The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

BANNERS

In London—Messrs. Puget, Balubridges and Co., St. Paul's Church-

yard.
In Liverpool—The Commercial Bank of Liverpool.
In Brussels--The Societe Generale.
SOLlCToßs—Messrs. Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Macnieli, L.L.D. F.R.S. and James Thompson
Esq. F.R.S.E. M.R.I.A.
BELGIAN ENGINEER—Mons. Desire Joseph 3larchal.
SECRETARY—H. C. Hastings, Esq.

The Directors have for some time past been'in direct communica-
tien with the Belgian Government, and they have entered into a
preliminary arrangement, under date of the 27th of September, 1845,
with the Minister of public Works, by which the Minister grants to
them the preference for the concession of a railway, to be call e
"Grand Junction," and engages to conclude with the Direct a
provisional contract, previously to submitting the " Projet de lei "
for royal approbation, and also to apply for the sanction of the Legis-
lature.
The valuable and important ironworks of Couvin will also, under
the same agreement, be ceded to the Company.
The Belgian Grand Junction Railway will directly connect the
provinces of Brabant, Hainault, Liege, Limbourg, and Namur, with
each other, and with the Government lines of railway, as also with
the several lines of Liege and Namur, Landen and Hasselt, Louvain
and Jemeppe, Sambre and Meuse, and the Great Luxembourg
Mons. Marchal, the eminent Belgian engineer, has carefully sur-
veyed the line, and has deposited the necessary plans, sections, and
estimates with the Belgian Government.
Mr. James Thomson, one of the Company's engineers, has also
gone over the line, and reports most favourably upon the peculiar
facilities for the construction of the railway, and the entire absence
of all engineering difficulties.
The Chairman and two of the Directors have carefully traversed
the whole of the line, and have received the most positive assur-
ances of support from the local authorities and landed proprietors.
The provinces which the railway will unite were found by the
census of 1844 to comprise a population of 2,188 551, And the dis-
tricts which it will traverse are situated in the heart of Belgium,
and comprise an area of 165 square miles. The entire length of the
Belgian Grand Junction Railway will be 102 English miles.
This portion of the country is emphatically termed the Granary of
Belgium, and, in addition to its vast agricultural produce, is rich in
ironstone, lead, marble, stone, and slate quarries. It has also nume-
rous distilleries, extensive breweries, ironworks, and large manufac-
tories of porcelain, glass, paper, Beetroot, sugar, gunpowder, &c.
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rate of the Belgian Government not to permit any competing lines,
must necessarily ensure to this Company the entire traffic of the
country through which this line will pass.
Tables, calculat:l with reference to the present amount of traffic, have
been carefully and accurately prepared ; and, upon the improbable as-
sumption that there will be no increase ssec*,hometnbmetruheneiceGaatriiiaoinbeldh.Jaovneadeboteuloebniti
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large interest on their capital. But, as in all cases, and more parti-
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an important feature that the enormous outlay incident to a Parlia-
mentary contest in England is avoided.
A considerable saving will also be effected In the cost of iron, and
of the locomotive engines and traffic material, which will be manufac-
tured at the Couvin works; and the Company have, therefore, the
peculiar advantage of being independent of a supply from any other
quarter, and free from the delay and disappointment consequent upon
the present increased demand.
The grant will be for ninety years, and the Act will provide that
the railway shall, for the whole term, be exempt from all rates and
charges whatsoever, whether local or national.
By the law of Belgium, this Company will be constituted a
Societe Anonyme, and the liability of each shareholder will be
limited to the amount of his respective shares.
A second payment of 21. per share will be required one month after
the Concession shall have been ratified by the Directors, and the
subsequent calls will be made at such periods as the Directors may
determine.
An accountable receipt will be given to each subscriber on payment
of his deposit, which receipt must be exchanged for certificates for
shares, at the office of the Company, within twenty-one days after
the first appearance of an advertisement requiring such exchange ;
such advertisement to be inserted once in the London Gazette, and
tire,• times in each of two daily Morning Landon newspapers. The
non-compliance with this condition will entail on the subscriber the
forfeiture of his deposits.
Notice of calls will be given by advertisement in the London Ga-
zette, and two daily Morning London newspapers; and if any call on
any share shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the day
named, the share shall become absolutely forfeited.
Interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum will be paid upon
the amount of capital paid up, such interest to b t calculated from the
time of obtaining the Act of the Legislature until the opening of
the line.

