The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-25 00:00:00

HE ALTO DOURO RAILWAY
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COMPANY FROM OPORTO to the SPANISH FRONTIER.
The new Prospectus will appear in a few days. A re-allotment of
Shares must necessarily take place, but a preference will be given to
previous applicants. T. M. RUSSELL, Secretary.
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95, Gracechurch-street and 29, Threadneedia.street,
June 23, 1845.

fIIE CITY and WEST-END RAILWAY and
TERRACE COMPANY, for the UNION and EXTENSION of
the METROPOLITAN TERMINI of the LONDON and BIRMING-
HAM, GREAT WESTERN and WEST LONDON RAILWAYS,
along the NORTH BANK of the RIVER THAMES to SOUTH-
WARK BRIDGE, and for the CONSTRUCTION of GRAND TER-
RACES or ESPLANADES, from BLACKFRIARS to WESTMIN-
STER BRIDGES, and at CHELSEA. With a reserve for further
Extension.

Provisionally registered, pursuant to Act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.
Offices, 32, Poultry, London.
Capital, 1,500,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 251. each.
• Deposit, 1/. 7s. 6d. per Share.

The preliminary expenses not to exceed Five Shillings per Share,
without the sanction of a General Meeting of the Shareholders.

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.

Colonel Campbell Dalrymple, Great George-street, Westminster
Sir Thomas Banks, Bart., F.R.S., &c.
Thomas Roberts Thelluson, Esq., Hyde Park-street
Sir George William Prescott, Bart.
The Lord Sussex Lennox
Matthew Richard Scott, Esq., Devonshire-place
William Shaw, Esq., Maßaging Director of the Royal, Farmers', and
Graziers' Mutual Cattle Insurance Companies, 346 and 301, Strand
William Downing truce, Esq., F.S.A., Charles-street, St. James's
James Adair, Esq. U.s.C.,
Thomas Thorby, Esq., Mark-lane
George Pawsey, Esq., Ludgate Hall, Suffolk
Robert Page, Esq., Charlton House, Severton, Director of the Leices-
ter and Coventry Railway
Major Kortright, Great Coram-street
J. Bentham, Esq:, Clifton, York
John Wilkin, jun., Esq., 10, Spring-gardens
With power to add to their number.
Exammt.,-Captain W. S. 3foorsom, C.E.
ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR—WWII= Laxton, ESQ.
BANKERS.
Sir. Claude Scott, Bart., and Co.
Messrs. Dennison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co.
SOLICITOR—John Foster, Esq., 6., Jermyn-street, St. James's.
SECRETARY, pro. tern.-31r. James Hodgson.
The promoters of this Company propose to effect several great
public objects, long desired, but now for the first time collectively put
forward, viz.:-
1. To bring the passengers and goods by or to the London and
Birmingham Railway to or from Charing Cross. or the City of
London, at Southwark-bridge
2. To bring the passengers and goods by or to the Gre it Western
Railway, also to or from the same places.
3. To bring the passenger s and goods by or to the West London
Railway, also to or from the same places.
4. To accomplish these objects by having suitable and sufficient
line of rails, the narrow gauge of the London aid Birmingham being
within the wide gauge of the Great Western.

5. To accommodate all passengers who desire to go to or from the
termini of those railways to or from any intermediate po'nt from
St. Paul's, and all other persons seeking to proceed quickly and
cheaply between Southwark Bridge,l3lackfriars' Bridge, Waterloo
Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Chelsea, Fulham Road and Hamersmith
Road, at all of which places it is proposed to construct stations.
6. To erect Esplanades for Public Terraces between Blackfriars
and Westminster Bridges, and at Chelsea ; and to open the same at
very moderate Tolls, until the expenses of Construction, with Inte-
rest at five per cent. per annum be defrayed.
A glance at the Map: accompanying the Prospectus will demon-
strate the vast value of this project, both as a matter of public con-
venience, health, and recreation, and a source of abundant profit to
the Shareholders.

This great Metropolis and its environs, containing more than two
millions of human beings, and visited by millions of non-res!dents
=many, will have the quickest, most certain, and least expensive
mode of conveyance ever projected; while travellers by the great
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Railways, rarely desiring to stay or shift themselves and their goods
at Camden Town, Euston Square, Paddington, or Kensington, may
proceed further into London without delay.
310 t of the elements of Railway wealth are here concentrated :-
1. In Traffic and Transit.—This Railway must have a greater
traffic and transit, for its length, than any in the world. The popu-
lation within its termini is at least ten times largsr than the popula-
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tion of any other line of the same extent now in existence. In ad-
dition, it Will accommodate strangers coming from the north and the
west, on the same terms per mile, and in the same carriages, as they
have travelled from Birmintham, Manchester, or Liverpool ; Bristol,
Exeter, or Bath.

2. In Cheapness of Construction.—Though going through the heart
of a mighty city, the greater part of the land to be taken is compa-
ratively valueless, and the demands of no extortionate landowner will
have to be paid ; the lesser part is little built upon, and its length is
so short as to be scarcely a matter for consideration. Offers have
been made to execute the whole undertaking very greatly below the
estimate; the capital is made much larger than at present is neces-
sary, to provide for further extensions slaould they become expedie'.t ;
but the overplus will not, of course, be called for until they are.
3. In the Absence of Engineering Difficulties.—it is well known
that the banks of a river, being level, must afford the cheapest and
best site for a railway. In this instance, the mud banks of the Thames,
now valueless, will be made valuable ; the access to the wharfs and
small inner docks will be better than at present ; and the general
navigation of the Thames above Southwark-bridge will be improved
rather than impeded.
4. In an additional source of Wealth and Popular and Parliamen-
tary Support.—The esplanade will not only conduce to the conveni-
ence but to the health of the inhabitants of this pent-up capital. The
public Parks have been-designated the "lungs of London ;" the Ter-
race of the Thames will equally deserve the appellation.
The greatest difficulty experienced has been to estimate the pro-
bable revenue which wiil accrue to this Company, since it is quite
impossible to arrive at anything like the amount received annually
by the public carriages alone running on the great thoroughfare pa-
rallel with the Thames, in addition' to which there are many hun-
dreds of journeys made by steam-boats plying between London-
bridge, Chelsea, and all the intermediate ,tations daily.
Beyond these advantages, which apply solely to the traffic in pas-
sengers,,there will be immediate communication with the Thames,
affording the means of transporting goods direct from the water to
their destination, without the intervention of cartage, and its conse-
quent delays and expenses ; and it has been recently given in eVidence
before a Committee of the House Of Commons, that not less than one
fourth of the traffic coming to London by the London and Birming-
ham Railway was intended for shipment. .
Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Provisional Commit-
tee, at No. 32, Poultry; or to John Foster, Esq., Solicitor, 60, Jer-
ruyn-street, of whom Prospectuses may IciP had.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Directura of the City and West-end Railway and