The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

QHROP.SHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
►3. forming,; in conjunction 'with other existing and projected
lines, a direct communication betweea Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 28. per Share.

(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House

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of Commons.)
ritoYistosrAL costuirrni.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, DI•

rector of the South Staffordshire Railway -
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Strettan
Beamiait, Captain, Kensington-square
Blanton% Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Nate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq.; Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill iron Works, Shropshire an 4 Manchester
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield:and London, Director of the

Direct,London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster,-Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq.. Wolverhamptoa •
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Iron Woods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eceleahan
Downes, Thomas It. C., Esq., Munelow. near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq, Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq.; Chin, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Ryke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, Wi-
gton, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, 131Iston, Staffordshire
Feurdrenier, George H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
George, William, Esq., Weston. near Mach Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory,T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbremwieh, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph; Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutemutt-Colonel, Stailhohne, Welbeek-street, Caren-
dish-square
Holcombe:, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Word, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berrievr, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Stretford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Liston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq. Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq.' J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Sammerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
IronwOrks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, illackfrlars, Director of
• the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney; Captain. Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles 111.„Esq., York-place, Portman-square ' " •
Riley; W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Midfield Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
/tyton Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw; William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
aid Life Assurance Company ; Director -of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq.. Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffual
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironniasters, Weet Bromwich
Slade, the Rev. 11. R., D.D., Wolrerhampton
Sinalman, John, Eflq., J.P., Quattbrd Castle, Bridgmorth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi-
mation Railways
-Stead, James, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
Lirbrpool and Leeds Railway '
Sumniers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock „: , •. : • •
Swift; Henry, Esq., Eccieshall and Wootton . -
Swift; George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall • .
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway ,
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire , •• -
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Strettoa.
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the Now River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, 'Hendon, Middlesex • , •
Wells; Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyntan, Thomas, Esq Pursiovr Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron
• Works, near Stourbridge
Wilson, Lient.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wood. William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worceetershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth,
salop (With power to add to their ,munber.)

EMMEN.
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
London
Messrs. Cockburns and Co.,4.'Whitehall,j
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEEZ IN CHlEF—Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.B.
lents° ENEINEME—Francis Briscoe, Esq.

Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's lan-fields, London
E. Garbutt, Esq., Wellington, Salop.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., EccleShall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretten
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Elision, Staffordshire
Philip Octiviiis Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clan and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
1. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries
SECRETARY—George Bond, Esq.
Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings, London.

The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company
will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand
Junction Railway),. in the county of Stafford, and proceed from
thence by Eccleshall, Offley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock-
edge, by Rushbury and Raton-under-Haywood, to Wistanstow, in
the county' of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with
the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway."
The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure
and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire
coal-field, to a depot imposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also front whence it will be conveyed by the " Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire and the
neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to
calculatelhe extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the
direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire
coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown
and Llanidloes, the price per ton will be reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend-
ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be
enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to
the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference
to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight
with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused
by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water.
A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop-
, shire ironmasteri,f or the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh-
bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of
land and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey
it direct into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense.
By its junction with the " Grand Junction" and the " Hereford
and Shrewsbury" Railways, this line will form a direct communica-
tion between Liverpool,
Manchester, Sheffield, York and Hull, and
Swansea and South Wales.

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As a junction line alone (connecting as it will such important rail-
ways), a large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it
is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely-
populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving
agricultural neighbourhood, it will be obvious that a sufficient local
traflle exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the' amount of
capital required to be embarked.
The line, which will not interfere with . any property of as orna
Mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
Will be constructed at much lees than the average cost.
Such important local co-operation has been secured, that no oppo-
sition is anticipated-or can be sustained against the measure. • _
The liability of the Shareholders wh.‘, be limited, by the Act, ter the
amount of their subscription to the capital stock ; and power will be
applied for to allow interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum
on the amount of the deposit, and upon the further calls, from the
date of each payment until the opening of Ow line ; and the tree
deposit being paid, a further call, will, not be made until the Act o
Parliament shall have been obtained.
Maps of the line, prospectuses, &c., are to be obtalned from the
Secretary„the solicitors, the. local agents. also- thelirbkcra, Messrs.
Mieville and Co.,
.4gel-ednif,AliogrnOrton-strset, London ; Messrs.
Cameron, cizenni.e,.and .Taimton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, manefteiter; Natlianiel Lea, Esq., Blitiingliam i • Messrs. 9:Gimes
and Tripp, 'Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper,Leeds; J. Senior, ftsq.
Sheffield ; Messrs, -Brady and Stanifortli, Hull; to whom applications
ifbr Shares (which must be on printed' orms) May altireased ; and
it d.
will be necessary that reference be made to a banker, sulicitor,ar
person of responsibility.