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THE ST)N. LONDON'., TrEsDAY lITENINeri OCTOBER, 21, 1845.

Staffordshire Potteries, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester,
Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Berwick, and with the great manu-
facturing and mining ilistricts of the north of England.
The numerous partalks and- districts which will be traversed by the
line comprise a population of nearly 1,500,000 persons, and passing,
as it will, a portion of the counties of Berks and Oxfbrd, the whole
of Buckinghamshire, and by the celebrated Vale of Aylesbury, adn
uniting with the several completed or projected railways under-
mentioned, viz.:—
The London and Birmingham
The Great Western
The Southampton Union
The South Midland
The Midland Counties
The Northampton and Leicester
The Northampton and Peterborough, and thus with
The Direct Manchester
it cannot be doubted that it must prove extremely convenient and
beneficial to the public, and highly advantageous to the proprietors.
The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par-
liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be ap-
plied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum on all
calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line.
Arrangements have been made that the survey shall be completed,
and the plans and sections deposited in time for obtaining an Act
during the ensuing session of Parliament.
Applications for shares may be addressed, in the form annexed, to
the undermentioned brokers, viz.:—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Princes-
street, John Shewell, Esq., Threadneedle-street, and Messrs. Wells,
Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street, Mr. John Smith.
Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, London; Messrs. Graystone and
Earle, York ; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle;
Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster; Messrs. Geddes and Drinkwater, and Mr.
Henry Waterton, Bank-buildings, Castle-street, Liverpool ;
Mr. Peter Leicester, Messrs. Green and Oldham, Messrs.
Green and Lockwood, Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birming-
ham ; Messrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co. and
Messrs. E. King and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Brady and Etaniforth,
Hull ; Mr. J. A. Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr. Hervey, Halifax ; Mr.
Nightingale, Wakefield; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Brad-
ford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. G.
R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Hall,
Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply-
mouth ; Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and r. David
Kinnear, and Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. Co.,W. Pringle,
Leith ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. Wm. Gordon,
Aberdeen ; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth ; of whom prospectuses may be
had ; or to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company

MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
NOTlCE.—Applications for Shares WILL NOT be received after
TUESDAY NEXT, the 21st Instant.
By order,
NICHOLAS J. KEMPE, Secretary.
Palace-chambers, St. James's, Oct. 14, 1845.

ELY and BURY ST.EDMUNDS RAILWAYS
In consequence of the great number of applications for shares
in this Company which are daily received from all parts of the
country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to call the atten-
tion o I the Public to the following Clause in the Prospectus, to the
terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, be compelled most
strictly to adhere :
" As, under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and Ely,
Ely and ,Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies,
a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to the holders
of shares in those Companies, a very limited number of shares only
is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no application for
shares therefore c.in be attended to, except from parties locally in-
terested and of the highest respectability.
By order,
L. F. EDWARDS, Secretary pro tem.

LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that, in pursuance of the authority
given to them by the resolutions of the EXTRAORDINARY GE-
NERAL MEETING of the Bth instant, the Directors have resolved
to issue Scrip in Fifth 101. Shares to represent the unallotted Shares
to which the Company is entitled under the agreement of amalgama-
tion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, and that
such Scrip will be offered to the Proprietors registered on the 3d No-
vember next, in the proportion of one-fifth share to each original
share standing in the Proprietor's name on the said 3d of November,
subject to the payment of a deposit of 1/. per share (out of which the
expense of the application to Parliament for carrying the amalgama-
tion into effect, if unsuccessful, will be defrayed), and to the condi-
tions of the letter of allotment, which will be issued immediately
after the said 3d of November.
By order of the Directors,
JOHN S. HERON, Secretary.

S HROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND
CANAL COMPANY.
Offices, 107, Jermyn-street.
The Offices of this Company will he removed on the 22d instant to
No. 9, Great George-street, Westminster.
WILLIAM COWAN, Secretary.

Oct. 17, 1845,

N ORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place South.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,300,0001., in 65,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Aitwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman
James Horne, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman
Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., London
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq., uloucester-place, Portman-square
Richard Bethell, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate
George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, inner Circle, Regent's Park
Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation
Railway
George Woodreffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of the City of
London

Henry Morton, Esq., Biddick, Durham
George Parbary, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. dames's-place
George Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings

Nicholas -WOW, Esq., Kellingwerth, Newcastle-on:Tyne.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London
Bank of Liverpool
The Union Bank, Manchester.
ENGINEER—George Parker Bidder, Esq.,

AmoutTEcr—Robert Abraham, Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-square.
Scuerroa—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, City.
. SECRETARY—Harry Burrard Faniall, Esq.

The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail-
way Company have great satisfaction in informing their subscribers
that negotiations are now pending between the Provisional Commit-
tee of this Company and the Directors of the Railways north of the
Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus
of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City traiale
north of London.

To effect this important object, an area of 10 acres of grotusd (the
southern boundary of which is within 500 yards of the Bank of
England) has been most carefully surveyed and valued, and the re-
port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to
have induced the Provisional Committee to determine ou purchasing
the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved by them to in-
crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,0001.
The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance
to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and
most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway
companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be
effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground
alluded to, within the centre of the City of London.
In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace
that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties
Railway in Shoreditch, which will effect an entire junction between
the eastern and western parts of the metropolis; and at the same
time afford a direct communication between the whole of the rail
ways, which reach London tothe north of the Thames, and give
full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a
common centre within the heart of the metropolis.
Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic
which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com-
pany, will be added that of those companies also who will eventually
co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and
the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance
will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable
line of railway.

A lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the
entire district through which this Company proposes to run this Me ;
by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in
immediate communication with the City ; while the dense popu-
lation of the City will enjoy a facilty of connexion with its suburban
localities, necessarily affording it the 'greatest accommodation.
With such important local resources, therefore, together with the
vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
capital. That revenne will be derived thus :
The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
3,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and fir-
raingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirds of which reach the
City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persons dally, half
of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily
Is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City.
Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now un-
accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
From these sources the following products are derived:--

Per Ann.

Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail-
way, at 6d. each.... . • • •
Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the Ctty terminus
of this Company, at 3d. each .... • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • •
Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, as taken at
..... ........... ..... .................. 187,929
142,208 tons of goods and parcels pass annually from the
Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail-
ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s.
6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods
and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per
ton, a revenua may be derived of
From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing is
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of
40,0001. a year, may be derived the sum of

12,0 G

17,776

10,000

The total of their calculations amosnts t 0.... £280,289
Deduct 40 per cent, for workers' expenses . 112,115

£168,174
Estimated Rental to be received from other Companies for
the use of Terminus • •

£198,174
Being a revenue of more than 15 per cent. en a capital of 1,300,0001.
The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 65,000 shares of
201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share will be payable
forthwith.
A portion of the shares will be allotted to parties locally interested.
The remainder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders
and the public generally, upon application being made by them in a
manner hereinafter mentioned.
The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their Parlia-
mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent
standing ordm of the House of Lords, to require a deposi of 10/.
per cant. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in order to
carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip certificate
with the Secretary, on or before the Ist of October next, in exchange
for which they will obtain a certificate upon which the bankers of
the Company will receive the amount of the difference payable, and,
upon producing the receiptand signing the new Parliamentary Deeds,
fresh scrip will be delivered to them.
Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to
the Secretary, at the Offices, )to. 8, Finsbury-place South, and the
following sharebrokers :
Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North-side, Royal
Exchange, London
Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Lawford, 3, Royal Exchange
13vIeffissianrs.IHMoaunghlhalanl,dEasnqd.,LBeeansek,
George Burnand, Esq , Cornhill
Bank
-,stjureaente,h3elsatnecrhester
William Haynes, Esq., Manchester
mMeelsrins..
ElVdewllaberdlosvaencldasnodn? riitdlewr,
.LHee.dLs
and,
Tohn Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool
Esq., Bristol
J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield
J. G Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield
F. C. Spencer, Esq , Halifax
Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter
R. I'. Lemon, Esq., Bath.

r HE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRKT
_l_ RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, RUNGIRRFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,009 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park, Oxon
The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, North Walsham
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley
The Hoe. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Direotor of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningham, Director of the London and
Nottingham Railway
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir John Key, Bart., King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London,
Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, United Service Club
E. F. Dayrell, Esq.. Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Buckingham-
shire, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director of the
Dover and Bristol Railway
Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby
Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Direct Railway
Major Graham, late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Manchester Railway
The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester-
square, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction
Railway
James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal-
way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully Castle
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director •f the Dover
and Bristol Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool
James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester
The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St.
John's-wood Directors of the
E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Direct Lon-
W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex don and Exe-
G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's-park ter Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park,
John Allen, Esq. 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington
Francis Roose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montagne-square
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equity and Law
Life Assurance Company, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Railway
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Harts
Benjamin Swan, Esq., Jermyn-street, St. James's
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough, Director of the
London and South Wales Direct Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough
F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley
James Paxton, Esq.. M.D., Director of the Rugby and Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways
Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac-cottage, Birstal, near Leeds, Di-
rector of the Great Leeds, and London. Midland, and Thirsk, and
other Railways
Major Henry Lyster, 9, Spring-terrace, Wandsworth-road, Director
of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
J. Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
James Scott, Grove End-lodge, St. John's-wood, Director
of the Hull and Holyhead, and of the Bristol, Bath, and Poole
Railways
William Doe Belcher, Esq. Mayor of Abingdon
John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alderman of Abingdon
John Tomkins, Esq.
John Harris, Esq. (Members of the Town Cowell, Abing-
Thomas Copeland, Esq. don
Edwin James Trendell, Esq ,
John King, Esq., Abingdon
George Cox, Esq., Abingdon
George Jackson, Esq., Abingdon
John Knight, Esq., Abingdon
Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon
John Alilworth, Esq., Frilford, Berks
William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon
John Towle, Esq. 1 Members of the City Council, Oxford
R. C. Godfrey, Esq..
James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford,
Director of the London and Cheltenham Direct Railway
- Santuary, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
Captain H. Strong, Oxford, Director of the Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railway
Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., 68, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Chel-
tenham and Oxford Railways
Abraham Bauer, Esq., 9, Arthur-street West, King William-street
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford
William Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
Charles Shillingford, Esq., Sorer Town, Oxon
Adin Williams, Esq., Somer Town, Oxen
Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford
Mr. Wm. Thompson, Oxford
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighten, Chairman of the
Hounslow Railway
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Eastern and
Midland Counties Railway
Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage
Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. West Lockinge, Berks
William Stone, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Richard Barnard, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Henry Hayward, Esq. Stirlings, Wantage
James Staley, Esq. Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. Wantage
Mr. Charles Hart, foundry, Wantage
Mr. William Beesley, \Vantage
John William Palmer, Esq. Letcombe Regis, Berks
Mr. J. Pottinger Palmer, Letcombe Regis, Berks
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London
Docks
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the
Commercial and General Life Assurance Association
Robert Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the Somer-
setshire Midland Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aldemary-churchyard, Director of the Direct
Independent London and Manchester Railway
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway
T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot-
teries Railways
Charles 7Johnston, Esq., Aldersgate-street, Director of the Lynn,
Thetford, and Ipswich Railway
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Frederick Chamier, Esq., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway
George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby
and Warwick Railway
Thomas Salkeld, Esq. Huddersfield, Director of Um Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, and Huddersfield and Liverpool.
Direct Railway
Charles Finch, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury
General Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Chairman.

