The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-18 00:00:00

SCOTCH and NEWC,9STLE COALS.

A Distribution of the Coals, and a Form of the Tendert may
he seen at this Ogee. No Tender will be received after One
o'Clock, on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the
party, or an Agent for him, attends.
•
Ever,' Tender must be aceOmpanied by a Letter ad.
dressed to the Nary Board, and signed by two responsible
Persons, owa:Ting to became bound with the Person ten-.
'tering, the'SuM of 251. per 100 Chaldrons of Coats, 14.),
the due performance of the Contract.

NEWCASTLE`tIPQN-TYNE AND CARLISLE RAIL-
" ROA D.

A 'l' a IVIERT ENG of the SHAREHOLDERS
ra. of the NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CAR-
LISLE RAIL-ROAD COMPANY, held in the Assembly
Rooms, at Newcastle, on the 9th April, 1825,
CHARLES WILLIAM BIOGE, Esq. in the Chair,
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
That the twelve shareholders now named do constitute the
Board of Directors, viz. •
John George Lamhton, Esq. James Losh, Esq.
31. P. John Blenkinsop Coulson,
John Brandling, Esq. Esq.
Matthew Bell, Esq. Nath. Clayton, Esq.
Thos. I?enwick, Esq. Benjamin Thompson, Esq.
Isaac Cookson, Jun. Esq. , Matthew Atkinson, Esq.
Martin Morrison, Esq. Thos: Crawhall, Esq.
That itTuture meeting of the shareholderabe convened at the
discretion of the Board of Directors for the purpose of increas-
ing the number of the latter to twenty-four.
That five of the Board of Directors be a quorum.
That Messrs. Clayon and Mr. Adamson be appointed joint
solicitors of the company; and Messrs. Clayton, Scott, and
Clayton, agents in London.
That a deposit of 21. per cent. on the amount of the shares,
lie 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 Win. Curtis, Bart., Roberts and Cur-
tis, London, to the credit of the Board of Directors, on and
after Saturday, the 23d inst., when the proper receipts for de-
posits will he ready to be issued. Until that day, shares may
be secured by application at the Banks of Sir Matthew 'White
Ridley and Co., Slessrs. Ralph John Lambton and Co., and
Messrs. Chapman and Co., at the offices of Messrs. Clayton and
Mr. Adamson, in Newcastle; at the Bank of Messrs. Forster
and Co., at Carlisle; and in London, at the Bank of Sir Wm.
Curtis, Roberts, and Curtis, and the chambers Of 'Messrs.
Clayton, Scott, and Clayton, 6, New-Square, Lincoln's Inn.
That the appointment of the other officers of the company
be postponed until a future general Meeting of the share-
holders.

CHAS. WM. Bwag,

PROSPECTUS. - •' _
The improvement of the communication betwienqqrsVcastle-
upon-Tyne and
,Carlisleor rather between the German Ocean
and the MO 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 eXliediency of
completing the line of Communication has been excited ; there
appeared to he but Qpoopinion as to the advantages of the mea-
sure, and the only doubt entertained was, whether it Would he
best affectel by a continuation of the Canal already formed, or
by a Rail-toad communicating with it.
During the Summer Assizes of last year, a niirierous 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 diliently to the per-
formance of the duties confided to them. They have availed
themselves of the advice and assistance of Mr. Chapman and
Mr. Jolson, civil engineers of eminence (the former possessing
• considerable local intermation) ; and after a full investigation of
thefuhitiststtlimiNzr,s glom' their labours by a rePOrt, in which
Affe litate.elioir 61)42142. U.-Mate isfeblishinent-of a communica-
tion:by a rail-road, between- Nevicasile and Carlisle, is an un-
'dertaking which will be alivantageous to those who may embark
in it, at the same that that it is an object of great importance
both to the landetl3:3l4.commercial interests of this part of the
kingdom, and that its execution will open a country rich in mi-
neral.productipns, ann tend materially to promote agriculture,
manufactures, and commerce.'
This report was presented by Sir John Edward Swinburne,
Baronet, the Chairman of the Committee, tea County Meeting,
convened by the High Sheriff of Northumberland, and held at
Newcastle on the 26th init., when it was resolved, " That the
Meeting, concurring in the view taken of- the subject by the
Committee, consider the establishment -of a communication by
a rail-road between Newcastle and Carlisle an object worthy of
the countenance of the country."

