The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-27 00:00:00

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
At a meeting of proprietors of the Bristol an Ezetell Rail-
way Company, held at the (aces of Mr. Henry Britten, No. 17,
Small-street, Bristol, on the 21st of October, 1845, convened for the
purpose of taking into consideration the provisional agreement en-
tered into between the Directors of the above Cempany and tom
Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, for the sale to
the latter of the Bristol and Rioter Railway, and adopting each ram-
lutions thereupon as might be deemed advisable,
Mr. WILLIAM CROSS in the Chair,
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It was Resolved,—lst. That this meeting, looking at the past half-
yearly reports, especially the last two,lnade by the Directors of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company to the proprietors of that Coen-
pany—at the present receipts—and the gradually increasing traffic
upon the Bristol and Exeter Railway, with the prospect of a still
much greater traffic from its various branches and the already
formed South Devon and projected North Devon and Cornwall lines.
and also at the value of the shares which the Bristol and Exeter
Company possesses in the former two lines—and at the sane time
making every allowanceler the disadvantage of a possible competing
line direct from London—to Exeter (estimated by the Great Western
Compan, itself at IA per cent.)—cannot but consider the provisional
agreement made by the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company, fir the sale of their railway and effects to the Groat
Western Railway Company, as a most improvident bargain, highly
detrimental to the interests of the shareholders in the former under-
taking, and involving an unjustifiable sacrifice of the property of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, to which the proprietors of
that company ought not to submit or assent ; and that measures be
forthwith adopted to ascertain the sense of the proprietor.; in geuctal
upon the matter, and if they shall concur in opinion with this meet-
ing, to ensure their co-operation in preventing the confirmation of
that agreement. _ _ _

2d. That for these imposes a Committee bc !errand, consisting of
the following gentlemen :

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Mr. C. F. nand*
Mr. J. Prewsn
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Mr. J. S. Tripp
Mr. C. F. Thornley
Mr. Thomas Lucas
With power to add to their nusnbC,r; and that Mr. Henry Driftan be
requested to act as the secretary and legal adviser of the Com-
mittee.

3d. And that this meeting request the Committee to eowrene
meetings of the proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany as early as possible, at such place and in suck manner as the
Committee shall think expedient; and to take such other measures
as the Committee shall deem advisable for effectuating the purposes
before mentioned. WILLIAM CROSS, Chairman.
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The Committee appointed for carrying out the above resolutions
will be happy to receive communications from any shareholder ;
and would earnestly tininess upon the shareholders generally, who
may be prevented irom attending the general :meting convened to
confirm the provisional agreement on the 7th of November, imme-
diately to apply to the Committee for the fonn of proxy (which will
be forwarded duly stamped), to enable the Chairman of this Com-
mittee to vote in their behalf at suck meeting, it hefty, necessary
that the proxy, in order to be effectual, should be lodgedwith the
Secretary of the Company, five days before the meeting.
The Committee would further urge upon each shareholder the ne-
cessity of his personal attendance at the meeting of the 7th of No-
vember, and that in the interim he should immediately forward to
the Secretary of this Committee a statement of each shareholder's
name and address, and the number of shares, wholes or thirds, of
which he Is the proprietor.
By order of the Committee,
HENRY BRITTAN, Secretary, 17, Small-street, Bristol.

