The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-10 00:00:00

AT a numerous and very respectable MEET-
ING of GENTLEMEN, convened by public adver-
tisement to receive and take into consideration the Report
of a Provisional Committee, relative to the propriety of
forming and establishing a Company, under the title of
" The British American Land Company," held at the
London Tavern, the sth February, 1832,
G. R. ROBINSON, Esq., M.P. in the Chair ;
Nathaniel Gould, E•q., the Ch tirman of the Provisional
Committee, presented the Report, which being read,
It was resolved unanimously, That the report be re-
ceived and adopted.
That it is expedient to establi•l a Company, under the
name and title of " The British American Land Com-
pany," with a capital of 500,000/., to be raised by shares
of 50/. each.
That the following Gentlemen be appointed a Commit-
tee to carry into effect the above object, with liberty to
add to their number, and that it be referred to them to
draw up a prospectus to he presented to the Shareholders,
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G. R. Robinson, Esq. M.P. Alexander Gillespie, Esq.
P. M. Stewart, Esq. M.P. Henry Bliss, Esq.
Gm. Sinclair, Esq. M.P. John Shuter, Esq.
E. S. Ruthven, Esq. M.P. James Wilson, Esq.
Nathaniel Gould, Esq. James Dowie, Esq.
That John Galt, E.q., be Honorary Secretary to the
same.

That applications for Shares be addressed to the Com-
mittee, at their temporary office, 1, Freeman's-court,
Cornhill. . .

(Signed) G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman.
Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting
be Liven to the Chairman, for his candid and able conduct
in the chair. CHARLES BISCHOFF, Sec. pro tem.
AT a Meeting of the GENERAL BOARD
of MANAGEMENT of the Company for making
a RAILWAY between LONDON and BIRMINGHAM,
composed of Deputations from the respective LONDON
and BIRMINGHAM BOARDS, which was held at No.
69, Gambill, on January 31, 1832,
ISAAC SOLLY, Esq. in the Chair,
It was ordered that the following Circular be published :
The Directors of the Company for making a Railway
between London and Birmingham, on the eve of applying
to Parliament for the Bill, deem it right to give a general
view of their plans, and of the prospects of the Subscribers
to the undertaking.
The necessary preliminary measures had been taken for
presenting a Bill for a Railway, of four Lines of Rails, in
the Session of 1831, when several important considerations
decided the Directors to defer this proceeding.
Detailed and accurate information has, in the mean
time, been obtained on matters which the Directors were
desirous of further investigating. A greater width of
country lying between the Metropolis and Birmingham has
been examined ; accurate returns have been procured of
the traffic existing in the intermediate district ; and the
question of the comparative advantages, for the purposes of
the Company, of a Railway of four Lines, or of two Lines,
maturely weighed.
A Line of Railway has been laid down, 112/ miles long,
in the same general directiwn as the former Line, but differ-
ing from it in several important particulars.
Strong opposition was manifested to the plan of last
year by several considerable land-owners, in consequence
of the Line encroaching upon the privacy of their residences.
The Line now pasties clear of all parks and private grounds.
The excrvations and embankments are reduced, although
a base of two feet is allowed to one foot of height in every
embankment on the Line. On the Liverpool and Mut-
chester Railway the proportions are, one foot and a half
only of base to one foot perpendicular.
The planes have a smaller inclination than on the former
Line, and the weights, therefore, which the engines can
draw, will be in proportion greater. Birmingham being
chnsiderably higher than London, and the intervening
ground much broken, it was obviously impracticable to lsy
down the Line on a level ; but it is so arranged that the
inclination of the Railway will in no case exceed sixteen
feet in any one mile, or about the tenth part of an inch in
a yard.
The occasional use of tunnels forms another variation in
the present plan. They may, according to the decided opi-
nion of the engineers, be traversed by locomotive engines,
without the least inconvenience to passengers. Of these
tunnels there are ten ; one at Primrose Hill, half a mile
long, one near Watford, a mile long, and one near Kilaby,
seventy-eight miles from London, a mile and a quarter
long. The others are each less than a quarter of a mile in
length, with the exception of one which is a third of a mile
long. They will be twenty-five feet in height, well lighted,
and ought rather to be called galleries than tunnels.
Two Lines of Rails, with turns-out at convenient dis-
tances, are ascertained to he sufficient for any probable ex-
tent of traffic.