• -Under these encouraging circumstances, the measure proposed
has been entered upon.. It is strongly supported by the landed
interests, united with the commercial and manufacturing inte-
rests at each extremity of the line of communication, and no
doubt can be entertained of its being prosecuted effectually.
It may with confidence he asserted, that there are few, if any
situations in Great Britain which present a surer prospect of
success to such an undertaking: there are no existing canal
interests to interfere with or to be injured by the proposed rail-
road ; the country' on both sides of the line abounds in lead,
coal, lime, and other mineral productions, the transit of which
on different portions of the line, independent of that of mer.
chandize front one extremity to the other, has been estimated
alone to produce a revenue sufficient to compensate those who
may engage in the undertaking. At the same time, imperfect
as is the present medium of communication, the carnage of
merchandise between 'Newcastle and Carlisle is so, considerable
as to justify the confident expectation of a large additional re-
turn from thetsource, when the proposed facilities of convey-
ance shall be afforded. The whole line of way is peculiarly
faveurable for taking the utmost advantage of steam power,
abounding as it does with coal, which may be obtained at a
cheap rate.
The country,' through which the Rail-road is intended to pass,
has been on former occasions more than once accurately sur-
veyed, with a view to a canal, which was then contemplated ;
but a minute survey has not yet been made for the present pur.
pose, nor has the precise line of the proposed Rail-road been de..
finitely fixed, though Mr. Chapman and Sir. Jessop have both
examined the country, and suggested their ideas on the subject.
There is not, however, the slightest doubt but the line may be
so arranged, that no annoyance or inconvenience will be attend-
ant on the benefits which must be derived to those landowners
through whose property it passes.
The proposed line communicates with the Tyne at New-
castle, and terminates at the basin of the canal at Carlisle, and
the whole length is 64 miles and a half. The expense of exe-
cuting the work has been estimated by Mr. Chapman at
262,4881.; to this estimate 31r. Jessop has thought it right to
make an addition of 40,0001.,
the price of iron, and some olloiner circumstances,w _
the whsle 292,48a1., which includdesuaanc nfc
ou
ruae
in to of
an tcheomafdanykoainnicle
in
agelt is intended eodf
,thaaßt the undertaking shalluondetortairkectoingrs,
assistedb en i e-abPoeye qscuut:n.di under
uthbe.
sum than 32,9331. for incidents an
rn
hereafter be appointed he the subs ihfrs
boards as Ina3t
The capital required for the undertaking • 300er •."
000/., dividod
into 3,000 shares of 100/. each, of which - " ich one-sixth part is re-
served for the landowners of the country through •
The capital will be placed underw lich the line
the contrml of the
1: of Directors, by whom the Share,
will be issued to the
Subscribers.
An advance of S'percent. °° ehe-sunt subscribed isrequired
• the hands of Rank,
to be purl lute ra of the Company to the
account mal
tof the Board of Directors, and the re • "
todor will be-
scretsott of the
i,44lied,fox at the Ili the Boa rd ;but no further advance.
plans, and: sure shall hare been
ta end an Act of Parliament obtained.
!*e-ssisow :Prue, 3'146' tet Ular),

NI

EAST INDIA HOUSE, Apti! 5, IR/).
rrHE COURT of 'DIRECTORS . of thv
-IL* UNITED 'COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
LAND.TRADING to the EAST INDIES, Flu herePY 14iY!
Nonce,

That the COURT will he ready to receive PROPOSALS
in writing, on or before WEDNESDAY, the '2;th I"s"nt'
from the Owner or Owners of good sound, and sub,tantial
copper-bottomed SHIPS of the Bnrthen of frnai 500 to 600
Tons registered measurement, specifying the rate oof• Freight
at which they may he wining to I.E P such. SHII'S for ONE
VOYAGE toCHINA, and from CHINA, to QUEBEC in North
America, at which port they are to be discharged from the
Company's Service.

