The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-04 00:00:00

BANKERS,

London—The London a;clWesininstor Bank, Lothbnry
The Commercial Bank of London.
Woreester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co.
Local. AGENT—John Bedford, Esq., Solicitor, Leominster.

This line will diverge from the line of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway, near Worcester, and proceeding by Brom-
yard, will end at Leominster, at which point it will unite with the
proposed lines connecting Hereford and Shrewsbury with North
Wales.

The communication by railway between these important towns
and the continuous hop and cider districts has been entirely left
unprovided for by existing arrangements, and this line Is brought
forward under the auspices of the Great Eastern and Western
Railway Company, on the strong representations and request of a
large and most influential body of the lauded gentry of the neigh-
bourhood.

The object proposed is to make a direct communication between
Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester, which latter town has always
been the natural market for the produce of these districts, and to af-
ford the inhabitants the most direct communication with London, as
compared with other lines, by upwards of 30 miles.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the act is ob-
tained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 4/. per cent.
on all calls from the time of their respective payments, as well as to
limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscrip-
tions.
Applications for Shares, in the annexed form, to be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the Office, 5, Gresham-street, London,
or Messrs. John Shewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Messrs. B. and ➢I. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3,
Shorter's-court, London ; Mr. John Duncuft, sharebroker, Manchester;
Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr,
sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, and Mr. Thomas Lee,
jun., Liverpool ; Messrs. H. and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds
Messrs. Tate and Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson,
sharebroker, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
sharebrokers, Bradford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, 'Worcester ;
Mr. Bulme, Gloucester ; Mr. Robert Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh ;
Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and
Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow ; Messrs. Buchanan and
Aitken, sharebrokers, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symms, share-
brokers, Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may be had.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester' and Leominster

Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
201. each in the above railway; and I hereby undertake to accept
the same or any less number you may allot ale, and to pay the
deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of September, 1845.
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LYONS and AVIGNON RAILWAY.
WITH A BRANCH TO GRENOBLE.
(COMPAGNIE CHASTELLUX.)
Capital, 110,000,000 f. (4,400,000/) in 220,000 Shares of 500 f.
Of which one-half is subscribed in France, and the other half is to be
subscribed in England.
Deposit, 41. per Share.
To provide the usual caution money required by the French Govern,
ment, which will be returned without deduction in case this Coni•
pany shall not become the lessees of the railway.
M. Le Comte de Chastellux, Pair de France, President.
DIRECTORS IN FRANCE.
Le Generid Comte Friant, Aide-de-camp du Roi
Le Marquis de Dion
Le Comte Lanjuinais, Pair de France
M. Cordler, Depute
M. Edouard Caillard, Administrateur des Messageries Generales
M. Daullee, Lieut.-General du Genie
M. Monternault •
M. De Lespinasse, Depute
Le Marquis de Graves
Le General de Tolose
Le Compte Alphonse de L'Huillier D'Orcieres
M. D'Orient de Bellegarde
M. Guillaume
M. Coste, Chef de la Malson Berthod, Nevcu et Coste de Chalon
sur Saone
Le Comte de Sieyes, Depute.
DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND.
Western
James Aikin. Esq., Liverpool, Director of the London and South-
Johna David Barry, Esq., Paris, Director of the Orleans and Boar-
deanx Railway
Thomas Cooke, Esq., Manchester, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway
William Jackson, Esq., Birkenhead, Chairman of the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway
R. W. Kennard, Esq., London, Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
William M'Kenzie, Esq., Paris and Liverpool, Contractor for Public
Works
Richard Paterson, Esq., London, Chairman of the Northern and
Eastern Railway
William Reed, Esq., Paris and Twickenham, Director of the Paris
and Rouen and Rouen and Havre Railway
George Stephenson. Esq., C.E.
Sir Joshua Walmsley, Liverpoool.
OFFICES OF TILE COMPANY—NO. 11, Old Jewry Chambers, London.
Mastr.zas—Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street ; Sir Claude Scott,
Bart. and Co., Cavendish-square.
BANKERS IN I:IVERPOOL—UnIOn Bank of Liverpool.
BANKERS IN MANCHESTER—Messrs. Cunliffe, Brookes, and Co.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF— Robert Stephenson, Esq., C.E.
SOmerroas—Messrs. Bevan and Anderson, 2, Adelphl-terrace,
London.
SECRETARY—II. MirllardieFO, Esq.
The line from Lyons to Avignon is to be constructed under the law
of the 16th July, 1845, which is to be made by the Company, and to
be completed within four years from the date of the Ordinance con-
firming the adjudication.
The Government reserves the power of purchasing the lease at the
expiration of nineteen years from the 'adjudication, paying for the
residue of the term to the Company an annual sum, calculated on the
average of the nett proceeds of the five best of the preceding seven
years, but not in any event less than the nettproceeds of the last year
of the seven.
The Company will be constituted a " Societe Anonyme."
The adjudication of the Line will probably not be delayed beyond
the present year.
If the lease be obtained on favourable terms (and no other terms
will be sought or accepted by this Company), the Line will be a most
valuable one. It forms the only remaining link in the great chain
between the German Ocean and the Mediterranean. The local traffic,
especially of merchandise, is already very great, and with the aids
and development to be given by the railway, will be far greater. The
Rhone cannot compete with the railway, because, although navi-
gable one way, its extreme rapidity renders it practically inaavi-
gable up the stream.
It has been considered desirable to associate for the English direc-
tion persons of acknowledged practical skill and experience in the
construction, working, and management of railways, and it cannot
be denied but that this object has been attained.
The Directors take all requisite powers for conducting and con-
cluding negotiations with the French Government, tendering for and
accepting a lease, and generally enabling them to carry out what-
ever they may deem expedient in the interest of the Company.