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The remaining £7OOlOO to be raised hereafter in shares,
bonds, or obligations, as may be deemed adv'sable.
Deposit on application £1 or 25 francs per share, and a further
payment of £3 or 75 francs per share on allotment.
No call to be made at an earlier date than three months from
the date of allotment ; and no call to exceed £2 per share.

DIRECTORS.
Colonel SYKES, M.P., F.R.S., Chairman of tile East India
Company, Chairman.
H. D. Cartwright, Esq., lath Chairman at Bombay of the
Commercial Bank of India, and of the Great Indian Penin-
sular Railway Company.
Thos. Cave. Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex.
S. H. Godefroi, Esq. (Demattos and Go -tefroi), Coptha 1-
court.
R. F. Gower, Esq , 66, Great Cumberland-street.
G. F. Holroyd, Esq., 8, Sus ex-square, Hyde-park, Director
of the Mercan' ile Credit A sociation, Limited.
John Wm. Maclure. Eq., Manchester.
Thomas Pemberton, Esq.. Heathfield Hall, n ear Birmingham,
Director of the Birmingham Banking 4, ompany.
Won. Henry Petit Jean, Esq., Manchester, Director, Birken-
head Railway Company.
J. L. rropert, Esq., 6, New Cavendish-street.
P. G. Van Der Byi. Esq., 3, Upper Hyde-park-gardens.
Cornelius Walford, Esq, Director Financial Corp ration,
Limited.

AUDITORS.
D. Allardice, Esq., Manager of the Commercial Bank of India,
Edwin Brett, Esq., Manager of the Commercial Banking
Company of Sydney.

BANKERS.
London—The Nation*l Bank and its Branches.
Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company.
Manche ter—The Mau,hester wid County Bank.
SOLICITORS.

Lo adon—Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, and Hughes, 17, Buck.

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Manchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and
Seddon.
CONSULTING ENGINEER. -

G. P. Bider, Esq., late President of the Institution of Civii
Engiueors, 21, Great George-street, We.stminbter.
BROKERS.

(Sr R. Carden and Son, Royal Ex.
change-buildings.
London Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., Founders',
court, Lothbury.
Liverpool Robert Byrne, Esq.
Manchest r Messrs. Rawson and Spencer.
Birmingham

SECRETARY.
A. Pixley, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
193, 191, 195, Gresham House, Old Broad-street.

