The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-06 00:00:00

The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:--

That a Company be formed for the purpose of carrying into
effect the measure of establishing a communication between
Newcastle and Carlisle by a rail-road, which has this, day re-
ceived the sanction of a general meeting of the nobility, gentle_
men,, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Northumberland,
and that such company be called " The Newcastle upon Tyne
and Carlisle Rail-road Company."
That the cdpital of the company be 300,000/., and be divided
into 3,000 shares of 1001. each, and that 500 shares be reserved
for the landowners on, or in the neighbourhood of, the line of
the proposed rail-road. _ _

That
T the prospectus no.w read, be adopted as the prospec-
tus of the company, and be advertised in the Newcastle, Car-
lisle,.and Durham newspapers, and in some of the London.
newspapers.
That books of Subscription be opened at the banks of Sir M.
'NV. Ridley, Bart. and Co., Meayss. Ralph John Lambton and
Co., and. Messrs. Chapman and Co., and at the offices of
Blesses. Clayton and of Mr. Adamson, in. Newcastle ; at the
bank of .Messrs. Forster and Co., at Carlisle ; and in London,
at the bank of Sir Wro..Curtis, Robarts and Co., and at the
chambers of Messrs. Clayton, Scott, and Clayton, 6, New_
square, Lincoln's Inn.
That a subscriber Cori° shares and upwards, shall be eligible
as a director olthe company, and that as soon , ryr a board of
'directors shall be formed, a payment of 2i. per cent. on the sub-
seriptions shall be calledfor, on payment of which 'the shares
shill/ be properly secured to the subscribers, and that all fu-
ture subscribers do make that advance at the time of subscrib-
'lug, and. that no further advances be required until the plans
and surveys shall have been completed, and an Act of Parlia-
ment obtained.

• That the sums already paid by the subscribers to the previous
'inquiry, shall be deemed a part payment for their shares, in case
they shall also become subscribers to this undertaking, and that
the sums subscribed to the previous inquiry, and paid by indi-
viduals who do not subscribe to this undertaking, he repaid to
them out of the funds of this Company.
That a Meeting of the Subscribers be held at the Asdembly
llooms,in Newcastle, on Saturday-the 9th April next, for the
purpose of electing a Board of 12- Directors, whose numbers
may be afterwards increased at thediseretion of the subscribers,
and that such Board shall conduct the affairs of the Company,
aided by. such Sub-boards as shall- hereafter be appointed by
the subscribers; and at such meeting the officers of the. Com-
pany shall also be appointed. -
That for the purpose of Ciis election_ and appointment, and
on all other oecasims, a proprietor of 5 shares shall have one •
vote, a prpprietor of 11/ shares two rotes, a 'in'oprietor of 15
shares three votes, and a proprietor 'of :20 shareiand upwards
four votes; and such votes sliallPe given personally, except by
Peers, CorporatellOdiesOleinbers of Parliament, Ladies, and ,
Subscribers to the amount of 30 shares, whose known agents
shall be at liberty to vote in their names.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE A ND CARLISLE RAIL.

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P ROSPECTUS.
The improvement of the communication between Newcastle-
upon-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 bay century.. The recent
formation of a Canal front the Solway Frith to Carlisle has re-
vived the subject, and a strong feeling of -the expediency of
completing the Line DlCommunteation has been excited; rime
appearedsto be but one opinion as to the advantages' of the mea-
sure, and the only doubt entertained was, whether it would be
best effected 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 liigh Sheriff of
Nortlmmberland, was held at Newcastle, and. a Committee was
appointed to inquire into the Practicability of imp/living the ex-
isting communication between. Newcastle antl_CaOisl.e, arid the
comparative eligibility of effecting that improvenient by a
Canal or a rail-road.

The Committee have since proceeded diligently in the per_
formance-of the duties- confided to them: They have-availed
themselves of the advice and assistance of Mr. Chapman and
Mr. Jesiop, civil engineers of eminence (the fbrnier possessing.
considerable local information); and after a full investigation of
the subject,-they have closed their tabours.by a report, in which
they state their opinion, that the establishment of a.communica-
tion by a rail-road, between Newcastle and Carlisle, 4 is a un-
dertaking which will -be advantageous_twthose who may embark
in it, at the same time that it is an object of great importance
both to the landed and commercial interests of this part of the
kingdop, and that eta execution will open a country rich in mi-
neral productions?, and tend rmitcrially to promote agriculture,
manufactures and commerce.' .

This report was presented by Sir John Edward Swinburne,
Baronet, the Chairman of the Committee, to a County Meeting,
convened by the High Sheriff of Northumberland, and held at
Newcastle on the 26th inst., when it was resolved, "That the
meeting, concurring in the view taken of the subject by the
Committee, consider the establishment ore communication by
a rail-road between Newcastle and Carlisle an object worthy of
the countenance of the country."
Under these encouraging circumstances, the measure propos-
ed has been entered upon. It is strongly supported by the
landed interests, united by the commercial and manufacturing
interests at each extremity of the line of communication, and
no doubt can be entertained of its being prosecuted effectually.
It may with confidence be 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-
chandise from 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 carriage of
merchandise between Newcastle and Carlisle is so considerable
as to justify the confident expectation of a large additional
return from that source, when the proposed facilities of con-
veyance shall he afforded. The whole line of way is pe-
culiarly fayourable for taking the•utmost advantage of steam
power, abounding as it does with coal, which may be obtained
at iicheap 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 purpose,
nor has the precise line of the proposed rail-road been definitely
fixed, though Mr. Chapman and Jessop have both examin-
ed the country, and suggested their ideas on the subject. There
is not, however, the slightest doubt but the line may he so ar-
ranged, that no annoyance or inconvenience Will- be attendant
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
252,408/. ; to this estimate Mr. Jessop has thought it right to
make an addition of 40,0001., on account of the advance in the
price of iron, -and softe other circumstances, making in the
whole 292,4831., which includes an allowance of no less a sum
than 32,933/. for incidents and Unforeseen expenses:
It is intended that the undertaking shall be placed under the
management of a Board of Directors, assisted 'by such Sub-
boards as may hereafter be appointed by the subscribers.
The capital required for the undertaking is 300,000/., di-
vided into g,OOO shares of 1001. each, of which one-sixth part
is reserved for the landowners of the country through which the
line pasSes. The capital will he placed under the controul of
the Board of Directors, by whom the shares will be issued to
the. Subscribers.
An advance,of 21. percent. on the sum subscribed is required
to be paid into the hands of the Bankers of the Company, to
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the account of the Board of Directors, and the remainder will
he called for at the discretion of the Boaradnd;
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Newcaatle-upon-Tyne, 26th March, 1820.