The space between the two Lines of Rails will be six
feet : the width of the Railway on the embankments
twenty-eight feet, and in the excavations thirty feet : an
additional width of two feet being allowed in the latter

ease for drainage.
The estimated expence of the undertaking has been greatly
reduced: --
For excavations, embankments, and tunnels, the amount £
now is 1,098,000
Masonry, Including bridges, and walling In depots
Rails, &c 316,33'8
Ballasting and fencing 205,920

£1,954,9CA

Teti per cent. thereon for contingencies, including en-
gineering, surveying, Parliamentary conveyancing
and other law charges 105,496
Laad and compensation 250,000

Total estimated expellee £2,400,456

The estimate of income, founded on actual returns of
the present traffic by Roads and Canals, is—
For passengers by coaches, posting, &c £331,272
Goods by cans, stage waggons, and market carts 112,500
-Goods by fly boats

Total estimated gross inc0me.......£671,1172

Of goods which are also conveyed by canals, the esti-
mate of income does not include pig and bar iron, and
other metals in a rude form, coals, salt, timber, deals,
bricks, tiles, slates, flints, stone, lime, grain, bay, straw,
and manure. Neither does it include cattle, sheep, and
Pies; nor is any thing assumed for an increase of pas-
sengers, of goods, or of provisions of all descriptions.
With respect to the outgoings, the Directors consider
that taking the expenses of the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway, as stated in the published reports, for the basis of
their calculation, a deduction of one-half (rem the amount
of the gross receipts will be a sufficient allowance.
The number of 1001. Shares subscribed for amounts to
upwards of 19,000, and upon them a payment of Five
Pounds each has been made.
The outlay for surveying, engineering, law, canvassing
the owners and occupiers of the Line, Parliamentary and
other unavoidable expenses (including every outstanding
claim on the Company), up to this period, is less than
one-third of the deposits, and of the remainder, 52,0001. is
invested in Exchequer Bills.
With this view before them of the favourable position of
the undertaking, the Directors are of opinion that they
should not have consulted the interests of the Subscribers,
had they not decided on presenting the Bill to Parliament.
They believe the moment to be propitious, and that the
benefits of a work, of which manual labour forms so very
large a proportion of the cost, will not, in the present con-
dition of the labouring classes, be viewed with indifference
by any who are interested in the tranquillity and welfare of
the country.
The Directors cannot conclude this Report without
inviting the attention of the Subscribers to the prospects
of advantage which the establishment of this Railway
holds out.
The great objects are—
First—The opening new and distant sources of supply
of provisions to the Metropolis.
Second—Easy, cheap, and expeditious travelling.
Third—The rapid and economical interchange of the
treat articles of consumption, and of commerce both in-
ternal and external—and
Lastly—The connexion by Railways between London
and Liverpool_a new Company being formed for a Rail-
t°aY between Liverpool and Birmingham, which with the
Manchester and Liverpool Road now in operation, and
the London and Birmingham Road, will connect London
1,1 Railways with the rich pastures of the centre of Eng-
land, and the great manufacturing districts; and through
the Port of Liverpool afford a most expeditious communi-
eation with Ireland.
When this nndertaking is completed, there can be little
doubt that branches from the chief towns and districts,
On each side of the main Line, will be formed, to the diffusion
the benefits above stated throughout the kingdom, and
to the especial advantage of the Proprietors of this Corn-
Pany, by whose main road alone the communication with
the Metropolis must be maintained.
By order of the Board,
RICHARD CREED, Z Secretaries of the
C. R. MOORSOM, S respective Boards.
London, Jan. 31, 1832.