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SHREW BURY AND LMOlting
DIRECT RAILWAY,
Connecting itself at Shrewsbury with the Direct an4oand
Holyhead Line, and forming the nearest route from NottinSUM.
Derby, Leicester, Lichfield, and the Midland Counties, to Ireland.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, o. 110.)
Capital 450,0001., in 22,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Sir John Key, Bart.
Sir J. M`Taggart, Bart, M.P.
Swynfin Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-place, London, and Darlaston-hall,
Staffordshire
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place House,
Southampton, director
of the Portsmouth and Chatham Railway William
Shadbolt, Esq. Croome's-hill, Greenwich
Robert Jones Hughes, Esq. High Sheriff of Anglesea
William Humphreys, Esq. Welshpool, director of the Shropsidre
Mineral Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. Bryanston-street, Portman-square
Joseph Bostock Massey, Esq. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
John Wright, Esq. Derby, director of the Staffordshire and North
Midland Junction Railway
Joel Edens, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct Railway
J. W. Newcombe, Esq. Upper Gloneester-place, London, chairman
the Shropshire 31in. rai-liaiiway.---
Thomas. Rowley, Esq. M.D. magistrate for the City and County
Lichfield

Thomas Vaughton, Esq. Drayton Lodge, near Shiffnal
Thomas Richardson, Esq. Derby, director of the Staffordshire and
North Midland Junetion Railway
Thomas Bailey Rose, Esq. Grove-house, Stoke-upon-Trent
Wm. Barrett, Esq. Finsbury-square, Lundou
John Johnson, Esq. alderman of Derby, director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway : •
Edward Sant, Esq. Cannock, Staffordshire, director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire, and Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Joshua Stockley, Esq. Ivetsey Bank, Staffordshire
Stephen Brassington, Esq. alderman, Lichfield
Samuel Griffiths, Esq. Penn Fields, Wolverhampton, director of the
Grand Trunk, and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Joseph Lozdale Warren, Esq. Market Drayton
William Wood, Esq, Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Robert Thacker, Esq. Wolverhampton • •
George H. Fourdrinier, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, director
of the North Western Trunk, arid Shropshire Mineral Railways
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, London
Francis Corser, Esq. Tettenhall, Staffordshire
Arthur Griffin, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire •
William Bradley, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield
Henry Mayhew, Esq. Shrubberies, King's-road, Parson's-green, Ful-
ham, London
William Simms, Esq. Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal
Joseph Bull, Esq. Manchester, director of the Shropshire Mineral, and
North Western Trunk Railways
Peter Fleming Leicester, Esq. Whitton-hall, Shropshire
Dr. Mackenzie, Newcastle, Staffordshire
John Shenstone Austin,- Esq. Standiford, Staffordshire
Thomas Crockett, Esq. Cannock, Staffordshire, director otthe Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worceiter, and the Leeds, Huddersfield.
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
JOhn Bloor, Esq. merchant, Tutbury, Staffordshire, direetor of the
Staffordshire Potteries, Manchester and Liverpool, Derby and
Manchester, Shropshire Mineral, and North Western Trunk Rail-
ways •
Thomas Hackett Massey., Esq. 3, Oxford-square, Londed
William Cantrell, Esq. Wirksworth, Derbyshire, director of the
Amber-gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction and
Nottingham, and London Railways
Edward Moore, Esq. M.D. ThurlOw-house, Hackney, director of the
Welsh Junction Railway
William Law, Esq. Woburn-place, Russell-square, Londo.
Wm. Harding, Esq. Staffordshire Potteries
Edward Grundy Jarvis; Esq. Newton, 3lontgameryshire
F. B. Garty, Esq. director of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway
John Humphreys, Esq. Welshpool, director of the Shropshire Mineral
Railway
Joists Earp, Esq. Uttoxeter, director of the Staffordshire and North
Midland Junction Railway
Dunbar John Cother, Esq. director of the London and Holyhead
Railway.
William Hurd Wood, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, director of the
Staffordshire and North Midland Junction Railway
Charles Walker, Esq., Ellaston, Staffordshire, director Of the Stafford-
shire and North Midland Junction Railway
William Hay, Esq. Stafford-place, Wolverhampton
William Palmer, Esq. Staffordshire Potteries
J. Reginald Riddell. Esq. Bycnllah-house, Enfield
Edward Edwards, Esq. Ironbridge, Shropshire
Thomas Walker, Esq. Helper, Derbyshire, director of the Stafford-
shire and North Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Wynn, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire
Francis Basil Dyne, Esq. Burleigh, Isle of Man
Thomas Williams, Esq. Newtown, Montgomeryshire
Chas. M. Rigg, Esq. York-place, Pottman-square
George Mercer Murray, Esq., Hereford-street, Park-lane, director of
the Ribble and Humber Railway.
Wm. Shaw, Esq. managing director of the Royal Farmers' Fire and
- Life Assurance Company, director of the London and Birming-
ham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Samuel Tudor, Esq. Upper Thames-street, Hull, director of the
Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Gee. Bond, Esq. Fulheut, London
Captain J. G. Ogilvie, 28, Oxford-terrace, Hyde park
Lewis Adams, Esq. Newcastle, Staffordshire
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abehureh-lane, London
George Harrison, Esq. Harleford-place, Kennington
William Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Surrey
Robert Fisher, Esq. Highbury-park
Captain the Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-square, London
John Wilson, Esq. the Lodge, Market Drayton
Joseph Rogers Clarke, Esq. Stoke Newington, London
Thomas A. Dale, Esq. Birkenhead
Edward Cooper, Esq. Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, director of
the South Staffordshire Railway
Henry Glynn, Esq. 4, Garden-court, Temple
M. R. Scott, Esq. 17, Devonshire-place. London
Samuel Swan Brittain, Esq. St. George's-works, Sheffield, director of
the Direct Western, Direct Manchester and Rugby, and other
Railways
C. Kelly Cooper, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
J. Marsh Nelson, Esq.
William Gabbett Beare, Esq. 6, Porehester-place, Connaught-sqnare
Matthew Gaunt, Esq. Highfleld-house, near Leek, Staffordshire
Thomas Finehett Maddock, Esq. Chester and Cu Gwyn, near
Carnarvon
William Paterson, Req. Grove-lodge, Bersham, near Esher, Surrey
Alexander Prince, Esq. 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields, director of the Trier,
Reading, Basingstoke, and other railways . •
B. Wm. Spurgeon. Esq. Derby, director of the Staftbrdshire and
North Midland Junction Railway
John Robert Dalby, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and Regent's-
park, London, director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and South Staf-
fordshire Railway
Edward Hoskins, Esq., Derby
Richard Smith, Esq. Forrnark-park, director of tke Liverpool and
Derby Railway
Charles Jack, Esq. Thames-street, London
William Harding, Esq. Notting-hill, London, director of the Staf-
fordshire and North Midland Junction Railway
John Jackson, Esq. Eaton-square, London, director of the Stafford-
shire and-North Midland Junction Railway
C. J. Wollaston, Esq. Lltchurch, near Derby
John Bailey, Esq. Shooter's-hill, near Longton. Staffordshire
John Smith, Esq. Barton-house, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Henry BrOok, Esq. Bishop's Castle,
(With power to add to their number).
MANAGING COMMITTEE.
Sir John Key, Bart. I Francis Corser, Esq.
Sir J. Mactaggart, Bart., M.P. Peter Fleming Leicester, Esq.
J. W. Newcombe, Esq. John Shenton Austin, Esq.
Thomas Vaughton, Esq. William Law, Esq.
John Johnson, Esq. Charles M. Rim Esq.
George Bond, Esq.
Joshua SGtrociftiktilley;
Joseph Rogers Clarke, Esq.
William Wood, Henr."rrite.7"-,T.:sq.

