The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-15 00:00:00

THE SUN'

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('inc or :he Apo obleets of this Company wit be to obtain a most
ceeirral anti accessible termliuts in London, area vin ;:ton-street bee
been filed tom tor that purpese. •
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
station, free whence the line will be continued fu as direct a course as
post ale to I:olyhead
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns
—Rickmaneworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbney ; it will theta
proceed to within a short thetance of Biceeter and Dethihigton, used
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or K ingrown,
thence proceed onward to Strat'ord-on-Avon, approach within a
short thstenee of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham aria Gloucester Railroad near to itseinserove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bride-m.llh, and Wenlocle,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which It will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thenee con-
tinue its route up the coarse of.the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyru'vy, will proceed to Llan-y-raynech, Lianrhelatir,
and Mecimant, aecomniodeting 'Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llattgodee .
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
it remains for the t...ineer to select one as an entrance or passee-c
into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will t reed rowel b
Colleen into the Vale of the River Al wee, from whence it will ran
nearly perallel with the great Holyhead Mail-c:atch-weel, by Poore-
'metes to t lapel Cerrig, it will then descend HIV WC of Neuf. Francois
to Bat eeor alai Holyhead.
This line will halts progress feed, and be alto fed by the most must-
sideralee ralheeels of the kingdom, particularly fleee of the Great
Western ; the Itirminehann (tiotateeter, ::rd Bristol ; the (WON,
Worcester, and Weir,: hameton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordeldre ra7lway. As this last line will co next
Dien( y, Bilston, Wedeeseury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Midway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate en the advantages of lirieg-
Mg all those important centres of the coal :ind iron trade and
other trunk, and the vast coat and hem fields of :Shropshire
into Gloss intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and tl:c
furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured heyotel a
doubt, by the obvious fact that it will net only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, hut it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation beilway will
give to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other ext.t-
ing railroad ; and finally, eeal.de travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.
It will also ensure two mail deliveAes in the day.
Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may he requis:te to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
bit able, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by IT eaumaris to Holyhead. •
After a careful investigation of the traffic arielne from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral anti agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors fe I warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. en the capital invested.
A tr aty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead end Kingston
on the arri al of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise mey
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprieta-y to that of another. The
railways new in active pr gross in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of
the Directors, and every advancement in scion, e wil
.he made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ;
while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both
passengers mid traffic, and the public will find in the improvement if
the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the
first lass, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Ra.l-
- will he placed in advance of any other now existing, and In all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise E 0 national in its
character.
Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow Interest at 4/. per cent. p,r a' num on the amount of the
subscriptions paid up; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications tor Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents : —Messrs. Cameron
and Beins, 18, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Thregmerton-street, London; B. R. Pemberton, Eaq., Atherton-
buil bugs, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool ;
Mr. J. R. Lime; Birmingham; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystme and Earl, York; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro ant Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh ; Charles
(limper, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edinburgh ; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wan Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin. •

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Previslonfil Directors of the Grand London and Dublin
Approximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will a lot me shares of 50/. each
in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any !via number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.

Name in full
Residen e —
Profession or Business

Reference (two or more)

Witnesg
And his Addresl

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.)
THE GREAT WESTERN AND EXETER,
TOPSIIAM, AND EXMOUTH JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(On the Brea I Gauge.)
Capital 120,000/., in 12,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit 1/. 2s. 6d. per Share.
The peculiar and very Important features in the proposed line are,
that it commences at the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
at Exeter, and passes in a more direct line to Tepsham than any
other heretofore proposed, and possesses no engineering difficulties
whatever. From Topsham it will be continued to Exmouth, via
Lvmpstone, a distance altogether of about ten miles, and will form a
direct line of railway from Exmouth with the Bristol and Ex.i.er
and Great Western Railways to London, and all parts of England.
It will open to the whole British public the most beautiful and varied
scenery of the river Exe from its estuary to Exeter, and bring the
fashionable and delightful watering place of Exmouth within a few
hours' ride of Loud in.
The names of an ialuential Committee will shortly be published ;
and, in the meantime, applications for shares in the usual form, with
tionable references, may be made to the Secretary of the
Compa• y at the offices of the solicitor, John Laidmau, Esq., Exeter,
and to Charles Richards, Esq., No. 1, Castle-square, Castle-
strea, Exeter ; to the London Agents, Messrs. Clowes, Wedlake, and
Clowes, solicitors, 10, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; to Mr.
Henry Vatche-, Mr. Thomas Sanford, or any other Sharebroker in
Exeter • to .1%1 -ssrc. Warbottle and Powell, sharebrokers,li anches•
ter; and to Messrs. Taunton and Bush, sharebrokers, Austin-friars,
London.

