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London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

TIE GRAND LONDON AND DUBLIN
APPROXIMATI N RAILWAY.

Rastrick's Line.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110,

sec. 4.)

Designed to avoid the present circuitous route, and so effect a very
considerable saving, both of time and distance, between the two
capitals of England and Ireland, running in a diract line from Lon-
don to Bangor and Holyhead, through Shrewsbury, and touching or
accommodating in its route the following towns and places, namely,
Rickmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bicester, Dod-
dington, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Alces-
ter, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, IVenlock,
Broseley, Coaibrookdale, .hrewsbury, Llan-y-mynech, Welchpool,
Oswestry, Llangollen, Lianrahaladr, Mochnant, Corwen, Pentre-
voelas, Capel Cerrig, Bangor, and Holyhead.
Capital 6,000,000/., in 120,000 Shares of 50/. each.
Deposit 5/. ss. 1 er Share.
Temporary of lees of the Company, 4, Great Winchester-street,

London.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right lion. Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., G.C.11.
Lord Viscount Mandeville
Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P.
Hon. Captain Fenton Evan Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Bandon and Bantry Railway
Hon. Geoffrey Browne, Castle Margaret, County Maim, Ireland
Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pultency, Farliament-street, Chairman of

the York and Lancaster Railway
Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Herta, Director of the Oxford
and Cambridge Railway
General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, Bryan-
ston-square
Col. Sir Duncan M‘Dougal, K.C.8., Eaton-square
Rear-Admiral Sir Sainsbury Davenport, C. 8., K.C.H., Bramall-hall,
Cheshire, and Weedon-hall, Bucks
Sir J. Gaspard Le Marchant, K.C.H., Cork
Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Director
of the North Wales Railway
Col. Sir F. Hankey, G.C.M.G., Director of the Direct London and
Exeter Railway
Sir George Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and
Portsmouth Railway
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Clifford-street, Director of the
London and Exeter Railway
Sir James Pitcairn, Cork
Sir Janes Eyre, Lower Brook-street
Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., Mount Wise, Devoaport
Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the

County of Salop
John Meredith, Esq., Hasborn Park, Magistrate for the Comities of
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Worcester and Salop
Major-General Henry Bowdler, Sidney-terrace, Cork
Captain Robert Peel Dawson, Upper Urosvenor-street, and Castle•

dawson, Ireland
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square
Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and

Armagh Inland Railway
Ile O'Gorman Mahon, Mahonberg, County of Clare, Ireland
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Bovine, King's County, Ireland,

Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway
The O'Mloore, Choghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County of Ros•

common
Robert Hart, Esq., Thipshill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
cester, Ludlow, and Teuhury Railway
W. Hutchins, Esq., Lisaintfried-court, Monmouthshire
Charles William Spicer, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Ar-
magh, Coleraine, and Portrush—Dublin and Armagh Inland—
Shropshire Mineral—and Direct London and Exeter Railways
The Rev. C. Leicester, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of
Salop, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Charles Fox, Esq., D.L., Rutland-square, Dublin, Director of the
Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway
William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple
Thomas Meyer Carvick, Esq., Highwood, Director of the Dublin and

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Armagh Railway
Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dublin and Gal-
way Railway, &c.
George A. Brown, Esq., Director of the Callao and Lima Railway
William Seymour, Esq, Montague-place, Russell-square
William John 31aeguire. Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts,

Somerset, and Bristol Rahway
Rev. l'ooley Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissioner of the National
Board of Education and Charitable Bequests, Ireland
Christopher Wallis Popham, Esq., Trevarno, Cornwall, Director of
the Strabane Ship Canal Company.
Robert John Lattey, Esq., Claremont-place, Grove End-road, St.

John's Wood.
William Ayscougli Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Down, Middlesex,
Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, am! Armagh,

Coleraine, and Portrush Railways
Colonel Edward Nichols, R.M., Shooter's-hill and Coleraine, Direc-
tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo, and Shan-
non Railways
Griffin Curt:s Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Direc-
tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Shan-
non Railways
Captain James Wood, R.M.,Woolwich
William Justin O'Driscoll, sq., banker, Dublin
Richard Edward Arden, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the Dub-
lin and Armagh Inland Railway
Captain Rodgers, Clovenedon-house, Loughall, Ireland
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Marine In-

EllralleC Office
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South :Midland Junction Rail-
way, &c.
W. Freeme, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury
G. Hazle igg, Esq., West Carlton-hall, Leicestershire, Director of the
Rugby and Hunting-don Railway, &c.
J. M`Millan, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick

Railway
J. Bright, Esq., M.D., Cambridge-square, London
Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Coram-street
George Hammond Whalley-, Esq., Pall-mall, Director of the Direct

