The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

THE StN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER

I dependent of any s'.her line already before the public, and as it
pOS,2SSCS national advantages which none can surpass, must, when
carried out, become, without exception, the most important railway
in Great Britain.
One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtain a most
central and accessible terminus in London, and Farringdon-street has
bests fixed upon 'for that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as
poss,ble to Holyhead
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns :
—Rickmausworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton er Kingtown,
thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Bromsgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnerth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence con-
tinue its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyniwy, will proceed to Llan-y-mynech, Llaurhaladr,
and Mecimant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangoll6i.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by -
Corwen into the Vale of the River Alwen, from whence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale of Nant Francon
to Bangor and Holyhead.

This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most cons!.
siderable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire Railway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wedneslatry, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate en the advantages of bring-
ing all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus estaMishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a
doubt, by the obvious fact that it will not only bring the richest
mineral and manufiteturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will
g!ve to London mut the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.
It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day. . .

Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may be requisite to avid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already ii construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by Reaumaris to Holyhead.
After a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengeri,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors feel warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The
railways now in active pr• gress in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once - complete
and Intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of
the Directors, and every advancement in science will be made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ;
while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will he adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the public will find in the improvement of
the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the
first class, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
Its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise se national in its
character.

----- Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow Interest at 4/. per cent. per annum on the amount of the
subscriptions paid up ; and no subscri!,er will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents:—Messrs. Cameron
and Bains, 18, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London ; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Berl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool ;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh ; Charles
Couper, Esq., 1, Tarkside-street, Edinburgh; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin.

rill-1E DIRECT LONDON and EXETER
RAILWAY (with EXTNSION to FALMOUTH and
PENZANCE).
The Committee of Management hereby give Notice that they
have COMPLETOD the ALLOTMENT of SHARES, and that the
usual letters are thla ,day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on
claims unprecedented, It is believed, in their number and respecta-
bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preference to ap-
plicants locally interested, or likely to bring to bear for tha Company
a large share of legitimate influence. The numerous persons, with
undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose
applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested
to accept this reason as the Committee's apology.
The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public
support are daily reaching them from the most Influential quarters,
the:engineering preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad-
vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in
a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders.
E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec.

PROSPECTUS OF THE
irt FIONDD A and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLA.MORGANSHIRE. -
(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hen. the Earl

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., In 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Viscount Adare, Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Viscount Ingestre, C.B. R.N. M.P., Brampton-park and Ingestre-
hall, Staffordshire
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq.' Iron-works, Nantyglo
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Sir Join Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds aad
London Direct Railway
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir Wm. Twysden, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Richard Price, Esq., 31. P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Macs Ncwydd, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
lames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester
Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire
Edward Cotton, Esq., 20, Keppel-street, Russell-square, Director of

the Cemmereial Bank
Nicol Came, Esq., D.C.L., Dimlaud's-house, Cowbridge, Director of
the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln Extension Railway
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct

Railway.
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamor,ganshire
Thomas 11. Evans, Alayor of Caruarvon, Director of the Rugby and

Worcester Railway
The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester-

square
Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton-square and Court Herbert, near

Heath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glamorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire
John J. Ilarris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq , liillely, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
_ .

and S'Outhampton Railway
Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq. Iryde-park-gardens, Director of the
South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorganshire
William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the

National Provincial Bank of England
James Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Clab
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean

Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganslire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Lincolx's
Inn-
fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Bridgend
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Slamor-
ganshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Middlesex, aid Bread-street-
hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furuival's Inn, London, and Llanflhangel,

Denbighshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Di-
reetor of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
(With power to add to their number).

MANAGING COMMITTEE.
*VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman.
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Captain W. J. Dawson, M.N.
William Bradley, Esq. Crawshay Bailey, Esq.
John Randall, Esq. Griffith Llewellyn, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Gronow Richard Kelly, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq. The Rev. H. R. Fowler
William Simpson Potter, Esq. Samuel R. Pratt, Esq.
Nichol Came, D.C.L. Henry James, Esq.

Richard Lewis Reece, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)

STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple.
SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardin:
Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq.
SECRETARY—J.OIIII Petherick, Esq., pro tem.