William Bastow, Esq. W. L. Pope, Esq.
William Doe Belcher, Esq. Brigadier-General Henry
Robert Bell, Esq. Pynn
E. S. Blundell, Esq. M.D. Francis Roose, Esq.
Francis Ewart, Esq. Walter Shairp, Esq.
Charles Liddiard, Esq. Henry Stock, Esq.
James Macmillan, Esq.
(With limited power to add to their number).
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Charles Brees, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddy, ESQ.
BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London
Oxford—The London and County Bank
Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank
.Abingdon—Messrs. Ileiry Knapp and Co. ; and the County
Bank
Wantage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co.
Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank
Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Oxford—John Francis Wilde, Esq.
Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq.
Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Soa
Wantage—William Ormond, Esq.
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcoinb, Esq.
SECRETARY—Z. Hubbersty, Esq.

The Importance of connecting remote parts of England by rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified, than by the line
which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended railroad, the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the south and west of the latter • and the
proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
co ;I've of railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.

The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, It addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the natio" at
large, by perfecting a direct line of cornmun;cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Lndgershail, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis-
bury into immediate connexion with the City and University of
Oxford, combining also the advantage of a direct communication
with the sister. University of Cambridge ; thus strengthening the
ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com-
mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be
essentially enhanced.
The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
anfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits,
and advantages produced by railway traffic.

It has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Stevcnton, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place; and
a perfect line of road fern the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection trom Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Hungerford and Lodgers-
hall, to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

The survey is in a state of great forwardness; and will be com-
pleted in sufficient time to enable the Company to apply to Parlia-
ment in the next session ; and the promoters having received general
and most satisfactory assurances of support from the local gentry,
landowners, traders, and influential inhabitants, have reasonable
ground to anticipate the unobstructed passing of the necessary Act
for the formation of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway during
the ensuing session.
Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs.
Elmslle . and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ; to the Secretaty, at the
offices of the Company, 37, Gresham-street; and to the following
Brokers:—.Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street, Messrs. W
and D. Ewart, 13, Finch-lane, and Messrs. Preece and Evans,
Lothbury, London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and Messrs.
Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Mr. John Duncuft, and Mr.
John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. Bradshaw, and Messrs.
Wellbeloved and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr.
James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co,
Bradford; Mr. Vim. Miles, Worcester; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Easty and
Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. Black
and Co. and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow ; Mr. Wm.
Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bruce and Syrnes, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Proyisional Committee ofway the Oxford and Salisbury Direct

Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the
above undertaking; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number which may be allotted to rue, and also to pay the de-
posits thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, Parlia-
mentary Contract, and all other necessary instruments, when re-
quired so to do

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
Name in full
Residence
Post Town • • .. *
Occupation • • • • -
Reference • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Usual Signature • •
Elinslie and Preston 47, BlDooartgedate.:st.re.e.t, Lend' •
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rjrlHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares can be received after THURSDAY NEXT,
the 23rd instant.
The following letter has been received from Samuel Charles Brees
Esq., the engineer to this' Company, viz.:
"Stoke Newington, 18th October, 1845.
" Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of the
Board of Directors, my return from Oxford. Agreeable to their com-
mands I made further examinations of the line of country, and have
engaged and given instructions to a large and efficient staff of sur-
veyors and assistants to perform the survey. I have much satisfac-
tion in adding that my last visit has been such as to warrant the
statements made by me at the meeting of the Provisional Committee
concerning the elegibility of the line, and have no hesitation in saying
that the survey will be completed, and the Parliamentary plans de-
posited, by the 30th November.
"I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" SAMUEL CHARLES BRE/15.
"Engineer in Chief, Oxford and Salisbury Direct ItattwitY
" To Z. Hubbersty, Esq.
Secretary, Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway."
By order of the Committee of Manag(atate.
Z. IiUBBEESTY, Secretary.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES

IN TB
PRISCIP AL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND,
SQOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES or RAIIWAYS.I

Aberdeen • • • • •

Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbroath and Forfar • • ••
Ditto Half Shang • • • •
Armagh, Colr., & Pwtrush
Bandon and Bantry .• • • •
Belfast and Ballymena • •
Belfast and County Down
Birkillal,Lan.ScChts.Jne.
Birmingham and alo'ster
Do. New (iss. at 7 dis.)

Ditto Half Sharci .. • •
Birminghm & Oxfrd.Junc.
Blckburn, and Preston..
Illckburn, Darwn,&Boltn
Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter • •
Ditto New .. • • • • • • • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester • •
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Calcdon. & Dumbar. June
Caledonian .. •. . . .....

Ditto Extension • • • • .•
Cambridge and Lincoln • •
Chester and Birkenhead..

Ditto New Shares •. • •
Ditto Half Shares .. • •
Chester and Holyhead • •
Cheltenham and Oxford..
Chichester and Brighton..
Churnet Valley .•• • • .. • •
Clitheroe Junction • • .• • •
Clydesdale Junction ..• • •
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon .• • • • • •
Cork and Killarney • •
Cork and Waterford • • • •
Cork and Youghal • • .. • •
Canterbury and Dover...
Coventry and Leicester.•
Derby and Crewe . • • • • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Dies, Beceles, & Yarinoth
Direct Man. (Remington's)
Direct Northern • • •• • •
Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • •
Dublin and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Coln e
Dublin and Drogheda....
Dublin and Galway .....
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath ...
Dundee and Perth
Durham and 'Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2) ........
Eastern Counties .
Do. New

1)o. Perp.s pr Ct., No. 1

Do. do. N 0.2
East Denham & Norwich
East Union ... ..........

