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

Westminster.

No stronger recommendation of this proposed line need be given
than the fact that, since it was provisionally registered on the Bth of
August last, the idea of the project has been pirated by Companies
to whose cupidity the lines appear to hold the strongest temptations.
The object of this Company is to form a direct communication between
the extespive ports of Lynn and Wisbeach, and the manufacturing
Midland dainties of England, by means of a direct railway from
Lynn, through Wisbeach to Peterborough, thereby completing the line
from the Eastern. coast of England to Northamton and toLincon and Bir-
mingham, Manchester and Liverpool. The inhabitants of Lynn,
Wisbeach, and Peterborough will then enjoy the advantage of
• cheap and direct intercommunication between their respective
towns, while the important commercial interests connected with
the manufacturing and export trades between the Midland Counties
and the eastern parts of the coast, will have very valuable additional
facilities afforded them.
Lynn and Wisbeach should be, and by the proposed line will be-
come, to Birmingham and the Midland Counties, what Liverpool:is
to Manchester, Lancashire, and the counties in the north. More-
over, by the proposed line a direct railway intercourse will be estab-
lished between Lynn, Wisbeach, Southampton, Bristol, Gloucester,
!cc., as also between Lynn, and Swaff ham, Durham, Thetford, Nor-
wich, and Yarmouth. On the other hand, proceeding northwards,
the line at Peterborough falls into the others which constitute the
great northern railways of England.
This line will not interfere with either of the proposed lines to
Wisbeach, as those lines will proceed towards London, through
Iluntingdon, St. Ives, and Ely ; while this line is intended .to
afford the means of direct communication with all the manufacturing
and midland districts.
In addition to the various and undeniably great advantages upon
this line which render a profitable amount of traffic certain, the
facilities afforded by nature for its construction arc greater than
those upon any other English line.
The cheapness of the construction of lines in Belgium, and the
safety upon them, arising from the level character of the country,
are proverbial. The districts through which the line will pass
possess all the advantages of a Belgian course, together with the
additional facility afforded by the established dead level of the Nene
navigation.
A survey, by a distinguished engineer, has resulted in a report that
the expenses of its construction will be small beyond all precedent,
and that in an unusually short space of time the various towns
and districts which it will affect may be in possession of the commer-
cial, social, local, and general benefits which it is so calculated to
confer.
Public meetings will promptly be held in all the towns along the
line, at which a deputation from the promoters will attend to give
whatever information may be required.
Applications for shares may be addressed to William Andrews,
Esq., at the offices of the Company, No. 41, Moorgate-street ; or to
Thomas George Smith, Esq., at No. 2, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-
street, London.
41, Moorgate-street, Sept. 17, 1845.