The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-17 00:00:00

IHE EAST COAST RAILWAY, through
LINCOLNSHIRE and NORFOLK.
Capital 1,100,0001., in 22,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 21. 10s, per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Directors
W. Sprott Boyd, Esq , Cleveland-row j of the
The Chisholm, Grosvenor-place Direct
Lieut.-Colonel J. Nisbet Colquhoun, R.A.,*oelwich j Northern
William Morley, Esq., Blanckheath J Railway.
Rev. Edward Leigh Bennett, Vicar of Long Sutton
Benjamin Harrison, Esq., Guy's Hospital
Adderley Howard, Esq., Long Sutton
George Prest, Esq., Sutton Bridge
William Skelton, Esq., Sutton Bridge
Spencer Skelton, Esq., Sutton Bridge.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Rennie, Pres. Inst. C.E., F.E.S.; Hamilton
11. Fulton, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS—The Union Bank of London.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate-
street, London.
realtemENTßity AGENTs—Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster, 26, Great
George-street, Westminster.

The object of the proposed line (for which application will be made
to Parliament in the ensuing session) is to supply an important link
in a communication connecting the town of Great Yarmouth and the
Eastern Coast of the kingdom with the Western, Midland, and
Northern districts, accommodating in its progress the city of Nor-
wich, the town of King's Lynn, Sutton Bridge, and the towns of
Long Sutton, Holbeach, Spalding, Boston, Spilsby, by Louth, and
Grimsby.
Commencing at the proposed terminus of the Lynn, Dereham, and
Norwich Railway at Lynn, the line will proceed by Sutton Bridge
and the towns of Long Sutton and Holbeach to Boston, there con-
necting itself with the Boston Branch of the Cambridge an Lincoln
line, which that Company have, in pnrsuance of a pledge given to
the Board of Trade, agreed to carry into effect : thence it will pro-
ceed through Boston, Spilsby, and Louth to Grimsby.
The Board of Trade having reported in favour of the Newark and
Sheffield line, that Company have announced their intention to ex-
tend their project from Newark to a junction at Sleaford with the
Cambridge and Lincoln line.
It is also intended to extend the proposed line of railway from Hol-
beach to Spalding, there to form a junction with the Spalding and
Stamford Branch of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, which that
Company have also pledged themselves to the Board of Trade to
carry into effect.
It cannot fall to be observed that the projected lines will together
form the most direct, complete, and continuous communication
between the eastern, western, midland, and northern districts of the
kingdom, will bring the important markets of Norwich and Man-
chester nearer to each other by fifty miles than by any other line of
railway ; and besides giving communication to the ports of Grimsby,
Boston, King's Lynn, Spalding, and Sutton Bridge, with the interior
of the country, and with each other, will afford the greatest amount
of local accommodation to the intermediate districts ; in addition to
which, these towns and districts will be placed on a through line to
the metropolis, by their connexion with the Lynn and Ely and the
Northern and Eastern Railways.

From a survey recently made by Mr. Fulton of that portion of the
line from Lynn to Boston, it appears there is no tunnelling, cutting,
or embanking, of any importance necessary, and that the line will
be practically a dead level. Under these circumstances, and from
the investigation that has been made of the other portion of the line,
it is confidently estimated that the proposed capital will be amply
sufficient for the construction of the necessary works and every con-
sequent expense, and the income derivable from the great traffic which
must necessarily arise, not only from the transit of passengers, but
from the transport of fish, as well as of corn, cattle, and other pro-
duce of the great agricultural district through which the lines pass to
the principal food-consuming districts, and of coals, lime, and staple
commodities for the inland districts, will afford an ample return for
the proposed outlay of capital.
It is proposed to apply for the usual power to allow interest at the
rate of 4/. per cent. per annum upon the paid-up capital from the
date of each payment until the completion of the railway.
A large proportion of the capital being already secured, it has
been determlltell to limit the period for receiving applications for the
remaining Shares to the 21st instant, until which date applications
will be received by the Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents, or by
the undermentioned Brokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, and Mr.
J. C. Morice, London ; Mr. May, Liverpool ; Mr. Anthony Laurie,
Liverpool ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, 11, Manor-street, Hull ;
Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. E. King and Co.,
Leeds; Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; M`Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ;
Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; of whom plans and prospectuses may be
had.

April 12, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the East Coast Railway.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares of
501. each in the proposed East Coast Railway ; and I undertake to
pay the!leposit, and sign the necessary deeds.

