The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

It uses the London anl Birmingham Railway the whole distance
to Birmingham; from thence it proceeds to Wolverhampton either on
the Grand Junetion or on the Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Birming-
ham Railway.

From Wolverhampton commences the new portion of railway,
passing through the rich agricultural districts of Newport and White-
church on to Chester.
At Chester it proceeds on the Chester and Birkenhead Railway on
to Birkenhead.

It is proposed to establish at Birkenhead a steam-ferry, gratis, to
Liverpool, across the 3lersey, so as to unite both towns into one.
A preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the extent
of 15,000 to the original shareholders in the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway Company, on their sending in their application for
the same.

A proper reservation of shares will be made for the London and
Birmingham, Chester and Birkenhead, awl Warwickshire Railways,
being the railways by means of which the project now submitted to
the public is the most direct London and Liverpool Railway that can
be made.

A list of most influential London and Local Directors will be pub-
lished in a few days, together with a detailed list of Bankers, Agents,
&c., in the different towns on the line. In the meantime, applications
for shares may by addressed to the Solicitor or any of the Agents o
the Company, in the following form :
DIRECT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Liverpool

Railway Company,

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares in the
above proposed railway, and I agree to accept that (.1' any less
number that you may please to allot me. And I undertake to pay
the deposit of 21. 2s. per share on the same, and to sign the Par-
liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, and all usual and
necessary deeds, when required.
Dated this day of

. 1845.

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WOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND
BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The great principal on which the projectors of this important
scheme have acted, is the establishment of a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham and Birkenhead, by the nearest pos-
sible route, and at the smallest possible outlay. To effect this object,
it is proposed to make use either of the Grand Junction, or the Bir-
mingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway, as far as Wolver-
hampton, 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 rail-
way already existing between that city and Birkenhead. A most
important 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 de-
mands a more direct communication with the midland, southern,
western, and eastern counties; and when her magnificent docks shall
be completed, and the town itself shall have arrived at its destined
greatness, this line will take a prominent position among the most
lucrative of these undertakings.
The Directors, therefore, conscious of the great traffic which flow
from the densely populated termini, propose to construct this line in
as straight a direction as possible, and thereby secure the Immense
through traffic which will resort to this railway for shortness and
expedition, from the great manufacturing and agricultural districts of
South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcester, Hereford-
shire, Monmouthshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamp-
tonshire, 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 counties already referred to. The scheme also possesses this fur-
ther and great advantage—that it will, in reality, form a shorter and
more direct line to the neighbonrhood of Liverpool and the district
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 inspec-
tion 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 well as the
projected Staffordshire and Shropshire Railways, will necessarily be
valuable tributaries to this important line of railway.
The line to be constructed by this Company will commence at
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 looal
influence brought into co-operation with this Company.
In the formation of this line the extensive iron district of Lilleshall
has been especially regarded ; and by means of the facilities of
transit afforded by this Company, the ironmasters 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 charge
for freight.
The Provisional and Managing Committee are in the course of
selection, 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.