This Company is formed for t' e purpose of constructing, a
Railway from Ch asso to B asca in the Canton of Tessin,
Switzerland, with the design of extending the line 10
Lucerne, by the Alpine Pass of the St. Gothard, or to Coire
by the Pass of the Luckmanier.
The line now to be made from Chias o to Blasca Is indis-
pensable to either of these routes, it being the only line al-
lowed by the Swiss Government to connect the rat ways of
North Italy, the line being comparaevely easy of construe-
tine, free from costly works, and promisiug a large traffic.
The Company has, however, secured from the Canton
Tessin, bes des the concession of the line from Chiasso to
Biasco, the preferential right to construct the extension of
their line to any junction with the system of railways of
Central Europe, whether at Lucerne or at Coire, and this
peculiarly advantageous condition forms a very important
feature of the present enterprise.
A reference to the accompanying Map will show the great
importance and value of th,s undertaking. The whole North
and Centre of Europe are intereeattel by raeways, uniting
France, Belgium, Ilolland, Prussia, Russia, North and south
Germ my, &',. ; and this vast system terminates southwards
It two points in Switzerland—at Lucerne and at Coire. In
Southern Europe another vast net-work of railways spreads
throughout Ita y, but ceases northwards at Como, near
Chiasso, and at the Lake ilaggiure.
The line proposed by this Company will, with the contem
plated extension, effect a junction between the two systems
iong required by the commerce of Europe, and supply an un-
broken chain of railway transit, connecting the whole Euro-
pean Contin nt, North. South, East, and West.
The country has been surveyed by experienced engineers,
and the passes referred to have been found prac icAble for a
ra lway.
State subventions to a very considerable amount have been
voted in aid of t e proposed Alpine Railway, which is ac-
know edzed to be of the hiehest national importance to both
' witzerlted and Italy. Negotiations are now pendng for
the settlement of the subvention and contribut ens to be se-
cured to this Company by the Government of the Swiss Can-
tons, the Swiss Fed gal, and the I alien Governments, and
several adjoin ,ng railway companies, for the extension of the
line. The rest et of these negotiations wil determine which
of the two Altai e passes will be adopted.
A railway across the Central Swiss Alps is an object of
great and special importance to the eommerce and prosperity
of Switzerland, as well as of Italy and South Germany, which
latter countries will be thereby brought into proximity and
direct intercommunication. The ports of Genoa, Leghorn,
and Ancona will be able to interchange supplies with South
Germany with gr at mutual advantage—a trade from which
they are now excluded. The lines proposed in connection
with this Company, when comp eted, will carry to it a traffic
which, for mggnitude and importance, will surpass that of
many of the best continental railways. Estimates of traffic:
Mare been prepared from reliable sources, and their results
are of a highly encoura • ing character.
By the completion of these lines, another desideratum,
directly affecting postal communications and British com-
merce, will be attained. The Over and Route to India and
China has become a subj ,et of great and increasing interest
to England, and the means of rendering the journey mote
easy and rapid is cf incalculable value. The lines p oprosed
by this Company (including the extension,, wines p up the
break existing between Brindisi in the south of Italy and
the English Channel, and form an uninterrupted line of rail-
way between the Mediterranean and England, across the
Centre of Europe, so soon as the short line of about four miles
between Camerlata and Chiasso is comp!, ted.
The distance between the South Coast of Ita'y and A ex-
andria is about 800 English miles shorter than that between
Marseilles and Alexandria, and the consequent say ng of
three days of sea navigation in the route to India and China
must make Brindisi the future landing stage for the India
mails and passen,gere.
A vote of 6 000,010 francs was pas ed on the 21d of July
last by the Italian Chae bar of Depte ies, and has been since
confirmed by the Senate, for the adaptation of the t ort of
Brindisi to the requirements of the India and China trade.
The advantages of this new route are so evident, that this
Comnany will undoubtedly secure their share of whatever
benefit the carriage of he Overland India traffic may offer.
As the line from Chias o to Biases, which is intended to
join the Lombardo-Venetian lines, will open a direct com-
munication b tween the most important towns of the Canton
Tessin and the railway network of Italy, connecting also the
three Lakes of Como, Lugano, and Maggiore, and as it forms
the key of the whole pwition, the Directors have reso ved to
commence this line iorthwith, pending the surveys and ne-
gotiations for determining the precise Alple Pass to be
finally adopted for the extension.
Responsible contrac ors have undertaken to construct and
complete the line for a stun within the amount of capital ;
and he works were commenced on the 18th of January, in the
presence of Government officials.
Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be paid
to Shareholders during construction, upon the amounts from
time to time paid in respect of the r shares.
A preference will be given to the members of this Company
in the al otment of Shares for any additional capital that
may be required for making the Extension Line, the con-
struction of which will be commenced when the negotiations
with the Swiss and Italian Governments shall have been
completed.
The Memorandum and Articles of Association, and a tr tits-
lation of the Concession, lie for inspection at the Temporary
Offices of the Company.
Applications for Shares must be addressed in the annexed
form, to the Directors, and conies of the ProspeAue may be
obtained at the Temporary Offices cf the Company, or at the
Offices of the Financial Corpiration (Limited), 14, Leaden-
hall-street ; the Brokers and Solicitors ; but no application
will be con-idered unless a Deposit of per Share On the
number of Shares applied for has been paid.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.

No
To the Directors o' the European Central Railway Company

Gentlemen, Having paid to your Bankers the sum 01
, being a deposit of £1 per Share in respect ey
shares in the above Company, I request that you
will allot me that number of Shares, and I hereby agree to
accept such Shares. er any smaller number that you may
allot '0 me. 10 execute the Articles of Association when re-
quired, and to become a member of the Company, and I re-
quest yt u to place my name on the Register of Members in
respect of the Shares allotted to me.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
' Signature
Name in full
Address in full
Date

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