The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

BANKERS.

Messrs. Mastennaa and Co. London
Messrs. Pritchard and Borott, Brldgnorth and Broseley
Messrs. Cooper, Parton, and Cooper, Itridgnorth and Wenlock
The Ludlow and Tenbury Bank
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolver•
hampton.

ENGINEER—John R. M`Lean,
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, Moorgate-street, Lon.
don, and Delahay-street, Westminster
M. Haywood Williams, Esq. Bridguortk
Charles Corser, Esq. Wolverhampton
Messrs. Williams and Urwick, Ludlow.
SECRETARY--John Trevor, Esq.

This railway will commence at the important town of Wolver-
hampton, proceeding through or near to Seisdon, Trysull, and Cla-
verly, to the manufacturing town of Bridgnorth : from thence it will
continue through a rich egriculturid and populous district to Lud-
low, and there fall into other projected lines to all pans of England,
North and South Wales, and Ireland, a distance of about thirty-two

It will afford direct communication between Ludlow, Bridgnorth,
and Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c. ; and, by the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway give to those towns and districts the most direct
route for passengers and goods to and from the Central, North
Eastern, and Eastern parts of the Kingdom, and from which those
towns have hitherto been excluded by every project of the day.
It will convey to the agricultural districts of Herefordshire and
South Shropshire, and also to the towns of Bridgnorth and Ludlow,
coals and the mineral productions of Staffordshire, Worcestershire,
an I the Clee-hills, at nearly one-half the present cost of those neces-
sary articles, and be the means of conveyance for corn, cattle, sheep,
cider, wool, hops, and other agricultural productions, as also timber
from the before-mentioned agricultural counties, to the heart of the
mining and manufacturing districts, which cannot fail to produce an
immense traffic.

To the towns embraced hi this line, the value of obtaining thereby,
at the cheapest rate, coal and the necessaries of life, will be of the
utmost hnportance.

One principal feature in this projection is, that as either Ludlow or
Bridgnorth will lie in the direct route of one of the projects to be pro-
posed to Parliament in the next session, for the most direct commu-
nication between Ireland and the Metropolis, this line will thereby
afford to passengers the easist communication to and from the central
parts of the kingdom.

It is satisfactory to the promoters to state, that they have the
sanction of the Grand Junction Company, and the co-operation of the
Shrewsburyf Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction, and
the South Staffordshire Junction Companies, and that no project has
been announced in competition with its acknowledged claim on public
suoport.

The whole line is free from engineering difficulties, and can be con-
structed at a moderate cost, and has obtained the approval of the
landed interest, whose ornamental properties have been strictly
protected.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of the
company will be under the direction and control of the Committee
of Management, who are hereby empowered to enter into such ar-
rangements as shall best serve the interests •f this Company and the
public, with existing or projected companies, and also to nominate
the first directors of the Company.

. .
Power will be taken under the Act to limit the responsibility of
Shareholders to the amount of their subscription, and to allow four
per cent. Interest on the calls.

Preference to the allotment of shares will be given to those locally
Interested, and to the shareholders of lines in connexion with this.
No applications for shares can in any case be attended to, unless
reference be made to one ofthc Provisional Committee, the Solicitors,
Bankers, or Brokers of the Company.
Applications for shares to be made to the respective Solicitors, and
the following brokers :

London-31essrs. Wells. Prinseps, and Westropp, 76,01 d Broad-street
Mr. T. C. Munday, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings
Wolverhampton—Mr. Payne

Liverpool—Messrs Lloyd and Price

Kidderminster-31r. C.-11. Saunders,

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional (Committee of the Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth,

and Ludlow Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the Wol-
verhampton, Bridgnorth, and Ludlow Railway ; and I undertake to
pay the deposite of 21. 25., and all further calls upon the same, or
such lesser number as you may allot to me, and to execute the sub-
scribers' azreement and the parliamentary contract when called
upon to do so.
Dated this

day of 1845.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient humble servant,
Christian and Surnames, in full ..........
Profession .... ....................
Reference.. ...
Residence of Referee •.......... .....

WOLVERHAMPTON, 13RIDGENORTH,
and LUDLOW RAILWAY.
The Provisional Committee hereby give notice, that no further
Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after MoN-
DAT, the 20th inst.

