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London, England, 1825-04-25 00:00:00

CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE MINING COlg-
PANY.

TO IRON MASTERS, .FOUDERS, AND OTHERS.
THE DIRECTORS of this COMPANY
hereby give Notice, that they are ready to receive Ten-
ders for the supply of Two STEAM ENGINES, with
BOILERS complete, for the Working of Two Mines,in Corn-
wall. One Steam Engine must be an Engine with Eighty-
Inch Cylinder, and the other must be an Engine with Seventy-
inch Cylinder. As the Directors of this Company are not
Inerely desirou, of having the Engines supplied at the lowest
Price, but also of having them erected in the shortest time,
they will not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender
without the Party making the lowest Tender, shall also engage
In erect it in the shortest time. Tenders for the supply of the
Engines, or either of them, must be forwarded on or before the
10th of Allay, to the Offices of the Company, sealed and in..
-dorsea, 44 Tender for the Erection of Steam Engines," and
'each Tender must specify the mode and time of payment.
By Order of the Directors,
JOHN .W 001), Secretary.
'Offices of the Company, 26, Lombard-street, .
Londen, 23d of April, 1825.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND CARLISLE RAIL-

- • - - - ROAD. . .
A. T a MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS
-LW Of the NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CAR-
4,ISLE RAIL-ROAD COMPANY, held in the Assembly
itooms, at Newcastle, on the 9th April, 1825, •
CHARLES WILLIAM BIGGE, Esq. in the Chair,
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
„That the twelve shareholders now named do constitute the
ward of Directors, viz.
-John George Lambton, Esq. I James Losh, Esq.
141.13. I- John Blenkinsop Coulson,
Jon Brandling, Esq. Esq.
Atattliew Bell, ESq. I Nath. Clayton, Esq.
Thos. Fenwick, Esq. Benjamin Thompson, Esq.
'lsaac Cookson, Jun. Esq. . Matthew Atkinson, Esq.
Martin Morrison, Esq. Thos. Crawhall, sq.
That a future meeting of the shareholders be convened at the
discretion of the Bbard of Directors for the purpose of increas—
ing the number of the latter to twenty-four.
That five of the &laid of Directors be a quorum.
That Messrs. Clayton, and Mr. Adamson be appointed joint
solicitors of the company; and Messrs. Clayton, Scott, and
Claytim, agents in London.
. That a deposit.of 21. per cent. on the amount of the shares,
be paid into the bank of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. and
Co., Newcastle or the bank of Messrs. Forster and Co. Carl-
isle, or the Bank of Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart., Robarts and Cur-
tis, London, to the credit of the' Board of Directors, on and
a'ter Saturday, the 23d inst., when the proper receipts for de-
posits will he ready to be issued.' Until that day, shares may
11. secured by application at the Banks of Sir Matthew 'White
ildley and Co., 3lesSrs. Ralph John' Lambton and Co., and.
Tjessm Chapman and Co., at the offices of Messrs. Clayton and
't• Adam Son, in Newcastle • at the Bank of Messrs. Forster
aend Co at Carlisle • and in I.ondon, at the Bank of Sir Wm.
vittlis, ltobarts, and Curtis, and the chambers of Messrs.
' ;`,l7,ten, Scott, and Clayton, 6, New-Square, .Lincoln!s . Inn.
I,e' oat the appointment of the other officers of the company
}mlts,poned until a future general Meeting of the share-
rst

CHAS. 11131. BILGE, Chairman.