N ORTH. LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY, 6, Finsbury-place South.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth 'Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,300,0001., in 65,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

John tttwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman
James Home, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman
Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., London
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq., deucester-place, Portman-square
It:chard B- thell, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate
George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, Inner Circle, Regent's Park
Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate
Jo,eph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation

Railway
Cleotve Woo iroffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol
W. Hughes Ilughts, Esq., F...A., F.L.S., Alderman of the City el

London
Henry Morton, Esq., Balla, Durham
George Parintry, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manthester
and Binningham Continuation Railway
Richard Spooner, Esq., 31. P., 39, St. James's-place
eleorg:Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings
Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kellingworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

RANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., Loudon
Bank of Liverpool
The Union Dank, Manchester.
ENGINEER—George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.I.C.R.
ARCIIITECT—Robert Abraham, Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-square.
Sntictron—John Bethel!, Esq., 78, King William-street, City.
SeenerAar—Harry iturrard Fantail, Esq.
The Provisional Committee of the North Loudon Junction Rail-
way Company have great satisfaction in intOrming their subscribers
that negotiations arc now pending- between the Provisional Commit-
tee of this Company and the Directors of the Railways north of the
Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus
of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City tragic
north of London.
To effect tt.is important object, an area of 10 acres of grouxd (the
sonthera boundary of which is within COO yards of the Bank of
England) I•as been mist carefully surveyed sad valued, and the re-
port of the architect and engineer Is of so favourable a character as to
have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing
the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved b.) them to in-
crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,000/.
The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance
to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and
most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway
companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be
effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground
alluded to, within the centre of the City of London.
In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace
that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties
Railway in dhoreditch, which will effect an entire junction between
the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same
time anent a direct communication between the whole of the rail.
ways, which reach Loudon tzthe north of the Thames, and give
MU development to each of their schemes by creating for them a
common centre within the heart of the metropolis.
Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic
which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com-
pany, will he added that of those companies also who will eventually
co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and
the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance
will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable
line of railway.
A lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the
entire district through which this Company proposes to run this line;
by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in
immediate comunuication with the City ; white the dense popu-
lation of the City will enjoy a fuel ity of connexion kith its suburban
localities, necessarily affording it the 'greatest accommodation.
With such important local resources, therefoi e, together with the
vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
capital. That revenae will be derived thus :
The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
3,245, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir-
mingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirCs of which reach the
City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persons (Lily, half
of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily
is 30.894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City
Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now uo.
accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
From these sources the following products are derived •

rcr Ana,

Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail-
way, at 6d. each . ..... •••• .. . -£52,323
Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus
of this Company, at 3d. each .. ••• • • ....... „ „
Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, as taken at
142,208 tons of goods and parcels pass annually Man the
Great Western and the London end Birmingham Rail-
ways Into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s.
Gd. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these good
and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6,1. per
ton, a revenu! may be derived of •• • • 17,776
From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing in
to the EaSt4all Counties Railway Company a revenue of
40,0001. a year, may be derived the sum of

12,06

187,921

10,000

The total of their caleulatlons amoauts t 0.... .£2,N0,289
Deduct 40 per cent. for workers' expenses • •

£168,174

iltatimated Rental to be receive I from other Companies for
the use of Terminus . -

... 30,000

£108,17,1
Being a revenue of more than 15 per cent. nu a capital of 1,300,00 e/.
The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 65,000 shares of
201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share evil be payable
forthwith.
A portion of the shares will be allotted to parties locally interested.
The remainder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders
and the public generally, upon applicatioa being made by them in a
manner hereinafter mentioned.
The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their Parlia-
mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent
standing urd rs of the Douse of Loads, to require a deposi of 10/.
per cent. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in order to
carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip eatiticate
with the Secretary, on or before the Ist of October next, in exchange
for which they will obtain a certificate upon which the tankers of
the Company will receive the amount of the difference payable, and,
up :n producing the receipt and signing the new Parliamentary Deeds,
freeh scrip will be delivered to them.
Applications foe prospectuses, inane, and shares, may be made to
the eecret ery, at the Offices, No. ti, Finsbury-place South, and this
f 1 °were she: eh/Verne
31 e -es. R. Sutton, 'find States, 22, North-side, Royal
Exchange, Lend .11
Messrs. Cape!, Cuerton, and Lawford, 3, Royal Exchange
;eorge Burnand, Esq , Cornhill
"Messrs. Hotighland mid Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester
I William Marshall, Esq., Dank-buildings, Manchester

111 Ma- 7.!'allelltster
.1.111 Liverpool
11. Land, T!.sq., Bristol
i:ayton •fight, 4ilefili•ld
.T. Kershaw, 1-.• thil,terstield
F. C. Spencer, t.s.„! , Halifax
Messrs. ileury I einueriont and Co., Exeter
R. P. Limo,,, Esq., Bath.
FORM OF AI'I'LICATIOX FOR CIIANGE OF SCRIP.