Ditto Extension .. .. ..
Edinligh, Glas., and Dnm.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares . ..
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb. Leith, and Granton

Do. Pref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles..
Edinburgh and Perth....
Ely and Huntingdon ....
Enniskillen and 51ig0....
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Ellwood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Unrukirk and Glasgow • •
Glasgow and Ayr. •.....
Do. Quarter Shares • ...
Glasgow and Greenock • •

Ditto New...
Ditto Preference •.....
fllasgw, Drat:ries, and Car.
I nsgw, K ilmarnck, & Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast tin.
Goole and Doncaster • .
Grand Juncti0n.........
Ditto Half Shares .. • .
Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Ditto New Quarters ..

Ditto Eighths
Grand Union ...........
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
tit Sthrn & Wstrn (bind)

])ltto Extension ......
Great Munster.. • •
Grt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England!

Do. New 401. Shares ..
Do. New 301. Shares
iireat Western •••• • • •••
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Fifths .
Farehm,& Piarts.
Harwich

Iludrsfd&Man.R.L Caul
Huddersfield and She Meld
!Tull and Gainsborg ugh ..
Hull and Selby...
Ditto Quarter Shares..

Ditto Half Shy ;17...:••
Inverness and Mr sin ....
Isle of Jersey
Kendal and NI Pindermere
Kingstown and. Bray ....
Killarney Jun ction.s
Lancaster and. Carlisle
Lancaster and' -Preston ..
Leeds and Bradford ....
Ditto Extension ......
Leeds and Dc swabury.•
Leeds and Th 4 Irak
Leed I &W. Riding June.
Leicester & Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford ...
Limerick and Waterford
Limrek,Ennis,..&Kil. Joe.
Lincoln, York.' and Leeds
Liv. Man. & N. of Eng.
Liverpool andl"Manchester
Ditto Half Shares ....
Ditto Qua' [ter Shares • •
Liverrl,Orm skrk,& Prstn
London and Birmingham

Ditto Third's.. V .

])itto Quarters —.—
London and 31.1ekwall
Lndn. Oxfd. do Chltnham.
London and 3r ignton • • • •
Ditto Consalid. Eighths
London and ( )zoydon • • • •
Ditto New. ••••• • • • •
1)o. Ouarant. 5 per Cnt.
London and C ireenwich • .
1)o. Pref. or Privilege..

London and S, math Weitrn
1)0. New C• tns. Eighths
Do. New, 5(11. Shares..
Do. flew, or. Shares..
London and Yoa k . • • • • • •
Ditto (Bawt ry) . • • • • • •
London and Wistdsor.. • •
Londe, Salsbury, & Yeovl
Londonderry & Coleraine
Londonderry & Xrualskilln

Lynn apt Ely .. • • • •
Lynn and DereArtm •• •
blanche...ter and. Leeds
Ditto Halt Shares ••
Ditto Quarter Shares

I. P

22%
g 4 P
-P
% P

- pl,

j 218%

% P
- P,

I 68%
1163

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146

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32183 j

17356 d

5-886d1

7%
218}4

7%
220

Oct.
20.

16786 d!

32s p!
15s

11%
30 p,

36
4
510

15-Bs.6d

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76s
134 s
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27 4I

EXETER, Ocr. 20.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil
Dorchester, 1 p.—Exeter and Crediton, 6—Exeter,

I, and
Top-

sham, and Kamouth (Daw's line), 1,4 p.—Ditto ( Head's),
% p.—Central Cornwall and Devon, IA p.—Taw Vale Ex-
tension, % p.—South Wales, 7—Eastern Counties, 24.
HUDDERSFIELD, Oar. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The sales are—Essex and Suffolk, 2
—Grand Union, 31. 2s. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton, 71. 158.—Nottingham and Mansfield, Si. 16s. 6d. —York-
shire and Glasgow, 5.
HULL, Oar. 20.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern Counties,
New, 9%—Preston and Wyre, 43—York and North Midland
Extension, 29—Great Glimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares,
614—North British, Carlisles, 41/i—Axholme, 425. 6d. p.—
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, s%—Cambridge and Lin-
coln, 53%—Derby and Gainsborough, 21. 19s. 6d.—Dudley,
Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 355. p.—East Coast, 2%—Grand
Union, 3—Great Eastern and Western, 31/s—Great North
and South Wales and Worcester, 3% p.—Great North of
Scotland, 3%—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 3 p.—Leicester
and Bedford, 3%—Lincoln and Wainfleet, 21s. p.—London
and Birmingham Extension, 2 YR—London and York, 5%—
Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge, 12s. 6d. p.—Notting-
ham, Erewash, &c., 6%—Nottingham and Boston, V. 13s.
9d.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 51. 16s. 3d.—Rugby and
Huntingdon, 23A—Sbeffield and Macclesfield, 10s. p.—Tean
and Dove Valley, 2%—York and Carlisle, 4%—Yorkshire
and Glasgow Union, 4%.

CENTRAL CITY
TERMINUS.

LETTERS FROM CHARLES FEARSON,ESQ., TO W. H. ASHURST,

ESQ., MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON, ♦ND

CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF CITY LANDS; AND

-FROM MR. ASHURST TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COH,PO-

RATION OF LONDON, AND OTHERS CONNECTED WITH
TRADE IN THE CITY OF LONDON, ON THE IMPORTANCE

OF A CENTRAL CITY TERMINUS TO THE CITIZENS AND
TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE OF THE CITY.
W. H. ASHURST, Esq.,

Member of the Corporation of London, Chairman of the Com-
mittee of City Lands, and Solicitor of the Direct London
and Manchester Railway Company.
London, September 30, 1845.

