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London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

SHE GRAN..) LONDON AND DUBLIN
APITOXIM 4.TP/N RAILWAY.

Rastrick's Line.
Provisionally Registered pur_uant to 7th and 't.h Victoria, cap. 115,

:CC. 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 direct line from Lon-
don to Bangor and Holyhead, tbrolgh Shrewsbury, and touching or
accommodating in its route the following towns and places, namely,
Rickruansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Ay:esbury, Bicester, Dod-
atnton, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Alcoa-
ter, Broms,groye, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Wenlock,
laroseley, Coalbrookdale, hrewsbury, Llan-y-mynech, Weichpool,
.:swestry, Llangollen, Llanrahaiadr, Mochnant, Corwen, Pentre-
voelas, Capel Cerrtg, Bangor, and Holyhead.
Capital 6,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 50/. each.
Deposit 5/. ss. per Share.
Temporary offices of the Company, 4, Great Winahester-street,
London.
PROVISIONAL COMIIITTILE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8.,
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 Mayo, Ireland
Hon. Douglas Kinnard Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman of
the York and Lancaster Railway
Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Hertz, Director of the Oxford

and Cambridge Railway
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Esq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland
General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, laryan-
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 Merchant, K.C.H., Cork
Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Direeter
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 James Eyrc, Lower Brook-street
Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., Mount Wise, Davenport
Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County of Salop
' John Meredith, Esq., Hasbora Park, Magistrate for the Counties of
Worcester and Salop
Major-General Henry Bowdler, Sidney-terrace, Cerk
Captain Robert reel Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, aad Castle-
dawson, Ireland
George Henry Dashwoed, Eaq., M.P., West Wycomb-park, Bucks
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square
Jeremiah Filcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and
Armagh Inland Railway
fhe 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
Thg O'Moore, Choghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County of Ros-
ales:men
Robert Hart, Esq., Dripshill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury, and the Great North and South
Wales Railways
W. Hutchins, Esq., Llsaintfried-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, Vice-Chairman 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
_ _

Armagh Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dahlia 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 Macguli e, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Bristol Railway
Rev. Dooley Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissioner of the National
Board of Education and Charitable Bequests, Ireland
Christopher Wants 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 Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq.' Woodbury Dews, Middlesex,
Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, and 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 Curtis 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, Cloyenedon-house, Loughall, Ireland
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the ➢larine In•

surance Office

Joseph Cragg, Egg., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the south Midland Junction