All points of *ll will, under the terms of the Convention and
Act, be settled laitiiteen the Belgian Government and tke Directors;
and it is one of the conditions on which the shares will im appor-
tioned and accepted, that the subscribers confide to the Directors full
power to make such arrangement with the Belgian Government with
respect to any alterations or modifications of the line, and of the
terms of the grant, as they may think expedient for the furtherance
of the interests of the Company.
Applications for shares, in the subjoined form, to be made to the
Secretary, at the Company's Offices, No. G 4, Old Broad-street ; to
Messrs. Lawrence and Flews, Solicitors, Bucklersbury ; and to the
following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Thread-
needle-street, London; Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Man-
chester ; Messrs. H. Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs.
Wreford, Nicholls, and Co., Bristol ; Messrs. Chantrell and Boyes,
Leeds; Mess* s. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull; Messrs. Buchanan
and Aitken, Glasgow ; Messrs. Oswald, George, and Co., Aberdeen ;
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, DOUR ; and Messrs. Dowling
and Howden, Edinburgh.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Belgian Grand Junction Railway.
Clentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201.
each In the Belgian Grand Junction Railway Company ; erd I agree
to accent such shares, or any smaller number you may allot to me,
and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the deed of settlement,
and all other itece,i.;:.ly deeds, when requ:v.d.
Dated the day of , 1845.
Signature, with Clir:gtiaL Yalut, at full
Resi,lence • • • ............. .....
Profession, Trade, or other Description....
Reference, with Christian and Surname,
Ai1d4.03/51

G K AiNi
REAT WESTEN D EALivioUT.ti
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

On the Broad Gauge.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.
Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6cl. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
_

Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, director of the Southampton

and Blanchester Railway
Sir John De Beauvoir, Mart. Chairman of the London and Birming-
ham Extension and Warwick Atid Worcester Railways
John Brightman, Esq. Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the

Hounsiow Railway- -
Henry William Burgess, Esq. Temple's-park, Hampstead, Lon lon,
director of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Segar Bastard, Esq. Baeter
Abraham Bettridge, Esq. 4, Devonshire-terrace, Camden-road,
London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction

Railway
William Banks, Esq. director o the Great Leeds and London Direct,
and Manchester and Rugby Railways
John Byng Banks, Esq. lansdown-road, Stockwell, director of the
Great Leeds and London Divert Railway
Thomas Carnsew, Esq. Flexbury-Ball, Stratton, Cornwall
Frederick Chamfer, Esq. R.N. Halkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Lon-
don, director of the Fampoux and Hazebrook Railway
Dunbar, John Cother, Esq. M.A. director of the Brecon and Merthyr

Railway
John Morford Cottle, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry and

Leicester Railway
John Carter, Esq. Park-lodge, Stockwell, director of the Grand
Trunk, and Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Railways
William Came, Esq. of Ellenglaze-house, Truro, Cornwall
Edward Wiliam Cox, Esq. 3, Crown-office-row, Temple, London,
director of the Direct Bristol and Exeter, and the Middlesex and
Surrey Junction Railways
Edward G. Cann, Esq. Herdwicke-house, Holdsworthy, Devon
Anthony William Clarke, Esq. director of the London and Hounslow

Railway
William Cole Cole, Esq. Highfield, Exmouth, Devon
George Borlase Childs, Esq. 34, Fore-street, London
James Clift, Esq. 30, Bloomsbury, director of the Paris and Stras-
burg, Rugby and ➢lacclesfeld, and Cheltenham and Brighton

Railways
James Robins Croft, Esq. Birkenhead, director of the Tring, Cam-

bridge, and Newmarket Railways
Edward Doubleday, Esq. F.L.S. Great Surrey-street, London, director
of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester railways
Philip Davy, Esq. Southcott, Morchard Bishop, Devon
J. Dennis, Esq. Bradiford-villa, Pilton, Devon
John Campbell Dicker, Esq. New-hall, Neston, Cheshire, director of
the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railways
William Eccles, Esq. Old Broad-street, London, director of the Great
Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway
Alfred Evans, Esq. Exeter
Edward Eagleton, Esq. Ness-gate-street
F. W. Etheredge, E3q. Park-street, Westminster
H. It. Fowler, Esq. 7, Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park,
Bristol, one of the Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Railway
George Fortescue, Esq. New Hayes, St. Thomas, Exeter
Charles Fitzgerald, Esq. Jermyn-street, London, director of the Ox-

