The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

THE DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE,
AND WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a MEETING held at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, Gresham-street,
in the City of London, on Monday, the 25th day of August, 1845,
Sir GEORGE WILLIAM PRESCOTT, Bart., in the Chair.
The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted :
First—Proposed by Major Caorr ; seconded by D. T. JOHNSON, Esq.,
That tke project of forming the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway be adopted by this meeting, and
that a Company be formed for carrying it into execution.
Second—Proposed by Major WALLER ; seconded by JOHN JOSEPH
KEENE, Esq.
That the gentlemen named in the published Prospectus constitute
the Provisional Committee, with power to add to their number.
Third—Proposed by Captain D. K. PULTENET ; seconded by HORACE
W. METEYARD.
That the Acting Committee of Directors consist of the following
gentlemen, with power to add to their number:—
CHAIRMAN—The Right Honourable the EARL of SHREWSBURY.
Alton Towers, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire (or Leeds and Wolverhampton)
Direct Railway.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Sir WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT,
Theobalds, Director of the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde Park-gardens, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and Staffordshire Direct Railway.
Colonel the Hon. Leicester Stanhope, Ashburnham House, London,
Chairman of Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
Crockett, T. Esq , Cannock
Croft, Major J. T., Regent-street, London, Deputy Chairman of the
Chester and Macchester Railway, &c.
Gilpin, William, Esq., Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of the East
and West Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham,Director
of the Leicester and Birmingham Railway &c.
Johnson, D. T. Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, London, Director of
the Chester and Manchester Railway, &c.
Johnson, Richard William, Esq., Moorgate, London, Director of Re-
mington's London and Manchester Railway, &c.
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's-wood, Regent's-park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq , Waterloo-place, London, Director of the Free-
mason's Life Assurance, &c.
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Leeds, Hud-
dersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place, Director of Remington's London and Manchester Railway, &c.
Mathew, John Mee, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, Uttoxeter, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Pulteney, Douglas Kinnaird, Captain; Parliament-street, London,
Director of the Nottingham and Boston Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of the Tean and
Dove Valley Railway
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and
West Junction ailway
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway
Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the
Chester and Manchester Railway, Bt.c.
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop
Fourth—Proposed by WILLIAM KING, Esq. ; Seconded by JOHN
MEE MATHEW, Esq.
That John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London, and William
Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter, be the Solicitors of the Company.
Fifth—Proposed by RICHARD W. JOHNSON, Esq. ; Seconded by
Major J. C. T. Own.
That Sir John Rennie and George Remington, Esq., be the Corn-
pany's Engineers.
(Signed) GEORGE WILLIAM PRESCOTT,
Aug. 25, 1845. Chairman.

THE DIRECT LONDON AND HOLYHEAD
AND PORT DYNLLAEN RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered).
The public is reepectffilly informed that a Company is in course of
formation for establishing a direct communication between London
and Holyhead and London and Port Dynllaen, thereby effecting
the shortest possible communication between London, Birmingham,
and the centre of England, and Dublin and the wholeof•lreland.
On reference to the Railway Map of Ireland it will be seen that
most of the lines in that country converge either at Dublin or Wick-
low, the former being nearly in a direct line with Holyhead and the
latter with Port Dynllaen. This undertaking will therefore unite in
one main llna the whole of the Irish traffic to this country; and when
the system of railway communication in Ireland is complete, will
doubtless obtain a very large proportion of the American passenger
traffic which will then pass by Port Dynllaen and Wicklow to Va-
lentia Bay as the nearest point to the United States and our North
Ameriean colonies.
The present line is in effect nearly identical with that recom-
mended by the Government Commissioners in their reports on the
communication between London and Dublin, and whicb was then
surveyed with much care ; making allowances, however, for the al-
tered circumstances that have since occurred by the increase of
railways in this country, and availing itself as far as possible of ex-
isting or contemplated lines.
It is intended to proceed by the London and Birmingham Railway
to Birmingham, and thence by one of the now projected lines to
Shrewsbury, or another course will be by the London and Birming-
ham, Trent Valley, Trent Valley and Shrewsbury Railways to the
same point, where this railway commences, and proceeds in the
most direct practicable course to a point near Balla, where the line
forks ; one branch proceeding to Bangor, where it unites with the
Chester and Holyhead and North Wales Railways, employing the
former line to Holyhead, and thus avoiding the enormous expense
entailed by crossing the Menai Starts; the other branch proceeding
through a (Usti ict rich in slate, stone, minerals, &c., by Tremadoc to
Port Dynllaen, where it will also unite with the North Wales
Railway, which will prove a valuable adjunct to the present
ptoject.
The importance of the undertaking, not only to the great com-
panies to which it will prove so important a feeder, but also in a
national point of view, as effecting a most considerable saving of
time and expense on the route to Dublin and the coast of Ireland,
are too great to be overrated, and too obvious to be required to be
insisted upon. It is clear that the traffic must be unusually large,
and from the surveys made there appears no doubt that the line can
be constructed at an average cost.
Full particulars, with the names of a most influential Provisional
Committee, will be published as soon as a correct estimate of the
requisite capital is obtained, and in the meantime no applications for
shares can be received.
N. STEVENS and FEARON, Solicitors.
1, Gray's Inn-square, Aug. 26, 1845,