ISLE of ELY, NVISBECH, and LINCOLN-
SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Cevital, 200,0001., in 8,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
William Bradley, Esq. (Chairman), Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, HGddersfleld and Sheffield, and Direct Western Rail-
way Companies, J.Z.(anor Oaks, Sheffield
W. D. Christie, Esq., M.P., 3, Eccleston-street, Chester-square,
London
D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Great Ryder-street, St. James's, London
William Pinney, Esq., late g.F. for Lyme Regis, 30, Berkeley-square,
London
T. Charles Harrison, Esq., F.R.S., York-terrace, Regent's-park
H. S. Bright, Esq. (firm of Taylor, Clifford, and Bright). Hull, Director
of the Direct Western Railway Company
William lsreynton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tamworth
Railway Company, Montpelier-house, Cheltenham, and Sergeants'
Inn, London
C. Appleby, Esq., Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway
Company, Sheffield
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Director of the Direct Western Railway Com-
pany, Westbourne-house, Sheffield
John Holford, Esq., RushDlme-hall, Manchester
William Marriott, Esq., Director of the Direct 'Western Railway
Company, Attercliffe-terrace, Sheffield
C. R. Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square, London
William Thompson, Esq., Director of the Huddersfield and Sheffield
Railway Company, Sheffield
Richard Keily, Esq., Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow and Kil-
kenny Railways, 5, Cleveland-row, St. James's, London
John Fawcett, Esq., Director of the Wakefield andHarrowgate Rail-
way Company, Sheffield
John Robson, Esq., Director of the Newcastle, Durham, and Lan-
cashire Railway Company, Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Samuel Swan Brittain, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Companies,
Sheffield
Thomas Medley, Esq., Director of the Lancashire and North York-
shire Railway Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Great George's-square, Liverpool
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Midland Railway Company, Sheffield
Captain Page, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Com-
pany, Charlton-house, Somerton
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Railway Company, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park,
London
John Ward, Esq., Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chester.
field Fire and Life Insurance Company, Highfield, Sheffield
r Robert Cook, Ecq., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Adderley Howard, Esq., Long Sutton, Lincolnshire
Mr. John Burrell, Loag Sutton
Mr. William Fletcher, Long Sutton
Mr. Kemp Sanby, Long Sutton
Thomas Marshall, Esq., Tydd St. Mary, Lincolnshire
Robert Jolt nston, Esq., Wisbech, Manager of the National Provin-
cial Bank of England at Wisbech
Henry Bollard, Esq., Walsoken, Wisbech
John Smith, Esq., March, Manager of the National Provincial Bank
of England at March
Charles Culledge, Esq., March
Richard Atkinson, Esq., March
Mr. John Whitwell, Wisbech
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., Gracechurch-street, London.
National Provincial Bank of England, March, Wisbech, and Long
Sutton.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Cannon-row, Westminster.
SOLICITORS.
James Coppock, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row, St. James, London.
John Bell, Esq., 28, Craven-street, Strand, London.
Thomas Steed Watson, Esq., Wisbech.
The Committee of _Management beg to announce that the Allot-
ment of Shares has been made, and the letters posted.
They regret to have found it impossible to comply with the requests
of many applicants of the highest respectability.
26, Gresham-street, Septembell:l2l.l_4llBl43ls. WILDE, Secretary.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
RAILWAY CLUB HOUSE, CHAMBERS,
and GENERAL GOODS DEPOTETm
Sharesl
:COMPANY.
T
F3I(LEP:OE7-0110:ZianDa1112IY,N000RYegistered.;
importance in the world of
enterpriseirn British genius has yet
Capital,
Deposit, 1/. 7s. 6d. per Share. 251.each*
epdubal
public
eater
(In compliance with the recent Parliamentary Orders.)
traffic Rtil
and business have
n otwh than assumed
contemplated, whether we consider them in a national point et. view,
as tending to the advancement of trade and commerce, or as- a ";'"'
/Rabic fund for the investment of capital. The many millions-erxo--
pended in the prosecution of existing lines ; the additional millions
subscribed for those projected or in progress ; the large amount of
interest annually paid to shareholders; and the high price of shares
(in many cases double their original cost), manifest the public faith
in these undertakings.
To protect capital so embarked, adequate means should he
adopted to combine the convenience and safety of the public, with
the protection and the interest of the Directors and Shareholders.
The Government have regarded the increase of railways to be so
nationally important, as to deem it expedient to create, for the pur-
pose of watching over the system, a new department of administra-
tion. This step on the part of the Government, has not however
rendered it less necessary that Directors and l'roprictors of Rahways
should co-operate for the protection of their several and united
interests.

No araangement would so well effect this desirable object as a
General Union Board of the whole of the Railway Companies, re-
presented by appointed Delegates from each Direction, to meet peri-
odically, and establish such regulations as would tend to the general
good.

- To facilitate this purpose, it is proposed to erect in the most central
part of the metropolis a spacious and commodious fire-proof edifice,
comprising suitable ranges of Offices for Railway Companies,* private
Committee-rooms, a spacious Hall for, Annual and General Meetings,
and an extensive range of Warehouses as a general goods depot for
railway transit. The various departments of the proposed establish-
ment will, amongst other important and eligible appointments, include
THE RAILWAY CLUB HOUSE.
The Railway Club-house will afford great convenience ; it will be
supplied with every information relating to Railways, with maps and
sectional drawings of each line, with models and plans of all im-
proved modes of construction. There will be also Publications of all
the Scientific Works on Engineering and Railway Mechanism ; the
London and Country Daily Papers ; the British and Foreign Share
Lists; Parliamentary Notices, Reports and decisions on Railway
Bills ; a Registry Mart for the disposal of all kinds of machinery and
other railway property—locomotive engines, gear, surplus land, &c.
The Club will be open for Members connected with Railways, whe-
ther British or foreign, and such other persons as may be recom-
mended and approved c.f by the Committee, or by ballot.

THE DIRECT LONDON and LIVERPOOL
RAILWAY (by a Junction from Chester to Wolverhampton),
through Newport and Whitchurch.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Yid., c. 110.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq., C.E., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—WiIIiam Wilkinson Wardell, C.E.
Soucyroa—Thomas Gibson Brewer, Esq., 13, Gray's Inn-square
STANDING COUNSEL—WiIIiaM Holt, Esq
AGENTS.
London—Thomas George Smith, Esq., 2, Warnfora-court.
Liverpool—Messrs. J. B. and D. Neilson.
Hun—Messrs. Flint and Tootal.
Temporary Offices, 13, Gray's Inn-square.
PROSPECTUS.
The Chester and Wolverhampton Railway Is a direct line from
London to Liverpool.