My Dear Sir,—While many of the most wealthy and
influential of the citizens and corporators of London have em-
barked their capital, and lent the weight and influence of
their character and station to support the numerous gigantic
measures of public improvement which are now afloat,
not a single Company exists to direct the stream
of capital and enterpriee in furtherance of any
local improvement within the City of London ;
nay more—amid the mighty changes which are now taking
place in the metropolis of the empire, so far from promoting
the local interests of the City (the source of their wealth and
influence), we find the names of many of our nice t esteemed
citizens engaged in speculations, having for their avowed ob-
ject, to divert into other channels many of the advantages,
which as the great centre of communication, the City of
London has hitherto exclusively, or at least principally
enjoyed.
By some of these speculations it is proposed to expend mil-
lions in constructing great central railroad termini (as they
are somewhat oddly designated) in the suburbs of the City ;
Hungerford-market Lambeth, Southwark, Nine Elms, Cam-
den Town Battle-bridge, Finsbury. and other places are va-
riously talked of for this purpose. Other projectors have pro-
posed to connect the various existing and intended lines by
railways round the outskirts of London ; and yet, amid the
countless schemes which the newspapers are daily advertising,
there is not in existence, I believe, a single company which
contemplates the bringing of railway traffic into the City;
although, as the principal seat of all the great banking, mer-
cantile, and trading establishments of the kingdom, the City
is the common point to which the greater portion of metro-
politan railway traffic would seem naturally to tend.
The evil consequences to the City of this vast expenditure
of capital in the suburbs may not at present be perceived by
those even who are, like yourself, deeply interested in its wel-
fare, but we may assure ourselves, that " where the honey is
there the bees are found." The localities in which these im-
provements take place will (if the City do not provide itself
with similar accommodation) speedily draw around them
business establishments of every description, and will ulti-
mately drain from the City a large portion of the trade,
which, if it be allowed a fair start in the race of improvement,
its central situation and existing commercial pre-eminence
will infallibly secure. -
The reasons which surveyors and others engaged in these
new undertakings have assigned for excluding the City from
all their contemplated plans, is, that the Corporation upon
former occasions resisted the introduction of railroads into
the City with so much vigour and pertinacity, that specu-
lators are afraid to peril the success of their projects by en-
countering so serious an opposition.
This objection has within the last few days been broadly
stated by one of the active Directors of your Manchester
line ; he informs me that the Company would gladly make
their terminus in Farringdon-street, if they could obtain the
sanction of the City.
You, Mr. Ashurst, as an influential member of the Common
Council, have much to answer for, if you, as solicitor of
the Company, being acquainted with the existence of
this feeling do not test the existing opinion of the Corpora-
tion on this subject, by bringing the subject under the serious
consideration of the court.
When, as guardians of the public interests, the Common
Council thought fit to discountenance the introduction of
railroads into the City, the subject was novel and but imper-
fectly understood. Danger from fire, and annoyance from
smoke and noise were apprehended from the use of loco-
motive engines in a crowded city : besides which, it was
anticipated, if one railroad were:permitted to penetrate into
the heart of the City, it would be difficult to exclude others,
and our principal streets might be intersected in all directions
by a confluence of railroads on viaducts concentrating every
description of confusion and noise.
As an officer of the Corporation I should perhaps act more
prudently if I preserved silence, allowed "hissez !tire"
to be my motto, confined my labours to the discharge of my
official duties, pocketed my salary, and left the City and its
interests to take care of themselves. I cannot however per-
suade myself t,, be prudent upon such terms ; and even at the
risk of being set down as a meddler in matters which in my
official position concern me not, I have determined to open
my mind to you upon this all-important subject, with the
frankness and freedom of former times. Being placed in a
situation in which I cannot act as I would do were I again
a member of the Court of Common Council in which I spent
so many years, I charge you by the responsibility you owe
to the public (from the high station you hold in the Corpo-
ration) to arouse the citizens from their apathy, that they
may not be deprived by foreign speculators of the trading
advantages of situation they have hitherto possessed, and
which by a little exertion they may continue to retain.,
In thus addressing you, you will of course understand that
I do but represent my own individual opinions ,—I do not
write as City Solicitor ;—I have no authority directly or indi-
rectly from the Corporation, or either of its Committees, or
from any individual member, to communicate with you or
with any other person upon the subject. I, however, am by
no means desirous to shrink from any personal responsibility
which the expression of these opinions may create; you arc
therefore at perfect liberty to deal with this letter as you
may think proper. I have kept a copy, and shall consider
myself entitled to make it public, if circumstances should
hereafter render it necessary to show that I am neither in-
sensible of, nor indifferent to, the serious injury which the
the best interests of our city will suffer, if the present golden
opportunity is lost, of effecting those local improvements
which are absolutely essential to enable it to compete in com-
mercial facilities with the surrounding districts.
I do not desire to excite your attention, and leave your
mind distracted by idle speculations or vague generalities.
I shall lay before you therefore a specific plan of improve-
ment within the City, which, for public utility and private
profit, need not, in my opinion, fear competition with any of
the great projects of the day.
First.—l propose that a railroad shall be constructed, from
Battle-bridge to Farringdon-street, for the use of such
of the Northern, the North-Eastern, and North-
Western lines, as shall desire to have a terminus in the
centre of the City, and shall be willing fairly to contri-
bute to the cost of construction, either by payment of a
due proportion of the first charge, or by a fixed or fluc-
tuating rent as may be agreed, by the Company making,
and the Companies using, the lines.
Explanation.—lt is presumed that this great undertaking
may be more effectually, speedily, and economically exe
cuted by one of the existing Companies, who are prepared
with adequate capital, machinery, and staff to carry it out;
or it may be carried into execution by a Company formed
for the purpose out of members of the other lines.
If the Railroad Companies know their own true interests,
they will avoid all foolish jealousies, and avail themselves of
the manifold advantages which a combined capital and an
united plan of operations will afford, in obtaining for all who
desire the centre of the City as the resting- place of their
traffic, a great trunk line, and a grand central terminus, equal
in capacity to all their wants. The union of the several
termini at one central spot will prove equally convenient to
the public and beneficial to the shareholders. The railroad
may at once be made wide enough for all its customers pre-
sent and future : capital will thus be economised, costly law
and Parliamentary contests will be avoided, and the expense
and annoyance will be saved of piece-meal patching and
" bit by bit reform." Let the originally defective arrange-
ments of the Greenwich, South-Eastern, Brighton and Croy-
don lines teach wisdom to those who desire like them to stop
at the same spot.
The plan here suggested will, I expect, remove one of the
principal objections formerly raised against the introduction
of railroads into the City.
The dedication of one spot to the accommodation of half a
dozen railroads is very different from a proposal to introduce
them to half a dozen different termini, by half a dozen dif-
ferent routes.

