The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

shire and Shropshire Junction Railway
John Neville, Esq., Haselour Hall, near Lichfield
John Mott, Esq., The Close, Magistrate for Lichfield
John Delane Griffiths, Esq., Whittington, near Lichfield
William Stanhope Sawtell, Esq., M, Lombard-street
William Tozer, Esq., London
The Mayor of Walsall
Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Temple, Recorder of Walsall
Henry Box, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Howard Fletcher, Esq., Walsall
Charles Foster Cotterill, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Thomas George Lomax, Esq., Magistrate for Lichfield
John James, Esq., Walsall
John Forster, Esq., the Terrace, Walsall
Richard James, Esq., Magistrate far Walsall
Charles Greatrea, Esq.. Magistrate for Walsall
C. H. Adams. Esq., Walsall
John Day, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
John Whitgreave, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Arthur Adams, Esq., Magistrate foil Walsall
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Joseph Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
William Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
John Perks, Esq., ironmaster, Wolverhampton, Director of the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Thomas Perry, Esq., ironmaster, Highflclds Foundry, Bilston
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, near Edgebaston, Director of the
Leicester and Birmingham Railway
The Rev. Evan Price, Dunston Parsonage, Stafford
George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington
Henry Bickerton Whitehouse, Esq., ironmaster, Prior Fields Fur-
naces, near Dudley
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., London, Director of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway
Captain Page, Charlton House, near Somerton, Director of the Co-
ventry and Leicester Railway
Edward Middleton, Esq., Edgbaston
Thomas Upflii, Esq., Wheeley's-hill, Edgbaston
John Brearley Payne, Esq., Edgbaston, Director of the Leicester and

Birmingham Railway
Benjamin Collett, Esq., Grafton Manor House, Bromsgrove, Magis-
trate for Worcestershire
William Spooner, Esq., London
Robert Bacon, Esq., Birmingham
Matthew Gaunt, Esq., Highfield House, Leek, Magistrate for Staf-
fordshire _ .

(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—John R. M`Clean, Esq., M.I.C.E .L.
SOLICITOR—Edwin Smith, Esq., Gray's-inn.
LOCAL SOLICITORS—Messrs. Dyott and Son, Lichfield ; Horatio
Barnett, Esq., Walsall ; Charles Corser, Esq., Wolverhampton ;
William Fellewes, jun., Esq., Dudley ; Messrs. Gem, Son, and
Docker, Birmingham ; Messrs. Bennet and Bowen, Stafford.
BAxiccas—London, Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., Grace-
church-street ; Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co., Clement's-lane ; Lich-
field, Messrs. Palmer and Greene; Walsall, Messrs. Charles Forster
and Sons ; Dudley, the Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Com-
pany, the Birmingham Banking Company ; Wolverhampton, Messrs.
R. and W. F. Fryer ; Birmingham, Birmingham Banking Company,
National Provincial Bank of England ; Stafford, the Manchester and
Liverpool District Bank ; Dublin, the London and Dublin Bank.

This short but important -railway will commence by forming a
lunction at the viaduct over the river Trent, near Airewas, on the

Birmingham and Derby Railway, and proceed in nearly a straight
line to Dikelley, being a distance of about twenty-one miles, forming
a direct and unbroken railway communication between Derby and the
North Midland Counties and Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the
other South-Western Counties of England.
This railway includes in its course the city of Lichfield and the
large and rapidly increasing town of Walsall ; leaving which it will
continue through the manufacturing and mining districts of Wednes-
bury and Tipton, to its terminus at Dudley, where it will unite
with the railways connecting Stourbridge, Kidderminster„ Steurport,
and Worcester, and the whole of the south-west district. Near
Bescot Bridge it will join the Grand Junction Railway, so as to form
the shortest route to Birmingham ; and by means of a branch
through Darlaston and Bilston, to join the proposed lines from Bir-
mingham and Dudley, will also form the most direct line to Wolver-
hampton.
The shortest and most direct line will thus be formed for the
transit of manufactured Iron, &c., from the centre of the 'vast
mineral and manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire, to Gains-
borough and Hull, and to Sneffield and the other great markets of
the North.
The ironstone and other produce of the Derbyshire mines will also
be brought by means of this railway direct to the fUrnaces of Stafford-
shire, and the coal from Cannock Chase and Brownhills (the best for
domestic purposes), will be convoyed at a small cost to supply the
towns of Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
The Hay Head lime, and that of Bushell, the former considered
the best for hydraulic works, and the latter for agricultural purposes
and for the manufacture of iron, together with the blue bricks and
tiles of Walsall Wood, at present so much in demand, but nearly
excluded for want of railway access, will all be brought directly
into the proper markets, and will form an immense traffic for this
railway. _ " •

Some estimate of the Passenger Traffic may be formed when It is
stated that the population of the towns embraced by this undertaking
amounts to nearly three hundred thousand; and when the enormous
traffic which must result from opening up the most favoured district
in England is considered, there can be no doubt that the construction
of this railway, besides the great benefit arising to the public, will
prove, as an investment, amply remunerative to the Shareholders.
Preliminary surveys have been made, and the line is favourable both
as regards gradients, economy of construction, and future working.
There are no expensive earth works or engineering difficulties, and
the estimate is under the usual average per mile ; and the line Is so
laid out as not to interfere with any ornamental property.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the form appended, to
any of the solicitors, or to Messrs. Aston and Scott, stock and share-
brokers, 32, Thregmorton-street, London ; and the following share-
brokers :—Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham : Mr. Payne, Wolverhamp-
ton ; Mr. J. T. Holland, Coventry ; Mr. Newmarch, Manchester ;
Mr. Thomas Crewdson, Liverpool ; Mr. F. B. Bingley, Leeds ; Mr.
Thomas Boardman, Blackburn ; Messrs. Warburton and Crosland,
Sheffield ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ; Messrs. Tate and Nash,
Bristol ; Mr. J. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Mr. James Hervey, Hali-
fax ; Mr. Francis Stamp, Hull ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy,
Exeter ; and Messrs. Boyle, Low, and Pim, Dublin ; but no applica-
tion will be attended to, unless accompanied by a satisfactory re-
ference.