way, &c.
J. Freeine, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury
G. Hazlerigg, Esq., West Carlton-hall, Leicestershire, Director of the
Rugby and Huntingdon Railway, &c.
J. 31‘Millan, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick
Railway
J. Bright, Esq., 11. D., Cambridge-square, London
Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Coram-street
W. Clement, Esq. Shrewsbury
Richard Hanle Esq.,
Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and
County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of Ely, and
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, Director of the Dun-
dalk and Enniskillen, and Irish North Midland Railways
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 Mathew, Esq., Somerset-street, Portman-square
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Di-
rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland
Wm. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's
Thomas Gulliver, Esq., Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxon, Director of
the Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways
Wm. Gulliver, Esq., Swallcliff, near Banbury, Oxos
Captain Julius Newell, R.N., United Service Club
Captain Bradshaw, 11. N., Hatherley-place, Cheltenham
Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine
Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire
Wm. 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. Tito.. P. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lugwar-
' dine, Hereforthhire,; Director of the Isle of Man, and Irish West
Coast Railways
The Mayor of Bridgnorth
Benjamin Watts, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnorth
Thomas Glase, Esq.
/Members of the Corporation of Bridg-
Josiah Minton Glase, Esq. north
Edward Richard Pratt, Esq.
Samuel Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Edmund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Henry Cane Leahy, St. James's-square, Director of the Shereld,
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, Director of the War-
wickshire and London Extension and Worcester Junction Railway
James Whitehouse, Esq., Ipsley Court, Warwick
James Reading; Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire, manufaeturer
George Holiyoake, Esq., Redditch. Worcestershire
Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
John Onions, Esq., Broseley, ironmaster, &c., Director of the Stour-
e,Madeley, Ironbridge, and Breseley, and the Grand June-
kr and Cambrian Railways
taltorn, Esq., Whitehall, Broseley, Director of the Stourbridge,
Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and
Cambrian Railways
Alexalder John Got don, Esq., Linley Hall near Broseley
Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgiorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. I Bridgnorth, Manufacturer's
William Southwell, Esq.
William Cole, Esq., Bicester
Edward Decking, Esq., Bicester
Horace Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Woodside, County
Cork
R. D. Freeman, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork
St. John Jeffrey, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, Comity Cork
Pierce Purcell, Esq., Altemira, County Cork
James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork
Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandfieta, county Cork
J. 11. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow
St. John Galwey, M.D., Mallow
George Washington Brazier Creagh, Esq., J.P„ Creagh-eastle
John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-house, CdPk, Director of the
Cork and Bandon, and Bandon -and Bantry Railways
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Ipswich and Southampton, and Sligo and iihannon
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
Lieutenant-Colonel Cruttenden, Balineollig
William Coppinger, Esq., Barry's-court
W. Reeves, Esq., J.P., Tremors, Cork
William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of
the 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
William Toms, Esq., Bloxham
Henry Watson, Esq., High Sheriff of the City of Limerick
Robert Baugh Blakernore, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews-
bury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway
Henry Keate, Esq., Shrewsbury 1 Directors of the Birmingham and
Isaac Taylor, Esq., ditto, Brighton Railway
Major-General Turner, Commander of the Cork District
Lieut-Colonel Westropp, J.P., Cork
Major North Ludlow Beamieli, F.R.S., Ballincurrig, near Dulles,
Cork
Joseph Leyeester, Esq., Cork
Matthew Pierrpoint, Esq., Crow's Nest, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
county of Worcester, and Director of the Rugby, Derby, Man-
chester, and Welsh Midlita 1 Railways
John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllin, Merioneth, Director of the Great
North and South Wales Railway
George Paul, Esq., banker, 217, Strand
Morgan Culhane, Esq., M.D., Worthing, Sussex
jimmies Thelluson, Esq., Summer-lodge, Worthing, Sussex
James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 35, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-
gardens
John Green, Esq., Hales Owen, magistrate for the county of
Worcester
George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical
Invalid Insurance Office
J. M. Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, Wor-
cester, and Stafford, and Direct Western Railway
Joseph Farmer,lEsq., Mayor of Bewdley
John Bedoc, Esq., merchant, Bewdley
Tames F. Su;rue, Esq., merchant, Cork
Wm. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-Square
John Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, London
L'olonel G. Fitch, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester,
and the York and Lancaster Railways
W. Wyse, Esq., The Manor, Waterford
W.K. Rodgers, Esq., late High Sheriff of the ',aunty:of Cork, and Di-
rector of the Cork and Passage Railway
Pierce Nagle, Esq., Anakissy, Doneraile, London
George Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth
William Lumley Perrier, Esq., Bellaire, Cork
Joel Smith, Esq., -, Walsa, Staffordshire
Edward Canning, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Thom is Ashmead Perry, Esq., Stratford-m-Avon
Samuel Hayward, Esq., New Town Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon
(With power to add to their number).
COUNSEL IN ENGLAND.

Mr. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Tnn ; Walter 11`Crigor, Esq., Lin.
COUNSEL IRELAND—Joseph NaNier, Egg. (Ix,
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—J.U. Rastrick, Esq,
ACTING ENGINEERS.
W. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E. ; J. W. Mazalgette, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.

In London—Messrs. Ogle and Yeringliusband, 4, Great Winchester,
street, London
In Ireland—John Curtaining, Esq., 111, North Great George-street

BANKEMS.

Messrs. Masterman, ?eters, and es. ; the :Loudon and Westminster

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Dank.
SECRETARIES IN ENGLAND—H. Newell, Esq:, and Henry Cowper, E,q.
SECRETARY IN IRELAND—Frederick Francis I'ole, Esq., il, North
Great George-street, Dublin.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.

Hugh Dines Cameron and George Bain, Esqrs.. 11, Parliarasm

street, London.
J. R. L. Walt=ley, Esq., North-street, Westminster.

PROSPECTUS,

The imperative necessity, alike in a social, eommercial, or political
point of vlew; for drawing as closely together as possible the capitals
of England and Ireland, has suggested the formation of the Grand
London and Dublin Approximation Railway,—a line, the value of
which it Is difficult to over estimate, since it will be found to take a
nearly direct course from the English metropolis to Holyhead. It
will pass through or near the populous and no'ele county town of
Shropshire (as ye •.•:..aprovided with railway communication), end
will traverse along its whole extent districts second in wealth, re-
sources, trade, and commerce, Sc none in the empire ; bringing them
more nearly and immediately in contact with London and Dublin,
than has hitherto !.ten tit,',;.glit possible. This project is wholly in-
dependent of any tsther !lite already before the public, and as it
posNcsses national s,tvstatages ',With none can surpass, must, when
carried qta, become, wi.noirteze.gbit the most important railway
great Britain.
One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtaia a most