By order,
JOHN TREVOR, Secretary to the Company,

GRAND TRUNK RAIL WAY,
forming a connecting line between the Grand Junction,
and Trent Valley and Midland Counties Railways.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 500,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir JOHN E. DE BEAUVOIR, Bart.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
WILLIAM SIMPSON POTTER, Esq.
BANKERS—The Union Bank of London.
ENGINEER—John Urpeth Rustrick, Esq.
ACTING ENGINEER—Robert Nicholson, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy. and Galsworthy, 19, Ely-

place, Holborn.
This line of railway commences at Ashfordby, on the Syston and
Peterborough Railway, and pr.ceeds to Loughborough, on the Mid-
land Counties Railway, and thence through the Vale of Sheepshead
to Peg's Green Colliery, near to the terminus of the Leicester
and Swannington Railway, and thence through the coal-fields of
Swannington and Cole Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will then
proceed across to Moira coal field, and through the rich agricultural
districts of Seal, Clifton, Campville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham
and Derby Railway, and thence proceed to join the Trent Valley
Railway, thus completing the route to Stafford. At Alrewas it forms
a junction wift the South Staffordshire line, by that means reaching
Lichfield.

By the junction with the Trent Valley, and by means of the
North Staffordshire line, it will afford a direct communication with
the Potteries, Newcastle-urder-Lyne, Leek, and Macclesfield.
This railway will supply the link in the great chain of central com-
munication, east and west, and has met with great local support.
By order,

J. STANWAY, 3, Adelaide-place.
The surveys, &c., will be completed to enable the Company to pro-
ceed to Parliament In the ensuing session.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction Itailways.

Notice is hereby given, that the Letters of Allotment are posted,
and the Committee of Management beg to state that they have been
compelled, in consequence of the immense number of applicants, to
limit the Allotments in all cases, and entirely to pass over many ap-
plications which they would otherwise have been pleased to attend to.
By order,

SAMUEL STANWAY, Secretary,

pedition than if transmitted to Calais, a sea passage of only 24 miles,
and usually made in two hours.
The traffic and expenditure may be fairly estimated as follows
From 50,000 passengers, who, according to the recent re-
turns from Ostend and Antwerp, annually visit the Conti-
nent and return by this route, say, from each, on an ave-
rage, 10s. each way • • • • • • • • • 1-50,000
For the transport of mails from the respective Governments 10,000
Local traffic in goods and passengers .................... 50,000

£llO,OOO
Deduct the expenses of working the line, calculated at • ... 30,000

£BO,OOO

Thus leaving a profit of 10% per cent. to the shareholders, with
every irospect of a considerable increase annually in the traffic, as
has been by experience proved to be the result on all the other lines
in operation in Belgium, as well as other countries.
The projected railroad would pass through a perfectly level tract
of country rich in agricultural productions, presenting no natural
impediments to its construction, and would require neither tunnels
nor viaducts ; and the only bridges necessary would be the spanning
of a few dykes. Thus the construction would be unattended with
heavy expense, and its working, when completed, of the same eco-
nomical character; for, as experience has shown, the most consider-
able item in working a railway is the supply of coal for the locomo-
tives ; the proximity to the port of Dunkirk, and the easy access to
the Belgian coal fields, obviate this difficulty.
This line, which has been already examined by an eminent engi-
neer, will be about sixty miles in extent from one extremity to the
other ; will connect In Its route the towns of Calais, Gravelines, and
Dunkirk, its France, with Furness, Nieuport, and Bruges, in Bel-
gium ; thus securing a very important local traffiC in goods and pas-
sengers, independent of the foreign traffic before alluded to, placing
the possibility of its paying beyond all doubt.
Arrangements are in progress and strongly supported by persons of
the highest infincnce both in Belgium and France for obtaining the
consent of the Belgian and French Governments to the. above line ;
and as it is so obviously advantageous to the former Government
to encourage the formation of a line, bringing two such important
capitals as Brussels and London within ten hours distance of each
other, and the intention of the latter to encourage the formation of a
continuous line of railway round the coast, little doubt is entertained
by the Direc :ors in Belgium, France, and England, of such applications
proving successtid.
In the event of the applications proving unsuccessful, the deposits
will be returned, with the exception of a charge on each share, not
exceeding five shillings.
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and the offices of the solicitors, 5, Basing-
hall-street; for prospectuses and forms of application may be made
London—Messrs. Peppercorne, Broad-street
laitaltetrCeoemt ;Pa annyd'stooffithceesfollowing brokers:—
Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; and Messrs. Green and
Lockwood
Liverpool—Messrs. T. Ceglan and Sons
Bristol—Messrs. Edwards and Co:

Le M. Lee, Eiq., Harvey Mirftn, Esq., and Messrs.
Bell and Ledger
Hull--Messrs. Flint and Tootal
Exeter—Thomas Sandford, Esq.

Plymouth—files rs. Hayward and Palmer,

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Calais, Dunkirk, and Bruges Junction
Railway.

you
WunidlleallrtatemeShares of 201.
to accept the same or any
le:sGeshennitiatmltehbmeisernCt—heamltprmaelFsbeataydallotted me, and to pay the deposit thereon,
and I undertake also to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, or any
other document that may be necessary, when required.
I am, Gentlemen,
Christian and Surname.. • .....
Profession or Calling.. • ...
Rlace of Residence ...• ..............
Reference.........................
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N.B.—To save trouble, no applicatien will be attended to unless
accompanied with areference to one ofthe directon, a banker, Stock.
broker, or mercantile houss ofknown respectability.

CALAIS, DUNKIRK, AND BRUGES
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that no further applications for shares Iv;
be received in this Company after THURSDAY, the 16th instant.
By order,
PHILIP N. SCANLAN, Secretary
37 Itoorgate-street, Oct. 13, 1845.

EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION, and
SOUTHEND RAILWAY,
forming a direct communication between England and Belgium,
and Holland and the Blaine, from the Essex Coast ; with a
Branch (via Tilbury) to Gravesend, and a Branch to the River
Crouch.

COMMITTEB OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman-1 he Right lion the Earl of Mornington.
Deputy-Chairman—Robert A. Riddell, Esq.
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Miles Donner, Esq.
Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P. Herbert Ingram, Esq,
William Bradley, Esq. John Nixon, Esq.
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq.
W. A. Campbell, Esq. W. Alexander Thomas, Esq.
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq.
John James Cavan, Esq. William Wright, Esq.
Chanes Grant, Esq.
At a meeting of the Committee of Management,
GIDEON COLQUHOUN, Esq. in the Chair,
A letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington and Lord
Viscount Wellesley addressed to the solicitors to the Company,
was read.

Resolved—That the Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington ani
Lord Viscount Wellesley be added to the Provisional Committee.
Also, Resolved—That tne Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington be
Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Robert A. Riddell,
Esq., be Deputy-Chairman.
The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of stating,
that the Allotment of Shares is proceeding with all the expedition
that the immense number of spplicatiens will admit of, and that
Letters of Allotment will be shortly issued. In the meantime the
engineers and surveyors are actively engaged in their duties, and ad
other preliminaries are progressing for the purpose of applying for
an Act of Parliament in the ensuing session.
PERINd, MINET, and SMITH, 5, Laurence Pountney-place.
CHAUNTLEtI and WESTWOOD, 8, Gray's hm-square.
Oct. 14, 1845.

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
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CAMBKIDGE and COLCHESTER
RAILWAY:

Capital 800,000/.:in:I0,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
This Company has been formed for making the above line of rail
way, and a list of the Provisional Committee, containing most Intiu•
ential names, will appear in a few days.

This railway will commence at the University town of Cambridge,
and proceed from thence to Colchester, passing through or near the
towns of Linton, Haverhill, Great Yeldham, Hedingham, and Hal-
stead, proceeding by Thorp and Weeley to Walton-on-the-Naze.