. .
ford and outhampton Railway
.m Fitzgibbon, Esq. director of the Cork and Bandon Railway
Robert Fisher, Esq. flighbury-park, director of the Lincolnshire and
Eastern Counties Junction, and of the Liverpool, Preston and
North Union Railways
Edwar I Goddard, Esq. Stonehouse, near Newbury, Berks
James Golsworthy, Esq. the Mint, Exeter
Charles Goldsn ith, Esq Friday-street, director of the Manchester

and Rugby Direct Railway
Edmund Haynes, Esq. Summerland-Place, Exeter
S. Hutchison, Esq London Gas Works, Vauxhall, London, director

of the Grand Tiunk Railway
John Hill, Esq. Victoria-terrace, Exeter
Samuel Haydon, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
Templar James, Esq. Brixton-rise, Surrey
John Jameson, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, director of the Ox-

ford and Brighton lrailv.•ay
Wm. Jameson, Esq. Shelton, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford-

shire Potteries Railway
Capt. m. Keats, R.N. Porthill, near Bideford, Devon
Wm. Kcnnaway, Esq. Barniled, Exeter
V. Knight, Esq. 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, London
Lawrance Kortright, Esq. director of the Barbadoes Railway
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-lane, director of the Tring,

Reading, and BasingstOke Railway
James Lawford, Esq. Homefield-lodge, Heavltree, Devon
G. W. W. Mason, Esq. 33, Bucklersbury, and 12, Stockwell-common

Surrey
William Morley, Esq. London, Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester
and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq. Lancaster-place, Strand, London, director of the
Exeter, Dorchester and Weymouth, and the Windsor, Slough and

Staines Railways
Georg.; R. Pepin rcorne, Esq. Bexhill, Sussex, director of the Paris
and Strasburg Railway
George Pell, Esq. Welferd nd Northampton
J. Reeves, Esq. 150, Cheapside, London, and Leyton, Essex, di-
rector of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway
Henry Reynolds, Esq. 45, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park
J. C. Ridgway, Esq. Roehampton-lodge, near Putney, Surrey
Richard Richards, Esq. Chudleigh, Devon
Charles Richards, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
C. H. Rogers Hzrrison, Esq. F.R.O Upp• Montague-street, Port-
man-square, London, director of the Grand Trunk Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
the Hull and Holyhead Direct, the Great Northern and Southern,
and the Liverpool and Derby Railways
John M. S. G. Schank, Esq. Barton-house, Daw lich , and Teignmouth,

Devon
John Slade, Esq. Langtree, Torrington-, Devon
W. Sloane, Esq. 37, Wimpole•street, London
W. li. Swinton, Esq. 49, Moorgate-street, London, and Sussex-gar-

dens, Hyde-park
J. W. Snell, Esq. Monte le Grande, Exeter
Rev. J. T. Symons, Rector of Trevalza, Cornwall
Mailer Troake, Esq. Topsham, Devon
Nicholas Tuckett, Esq. Exeter
William Wilson, Esq. Devonport-street, Sussex-square, Hyde-park,
London, director of the Great Grimsby and 11.Iidland Junction
Railway
William Wrentmore, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
ENGINEED.—G. 11. Julian, Esq.
SußvEyon - George Braund, jun. Esq.

ARCHITECT—Henry /lower, Esq. 39, Regent's-square, and 18,
Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Keddell, Baker and Grant, 34, Lime-street, Loudon
Thomas Itarvey, Esq. 68, Old Broad-street, London
John Stogdon, Esq. Exeter.'
BANKERS.
The Union Bank of London.
Bristol—The West of England and South Wales District Bank
Exeter—The N_gtional Provilkeial Bank; West of England and
South Walestrict Banu4 the Devon and Cornwall Bank, and
all its Branches,
St. Columb •
Traro
—Messrs. Ricketts, Enthoven, and Co,
Falmouth
Penzance

LOCAL AGENTS.
Bodmin—William Pearse Esq. Liskeard—
Truro—J. F. Benallack, Esq. St. Columb—
Penryn—Robert Rimell, Esq. Wadebridge—
Falmouth—Samuel Bamfleld, Esq. J Camelford—
St. Ives—Robt. H. Bamfleld, Esq. Launceston—E. Spettigne, Esq.
Penzance—James Pascoe, Esq. Okehampton—
St. Austell—John W. Jeffery, Esq. Tavistock —Messrs. Willesford
Devonport—W. J. Little, Esq. and Tucker

Cornwall has long been straggling to procure the benefits of rail-
way communication, but divisions amongst its friends have for
several successive years prevented any scheme from being carried
out.

