The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-01 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

The Mayor, Aldermen; Burgesses, and Town-Council of the Borough
of Lythe Regis
Captain Charles C. Bennett, R.N.,„Mayor of Lyme Regis
' John Riste, Esq., Mayor of Chard, Somerset
Sir William Twysden, Bart. Dorset-street, Portman-sqsare, London
John Arnett, Esq. Cloisters, Gloucester
Thomas Charles Avery, Esq. Gloucester
Mr. Joseph Anning, Town Councillor, Lyme Regis, Dorset
Robert Baldry-, Esq. Halifax •
J. Nettleton Balme, Esq. Elton-house, Gloucester
R. Barfoot, Esq. Lyme Regis
John Blackburn, Esq. Coroner for Leeds
John Bond, Esq. M.D., Nuneaton; Warwickshire, and Arundel_
street, London
Thomas Burnley, Esq. Pollard-hall, GOmersall, near Leeds
John Carey, Esq. M.D. Lyme Regis •
Thomas Chew, Esq., Crawford-street, Bryanston-square
Thomas Clark, Esq. Cnmming-place, Pentonville, London
William Ladbroole,Cope, Esq. merchant, Grove-terrace, Kentish-
town, Middlesex
Edward William (lox, Esq. Temple, London
William Constance, Esq. Hanover-place, Regent's-park, London
James Cruikshank Dansey, Esq. Milton-lodge, Oxfordshire
James Henry Dowling, Esq. Longford-house, Gloucester
John Drayton, Esq. merchant, banker, alderman, Lyme Regis
David Dugdale, Esq. Burnley
Richard Eastward, Esq. Bunshaw-house, Burnley
Frederick Edwards, Esq. Temple, London
Henry Edmonds, Esq. Devonshire-place, Paddington, Middlesex
William Hunsley Fox, Esq. Tollington-park, Hernsey, Middlesex
William Glyde, Esq. Alderman of Lyme Regis
Samuel Giles, Esq. Manchester
Joseph James Godfrey, Esq. Liverpool
Theophilus Bartlett Goddard, Esq. merchant, Lyme Regis
Richard Ilardaker, Esq. CoMe
Josiah lleale, Esq. Gray's Inn, London
Charles Hayes Higgins, Esq. Taunton
Joseph Hopwood, Esq. Exeter
Mr. Thomas Jerrard, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
Stephen Isaacson, Esq. Berners-street, London
Anthony Gilbert Jones, Esq.llatherly. court, near Gloucester
George Lawton, Esq. Ditchley, Brentwood, Essex
Edward Overton Lee, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Lyme Regis
Henry Trotman Lee, Esq. Lyme Regis -
George Barrett Lennard, Esq. Temple, London '
John Loveridge, Esq. Grove-place, St. John's Wood, London •
Joseph Lovegrove, Esq. Coroner, Gloucester
Mr. Albion Lawn, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
WilliaiD Alidelton, Esq. Chard, Somerset
Mr. James Munden, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis
William Nash, Esq. Noble-street, Cheeps ide, London
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Mr. Samuel Osborne, sen. Lyme Regis; Dorset
31r. Samuel Osborne, jun. Town Councillor of -Lynie Regis, merchant
• and shipowner .
Henry Osborn, Esql Lyme Regis •
Abraham Parker, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London
William Pawson, 'Esq. Tarnby-house, near Leeds, Justice of the
Peace
William W. Pell, Esq. Ullesthorp, Lutterworth
William Pinney, Esq. late 31. P. fer Lyme Regis, Somerton-house,
Somerset, and Berkeley-square, London
Arthur Bedford Peppin, Esq. Ash-house, near Martock, Somerset
Thomas Preston, Esq. Anldhouse-terrace, Islington, and Jersey
Mr. J. Penny, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
William Samuel Prosser, Esq. merchant, Lyme Regis
Frederick Ramsden, Esq. Manchester
John Ramsden, Esq. Kensington Gore, Middlesex
John Rcndall, Esq. shipowner, Lyme Regis
William Henry Reading, Esq. Paddington-green, Middlesex
Mr. John Richards, sail-cloth manufacturer, Chard, Somerset
George Roberts, Esq. alderman, Lyme Regis
Hartley Sager, Esq. Bath Grove, Coine
Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq. Lyncembe-hill, Bath
JTMohrioi.n mßTaichard Sellers, Lyme Regis
Mr. John Sellers,
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Mr. Edward Thornton, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
Edward Waddilove, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Hants
David Mowbray Walker, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Gloucester
William Washbourn, Esq, merchant, Gloucester
Rev. Nicholas Watts, Lyme Regis and Teignmouth, Devon
W. Weightman, Esq. Nottingham
Richard Willson, Esq. merchant and shipowner, Carpenter smilh's
Wharf; London
Ldward John Woodhouse, Esq. merchant, Gloucester •
Robert I3ouchier Wrey, Esq. Wareclift-house, Up-Lyme, Devon
Mr. William Wallis, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset -
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement'sganc, London
Messrs. Williams and Co. Lyme, Chard, Axminster, and Dorchester
Messrs. Stuckey and Co.,Langport, Chard, riminster, and Taunton
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds, and Branches.

CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Col. Landman, M.I.C.E.
W. H. James, Esq. C.E.
ENGINEERS.
John Rowbotham, Esq. F.R.A.S., C.E.
Messrs. Sherwood and White.
SURVEYOR—Henry Wilson, Esq. Royal Exehange, London.
SECRETARY—John Champ, Esq.
LONDON SOLICITORS.
G. Jackson, Esq. 23, Finsbury-place, North
W. M. Benett, Esq.`2, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Henry F. Waring, Esq. town clerk, Lyme
Robert Hillman, Fog. Lynia
William East, Esq. 'Chard.
LOCAL AGENTS.
V. F. Langworthy, Esq. Ilminstor
J. Lovegrove, Esq. Gloucester
William Marshall, Esq. Taunton
Charles Bond, Esq. Axminster
Messrs. Willington and Castles, Bristol.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
George Bulmer, Esq., 44, Parliament-street.

This railway is intended, in conjunction with the existing lines,
to form a direct communication between the English and Bristol
Channels, thus affording the means of transit by railway from the
English Channel to the Irish Sea, as well as completing tho grand
trunk lines from' the north, north-west, and north-east parts of
Great Britain.

The proposed line of railway will commence at or near the harbour
at Lyme Regis, in the county of Dorset, and proceed from thence
through Lyme, Up-Lyme, Axminster, Chardstock, Chara, and
Ilminster, and terminate at Taunton, in the county of Somerset,
where it will Jain other important lines, and be the means of transit
for passengers and traffic to the most important places in the locality,
as well as throughout the kingdom.
The length of the line wilt be about twenty-six miles, and, front
the preliminary survey which has been taken, it appears there are no
extraordinary difficulties, nor will it interfere with ornamental
property.

- The support of the principal landowners and other influential
parties on the line has been secured ; and taking into consideration
the short and easy communication with the coast of France and the
Channel Islands, and the accommodation for shipping of considerable
tonnage which it Is proposed to effect by the extension of the
present harbour, the shareholders cannot fail to derive a permanent
and still increasing advantage from the vast augmentation of traffic
by passengers and merchandise, as well as from abroad and coast-
wise, as to and from the whole interior of the kingdom, with which
the line will be connected by existing and progressing railways.
The beauty and situation of Lyme Regis as a place of resort for
visitors is well known; and on the plans now proposed fir facili-
tating the intercourse with the interior, and connecting the two
opposite Channels, being carried into effect, it is beyond all question
clear, that the trade and mercantile prosperity of the port, as well as
the extent and importance of the town, and the several places con-
nected with it by the projected line, must be immensely increased.
This line will establish a lucrative trade in lime, manures, fish,
agricultural and mineral produce, particularly from the principality
of Wales, which must necessarily tend to render this undertaking of
the greatest advantage to the whole locality of the several im-
portant towns through which it will pass.
The improvement of the port and harbour at Lyme, and its exten-
sion so as to admit vessels of a larger class of merchantmen and
steamers, cannot fail to command the attention and support of all
persons from Salisbury westward to Exeter, together with Bristol,
Bath, the principality of Wales, and all parts of the north, visiting
or trading with the Channel Islands, France, and other parts of the
Continent, thus making the port of Lyme to those places what
Southampton is new to London and its contiguity. The peculiar
privilege secured by Act of Parliament, exempting the shipping of the
port of Lyme from the Dover and Ramsgate harbour dues, payable
by all other coasting vessels, as also the advantages of its being a
bonded port, must not be overlooked.
The enlargement ani extension of the harbour at Lyme Regis into
a port of refuge, must be considered as of great national importance.
This harbour is accessible with winds which prevent entrance into
any other ports in the Great Western Bay (being the only one in
the whole of that extensive bay without a bar), and its importance,
even In its present state, may be estimated by the following extract
from Mr. Roberts's "History of Lyme Regis," giving the substance
of a report of a Committee of the House of Commons :