Secondly.—For the purpose of showing the line proposed, I
have laid it down roughly upon a copy of Horwood's
map which I send herewith :—I do not mean to pretend
that this is the precise line which it will be found ulti-
mately expedient to adopt ; that will depend upon the
adjustment of the gradients by competent engineers,
when the levels are taken, and the longitudinal and cross
sections are laid down upon an actual survey of the line.
It will be perceived that the line pursues (with slight de-
viations) the low ground which anciently formed the
valley of the Fleet River.
Explanation.—Besides the other advantages of carrying
the railroad in this valley, which will be presently enume-
rated, it will have the effect of uprooting the haunts of
wretchedness, squalor, and disease, which infest the valley,
and are, it is admitted on all hands, a standing reproach to
the wealthy capital of the richest nation in the world. Any
well-defined plan, capable of effectually removing this nui-
sance, will undoubtedly receive the support of the Govern-
ment and the Legislature. This part of my plan is one (and
I will presently name the other) wing which would materially
aid any Bill through Parliament. If, in addition to the
intrinsic merits of their own line (of which I l: now nothing)
the Direct Manchester" and the " Direct York " want tu
gain, from extrinsic circumstances, votes to be used in an
apprehended Parliamentary struggle, I advise them to lose
no time in appropriating to themselves the merit of abolishing
an evil, which Sanatory Commissions and Parliamentary
Committees have in vain denounced.

Thirdly.—lt is proposed that the railroad shall be worked by
atmospheric power.
Explanation.—When I suggested this project seven years
ago, I thought of working the line by means of a stationary
engine and an endless rope. The actual success of atmospheric
pressure as a motive power to railroad carriages may cow
perhaps be considered as sufficiently established to warrant
its adoption, without waiting for any further proof. This in-
vention may be equally applied to all carriages to be brought
to a proposed general rendezvous at Battle-bridge by the
various lines, whether worked by locomotive or atmospheric
power; and, by a proper disposition of the rails, it is equally
available for carriages running either on the bread or narrow
gauge. Besides working with steeper gradients and sharper
curves, the use of atmospheric power will be attended with
peculiar advantages in this case. It will remove the other
great objection to the introduction of railroads within the
confines of the City; all the danger and almost all the noise
which locomotive engines produce will of course be avoided
by the employment of this invention.
Fourthly.—For the reasons which will presently be fully
explained, the railroad is to be constructed in an arcade
or covered way, with eyelets at stated distances in the
roof, and with cuttings or open spaces at intervals in the
centre or the sides, so as to admit of sufficient light and
ventilation.

Explanation.—The covered way here proposed must not be
confounded with an ordinary tunnel, to which in all its ob-
jectionable features it bears no resemblance. Tunnels are
dark, damp, unventilated, and unwholesome. The proposed
covered way will possess none of those properties; it will be
lofty, light, and dry, and as airy and cheerful as the West.
end arcades.

Fifthly.—The width of the arcade will be determined by the
number of rails it may be found expedient to lay down
for the accommodation of the various lines. It must at
any rate be of sufficient width, and its roof of sufficient
strength, to admit of the upper surface being used as a
street for the accommodation and transit of foot pas-

sengers, carriages, and carts. -
By placing the railroad in the valley, and by slightly
raising and depressing the line where necessary, suffi-
cient headway for the railway carriages will be pre-
served; and, at the same timt, by a little management
of the side streets, easy levels for the cross traffic over
the roof of the covered way may be readily ottained.
Explanation.—This, in a public point of view, is one of
the most important features of the whole plan, and might

