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

MI D fAcD GRAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY. •
Palace-chambers, St. James's-street, Westminster.
London, Nov. 4, 1845.
R. A. Riddell, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
W. M.Lomas, Esq. Vice-Chairman for the Northern Districts.
William Bradley, Esq. William Kempe, Esq.
Thomas Byrom, Esq. .T. Conway Kingston, Esq.
William Caldwell, Esq. Henry Taylor, Esq.
William Garrow, Esq. Richard Kelley, Esq.
Captain Twisleton Graves j A. M. M`Moran, Esq.
John Holmes, Esq. Thomas Wynne, Esq.
The Managing Committee of this Company have pleasure is
stating, for the information of the public, that a deputation from
their body, accompanied by their solicitor, have proceeded along the
line from Beading 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 Parliameat.
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 Bill
during the present scission.

N. J. KEMPE, Secretary.

THE SHREWSBURY AND LEICESTER.
DIRECT RAILWAY,
Connecting itself at Shrewsbury with the Direct London and
Holyhead Line, and forming the nearest route from Nottingham,
Derby, Leicester, Lichfield, aid the Midland Counties, to Ireland.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and Victoria c. 110.)
Capital 450,0001., in 22,500 Shares of 201. math.
Deposit, 21, 2s. 6d. per Share.
pabvtlioNAL CONXITTIN.

Mr John Key, Bart
Sir J. M`Taggart, Bart, M.P.
Admiral J...4ysoongh, Prospect-place House, Southampton, director
of the Portsmouth and Chatham Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq. Cropme's-hill, Greenwieh
Robert John Hughes, Esq. High Sheriff of Anglesey ,
Middleton Jelland Boswell, Esq. Holderness-house, Hull, Magistrate
and Deputy Lieutenant of the County
William Humphreys, Esq. Welshpool, director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. Bryanston-street, Portman-square
Joseph Bostock Massey, Esq. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
John Wright, lbs Derby, director of the Staffordshire and Worth
Midland Junction Railway
Joel Edens, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct Railway
J. W. Newcombe, Esq. Upper Gloucester-plaoe, London. chairman&
the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Thomas Rowley, Esq. M.D. magistrate for the City and County of
Lichfield
Thomas Vaughton, Esq. Drayton Lodge, near Shiffnal
Thomas Richardson, Esq. Derby, director of the Staffordshire eM
North Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Bailey Rose, Esq. Grove-house, Stoke-upon-Trent
Wrn. Barrett, Esq. Finsbury-square, London
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, Mudderstieh2. -
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Joshua Stockley, Esq. Ivetsey Bank, Staffordshire
Stephenjßrassington, Esq. alderman, Lichfield
Captain Carnegie, Park-lane, London
Samuel Griffiths, Esq. Penn Fields, Wolverhampton, director of the
Grand Trunk, and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq. Market Drayton
William Wool, Esq. Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, direetor of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Robert Thacker, Esq. Wolverhampton
George H. Fourdrinier, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, director
of the North Western Trunk, and 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, Eing's-road, Parson's-green.

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 Shenatone Austin, Esq. Standiford, Staffordshire
Thomas Crockett, Esq. Cannock, Staffordshire, director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcester, and the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
John Bleor, Esq. merchant, Tutbury, Staffordshire, director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, Manchester and Liverpool, Derby and
Manchester, Shropshire Mineral, and North Western Trunk Rail-
ways
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq. London
William Cantrell, Esq. Wirksworih, 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, London
Wm. Harding, Esq. Staffordshire Potteries
Edward Grandv Jarvis, Esq. Newton, Montgomeryshire
F. B. Garty, Esq. director of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway
John Humphreys, Esq. Welshpool, director of the Shropshire Mineral

Railway.
John Earn, Esq. trttometer, director of the Staffordshire and North

Midland JunCtion Railway
Dunbar John Cother, Esq. director of the London and Holyhead

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Railway
William Hurd Wood, Esei. Aahbourne, 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. Belper, Derbyshire, director of the Stafford-

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shire and North Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Wynn, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire
Francis Basil Byne, Esq. Berleigh, Isle of Man
Thomas Williams, Esq. Newton, Montgomeryshire
Chas. M. Rigg, Esq. York-place, Portman-square
George Mercer Murray, Esq.„Bereferd-street, Park-lane, director of

the Ribble and Huniber 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
Geo. Bond, Esq. Fulham, London
Captain .7. G. Ogilvie, 25, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park
Lewis Adams, Esq. Newcastle, Staffordshire
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-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. It. Scott, Esq. 17, Devonshire-place. London
Samuel Swan Brittain, Esq. St. George's-works, Sheffield, director or
the Direct Western, Direct Manchester and Rugby, and other

