regret
their inability to comply with the wishes of a very numerous and
respectable body of applicants.
JAMES WHEELER, Manchester.

DEACON and LONG, Southampton.
19, Great George-street. Westminster,
September 17, 1845.

QHROPSHIRE 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.)
PROVISIONAL consume.
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, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, 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, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Chin, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shinhall, Shropshire
FirMStMle, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
Fourdrenier, George H., Esq., Hanley, s;taffordshlre Potteries
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire
Han, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berrievr, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton.
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, ' sq. J.P., Aston, Itopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
:Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,.
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcombe, 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 Oxford, Witney, and Chel-
tenhaal, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
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
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millfield 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
Warwick and Worcester Railways
nedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal
Company; Director of the London and Bir-
minghams
Simms,
andm sL, fvei
William,
Assurancelt7Ess cll.,.ands
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
Suleiman, 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, Eccleshall
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 Rnea ailwßay
id
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, r rgnorth,
Salop (With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
ItLessrs. 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 Bemiring Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN CHlEF—Samuel Clegg, C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.

Provisional Directors of
the Great North and
South Wales and Wor-
cester Railway

BLNKEKS.
London—The Union Bank of London, Princes-street, Bank
Wrexham—The Wrexham and North Wales Bank
Liverpool and Wales—The North and South Wales Bank and Its
Branches
Rochdale—Messrs. Clement Royds and Son.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share, in accordance with the standing orders of
the Houses of Lords and Commons.
1.,:o 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 Mayor of Birmingham
John Wilke Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Colfield
John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc
tor of the London Central Terminus Company
George Turner, Esq., Bunton 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
amuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent'd•park, London, and
iLevant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant
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 Bolknan Upfil, Esq. Birmingham
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MHenry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerford_Park, Wilts, Military Secretary
at Hyderabad
William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
T. R. Wright, Esq„ Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
William Iloratio Haon, Esq., Diector of the Leicester and Tam-
worth, Southamptrrison, Manchesterr, and Oxford Junction Railways
J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton
William Boyden 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 Hanes Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, 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., Handsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and
Liverpool Railway
Joshua Horton, Esq., lEtna 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. 11. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. U. Jagger,
Esq., New-street.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London.
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham.

BANKERS.
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
orthampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Rugby—Messrs• Butlln and Son
Leamington ILeamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Com•
Warwick pany
Southam
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and CO.
ENGINEER IN CUIEF—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Mr. George Weller, 8, King's-road, Bedford-row
Welford—Mr. George Pell, jun.
Leamington
arwiek Messrs. Patterson, Haymes, Banbury, and Gardner
Southam
Worcester—Mr. R. T. Rea
Birmingham—Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson
SECRETARY—Mr. George H. Weller.

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,i n the winter season, is productive of the most evil con-
sequences to those engaged in commerce.
A manifest advantage to the Shareholders will be the extent of traffic
which will be secured and appropriated by the present undertaking,
in lieu 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 and 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 Crewe 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 Hot interfere with any ornamental property, and the
landowners arc favourable to the undertaking.
The shareholders in toe 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 4/. per
cent= on all calls, from the time of their respective payments, a
to limit the liability of the Shareholders to the amount of their sub-
rcriptiot4.
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 and Evans, 39,
bury, Loudon Loudon ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Messrs. Alston
and Gage, Liverpool; Messrs. Freeman and son, Northampton ; Mr.
John Duncaft, Manchester ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bris-
tol; Mr. John Watson. Leeds ; Mr. John Cragg, 14ktpton ; and
Messrs. Atkinson, Newcastle ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ;
Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; Messrs. White and Son, Leamington ;
Messrs. Flint and 'Foote], 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.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-gelds, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Heyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eceleshall
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., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries
SECRETARY—George Bond, Esq.
Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings, London.

This short but very important Line of Railway will commence al
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 Landon, 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 ancnseft 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 300,0001., 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. H. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs.
Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington, Liver-
Leeds
Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Fur ay,
; Mr. Thomas Evans, Milsora-stre et, Bath ; Messrs. 11
ood
and Harrison, Leicester

