The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-08 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS OF THE

QROPSHIRE 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, 2/, 2s. 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, Kensington-square
Bull, Joshua, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works
Burrowes, 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 It. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highilelds Works, Bil-
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, Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq. Ironmaster, Millfleld 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
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal
Slade, the Rev. H. It., D.D., Wolverhampton
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., ;Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, Director

of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq., Portman-square
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenbek
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall
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 Stretton
Wayne, the Rev. W. H., 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, 3lorrloy Steel Works
Weyman, Tomas, 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.F., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth,
Salop

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.

Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall, j
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.
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Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, 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. IL 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 Eecleshall, Gilley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale ; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock-
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.

Asa 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 the 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 ho constructed at much less than the average cost.

The co-operation of the principal landowners on the line 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 mils, from the
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Maps of the line ; and the first
deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the Act of
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