Esq. • _
(With limited power to add to their numbers).
ACTING ENGINEER—Robert Richardson, Esq. C.E.
SOLICITORS.

W. M. Vardy, Esq. 18, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-slime, London
Henry Turner, Esq. Wolverhampton
Jolut Smith, Esq. Birmingham.

LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Charles Simpson, Esq. Lichfield
John Collis, Esq. Cannock
Edmund Garbett, Esq. Wellington
Richard Palin, Esq. Shrewsbury
William Gregory, Esq. Leicester
John Fowkes, Esq., Leicester
Charles Bowen Teece, Esq. Shrewsbury
J. G. Dibdin, Esq. Leicester
Philip Octavins Jervis, Esq. Bishop's Castle
Alfred Meredith, Esq. Welchpool
Henry Harding, Esq. Newcastle-under-Lynn
Ralph Stevenson, Esq. Manley, Staffordshire.
Charles Edward Hughes, Esq. Llanidloes
William Borough, Esq. Derby
SICRETIRT—WiIIiam John Jellicorse, Esq.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTs—Messrs. ll‘Dongal and Upton, 44, ?gr.

liament-street.
BANKERS.
London•—The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
Birmingham—The Midland Banking Company
Leicester—National Provincial Bank of England
Lichfleld—Messrs. Palmer and Greens
Wolverhampton—The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire 11 ankh' g

Company
ShiMial—The Shropshire Banking Company
Shrewsbury—Messrs. Beck, Downward, and Co.
Liverpool and Manchester—The Liverpool and Manchester District

Bank
Tamwor'h—National Provincial Bank of England.
Derby—Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company