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, Oflicy, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
here, crossing
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Midge, to Coalbrea-dal the proposed " Wor-
, to Wistanstow, in
center and Crewe Railway,'" twill pass along the slope of Wenlock-
edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under-Haywood
the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with
the " Shrewsbury, Ilereford, 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 imposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will be conveyed Monte "Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into gomeryshire 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, M 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 tronmaster6 f a 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.
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a highly remunerative interest on the amount of
agricultural neighbourhood, it will be obvious that a sufficient local
traffic exists to pay
capital required to be embarked.
The line, which will not interfere with any property of an erns
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 wii!. 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 rate of four per cent per annum
on the amount of the deposit, and upon the further calls, from the
date of each payment until the opening of the line
; and the first
deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the Act o
Parliament shall have been obtained.
Maps of the line, prospectuses, &c., arc to be obts.Med from the
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents, also the brokers, Messrs.
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. Solmes
She Tel Bristol ; Brady T and Cooper, Leeds ;J. Senior, Msg.
Sheffield ; Messrs. Brady and Staulforth, Hull ; to whom applications
for Shares (which must be on printed iorms) may e addressed ; and
it will be necessary that reference
be wade to a banker. solicitor, or
person of responsibility. • • . .

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR. SHARES•
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Hallway Company.
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each in the above Company; and I undertake
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such smaller number as may be allotted and
posit of 'cl. 2s. per share thereon, and „to
when execute the Subscribers'
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Lancaster Railway
Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and
Trent Valley Continuation Railways
C. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
John Byng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester-street, Broad-street, Director of
the Italian and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford,
Railways •
William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square,
rector of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction
Railways
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten-
sion Railway
John Griffiths Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the London-
derry and Coleraine, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Henry Weech Burgess, Esq., Temple's Park, Hampstead, Director of
the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Railway
Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq., the Lodge, Upper Clapton
Josiah Burrows, Esq., Castle House, Gomersall, near Leeds
James Bateman, Esq., Park House, near Bradford
William Banks, Esq., Honey-lane Market
Thomas Burnley, Esq., Gomersall, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Henry Sherard Coleman, Esq., Crown.:court, Old Broad-street
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham Exten-
sion
Francis Deere, Esq., Stratford, Essex
Samuel Bateman, Esq„ Croft House, near Bradford, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, near Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
It. Davenport, Esq., Alverston, near Derby, Director of the Rugby,
Derby, and Manchester Railway
A. A. Davenport, Esq., Eastwood, Notts
Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham, Mans-
field, and Midland Junction Railway
Martin Furniss, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Erewash and Shef-
field Railway
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Director of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuatibn, and
of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railways
Francis Bennett Goldney, Esq., Manor House, Brixton, Director of
the Derby, Uttoxetcr, and Stafford, and Direct Manchester (Ras-
trick's line) Railways
Charles Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Cheapside -
William Gatliff, Esq., 12, Park-place, Leeds, Director of the West
Yorkshire and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railways
William Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Charles Gibson, Esq., Holland-place, Clapham
Robert Herries, Esq., East-street, Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railway
Samuel Hammond, Esq., Leeds
Richard Hargrave, Esq., York-place, Leeds
6. C. Hall, Esq., F.S.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Erewash Val.
ley Extension and West Midland Railways
Thomas Heelis, Esq., Skipton Castle, Skipton, Director of the Lan.
cashire and North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire North,
Eastern, and of the Liverp..tol and Leeds Direct Railways
John Illidge, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Direc-
tor ofthe Derby and Stafford Railway
William Empson Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Di-
rector of the York and Hull Railway
Barwell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Ma-
gistrate for the East Riding of York and Borough of HU, and
Director of the Liverpool and Ldlls, and Hull ikid Barnsley'
Railways
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Jennings, Esq., Park-place, Leeds, Director of the Manches-
ter, Southampton, and Poole, and Bradford and Wakefield
Railways
Moses Edward Legg, Esq., Watling-street, London
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley and Con-
tinuation and Holyhead Junction and West Midland and South
Midland and Oxford Extension Railways
Thomas Ingham Raynor, Esq., Birstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., J.P., Hull, Director of the Rugby,
Warwick, and Leamington, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby
Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq., Laura-place, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Managing
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester,
and Weymouth Junction, the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke,
and the Direct Western Railways
George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury Hall, Sheffield, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Gorbals, Hull, Di-
rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
William Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Gorbals, Hull ,
Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., 30, North-street, Leeds, Director of the
Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter,
and Stafford Railway.
James Robinson, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire
Benjamin Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnet and
Blythe Valleys Railways
George Turner, Esq., Hunton-hill, near Birmingham, Director of the
South Staffordshire, and Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford
Junction Railways.
ENoINEEIt-IN.CHIEF—Sir John M'Neil, L.L.D., and F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq.
LONDON SOLICITORS.
J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court
Owen Gray, Esc
} 25, Great Tower-Street
J. B. Midge, Esq.,
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
The object of this 'railway is to connect, in the most direct course,
the important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds witt the
Metropolis, the want of which has long been felt, and is too univer-
sally acknowledged to need any comment, and it is under this con-
viction that this important undertaking, after several minute exa-
minations of the country through which it will pass, has been brought
forward.
The proposed lino will commence at the junction of the Manche -
ter and Leeds, and York and North Midland Railways, near Wake•
field, and will terminate by means of a junction with the Eastern
Counties Railway at Bedford (to which place it is the intention of
that Company to extend their line in the ensuing session of Parlia-
ment), and by thus availing itself as far as possible of the existing
railways, will complete the most direct and least expensive trunk
line, from London to Leeds, York, and Hull. It will pass in its route
within an available distance of Wakefield, Pontefract, Doncaster,
Rotherham, East Redford, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Melton
Mowbray, Oakharn, and Stamford.
The importance of such a line is obvious, both from the nature of
its course (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within
its limits) as also from the absence of any direct communication for
the conveyance of passengers and merchandise.
By the construction of this railway, railway commtmication to
London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester (
the Syston and Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham
(by the Nottingham and Lincoln line), and to Sheffield and Gainsbo-
rough (by the Sheffield and Gainsborough line), by a much shorter
route than by any existing Railways.
Independently of the advantages offered to the towns in the several
counties through which this Line will pass, the Line in itself consi-
dered as a direct trunk line between London and Leeds, is sufficient
to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic
between these two places would produce such a return on the capital
required, as to admit of a dividend, equal to that of any railway in
operation : but when it is borne in mind, that a Company is being
formed for the purpose of connecting Glasgow with Leeds by means of
a junction with the York and Carlisle Railway, no better line can be
presented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct communica-
tion from Glasgow and the Western parts of Scotland to Londen, but
would also connect Edinburgh and the Eastern parts of Scotland as
well as Durham and Newcastle (by the York and North Midland, and
Great North of England Railways), with the Metropolis„ which would
be considerably shorter than the accommodation offered by! any
other Company, and when cost of construction is considered, there
cannot be a doubt but that preference would be given to the great
Leeds and London Direct Railway.
The fact of the Eastern Counties Railway being connected by a
branch line with the East and West India Docks on the river
Thames, and the Railway Company having recently leased for 999
years the extensive pepper warehouses belonging to those docks,
which are capable of receiving 12,000 tons of goods, together with
wharfs adjoining, where the shipment and trans-shipment of
he menufrarinn
goods
from all parts of the world can take place, is a most imPorten rf!T_
ture in favour of the direct communication from themanuf
_ac fang:
towns of Glasgow and Leeds offered by the Great Leeds rtr . d L
line,
Direct Railway, and by branch railways to the m
through which all goods from the whole of t for shipment,
urukg
tricts could be conveyed at once to these warchouaes
_ or cartage, and in
thereby avoiding the present delay and owe.
reality establishing an almost direct and ansinYaluable connexion
between the rivers Clyde ands Thames. Thanries.
It has been ascertained tbatnti r nre no engineering difficulties,
Spates ti gradients remarkably good, and
that the works wile e easy,
interfere with any ornamental property.
that it will not malalbly
be heldh liable only to the extent of their first
The Subscriber,
rai
Awetillof Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
deposits until
0 Bill to allow interest at 4 per
to the amount ofttohmeioupboswcreirptiinontisi
It is proposed
calls until the opening of the line, and a'so to
cent. per annum on all
extend the line to Hertford on the Eastern
ne to Counties line, in the event
of that Compan oty n prosecuting their li Bedford.
Applications for Shares (in the form annexed) may be made to J.
IL Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court, and Messrs. Owen Gray and
Midge, 25, Great Tower-street, the joint solicitors to the C
at the Company's temporary offices, 9, Copthall-court, London.nl'
PanY
No application will be attended to unless accompanied by a, satis-
factory reference.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Great Leeds and London Direct
Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, of 551.
each, in the above undertaking, and I undertake to pay the deposit
thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to u 4, and
also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment when required.

Name in full
Address in full • • ....
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Dates..• la 11. .••• 1.

XFO , WORCESTER, and WOLVLie----
HAMPTON RAILWAY.
Royal Assent having been given to the Oxford, Worcester, and
•erhampton Railway Ilikholders of Scrip in that untiertaking
equired to forward the same on a-beferethe 20th of September
to the Company's offices at Worcester, or a ,
with a Letter (the form of which may to obtained on appll-
at either office), requesting to be registered for their respective
;. A receipt will be given for the scrip, which receipt may be
ianged for sealed certificates on or after the 30th September next.
•.res, in respect of which no application for registry shall be made
we, will be registered in the names of the original subscribers,
after which they can only be passed by formal transfer, agreeably to
the Act, Bth Victoria, cap. 16.
Aug. 16, 1845. N. T. SMITH, Secretary.