THE NEWCASTLE and LEEDS DIRECT
• RAIL WAY.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital. 800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 251. each.
- Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d per Share.
PROVISIONAL cosuarrzu
Saville C. 11. Ogle, Esq., M.P. fur Northumberland
T. C. Grainger, Esq. M.P. for Durham
Wm. Collins, Esq. M.P.
Thos. Cookson, Esq. Swinburne Castle
Richard Pierce Butler, Esq. Swinbitrite Castle. Northumberland
uiedlanarrperd
Captain John llarrison Bowker, R.N. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Edward Bitten, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Henry 'Beckley, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Andrew White, Esq, Tunstal-ledge, Sunderland
Mat thew Hutton Ch.a:t Quarry-house,
Esq.-iw Sunderland
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Joseph Hunter, Esq. Beech-grove, Chester .le-street
Robert Hawthorn, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Samuel Sharp, sq
park, Durham
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John Morley, Esq: Eastolt-hall, Goole, Yorkshire
John Rawson, Esq. Stoney Royd, Halifax
John Cresswell Jobliug, 'Esq. Newton-hall, Northumberland, chair-
man of the Quarter sessions for the county of Northumberland
Gerard Salvin, Esq. Croxdal.t-hall, Durham
James Atkinson West, Esq. Western-lodge, Durham
John Burrell, Esq. Durham
John Featherston Ayton, Esq. Sheriff ofNevreastle• oa-Tyne
John Henderson, Esq. azes-house, Durham
William Green, Esq.
Lea
Durhm
John Harrison, Esq. Bell-wood, Ripon
Thomas Fisher, Esq. Ripon
George Smith, jun. Esq. Leeds •
Thomas Nunneley, Esq. Leeds
Peter Fairbairn, Esq. Leeds
Richard Hutchinson, Esq. Leeds
The Mayor of Leeds
John Darnton Luccock, Esq. Leeds
John Haigh, Esq. Leeds
C. G. Maclea, Esq. Leeds
Thomas Dram, Esq. West-hill, Devon, and Pall-mall
The Hon. Captain Hutham, R.N. chairman of the Northumberland
and Lancashire Junction Railway Company
William Morley, Esq. deputy-chairman of the Nortlnunberland and
Lancashire Junction Railway Company
John Barnes, Esq. Chorley-wood-lieuse
Joha Dagshaw, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Captain Ommanney, R.N. Upper Wimpole-street
Captain W. G. Beare, Dorchester-place, Connaught-square
William Fitzgibbon, Esq. 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square
Simeon 3lusgrave, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds
Joseph Itateson, Esq. Leeds
Win. Gill, Esq. Richmond
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—Thomas Storey, Esq. Bishop Auckland, Durham
JOINT SOLICITORS TO TOE COMPANY.

Messrs. Dickson and Orerbury, 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,

London
Edward John Toole, Esq. ',cods.

BANKERS.

Union Bank of London
Leeds and West Riding Bank, Leeds
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Joint Stock Bank, Newcastle
The Yorkshire Banking Company, York, Bull, Bradford, and Mud•
derslicid

SEcnrriaty—E. C. Stevens, Esti

ORTICE3 OF THE COMPANY—NO. 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry

London.
PROSPECTUS,

This railway is intended to complete a direct coranutalcatioa bc,
tween Leeds and Newcastle.

It will commence in junction with the Leeds and Thirst Rail-
way at Wath, near Ripon, and following the route, as near as may
he, of the Old Lecming-lane coach road, will proceed to a point near
Maskam, thence by way of Bedalc, Catterick, Richmond, Middleton
Tyas, Barton, and Manfiehi, to Bishop Auckland, where it will join
the Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railway

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The length of the projected line will bo about forty miles, which
will render the distance between the important towns of Leeds and
Newcastle thirty miles short' r than by any existing. and fifteen miles
sherter than by any proposed, line of railway.
It will traverse districts abounding with coal, ironstone, lime, and
agricultural produce, hitherto shut out from the advantages of rail-
way communication with the markets of the populous and manufac-
turing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
As this line will join the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway
near Bedale, the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway near to
Richmond, and the Leeds and Thirsk Railway at Walt, it will afford
the means of conveying coal, at moderate charges, to the extensive
agricultural districts through which these several railways are pro •
posed to pass.
The coke produced in the Auckland district already commands an
universal preference over that supplied from any other part of the
kingdom, and is accordingly in great request on all the principal
lines, and the proposed railway will afford the most direct and con-
venient *lnlet fer it to the midland districts, where the demand will
be unlim!ted.
From the most careful and diligent infinity it has been ascertained
that the coal and coke are alone euflieient to yield an ample retorts
for the capital employed in the construction of the line, independently
of the present, and eontinually increasing traffic, in passengers and
raerchandize, which experience has hitherto found to result, as herever
the facilities of railway communication has been provided.
The attempts now making t• constitute Leeds the great centre of
railway communication between the northern and southern parts of
the kingdom, for which its geographical position and commercial
importance offer so many facilities, must necessarily render the New-
castle and Leeds Direct tiailway an important trunk line.
The surveys are already made, and the line has been found to present
no engineering difficulties, and to be of easy and inexpensive con-
struction. All other preliminary steps have likewise been taken to
obtain the Act in the ensuing session of Parliament.
Applications for Shares to be made at the °faces of the Solicitors
to the Company, to the Secretary, and to the following agents and
stock, and share-brokers :—London—Mr. Simon, Warnford-court ;
Mr. C. J. Coates, 4, Tokenheuse-yard. Newcastle-on-Tyne—T. F.
Dickinson and Co. Leeds—Smith, Knowles, and Cooke ; and Well-
belayed and Barwick. Manchester—Haynes and Co. Liverpool—
A. Laurie. Hull—F. Stamp. Ripon—Mr. Asquith ; Mr. Farrar.
Applications for Shares will be received until the 29th of October,
after which day no applications can be attended tO.