The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

BANKERS,

In London—Messrs. Puget, Bainbriclg,es and Co., St. Paul's Church-
yard.
In Liverpool—The Commercial Bank of Liverpool.
In Brussels—The Societe Generale.
SoLtcroas—Messrs. Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury.

ENGINEERS—Sir John Macniell, L.L.D. F.R.S. and James Thompson

Esq. F.R.S.E. M.R.I.A.
BELGIAN ENGINEER—Mons. Desire Joseph Marchal.
SECRETARY—H. C. Hastings, Esq.

The Directors have for some time past been in direct communica-
tion 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 called the
"Grand Junction," and engages to conclude with the Directors a
provisional contract, previously to submitting the " Projet de loi "
for royal approbation, and also to apply for the sanction of the Legis-

lature.
The valuable and important ironworks of Convin will also, under
the same agreement, he ceded to the Company.
The Belgian Grand Junction Railway will directly connect the
provinces of Brabant, Itainault, Liege, Limbonrg, and Namur, with
each other, and with the Government lines of railway, as also with
the several lines of Liege and Namur. Landau and Hassell., Louvain
and Jemeppe, Sambre and Meuse, and the Great Luxembourg
Mons. Marchal, the eminent Belgian engineer, has carefally sur-
vived the line, and has deposited the necessary plans, sections, and
esthatates with the Belgian Government.
Mr. James Thomson, one of the Company's engineers, has also
gone o'er 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 Chairma.'l and two of the Directors have carefully traversed
the whole of the line, and have received the most positive assur-
ances of support frosn the local authorities and landed proprietors.
The provinces whie2l 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 traveese are situated in the heart of Belgium,
and comprise an area of 165 square miles. The entire length of the
Belgian Grand Junction Rallw-ity 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.
The great coal-fields of Charleroi and Liege, which are the most ex-
tensive in Belgium, will, by means of tkis line, be enabled to supply
all parts of the kingdom at a very reduced rate.
The Government lines already completed, as well as the several
privete lines now in course of construction, will necessarily be the
feeders to the Grand Junction line, as it will unite with the whole of
them, and will traverse a district destitute of all water communica-
tion, and very imperfectly supplied with roads ; whilst the invariable
rule 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, calculatc 9 with reference to the present amount eftraffic, have
been carefully and accurately prepared ; and, upon the improbable as-
sumption that there will be no increase when the Grand Junction
Railway is constructed, the shareholders would even then receive a
large interest on their capital. But, as in all cases, and more parti-
cularly in Belgium, increased facilities of communication have been
accompanied by a great increase of traffic, there can be no doubt
that the Grand Junction Railway Company will pay a considerable
dividend to the shareholders. •
The expense of construction, and the subsequent expenses of work-
, ing the line, are very much less than in English railways ; and itl.!
an important feature that the enormous outlay incident to a
Perila
limitary contest in England is avoided.
A considerable saving will also be effected in the cost of iron, and
wilther l be m anu fac-
the
of the locomotive engines and traffic material, whit
lured at the Cousin works; and tbe company h
l ave, efore,
from any other
peculiar advantage of being independent of a s upp 3h,
ettzter, and free from the delay and disappointment consequent upon
the present increased demand.
The griset will be for ninety years, and the Act will provide that
be exempt from all rates and
the railway :.hall, for the ssaiole term,
charges whetherwhatsoever,:,l cal or national.
this Company will be constituted a
By the law of Belgium,_
Societe Anonyms, and the liability of each shareholder will be
limited to the amount of his resctive shares.
A second payment of 2/. per share will be required one month after
ticiiierCmouncenestscion shall have been ratified by the Directors, and the
ails willl 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
three. times in each of two daily Morning London 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 becomeabsolutely forfeited.
Interest at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum will be paid upon
the amount of capital paid up, such interest to b calculated from the
time of obtaining the Act of the Legislature until this opening of
the line.
All points of detail will, under the terms of the Convention and
Act, be settled between the Belgian Government and t‘h„
jellD,,lereacptoporsr_;
and it is one of the conditions on w-hiclinthe,,s
an Government with
tinned and accepted, that the subscribers coonflidgi to tire Directors Intl
power to make such arrangement with thns
respect to any alterations or modifi.ieltatelox f the
the furtherance
terms of the grant, as they may thi pedolernithfeorline, Rnd
o
of the interests of tile Company.
lthe subjoined form, to be made to the
Applications for sharee, -n, _ffices. No. 64, Old Broad-street ; to
Secretary, at the Company s
it rs Bucklersbury ; and to the
Carden and Whitehead, Thread-
Messrs. La' wrance and Plows, So e ,
following Sharebrokers :-3lessrs.
Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs,
needle-street, London; Messrs Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Man-
chester ; Messrs. Messrs. Chantrell and Boyce,
Bristol ;
Wreford, Nicholls, ate Co.,
, vess„ Wilkinson and Earle, Hun ; Messrs. Buchanan
Leeds ; ,
Meesrs. Oswald, George, and Co., Aberdeen ;
and Aitken,
Glasgow
Messrs. Labortouche and Stafford, Dublin; and Messrs. Dowling
and Bowden, Edinburgh.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Belgian Grand Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—I request that you will allot use shares of 20/
each in the Belgian Grand Junction Railway Company ; and I agree
to accept 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 =Weary deeds, when required.
Dated the day of 1845.
Signature, with Christian Name, at, ful
length •
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Profession, Trade, or other Description...
UfereliCe, with Christian and Surname.
OaAaron ....... . ..... G."