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London, England, 1845-05-20 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
CONTINUATION, AND WELSH JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, o. 110.)
Capital 1,300,0001. in 52,000 Shares, of 251. each.
Deposit 11. 7s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle
The Earl of Lisburne, Crosswood Park, Aberystwith
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere, Combermere Abbey,
• Nautwich, Cheshire
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chester-street, Belgrave-square, London
Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart., London
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., M.P., Director of Waterfind and
KilkEnny Railway
Sir John Hamner, Bart., M.P., 59, Eaton-place, Rettisfield Park, and
Hamner, Flintshire
Sir William Lloyd, Bart., Bryn-Estyn, near Wrexham
Major-General Sir John Wilson, 9, Bolton-street, May Fair _
Lieutenant-General Sir Loftus Otway, Cwm Elan, Rhayader, and 13,
Grosvenor-square
Sir John Hare, Langham-place, London, Director of West End and
Southern Counties Railway
Colonel Powell, M.P. for Car liganshire
Pryse Pryse, Esq., M.P., Aberystwith
Robert Abraham, Esq.' York-terrace, Regent's-park, London
Charles Bradley, Esq., Birmingham
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of Trent Valley Continuation Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, London, Director of the Trent Val-
ley Continuation Railway
W. S. Cross, Esq., King's Bench Walk, Temple, London
Major Morse Cooper, Wargrave, Henley-on-Theme
Captain Fisher, Junior United Service Club, London
John Foulkes, Esq., Ashtield, near Wrexham
Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield
David Waddington, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway
George Boyle Chappell, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Railway
Henry Pershouse, Esq., ditto
Henry S. Chadwick, Esq., ditto
Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esq., Director of the Coventry and Leicester
Railway, and Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Samuel Haines, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leicester and
Birmingham Railway
William Hill, Esq., Manchester, Director of tile Dublin and Drogheda
Railway
Roger Holinsworth, Esq., Birmingham
J. Douglas Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, London
Charles Knyvett, Esq., St. Jamea'=place, London
11. W. Meredith, Esq., Pentre-Bychan Hall, near Wrexham
Robert J. 3lostyn, Esq., Calcot Hall, Flintshire
F. It. Price, Esq., Bryn-y-Pys, Overton, Flintshire
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester
John Thomas Price, Esq., Manchester.
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, London, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
Clement Royds, Esq., Rochdale, Chairman of the Preston and Wyre
Railway
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Eastern Union
Railway
Edward Sherman, Esq., Director of the Direct Northern Railway
(London to York)
John Spooner, Esq., Gloucester-crescent, London •
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the Brighton and Chichester
Railway.

COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
The Honourable Horne Browne
Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart.
Sir John Hanmer, Bart., M.P.
David Waddington, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway
George Royle Chappell, Esq. IDirectors of the Man-
Henry Pershouse, Esq. cheater and Blaming-
Henry Shittell Chadwick, Esq. ham Railway.
Robert Abraham, Esq.
Joseph Browne, Esq.
John Churchill, Esq.
William Hill, Esq.
Robert John Mostyn, Esq.
George Parbury, Esq.
Clement Royas, Esq.
Joseph Shaw, Esq.
John Spooner, Esq.
Robert Watkins, Esq.

BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank
Manchester—The Union Bank of Manchester
Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company
Wrexham—The Wrexham and North Wales Bank
Wales—The North and South Wales Bank.
ENGINICEM.
Sir John Macneill, LL.D., M.R.I.A.
William B. Pritchard Esq., CE., F.S.A., &c.
SOLICITOR—John Bethel', Esq., 78, King William-street, City,

London
SEcKETAßT—Williain Mlle, Esq.

The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that in consequence
of an arrangement between this Company and the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway Company, it has been agreed upon b,•

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the two Boards, that the portion of the line which has been ad-
vertised from Crewe t. Whitchurch, shall be made by the Man-
chester and Birmingham Company, and that this Company de
commence their line at Whitchurch (instead of Crewe), and pro-
ceed through Ellesmere, Oswestry, Welehpool, Montgomery; New-
town, Llanidloes, to Cardigan Bay, and the Port of Aberystwith,
with a branch iron Ellesmere to the Coal-fields of Rhuabon.

Applications for Prospectuses, Plans, and Shares, may be made to
the Secretary, at the Office, 78, King William-street, City, London,
and the following Share-Brokers :—Thomas Alisop, Esq., 34, Corn-
h111; Messrs. Barclay and Mercier, Shorter's-court, Throgmerton-
street, R. Ekyn and Sons, Stock and Sharebrokers, 23, Change-
alley, London ; Messrs Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street,
Manchester John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool;
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oaatler, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son,
Bristol; I. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; or any of the other Local
Agents.

MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM CON-
TINUATION, and WELSH JUNCTION RAILWAY.—
Notice is hereby given, that no applications for Shares in this Com-
pany will be received after TUESDAY, the 20th day of May instant.
By order of the Board,
WILLIAM ELLIS, Secretary.