PROSPECTUS. ,
The improvement of the communication between Newcastie-
uPokt•;Tyne and Carlisle, or rather between the German Ocean
and the Irish channel, has occupied the attention of the Public
at different periods during the last half century. The recent
formation of a Canal from the Solway Frith to Carlisle has re-
vived the subject, and a strong feeling of the expediency of
completing the line of Communication has been excited ; there
-aPpearej' to be but one opinion as to the adVantages of the men-
aure, and the only doubt entertained was, whether it would he
best affected by a continuation of the-Canal already formed, or
by a Rail-road communicating with it. .
-During the Summer Assizes of last year, a numerous and
respectable County Meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of
Northumberland, was held at Newcastle, and a Committee was
appointed' to -inquire into the practicability of improving the
existing communication between Newcastle and Carlisle, and
the comparative eligibility of effecting that improvement by a
Canal or a Rail-road.
The Committee have since proceeded diligently to the per-
formance of the' duties confided to them. They have availed
themselves of the advice and assistance of 31r. Chapman and
Jessop, civil engineers of eminence (the former possessing
considerable local information); anti after a full investigation of
the subject, they have closed their labours by a report, in which
they state their opinion, that the establishment of a communica-
tion by a rail-road, between Newcastle and Carlisle, is an tin-
Ferta.king which will be advantageous to those who may embark
tilt, at the same that that it is an Object of great- importance
oth to the landed and commercial interests of this part of the
ktagdom,_and that its execution will open a country rich in mi-
'leTal productions, ann tend materially to -promote agricalture,
manufactures, and commerce.'
This report was presented by Sir John Edward Swinburne,
ksaronet, the Chairman of the Committee, to it County Meeting,
convened by the High Sheriffof Northumberland, and held at
Newcastle on tha2fith inst., when it was resolved, " That the
aeeting, concurring in the view taken of the subject by the
. nUnittee, consider the establishment of a communication by
4 rail-road between Newcastle and Carlisle an object worthy .of
the countenance of the country."
h Uraler these encouraging circumstances, the measure proposed
55 been entered upon. It is strongly supported by the landed
raeterests, united with the commerCial and manufacturing inte-
eta at each extremity of the line of communication, and no
,rt can be entertained of its tieing prosecuted effectually.
srtt may with confidence be asserted, that there are few, it' any
uations in Great Britain which present a surer prospect of
inutccess to such an undertaking: there are no existing canal
roaelests to interfere with or, to be injured by the proposed rail-
toa; ; the country on both sides of the line abounds in lead,
0,, -la.linte and other mineral productions, the transit of which
ehan:lTerent portions of the line, independent of that of flier-
-310,, lze from one extremity to the other, has been estimated
-a to produce a revenue sufficient to compensate those who
43' en • • ,
as is gage in the undertaking. At the same time, imperfect
ale_i.lne present medium of communication, the carriage of
turn justify
between Newcastle and Carlisle is so considerable
tur;4llstify the confident expectation of a large additional re-
atiee ".0M that source, when the proposed facilities of conyey-
vourbliall be afforded. The whole line of wa7 is peculiarly
4bount)le for taking the utmost advantage of steam power,
chealprlata as it does with coal, which may be obtained at a
hasliecountry, through which the Rail-road is intended to pass,
ve„,;'ell on former occasions more than once accurately stir-
with a view to a canal, which was then contemplated ;
t —.
annute survey has not yet been made for the present pur-
k,T.rior has the precise line of the proposed Rail-road been de-
cits.l'Y fixed, though Mr._Chapman and 31r. Jessop have bath
The'neelniesd the couary, and suggested their ideas on the subject.
AO ua
rnot, however, the slightest doubt but the line may be
!it 0450, that no annoyance or inconvenience will be attend-
tne benefits which must be derived to those landowners
fee Whose property it passes.
ropsed. line -communicates with the Tyne at New-
wiloineul terminates at the basin of the canal at Carlisle, and
;I,!tng theength is tl4 miles and a half. The expence of exe-
,,?488/.. work has been estimated by Mr. Chapman- at
nk.,
an to this estimate Mr. Jessop has thought it right to
the h • addi •
non of 40 0001 on account of the advance in
lb 'rice •of iron,' • •
Whole and some other circumstances, making in
'4l. titans 292,411111 which includes an allowance of no less a
s. It isfor incidents and unforeseen expences.
Nagenim!ndetol that the undertaking shall be placed under the
boards esesn_t f a Board of Directors, assisted by such Sub-
1_ rile hereafter be appointed by the subscribers.
!crto 3 required for the undertaking is 300,0001., divided
ve,i7u shares of 100/. each, of which one-sixth part is re-
taises.'ur,rthee landowners of the country through which the line
s11°;11a1 of 13,r capital will be placed under the contrnul of the
useribers, ectors, by whom the Shares will be issued to the
tNbe ante of 2/
4ceo Paid jilt° th per cent. on the sum subscribed is required
filedt c`f the Be hands of the Bankers of the Company, to-the
Win be for at the Farff of Directors, anti the remainder will be
cc :_u be e
_discretion of the Board ; but no further advance
tPletera'r ~01 until the plans and surveys shall- have been
Newcastle 411 Act of Parliament obtained.
-rupon-Tyne, March 23; 11125.