The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon. G. F. Hamilton, Burwarton-hall, Salop
Sir William Edward Rouse Boughton, Bart. Downt,n-hall, Ludlow
Thomas Murray Gladstone, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, pro-
visional director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Dixon, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, director of the South
Staffordshire Junction, Rail Way
Thomas Clark, Esq. the Oaks, 'Wolverhampton, provisional director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc-
tion Railway
William Bailey, Esq. WolverhamptOn, provisional director of the
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction
Railway • -
Samuel Walker, Esq. Wolverhampton, provisional director of tho
South Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Hartley, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, provisional director
of the• Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc-
tion Railway
John Parsons Firmstone, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, direCtor
of the Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc-
tion Railway
Joshua Fanner, Esq.tron merchant, Wolverhampton
J. B. Payne, Esq. Edgbaston, director of tho Leicester and Birming-
ham, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways
Edward Terry, Esq. Mayor of Dudley, director of the Oxford, Wor-
cester and Wolverhampton Railway
James Whitney, Esq. Shrewsbury, provincial director of the Shrews-
bury, Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Junction Railway
C. D. Archibald, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A., Rusland Hall, Lancashire,
director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Whitmore Wyld Browne, Esq. Woodlands, near Bridgnorth,
magistrate of the county of Salop, and borough of Bridgnorth
Thomas Pardo° Parton, Esq Faintree-hall, Bridgnorth, magistrate
for the county of Salop, and borough of Bridgno: th
Thomas North, Esq. mayor of Bridgnorth
John Baker, Esq. Dolforwyn-hall, Montgomeryshire, and Bridgnorth,
_magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth

Henry Slater Richards, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
William .IPMichael, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Edward Ridley, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
John Jacob Smith, Esq. town clerk, Bridgnorth
Joseph Hall, Esq. Bridgnorth
James Milman Coley, Esq. M.D. Bridgnorth
John Green, Esq. Badger Heath, near Bridgnorth
Thomas Grierson, Esq. carpet manufacturer, Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer,
Richard Boyeoth, Esq. banker, Bridgnorth
William Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer
John Hineksinan, Esq. Charlcott, Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq. Bridgnorth
Jnhn Dallewy, Esq. Bridgnorth
Thomas Deighton, Esq Bridgnorth
William Wiley, Esq. Vineyard, near Wellington
John Stevens, Esq. Albyns, magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Charles Powell, Esq. Sutton, Ludlow, magistrate of the county of
Salop
James Davies, Esq. Elm Lodge, Ludlow, magistrate of the oounty
of Salop
Henry Whittall, Esq. Mayor of Ludlow
Benjamin Untick, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Ludlow
Robert Thomas, Esq. Ashford Rowdier, Ludlow, Magistrate of the

borough of Ludlow , ...-
John Thomas, Esq. Durham-house, Ludlow, Magistrate of the
borough of Ludlow .
William Edwards, Esq. Alagistrate of the borough of Ludlow.
John Tench, Esq. Ludlow
Edward liming Owen, Esq. the Moor, Ludlow
Humphrey Smi (li, Esq. Overton, Ludlow, Magistrate of the borough
of Ludlow
Frederick Ricketts, Esq. deputy-chairman of the Bristo anld Exeter
Railway
John Masterman, Jun., Esq., banker, London
James Whiskin, Esq. London, director of the London and Croydon

Railway
William Morley, Esq. Blackheath
W. T. Andrew, Esq. Grocvenor-street, Grosvener•sgnare
George Emery, Esq. London, director of the Waterford and Kilkenny

Railway
W. G. Allen, Esq. Leadenhall-street
William Watson, Esq. Bristol, director of the Bristol and Exeter

Railway
H. Ridout Downman, Esq. London, provisional director of the Cam-

•
brian and Grand Junction Railway
A. F. Paull, Esq..director of the South Wales Railway
William Morgan, Esq. Bristol, director of the Bristol and Exeter

Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq, London, director of the Isle of Jersey

Line
Robert Bramwell, Esq. Bryrnbo Ironworks, North Wales, and V,

Cannon-street, London
James Renshaw, Esq. merchant, Crosby-square, London
Abram Garts"de, Esq. Liverpool
Emanuel Zewilcberbart, Esq. provisional director of the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway
Robert Chapman, Esq. London, provisional director of the Groot
Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway
James Bramwell, Esq. Dyers-hall-wharf, Upper Thames-street,

London
Joseph Jones, Esq. Mayor of Hull
Charles Lloyd Browning, Eikl. Wolverhampton
Francis Hamp Adams, Esq. Beg.s. Herefordshire.

