The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-08 00:00:00

TEM OXFORD, SOUTHAMPTON, GOS-
PORT, Al D PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
Carital 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 11. 2s. per Share.
Provisionally registered.
The daily increasing export trade of the port of Southampton, and
the great facilities afforded to the shipping interest by the completion
of the docks, requires that a more direct communication should be
made to it from the manufacturing districts, and from the north of
England and Scotland.
The passing of the Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Acts this session, has afforded the facilities of effect-
ing this communication at very little cost.
By making the railway now proposed to be constructed by this
Company, from Didcot, on the Great Western Railway, where
the Oxford Line terminates, through Newbury, to the Southampton
and Gosport Railway, a little south of the Andover station, a distance
of only thirty-three miles, the most direct awl the shortest commu-
nication will be formed from Southampton, by the Oxford and Rugby
Railway to Rugby, and thence by the Midland to York and Scotland ;
and also from Rugby by the Trent Valley Railway to Manchester,
and by the Oxford and Birntingham Line to Birmingham and Liver-
pool, and by the Oxfo-d, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, to Chelten-
ham, Worcester, Wolverhampton, North Wales, and Birkenhead.
An examination of the map will show that it is only necessary to
make this very short line to effect a direct railway communication
from Scotland, York, Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, to
Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight.
The evidence lately given before Parliament proves the very large
trade that there now is from Southampton. All the steamers from
England to Jersey and the Channel Islands, to Portugal, Gibraltar,
the Mediterranean, Malta, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and the
East Indies, depart from and arrive at Southampton. Also, it is the
most direct and shortest course to Paris, through Havre. Large
quantities of fruit, from Greece, Turkey, the Azore Islands, and Por-
tugal, are brought to Southampton, and also the Ash from Devon-
shire and Cornwall, all of which would, by this railway, have a quick
and easy transit to Oxford, Birmingham, and the manufacturing
districts.
The local traffic now existing from these districts, and Birming-
ham, Worcester, Cheltenham, and Oxford to Southampton, Ports-
mouth, and the Isle of Wight, is very great, and is daily increasing.
The names of the Provisional Committee and Officers will be
published in a few days. JOHN BETHELL, Solicitor.
78, King William-street.

ISLE OF ELY,WISBEACH, AND LINCOLN-
SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 shares of 201. each.
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Deposit 21. per share.
CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Bradley, Esq., Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Iludderstleld and Manchester Railways, Manor
Oaks, Sheffield.
EroatNEsas—Messrs. J. R. and E. Birch, Cannon-row.
The obiect of the Company, now submitted to public consideration,
Is to afford to the town and port of Wisheaelt, and the rich agr!cal-
tural district by which they are surrounded, the benefit of the im-
proved system et inter-communication of which they are now desti-
tute, and which they have been dewed by the recent rejection of the
Ely and Lincoln Railway /sill. The required desideratum will be
obtained by the construction of a tine of railway to commence at, or
near, the March-station of- the Ely and Peterborough deviation line,
to proceed from thence to Wisbeach, and then to Sutton, there to
form a junction with the Grand Union Railway, in the event of it
having the sanction of the Legislature, and form a direct communica-
tion with the Metropolis, the midland and manufacturing counties,
and complete the chain of railways demanded to develops the traffic
and protect the commercial interest of the town and port of Wisbeach.
The length of the line is about twenty miles, and traverses a country
peculiarly favourable to the formation of a railway, presenting nearly
a continuous level between the termini, thus affording facilities which
Wilt render the construction of tile works inexpensive, and insure
their early completion, with the additional and rare advantage of an
economical adoption of locomotive power in working the line. The
districts embraced by the undertaking are highly populous, and
have a very considerable local traffic, the quantity of grain alone
sold in the market of Wisbeach weekly, exceeds 8,000 tons, in addi-
tion to which, there are extensive sales of flour, seeds, oil-cakes,
cattle, wool, coal, and timber, the whole of which would pass along
the line, and be productive of a net revenue, which would ensure a
return of 81. per cent. upon the capital stock.
The survey has been completed, and application will be made for
an Act in the ensuing session of Parliament. A large reserve of
shares having been made for existing companies, with which the pro-
posed line will be united, a limited number only are at the disposal
of the Directors.
The prospectus, with the names of the other members of the Pro-
visional Committee of Directors, will be issued in the ensuing week,
in the interim, applications, in the usual fbrm, with unexceptionable
references, may be addressed to the Provisional Committee of Direc-
tors of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Railway, at their
temporary offices, 30, Bucklersbury, London.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY, AND
OXFORD AND WOLVERTON JUNCTION.
Capital 2,250,000/., in Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 2/. 10s. per Share.
Registered Provisionally, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
MS Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.O.
Sir John Chetwode, Bart., M.P., Chetwode Manor House, Bucks
Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, Bart., Oving House, Bucks
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon House, Bucks
The Hon. Philip Sidney Herbert Pierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley
Northamptonshire
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks, High
Sheriff of Bucks
Charles John Baillie Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Thame Park, Oxfordshire
Rice Richard Clayton, Esq., M.P., Hedgerley Park, Bucks
John Deering, Esq., The Lee, Bucks
George Morgan, Esq„ Biddlesden Park, Bucks
Robert Bullock Marsham, Esq., L.L.D., Caversfleld House, Ox-
fordshire
Walter Henry Bracebridge, Esq., Moryille House, Warwickshire and
Chetwode Priory, Bucks
John Barnes, Est, Chorley Wood, Herts
William Osmond Hammond, Esq., St. Alban's-court, Wingham, Kant
Benjamin Price, Esq., Westbury, Bucks
Colonel John Hall, Life Guards' Barracks, Hyde Park, London
John Newman, Esq., Brand's House, Hughenden, Bucks
Thomas Newland Allen, Esq., The Vache, Chalfont, Bucks
Henry William Beanclork, Esq., 61, Chester-square, London
Robert Fox, Esq., Wendover Lodge, Bucks
William James Bailey, Esq., Shenley House, Bucks
Thomas Sands Chapman, Esq., The Park, Aston Clinton, Bucka
Robert Marriott Freeman, Esq., Stony Stratford Bucks
George Parrott, Esq., Castle Farm, Buckingham
Captain Edward Dewes, Buckingham
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham
William Stowe, Esq., Buckingham
William Davis, Esq., Bicester, Oxfordshire
Captain William Style, R.N., Bicester, Oxfordshire
John Horwood, Esq., Steane Park, Brackley, Northamptonshire
John Henry Butterfield, Esq., Brackley
William Henry Malins, Esq., Brackley
Alfred Hoperaft, Esq., Brackley
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Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford
Richard Wootton, jun., Esq., Oxford
Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford
Henry William Tancred, Esq., M.P., London
Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxon
Zacharia Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks
Joseph Ashby Gillett, Esq., Banbury, Oxon
George Carr Glynn, Esq., London
Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham 1
Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool Di recto
Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey
Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London London
Ross DOnelly Mangles, Esq., M.P., London and
Captain. Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N., Birmingham
Birmingham Railway
Robert Benson, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester
With power to add to their number.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir Harry Verney, Bart. G. C. Glyn, Esq.
The Hon. P. S. ll..Pierrepont J. F. Ledsam, Esq.
E. F. Dayrell, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq.
Z. D. Hunt, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq.
Captain Edward Dewes Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq. Robert Benson, jun., Esq.
J. R. Cobb, Esq. Thomas Young, Esq.
Jon. Samuel Browning, Esq. Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER—Robert Stephenson, ESQ.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street
Aylesbury—Messrs. Bickford and Hunt ; the London and County
• Bank
Buckingham—Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn ; the London and
County Bank
Banbury—Messrs. Cobb and Co. ; Messrs. Gillett and Tawney
Oxford—Messrs. Wootton and Co. ; the London and County Bank
Bicester—Messrs. Tubb.