stti
perhaps be appropriately called other if the
order did not claim the preference. At present it Call nev7,
be said that there is one continuous inlet from thennorth;
into the City between St. John's-street and Gray In
oil
By the formation of the proposed street, there wilrhe_
long, wide, uninterrupted line of communication f
Obelisk, 131ackfriars, to Battle-bridge, intersecting the inbsoth
polis in the centre, and uniting the City and the If TI
north and south, oto each other, and each t° it"liie &-
provide means for a cross communication between t
tricts on each site of the proposed street is a mattero,ilol; of
as important to the public convenience as the construb.t The
the proposed principal street from north
to
'°flutlitittor.
awkward, irregular, and defective state of Back-111-, s.th tie
hill, Saffron-hill, and other cross streets, together scot
horrible nuisances which now fill up the valley et. tlicon `111„
present a serious imediment to a free communica
tween the adjoining districts; and. until tl•ese nuisanc,",
removed by some great undertaking of this nature, ?t in
possible that any effectual improvement in the Iscality,Jf o,
the condition of the inhabitants, can ever take place. Zito
the other hand, this great object is accomplished, by
speculation will follow in the wake of public enterer's'
uprooting the wretched haunts at the bottom of tbe_tod.
s
and by the formation of a great central street, the n_rryoe le
ing.property of every description will speedily c'
i o
he live( f
value, and those houses which arc not touched by tf
tbe per
the improvement wig be soon raised to the level °
Sixthly. to which they adjoin. ist
In a public point of view, one of the A
rte..
portant parts of my plan remains to be exe .6055
propose to carry the railroad in the covered Are?nr,,
Min
Holborn-bridge, so as to provide stations for on the
using the railroad in Farringdon-market
d
north-eastern side of Farringdon-street. t
don-street he b°"°111
Explanation.—By this plan the valley between , be
of Holborn-hill and the bottom of Skinner-seree;ehallhe
raised twelve or fourteen feet; and by this means
hilt
enabled to adjust the levels from the crown of 11°,es ingift
to the summit of Skinner-street ;so that insteadof mot
this age of improvement one of the main avenues to theoiS
of the City dangerous and almost inaccessible to hearog' rosd
we shall obtain what may be termed a good trtleo
from Hatton. garden to the Old Bailey, rising I- ore tbell
more than one foot in forty feet, and being little 01 tbe
the rise in Fleet-street, Which is one in forty-°ti one°
present moment the fall in a portion of Holborn-hi"
, to Field;
seventeen feet ; and from the west of Hatton-gar- It re -Wee
lane it is one in twenty; and the average of Skin°
tbs
is one in twenty-five.
414
Some years after I had suggested my plan s't brio' of 54°3
northern railroads into Farringdon-street Plea-se
vered way, an eminent surveyor was employed hi vying the
bitants of the locality to devise a scheme for rerao4es'
dangers and difficulties of Holborn-hill and Skion'nteopir
without resorting to a viaduct which was then in ~
tion to carry the traffic from one summit to the otl'ejeuistl
After a careful survey, and a close and minute e,e_norter
of the expense, this gentleman reported that this n.,7111i/
bu
improvement might be effected for 80,000 h,
required to defray the cost of taking down and roe], otbeoll
some of the houses, and altering and adjusting.
s °street' •Se
which "buiisieg
in Skinner-street, Holborn-bill, and Farring",°n•road.
would be affected by the altered levels of We tionlelle.
method at that time presented itself for providing
now aist
and the project fell to the ground ; the case is
ork
/9
rially altered. The Manchester Direct Line, thetheit to - 1
Line, the Tottenham Extension Line, all wan „d Gfes
to Farrington street; and the Binninghaln ,10 or t'h
Western in spite of themselves must come 1n 10 Iry
will be distanced in the race for public fist-our •
competition will compel them to engage. 0044:
Farringdon market and a portion of the wr-tdd awe;
party at the northern end of Farringdon-street 111)., ofele I
at a comparatively moderate expense, sites an111„.-"ctesis
for the termini of all the Northern and North- "ae tificelt)
North-Western lines ; stations might be made therhos eleoi
if required even six times- the size of the ter,lnstere. stbe
now accommodates the Brighton, South-I'le is in ,it
Croydon lines. The spot chosen for this purge
exact centre of the metropolis ; it is near to theups
abuts on one of the widest and most important t11,0,,'; (lc
in the kingdom, opening into streets intersecting
_,,,wouniloe
all directions, and leading by direct channels of L'es,esy q
tion to any part of the metropolis, and thence t° sod
ter dehe globe. ss. at lerge;pisti
Inailing the advantages which the public from
the citizens of London in particular, will derive_„ ~eeW
that opens out so many improved means of intel; iseit„ls•
tion, and brings the elements of increased trade „,,a wity
doors, I must not forget that lam addressing TpabliCniti
ness, professionally engaged in promoting a gresiseircsllle
dertaking, in which those who have enibarked
le of
naturally and properly expect a remunerating remesitibout
Directors may perhaps admire my project as ad ollsolf
public utility ; but, without mature reflection an to
consultation with their able engineers and surve,'°l4, bnla
considerations of this nature more appropriatebiantell
they may think its cost will more than counter iterivenitbe
profits which as a railway company they ould -pa -1,13
the undertaking. I have carefully examined thtebeli jecout
Junction Railway, as proposed in 14:36. and als° led it'
down on the map as a contemplated line for th,ebet kiss
Company, nd# I have no hesitation in saying, is teser,e;
of the line I have proposed can be procured far a enrol'
sum than that which is described in either of tb:rss eif,blrtf,
of this fact, however, you can easily assure Y°The itself,
ploying competent surveyors to examine --(I entois:
Upon the comparative expense of a viaduct an ease
way your engineer will speak ; the saving of raid;eo.
will be effected by combining in one line se,c,eb,siegs
for the several companies, instead of their all
rd
lines for themselves, is too obvious to need a ""
of " to
mentary. es rot
In speaking of the comparative cost of two nought{o,
structing a railroad in a populous district, 1,44;0 to
omit mentioning an important distisguishing 'err, tlinter
plan. To all persons who have been engaged jei Oho' elr
rations it is known, that where you have to de
seibie oft
mixed property in crowded situations, it is W 1304410