On reference to the map, it will be seen that this line will pass
through a part of the country at present unprovided with railway ac-
commodation, and bring the town of Cambridge in close connexion
with Colchester and the fast improving seaport town of Harwich,
and by means of the railways already formed and proposed to be
formed, will open a communication with Yorkshire and all pat ts of
the North, with Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Manchester, Liver-
pool, and other large manufacturing towns, and the rich mineral dis-
tricts of Staffordshire, the important towns of Birmingham and
Worcester, North and South Wales, and by the Northampton, Ban-
bury, and Cheltenham Railway, with all parts of the west of Eng-
land, as well as opening w direct communicatieu to the important sea-
port terns.. on the eastern comet. . - - -

A COlLSlderable Parliamentary grant having been made to improve
the harbour of Harwich, a Company has been formed to make large
and commodious docks at that place, and from the fact of Harwich
being directly opposite the ports of Holland (thus bringing it in com-
munication with the railways in Germany), there is no doubt but
that Harwich will •become a first-late seaport town for extensive
commercial and passenger traffic, and will be a powerful feeder to
this line.

The town of Colchester is also a seaport, from which coals and
goods in large quantities are supplied to Halstead and the adjacent
pniadedv(Wsuapgpells'edafiridoignwtlles'• district through which this
flour, malt, &c., in large
NPquantitiesulous toawrensshia
line is proposed to pass) to London and other places.
Therefore, this line will open a communication much needed, and
there cannot be any doubt but that the undertaking is one of great
importance, as affording railway accommxiation to a large and
populous district of country through which it will pass, and that it
will pay a good rate of interest on the capital invested.
From Colchester the line will proceed to the fast-improving and
much-admired watering-place, Walton-on-the-Naze, passing through
Thorp and Weeley, and thereby afford railway accommodation from
the midland counties to that place ot summer resort for sea-bathing.
Power will be applied for to allow 4/, per cent. on deposits and all
calls until the line is opened.
Prospectuses and plans will be forthwith issued, and, in the mean-
time, applications for shares may be. Rilide to the Solicitors, George
Weller, Esq., 8, King's-road, Bedford-row, London ; George Pell
jun., Esq., Welford, Northamptonshire ; and George Cooke, Esq.
Northampton.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Cambridge and Colchester

Railway:

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 20/.
each in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, or any less number you may allot ine, and to pay the deposit
of 21. 2s. per share, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name In full • • •• • •
Trada or Profession •• ••• • • •
Name of Referee • • •
Residence of Referee....... .

LEICESTER, MELT RA
ON MO WBY, and
BOSTON DIRECT UNION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 400
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
George Bacon, Esq., Nottiugliam, director of the Ambergate, Not-
tingham, Boston, and Eastern Counties' Junction Railway, &c.
Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby, director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester Railway
Esq. Bungley-house, near Tamwerth, director of the
John
u Samuel
Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway
tuhx,tfo:nsq; Alder gate-street, London
Richard Carpenter, Esq. London, Deputy-Lieutenant of the' county
of Middlesex, Vice-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Ex-
tension, director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, &c.
Sir James Duke, M.P. director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Thomas Ekin, Esq. Grantham
Robert Forman, Esq. Abbott's-hill, Derby, Director of the Tean and
Dove Valley Railway, &c. &C.
Francis Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Grand Union
Railway, London and Nottingham Railway, &c.
George Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Grand Union
Railway, London and Nottingham Railway, &c.
Stephen James Hobson, Esq. Leicester, director of the Walsall, Wol-
verhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway
Captain Hulme, Exeter, director of the Taw Vale Extension Rail-
way, &c.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. Piccadilly, London, director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Charles Millar, Esq. Grantham
E. Monk, Esq. the Parke, Nottingham
Charles Morris, Esq. London, director of the Leeds and Carlisle
Railway
Peter Morrison, Esq. London, director of the Birmingham Extension
Railway, &c.
Thomas North, Esq. the mayor of Nottingham
Major-General Pariby, C.B. 18, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
Alfred Pickford, Esq. Bridport, Dorset, director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
William Pritchard, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Direct
London and Hastings Railway
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, Essex, director of the Oxford and Wor-
cester Extension Railway
James Marie, Esq. Cricklewood, Middlesex, direct° of the Gua-
rantee Society
William Walkington, Esq. Alderman, Grantham
David Wheatcroft, Esq. Buckland Hollows, near Belper, director of

