The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

ENGLISH PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the Union Bank,
and Chairman of the Namur and Liege Railway, Chairman
:W. Collins, Esq.- 3f.P., Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham Railway
D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Director of the Great Northern of France
Railway
Ca7tain Chamier, R N., Director of the Great Paris and Lyon!
Railway.
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Great Northern of France
Railway
Algernon W. R. Greville,. Esq., Director of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway
William Morley, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester and
Birkenhead Continuation Railway
William Mountford Nurse, Esq., Director of the Union Bank
Charles M. Rigg, Esq., Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Director ,
of the Leicester and Bedford Railway.

BANKERS.
In France—Messrs. Gaillard and Itampin, Paris
In England—The Union Bank of London, Princes-street, Mansion
House, Pall-mall East, and Argyle-street ; and its branches.
ENGINEER—Mons. De Villeroy.
SoLlClToßs—Messrs. Mayhew and Son, 26, Carey-street,
Lincoln's inn-Fields.
SECRETARY—J. Edersheitn, Esq.

This Company was constituted on the 28th of August, 1845,
according to an Auto de Societe, passed before M Bundler,
Notary at Paris. Its object is the construction of one of the most
important lines of railroad hitherto projected in France,
and perhaps on the whole continent. A reference to the map
will make it sufficiently apparent that, although short in
itself, this line will connect, by means of the Paris and
Lyons, and other French railroads, the Atlantic and Mediterranean ;
as well as France; England, Belgium, and Holland with Switzerland
and Italy ; and will thus complete the great Trunk line of commu-
nication between the West and South-East of Europe.
The length of the line is 120 kilometres, or 76 English miles; it
bramhes off from the Great Parrs and Lyons Railroad at Macon,
situated half way between Chalons-snr-Sayone and Lyons, at a dis-
tance of about 70 kilometres, or 27 English miles from each of those
places, and passes through Bourg, the principal town of the depart-
ment De I'Ain, anti by Nantua to Geneva.
Negotiations are pending, and likely to be brought to successful
issue, between this Company and the Swiss Government, with regard
to an extension of this line to Lausanne and Yverdun, which will
connect them with the remainder of Switzerland and Germany ; and
should this important concession be gained, a preference in the allot-
ment of shares will, of course, be given to shareholders in this
Company.
The capital of the Company has been fixed at 60,000,000 of francs
(or 2,400,0001.), of which 25,000,009 francs (or 1,000,0001.), are to be
subscribed for in England.
The English capital is divided into 50,000 shares,of 201. each, upon
which a deposit of 2'. is to be paid on allotment. One month's pre-
vious notice will be given of all subsequent instalments, which are not
to exceed 21. each.

In case a lease of the line shall not be granted to this Company, the
deposits will be paid back without deduction, but without interest.
No applications for shares will be attended to unless accompanied
by a first-rate reference.
Applications for shares may be made, in the annexed form,
to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, 73, Basinghall-street,
London ; to the Solicitors ; or to the following Brokers and Agents :
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard
" Mr. Theodore I.lxielli, 75, Old Broad-street
Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage
Manchester—Mr. William Marshall

Hull—Messrs. CoHinson and Flint

Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co.

Birmingham—Mr. James Pearson
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co.
Glasgow—Messrs. Tossle and Co.

Dublin—Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford

Halifax—Messrs. Newburn and Blakey.