The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-29 00:00:00

OXFORD, THAME, HIGH WYCOMBE,
AND IfXBRIDGI,I J-TINCTION RAILWAY.

HUBERT DE BURGH, Esq., Chairman.
Viscount CURZON, Depnty-Chairman.
The Committee of Management, being impressed with the great
importance and practicability of this undertaking, which must ulti-
mately become one of the most important lines in the kingdom, and
in accordance with the suggestions of several landowners and par-
ties locally interested, have withheld their allotment until they
could assure their subscribers and applicants for shares that all the
standing orders of Parliament had been complied with. They now
beg to state that, pursuant to their resolution they have, out of their
own resources, provided all the expenses required for completing the
surveys, depositing plans, serving notices, Ste., and or complying
with all other formalities up to the 31st of December ult., and they
have, therefore, this, day allotted the shares.
R. MORTON CALEY.
43, Moorgate-street, Jan. 23, 1846.

THE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY, FROM LONDON, TO YORK.

COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. Williain Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's
Major Amsinck, 22, Upper Montagu-street, Montagu• square
William Scott Binney, Esq. 27, Bryanstoae-square
William Sprott Boyd, Esq. 1, Sussex gardens, llyde-park
John Brightman, Esq. 30, Cornhill
Samuel James Capper, Esq. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Robert Walter Carden, Esq. 61, 1 hreadneedle-street
Edward Trust Carver, Esq. Forest-lodge, TuLse-hill
The Chisholm, 37, Chapel-street, Gros enor-place
Lieut.-Colonel Colquhoun, R.A. Woolwich
William Morley, Esq. Blackheath
William Mountford Nurse, Esq. Kensington-gore
John rickersgill, Esq. 8, Warnford-court
Robert Rodger, Esq. Glasgow, 30, Montagu-street, Montagu-square
ENGINEER—John Miller, Esq. Edinburgh

Soucrrous—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate-

street

PAELIAMENTkET AGENTS—Messrs. Webster, 26, Great George-street,

Westminster
SECEETARY—Mr. W. 11. Clark
Offices of the Company, 64, Moorgate-street,

EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF TILE COMMITTEE OF MA-
NAGEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, DATED THE
29TH DECEMBER, 1845.

"By the scheme promoted by the Direct Northern Railway Com-
pany it is proposed to bring York (to the north of which city there
is a population exceeding five millions) within the distance (as mea-
sured by tine), of four hours and a half from London ; to reduce by
42 miles the distance now traversed by the existing means of railway
communication between those termini ; to lessen the distance as
projected by the competing plan least favourable to the public) that
of the Eastern Counties Extension by Cambridge and Lincoln) by
21% miles, and as projected by the most favourable rival scheme
(that of the London and York) by ten miles-; and yet so to reconcile
this result with local wants, as to place, without in any instance
sacrificing the principle of directness, every town of importance in
the districts to he served by this Company's main line nearer Lon-
don, either by means of the main line itself, or of well-devised lateral
lines, than they ere by the theme of the London and York, which,
for the sake of passing through certain towns, pursues a devious
route to York, thereby inflicting a serious injury on the country nortlt
of the Humber.

" Thus the scheme of the Direct Northern Railway Offirrs to the
North of England, and to all Scotland, advantageS resented by no
other project whatever. These advantages It !..Iso immediately con-
veys to Bedford, St. Neots, Iluntin2ll`;7l Peterborough, Stamford,
Grantham, Newark, Line,,,..lD
Retford, Sheffield, Gainsborough,
Doncaster, Pontefract, 6"2;.0y,
and Hull ; whilst it lessens by twenty-
eight miles tli 1.'7: e to Leeds, the great manufacturing capital of
Yorkshire, -
"...elf rapidly becoming the centre of an important railway
syste.7..

" With perfectly unexceptionable gradients, that in no case ex-
ceeded I in 200, with upwards of sixty-nine miles of level on its main
line, with no works of any engineering difficulty or of peculiarly ex-
pensive execution, with only 3,900 yards of tunnelling in eight tun-
nels, with no opening or swing bridges, with only one viaduct, and
that of 500 yards, and with remarkably easy curves, the Direct North-
ern It illway, whilst its primary object is to unite in the directest
manner London and York, will at the same time serve a rich, fertile,
and populous country, will reciprocate the advantages of easy and
inexp .nsive communication between the manufacturing towns of the
north and the agricultural and grazing counties of eastern and central
England, and will connect by the shortest route the south of England
arid the continent of Europe with York, the north of England, and
Scotland.

The shareholders will observe tke suggestion made by Mr. Miller,
which proposes to Introduce a new element of safety, regnlarity, and
speed into railway travelling, by the conveyance of passengers and
goods upon separate lines. This suggestion will, no doubt, receive
the consideration due to its importance in the ensuing session.
" The Committee entirely concur with Mr. Miller in the important
bearing which the Holborn Terminus project has on the Direct
Northern. It is in effect, though under different management, an ex-
tension of that line into the heart of London. By its means the London
Terminus of the Direct Northern Railway will be immediately avail-
able for the Post-office and the City of London generally (between
Furnival's inn and Gray's-inn-lane), and will itself form a portion
of one side of the widest thoroughfares In London, will be in the
immediate vicinity of the Courts of Law and Inns of Court, and
comes more into the heart of London, with less sacrifice of valuable
property, than any metropolitan terminus which has been suggested.
"In accordance, therefore, with Mr. Miller's recommendation,
and in pursuance of the powers entrusted to them by their proprie-
tary, the Committee have taken steps to secure control over this
project, satisfied that it affords the most central, and, at the same
time, the most accessible and least expensive London terminus.
" The Committee refer the shareholders to the map accompanying
this Report; It fUlly shows the course and relations of the D.rect
Northern Railway, and its national character.
" Up to the 30th of November, all the standing orders of Parlia-
ment have been complied with and the solicitors report their per.
feet ability to fulfil all that remains to be completed within the time
limited by the Legislature.

" Thus prepared, an I with deposits paid, and the proper deeds
signed by a body of most responsible Shareholders, the Com-
mittee intend to make their application to Parliament at the earliest
possible clay, confident that a project of such undoubted public utility
as the Direct Northern, hi which the public service itself is deeply
interested, will there receive what it.only needs to ensure Its success
—a fair and impartial hearing."
The rollowing tables, appended to the Report of the Company's
Engineer (John Miller, Esq:), will show the relative advantages of
the Direct Northern hi point of distances, as compared with its com-
petitors for legislative sanction, and with existing lines.
It ma' here be observed, that the distance between the cross of
St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, and the centre of the Great Tower
of Yore. Minster, as measured along the earth's surface, is, according
to the Ordnance Survey, 920,108.7 feet, or very nearly 174 M miles;
an 1 that the main line of the Direct Northern, between London and
York, is 176 miles.

Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct
Northern Railway and by the London and York Railway.