The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-25 00:00:00

BANKERS.

London—The London Joint-WOJCIank, Princes-street ; Messrs,

Williams, Deacon, and Co.
Birmingham—The Midland Banking Company
Leicester-- '
Lichfield—Messrs. Palmer and Greene
Wolverhampton—The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking

Company
Shiffnal—The Shropshire Banking Company
Shrewsbury—Messrs. Beck, Downward, and Co.
Liverpool and Manchester—The Liverpool and Manchester District
Bank
Tamworth—National Provincial Bank of England.

AGENTS.
London—Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Worth Side, Royal

Exchange
Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis
Wolverhampton—Mr. John Hay
Liverpool—Messrs. Smith and Jordan, Messrs. Neilson, Messrs
Gedes and Drinkwater, and Messrs. Fletcher and Sharpe
Manchester—Mr. H. Benton
Leeds—Messrs. Terry and Holiday, and Messrs. Roberts and Sot.

chile
Huddersfield—Messrs. Mooney and Hicks
Halifax—Messrs. Helliwell and Davis
Bradford—Messrs. Smith and Martin
Burnley—Messrs. Smalipage

Samuel Phillips
Edinburgh—Mr. D. Kinnear and Mr. Cooper
Glasgow—Mr. George Mills, and Messrs. Tassie and Co
Dublin—Messrs. Laberteuche and Co. 257, Ingram-street
Coventry—Messrs. Brown and Clarke
Leicester—Messrs. Payne d Freer
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balms
Cheltenham—Messrs. Mills.

In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters--a
numerous and highly influential class—have been influenced no less
by the general facilities presented for its construction, by the fa-
vourable character of the country through which it is intended to
pass, than by the conviction of its great local and general import-
ance as a direct line between North and South Wales, Shrewsbury,
Lichfield, Tamworth, Derby, and Leicester, and the Midland and
Eastern Counties generally.
To effect this desideratum, the formation of a new 1 ine of 19 or 20
miles only will he required; communicating with the Trent Valley
Railway at Lichfield, and uniting with the Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp-
ton Dudley and Birmingham, or Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and
South Staffordshire Junction Railways, at Shiffnal.
It is a remarkable fact that Shrewsbury, the outlet of North
Wales, has been hitherto altogether disregarded in the range of ex-
isting railways, particularly towards the east. the nearest being at
the distance of 28 miles.
The town of Shrewsbury, now 95 miles from Leicester by road
and railway, will, by means of this and the other projected lines, be
brought within 65 miles.
When the ordinary passenger traffic, and the vast transit of cat-
tle, together with the coal, mineral, and agricultural districts to be
traversed, are considered, it is obvious that the construction of this
line will insure to the Company a most lucrative return for the
capital employed ; and that, as an investment, it must rank among
the most advantageous of modern undertakings, whilst it will im-
part advantages of the highest importance, both to England and the
principality. The immense droves of Welsh and Shropshire cattle
will-at once be conveyed into the important cattle markels of Derby-
shire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk,
and Suffolk, whilst, in return, the agricultural produce of those coun-
ties will he sent into the densely-populated localities of Birmingham
and Wolverhampton, and the Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Welsh
ironworks.
The several projected railways passing from Worcestershire and
Herefordshire in the direction of Chester and Liverpool, will be im-
portant tributaries to the revenue of this line, which will be still
further augented by its joining the Grand Junction, near to the
Spread Eaglem Station, at a short distance from Wolverhampton.
The facilities which will be aff rded to visitors to Matlock, and
the rest of the picturesque scenery
of Derbyshire, and of North
Wales and Abrystwitb, as well as to travellers via Holyhead to
Ireland, will still further conduce to the general utility of the project.
Applications for shares may be made. in the accompanying
form, to

W. S. VARDY, Esq. 18, Finsbury place,
Finsbury-square, London ;
HENRY TURNER, Esq.lVolverhampton; or
JOHN SMITH, Esq. Birmingham.

To the Provisional Committee of the Shrewsbury and Leicester Direct

Railway.
Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot me shares
of 201. each in the above railway ; and I hereby undertake to pay
the deposit thereon, or any less number of shares which may be
allotted to me, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement when required to do so.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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