the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
James Whiskin, Esq. London, director of the Croydon Railway
(With power to add to their number).
Tumults.
London—Messrs. John Master Man and Co.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Potter and Collinridge, 5, Basinghall-street, London,
LOCAL AGENTS.
ACTING ENGINEER—Richard C. Carpenter, Esq.
SECRETARY—E. Jones, Esq.
The port of Boston affords the readiest outlet for exports from the
manufacturing districts to the north of Europe, and the importance
of direct communication from the midland counties to a place ad-
vantageously situate cannot be over-estimated.
Leicester has, or shortly will have, direct communication with
Birmingham, and all the other important towns in the midland
district.
The Midland Railway Company is extending the communication
to Melton Mowbray, by means of its branch from Syston to Peter-
borough, which passes through that place. There is also a complete
line of railway about to be established from Nottingham, through
Grantham and Folkingham, to Boston, as well as to Spalding, Wis-
beach, Lynn, Yarmouth, and other important towns in the eastern
counties.
The Leicester, Melton Mowbray, and Boston Direct Union Rail-
way, by forming a line from Melton Mowbray to Folkingham, will
supply the only link wanting to complete a direct through communi-
cation from Birmingham, Warwick, Worces'er, Coventry, and the
manufacturing districts generally, to Boston, as well as means of
existing and projected railways from Wales and the Bristol Channel
to that seaport.
The leng.h of the proposed line will not exceed twenty-six miles ;
and as it will pass through a country very favourable for engineer-
ing imposes, the expense of construction will, it is expected, be less li
than the usual average. The admirable position of this railway can-
not fail, it is confidently expected, to command a large return, both
in passengers and in goods traffic.
The Company will be in a situation to deposit the Parliamentary
plans and-sections in ample time for complying with the standing
orders, and enabling them to apply
session.
for their Act in the ensuing

Applications for shares to be addressed to the solicitors, Messrs.
Potter and Colliugridge, 'No. 5, Ba.inghall.street, London ; to Messrs.
Williams and Sunderland, stockbrokers, Leicester ; Messrs. Taunton
and Bush, stockbrokers, Aastin-friars, London; Messrs. Forman and
Williams, Derby; Messrs. Batson and Rotter, Nottingham.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray,

and Boston Direct Union Railway.
I request you will apportion to me shares of 207.eacii in the
Leicester, Melton Mowbray, and Boston Direct Union Railway Cora
paoy; and I do hereby tuidertale to accept the Same, or any les

number you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per
....hare, and all future cal.s thereon, and to execute the Parliamcp-
tary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Bated this day of 1845
Name (in full) •
Usual Signature..
Residence ....
Business or Profession • . .•. • • • .•• .. •
Name of Referee ••• • • . • • • • •
Residence and Profession of Referee...—.

.EXETER, DORCHESTER, AND WEY.
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
.Notice Is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement will be ready for signature on and after FRIDAY,
the 17th instant, at the Company's Offices, 62, Moorgate-street ; and
that Scrip Certificates will be granted at the same time in ex-
changelo: tt II ukers' receipts.
By order of the Board,
Oct. FRANCIS CREW, Secretary.

EXETER, DORCHESTER, and WEYMOUTH
JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.

The Committee of Management have much pleasure in apprising
the shareholders that the surveys, which are in very active progress,
will soon be completed, and that every other necessary step is being
taken to ensure the application to Parliament for a Bill in the
ensuing session.

ROBERT ANDREW RIDDELL, Chairman
FRANCIS CREW, Secretary.
Offices of the Company, 62, Moorgate-street,
15th Oct., 1845.

