The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-01 00:00:00

LYME REGIS HARBOUR.

" A Committee of the House of Commons was engaged in in-
quiries respecting the reo.drs required, and entered into ex-
aminations as to con.idering the pier a national work. The re-
sult was that this harbour was the best in the say ; that in
spring tides, at high-water, it is open to vessels of 120 to 150
tons, and with draught of 14 feet ; that notwithstanding the
circumstances of its being a dry harbour, it is in some respects
preferable to the bar harbours on the coast, some of which no
vessel dare run for with the wind blowing violently on the
shore, accompanied with a high sea ; for, should a vessel strike
on the bar at the entrance of a harbour, she might pass over
the bar and sink in deep water ; but when a vessel strikes the
ground at Lyme, she must be under circumstances of shelter
and comparative security, being then protected by the outer-
most part of the oobb, unless her draught of water be very
groat.
" Round the outermost part of the stones at the end of the cobb,
which break the sea, there is, at low water, spring tides twelve
feet. It has proved the means, in many instances, of saving
vessels with their crews, which would otherwise have been
inevitably lost.
" The regularity of the cattle trade between the west of Eng-
land and the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey (a trade in time
of war of great importance),.depends on the peculiar position
of this harbour, which makes it accessible with winds that
prevent entrance into other ports of the West Bay."—RePort
of Committee.

During the late war, the Government contractors for supplying
the army in the Channel Islands, selected thi a port as the best for
the shipment of cattle. In the month of November, 1815, one vessel
from this harbour made four passages to those islands when vessels
from other ports could not go to sea. Many ships frem India and
other Places, wind-bound in the Channel, have been compelled to land
their passengers at Lyme, no other port being accessible during cer-
tain contrary winds. Msny lives and vessels have been saved, even
id the present state of the Harbour, and, when enlarged, Its value
in a national point of view, ps a harbour of refuge, will be incalculable.
The saving in distance by landing at Lyme, instead of going round
the Land's-End, to or from Bristol or Gloucester, will be several
hundred miles, and independently of this large saving in distance,
the certainty of the proposed communication, by avoiding the
chances of delay through contrary winds, is perhaps still more im-
portant in a mercantile light.
The capital intended to bb raised is 800,000/., divided into 40,000
shares of 204 each. .

A deposit of 21.25. per share must be paid, upon allotment, and
no call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
authorising the construction of the works.
The liability of the shareholders will be limited, by the Act, to the
amount of their respective subscriptions to the capital stock ; and.
power will be applied for, to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent.
per annum, on the amount of the deposits, and upon the further calla
until the opening of the line. Power will also be applied for in the
Act, and In the meantime power is given to the Committee of Ma-
nagement to increase the capital, if necessary ; to alter er abandon
any part of the line ; to make branches therefrom ; or enter Into ar.
rangements with ally other company, or companies. The tarlia
mentary contract and the subscribers' agreement will be required to
be dtgy executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip
certificates, of which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid
by Partiel making default in the due execution Of the Parliamentary

1845.

.contract and subscribers' agmement,_within the time limited by sad:
notiee, will he absolutely forfeited.
Applications for Prospectuses and Shares may be made according
to the annexed form, to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company,
23, Finsbury-place North, London; to the London or Local Solicitors,
the Agents, and the following Sharebrokers :
Mr. Robert Baxter, 8, Old Broad-street
Messrs. Backhosse and Co. Angel-court, Throgmortoa- London
street, and
Mr. Sym, Token-house-yard
Mr. B. Pemberton, and Liverpool
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead,
• Mr. W. H. Collie, Birmingham
Messrs. Chantrell and Noyes,
Mr. James Jamieson, and Leeds
Mr. C. E. Langton,
Messrs. Tate and Nash, and 1 Bristol
Messrs. Wreford, Nickolls, and Co.,
Mr..F. Benton, and
Messrs. Hayncs and Tyndal,l Manchester
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York
Mr. W. Mason, Braddird
Mr. F. Stamp, Hull
Mr. James Wilson, Nottingham
Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby
Messrs. Bardwell and Sons, and Mr. S. H. Armitage, Sheffield
Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn
Messrs. Smallpage and Co., Burnley, Lancashire
Mr. W. Stimson, Bedford
Messrs. Stewart and Murray
Mr. Alexander Dowell
,Eclinburgh
Messrs.diugh Monro and Co., and
Messrs. Deed and Kay,
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, and 2 Glasgow
Messrs. Bothwick, Campbell, and Co.
Messrs. Newburn and Blackey, Halifax
Mr. H. Pembroke, Exeter
Mr. R. G. Carpenter,
Mr. Richard Ball, and Taunton
Messrs. Lemon and Griffith
Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth
Mr. William Miles, Worcester
Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham
Messrs. Williams and Sunderland, Leicester
Mr. Joseph Clarke, Southampton
Mr. W. W. Dickinson, Newcastle
Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen
Messrs. Best and Bowditch, Bridgewater
Mr. W. Wotherspoon, Paisley
Mr. Spier, Gloucester.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Managing Colnmittee of the Lyme Regis and Taunton Rai!.
way, and Lyme Regis Harbour Improvement Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me She res
of 201. each in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept
the sane, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the
deposit thereon, and also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full ...... .......,
Residence......... .....
Profession or Business ..... • .
Reference...............
Usual Signature . .............

