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

PROSPECTUS OF T TIE

SHROPSHIRE 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, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 25. per Share.
_ . .

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

of Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Badeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kenslugtou-square
Bianford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bull, Joshua, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-street
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clark, C , Esq., Ironmaster, Shakespeare Foundry, Wolverhampton
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thoma-, Esq., Clun, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, Bib
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. WolverhamptOn
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Iron-master, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
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., Strefford, near Church Stretton

Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, D.rector of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Minton, John, Es.l., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newc)mbe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-liall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Pelteney, Captain Dotklas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Rigg, Charles M., Es-;., York-place, Portman-square
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millflehl Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton, William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Director of the Farmers' Assurance Company ;
the Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway; Warwick
and. Worcester; and Midland Junction Railways
Shims, William, f Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal
Slade, the Rev. IL R., P.D., Wolverhampton
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., :Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, Director
and Crewe Railway
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Swift, George, Esq.,
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., Iron-master, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq.,'Stanway Hall, Church Strettun
Wayne, the Rev. W. 11., Vicar of Much Wenlock
Webster, Frank D, Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Iron-master, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridguorth,
Salop

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Jonas Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall,
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 Weyinan, Esq., Ludlow
John William Buttertou, Esq., Eccleshall -
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
J. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
M. H. Williams, Esq., Bridgnorth.
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, 011ley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Hawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale ; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlack-
edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-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 proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from 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
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, for 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.
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 tile 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 not interfere with any property of an orna-
mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
will be constructed at much less than the average cost.
The co-operation of the principal landowners on the lithe has been
secured, and no opposition is anticipated or can be sustained against
the measure.
The liability of the Shareholders will be limited, by the Act, to 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, fromntrislet
date of each payment until the opening of the line ; and the fir
of
deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the
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Parliament shall have been obtained.
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents, alssoretel
Maps of the line, prospectuses, &c., are to be
leobbtarredmfr3oresstrshe.
Ill Ave Birmingham ; Messrs. Suirn(B
Cameron,3lieviileaicidazCeon..,,..,,tel:gaenl(-leToi,iirtiti,„l:),lll,rogmortonrpool;
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essrsL.oGndreoent:
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ham, MancOester ; Nathaniel Lea, •
asighl Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, Esq.
and Tripp, Bristol ; alessrs. Turley, Hull lm
to whom applications
Sheffield ; Messrs. Brady and ; forms) may be addressed ; and
"'be made to a backer, solicitor, or
person of responsibility.
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APPLICATIONS LIMITED TO SATURDAY, the 13th INSTANT.
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CALLAO and LIMA and PACIFIC COAST
RAILWAY.
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carried into effect.

DIRECTORS.
air W. P. De Bathe, Bart.
• J. C. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Passenger, Esq.
Sir George Rich
William Richardson, Esq.
a. A. Brown, Esq.
BANKERS—London Joint-Stock Bank
SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Bevan, Esq.
ARCRETARY—Mr. George Upton.
Offices, No. 6, Old Jewry ; where Prospectuses may be had, and
Applications with References are to be addressed; also to Boyle,
Low, Pim, and Co., Dublin ; Pownall and Worthington, Liverpool ;
J. O'Neill, Manchester; Jamieson, Leeds; Phillips, Hull; Pringle
Edinburgh ; Smith, Glasgow ; Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Hopwood and
Palmer, Plymouth; Holland, Coventry; h elm s, Gloucester,

(fll4VlllatisllV
CAPITA 1.100,800 h, 2N CC1,600 SitAltrA or tO, LOA
DEPOAIT 2t. la, ed. PER ,11A.t1U,

_ _•
THE LIVERPOOL AND HULL DIRECT
CONNECTING RAILWAY, via BLACKBURN, BURN•
LEY, and LEEDS.

The public are informed that a line of railway is intended to be
made front the stations of the several railways now forming and pro-
jected at Blackburn, through the town of Burnley, to Leeds.
This line, with its conjunctions, and particularly the projected
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway, will have a decided ad-
vantage over all other existing lines front Leeds to Liverpool, as it is
intended to carry it down, or near to, the docks at Liverpool, and
when completed will form the nearest and only direct route from the
docks on the Humber at Bull, to these on the 3lcrsey at Liverpool.
being a communication so long wonted and suggested by many lead-
ing and influential merchants at the two important ports of Liver-
pool and null.

By this line a very considerable saving of distance between Hull,
Leeds, Liverpool, and the important and densely-populated manu-
facturing districts, and the extensive and best coal fields of the two
counties of York and Lancaster will be effected.

This project has been in contempCiti,n—ii7a considerable period,
the promoters of which did not intend to bring it be:Ore the public
until Ul3 surveys were fully oomplcitd, but in consequence of a pre-
liminary notice having been issued by some oilier parties, and fhb
purporting to.go over nearly thc same ground, the projectors or this
schema think the time leis now arrived fur making their intentions
public.

A Prospectus, with an ekSed,sive and influential Provisional Coin-
mitleo, will shortly appear, and in it e nie:in time a; pl cations for
Shales, In the annexed fo. ni, may be made to the Solicitors, er to the
following Brokers :—Mr. J. W. Hamilton, 3, South Gallery, Auction
Mtirt, London; Messrs. Ise,lson, Mr. Gillow, and Messrs. Fetcher
and Sharp, Liverpool ; Messrs. Id.isdale, Hirst, and Ridsdale, Beasts.
M'Lean and Dinwoodie, and Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, „Bandies-
ter ; Messrs. ltidsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Mr. Richard 'Rimy, Ur.
J. M. France, and Messrs. II cks and Co., Leeds; Mr. Thomas board-
man, Mr. John Ratcliffe, Mr. 0. I'. Booth, and Mr. W. H. Mo 7 rice.
Blackburn; Mr. Thomas Wren, Preston ; Mr. Welch, Lancaster;
Messrs. Collinson and Flint, hull ; Messrs. Knowles, and Cooke, and
Mr William Mason, Bradford; Mr. Frederick lamer, Hudderstield;
and Mr. Gorton, Bolton.

JOINT souciTons.
Alcock a, d Dixon, Burnley, and Ainsls-ortli and Sons, Blackburn.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Hull Direct Con-
necting Railway, via Blackburn, Burnley and Leeds.
Gentlemen,-,—l request you to allot me Shares of
201. each In the above undertaking, and I undertake to accept the
same, or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to
the regulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds,
and to pay when required the Deposit thereon of 21. 2s. 6d.
Dated this day of 180.
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Profession, and Professional Residence in 1111 1• • ••
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LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.