DLY MOUTH and NORTH CORNWALL
RAILWAY, from Plymouth to Padstow Harbour, with
Branches to Launceston, Devonport, and Linkenhorn.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 900,000/., in 36,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. on each Share.
With power to decrease the capital to 600,0001.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. Lord Graves. Thantkes, Plymouth
Baldwin, Charles Barry, Esq. M.P. Totnes, Parliament-street
Briggs, Captain Francis, R.N. 17, Edwarsl.street, Portman.
square
Brown, George Augustus, Esq. 20, Gower street, Bedford-square
Cockburn, Henry D. Esq. director of the Sheffield, West Riding,
and Midlands Junction, and the Hull, Birmingham, and
Swansea Junction Railways
Dale, Thomas A. Esq. of Birkenhead, and Malvern-house, Chel-
tenham, director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool
and Manchester Direct, and Birkenhead and Holyhead June.
tion Railways
Douglas, Colonel Robert, director of the London and Birmingham
Extension, and Trent Valley Continuation Railways
Eyre, Sir James, Lower Brook-street, director of the Birkenhead,
Birmingham, and Brighton Union Railway
Fitch, Lieut.-Colonel George, 36, York-terrace, director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Hair, Quintin B. Esq. director of the Great Grimsby, South Horn-
castle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
Hamley, Captain W.M., R.N., Bodmin
Harding, Joshua, Esq. Rosliston, Burton-upon-Trent, director of
the Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
Hardline, Thomas Houghton, Esq. 23, Park-lane, director of the
London and Exeter Direct Railway
Heath, Wm., Esq. Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, director of
the Metropolitan Junction Railway
Hoffman, Lewis, Esq. director or the Nottingham and South Staf-
fordshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
Ker Thomas Coßingwood, Esq. 46, Woburn-place
Lloyd, Dr. F. B. Kensington
Mactavish, Charles Carroll, Esq. 22, Rutland-gate
Parkinson, John, Esq. F. R.S., Cambridge-terrace, director of the
Direct Western Railway
Pickwood, A. Maxwell, Esq. Penton-lodge, Brldport, Dorset,
director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Rich, Sir George, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, director of the
London, Southampton, and Gosport Railway
Richardson, William, Esq. Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, Lon-
don, Deputy-Chairman of the Wexford, Waterford, and Va•.
h ntia Railway
Ross, Captain Thomas, RN., 55, Porchester-terrace, director of
the Dover and Bristol Railway
Sartorius, Admiral Sir George, director of the Northern and
Eastern, and Western Junction Railways
Thellusson, T. R. Esq., 16, Hyde Park street, Hyde-park, London
Webb, Richard, Esq., Calcot, Reading, director of the Somersetshire
and North Devon Bank
Winkworth, r. W., Esq. Gutter-lane, Cheapside, director of Ras.
trick's Direct London and Manchester Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—A. H. Bampton, Esq. C.E.
BANKERS.

London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury and Hen
'Oetta-street, Covent. garden.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Bull and Underwood, 25, Ely place, Holborn, London
Messrs. Woolcombe, Square, Stephens, and Prance, Plymouth
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Edward Hoare, Esq.

This railway, being an extension of the Delabole and Rock line,
the construction of which, from the deep water of Padstow Har.
bour to the vicinity of Camelford, has been already authorised, will
unite Padstow and the other ports on the north coast of Cornwall
with Plymouth, by the shortest and most advantageous route which
can be obtained, and thereby establish a complete and direct corn.
munication between the Bristol and English Channels.
It is intended that the principal terminus shall be near Sutton
Pool, the centre of the established trade at Plymouth, for the im-
provement of which a Company with a sufficient capital has been
formed. The line will cross the Tamer at or near Saltash, and pro-
ceeding by Callington approach Launceston, whence it will extend
by Camelford to the Delabole Quarries, and there form a commu-
nication with the Delabole and Rock Railway, for the formation of
which an Act of Parliament, containing ample powers to construct
docks and otherwise improve the Harbour of Padstow, has been
obtained. Short branches will connect the line with Devonport,
Linkenhorn, and Launceston.
The Committee reserve power to make such arrangements with

the parties interested in the Delabole and Rock Railway as may

be deemed advisable for completing the line and extending the
utility of the portion of the project to which the powers of their
Act apply.
Westerly winds prevailing for three-fourths of the year, it is
evident that railway communication with Padstow will obtain for
that harbour a great part of the trade which now enters the Bristol
Channel ; inasmuch as sailing vessels would thence secure a suffi-
cient offing at all times to prevent the delay constantly occasioned
in the ports of that channel to outward.bound ships. The im-
provernebt of this harbour will involve the construction of a break-
water, and thus Padstow will become the haven of refuge for that
line of coast, and the seaport of the Bristol Channel.
By meszto of this sailway the most direct and expeditious cons
moon.:aLsoo wut Dem:named between the southern and eastern ports
of Ireland, and the who.e of the north of Cornwall, Launceston,
and Callington, with Plymouth and the southern coast of Devon;
and in conjunction with the proposed lines of railway through the

