The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

Thomas Parley, Esq., Shorstin Hall, Halton
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, Distiller
S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest Rill. near Worksop
W. A. Wilkinson, Egq., Director of the Fzewash Valley Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS.
Messrs. Masterman and Co., London
• The Union Bank, Manchester
SOLICITOZ—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins,
John Belcher, Esq.
SECRETARY—A. Gwilt, Esq.
Offices of the Company, 28, Moorgate-street.
This Company is formed for making a railway from Liverpool to
Derby, and will, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby
Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest
route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and
proceed along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to within a
short distance of the Whiston Inclined Plane, and thence branch off
in a south-easterly direction, through Warrington, Knuteford, and
Congleton to Leek (there joining the Manchester and Rugby Rail-
way), and from thence through Ashbourne to Derby. The whole
length of the proposed line will be about sixty-six miles. It will be
seen by reference to the map that this important line of railway will
form the shortest route from Liverpool to London and effect a direct
chain of communication between Liverpool and Derby, and will
thence, by means of the Midlands and other railways, open an unin-
terrupted route to the more eastern counties, and afford a complete
midland communication between the eastern and western parts of
the kingdom and the important intermediate manufacturing districts.
The most important feature in this railway is that it forms the
shortest road from Liverpool to London. The distance by it, wills the
Manchester and Rugby, and London and Birmingham, will be only
188 miles, whereas by the present route it is 210 miles, and by the
Trent Valley Railway 200% miles ; effecting a saving of 22 miles in
one instance, and 12% in the other.
And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between
Liverpool and Derby will be reduced by this line to about 74 miles,
thus decreasing the distance by any present existing railway, at least
46 miles; an advantage which (tarries in itself the conviction of the
necessity there is for the proposed railway, in order to connect more
immediately two such important towns, especially when these towns
are but the foci, as it were, for other railways from still more distant
localities, as before adverted to.
The distance also from Manchester to Leek (where the proposed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway)
will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 26% miles,
making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby only 56%
miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi-
cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object
most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite sufficient to recom-
mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results.
But great as these results most certainly will be, they are far out-
weighed by the very important consideration that, in conjunction
with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, It will also be the
most direct route from Liverpool to London.
The distance from Liverpool to Leek (the proposed point of junc-
tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles;
from Leek to Rugby, according to the line as proposed by the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London 83 miles; thus making the whole distance from Liverpool to
London 188% miles, instead of 210, by the present route.
With regard to the traffic and other details connected with the
working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great
importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication
with each other, in order to convince the minds of all that the source
of revenue thus derived will be immense.
There are no engineering difficulties coneected with the forming of
the line.
The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 4/. per cent.
Interest on all calls.
Applications for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the offices, 78, King William-street, City,
London ; and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester, and the following
Sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North
Side, Royal Exchange, London; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ;
Messrs. Balclay, Alison. and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Mac-
kenzie and Lawrence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese,
51, King-street, Manchester; Messrs. Marshall, Town-hall-buildings,
Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds; Messrs. Edwards and Son,
and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. It. Lane, Esq., Birmingham Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Hud-
;
dersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter; It. P. Lemon,
Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Hull.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Derby Railway
Company.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the
capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired.
Dated the

day of

, 1845.

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Name ......
Address .. ..
Profession
Reference

C HEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, and
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to announce that the allotments of
shares in this Company have been completed. They beg also to express
their regret at having been compelled to reject the claims of thousands
of applications of undoubted respectability, and to curtail in almost
every instance the names of those parties whose applications were
entertained. This course of proceeding was rendered unavoidable by
the unprecedented number of applicants which have been received.
By order,
WM. PROTHEROE, Secretary.

Sept. 26, 1845,

NEW STRAND THEATRE.-PHILLIPPE'S
SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES.
31. Phillippe has the honour to announce that, in consequence
of the unprecedented success of his entertainment at the St. James's
Theatre, he has taken the New Strand Theatre, which WILL OPEN
on MONDAY EVENING, September 29, f,r the exhibition of his
celebrated TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, and surprising feats of
MAGICAL DELUSION. The performances will be varied by the
introduction of many most attractive novelties, obtained during a
recent visit to Paris.
Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places, may be secured at the Box-office
of the Theatre, which ii open from Ten till Five.