taro the ground you actually need, without Put° 005114'
as far as the railroad is concerned is of no ttse ;rftiltori
property is usually sold; but, being close to over, O
is lt
duct, it of little or no value; by my plan, 11°,1s tbe
have a frontage to a wide and level street, all", fra'Al
of ground will acquire a large additional ISob it
generally improved state of the neighbourboouto win
from the improved value of the other prop ertY 11'e
will adjoin. eberecp
It would be out of my province to state what cites e;stes,'
return in the shape of ground rents for building
side of the new street from Battle-bridge to its ferY
street ; your surveyor will readily supply' ils'ejt t° lbc4
culation. These ground rents, which will amnw-ortion
lae sum of money, will be sold to defray a P stlie birt,
cos; the Corporation. has sold the ground rentsrds Of qi
adjoining their new streets in the City at ncriprobsot'es:ll,l
years' purchase. This very high rate wou .osey ilser
now be maintained, but I am confident your s'so.set ote
report to you that the building sites of the new a ceri
this project will call into existence will yield 110°1:
return towards the cost of its construction. eag-sig'ls
While writing upon the subject of expens,f__ farnore„
serve, that when first I projected'this plan .M,` ,„t tile° seer
street had not been commenced, and since iitool,taft,
houses towards the northern extremity of the little pia ii
erected ; these alterations are however of but It W-. 101-
and will not create much additional expense;
tot' ,
fortunately, be necessary to take down tobion.stltikese
houses on the eastern side of New Farrls,i(„e brrtLeeg toftis
convertingthefirst floors into shops they will " deds"fgei e
with the carriage-road and pavement of the inteis°oobe.„ °or
the covered way ;from th e inc r eased traffic dilch,l°,"rettse g
to that spot, they will in all probability he'll—ton. dot
to a greater extent than the cost of the alters tO
Committee, like men of business, will be disporiot teert ib
nise the project with great caution, I think itsr
an anticipated objection by observing that The 00;01010a
gineer has looked at the site in reference to the
e•„ hltia
gas and water-pipes, &c. along the line, ond 1e"... el 'is
the map of the sewers with the levels figure, offieeetbstbe
after a conference with one of the intelligcn'a I
sewers in the Finsbury district, he infollaeia en"
should on this head experience no difficulties " de be
line that could not be readily overcome. Arse. A ilitb•il6
I shall now bring this lengthy epistle to a 'octet; ,e 0
know that I have omitted to state any fact c°n an' ose
subject which is within my knowledge, neithlead ;1101,4
of having written a sentence calculated to nn- sotle
may peruse my letter for the purpose of forinioqeots.; de.,e
ment upon the subject of its contents ; lespeet,'„ebelo
neither a surveyor nor an engineer. I cannot ortsn'tse
that your friends should adopt such an free° gel ea
without first receiving the fullest satisfactionwin t?eillrerr
men by whose advice in those matters Yeinrefessi°es of
In times past I communicated with several Poi ore
~
upon the subject, and I have never beard front oil
any objection which did not after a little to eit!giosi
the ground. the pl"sel3
Your engineer will of course find, both ltt „ip, to my
the execution of the measure, some difficuila-Tch ()%11n ere'
some to overcome ; they will, however, bei;vooo-, to Ptite
inseparable from every great undertaking. .I„reel,cd; 0(.0;
think proper to direct their engineers and ?_s„liettorpri Pier"
pare a plan and section of the line, the 51"_1ete
plan and the facility of its execution will e-os 8,4(17,01100
there will be no engineering difficulties to deciii tllge, jab,
cise of any extraordinary skill. Capital islibe 0.011;101,
required ; and although the first outlay wl then ot
quite sure it will be reported to you as less °thew.° the
required to obtain a City terminus b)' the 531e1 lit) rill
When from this sum is deducted the return
~,,areval
rents will yield, and when the balance is ein'tirie be
money value of the immense traffic will° tit °'
be capable of conducting, I am quite confide')
...ietso ilea
one of the most profitable projects which 0°
sl
pital has called into existence.
the "
existing Now oor nsepvi
spirit
'o'
quiescence will ensue. If the plan be, now
fmenustetrbperitsheesmnhostitdoeso,f
soceee a' tile
of iefluence and capital, it is certain
over, and it can never be revived. If not
.0,( sss
his
pt
lced
fore another era of enterprising speculatio
att eblr;# lcril
l be
power of effecting the improvement will has e_Ztelf,tsji W 1144.
less some step in the right direction be imnueri,evilto' teen.: ""for
projected street from Holborn-bridge t° • rose Sc° I se'se;
continued upon the low level on which it remit, be. to
A viaduct at Holborn, from summit to sun'pethePetleie&sot,
the fiftieth time again proposed, and Insa.Y, CitY t to co4ale
nay more, an overwhelming necessity foollrationts. Se se
a northern railroad may induce the C 'l7l+ e stre.iontslll.
it
to one or more railings upon viaducts over
evil ,ise •
s ,e e,
tens
eir
either of these measures be adopted, the deal; alt
is destined to remove will be made PerPs,d; an .Zing ea'
barrier to improvement will be interpos eect
uprooting a mass of wretched habitations'e_l;ll ine,7o,le:sat,
sites to the influence of light and air,:„ sess hoe. ',,tser
demn them to continue in a state of e
_wtier obedle4: cote
diless debasement.—l am,mv dear Sir, ":°,7,1%.1350 $
A citizen of London, and for
0_ cos
member of the Comm
E 94. eft°
TO CHARLES PEARS
13-, ma o
let" la
CHARLES
nPl.s•any yeacrsv.t.
t of Your iro.l
Dear Sir—l acknowledge the reee.ll _ clis,bato
30th - ce
loolonn to t ,he „c
of the City Lands Committee, and 'se s"
It was perhaps natural for
,you to addr,e.-to the
hte pocvs),,
happen to hold the appointment of s
.4., to se', bove
and 'Manchester Direct Railroad Compal,._o eel
!loci,' El
dOing tit (u r
149 ieOsntetdo basrintegaincteondtirsaclucssiitoynTtehrerncionnsidber,atio
You have placed me in a difficultyc ose
must therefore allow me to take the best ne: wsielo)
publishing your letter, together witit.°'
ndreecsteedt,
virtittihe
the
emtrabedrse
of
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tthhee
cCi.ovrpoofraLo7l.la_',.o.ls,l::: tof
eletboorotllr
•It being addressed to me as the Ch 4.tl„.ni e,
dear oir, s —0);
potation should see it.-1 am, vv. .4 Committees, I think it right that ecy.ers
esl9°
TO THE MEMBe.RS OF THE _ _
THE CITY OF LO,Nll)„‘;_s:charles
4, Id,
Gentlemen,—Having received fr_o2.
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