At length, on the 20th August last, at a full county meeting at
Bodmin, presided over by the High Sheriff, it was unanimously
resolved :—" That the general interests of the county of Cornwall, as
well as of the public at large, absolutely requite that no trunk line
should be sanctioned through the county which does not afford the
most direct, central, safe, and continuous railway communication
from Falmouth and Penzance to London." This decision, in con-
junction with the appearance of the scheme of the North Devon
Company, has appeared to the promoters of the Great Western
and Falmouth Junction railway, to present a favourable opportunity
for bringing before the public a Central Line, en the broad guage,
which, by the combination of four powerful companies, Is now, it
may be said, brought almost to the boarders of Cornwall.
The Great Western railway, already open to Exeter, is now being
extended to Creulton, and from thence the North Devon Company
intend to construct a main line to join their north and south Devon
line, in the neighbourhood of Hatherleigh, thirty mils directly west
from Exeter, and about seventy miles from Falmouth.
The Great Western and Falmouth Junction Railway will com-
mence near Hatherleigh, and will be about seventy tulles in length,
and form a direct extension of the line from Crediton to that place,
proposed by the North Devon Company, and will thence proceed by
Launces'on, Bodmin, and Truro to Fahnouth ; and in order to pre-
serve the old line of communication from Cornwall to PI) mouth, ad-
mitted to be of great local importance, a branch will run front the
main line near Bodmin, through or near Liskeard, to join the South
Devon and Tavistock Railway, near Plymouth.
By means of this railway, and the North Devon, Credidto .and
Exeter, Bristol and Exeter, sad Great Western Railways, there will
be a direct and unbi oken line oil the broad gauge :from Falmouth
through Exeter, to London, on the one hand, and to Plymouth and
the South Coast on the ; and it will also be connected with the
railways and canals already existing in Cornwall, and, by branches,
with all the most important towns in that county and the North of
Devon. It is also intend-d that the line shall be the best in engineer-
ing qualities which the natural formation or the country will allow,
and that the fatrnidable difficulties, which !natio:lithe Board of Trade
to report to Parliament against the late Cornwall and Devon Central
line, shall be avoided.
This scheme has a decided advantage ON er any other at present
proposed for giving to Cornwall the benefits of railway c. mmunica-
tion, and is the only line which can with certainty effect the object
to which the county became pledged, by the resolution of the 20th of
August last—no other line affords " direct, central, safe and con-
tinuous railway communication from Falmouth and Penzance to
London." The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway will not en-
sure a continuous line from Falmouth to London, until three other
independent Companies shall have succeeded in obtaining their
Bills ; and these projected lines have also to contend against the op-
position of through and integral lines from London to Exeter. The
I% est of England below Exeter, is obviously the country of the
broad gauge, and there is no probability that Parliament will sanction
the introduction of any other gauge into that district, which would be
productive of endless confusion and inconveinence. With the South
Devon line on the one hand, the projected North Devon line on the
other, the Exeter and Crediton and its projected extension westward
to Hatherleigh, and the West Cornwall line from Truro to Penzance,
all on the broad gauge, and all projected or supported by the
Great Western, and its associated Companies—there can be
little doubt that no narrow gauge line will be permitted to run
parallel with those already sanctioned by the legislature, or proposed
for the further accommodation of the country by such influential
companies. In order fu:ly to comply with the expressed wishes of
the county of Cornwall and to secure that "direct, central, safe, and
continuous railway communication" so much required, the present
line has been projected, .and wilt, when completed, form the Central
link of the great series of lines already under the direction of the
Great Western, and the other associated Companies. It is therefore
confidently presumed that no other scheme for connecting Cornwall
and West Devon with the Metropolis, and the North of England,
can compete with the present line with any probability of success,
presenting as this line does the prominent points of national and local
advantage, and possessing all the elements essential to command the
favourable consideration of Parliament.

As a work of national importance, it has been long admitted that a
line o f railway to the important Port of Falmouth must be carried
out ; the promoters of this railway do not, therefore, think it neces-
sary to repeat the here the highly satlsiactory results of the traffic
over the line, which were long since ascertained. It is sufficient to
say, they prove an ample return on the capital to be invested.
The survey is in progress, and van be completed in time to apply to
Parliament in the ensuing Session ; and the promoters having already
received highly satisfactory assurances of support, as well local as
general, feel justified in expressing their conviction that their appli-
cation will be crowned with success.