SOLICITORS.
➢iessrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, Lincoln's
London
Mr. Samuel Carter, Birmingham, and 37, Great George•street, Nest•

minster
Mr. William Meyrick, 2, Furnival's Inn, London
Messrs. Rose and Messrs. Tindal, Aylesbury
Messrs. Hearn and Nelson, and Mr. Henry Smith, Buckingham
The object of this undertaking is to supply railway communication
to the towns and districts lying between the London and Birming-
ham, and the Great Western Railways, giving them the best means
of access to the metropolis, and connecting them also with the
Northern and Eastern lines of railway, as well as with Oxford and
the South.
The main line will commence from the London and Birmingham
Rail Kay, near Harrow, and passim; to the north of Uxbridge, will
proceed up the Valley by Chalfont, near Amersham and Chesham to
Missenden and Wendover, and thence to Aylesbury; from which
place it will extend to Buckingham, and passing near Winslow, and
approaching Braokley, will terminate by a Junction with the proposed
Warwickshire and London Railway, near Banbury.
In addition to the line above described, it is intended also to con-
struct a Railway from the central station of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway at Wolverton to Buckingham, and thence through
Bicester to Oxford ; and in connexion with the line here proposed,
the Bedford, and London and Birmingham Company, intend to make
a connecting line between Bedford and Wolverton.
The proposed t uckingham and London and Birmingham Railway
Company (for the construction of a linetlrom Wolverton to Bicester)
is amalgamated with this Company.
Accurate surveys of the country have been taken by Mr. Robert
Stephenson, and it has been ascertained that no engineering difficulty
of importance presents itself.
The undertaking has already received the sanction and support of
a very large proportion of the Nobility, Gentry, and Proprietors of
land through or near whose property it is intended to pass.
It is proposed that these lines should be made with the co-operation,
and under the direction and superintendence of the London and
Birmingham Railway Company; under a lease, in perpetuity, at
four per cent. per annum on the outlay, with a conditional arrange-
ment as to the surplus profits.
It is intended to offer the shares in such proportion as the amount
of capital will allow of, to the holders of shares in the London,
Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway Company, subject to the
approbation of the Committee of Management, with the exception
cr such as may be required for parties having local interests.