AGENTS.
Landon—Mesers. Sutton. Dribble, and Sutton, 'North Side, Morel

Exchange .
Birrningham—Mr. W, H. Collis
Wolverhampton—Mr. John Hay
Liverpool—Messrs. Smith and Jordan, Messrs. Neilson., Messrs.
Gedes and Drinkwater, and Messrs. Fletcher and Sharps
Manchester—Mr. 11. Benton
Leeds—Messrs. Terry and Holiday, and Messrs. Roberts and Sut-
cliffe
Huddersfield—Messrs. Mooney and Hicks
Halifax—Messrs. Helliwell and Davis
Bradford—Messrs. Smith and Martin
Burnley—Messrs. Smallpago
Paisley—Mr. W. Wothers.poon
Spalding —Mr. John llurrey
Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Green, and Messrs. Walker and Woo
Lynn—Messrs. J. 11. Sampson and Son
Shrewsbury—Mr. John Dawson
Derby—Mr. Frederick Wheatcroft

Samuel Phillips
Edinburgh—Mr. D. Kinnear and Mr. C•oper, and Messrs. Smiit

and Co.
Glasgow—Mr. George Mills, and Messrs. Timis and Co
Dublin—Messrs. Laberteuche and Co. 257, Ingram-street
Coventry—Messrs. Brown and Clarke
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Behne
Cheltenham—Messrs. Mills.
In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters—a
numerous and highly influential class—have been influenced no less
by the general facilities presented for its construction, by the fa-
vourable character of the country through which it is Intended to
pass, than by the conviction of its great local and general import-
ance as a direct connecting line between North and South Wales,
Shrewsbury, fLichfleld, Tamworth, Derby, and Leicester, and the
Midland and Eastern Counties generally.
To effect this desideratum, the formation of a new line of 19 or 20
miles only will be required ; communicating with the Trent Valley
Railway at Lichfield, and uniting with flte Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp-
ton, Dudley and Birmingham, or Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and
South Staffordshire Junction Railways, at Shiffnal.
It is a remarkable fact that Shrewsbury, the outlet of North
Wales, has been hitherto altogether disregarded in the range of ex-
isting railways, particularly towards the east, the nearest being at
the distance of 28 miles.
The town of Shrewsbury, now 95 miles Prom Leicester by road
and railway, will, by means of this and the other projected limes, be
brought within 65 miles.
When the ordinary passenger traffic, and the vast transit of cat-
tle, together with the coal, mineral, and agricultural districts to be
'harisece to thereonsidei 'it is obvious that the construction of this
Company a most lucrative return for the
ltirnaeve ,sr,siend
insure
andthof modernat undertakings, whilst it will , as an investment, it must rank among
im-
part advantages of the highest importance, both to England and the
thecap capital
setni advantageousloyed ;
principality. The immense droves of Welsh and Shropshire cattle
will at once be conveyed into the important cattle markets of Derby-
shire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk,
and Suffolk, whilst, in return' , the agricultural produce of those comi-
ties will be sent into the densely-populated localities of Birmingham
and Wolverhampton, and the Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Welsh
ironworks.

The several projected railways passing from Worcestershire and
Herefordshire in the direction of Chester and Liverpool, will be im-
portant tributaries to the revenue of this line, which will be still
further augmented by its joining the Grand Junction, near to t►e
Spread Eagle Station. at a short distance from Wolverhampton.
The facilities which will be afforded to visitors to Matlock, and
the rest of the picturesque scenery of Derbyshire, and of North
Wales and Aberyawith, as well as to travellers via Holyhead to
Ireland, will still further conduce to the general utility of the project.
Applications for shares may be made, in the accompanying
form, to

W. S. VARDY, Esq. 18, Finsbury-place,

Finsbury-square, London ;
HE toff TURNER, Esq. Wolverhampton ; Of
JOHN SMITH, Esq. Birmingham.

To the Provisional Committee o fthe Shrewsbury and Leiceeter Direr t

Railway.
Gentlemen,—l hereby request that W will allot m• shares
of 201. each in the above railway; and I hereby undertake to pay
the deposit thereon, or on any less number of shares which may be
allotted to me, and to execute the Parliamentary Contrast and sub•
scribers' Agreement when required to do so.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Profession, Trade, or Occupatieu • •
Residence in Mil ••• • . ..... ..•
Place of Business (if any) „
Name and Address of Referee

Date

fiiii lIREWSBURY and LEICESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
k-Zotice is hereby given that no further Applications fbr Shares fifths
abo
havtet tie all
Company can be received after SATUID Ay, the Bth instant.
and °talent will
By
ord be proce
er J.
with imnrediately after-
wards.
W. JELLICORSE, Secretary.

November, 1845.

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