The capital will be divided into 56,600 shares of 251. each, upon
which a deposit of 21. 12s. 6d. per share must be paid upon the allot-
ment. Power will be taken to pay interest on the deposit, and all
calls till the line is opened ; and no subscriber will be liable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then
not bey ono the amount of his subscription.
Preference will be given, in the allotment, to landowners, to local
applicants, and to parties holding shares in the Great Western, Bristol
and Exeter, Exeter and Crediton, North Devon, and West Cornwall
Railways.

Applications for shares, In the form annexed, to be addrsssed to
the Solicitors of the Company ; or to any respectable brokers In town
or country.
(N. Old Broad-street, London, Ist Oct. 1445.

REAT WESTERN AND I' ALMOUTII
N. Jr JUNCTION RAILWAY.
No further Application for Shares in this Railvsy can be entkr-
tallied by the Committee after Tozstur next the 21st inst.
KEDDELL, BAKER, and GRANT, 7 Joint
THOS. HARVEY, Solicitors.
JOUX STOGDON,
Cag 1014*Oto 140013, citi, 16, 114 f.

BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND ToNBRIDO
WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY (HALLETT'S LINE). •
Capital 350,0001. in 17,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Shareholders not to be liable beyond the amount of their SWIM'
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman, Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P.
Howard Elphinstone, Esq. M.P. Stephen Lowden, Esq.
John Villiers Shelby, Esq. Edward Beard, Esq.
Sir George Prescott, Bait. Itchard Dutton, Esq.
Edwin .1 awes, Esq. William H. Lidbetter, Esti.
Valentine Lee, Esq. Alexander Donavan, jRII.
George Rennie, Esq. George Donavan, Esq.
W. S. Potter, Esq. Jno. Langford, Esq.
James Reeves, Esq. Nelsen Kenward, Esq.
George Molineux, Esq. Thomas Radford, Esq.
Frederick Seymour, Esq. inn. Taylor Hallett, Esq.
John Kenward, Esq. William Kenward,
Thomas Wisden, Esq. William Nash, Esq.
Edward Churchill, Esq. J. Underwood, Esq.
Alexander Wright, Esq.
ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING FIVGINEER—WiIIiam Hallett, Esq. C.B.
SOLICITOR—W B. James, Esq.
SECRETARY—r. 11. Nobler, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank, Loilibury
Messrs. Molyneaux and Co. Lewes, and I onbridge Weill.
LCCAL AGENTS.
William Polhill Kell, Esq. Lewes
Robert Foreman, Esq. solicitor, '; onbridge Wells
Benjamin Hall, Esq. nuxsteti Lodge, near Uckllell.
Tile Committee of Management beg to state that the Allotme N.,
being proceeded with, and the letters will be issued without &MY..
By order, FREDERICK 11. NALDEII, Secret
83, Basinghall-street, 15th Oct. 1845.

EASTERN COUN rtEs JuNenozi, and
SOUTHEND RAILWAY, .10,1a01,
forming a direct communication between England and 13.,.--,, ,
and Holland and the Rhine, from the . Essex Coast; `v t"
Rill:
Branch (via Tilbury) to Gravesend, and a Branch to the
Crouch.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—The Right Hon the Earl of Mortungtou•
Deputy-Chairman—ltobert A. Riddell, E'qb
Sir llenry Webb, Bart. Miles Dormer, Esq.
Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P. John Reginald Riddell,
Willem Bradley, Esq. John Holmes, L-°1
Gideon Coiquhoun, Esq. Herbert Ingram, Lsci,
W. A. Campbell, Esq. John Nixon, Esq.
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. A. Macdonald Ritchie, Es%.
John James Cavan, Esq. W. Alexander Thomas,
Char'es Grant, Esq. William Wright, Esq'
.At a meeting of the Committee of Management,
GIDE9N COLQUHOUN, Esq. in the chair,
~d Lord
A letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington a" ,
coulP
Viscount Wellesley addressed to the solicitors to the
was zead.
Resolved—rhat the Right Hon. the Earl of 3forningtttoiel 413 i
Lord Viscount Wellesley be added to the Provisional Commloll be
Also, Resolved—That tae Right llon. the Earl of Montliodsiu
Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Robert A'
Esq., be Deputy-Chairman. f std. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction o,itiog
that the Allotment of Shares is proceeding with all the' e'scci that
that the immense number of .pplicatiens will admit of!„tne the
Letters of Allotment will be shortly issued. In the ine'r• 015
engineers and surveyors are actively engaged in their datiel'ing
other preliminaries are progressing for the purpose of AO
an Act of Parliament in the ensuing session. 00'
PERIN, MINET, and SMITH, 5; Laurence PountneY.
CLIAUNTLEft and WESTWOOD, 8, Gray's hut-square.
Oct. 14, 1845