That the COURT will also he ready to receiie PROPOSALS
in writing, on or before WEDNESDziY, Ike nth Instant,
from the 0441,
,3• or: Owners of good sound aO4 substantial
copper-bottomed SHIPS; of the Burthan of friwn 500 to 600
Tons, registered measurement, specifying the Rate of Freight
at which they may be Willing to LET such SHIPS lor ONE
VOYAGE to CHINA, and froM CHINA to HALITA"t, in
Nova Scotia, at which port they will be discharged from the
Company's Service.

The Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender" on the cover,
to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary, at thi'
House, at or before Twelve o'Clock, at Noon, on the said
Wednesday, the t7th Vistula, beyond which hour no Tender
will he received.

JOSEPIi P kin', Secret2ry.
The Particulars of Terms and Con-ditions upon which
the Ships will be respectively etnpl!,d, 'nifty he had on
application at- the
_Office of aleitt 1t- the Committee of
Shipping, at this House, . on
,or - after Tuesday next, the
14th instant.

N 0 ftril and SOUTH S EL DS 'PATENT
WROUGHT IRON•SUSPENSION BRIDGE,
• • Designed by Captain SAMUEL DROIV.N,- R.N.

PROSPECTUS.
Though the advantages that must be derived from the erec-
tion of a Suspension Bridge over the Tyne from North to
South Shields, both in a local and national point of view, are
obvious, a few of the most important may be thus enu-
merated :

The-population of. North Shields and Tynemouth, and the
population of South Shields and WeStoe, form a total of
50,000 inhabitants, exceeding . anytown on the great North
Road between •London -.and Edinburgh; but the river is a
great obstacle to general intercourse.
In passing, or eonveVing goods across. the river at Shields
by boats, it mitst.he acknowledged that the risk, at all times
great, has been rendered more so of late by the increase of traf-
fic, anti the rapid movements of the numerous steain vessels,
which greatly endanger the lives of pas -..s crossing, or which
there are innumerable instances. The . ridge would remedythe evil, and the large population of bo . tOwni. now divided,
would derive incalculable advantages froOn the Union. North
Shields would then be within 7 mites .of Stinderland, thOugh
.
at present any person travelling post betvfeehthose towns; -*ill
Lind- the distance to be nearly 20 miles ;land the line of com-
munication hetWeen Sunderland and South Shields with Nlor-
peth,".the great mart for cattle, winild be considerably sion'tened.
Sunderland is 27 milefroni Alarm!' by NeWcastle, at.'present
the only road, .but -by way of NorthiShields . *here there: -14
now an excellent turnpike, the distance would .be rediiced to
23 miles. The distance from South Shields. to Morpeth.
through Newcastle, is 26 miles but by North Shields it would
not exceed 17 miles of good and level turnpike-rodd. In each
case, the hills and pavement, from the Bums Bridge at New—
castle to the head of Gateshead (an inconvenience. much coin—
plained of, and which does more injury to ciutle than driving
them 6 or 7 miles upon an ordinary turnpike) would be avoid-
ed, and the expence and delay of keeping the cattle upon the
road (no trifling consideration) would be saved, ,

'The Resident in North Shields would have a conveyance
from his own door directly southward, whilst those of South
Shields and Sunderland would find a similar advantage in pro-
ceeding northward.