Railways
William Gabbett Beare, Esq. 6, Porchester-place, Connaught-square
Matthew Gaunt, Esq. Hightleld-house, near Leek, Staffordshire
Thomas Finchett Maddock, Esq. Chester and Cae Gwyn. near

Carnarvon
William Paterson, Esq. Grove-lodge, liersham, near Esher, Surrey
Alexander Prince, Esq. 14, Lincoln's inn-fields, director of the Tring,
Reading, Basingstoke, and other railways
Lieut.-Col. Coffin, Landford, Wilts
B. Wm. Spurgeon. Esq. Derby, director of the Staffordshire and

North Midland Junction Railway
John Robert Dalby, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and Regent'a-
park, London, director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and South Staf-
fordshire Railway
Edward Hoskins, Esq., Derby
Richard Smith, Esq. Formark-park, director of tke Li♦erpool and

Derby Itailwziy -
Charles Jack, Esq. Thames-street, London
William Harding. Esq. Notting-hill, London, director of the Star-
fordshire and North Midland Junction Railway
John Jackson, Esq. Eaton-square, London, director of the Stafford.
shire and North Midland Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ACTING Mumma—Robert Richardson, Esq. C.E.
aoLICIToItg. - -

W. S. Vardy, Esq. 18, Fini7btiry---:pidce, Finsbury-squate, London
Henry Turner, Esq. Wolverhampton
John Smith, Esq. Birmingham.
LOCAL lOLICITOES.
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-Lyne
Ralph Stevenson, Esq. Hanky, Staffordshire.
Secarrsag—William John Jellicerse, Esq.
PARLIAMINTAUT AOlNTl—Messrs. M'Dougal and Upton, 44, Par-

liament-street.
BANE2IIS.
London—The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
Birmingham—The Midland Banking Company
Leicester—
Lichfield—Messrs. Palmer and Greene
Wolverhampton—The Wolverhampton and tan &hire Banking

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

Bank
Tamwortli—National Provincial Bank of England.

AGINTI.

London—Messrs. Sutton, (Tribble, and Sutton, :North Side, Royal

Exchange
Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collie
Wolverhampton—Mr. John Hay
Liverpool—Messrs..Smith and Jordan, Messrs. Neilson, Messrs.
Gedes and Drinkwater, and Messrs. Fletcher and Sharpe
Manchester—Mr. H. Benton
Leeds—Messrs. Terry and Holiday, and Messrs. Roberts and Sot-
entre
Huddersfield—Messrs. Mooney and Hicks
Halifax—Messrs. Helliwell and Davis
Bradford—Messrs. Smith and Martin
Burnley—Messrs. Smallpage
Hull—Mr. Samuel Phillips
Edinburgh—Mr. D. Kinnear and Mr. Cooper
Glasgow—Mr. George Mills, and Messrs. lassie and Co
Dublin—Messrs. Laberteuche and Co. 257, Ingram-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 pablir, 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 g eneral import-
ance as a direct connecting line between North and South Wales.
Shrewsbury, !Lichfield, Tamworth, Derby, and Leicester, and the.
Midland and Eastern Counties generally.
the
e line
Trent of l9
Vaolley
To effect this desideratum, the formation of:inthe, w 90
miles only will be required; communicating
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 of ex-
isting railways, particularly towards the east, the nearest being at
hnireirsbury, now 95 miles from Leicester by road
theT hdiesttaonwnce ooff2sB
and railway, will, by means of this and the other projected lines, be
brought within 65 miles.
When the ordinary passenger traffic, and the vast transit ef cat-
tle, together with the coal, mineral, end 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 for the
capital employed ; and that, as an investment, it must rank among
the most advantageous of modern undertakings, whilst it will im-
part advantages of the highest importance, both to England and the
principality. The immense droves of Welsh and Shropshire cattle
will at once be conveyed into the important cattle markels of Derby-
shire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk,
and Suffolk, whilst, in return, the agricultural produce of those coun-
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
fttrther augmented by its joining the Grand Junction, near to the
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 ♦berystwith, 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 accompanying
form, to
W. S. VARDY, Esq. 18, Finsbury place.
Finsbury-square, London ;
HENRY TURNER, Esq.Welverhampton
JOHN SMITH, Esq. Birmingham.
To the Provisional Committee of the Shrewsbury and Leicester Direct

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Railway.
Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot me 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 Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement when required to do so.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full • • • • • .
Profession, Trade, or Occupation ..
Residence in full .• .• • •
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Tame and Address of Referee............

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SHREWSBURY and LEICESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Shares in:the
above Company can be received after SATURDAY, the Bth instant,
and that the allotment will he proceeded with immediately after-
wards. By order,
W. J. macorsz, aieretary.
VeYttl26er, 1645.