NORFOLK RAILWAY.—Diss and Cole° aft
and Wells and Dereham Scrip Certificates. . ogle&
The Parliamentary Deed is now ready for Signature at 01, oir
and will remain until the 3d of November, before which c"'05:14
holders are requested] to:sign the deed, and exchange the it°.
scrip certificates in the Norfolk Extension Stock.

Hours of Attendance from Ten till Four. tlity•
ty order, RICHARD TILL,
Guildhall-buildings, London, Oct. 14, 1845

THE DIRECT LONDON AND 1)-----11'711131)
RAILWAY COMPANY.
(PILBROWS ATMOSPHERIC.)
(Provisionally Registered).
Offices, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 800,00', Shares of 25/. eac'
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
UNDER TUE SPECIAL SUPPORT OF WaiO4
The Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Cashiobury-park,
Htrts
01'0 Telp

The Right Hon. the Viscount Massarene and Ferrard,
Louth reOl
Hon. Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, 31J'
Castle, Bangor
Thomas Asheton Smith, Esq. Vaynol-house, Bangor
AND THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Auldjo, Esq. Nal-house, Kerning; on al3O
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B. Montague'.
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. Pall-mall
John
Charles BoHoße Braceb W y°wes, Esq. Hull
all
ridge, Esq. the Hall, Atherstone,
Sir John Campbell, Dart. of Ardnamurchan
Captain Fredelic Chamier, R.N. Halkin-place, Be'grave-30're
Anthony W. Clarke, Esq. Queen-square, Cheapside
Charles Collins, Esq. Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire
D. Davies, Esq. Brynhafod, Carinarthenshire
D. Davies, jun., Esq. ditto, ditto
John Davies, Esq. Vronheulog Corwen, Merionethshire
Thomas Edwards, Esq. Camberwell
James Godfrey Elster, Esq. Han's-place, Sloane-street
Griffith Evans, Esq. Rodgull' en, Corwen
Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire
John Fowler, Esq., Belmont-house, Clifton
William Green, Esq., Walthanastow, Essex
John Griffith Griffith, Esq. Llanfair-hall, Caernarvon
George Harris, Esq. Temple
Dean John Hoare, Esq. Wimpole street
Edward Hoare, Esq. Percy-street, Bedford-square
William 11 ulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P., Plas-Cosh, Angle"
William Humffreys, Esq. Llwyn, Llaufyllin
Sir Davica. Kinloch, Bart. Gilmerton, near Hadlington
Francis John Lambert, Esq. Kensington-gardens-terrace
Henry Lawrence, Esq. M.D. Preston-terrace, Carmartit.,. 11
William Price Lewes, Esq. Carmarthen
Henry Robert Lewis, E 12, Upper 2dontague-street

Lei Esq.
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H. Charies•street, St. James
Oliver Lloyd, Esq. Cardian Gresll3#‘
Richard Thomas Lloyd Esq., Upper Brook-street,

square, and Aston-hall,Shropshlre
Nicholas M`Cann, Esq Parliament-street PIA
Charles Carroll M`Tavish, Esq., 22, Rutland-gate, Regent's-
John Murray Esq., 51, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Thomas North, Esq. Mayor of Nottingham
Cornelius O'Prlen, E. M.P., County Clare MI did
Richard Cowley Polhill, Es]. Walbrook, and Brompto%
F. B. Price, Esq., Bryn-y-pys, North Wales
Alexander Prince, E;q. 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields sn'arar
Edward Scard, E.q. Kew, Surrey, 111.1 Garth-hill, Glain?fc
William Corbet Smith. Esq. high-sheriff of LcicestcrSDP—

well-hall, Ltd' erworth
William Southwel), Esq. Bridgaorlh
Joseph Southw ell, Esq. Bridgnorth
Edward Spence, Esq. Tilworth, near Hull
John Wheelton, Esq. Meopham-bank, Tonbridge, Kent
J. P. Wright, Esq. Edinbuigh
(With power to add to their MUllber)•
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. 914'
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. I Francis J. Lainbu,_._.
Charles Collins, Esq. C. C. 3rTavish.
James Godfrey Eiger, Esq. B. C. Polhill, Esa•
Thomas Edwards, Esq. Edward Scard, E 64.
D. J. Hoare, Esq.