Dated this

day of

1845.
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NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, and HERE-
FORD RAILWAY ; with Extensions to Monmouth, Brecon,
and Merthyr Tydvll, and branches to all the important works in the
district of Pontypool.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit, 2/. 10s. per Share.
In/moron.
John Barnes, Esq., Chorley Wood House, Herta
James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street
The Chisholm, Grosvenor-place
The Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, M.P., Chesham-street, Belgrave-square
Henry Garritt Key, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard
John Lawrie, Esq„ Charles-street, St. James's
W. M. Nurse, Esq., Cavendish-square
With power to ad Ito their number.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Johnson, Farquhar, and Leech.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster.
ENoINEERS—Messrs. Rennie.
BANKERS.
London.: The Union Bank of London.
Hereford and Brecon : The National Provincial Bank of England.

This undertaking will, in connection with existing and projected
lines of railway, bring into immediate communication with Birming-
ham, and the whole midland and Northern Districts of England, tire
great mineral fields of Monmouthshire, as well as those adjoining Car-
diff and Merthyr Tydvil ; at the same time it will furnish to the im-
portant agricultural counties of Hereford, Worcester, Brecon, and
M onmouth, a ready channel for the transmission of their produce to
the dense population inhabiting the mineral districts of South Wales.
The object of this company will be very materially aided, first, by
the existing line from Cardiff to Merthyr: and, secondly, by the
lines intended to be formed by the Welsh Midland Railway Company.
The line will commence at Newport, and will thence proceed
northward by Pontypool and Abergavenny to Hereford, where (in
that direction) it will terminate. From Abergavenny a branch will
extend eastward to Monmouth, and another westward to Brecon.
From Brecon an extension will be made to Merthyr, to join the
Taaff Vale Railway, ending at Cardiff. Thus will be established, in
addition to a free intercourse with more distant localities, a complete
chain of railway communication amongst the important towns and
districts just enumerated, and which are now wholly unprovided in
that respect. The portion of the line extending westward from
Monmouth will also promote the most direct passenger route that
can be adopted from Monmouth to Carmarthen, and the South of
Ireland. _
In addition to the main line and extensions above indicated, the
Directors propose to place themselves in immediate communication
with the proprietors of the most important works in the several dis-
tricts traversed, in order to fix the situation and the course of the
minor branches, which will be necessary to complete the comprehen-
sive scheme of communication intended ; and to this object regard
has been had in fixing the capital of the Company.
The investigations which have been made on the subject of the
traffic fully justify the conclusion that the undertaking is eminently
ealculated for the advantage and convenience of the public, and that
it will prove a most profitable investment of capital.
In conclusion, it may suffice to observe that it is well known that
the scheme of a comprehensive system of inland communication in
the districts in question has already engaged the serious attention of
the tribunal appointed by the Legislature for the initiatory examina-
tion of railway projects ; and the Board of Trade has, in its report
on the Tring and Oxford schemes, fully recognised the great im-
portance and necessity of the chain of communication of which the
present undertaking will form a material link in the following man-
ner :—" The accommodation of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, South
Wales, and the important districts lying to the west of the present
lines of railway will evidently, at no distant period, require not only
a wide gauge railway along the southern coast, to place them in com-
munication with London, but also a narrow guess railway, to place
them in direct and unbroken communication, through Birmingham,
with the manufacturing districts and the groat railway system of the
rest of the kingdom."
The engineering capabilities of the course of the line and exten-
sions have been ascertained to be excellent, and the capital proposed
will be ample for the construction of the 125 miles of railway intended
to be formed.

Application to be made for Shares addressed to the Directors, at
the Company's Offices, 65, Moorgate-street, London, or to the
undermentioned Brokers :—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Thread-
needle-street, London ; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; Mr. Isaac
Miller, Liverpool ; Mr. May, Liverpool; Mr. Parsons, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Brady and Stainforth, 11, Manor-street, Hull ; Mr. S. Grin-.
drod, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs.
Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. E. Ring and Co., Leeds ; Messrs
Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Bradford ; Luke Arnold, Bristol ; George
Edwards, Bristol ;• Thomas Sanford, Exeter ; G. R. Gliddon, Exeter ;
Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; 3lTwen and Auld, Glasgow ; William
Gordon, Aberdeen ; Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co., Dublin ; Bruce and
Symes, Dublin ; Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; of whom plans
and prospectuses may be had.