THE OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTEN-
SION and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY, with
Branches to Shrewsbury and Northwitch. On the Broad Gauge.
(Provisionally registered.)
Oapital 2,250,0001., in 125,000 Shares of 201, each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street. Directo
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of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Major Beresford, M.P.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director
of the Chester and Forest of Dean Railways
Sir Wm. Wynn, Maesyncward, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir. Samuel Brown, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Italiway
Sir John-Edward- dellileauvoiri-Chainnan of the London and rir-
refugia= Extension I
Sir John Hare, Laugham-place, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Railway
Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Director of the South and Midland
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the
South and Midland Railway
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Manchester
and Chester Railway
Major Chase, 31, Nottingham-place
Captain S. M. Fisher, jun., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Captain Hitchens, 11.E.1.C.5., Director of the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Railway
Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Great Paris and Lyons Railway.
Wm. Ilughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S. &c., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
Chairman of the London and Greenwich Railways, &c., &c.
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct Railway, and South Midland
Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
Thos. Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Wilson-street, Finsbury
Thos. Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, Sheriff of London and
Middlesex
Captain Alex. Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club.
John Inglis Jardein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugl y
and Southampton Railway
Wm. Morley, Esq„ Blackheath
Wm. Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex
and Suffolk Railways
Rd. Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Chas. Robt. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Rail-
way
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the South and Midland's Junction
Railway
John Wheelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Collingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
John Brocke Walbancke, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
Rd. Wm. Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester and
Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple, Director of the Eastern Cotolties
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy Chairman of the Thames Embankment

Railway
Major-General Brooks Parlby, C. 8., IS, Rutland-place
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester
Direct and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Railway
W. F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Italian and Austrian Railway
W. G. Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway
John James, Esq., Secondary of London
Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstou-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railwo:
J. B. Richardson. Esq., Director of the Colchester and Cambridge.
Railway
Julian Skreene, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London and Dover Railway
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Wm. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway
Wm. Alfred Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln. York, and Leeds
Railway
Wm. Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Railway
Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq., Gresham-street
Robert Richards, Esq., Temple, Director of the Birmingham and Lon-
don Extension Railway
Kiugsmill Grove Key, Esq., Wandsworth-common
The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Falbourne, Cambridge
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
John Barber, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
Rey. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Hereford
E. R. Foster, Esq., Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford-
' Shire Railway
Martin Funds, Esq., Director of the Nottingham, Newark, and
' Boston Railway
W. S. Cross,' Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Manchester
Extension Railway
W. Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway...
Wm. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway
James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract
David William Nell, Esq., Leeds, J.P., Director of the Leeds and
Thirsk Railway
Joseph Robert Wilkin Atkinson, Esq.. Director of the Leicester and
Bedford, and York and Lancaster Railways
John Fagan, Esq., Gloucester-road, Old Bromptou
Charles Holden, Esq., Director of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway
J. D. Flop.kins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London ar.d
Birmingham Extension Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Juncticia
Railway
Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Chairman of the Lincoln, York and
Leeds Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
J. M. Douglas, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street
John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the South and Midiaid
Railway
W. Ley, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Robert Power, Esq., Queen-street, May Fair, Director of the Greet
Britain Life Assurance-office.
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond
W. Pastow, Esq., Surrey-place
James Burners, Esq., Leyton, Essex
G. N. Wright, M.A.
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., RTandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Extension Railway
James Lees, Esq., Delph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director or
the Manchester Banking Company
(With power to add to their number.)
The names of as Influential Committee formed at Worcester and
Chester will be published in a few days.
RANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basinghall-street ; W. B. James, BK.,
5, Basinghall-street.
SECRETARY—HiIton T. Jenkins, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Worcester—C. Geo, H. St. Patrick, Esq.
Whitchurch—James Bromfield, Esq.
Chester—John P. Maddock, Esq.
Wellington—George Marcy, Esq.
Shrewsbury—W. Cooper, Esq.