Western Railway
W. Clement, Esq., Shrewsbury
Richard Harris r urcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and
County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of Ely, and
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Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railways.
Robert Remmett, Esq., Victoria-square, Grosvenor-place, Director of
the Sovereign Insurance Office, &c.
Thomas Gresham, Esq., Raheny Park, Dublin
F. W. Heath, Esq., Armagh
F. F. Pole, Esq., St. John's Grove-house, County Cork
George Stevens, Esq., Oak Lodge, High Beach, Essex
Edmund Matthew, Esq., Somerset street, Portman-square
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Dl-

rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland
Win. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's
Thomas Gulliver, Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxon, Director of the
Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways
Wm. Gulliver, Esq., Swallcliff, near Banbury, Oxon
Captain Julius Newell, R.N., United Service Club
Captain Bradshaw, R.N., Hatherley-place, Cheltenham
J. Brooks, Esq., Magistrate, Wenlock
Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine
Edward King, Esq., lllackthorne, Oxfordshire
Win. 11. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square
George Beauclerc, Esq., Grosvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place
Robert A. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director
of the Great Leeds and London Railway
J. A. Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways
Major Humphreys, Miltown-house, Strabane, Ireland
Capt. Tho I'. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lngwar-
dine, Herefordshire, Director of the Isle of Man, and Irish West
Coast Railways
The Mayor of Bridgnorth
Benj un'n Watts, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnorth
Thomas Glase, Fsq. Members of the Corporation of Bridg-
Josiah Minton Glase, Esq. north
Edward Richard l'ratt, Esq.
Samuel Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Edmund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Henry Cane Leahy, St. James's-square, Director of the Sheffield,
Buxton, Derby, and Manchester Railway
E. S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc-
tor of the London and Exeter Railway
Richard Fisher, Esq., Alcester Lodge, Warwick, Difector of the War-
wickshire and London Extension and Worcester Junction Railway
James Whitehouse, Esq., Ipsley Court, Warwick
James Reading, Esq., Itedditcn, Worcestershire, manufacturer
George Hollyoake, Esq., Iledditch Worcestershire
Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
John Onions, Esq., Broseley, iromnaster, &c., Director of the Stour-
bridge, Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junc-
tion and Cambrian Railways
John Thorn, Esq., Whitelial, Broseley, Director of the Stourbridge,
Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and
Cambrian Railways
Alexa der John Got don, Esq., Valley Hall near Brosely
Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. 1 Bridgnorth, Manufacturers
William Southwell, Esq.
William Cole, Esq., Biccster
Edward Deaking, Esq.. Bicester
Horace Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Woodside, Coanty
Cork
E. D. Freeman, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork
St. John Jeffrey, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, County Cork
Pierce Purcell, Esq., Altcinira, County Cork
James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork
Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandfield, county Cork
J. 11. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow
St. John Galwey, M.D., Mallow
George Washington Brazier C.:eaoli, Esq., J.P., Creagh-castle
John Csinichael, Esq., Riverston-house, Cork, Director of the
Cork and Bandon, and Bandon nod Bantry Railways
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Ipswich and Southampton, and Sligo and Shannon
Railways
W. H. O'Driscoll, Esq., Clifton, near Bristol
The Rev. William Wilson, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington,
Oxon
Charles Faulkner, Esq., F.G.S., Deddington, Oxfordshire
William lorns, Esq., Illoxliam
Lieutenant-Colonel Cruttenden. Balincollig
William Coppinger, Esq.. Barry's-court
W. Reeves, Esq., J.P., Tramore, Cork
William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley. W;invickshire, Director of
Warwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction
Railways
George Wyman, Esq., Alcester, Warwickshire
William Henry Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan
Junction Company
Edward Power, Esq., Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of
the Ipswich and Southampton Railway
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth,
Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Hants, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Henry Watson, Esq., High Sheriff of the City of Limerick
Robert Baugh Blakemore, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews-
bury,__eit Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway
Berolorkht onßa way
District
Major-General Turner, Commander of the
II y Keate, Esq., Shrewsbury I Directors of the Birmingham and
Isaac Taylor, Esq., ditto,
I.ll.ein.r Northt-Colo LudlowVnellest leropip,
aJinth,
, Cork
F.It.S., Ballincurrig, near Douglas,
Cork
Jo eph Leycester, Esq , Cork
Matthew l'ierrpoint, Esi., Crow's Nest, Worcester
John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllin, Merioneth
George Paul, Esq., banker, Worthing, and 217, Strand
Morgan Culliane, Esq., M.D., Worthing, Sussex
Charles Thelluson, Esq., Summer-lodge, Worthing
John Green, Esq., Hales Owen, magistrate for the county of
Worcester
James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 35, Gloucester-road, Hyde-park.
gardens
George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical
Invalid Insurance Office
Win.JohnO'Connell,Esq., 32 , Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Joseph Turner, Esq.,
John Bedoc, Esq., merchant, Bewdley
Moyor of Bewdl
Sir Henry Winston Barron,
Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland
Wyse, Esq., The Manor, Waterford
W. K. Rodgers, Esq., late High Sheriff of the county of Cork, and Di
rector of the Cork and Passage Railway
(With power to add to-their number).
COUNSEL IN ENGLAND.
Mr. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Inn ; Walter M'Grigor, Esq., Lin

coin's-Inn.
COUNSEL IN iRELAND—Joseph Napier, Esq., Q.C•
ENGINEER IN Cuizr—J. U. Itastrick, Esq.
♦CTINO ENGINEERS.
W. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E. ; J. W. Bazalgette, ESQ.

SOLICITORS.
In London—Messrs. Ogle and Younghusband, 4, Great Winchester-
street, London
In Ireland—John Cumming, Esq., 51, North Great George-street,
Dublin.