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY. •
By a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford.
Distance, 120 miles:
Capital, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne
The Lord Stephen Chichester, Ormcau, Belfast, and Army and Navy
Club, London
Sir Robert Alexander, Bart., Charles-street, Manchester-square
tkir William Twisden, Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and
Erewash Valley Extension Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the
Chepstow, Forest of Dean, And Gloucester Junction, and of the
South and Midland Junction, and West Midlands Railways
Sir John Osumi, Bart., Earl's-court, Brompton
Sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London, Di-
rector of the Manchester and London, and of the Direct Liverpool
and Leeds Railway
Captain Frederick Polhill, lkf.P. for Bedford
Major-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.11., Director of the York and
Lancaster Railway
Major-General Thomas Morgan, Singleton-house, Torquay
Major-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Portman-
square
William Ackroyd, Esq., Westbourne Lodge, Otley, Director of the
East and West York, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Leeds and
Carlisle Railways
Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and
Trent Valley Continuation Railways
Francis Simes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction, and one of
the Provisional Committee of the Nottingham and Gainsborough
Railway Companies
Henry Ambler, Esq., worsted spinner and manufacturer, Watkinson-
hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway, and
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
C. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Midland
Railway •

George Ashlin, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Newcastle-upon-
Tyne Railway
Richard Armitage, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director
of the Manchester and Great Grimsby, and Keighiey, Halifax and
Huddersfield Junction Railways

The Rev. Charles Edward Armstrong, Ilemsworth
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon-cottage, Bristol, Director of
the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Director of the Hull and Barnsley, and
Leeds and Carlisle Railways
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester:house, Broad-street, Director of
the Italian and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford
Railways
William Banks, Esq., Honey-lane-market, Director of the Mulches-

ter and Rugby Direct Railway, via Macclesfield
John Byng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey
William Fechney Black, Esq, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Three-
tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction

Railways
Henry Weech Burgess, Esq., Temple's-park, Hampstead, Director of
the Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Great
Grimsby Railway
Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq.,the Lodge, Upper Clapton
Josiah Burrowes, Esq., Castle-house, Gomersall, near Leeda
Thomas Burnley, Esq., Gomersall, near Leeds; Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool and Leeds

Direct Railway
Samuel Bateman, Esq., Croft-house, near Bradfonl, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby

Railway
Dr. Brigstock, Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester

Railway
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford •
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln, and G: eat Luxemburg Railway
John More, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Tenn and Dove Valley,
the Derby and Gainsboreugh, the Shropshire Mineral Railways, &c.
Job Bullivant, Esq., East Retford
William Butt, Esq., Sandiacre, Derbyshire
Robert Burton, Esq., merchant, Woodville, Notts
James Butlin, Esq., banker, West Field-house, Rugby, Director of
the Rugby and untingdon, and one of the Provisional Committee
of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction Rail Way Companies
Richard Biddle, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Birkin, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
John Fißingham Bishop, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Thomas Butt, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Bradley, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct
Western, and Isle of Ely and Lincolnshire Junction Railways
John Fowler Burbidge, Esq., Mayor of Grantham, Director of the
Amber-gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction
Railway
Jonathan Burton, Esq., merchant, Carrington, Nottinghamshire,
Director of .the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., magistrate, Hull, Director of the
Rugby, Warwick, and,Lemaigton, and of the Liverpool and Leeds
. .

Direct Railways " -
Thomas challis, Esq., Alderman of London
John Carter, Esq., Knottingley
Thomas Carter, Esq., Tanshelf, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon-

tefract
Charles Charnock, Esq., Holinfleld-house, near Ferrybridge
Millis Coventry,'Esq., Director, of the Smith and Midland Junction,
and Birmingham Extension Railways
B. Clements, Esq., Lowndes-square, Director of the Western Ja-
maica Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Manchester, Mid-
land, and Great Grimsby, Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of Ax-
holme, and the Wisbeach, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire Junction

Raiways
J. Cottam, Esq., East Retford
Jilin Cutts, Esq., Little Bardtleld-hall, near Braintree, Essex
James Clift, Esq., Director of the Paris and Strasburg, Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford, and the Manchester, Rugby, and Mac-

clesfleld Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Extension
Henry Sherrard Coleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street
John Caunt, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Mark Carter, Esq., Woodgreaves-house, near Wakefield, Di-
rector of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct
Railway
George Augustus Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Oakfleld, Donegal, and
15, Chesham-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Grand Wales
Central, and London and Exeter Direct Railways
William Champion, Esq., Worksop
William Cheetham, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Nathan Cooper, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Francis Deere, Esq., Stratford, Essex
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junc-