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London, England, 1845-11-05 00:00:00

PRICE, SD,

X. J. KEMPFI, Seerettui.

THE SHREWSBURY AND LEICESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY,
Connecting itself at 6hrewsLury with the Direct London and
Holyhead Line, and forming the nearest route from Nottingham,
Derby, Leicester, Lichfield, mid the Ilidlaud Comities, to Ireland.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant is 7 and e Victoria e. 1161.)
Capital 450,0001., in 22,500 Shares of 201. eatl4.
Deposit, 21. 2s. 6d. per Silent.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Sir John Key, Bart.
Sir J. M'Taggart, Hart, M.P.
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-plate Howe, Senthanfight4 dll'eCtor
of the Portsmouth and Chatham Railway
William Shadbolt, Eso. Crogine's-hill, Greenwich
Robert John Hughes, Esq. High Sheriff of Anglesee
Middleton Jellaud Boswell, Esq. Holdernese-house, Hall, Magistrate
and Deputy Lieutenant of the County
William Humphreys, Esq. Welshpool, director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. lirysinston-street, Portman-square
Joseph Bostock Massey, Esq. Oambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
John Wright, Esq. Derby, director of the Staffordshire and North
Midland Junction Railway
Joel Edens, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield, Netting-
ham, and London Direct Railway
J. W. Newcombe, Esq. Upper Gloucester-place, London, chairman
the Shropshire Mini ral Railway
Thomas Rowley, Esq. M.D. magistrate for the City and Count, of
Lichfield
Thomas Vaughton, Esq. Drayton Lodge, near Shiffnal
Thomas Richardson, Esq. Derby, director of the Staffordslih's ant
North Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Bailey Rose, Esq. Grove-house, Stoke-upon-Trent
Wm. Barrett, Esq. Finsbury-square, London
John Johnson, Esq. alderman of Derby, director of the Ditrby aid
Gainsborough Railway
Edward Sant, Esq. Cannock, Staffordshire, director of the Nebr.
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire, and Lee*, liadderaeld,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Joshua Stockley, Esq. Ivetsey Bank, Staffordshire
Stephen Brassington, Esq. alderman, Lichfield
Captain Carnegie, Park-lane, London
Urnuel Griffiths, Esq. Penn Fields, WolverhamptoG, &Odor er tie
Grand Tres*, and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Joseph Lox:Rile Warren, Esq. Market Drayton •
William Wood, Esq. Cheiwynd-house, Newport, Salop, &stow et
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestenshire Railway
Robert Thacker, Esq. Wolverhampton
George 11. Fourdrinier, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, dttleeter
of the North Western Trunk, and Shropshire Mineral Rattraps
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, London
Francis Corser, Esq. Tettenhall, Staffordshire
Arthur Griffin, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire
William Bradley, Esq. Manor 0 Aks, Sheffield
Henry Mayhew, Esq. Shrubberies, King's-road, Pareefee-green, Ful-
ham, London
William Simms, Esq. Snedehill ironworks, Shiffnal
Joseph Bull, Esq. Manchester, director of the Shropshire Ifieeeal„ 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 of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcester, and the Leeds, Iladderelield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
John Bloor, Esq. merchant, Tutbury, Staffordshire, director of taw
Staffordshire Potteries, Manchester and Liverpool, Derby and
Manchester, Shropshire Mineral, and North Western Tnudt flail-
ways
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq. Loudon
William Cantrell, Esq. Wlrksworth, Derbyshire, director of the
Amber-gate, Nottingham, sad Boston, and Easter' Junction sad
Nottingham, and London Railways
Edward Moore, Esq. M.D. Thurlow-house, Haottnen direetor K fhb
Welsh Junction Railway
William Law, Esq. Woburn-place, Russell-square, Loudon
Wm. Harding, Esq. Staffordshire Potteries
Edward Grundv Jarvis, Esq. Newtoe, Montomeryshire
F. B. Garty, Esq. director of the Birmingham and Oxford IltHwfv,
John Humphreys, Esq. Welshpool, director of the Shropshire hileeral
Railway
John Earp, Esq. Uttoxeter, director of the Staffordshire and Werth
Midland Junction Railway
Dunbar John Cother, Esq. director of the London and Holyhead
Railway
William Ilurd Wood, Esq. Aehbeurne, Derbyshire, director of the
Staffordshire and North Midland Junction Railway
Charles Walker, Esq. Ellaston, Staffordshire, director dale Stafford-
shire and North Midland Junction Railway
Nilliam Hay, Esq. Stafford-place, 'Wolverhampton
William Palmer, Esq. Staffordshire Potteries
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq. Ilycnllah-house, Enfield
Edward Edwards, Esq. Tronbridge, Shropshire
Thomas Walker, Esq. Belper, Derbyshire, director of the Foinfibrd-
shre and North Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Wynn, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire
Francis Basil Byne, Esq. Bnrleigh, Isle of Man
Thomas Willitms, Esq. Newton, Montgomeryshire
Chas. M. Rigg, Esq. York-place, Portman-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 said
Life Assurance Company, director of the Loudon and Birming-
ham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Samuel Tudor, Esq. Upper Thames-street, 111111, directdr of fise
Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Geo. Bond, Esq. Fulham, London
Captain J. G. Ogilvie, 25, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park
Lewis Adams, Esq. Newcastle, Staffordshire
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-lane, London
George Ilarrison, Esq. Harleford-place, Kennington
William Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Surrey
Robert Fisher, Esq. llighbury-park
Captain the Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Tielgrave-square, Loads*
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