ENGINEETS.
Frederick Braithwaite, Esq.
James Pilbrow, Esq. C.E.
BANKERS—LoweII Joint-Stock Bank
SoLICITOR—George John Shaw, ES'l.
SECRETARY—Mr. Wiliam Rocher.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Poole and Powell, solicitors, Carnarvon
Isaac Gilbertson, Esq. solicitor, Bala thslef
Humphrey Lloyd Williams, Esq. Lianfryr 1, Merlon,'
Thomas Lloyd Boyle, Esq. solicitor, Llanfyllin, 14°''
Win. Griffith, Esq. solicitor, Dolgelly
Mr. Carnegie, of Pulwelli .410
elmessrs. Lockley, solicitors, Shrewsbury. are
the f
Th ost direct arid speedy communication bet,s'e bee
rs °
and Irish capitals has been declared, by influential 11,ealrottea,' owl
present and for.ner Governments, to be a great deslueopperoco,
possessing, in addition to this valuable authority, ille„
sanction of many, or nearly all, the principal noblel"°':,!boal°;:treo
wdl
patinrrd
el ans
,dehfelediettrisnianteNlyorftehrminWaglesa, thlittiseCeofmrpaaiiiiwyel; ewsthai,cll:
Dee
this long-desired object. 4 at
t
The importance, nay, the necessity, of such a line ha- ot tot
felt by the public at large ; it must, therefore, be I°°,,Yoal Wan tie;
merely a private speculation, but also as a great na'•",;4
lug, opening, as it will. facilities for the most expedill°""teosl,iroil
tween the two capitals, ant at the same time. offering so.,
eiminunication with the south of lizland, via Wield
0
erferring immenee benefit on both liingdoms. , • a
The proposed line will commence at Shrewsbury, Iced too:
with the Birmingham and Shrewsbury Railway, and Pr 0110eaer`ot',
as nearly as possible in a straight direction to Pert woo tlie4t
ing through, or by, Bala, and the other principal towasinporul'i Iri
being a distance of about eighty-four miles. A vcrY ofd
ture in this line is, that the expense and difficultY °
.A
Menai Straits are avoided, and all impediment W
vented. et na
ece
„,
It is estimated that the cost of the entire line will tile;rtir,
2,000,0001., but in consequence of the impossibility, frcantolet;pl.f,,e
of the country, and the lateness of the period, aco to ._6ll"f
whole of the surveys in due time, it has been determbrun of :Poo
Parliament in the ensuing session, for the first se,et„.l°e aiS
lying between Port Drnllaen arid Port Madoe, I"4'„ietetl'airo°,l4
shout 24 miles; the surveys fur which are nearly eullt.iets '4014
Hitherto the mountainous nature of some of the cl.',7d A 4 °rots l'of
which the line must pass, has been generally considered
itoesl4ea,,,
obstacles too formidable for locomotive transit, whic avii°
the principality having so long continued without tuesertoolre yr°
a railway. Happily, however, these difficulties are, atnere° re
the application of the atmospheric system, which it s 0
posed to adopt.
pi .0
The considerations for employing the atmospheric Press
founded not only on the strong opinion in its favour ea'. e> of tri
report of the Select Committee appointed by ParhaWen:,,ersisatzi);;
into its merits, but also on its peculiar suitableness taipee,l' r
gradients to be encountered on the line, its superior 0(0 „al,
and economy, and its absence from the possibility uf
of those frightful accidents by collision which Navy ;Ist°
elf
happened of late, and to which locomotive CllgUi 0-,1
itinestoTniv s
thy‘, fr,,te,er,
li
The distance between Perth Dynllaen and .-2-I;ing,re
about six and a half miles farther than between be latter`' ~o
Holyhead ; but in consequence of the position of t pre _
being two or three points to leeward of the acknowle"b 10'1' eo°t.
gales of St. George's Channel, a shorter passage et? bel'llll.oipo'
rt
average throughout the year from Perth DYnll°e,-,loter:3',o ilet;oe
firmed by Captain Beaufort, as referred to in tile
Sir John Rennie on the subject ;in which, afier.nqous of jet'
(coinciding in every material point with the °PI, 0003 ; fart of
