The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

GLASGOW, STRATIIAVEN, AND
LESMATIAGOW DDVECT. RAILWA V.
Capita!, 350,000 L, in 14,000 Shares of 2.51. each.
Deposit, 3/. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Chairman
Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Deputy Chairman
P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Christopher Saltmashe, Esq., Director of the London and Birming•
ham Railway.
Patrick Grahame, Esq , of Limekilns
Alexander Donnie, Esq., of Crossbasket, Director of the Scottish
Central Railway
J. P. Westhead, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham
Railway
David
Kldle Waddington,
a dEisnqg.t, of Shieldson,Esg.
Esq., Deputy Chairman of ditto
John
Alex. Grahame, Esq., of Capillyl Directors of the Glasgow, Barrhead,
Alex. Allison, Esq., of Piczon and Neilston Direct Railway
John Sligo, Esq., of Carnyle, Director of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway
William Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Greenock Railway
James Tasker, Esq., Director of the Greenock and Clydesdale Junc-
tion Railways
William Gibbie, Esq., of Hallman
Alexander Hunter, Esq., W.S.
Directors of the Glasgow,
Patrick Grahame, Esq., of Robshill
Kilmarnock, and Ardres-
Andrew Brown, Esq.,-of Clerkhill and
eau Railway
Hillhouse
John Hamilton, Esq., of Dunfillan, Merchant, Glasgow
Donald Smith, Esq., Banker, Glasgow .
James Grahame, Esq., of Fereneze, Deputy Chairman of the Glas-
gow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
The British Linen Company
The Western Bank of Scotland
The London and Westminster Bahk
The Union Bank of Manchester
The Royal Bank of Liverpool
ENGINEER—NeiI Robson, Esq., St. Vincent-street, Glasgow.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Campbell and Tennents, 40, George-square, Glasgow.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
G. H. Lang, Esq., 37, Great George-street, Westminster.

This line of railway will leave the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston
Direct Railway at a point to the west of Pollokshaws, and through
the parishes of Eastwood, Cathcart, Means, East kilbride, Strathaven,
and Stonehenge, into Lesmahagow, with branches to Eaglesham and
other important places.
The district traversed by the line is thickly peopled with inha-
bitants engaged in manufactures and agriculture, and s rich in ex-
tensive fields of freestone, limestone, coal, and clay, and black band
iron-stone, and other minerals.

The line will be about 22 miles in length, and will afford the most
direct possible communication with Glasgow, Paisley, Port Glasgow,
Greenock, Ardrossan, and the many other towns and villages with
which it will be brought Into immediate connexion,ty means of the
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway, with its branches
and extensions.

It is difficult to form a full estimate of the advantages of this line,
whether as respects passengers or minerals ; but in regard to the lat-
ter, it may be stated that at present the whole gas coal used in the
west of Scotland is brought from Lesniahagow by cartage at enor-
mous expense, and that the great Lesmaliagow field, as yet not
opened up, is ascertained to be unsurpassed in the extent, the rich-
ness, and facility in working of its coal, iron, and other minerals,
which, when brought into Opera ton, will at once enrich the neigh-
bourhood of the line, and afford a handsome return to the promoters.
Applications for Shares may be made to the following Brokers,
viz. :—Messrs. Foulds and Cockburn, T. G. Buchanan, Mein, and
Cunningham, and Windstorm and Jardine, Glasgow ; Robert Allen,
Edinburgh; Thomas Forsyth, Liverpool; George Harris, Manches-
ter; and Messrs. 1.1. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings; London,
CAMPBELL and TENNENTS, 40, George-square.
Glasgow, 27th August, 1845.'