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the South Staffordshire Railway
Henry Glyin, Esq. 4, Garden-court, Temple
M. R. Scott, Esq. 17, Devonshire-place. London
Samuel Swan Brittatn, Esq. at. George's-works, Sheffield, director e. 4
the Direct Western, Direct Manchester and Rugby, and °Clef
Railways
William Gabbett Beare, Esq. I, Porchester-place, Connanaitt-gralt,
Matthew Gaunt, Esq. Higluield-house, near Leek, Statawdshlre
Thomas Finchett Maddock, Esq. Chester and Cse Owyu, near

Carnarvon
William Paterson, Esq. Clrove•lodge, liershaas, near Rates, Iktrrtkr
klexander Prince, Esq. 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields, director of tbe Trhi,
Reading, Basingstoke, and other railways
Lieut.-Col. Collin, Landford, Wilts
B. Wm. Spurgeon. Esq. Derby, director of the etafibrdsliirs did

Worth Midland Junction Railway
John Robert Dalby, Esq. Ashbonme, Derbyshire, and Regdat's-
park, London, director of the Leeds, Hudderblieid, and floOth 9tal-
fordshire Railway
Edward Hoskins, Esq., Derby
Richard Smith, Esq. Eormark-park, director of tae Li-verpcsl dect
Derby Railway
Charles Jack, Esq. Thames-street, London
William Harding, Esq. Notting-hill, London, director of the Watt
fordshire and North Midland Junction Railway
John Jackson, Esq. Eaton-square, London, director of tae libriford-
shire and North Midland Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).
AcTute Exontara—Robert Richardson, Rsq. C.V.
souctToits.
W. S. Vardy, Esq. IS, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-eqtittre, LOndelt
Henry Tunter, Esq. Wolverhampton
John Smith, Esq. Birmingham.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Charles Simpson, Esq. Lichfield
John Collis, Esq. Cannock
Edmund Garbett, Esq. Wellington
Richard Palin, Esq. Shrewsbury
Charles Bowen Teece, Esq. Shrewsbury
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq. Bishop's Castle
Alfred Meredith, Esq. Welchpool
Henry Harding, Esq. Newcastle-under-Lyn'
Ralph Stevenson, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam John Jellicorse, Esq.

PAILLIAMENTAZY AGENTS-MESSre. MlDOtigal and Upturn, 44. Pep

liament-street.
BANKERS.
London—The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
Birmingham—The Midland Banking Company
Leiceater—
Lichtield—Messrs. Palmer and Greene
Wolverhampton—The Wolverkampton and taffo dekire Deafly

Company
Shiffnal—The Shropshire Banking Company
Shrewsbury—Messrs. Beck, Downward, and Co.
Liverpool and Illane,heater—The Liverpool and Manebnotir Distridl

Bank
Tamworth—National ProYincial Bank of England.

AGENTS.

