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London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

BANKERS,

London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury and llen

rietta-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.
hour 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 rcute which
can be obtained, and thereby establish a complete and direct com-
munication between the Bristol and English Channels.
It is intended that the principal terminus shall he 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. Sherd 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-
provement 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 means of this railway the most direct and expeditious core
munication will be obtained between the southern and eastern ports
of Ireland, and the whose 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
seven miles less than by the route through Tavistock ; whilst, in.
stead of gradients of 1 in 29 and 1 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 very moderate cost. The addi.
tional expense of crossing the Tamar will be most amply compel'.
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 ohtained
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 156,0001.
the 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 past 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 for 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-
trict, 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 the secretary,
pro tem., at the Company's offices, I s,Basinghall-street ; Messrs.
Bull and Underwood, 25, Ely-place, Holborn ; and Messrs. Wool-
combe, Square, Stephens, and Prance, Plymouth ; to Messrs. Shewell
and Sons, stock-brokers, 25, Tokenhouse- yard, London ; Messrs.
W. H. Collis and Smith, New.street, Birmingham; Messrs. Pow-
nall and Worthington, Old Hall-street, Liverpool; Messrs. Card..
well and Sons, Manchester; Mr. Luke Arnold, Bristol; Mr.
James Balme, Gloucester ; and to Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Directors of the Plymouth and North Cornwall Railway

Company,

Gentlemen,—I request you will allot to me shares
of 251. each in the proposed Plymouth and North Cornwall
Railway ; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any
less number of shares that may be allotted to me, and to pay the
deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share thereon, and also to execute
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.

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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
LIVERPOOL AND BRISTOL, AND NORTH
AND SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND DIRECT
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital 2,006,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, in accordance with 7 and 8 Viet., c. 110.)
A company is in course of formation for the purpose of corn.
pleting that chain of direct railway connexion which has been
already in great, past formed between Liverpool, Chester, and the
numerous other important ports and manufacturing towns of the
north, and south-western coast, and Bristol, Southampton, Bridge-.
water, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth, and the populous district of
the south and south.western counties of England.
On reference to the lines of railway, northward, it will be seen
that the Chester and Birkenhead Company have already formed
a most direct link between Liverpool and the north-west of Eng-
land with the south and south-western counties, and that the
Chester and Holyhead Company are in course of connecting the
whole of Yorth Wales with the city of Chester. On looking
southward it wilt also be seen that the rising port of Gloucester is
already connected by most direct lines with nearly every impor-
tant port and manufacturing town in the south-western counties,
and that the prosperous town of Cheltenham will shortly be con-
nected (probably by the Manchester and Southampton Company,
but certainly by one of the propositions made to that effect) with
Southampton, and the south of England.
Having explained thus far, it may now be stated, that It is the
intention of the present project to render complete, by directly
connecting the cities of Chester and Gloucester and town of
Cheltenham, that which has been so well commenced. Thus
effecting the most direct junction possible between the north-west
of England, and North Wales, and the south and south-western
counties, and when it is added that so desirable an object can be
effected, by a route running through the heart of such leading
agricultural counties as Cheshire, Shropshire, and Worcestershire,
laying open their resources, and the resources of the extensive
mining district in Shropshire, through which it passes, and accom-
modating a town population of not less than 150,000 inhabitants, it
must be admitted that these are leading advantages of a peculiarly
inviting character to be derived.
It is proposed that the line shall commence at the city of Ches-
ter, and from thence passing through the prosperous market towns
of Ma!pas, Whitchurch, and by or near to Wem, proceed to
Wellington, at which point it will enter the populous mining dis-
tricts of Shropshire. From Wellington the most direct course will
be taken by Colebrooke Dale and the Iron Bridge, to Broseley, and
from thence to Bridgnorth ; from Bridgnorth the line running
southward will pass within from two to three miles of the active ma-
nufacturing town of Kidderminster, close to Bewdley, through Stour.
port, to the city of Worcester. From Worcester the intention is
to form a direct line In place of the present circuitous one to Glou.
cester and Cheltenham. For this purpose the course will be along
the banks of the Severn, to Upton-on-Severn at about which point
the 11,1 e will divide, going on the one side direct to Gloucester and
on the other, by, or close to Tewkesbury, and from thence to

Cheltenham. Thus, apart from all other advantages, sixteen
populous citic,: anal manufacturing or market towns will be brought
into the moat direct union with each other.
Duly eonsidefing the position o the city of Gloucester as re-
gards the mouth of the river Severn sad the Bristol Channel, it
will be seen that the city.naturally farms a link in any direct con-
nezion, between. the oouth.western countieo and the north of