The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-24 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR WORKS.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
their Notice is hereby given that the Directors will receive at
April London Office, Nos. 17, Cornhill, on or before the 28th of
next, at 12 o'clock, TENDERS for the execution of the fol-
eling Contracts :
AAway No. 5 L.—The formation of that portion of the
ay commencing at the termination of the Contract No. 4 L,
trthextending from the west side of the parish of Iver to or near
d' stance biidge over the river Thames at Maidenhead, a
*slooe of about eight miles including the earthwork generally,
arid the construction of all bridges, culverts, and other brickwork
a2kl masonry, and the entire completion of all other works neces-
-7 for that portion of the Railway (excepting the laying of the
mils and formation of the permanent road. )
t. CONTRACT No. 6 L.—The construction and entire comple-
urn of a bridge across the river Thames at Maidenhead, with land
arches and other works immediately connected therewith.
,1D and and specifications of the above works will be exhibited
""e Cnmpany's Office at Hanwell, on and after the 6th of April ;
and printed forms of Tender may be then had at the Company's
ice, No. 17, Cornhill, and also at Hanwell.
, The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the
"Iwest Tender, and they expect the several parties to attend at the
wee at ONE o'clock on the 28th of April.
C. A. SAUNDERS,'
Secretaries.
I. J. CHAPMAN,

BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.
The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of
fe WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is OPEN DAILY, from
4111 in the morning till Five in the evening.
Admission ls.—Catalogue is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.

ONDON, SALISBURY, EXETER, PLY-
' MOUTH, andFALMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY.
Capital 2,500,000!., in Shares of 25/. each.

Deposit 1/. per Share.
Applications for Shares in the Capital Stock of the Company are
received by Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., and Messrs. u
verie, Norman, and Murdoch, Bankers, London ; by Sir Ro-
bert Sydney, 11, Palace-yard, Westminster, and Mr. George Ste-
phen, 20, Basinghall-street the Solicitors of the Company ; by
Messrs. Bulmer and Gillan;the Parliamentary Agents to the Com-
pany, 44, Parliament-street ; and at the Temporary Office of the
iz Pancras-lane, Cheapside, London; by Messrs.
Sparaes and Co., Bankers, Exeter ; W. H. Furlong, Esq., .Solici-
tor, Exeter; H. B. Furlong, Esq., Secretary to the Exeter Com-
mittee at the Office of the Company, 1, Castle-street, Exeter ; by
Messrs. Brodie and Co., Bankers ; the Wilts and Dorset Banking
C°nWarty ; and by William Housman, Esq., Solicitor, the Close,
and by john Pennistone, Esq., the Close, Salisbury Stone,
LN., Bradford ; Thomas Herbert Griffith, Esq., Warminster ; by
essrs. Brodie, King, and Co., Shaftesbury • and by the respective
Dorchester,
of the Wilts and Dorset Banking 6ompany at Blandford,
liorchester, Warminster, Poole, Wimborne, Frome, Bradford, Chip-
Perthalb, and Devizes ; by the Devon and Cornwall Banking Com-
any, and by the respective branches of that Establishmentat Ash-
burton,Bodmin, Dartmouth, DevonVort, Kingsbridge, Liskeard,
ewton's Abbott, St. Austell, and 'I otnes • by Messrs. Willyams
and Co., the Miners' Bank ; by Messrs. Tweedy, Williams, and
Co., Bankers ; and by Messrs. Magor, Turner and Co., Truro ; by
Illesars. Tufnell, Faulkner, and Co. ; and by Robert Cook, Esq., So-
licitor, Bath ; by Messrs. G. Atkinson and Townly, Share Brokers,
Liverpool,, ;y Mr. David Holt, Share Broker, Manchester ; by
Messrs. Ridsdale, Share Brokers, Leeds ; by Mr. John Field, Share
Broker, Sheffield; by Mr. J. H. Pidgeon, 2, Duke-street, Read-
-1112.; by Mr. Christopher Roberts, Share Broker, Birmingham ;
and by Mr. James Thomas, Albion Chambers, Bristol.
The promoters of, and the Provisional Committee of Manage-
ment for, this undertaking have abstained from publishing the
Thaeasure, or seeking the public approbation and support of the lines
°I Railway proposed to be constructed, until the result of a survey,
red an examination of the several routes intended to be taken, had
en brought under consideration, and had undergone the investi-
gation which can alone secure public support and the sanction
of the legislature.
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"" Pan lane, Cheapside, London, March 16, 1836.

