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

ENGLISH.

The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Palteney, Chairman of the York and
Lancaster Railway, 4, Parliament-street
William Ormsby Gore, M.l'., Chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wol-
verhampton, Dudley, and Birmingham Railway, 66, Portland-
place, and Portlington-hall, Oswestry, Salop
Colonel Fitch, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Rail-
way, York-terrace, Regent's-park
William Ilughcs Hughes., Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S , &c., Alderman of

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London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead, and Loudon
and Greenwich Railways, Brunswick-square
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, and Sheriff of London

and Middlesex, Leyton, Essex
Captain Thornhill Warrington, 6G, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman

square
James Reeves, Esq , Leytou, Essex, Director of the London and Man.

eliester Itaiiway
William Petrie, , King-street, Portman-square

John Inglis Jerdien, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway, No. 2, Adams-court, Broad-street
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and London Rail-
way, 1, Princes-street, Bank
(With power to add to their number).

BANKER 3 IN i3F.LottheL.:Messrs. Prosper et IteneSpitaels et Co.
BANKER IN ENGLAND—The London Joint Stock Bank.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Macneil, LL.D. and F.R S.
Mullingar Higgins, Esq.
SOLICITO33—Messrs. Potter and Cullingritige, 5, BaSing,hall-scree'
SECRETARY—Philip N. Scanlan, Esq.
COMPANY'S OFFICES-37, Moorgate street (East Side).

Thisdompany has been farmed for the purpose of openinda line of
railway communicat!or between Calais and Bruges, passing through
important districts or France and Belgium containing a population of
above 600,000 inhabitants, and forming a junction with the State
ih at Bruges, which has now become the most direct route to
the ulterior of Belgium, Germany, Prussia, and the countries east
of the French frontier. . _ .

In laying be:ore the public the prospectus of this proposed line, it'.
may be mentioned as one of its principal advantages, that it will
reduce the passage from London to Brussels, now occupying
twenty-four or twenty-six hours, under the most favourable circum-
stances, and often thirty or forty, to twelve hours, rendering it prac-
ticable to make the journey with ease in one day, and at two-thirds
of the present expense. The long, tedious, and uncertain sea voyage
will also be avoided from Dover to Ostend, which, to travellers gene-
rally, and particula!ly to ladies and invalids, is exceedingly dis-
agreeable, and often attended h serious c:nsequences.
it can hardly admit of a question, that the principal part of the
' passenger traffic between the two capitals, London cud Brussels, to-
gether wit)* the passenger traffic of the populous cities of Antwerp,
and Ghent, the latter being the Manchester of Belgium, and the
im-
portant towns of St. Nicholar and Tierimond, will be, under these
circumstances, drawn into this channel; and another imortant ad-
vantage to the put Ale, and source of revenue to the Company, will be
found in the transmission of the Belgian. German, and Prussian
mail=,which are now conveyed by steamers from Dover to Ostend,
at;t very considerable expense, and with much less certainty and ex-
pedition than if traLsmitted to Calais, a sea passage of only 24 miles,
and usually made in two hours.

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The Millie 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-
nentae,
...... £50,000
For the transport of mails from the respective Governments 10,000
Local traffic in
goods and passengers .. ..... ............. 50,000
rainods.re eachtur n
wbayy this.. .
route,..
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Deduct the expenses of working the line. calculated at ....£1

£BO,OOO
Thus leaving a profit of 1034 per cant. to the shareholders, with
every prospect 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 caracter; for, as experience has shown, the most cons!der-
able item is working a railway is the supply of coal for the locomo-
ti Yes ; the proximity to the port of Danktric, 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 front one extremity to the
other ; will connect in its route the towns of Calais, Gravelines, and
Dunkirk, in France, with Furness, Nieuport, and Bruges, in Bel-
gium ; thus securing a very important local traffic In goods and pas-
sengzrs, independent of the foreign traffic before alluded to, placing
the possibility of its paying beyond all doubt.
Arrangements are in progress and strongly supported bypersons of
the highest influence both in Belgium and Franca for obtaining the
consent of the Belgian and French Governments to the above line ;
and as it Is obviously the intention of the latter Government to en-
courage the formation of a continuous line of railway round the
coast, little doubt is entertained by the Directors of such applications
proving successful.
Application for prospectuses and forrnsof application may be made
at the Company's offices, and the offices of the solicitors, 5, Basing-
hall-street; and to the following brokers:—
London—Messrs. Peppercorns, Broad•street

Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; and Messrs. Green and

Lockwood
Liverpool—Messrs. T. Coglan and Sons
Bristol—Messrs. Edwards and Co.

Leeds —Thom—n-as:lllValTEfe.,--I.larvey Mirfin, Esq., and Messrs.
Hull—lies.rs. Flint and Tootal
Exeter —Thomas Sandford, Esq.
Plymouth—Mes-rs. Ilayward and Palmer.