The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

The great principle on which the projectors of this important
scheme have arced, is the establishment of a direct line of communi-
cation between 11.nningham and Birkenhead, by the nearest possible
route, and at the smallest possible outlay. To effect this object, it is
proposed to make use either of the Grand Junction, or the Birming-
ham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway, as far as Wolverhamp-
ton, and thence to throw out a new line in as straight a direction as
possible to Chester, where a junction will be formed with the railway
already existing between that city and Birkenhead. A most impor-
tant saving of distance will thus be effected.
It is obvious that such a scheme is fraught with consequences of
the highest possible import to the commercial interests of the respec-
tive districts. The growing prosperity of Birkenhead even now
demands a more direct communication with the Midland, Southern,
Western, and Eastern Counties ; and when her magnificent docks
shall He completed, and the town itself shall have arrived at its des-
tined greatness, this line will take a prominent position among the
most lucrative of these undertakings.
The Directors, therefore, conscious of the great traffic which will
flow from the densely populated termini, propose to construet this
line in as straight a direction as possible, and thereby secure the im-
mense through traffic which will resort to this railway for shortness
and expedition, from the great manufacturing and agricultural dis;
tricts of South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire. Worces-
tershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Leicestershire, Nottingham-
shire, Northamptonshire, and in fact the whole of the Eastern
Counties, as well as from London and the important districts to the
South, East, and West of the Metropolis.
Irrespective of the immense population of the termini, it is evident
that this projected line commends itself to the entire inhabitants of
the comities already referred to. The scheme also possesses this
further and great advantage—that it will, in reality, form a shorter
and more direct line to the neighbourhood of Liverpool and the dis-
trict adjacent, than any which has hitherto been projected ; and by
means of the contemplated line from Chester to Holyhead, it will
open the shortest possible route from London to Ireland, and thereby
avoid the delay and inconvenience of a protracted sea voyage. A
cursory inspection of the map of England and a reference to the
plan of this line will also show that the Trent Valley, London and
Birmingham, Birmingham and Gloucester, Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, as w 11 as the projected Staffordshire and Shrop-
a
shire iyie.cessarily be valuable tributaries to this im-
portanttructed by this Company will commence at
Th
Railways,
Wolverhampton, and proceed through an agricultural district, by
way of Market Drayton to Chester, and although in its direct course
it may not pass through many towns of importance, the engineering
difficulties of every other route will be avoided, and powerful local in-
fluence brought into co-operation with this Company.
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In the formation of this inc the extensive iron district of Lilies-
hall has bevn especially regarded ; and by means of the facilities of
transit afforded by this Company, the iron-masters of South Stafford-
shire will be enabled to compete with the Scotch market, which they
have hitherto been unable to do in consequence of the heavy charges
for freight.
The Provisional and Managing Committee are in the course of se-
lection, and will be published in a few days, with other particulars.
Applications for Shares to be made to Mr. W. S. Vardy, solicitor, 18,
Finsbury-place, Finsbury-
square, London ; or Mr. John Smith or Mr.
C J. _Noble, solicitors, Birmingham.

RUGBY, WARWICK,f and WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
The Directors, in consequence of their receiving daily applications
for shares in this Company, announce that the list Was finally closed
on Saturday last, and that no further applications can be entertained.
By order,
GEO. H. WELLER, Secretary.

September 26th, 1845.

RUGBY, WARWICK, and WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
The Directors in reply to the numerous applications on the
subject, beg to inform the public that the shares in this Company
are now in course of allotment, and that they, the Directors, intend
Issuing the letters of allotment so soon as the requisite examination
has taken place into the application for shares.
By order,
GEO. 11. WELLER, Secretary.

September 27, 1845

RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 900,0005., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
coAnvtaanemdety held
e,fincgirocfulitthre, Provisional
the Committee,otne e s
s f numerously ecrooipany, No. I,uns I 9 attended,
Guildhall-chambers, Basingaall-street, London, the 30th September,
1845,
W. H. HUGHES, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &e., in the Chair,
The following resolutions were ad poted :
Resolved,—That the Prospectus issued as that of the Provisional
Committee be now approved and adopted.
Resolved,—That the following gentlemen do constitute the Corn.
mittee of Management:—
William Frederick Beadon, Esq
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq.
Peter Colston, jun., Esq.
Edward Doubleday, Esq.
John Freeman, Esq.
Alexander Greig, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes
Thomas Nagger, Esq.
John Haddon, Esq.
Richard Parry Jones, Esq.
E. W. Morris, Esq.
Resolved,—That the following be appointed the Bankers of the
Company:—
The London and Westminster Bank
In London.
The London and County Banking Company,
The Northamptonshire Banking Company, at Northampton.
Messrs. Butlin and Son, at Rugby.
The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company,
at Leamington, Warwick, and Southam
Messrs. Berwick and Co., at Worcester.
The Committee have great pleasure in informing the public of the
extraordinary support this Company has received, and they regret
that, in consequence of the number of applicants for shares in this
undertaking, many highly respectable and influential claims must
unavoidably be unsatisfied.
The allotment is now being proceeded with, and th letters will
be issued in the course of a week ; thqse parties, therefore, who do
not receive letters, must be pleased to accept the above as the apolegy
of the Committee. By order,
GEO. H. WELLER, Secretary.
ildhall-chambers, Basingliall•otreet, Ist October, 1845.

James Morrison, Esq.
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq,
Benjamin Payne, Esq.
Robert Rising, Esq.
Thomas Sharp, Esq.
Joseph Satchel, Esq.
John Wheelton, Esq.
Edward Waddelove, Esq.
Edward Welch, Esq.
John Woolston, jun., Esq,

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