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
London : under the direction of JOHN RYAN, LL.D., M.D.
and Professor BACHIIOFFNER, Ph.D.,' 3f.A. The COURSE o
CHEMICAL LECTURES and Practical Demonstrations for Medical
and general Students, Agriculturists, &e., ander the direction of Dr.
Ryan, will commence on the Gth of October.
The STEAM NAVIGATION CLASS for Naval Officers will meet
on the Gth of October, at Twelve o'clock A.M.
The CLASS for RAILWAY ENGINE DRIVERS will open on the
Bth of October, at Seven P.M.
A Class for Instruction in MATHEMATICS is now forming, under
the direction of Mr. A. W. Hobson, B.A.
A Syllabus may be had at the Institution.
R. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary.

ir
NEW RAILWAY STATION 11'
BELGIUM.
has formed a plan for establishing a new n0„...,1kbh,
Belgian territory, at a short distance from 3"""
certain
A Company, called the " Anglo•Belgiatt Coro P.en.B ith'no
The scheme has caused great excitement aneitg
25 too
parties in France, who seem to regard Belg
°following
much under the influence of England. The
is on the
are extracts from some of the Paris Pions
subject : has drawn
querke. wits
attention /Srati'onatol.—a" Tprhoespceocmtumserweehidehe DhausnThis
some mystery by an Anglo-Belgian Coinka.,i/liato of
Company proposes to construct, within a foldalleroharig
our frontier on the Belgian coast, a port
d serve lig
shipping, to be called Adinkerque Point,n . with
the head of the Belgian railroads, ommunicastinurf__
Dover by a regular packet service, and thus asseitio,
our neighbours the whole transit of goods
n. !Lot
sengers which takes place between England it ti:el,4o
part of the Continent. The establishment of $
been inssuee
" linlisters -
port at the extremity of the harbour of D r2a of
fact which, if executed, loudly accuses our 11.,. seri.
incapacity; it proves that, notwithstanding si lair; oir
flees made by us in favour of Belgium, this ;..eilea
dom is quite under the control of the English hid
Yet is it just to say that the Belgian Govei•uTe;Lores
not a right to establish a port on any point of
eits_. This
that it may think fit? We think it eertainy
fact causes us an immense prejudice, and our reiyinto
ought to do all they can to prevent it being• grind into
effect, but since Belgium has been made a hingaleim,,A,s,
make
kingdom has the incontestable right to me of
build jetties, and facilitate on its coasts th i. 1711 b $
merchant vessels. This is an evil, but one w,n'_l% been
necessary consequence of all the faults that ltheYon the
heaped on each other for the last fifteen Yrs
eaa,,ier than
subject of Belgium. In 1830, nothing we? the two
Prey-13
to unite Belgium to France, or at least to Diu"
countries together by treaties, such as would
ible to the
either from entering into enterprises unfaYounbe
inog
other. Since then we took up arms ia t the die;
chivalrous manner to free King Leopold Notre spo
agreeable presence of the Dutch. We the diets of.
much money and the blood of many brave s° sad
cou
our army. In exchange for our sacrifices, wethe o°4'
ought to have exacted some guarantees for .
of arm
and taken precautions to assure the well-belt to tho
commerce. We did not do so, preferring g 0 Telt in
the
gratitude of King Leopold, whom we had tittle throe'
mud of the rout of Louvain to fix on his lit
reproach
Leopold has no memory of the heart. We can
pre-
him with the fact. But where is the treaty sf,yid nevi
vents him from placing his Government
SDI COUr'try.
country at the service of the English, his res ore esl
men ? In fine, four years back nothing tts In„ which
than to form with Belgium a Customs' vitioreis'
would have served as a counterpoise to the orest that
Here it was not alone before the English jilted for the
the French Government gave way. It `vl fit, because
Union, but did not dare pronounce in favour oftlinis
twenty or thirty manufacturers who supported3`with bY
try were unwilling to see their produce conWe of
Belgium. The leaf of the English, the lea of our
Minerel and of M. Fulehiron, was the cad et is
leaving Belgium in a state of isolation. An no )0. oerioh
not true that if the Customs' Union existeds'in.o; port
would ever have thought of making A 13e.gInar
within a few steps of Dunkirk, and thus ruin 10,f gig,.