Bamc.7lo.
Messrs. Masterman and Co. London
Messrs. Pritchard and Boynott, Bridgnora: and Brose}ey
Messrs. Cooper, Purton, and Cooper, BridgiKrth and Wenlock
The Ludlow and Tenbury Bank
The Wolverhathpten anti Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton.

ENGINZEB—John R. M`Leati,
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, Moorgate-street, Lon-

dom'and Delabay-street, Westminster
M. Haywood Williams, Esq. Bridgnorth
Charles Corner, Esq. Wolverhampton
Messrs. Williams and Urwick, Ludlow.
SECRETARY—John Trevor, Esq.

fet,,i;rieridgnorth :from
thence
to se importantisdon , tTowr:suoufn,:itennWcicehgoidnttlovicreotir.hiale-i.
yerly, to the manufacturing
hi a rich Agricultural and populous district to continue throng
Lud-
low, and there fall into other projected lines to all parts of England,
yi n
et or
atlhepraodgriuceutilonstnralofdistricts
North and South Wales, and Ireland, a distance of about thirty-two
wn
miles.
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towsr , ,Is t t
s.ii.:;:al
,a.aielffdioi
hitherto
iedirectr Easternt
ob peeanrtexcluded
oelfcommunicationutaheed
Kingdom,by bet.
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ar
oLnjli.ciellfter
ooWfm,
and Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c. ; and, by the South Staffordshire
the day.
Junction Railway give toast wm; and districts the most direct
route for passengers an to and from the Central, North
of f
Staffordshire, li e
irNe,foorrdeesshtierre, a and
I.
will convey
enthnevme
South Slitopshire, and also to the towns of Itridgnorth and Ludlow,
an] the Clee-hills, at nearly one-half the present cost of those neces-
sary articles, and be the means of conveyance for corn, cattle, sheep,
cider, wool, hops, and other agricultural productions, as also timber
from the before-mentioned agricultural counties, to the heart of the
mining and manufacturing districts, which cannot fail to produce an
coailts
immense traffic.
0f
To the towns embraced in this line, the value of obtaining _ thereby,
_uei
at the cheapest rate, coal and the necessaries of life, will be-
utmost inVortance.
is, that as either Ludlow 02
One principal feature in this projectionoi;f of the projects to be
Bridgnorth will iJe in the direct route o
for the most direct pro-
posedcommu-
to Parliament in the next session,_
the Mcfropolis, this line will thereby
ideation between Ireland and
afford to passengers the waist communication to and from the central
parts of the kingdom. _
,rainotcrs to state, that they have the
It is satisfactory to u .
Ltiron Company, and the co-operation of the
sanction of the Grand Junction company, and the Co-operation of the
SiirewsbnrYf Wolvcnljafl)Ploo,
and South Staffordshire Junction, and
Stirewsburyf W°lverhalJainction Companies, and that no project has
taffordshire
the South S competition with its acknowledged claim on public
been announced In
suoport.
line is free
strutted frogi and can be oon-
' The whole
oderato cost,m enandn haseering obtaineddifficultiea the, approval of the
at a m
landed interest, whose ornamental properties have been strictly
protected.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obta'ned, the affairs of the
Company will be under the direction and control of the Committee
of Management, who are hereby empowered to enter into such ar-
rangements as shall best serve the interests of this Company and the
public, with existing or projected companies, and also to nominate
the first directors of the Company.
Power will be taken under the Act to limit the responsibility of
Shareholders to the amount of their subscription, and to allow four
per cent. interest on the calls.
Preference to the allotment of shams will be given to those locally
interested, and to the shareholders of lines in convex on with this.
No applications for shares can in any ( sae be at ended to, unless
refereate be made to one of the Provisional Committee, the 801i01tOre,
Bankers, or Brokers of the Company.
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Applica ttons for shares to be made to the respective Sorcitors, and.

the following brokers :
London—Messrs. Wells, Prinseps, and Westropp, 76,01 d Broad-sired
Mr. T. C. Munday, I, Royal Exeliango-bulldings
Wolverhampton--Mr. Payne
Liverpool—Messrs Lloyd and Prlce

C.:H. Saunderi

FORM OF APPLICATION fOR
To the Provisional ',Committee of the Wolverhanaptcn, Ltr;jgriorth.

and Ludlow Railway.
tientlemen,—l request yen to allot me • tharee in the Wol-
verhampten, Briclgnortlt, and Ludlow Railway ; and I undertake to
pay the deposite of 2/. 2t., and all furthor calls upon the s.,me, or
sueh lesser umber as yon may allot ton e, and to execute the suL.•
scribers' agreement and the parliamentary contrite) when called
upon to' do so.
Dated this day of 1845.
• ' I am, gentlemen. your obedient humble servant.
Christian and Eurnam es, in full • • •
Protbasien •• . • .... •
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