Lendon—Messrs. Sutton, Oribbre, and finttOn. North Bide, loyal
Exchange
Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis
Wolverhampton—Mr. John Hay
Liverpool—Messrs. Smith and Jordan, Messrs. Reliant, Masai.
Gedes and Drinkwater, and Messrs. Fletcher and Sharpe
Manchester—Mr. H. Benton
Leeds—Messrs. Terry and Holiday, and Messrs. Bobeirts owl Bab
cliffe
Huddersfield—Messrs. Mooney and Hicks
Halifax—Messrs. Ilelliwell and Davis
Bradford—Messrs. Smith and Martin
Burnley—Messrs. Smallpage
Hull—Mr. Samuel Phillips
Edinburgh—Mr. 1). Kinnear and Mr. Cooper
Glasgow—Mr. George Mills, and Messrs. Tamale and Ce
Dublin—Messrs. Labertenche and Co. 257, Ingrain-street
Coventry—Messrs. Brown and Clarke
Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balms
Cheltenham—Messrs. Mills.
In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters—a
numerous and highly influential clue—have been influenced me less
by the general facilities presented for its construction, by the fa-
vourable character of the country through which ft fs intended to
pass, than by the conviction of its great local and general Invert.
ance as a direct connectin,; line between North and South Wales,
Shrewsbury,,Lichneld, Tamworth, Derby, and Leicester, and tiro
Midland and Easter' Counties generally.
To effect this desideratum, the formation of a new 1 ine of le or 20
miles only will be required ; communicating with the Trent Valley
Railway at Lichfield,
and uniting with the 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 a ex-
isting railways, particularly towards the east, the nearest being at,
the distance of 28 miles.
The town of hrewsbury, now 95 miles from Le:Jesuits by road
and railway, will, by means of this and the ether projected Ilia, be
brought within G 5 miles.
When the ordinary passenger traffic, and the vast trandit of cat.
tie, together with the coal, mineral, and agricultural districts to be
traversed, are considered, it is obvious that the construction of this
line will insure to the Company a most lucrative return far the
capital employed ; and that, as an investment, it masa rink exam.
the most advantageous of modern undertakings, whilst it will im•
part advantages of the highest importance. both to Xngland and the
principality. The immense droves of Welsh and Shropshire Cattle
will at once be conveyed into the important cattle markets of Deeby-
shire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk.
and Suffolk, whilst, in return, the agricultural produce of Shope coun-
ties will be sent into the densely-populated localities of Birtain,eltam
and Wolverhampton, and the Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Wei&
ironworks.
The several projected railways passing tram Worcestershire and
Herefordshire in the direction of Chester and Liverpool, will he
im-
portant tributaries to the revenue of this line, which will be kill
ihrther augmented by its joining the Grand Junction, neer to the
Spread Eagle Station, at a short distance from Wolverhampton.
The facilities which will be aff..rded to visitors to Matlock* sad
the rest of the picturesque scenery of Derbyshire. and of North
Wales and Aberystwith, as well as to travellers via Holyhead to
Ireland, will still further conduce to the generat utility of the project.
Applications for shares may be made. In the acedmpanylnil
form, to
W. S. VARDY, Esq. IS, FinsburY-Pisee•
Finsbury-square, London ;
HENRY TURNER, Esq.WelverhamptOn; or
JOHN SMITH, Esq. Birmingham.
To the Provisional Committee of the Shrewsbury and Leicester Direct
Railway. shares
Gentlemen,--I hereby request that you will allot me
of 201. each in the above railway ; and I hereby undertake to pas
the deposit thereon, or on any less number of shares within may be
allotted to me, and to execute the Parliamentary Contrast and Sub-
scribers' Agreement when required to do so. t,
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient
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SHREWSBURY and LEICESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that no further Applications fbr Shares in!the
can be received after StaTIRDAY, the Sth instant.
aardvthe aCrthveaN allotment othaent will be proceeded with immediately after.
wards. By order,
W. J. JELLIOORSE, SOCCOtarY.
November, 1845.

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MIDLAND GRAND !TPIFOTION
Palace-chambers, St. Jamea's-atreet. Vrgltngletan,
London, Nov. 4, 1848.
R. A. Riddell, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
W. M. Lomas, Esq. Vice-Ckairrnan for the Northern Dalritteta.
William Bradley, Esq.
William Kemp req.
Thomas Byrom, Esq. J. Conway Kingston, Eat.
William Caldwell, Esq. Henry Taylor, Bal.
William Garrow, Esq.
Richard Kelley, Esq.
Captain Pwisleton Graves A. M. M`Moran, FA.
John Hoboes, Esq. Thomas Wynne, Ilita
The Managing Committee of this Company heve lore fa
stating, ior the information of the public, that a deputation from
their body, accompanied by their solicitor, have proceeded along the
line from Reading to Northampton, and have ascertained that the
surveys, plans, &c., are so far completed, as to enable them to state
positively that every requisite arrangement will be completed, and
the plans and sections deposited, in compliance with the standing
orders, in ample time for the ensuing session of Parliament.
The Committee continue to receive assurances of support from
highly influential parties locally interested in the undertaking, and
have resolved to adopt all necessary measures for obtaining a Bin
during the present session.