centre of Devon and Cornwall, it will afford a rapid communication
. . _

with Exeter, the north of Devon, and the metropolis, on the one
side, and Falmouth and the eastern ports of Cornwall on the other.
By this route the distance from Launceston to Plymouth will be
•even miles less than by the route through Tavistock ; whilst, in.
stead of gradients of I in 29 and I in 30, as presented on that
line, the gradients on this will be perfectly easy, and well adapted
for locomotive power.

The line presents few engineering difficulties, and the greater
part of it will be constructed at a ♦ery moderate cost. The addi-
tional expense of crossing the Tamar will be most amply compen•
sated for by the cheapness of the construction of the remainder of
the line; and the capital may be relied on as being amply sufficient

to carry out the undertaking. In case an Act should be obtained
for the construction of a central line of railway through Cornwall
and Devon, power is reserved to make arrangements for the use
of so much of such line as may be available, and the capital of
this Company will be proportionally reduced; and in the event of
any Company projecting a railway from Falmouth to Plymouth,
and joining in the expense of the line from Saltash to Sutton Pool,
the capital will be further reduced by 156,000/.
h e crossing of the Tamar at Saltash will be effected by a bridge
sufficient to accommodate the general traffic cf the country, for
which a toll will be sought. Power will be taken to purchase the
interest of the owners of the ferry existing at that point of the
river.

The line passes through the best mining districts of the north
And east of Cornwall. By means of the proposed branch to
Linkenhorn, nearly the whole of the mines in the eastern pail of
the county will be united, and all the materials and supplies
for these mines, with their produce, would be transported on this
railway. The Delabole slate quarries are already in active ope-
ration, several steam-engines being in full work, and more in the
course of erection. The traffic will be materially augmented by
the carriage of slate from these quarries, and the supply of ma-
terials far their working. Added to these sources, the very con-
siderable traffic of passengers and goods which will be derived
from the north of Cornwall and Devon, from Launceston, Calling-
ton, and, in fact, the whole of the productive corn country through
which the line passes, and which chiefly supplies Plymouth and the
Government Victualling-office ; the conveyance of Irish produce and
passengers from Padstow—of timber and other building materials
both from Plymouth and the north coast—of sea sand, most ex-
tensively used for manure, from the north coast—of lime and
limestone from Plymouth—of coals for the supply of the whole dis.
trim, including the immense quantities consumed in the mines—
abundantly demonstrate that few lines of railway are likely to pay
a higher rate of interest on the capital to be expended, both from
the moderate expense of construction and the immense amount of
traffic which must pass over the line.
Power will be applied for in the Act to allow interest at four
per cent. on the deposit and all subsequent calls until the opening
of the line ; and the subscribers' liability, previous to obtaining the
Act, will be limited to the amount of the deposit on their respective
shares.

The survey is in a state of forwardness, and as the extension
line and branches do not exceed thirty.six miles, there is an actual
certainty of being fully prepared for an application to Parliament in
the ensuing session for an Act of Incorporation.
Prospectuses may be obtained on application to Edward Hoare,
Esq. secretary, pro tem., at the Company's temporary offices, 15,
Basinghall.street ; to the solicitors, Messrs. Bull and Underwood,
25, Ely-place, Holborn ; and Messrs. Woolcombe, Square, Ste.
phens, and Prance, Plymouth ; to Messrs. Shewell and Sons, stock-
brokers, 25, Tokenhouse-yard, London; Messrs. Pownall and
Worthington, Old Hall-street, Liverpool; Messrs. Cardwell and
Sons, Manchester; Messrs. W. H. Collis and Smith, New.street,
Birmingham; Mr. Luke Arnold, Bristol; Mr. James Balme,
Gloucester; and to Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham.

THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, OCT. 17.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 58; Noon, 53
BAROMETER, 30.19.—W1ND W.; fine weather.