and others), Sir John thus concludes with a genera. &lot- oeis
case in reference to Forth Dynllaen :—" That it is two
Ctoapwtehirndwßaeredufeirtha,n,
hllasolaylLardt,eianntdt,hteothuse tire e-I-Paea fr°s the
sage to be made in equal, if not less time
town.' This is particularly important, ‘bevacli:tste°,iit feroaletligelsisS;
ti'aeiet .os clareg
although the distance is rather greater ; and it t` coetrleaoll
to maintain the communication between the tis;t3e Wert to
the winter season with as much speed and as lit
• /Pi‘isill
possible." ess it is e
Taking this project in a remunerative point of
orec,tetiO
bear in mind not only the great amount of tram- the) °,40 k pot
to command, when the entire lino is eompieted, tadele,Ale
tween the two capitals can be accomplished le "to tie
ensuring much of the Irish, American, and-Wes', metre-0e Or a
also with other railways now in progress ; the It's:10o °scalati°
it must bring, from its opening the most cone, tine c • „
rev
wealthy mineral and agricultural productione°,...
jos
Caernarvon, Merioneth, Montgomery, and De 01!,,:tiaes co0t;
The extensive and apparently inexhaustible 11,11.31011 t" recoe'lo.-
von, Bangor, Ffestiniog &c., will supplY all LI than au. etie•
of England with slate, ikc., at a much leo Fd?,,e, conl,ofrete.ex
and the carriage of the important articles or girt"u e°lllce'u the
nial produce to Wales, will also Ibrin an importa,_ toelf tbe let,
Another very important consideration presennta__,o, °flea, „fa
tainty of this line being adopted for the transit. IZO' op.etrs „fro,
affording, as it assuredly will, ample facility eass.s., 015 ,er
ters frem either metropolis, and the return e:es toiefbe
twenty-six hours. In fact, such are the ad
ve,„anatatiull VS° 1/'ll t°
crue front this undertaking, that* every exPeatioa Aoie
tamed of its receiving the most cordi2l approu their
shOwuote ,t•
ture, who, during the sess just
this
Moe
briLnegwthere pwosititalheeomemppuliiredicatifeorn
tinn tthhise
given to the Committee of Management—toe
__, to or
and
necessary, to alter Or abandon any part of th
reete—t ne
a Ile' et
I ill; f3;lPb.l
lines, to enter into arrangements with any et,°,eele oniPatoadilioe;
panics, and generally to manage tile affairs 01. I,sue,..en to
0,„!,
In the allotment of shares, preference will D !fill be !i,yrbo
cfir
and others loeally interested. Tire subscribf„rs"Act of
.1_
only for the amount of their first deposit, until an tneir,ter!a, of
e
tbieenoebtai;
anne(tl,peawnderatf,tteirr
haerdesppotiiielyd
fteor
ittihtehearll3_,,i,e4,tl;ro:lothwel,3,,oula
the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, on all ca..
cp. to ti'CoOso r
the Act until the openieg of the line. s wit to wore,
Application for prospectuses and share JD"
t the C"cesvilag Pr"
citor, 8, Furnival's-inn; or the secretary, at the f°,ell°ossrf'
pang, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house ;an
_street ;
brokers:—Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Throgmortoa St. aeleirtree, ems'
and Evans, Lotubury ; Mr. Robert Allen, 11
46, Ge°rge.rgil; ISICLiftI6
EdinburghEding; Messrs. Hugh 317u9n,ropi,innacee_s.t,re_e:itutuTiiiistrio.
. James Pringle,
110 a ,'(t and Newenham, 1, Fownes-streeti "`iveiglitt
and Power, Darns-street, Dublin ; "Mr. J,tl, p
Mr. It. P. Clark, Bristol ; Mr. Sandforit rn"coa,..e.
Wills. Plymouth; Mr. John Russell, El xiek
O'Neil, 27, Cross-street, Manelicster;arfiq,coeen.tgii ;al,
Albion street, Leeds; Messrs. Brown and 1-3,^iewspai ',003.:0', ;4'
Balms, King-street, Gloucester ; Mr. JT:aa,..eLee, cbeit
W. Dickinson, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; • w_gushall3;
J. B. Murday, Bath ; Mr. John Pearson. .12
4114 Co,, Burnley,

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