The geographical position of Worcester has caused its adoption as
the point where the broad gunge trunk lines of the west are to have a
common terminus. From Oxford the Great Western Company have
iecided on constructing a line of rail :—another project under the pa-
tronage of the same powerffil direction is now before the public,
uniting Worcester with Warwick ; and, that the broad gauge will be
carried from Worcester into Wales, and to the Irish packet stations
on that coast, is now no longer doubtful. This undertaking will com-
plete a series of great avenues of iron-road, whose ramification
from Worcester will render every part of the kingdom directly
accessible from that city. Passing up the Severn Vale, where
it will disclose a succession of picturesque scenes, it reaches
Stourport, andproceeding thence through Kidderminster, arrives at
Bewdley. This district is one of the chief seats of our carpet manu-
factures, and in the towns here named, exclusive of the intervening
districts, upwards of 30,000 persons are located. Leaving Stourbridge
a little to the east, the line is taken to Bridgenorth, a town enjoying
an active inland trade, and possessing woollen manufactures and iron
workS, that give employment to a population of aboht 15,000. Pass-
ing through or near to Much Wenlock, Broseley, and Madeley, from
which place there will be a branch to Shrewsbury, the line ascends
Colebrook Dale, and approaching in its course Wellington and Wem,
enters Whitchurch. From this central place a branch will be formed
to Norwich via Stoke, forming a junction with the Liverpool and
Crewe Railway. The trunk line will continue from Whitchurch, and
passing through or near Mapes, have its northern terminus in the
city of Chester.
In estimating the probable amount of revenue which the Worces-
ter and Chester Railway may be expected to yield, many sources of
profit present themselves, such are the dense population located along
the length of the Severn Vale, and the enriching works of industry
In which they are engaged. Amongst the latter may be mentioned
the China manufactories of 'Worcester , the iron, coal, and earthen-
ware works at Broseley and other places ; the agricultural produce
brought to Stourport market ; the inexhaustible fields of coal and
mines of iron ore in the vicinity of Colebrook Dale, Ironbridge, and
the districts to the east of Shrewsbury generally.
In calculating the cost of construction unusual advantages are also
obvious. The line traverses a district affording levels of • several
miles in extent, and with a surface peculiarly favourable. The resi-
dent population, disappointed by the postponement of promised pro-
jects, have warmly espoused the present, and the labouring popula-
tion being familiar with mining operations, will be found better
qualified for the execution of railway works here than in many other
localities.
As a link in the railway network of England, or as Atlantan,'
to existing or projected lines passing In various directions, fee Irt
schemes hitherto proposed appear to afford greater intdrauince,m.
and
for investment, or a wider range of accommodation, for.
travelling. This project constitutes a lengthened lizak
tiruntkheocrhtahine
that will connect Liverpool with Bristol, the gr
West of England ;--its southern terminus,li Wnorcebroasaetntdeora,fflgvoai
Warwick
eat
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ce
nkhaaal,
way station of the London and Port D
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Lytle, Lincoln.
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ward
t o Swansea projected 1 nes
and ab riddAigr direct
Northampton, Cambridge, eccis,tean:boimthru,onual:nlic'elnasiaiNl:,v•i
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cr
and Hull. and carefully examined by the Com-
ererP,e,htoedrelYports that the rail for many miles may
enbgerter,:l ievej_that the gradients are in every in-
be T
parry'slt lineac,,
acting
has g
s,,,t_ratulett•TstOicfhtahelidistriets to
laid on the natural
geological
ot
ctahle
.versed is equally so, of
cora-
bemulfi;tikat is acknowledged by the interests seated on its proposed
stance favourable—thatthean
course.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and- forms
of application for shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; also of W. B. James.
sq., solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; of the local agents ; and of the
following gentlemen:—

Mr. Samuel Ilanbury, 4. Angel-court.
London ..
Messrs. Peppercorns, 2, Old Broad-street
L verpool• • • • • • • • . • Messrs. Alston and Gage. .
Manchester ...... c Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. Wil•
I Liam Marshall.
Hu11.............. i Messrs. Collinson and Flint, and Janne
L Bowden
Leeds
............ iMessrs. Smith and Perfect, and
tlidessrs. J. Young and Co.,
Stratford-on-Avon-Mr. William Bolton.
Exeter • . • . • • .... -Mr. Thomas Sanford.
Plymouth •. .. Messrs. Hayward and Palmer.
Birmingham .• ••• . Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright.
Glasgow.... —.Messrs. Tassie and Co.
• Messrs. Robertson and Co., and
Edinburgh • • • • • • •
/Messrs. M`Callum and Co.
Huddersfield . • • ...Nessrs. Wilson and Hellawall
Worcester • Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARMA'.
To the Provisional Committee ofailway -the Worcester sad Chester
R.

Gentlemen, —I request that you will allot to me lames of
20/. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, am
to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be al.
lotted to me; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
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