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London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

THE GRAND LONDON AND DUBLIN
APPROXIMATION RAILWAY.

Rastrick's Line.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7th and Eth 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 Ireton!, running in a direct 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, Ay!esbury, Bicester, Dod-
dington, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Alces-
ter, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnonli, Wenlock,
Broseley, Coaibrookdale, Plirewsbury, Lian-y-mynech, Welchpooi,
Oswestry, Llangollen, Llanrahaladr, 3fochnaut, Corwen, Pentre-
voelas, Capel Cerrig, Bangor, and Holyhead.
Capital 6,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 501. each.
• Deposit 51. ss. per Share.
Temporary offices of the Company, 4, Great Winchester-street,
London.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Iron. Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., G.C.H.
Lord Viscount Mandeville
Lord Claud llamilton, M.P.
Hon. Captain Fenton Evan Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Bandon and Bantry Railway
Hon. Geofftey Browne, Castle Margaret, County Mahe, Ireland
Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman of
the York and Lancaster Railway
Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Herts, Director of the Oxford
and Cambridge Railway
General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, Bryan-
ston-square
Col. Sir Duncan 3l'Dougal, K.C.8., Eaton-square
Rear-Admiral Sir Salusbury 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, Camarvon, 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 James Eyre, Lower Brook-street
Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., Mount Wise, Devosport
Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County of Salop •
John Meredith, Esq., Ilasborn Park, Magistrate for the Counties of
Worcester and Salop • •
Major-General Henry Bowdler, Sidney-terrace, Cork
Captain Robert Peel Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, and Castle-
dawson, Ireland
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square
Jeremiah Pllcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and
Armagh Inland Railway
The O'Gorman _Mahon, Malionberg, County of Clare, Ireland
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., 31.?., Bovine, King's County, Ireland,
Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway
The 0.3160 re, Choghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County of Ros-
common
Robert Hart, Esq., Dripehill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury Railway
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, 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 Cervick, Esq., Ifighwood, Director of the Dublin and
Armagh Raigvay
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dublin and Gal-
way Railway-, &c.
George A. Brown, Esq., Director of the Callao and Lima Railway
William Seymonr, Esq, Montague-place, Russell-square
William John Maeguire,.Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Bristol Railway
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 Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Down, 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 Annagh, 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.3f., Woolwich
William Justin O'Driscoll, Esq., 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-
surance Office
Joseph Cra,eg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South Midland Junction Rail-
way, &c.
W. Freemo, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury
G. Ilazlerigg, Esq., West Canton-hall, Leicestershire, Director of the
Rugby and Huntingdon 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 Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and
County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of Ely, and
wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railways.
Robert Hemmen, 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, Di-
rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentin, Ireland
Wm. 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., Swalleliff, 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., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire
Wm. H. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square
George Beauclerc, Esq., Grosvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place
Robert A. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Direotor
of the Great Leeds ad London Railway •
J. A. Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways
Major Humphrey-s, 3filtown-house, Strabane, Ireland
Capt. Tho!. I'. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lngwar-
dine, Herefortishire„
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 Glue, Esq. /Members of the Corporation of Bridg-
Josiah Minton Giese, Esq. north
Edward Richard Pratt, Esq.
Samuel Ridley, Esq., Rridgnorth
Edmund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth
Henry Cane Leahy, St. James's-square, Director of the Sheffield,
Buxton, Derby, anti 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, manufacturer
George Hollyoake, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
John Onions, Esq., Broseley, ironma.ster, &c., Director of the Stour-
bridge, Madeley, Ironbridge, and Breseley, and the Grand June-
othi
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John Director of the Stourbridge,
Manufacturers
W
Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and
Cambrian Railways
Alexander John Got don, Esq., Linley Hall near Brosely
Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgnorth
Joseph Southweli, Esq.
Brid gnorth, Manu Willillitaamm
CSooluet,liwe, Esq.ster
Esq.,
Edward Deaking, Esq., Bicester
Horace Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Woodside, County
Cork
E. D. Freeman, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork
St. John Jeffrey, Esq., J.l'., Blarney Castle, County Cork
Pierce Purcell, Esq., Altetnira,,County Cork
James Smith Barry, Esq-, Lota Lodge, Cork
Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandfield, county Cork
J. H. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow
St. John Galwey, M.D., Mallow
• •
George Washington Brazier Creagh, Esq., J.P., Creagh-castle
John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-house, Cork, 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 Shannon
Railways
W. H. O'Driscoll, E
William Co Esq., Clifton, near Bristol
The Rev. William Wilson, B.D Over Norton, near Deddington,
Oxon
Charles Faulkner, Esq., F.G.S., Deddington, Oxfordshire
William lorns, Esq., Bloxham
Lieutenant-Colonel Cruttenden, Balineollig
ppinger, Esq., Barry's-court
W. Reeves, Esq., J.P., Trainor°, Cork
William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of
the Warwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction
Railways
George Wyman,
Esq , Alcester, Warwickshire
William Henryßough, 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, Wiiiverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway
Henry Keate, Esq., Shrewsbury/ Directors of the Birmingham and
Isaac Taylor, Esq., ditto:: -1 Brighton Railway
Major-General Turner, Commander of the Cork District
Lient-Colonel Westropp, J.P., Cork
Major North Ludlow Beamish, F.R.S., Ballincurrig, Rear Douglas,

Cork
Joseph Leycester, Esq., Cork
Matthew Pierrpoint, Esq., Crow's Nest, Worcester
John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllln, Merioneth
George Paul, Esq., banker, Worthing, and 217, Strand
Morgan Culhane, 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-

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gardens -
George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical

Invalid insurance Office
Wm. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Joseph Turner, Esq., Meyer of Bewdley
John Bedde, Esq., merchant, Bewdley
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-
coln's-Inn.
COLTNSNEOLINIILR IN CHIEF—J.IRELAN—J U. ri
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ACTING ENGINEERS.
W. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E. ; J. W. Bazalgette, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
In London—Messrs. Ogle and Toungbusband, 4, Great Winchester-
street; London
In Ireland—John Cumming, Esq., 51, North Great George-street,