PROSPECTUS.
PLYMOUTH IRON COMPANY.
The PLYMOUTH, PENTREBACH, and DUFFRYN
LEAS HOLD PROPERTIES, in full work, and in a course of
profitable production together with certain Leasehold Mines in the
county of Cumberland, Wharf and Warehouse at Cardiff, part Free-
hold and part Leasehold, and other properties adjacent to Cardiff,
are offered to the Public by the present Proprietors, Messrs. RI-
II:AHD and ANTHONY HILL, with the intention of the same
ng worked by
A JOINT STOCK COMPANY,
444 extending, through its Capital, the Manufacture of Bar, Rail-
way, and other Iron.
In 8,000 Shares of £5O each.
The Properties thus offered to the Public consist of the Ply-
loouth, Pentrebach, and Duffryn Iron Works, with all the machi-
nery, tram-roads, steam-engines, water-wheels, stock, materials,
and effects used therein ; about 500 acres of mineral ground, held
with the Plymouth Iron Works under a lease, of which 28 years
Due unexpired ; about 40 acres of mineral ound, hld with the
trYn Iron Works undser a lease, of which 78 years are unex-
ired ; and about 160 acres of other mineral grounds, held under a
ease of which 28 years are unexpired ; the extent of such mineral
grounds being ample for any probable extension of the Works.
'he privilege of working mines in the county of Cumberland,
situate in the vicinity of Whitehaven, extends over upwards of 1,000
acres of mineral ground, held under a lease of which 29 years are
Ilnexpired.
t_The rents and royalties payable in respect of the several proper-
arere very moderate, the gross amount not exceeding 6,0001. per
m.
There are four blast furnaces on the Plymouth property, three
at i2tr 'lrk, and one under repair ; the four capable of making 200 to
~,,tons of pig iron per week ; all of them worked by water power.
24rere are three blast furnaces on the Duffryn property, now
The
300 tons of pig iron per week.
tm......`e same extent of water power exists upon the last named pre-
together with a powerful steam engine used in making pig
.;.,and refined metal.
„uon„
the Pentrebach property are puddling furnaces, forges, and
i)er now making upwards of 300 tons of finished bar and rod iron
itt week ; also worked by the same water power as that employed
Working,Th the machinery at the Plymouth works.
he above properties and works have all the contingent and ne-
s;u7 appendages of clay and sand rolls, brick kilns, carpenter and
S shops, stables, agents' and managers' houses, and about
7 workmen's houses, and have never been out of the hands of the
t"Ze ntyreprietors, either in possession or management, and who
motive
the same to the public, being desirous of retiring from
e business, and having no one to succeed them in conducting
thesarne in the event of their decease.
the'll Plouth, Pentrebach, and Duffryn Works are situate in
tautPr chef Merthyr Tydfil, in the county of Glamorgan, and dis-
. ve...._roln Cardiff about 24 miles, to which port the cost of con-
Juice is cheap and easy.