port, so dangerous to our commerce, and so f_entio tbs,
nous reminiscences of our naval power? NI op wit
fault is committed, its consequences must be P,ll. jorg
But the fact of the project of establishing. tue /err,
Adinkerque being authorised by the Belgian, anct
ment shows that that country has entered heahr"vie bar
into the alliance of the Governments which log
most cause to distrust. Belgium, notwithsta
interests'
to ontifo% fro
that she owes us. acts prejudicially
What we have to do is to use reprisals, to witha7oo,obe,i
her the commercial advantages which we have orko• I
rally accorded her, and to require that the %boe
they be executed, be carried out under the suit' vier
of
of French Commissioners, in order that in esseive 0
and disembarking no danger may result to us' attigall
much mistaken, if, in case we assumed such an.„., ,100 P,
with respect to Leopold, the Belgian Chambe'risais
permit him to expose himself to the just rep ,
France." of this Pi"
Commerce.—" Some journals, in speaking its coot
ject, appear to us to have much exaggeratee usenet W-hi
quences in a commercial point of view. W
rg o_ol'
that the competition presented by the new d. re
more dangerous than that of Neuport and °stenall por
cannot, besides, prevent Belgium from resPillasin_est
sible advantages from her situation. It is or on fivrd
on the other hand, to profit as much as we MA
our own position. The only point of view ou woo oar
could oppose the construction of this Port tiosb
frontiers is the military one. There is 110tr4ple.
that the French Government oug °
ht to deniailajet.
tions from the Belgian Government on this woo* la
cannot allow an establishment, which may 11 to be
Noon,
the hands of our enemies a means of aggress
e
constructed at our very doors." the t.
Courrier Frangais.—"Adinkerque, become ---00e0-
of the communications of England and the Co
ti bog'"
would not only ruin the Belgian port of OsteoA* oget is
competition would be fatal to Dunkirk. Tie,,jcsof
imminent, and the Government ought to teuflan
venting it. But how? Will it forbid the Bei," opeae",
vernment to allow a maritime establishment t°,;:egraen.
at Adinkerque, under the pretext that it wow. ~„po3°
the prosperity of Belgium ? Will it endeavour te 'rhera
the progress of communications amongst our -and ia'
neighbours? Would that be an equitable llO
telligent intervention ? Would not Belgiliel coin'
a right to reply :—` Improve your wry bsb
ai
munications if you dread our ri_iva,:rnio't
allow us to ameliorate ours. If you "s' if le••„1.
to enter into the path of material improvelne°l oars"
Government has allowed itself to be.passed thison vitif
by all the Governments of Europe, is that a re 110
we should remain behindhand also ? If .in el;
yourselves go in advance, do not throw obstse'a:t wow"
way. You have no right to do so.' Assuredlitoe
be difficult to reply to such objections. But obliged
duced duced to such a state of abasement- be 0-- 0,-1
as to coo
oppose advancement amongst others, because wens sif
realise it ourselves ? If such be the case, let,opie
our abdication as a civilised and progressive Sid
We are the very lowest of nations. We are lot lleti
the prosperity of Belgium, and want to Pre,;:oloh;
from progressing In truth that would be too this
Fortunately there are other means of oprie_sin!isrP,
ruinous project. Why has this project Wenn:oo7i
when Dunkirk is close to Adinkerque? not le in
the natural point of junction of the transit I.3ll,litione-
, London to Brussels ? Why then found an stu pis'.
port? Is it not because the travellers and gew"t-ir car
ing from England to Belgium are stopped hl,,,1010`;
toms' line? Remove that barrier, throw the,:,-01h0,,,
cation open, and certainly the port of Dunkire,.".,astie',
nothing to fear from the Anglo-Belgian slnitgle t"
The line of transit will choose the port readr".,sees4
that which is to be yet formed. That is the•tro,;; ore,
of preventing the competition with which T.,-sy
menaced; every other expedient would be Wit ofe"
us. It is by progress that progress tot Liv
m
with !"
OY'
THE MURDER OF MR. pEA—/J
0,-,eo
CHESTER, WEDNESDAY E rt. € r Tr',
.0U- kfe
charged with the murder of Mr. Peacop, at t
about a mile and a half from Birkenhead, having st ' bee- 31e ''
ca er