DERBY AND . CREWE JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED,
Pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.
Capital 7b0,000/., in 30,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, IL 10s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
- The Right Hon. Lord Scarsdale, Chairman.
Thomas Osborne Bateman, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Duncannon, M.P.
Thomas Parker Bainbridge, Esq., Derby
Henry Cox, Esq., Parkflelda, Derby
John Chambers, Esq., Tibshelf. Derbyshire
William Thomas Cox, Esq., Spondon, Derbyshire
William Davenport, Esq., Longeort, Potteries
Ilardman Earle, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction Railway
Frederick Simon Every, Esq., Quorndon, Derbyshire
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Grand Junction
Railway
Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby
WllliamDrury, Holden, E5q.,..40.9-Far,_Derbyabirst.
james Ireygate, Esq., M.D., Derby
.; ;
Henry Jaekson, Esq., Tutbury, StaffordShiro •
J. -N. Kahn; Esq.,. Derby • • •
George Hall Laurence, Esq., Director of the. Grand_Junction Railway
Ashton. Nicholas Every: Mo,sley, Eaq., Burr:asp:a house, Derhyshlra.
John Moss, Esq.,' Chairmitit of the Grand Junction Railway
John Owen, Esq., Field House, Staffordshire
Rev. Reginald Chandos-Pole, Radborne, Derbyshire
William Parker, Esq., Lysways Hall, Staffordshire
Robert Ronald, Esq., Derby
John Sanders, Esq., Derby
John Towle, Esq., Borrowss-ash, Derbyshire
Francis Sacheverel Wilmot, Esq., Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire
John Wood, Esq. Brownhills, Potteries
Thomas Webb, Esq.,
Tutbury, Staffordshire
Enoch Wood, Esq., Burslem, Potteries
N. P. Wood, Esq., Bursiem, Potteries
ENGINEER.
Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith,
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.,} London
John Moss, Esq., and Co., Liverpool
Samnel Smith, Esq., and Co. Derby.
The Derby and Derbyshire Banking Co.}
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Simpson and Freer,
John Barber, Esq., Derby.
John Huish, Esq.,
This Company has been formed for the purpose of making a rail
way between Derby and Crewe through the Potteries, thus com-
pleting the chain of communication by an almost direct line between
the Midland and Eastern Counties and the Potteries, Liverpool and
Ireland.
The proposed line is intended to leave Derby on the south, passing
near to Etwali and crossing the Dove at Tutbury, to continue through
the valley of that river to Irttoxeter ; it will then proceed by the
intervening valleys, by Longton and Lane End to Stoke in the heart
of the Potteries, end thence to Crewe ; the last link (from Stoke to
Crewe) is intended to be supplied by the Grand Junction Potteries
Branch.—The line will thus traverse a district at present totally
without railway accommodation, and (except for a portion of it) not
Included in any other project.
A preliminary view has been taken, and the line presents no
engineering difficulties of importance.
The line is proposed to be taken in such a direction as to avoid
objections by gentlemen having residences near It, and the land,
owners generally.
The saving of distances between the places proposed to be thus
eonnected will be as follows

Length of By Derby
'-'""
.._,ng.
present route. and Crewe.
Miles. Miles. Miles.

From Derby to Liverpool (by Derby
and Birmingham and Grand Junc-
tion Railways) ..
From Derby to Liverpool (by Shef-
field and Manchester) ........ • • 117
From Derby to Ireland (by Derby
and Birmingham and Grand June-
tion, with 138 miles of Sea) •• • •
From Derby to Ireland (by Sheffield
and Manchester, with ditto) .... 225 228 g 26
(by Crewe and Holyhead,
with 64 miles of Sea) .......... .. 279 231 48
And as contrasted with the Trent Valley Route :
From Derby to Liverpool (by Tam-
worth, Trent Valley, and Grand
Junction)...... •.• • • • • . 116% 90% 26
From Derby to the Potteries (by
Trent Valley and Potteries scheme) 61 36 25
The traffic thus opened for the manufactures of the Potteries, and
the extensive mills and works throughout the Staffordshire portion of
the line, is of a highly remunerating character, and capable of large
development of General Traffic also, and especially in Corn, Malt,
Coal, Clay, Lime, Slates, and Plaster, the amount has been ascer-
tain to be considerable; and it may be added that by the existing
and projected lines branching westward from Crewe, this line will
afford a direct and most useful communication between the Midland
Comings and the mineral districts of North Wales.
• An arrangement has been made with the Grand Junctim Com-
pany, whereby their friendly co-operation has been secured, :and they
have agreed to contribute one-third of the required capital.
One-half of the required number of shares will be reserved for
landowners and parties locally interested, and the remainder (which
the Committee take this opportunity of observing, will neutssarily be
of very limited amount) will be allotted to parties givinl unexcep-
tionable references, and the Provisional Committee announce that the
number of shares alloted to any member of their body shall in no
ease exceed two hundred.
Power will be taken in the Act to allow interest at 4/. per cent, per
annum on all deposits and calls, from time of payme.at until the
opening of the line.
Applications for Shares may be made in the subjoined form, to the
liolleitors, and Mr. Eyre, and to Messrs. Earp and Son. Sharebrokers,
Derby.

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FORM OF APPLICATION.
the Provisional Committee of the Derby and-Crowe Junction

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,---I request you will allot to me Shares In the pro-
posed Derby and Crewe Junction Railway Company; and I under-
take and agree to pay the deposit of 1/. 10s. per snare thereon, and to
sign the necessary deeds when required
Dated the day of

, 1848,
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