tits That the present proprietors shall conduct and carry on the
That
as heretofore, until the first day of November next.
iinat the present estimated value of such properties and effects
aviths""• ; and that the proprietors will enter into a contract
tr a Provisional Committee, binding themselves to convey such
'the e rties and effects to trustees, on behalf of the shareholders, at
34.ura of 320,0001., thereby allowing 30,000 L, in respect of the
Trog- "
lf the accruing on such business up to the Ist of November next,
"e Provisional Committee shall then elect to become the pur-
-4sers t thereofsuch
on behalf of the Company.
Th
aalzr Ist day of
fusiness shall be conducted and carried on until the
November next, under the inspection of one or
testler agents, to be appointed by the provisional committee so. as. to
,ef ,as far as possible, to the shareholders, that no depreciation
be •t.ock shall take place, and that the concern shall, in all respects,
test6ll as productive a condition as it now is.
tee Payment of the purchase money, the several properties and
are to be vested in trustees, and the management to be re-
Der shabby a deed, limiting the liability of the shareholders to 501.
-
•
An,
ePer share to be paid on the allotment of shares; Si. per share
tiL'4l Sit day of May next; 51. per share on the Ist day of June
lti,•s/. per share on the Ist day of July next; 5/. per share on
.i)ouirbe; dnaeyxtof; sAlu.gust next; 5/. per share on the Ist day of Sep-
per share on the Ist day of October next ; Si.
he share on the Ist day of November next ; and 51. per share on
4se Ist day of December next; 5/. per share on the Ist day of
Iluir:lY'lB37,—sheuld the said two last named instalments be re-
4. " and called for by an advertisment to be inserted in the
,da,ndon Gazette' and two London daily newspapers, giving 14
notice thereof.
I}en the event of the nen-payment of such instalments, or any of
teem' within 14 days from the respective days appointed for pay-
, thereof, such shares, and the instalments paid thereon, shall
tLeatortsolutely forfeited ; and the provisional committee shall be at
tourfeiY to create new shares in the place of such as shall become
theiriu issue the same on such terms and conditions as they
discdretion shall deem proper.

triayntohte,advantages and disadvantages of the proposed undertaking
been deemed the foregoing prospectus, be apparent to all, it has
advisable to subjoin a summary of them.
sioenfaoir4the payment of the third call, (15/. per share,) the pro-
-Committee, through their agents, will have had opportu-
j afforded them of ascertaining whether the foregoing properties
oeffects be of the value represented; and if not, they can then
Zeiin unce their intention of not proceeding further with the un-:
1 aking, and return to the shareholders the two calls then paid
ess the expenses, which, it is calculated, will be covered by the
aecil ling interest.
44%1
_oueld the report of such agents of the value of such properties
ets be of a confirmatory character, namely, that they are
i.ne prices asked for them, it will not be necessary for the
tors—ovisio nal committee to make any communication to the pr.oprie-
„pan the subject, they having reserved to themselves the right or
k„_"0110f. testing the concern during a period of seven months.
Ate"
during the ensuing five months, any, depreciation in the
Ate" the properties and effects, or a fall in the price of iron take
1:11,0 or aa—
, y other cause occur which may, in the judgment of the
."nal committee, render it ineligible to proceed with the
th —"siting, they are at full liberty to abandon it, and to return
4l bells then in deposit, less the expenses, which, it is calculated,
sl,,,._.?vered by the accruing interest.
%,,,ruci, however, the value of such properties and effects be of
4t. greater value, from any cause
whatever, at the expiration
merit b.PeFiod of seven months, the proprietors will, by an agree-
tee% for th Indulg on them, convey such properties and effects to trus-
benefit of the shareholders, on payment of 320,000/.
beptY a gain will accrue to the shareholders of at least 30,000/. , ,
ktlo4:°Perties and effects being of the then value of 350,000/. or
11'd e result of this appears to be, that the only loss that the share-
tereZean sustain during the period of seven months will be the
The on the calls paid from time to time by them.
°44,11.4 rialnes of the Provisional Committee, Bankers, &c., will be
13_,Veated in the letters announcing the allotment of Shares.
Itasa,aeations for prospectuses and shares may be made to Messrs.
street, "'", Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, 7, Great Winchester-
-24, Lincoln'iinn-fields, London.
',Quo; March 22, 1836.