The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY.
Capital 300,000/., in 12,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 60. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—THOMAS GISBORNE, Esq., M,P.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—HENRY TOOTAL, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield
William Collins, Esq., M.P.
Charles Popham Hill, Esq., Lord of tho Manor of Bonchurch
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, Hants
N. Harwell, Esq., East Cowes Castle
Captain Thomas Dickinson, R.N.
Thomas Claxton. Esq., High Bank Cottage, Ventnor
A. J. Drewe, Esq.. Elm Grove, Ventnor
William Betts, Esq„ Bevois Mount, Southampton
James Durham, Esq., Victoria Park, Manchester, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company
George Sandars, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Trent Valley Rail-
way Company
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Lankester, Esq , Southampton
James Hibbert Wanklyn,.Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director
of the Trent Valley Railway Company
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the Manchester, Bux-
ton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway Company
John Barfr, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York Rail-
way Company
John Lillie, DR., Derby HOuse, Manchester, Director of the Shrews-
bury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company
James Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway Company
William G. Beare, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe Railway
ChutesLyall, Esq., 33, Westbottrne-terrace, Hyde Park Gardens.
ENGINEERS.
Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S.A., M.R.1.A., Engineer in Chief.
Sherrard and Hall, Acting Engineers.
BANKERS.
In Newport, Cowes, and Ryde—The National Provincial Banking
Company.
In Southampton—Messrs. Maddison and Pearse ; the Hampshire
Banking Company.
In London—The Commercial Bank.
In Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank.

In announcing that the Allotment of Shares is now made, and
that the letters will be posted this evening, the Directors regret
their inability to comply with the wishes of a very numerous and
respectable body of applicants.
JAMES WHEELER, Manchester.
DEACON and LONG, Southampton.
19, Great George-street. Westminster,
September 17, 1845.

QHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,000/., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

"e Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
of Commons•)

PROVISIONAL commrrrnn.
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 Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kensington-square
Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire and 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., Wolverhampton
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Shropshire
Club
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
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,vyabna
ns ,
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Captain,
Junior
Esq., Clun, t
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1I t eUnited
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Hightields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
Fourdrenler, George H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westhromwieh, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Stafford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston 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.,-UPW.r.G ter-Waco, and Langley fields
rar
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowd hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-g_ardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Mord, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, 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 M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Milliield Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton .William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company ; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffital
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
Slade, the Rev. H. R., D.D., Wolverhampton
sensilman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Blidgnerth, 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
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall 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 Stretton
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Mosley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron
Works, near Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Lianfylln, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wood, William, Esq., Chctwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth,
Salop (With power to add to their aumber.)

BANKERS.
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston'District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN CHlEF—Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbett, 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 Stretton
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potterleg
SEcurrsity—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, (Wiley, Norbury,' Porton, Newport, Bennington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Bewley, 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 Eaton-under-Haywood, to Wistanstow, in
the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction •ith
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 proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire
and also from whence it will be conveyed by the "and Herefordshire,
Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire and the
neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to
calculate the 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 ironmasters,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 Jutiction" 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.
as
be depended upon,
As a junction line alone (connecting ;twill such important rail-
ways), e large passenger trsffic may 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
traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of
capital required to be embarked.
The line, which will no; interfere with any property of an orna
mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
will be constructed at mud' less 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 nobility of the Shareholders whl.be limited, by the Act, to the
Per annum
amount of their subscription to the capitol stock ; and power will be
of the line ; and the first
applied for to allow interest at the rate of four per cent.
on the amount of the deposit, and upon the further calls, from the
date of each payment until the opening
deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the Act a
eye., are to be obto.lned from the
Parliament shall have been obtained.
Maps of the line, prospectuses,
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents, also the brokers, Messrs.
Mieville and Co., Angel-eoirt, Throginorton-street, Lender ; Messrs.
Cameron, Cazenove, and Winton, Liverpool Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Solmes
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; J.
senior, R
Sheffield; Messrs. Brady anl Staniforth, Hull ; to whom applications
for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may e addressed ; and
It will be necessary atat retirellC4
person of respormibility, 1,9 Ludo to a banken.seli otter, or