To the Seen•tary of the North London ,Tunct!on Ra!lway Company,

Sir.—T hereA Rh transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by
me in this Company numsered as at foot, and I undertake to make
the further payment of 14s. Gd. per share on the said ch:u•es, forth-
with, and :o exceute the new Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1545.
Christian and surname in full ...... • • • • • •
Business or Profession .. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • ••
Residence ••••• • • - • •••--•• • • " • • •
FORA' OF APPLICATION FOR. SHARES..

To the Pt orisfonal Committee of the North London Junction Railway

Company.
I reirest yon will allot to me shares of VI. each in the
•artital of the ahove-named railway, and I will accept the same or
my less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign
he Parfleunentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
mircd.

Dated the

day of 1845.
Christian and surname in full ••• • • •
Ilwiness or Profession • • .. • . • • .. • • • •

Vir OIXERII ANI PTON, BRIDGNORTII
AND LITTLOW RAILWAY,
Connecting the Agr;cultural Districts of Herefordshire, Shropshire,
North :It'd South Wales, with the whole of the Midland Counties,
Liverpool, Manchester, and the North.
Provisionaally R,g,istered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. I IC.
Capital 700,0001., in .M,OOO Shares of 201. wick.
Depesit 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hen. G. F. Hamilton, Burwarton-hall. Salop
Sir William Edwar.l Rouse Boughton, Bart. Downt, n-hall, Ludlow
Thomas Murray Gladstone, Esq. irortmaster, Wolverhampton, pro-
visional director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Stallimishire Junction Railway
John Dixon, Es.i. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Clark. Esq. the Oaks, Wolverhampton, provisional director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, MI I 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 the
_ .

South Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Hartley, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, provisional director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South StaffordshireJune-
lion Railway
John Parsons Firmstone, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc-
tion Railway
Joshua Farmer, Esq. iron merchant, Wolverhampton
J. B. Payne, Esq. Edgbaston, director of the Leicester and Birming-
ham, t.nd 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 Staff(); &hire Junction Railway
Thomas Whitmore Wyld Browne, Esq. Woodlands, near Bridgnorth,

magistrate of the county of Salop, and borough of Bridgnorth
Thomas Pardoe Purton, Esq Faintree-hall, Bridgnorth, magistrate
for the county of Salop, and borough of Bridgno: th
Thomas North, Esq. mayor or Bridgnorth
John Baker, Esq. Dolforwv n-hall, Montgomeryshire, and Bridgnorth,
magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Henry Sl,ter Richards, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
William M`Michael, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Edward Ridley, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth
Win Jacob Smith, Esq. town clerk, Bridgnorth
Joseph Hall, Esq. Bridgnorth
.fames Milman Coley, Esq. M.D. Bridgnorth
John Green, Esq. Badger Heath, near Bridgforth
Thomas Grierson, Esq. carpet manufacturer, Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer,
Richard Boycoth, Esq. banker, Bridgnorth
William Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer
John Hincksman, Esq. Charlcott, Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq. Bridgnorth
John Pallewy, 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 Urwick, Esq. magistra:e of the borough of Ludlow
Robert Thomas, Esq. Ashford Bowdler, Ludlow, Magistrate of the
borough of Ludlow
John Thomas, Esq. Dinham-house, Ludlow, Magistrate of the
borough of Ludlow
William Edwards, Esq. Magistrate of the borough of Ludlow.
John Tench, Esq. Ludlow
Edward Ilerning Owen, Esq. the Moor, Ludlow
Humchrey Smi,h, Esq. Overton, Ludlow, Magistrate of the borough
of Ludlow
Frederick Ricketts, Esq. deputy-chairman of the Bristo anid 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. Oro venor-street, Grosvenor-square
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
FL 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. Brymbo Ironworks, North Wales, and 57,
Cannon-street, Loudon
James Renshaw, Esq. merchant, Crosby-square, London
Abram Garts'de, Esq. Liverpool
Emanuel Zewilcherhart, Esq. provisional director of the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway
Robert Chapman, Esq. London, provisional director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway
James Bramwell, Esq. Dyers-hall-wharf, Upper Thames-street,
London
Joseph Jones, Esq. Mayor of Hull
Char'es Lloyd Browning, Esq. Wolverhampton
Francis Hamp Adams, Esq. Ress, Herefordshire.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Mastcrman and Co. London
Messrs. Pritchard and Boy-olt, Bridgnorth and Proseley
Messrs. Cooper, Piton, and Cooper, Bridgnorth and Wenlock
The Ludlow and Tenbury Bank
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolver
hampton.