SOUTFIERN COUNTIES UNION, and BRIS-
TOL, BATH, and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY.
Offices, 70, King William-street, City (entrance in Clement's-lane).

Capital, 1,500,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 25/. each,
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., E.1.D., Chairman

William Hughes Hughes, Esq.,' F.A.S., F.L.S., Alderman, Deputy-

Clairman:

R. Hopkins Allnatt, Esq. M.D.

George Harrison, Esq.

William Bradley, Esq.
George Augustus Brown, Esq.
William Shadbolt, Esq.

Frederick Hewitt, Esq.
F. Bennett Lucas, Esq.
Colonel Nicolls

Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq. I Thomas S. Richards, Esq.
The Committee have the gratification to announce that the engineer
and surveyor of the Company, in their reports furnished by order
twice a week, continue to give the most satisfactory assurances,
which place it beyond a doubt that they will be In every respect pre-
pared to go to Parliament in the ensuing session.

Notice—The Sbare List Clesed on the 16th inst.

The Committee of Allotment, in their anxiety to discharge their
duties as fairly and impartially as possible to all parties, are desi-
rous to state to their very numerous and respectable applicants, that
although they will be compelled in each case to reduce the quantity
of shares applied for to a comparatively small number, they will
have the satisfaction of having performed a most arduous and labo-
rious duty in a most equitable and honourable manner. Some few
days, however, will necessarily elapse before they can complete the
Allotments, immediately after which, notice will be given by adver-
tisement of the day on which Letters of Allotment will be issued.
By order of the Board,
IL H. GADESDEN, Secretary.

THE LONDON UNION RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Connecting the London and Birmingham and the Great Western,
with the South-Western, the London and Brighten, and the South-
Eastern Railways.
Capital 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit 1/. is. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered.) •
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—John Brooks, Esq.
Deputy-Chairman—Emanuel Cooper, Esq.
Abraham Bettridge, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq.
James Cockell, Esq. John Havers, Esq.
William Cory, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq.
Dr. Costello. Thomas Philips, Esq.
Montague J. Fellden, Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEER—F. Rumble, Esq. C.E.
StrayElva—Charles Lee, Esq. 20, Golden-square.
STANDING COUNSEL.
A. A. Fry, Esq. John M`Oubrey, Esq.
SOLICITOR.
G. J. Lloyd, Esq. 49, Doughty-street, Bedford-row.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—William Bryden, Esq. 4, New Palace-yard
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Case, Esq.
BANKERS—The London and County Joint-Stock Bank in London and
Croydon.
The offices of this Company are removed to 12, Old Jewry-cham-
bers, where prospectuses and plans can be obtained.
The Committee take this opportunity of stating that their engineer
has reported that the necessary surveys will be completed in a week
before the time required by the standing orders of Parliament.
By order,
WILLIAM CASE, Secretary.

PETERBOROUGH and NOTTINGHAM
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers'Agreement will Lie for Signature, at No. 25, Poultry, Cheagr
side, on and after MONDAY, the 3d of November instant, from Teti
to Four; and Scrip Certificates will be given in exchange for the
Letters of Allotment and Bankers' Receipts.
Due intimation will be made of the places where the deeds will
be sent for execution by subscribers in the country.
By order,
TOUMAS CROMWELL, Secret ary.
Company's Offices, 1, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street, Nov. 1, 1845.