The increasing populous towns of Blyth and Hartley, (of
great consequence from their connection with collieries which
are multiplyitv. in their neihbourhood) the former distant
from North Shields ten milesAfe latter six miles, both:sittlated
on the sea coast, will receive the 'greatest benefit font the
Bridge in their communication with the south, thrikugh gea•••
Port towns with which they have considerable and important
intercourse; and they will also partake of the general improve-
ment of North and South Shields:

roads from South Shields_ to Durham and Stockton ~from North
The persons interested in Sunderland 'Bridge and in the
Shields to Newcastle, and from' Shields to Morpeth, must
reap great advantage from the increase of passage which the
Bridge will promote. „
~
The project will bear consideration not only as a mere matter
of
locatimportance, but in a, national point ofkiew, as regards the
advantage Government will derive from the facility which will
be given to the passage of troops, ordnance, 'and stores from
North to South Shields. . Tynemouth Castle has been long
used as a depot for military stores ; but the want of a ready
communication with the southern bank of the river, was con-
stantly felt during the late war, when. s bridge,of barges and
fiat bottomed boats was constructed at enormous expence to
little purpose.
It is understood that the distance from North Shields to Edin-
burgh, by a coast road, is shorter than from Newcastle to that
city, by five or six miles,•and by a more level road ; and that a
saving of six or seven miles can be made in the distance from
York to South Shields. It follows then that, by a Bridge over
the Tyne at Shields, the distance is shortened, between York
and Edinburgh, twelve or thirteen miles, which will deserve the
attention and support of his Lordship the Postmaster 'General.
An alteration is about to be made in the running of the mail, to
pass from Sunderland to Newcastle, missing South Shields ; yet
it is certain this nieasure,.so serious an evil to the inhabitants,
is only resorted to for want of the projected Bridge.
It is needless to comment on the advantages which will result
to individuals whose estates are in the immediate vicinity of
the Bridge, or the eastern parts of Durham and Northumber-
land. The establishment of a good Market at •Shields must
necessarily follow, from the encreased demand of the large
united population and the facility of supply.
stated as one of the th, must derive from the
Though the great benefit the, ancient and commercial town
of fr 0 Newcastle,sp
e ri
tyo f
Shields thea phiastalnootf
btheeenNor
advan-
tages to be calculated upon from the Suspension
Bridge;. it
ought not to be overlooked, especially when the great increasec
of trade is
Carconslisidleered which must accruc . from the proposed
raild to .
Capt. Brown undertakes that the cost of the Bridge and erec-
tions shall not exceed 93,0001, which is to he proiiiied for
by a capital of 100,0001. 'in ihares of one hundred .pounds
each. It only therefore, remains to satisfy the Capitalist
that he will receive a remunerating interest, of which there is
every prospect. The tolls are estimated on the present existin
intercourse between the two towns and. adjacent countr g
y, at a
~ very moderate calculation, to produce 60001 per annum, though
an
immense
increase may be fairly contemplated as soon as the
Bridge
is opened.
pem Indeed there can be no dotibt, independent
1 ent
of all the intercourse of the district,
that this
will be a consider.
able thorough
fare for travellers p route }pursuing their along
the
twho will thus embrace the opportunity of crossing the
c1)55
' Sunderland and Shields, the latter promisin
Fridges of
, g 40 be
' noblest works in the kingdom.- .
one of the
advantages to be derived are not, as in most
Lastly, The adv
ent day, fallacious o vis• of
the projects of the pres
the benefits, both. public
:there
- can be no deception, as
and
weciati by bli anti private,
tmay he contemplated api every one posseSsing
local knoWledge. { .
in lists are left at the anks in Newcastle,
'Shields .- Sobwri.. ion ' and Stockton.. an -
swideriand, Durham,_. 1,,n.011__„.., with .I.llessrii.
bank ers. ,"' "-et. dof the. cepital
Prr acid Outman, rd-
,
is alresd- untr)crib.f'd-