ENGINEER—John R. M`Lean, M.I.C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, Moorgate-street, Lon

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

This railway will commence at the important town of 'Wolver-
hampton, proceeding through or mar to Seisdon, Trysull, and Cle-
verly, to the manufacturing town of Bridgnorth : from thence it wi❑
continue through a rich agricultural and populous district to Lud-
low, and there fall into other project d lines to all par:sof England,
North and South Wales, and Ireland, a distance of about thirty-two
miles.
It will afford direr` communication between Ludlow, Bridgnorth,
and Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c. ; and, by the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway give to those towns and districts the most direct
route for passengers and goods to and from the Central, Nord•
Eastern, and Eastern parts of the Kingdom, and from which those
towns have hitherto been excluded by every project of the day.
It will convey to the agricultural districts of Herefordshire and
South Shtopshire, and also to the towns of Bridgnorth and Ludlow,
coals and the mineral productions of Staffordshire, Worcestershire,
an i 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 tU produce an
Immense traffic.
To the towns embraced in this line, the value of obtaining thereby,
at the cheapest rate, coal and the necessaries of life, will be of the
utmost Importance.

...
One principal feature in this projection is, that as either Ludlow or
Itridgnorth will lie in the direct route of one of the projects to be pro-
posed to Parliament in the next session, for th*.most direct commu-
nication between Ireland and the Metropolis, this line will thereby
afford to passengers the easistsommunicatiOn to and from the central
parts of the kingdom. _ .

It is satisfactory to the promoters to state, that they have the
sanction of the Grand Junction Company, and the co-operation of the
Shrewsisuryf Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction, and
the South Staffordshire Junction Companies, and that no project has
been announced in competition with its acknowledged claim on public
suoport.
The whole line is free from engineering difficulties, and can be eon-
eructed at a moderate cost, and has obtained the approval of the
landed interest, whose ornamental properties have been strictly
protected.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, 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 diractors 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 shares will be given to those locally
interested, and to the shareholders of lines in connexion with this.
No applications for shares can in any ease be attended to, unless
reference be made to one of the Provisional Committee, the Solicitors,
Bankers, or Brokers of the Company.
Applications for shares to be made to the respective Solicitors. OA
the following brokers :
, London—Messrs. Wells, Prinseps, and Westropp, 76,01 d Broad-stmeet

Mr. T. C Munday, 1, loyal Exchange-buildings
Wolverhampton—Mr. Payne
Liverpool—Messrs Lloyd and Price
liiddermiuster—Mr. C. 11. Saunders.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the ProYislonal:Commlttee of the Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth,

and Ludlow Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the Wol-
verhampton, Bridguorth, and Ludlow Railway ; and I undertake to
pay the deposite of 2/. 25., and all further calls upon the same, or
such lesser number as ) ou may allot to me, and to execute the sub-
scribers' agreement and the parliamentary contract when called
upon to do so.
Dated this day of 1841/.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient 'nimble servant,
Christian and Surnames, in full .••••• •. •- • • •• ••
Profession •••••• • • • • • • ................
Residence.. • • • • • • •• • • •• • • •• •• •. • • •• • • .
Reference. • . • • • .• • • .
Re/idence of Referee . •

PROSPECTUS OF THE
RIIONDD A and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSIIIRE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Eight Hen. the Earl

of Dunraven.
200,000/., in 10,( 00 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Mare, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Viscount Ingestre, CIL It.N. M.l'., Brompton-park and Ingestre,

11;111, Staffordshire
;Tawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo
S•r Itolaert Price, Mart., M.?., Foxley, Herefordshire
Sir John Oshorn,ltart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds and

_ .
London Direct Railway
Sir Win. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir Wiri. Twysden, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir NVilliam Wynn, Mats Newydd, Chairman of the Nertk Wales
Railway
tames 0. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire •
ll,nry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardif
WilFain Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, iiheflield, Director of Ste Pet-
deld and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bine, Esq., I°, Bryanston-square
John Castendiel;, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Wereester
Railway
The Rey. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorgenshire
Edward Co ton, Esq., 20, Keppel-street, Russell-square, Director of
the Commercial Bank
Nicol Came, Esq., D.C.L., Dlinland's-house, Cowbridge, D:rector of
the Vale of Ncath Railway -
Captain R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director if the Cambridge
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct
ttnilt:cTli'l °IT .:".?Iteusion Railway

Railway
!chard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

INllv,-ay
Wil;i,tlllln:al:des' Esq., of Cowbridge, Clsmorganshire
TN:lll7,s 11. Evaus,3layer of Carnarvon,. Director of the Rugby and