close of the last examination removed to Chester faro
was determined
by the magistrates to take their raiegi,l
examination here, instead of at Birkenhead, and aec,,°,;,, i•e„,"
the Prius Court was fixed up Distances. ,1`1,"to
did not damp the ardour of the loon'er class of put
present. Such as could afford travelledw by the rairo4clo°7,
great numbers left their homes as early as five ands` •-• 5"
in the •
morning, and walked to this city the road ",,,`loteri
one time actually crowded with pedestrian's ; and at ''lofe'
Lhre court doors were besieged long before the hour 313,,r1, tba
the examination. About half-past eleven- oeil,`"„..The
foll • owing magistrates took their seats on the boil." ;se'
Rev. R. M. Fielden, the Venerable Archdeacon►
J. D. Case, J. R. Shaw, W. Jackson, and W. Potter. &ell
The prisoners Tallant, Lynch, and Nowlan were
approver
placed at the bar, as was also theßurns. ~,sne'
The depositions of the witnesses taken at the Os"
nation were then read over, the only additional fi,oet‘,B,-e,tha
aly of the prisoners being an answer from Mr. l'ejthe
bwitness who went up to Mr. Peacop at the time ra
ery, and who received a blow on the forehead "1- °
the he
dered
him for a time insensible. He stated
that
the hammer, which was found in the house of Lyn, '
fit such a stick as he was struck with. quotcai
Mr.
.Chew, the attorney for the prisoners, then •dec-ii°°.•
permission td ask Burns (the approver) a few 3-Initiol-‘
questions, which was granted b the bench with an. tto
ertnien
tion that he must confine himself
to questions P
the subject before them. , pool
Burns then stated that he left his lodging's In,
on the 3lst of December last, at half-past seven o'coe 013._07,
morning;t that he walked to Chester all the way, ow Abe
here only saw some " navies," whom he did not Jaw ,eopie
told him there was no chance of his getting work, 59,81)10_1
were working for Bd. and 10d. per day Be did ne","olJ‘7,
in Chester many minutes. Went into no housey„.,tloe;
in the
and reached Birkenhead about half-past eve -Sec'
evening. Was never in any prison in Ireland:, uilte
committed any robbery on his brother or sister. I),K,iedir,
pair of trousers belonging to his brother-in-law, anula le
them, but did not account that robbery as it was -*eve"
his sister. Does not know a man named' Macnarnall‘ 'oath*
read pamphlets in his presence. Was at school twelve icePs
but could not be taught to read. When in Ireland w who
by money obtained from his friends, but would not te
those friends were. pog
Several witnesses were then called, who had pad_,iced
..„t°
the road
on the night of the robbery, and who tiert
having seen persons about the shop and near the Ella the]
Burns stated lie and his fellow-prisoners had wet,
of those
were unable to identify the prisoners as being 115.7
persons. The night, however, was v dark and fogrh% pr"
weeks ;
Thomas M`Convill was then called and and he said nth of
soner lodged with him about three in the 10e-th
December last, and for four or five days in the inc'„llt OK!January. January. On the 31st of December he left home she,,-,doct
'crlock in the day, and did not return until after orlelott
in he morning. Witness saw him at eight ~Iplock, 552`0810.•
whereHe
was never
had been so late, and he renr d getting w
never out so late except or that - • the
Joseph Farrell, a mason, , at occasio • ,
ton deP°s'.. SOD°
at OIC • prisoner Burns having Worked for him ; that he
gig
• air
and industrious d • uring that time, and
charged.
e the gas'
It was then proved by Mr. Vickery manager for that
works at Birkenhead, that the prisoner's had workout qsine`,
company.
.Tallant, Lynch, and Nowlan worked in
the boo
gang in laying pipes in the streets. Lynch was at th
f the re'
of the g
On the 2a3ndg, and was entrusted with the control 0
of December Lynch worked at Rock-fert?__neo
In cross-examination the prp,-
ss-examination Mr. Vickery gave
good character as sober
and industrious men.
d
The prisoners were then asked whether they "•3
to say ?—They said they should leave it to their at'a sigiao"—f
Mr. Chew said, in law there was no case Trbatevejraorii °f
the prisoners, as it was impossible to believe the tes 1 .0 fsr
that vi unless substantially corn) llain Burns,Orated'

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