The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-20 00:00:00

London—The Commercial Bank, Lothbury, and Henrietta-str(

Covent-garden
Dover—Messrs. Latham and Co. Dover ; the National and Pro

cial Bank, Dover
Deal—The National and Provincial Bank of England.

SOLICITOIS.
S. P. Hook, Esq. 7, Coleman-street, London
G. T. Thompson, Esq. Dover.
Loom, AGE:yrs—Messrs. Mercer and Edwards, Deal.
The object of this line is to complete the only link wanting in
chain of railway communication between the ports of Hugh •
Rye, Hythe, Folkestone, Sandwich, Dover, Ramsgate, Margate,
Deal.
The railway already existing between Dover and Folkestone,
those now forming by the South-Eastern Company in Kent, Sus,
and the Isle of Thanet, and between the latter place and Deal, I;
a short distance of nine miles devoid of railway, which this Comp
proposes to supply. Taken, however, in connexion with the prop
Kent and Essex Union, and Dover, Hastings, and Brighton June;
it will perfect the entire coast line from the mouth of the Medwa
Poole.
The inhabitants of Hastings, Rye, Folkestone, Sandwich, De
Deal, Ramsgate, and Margate, apart from the very advantag
extension embraced by the above two schemes, will, by means of
line, enjoy the benefits of a speedy, cheap, and direct intercourse
each other, in powerful contrast to the present broken and te.
route by land, or the unpleasant and lengthy sea-voyage round
North and South Forelands.
It is anticipated that, beside the above advantages, increases
petus will be given to the trade of those places by thus intim
connecting their respective interests.
Applications for shares and prospectuses to be addressed to
solicitors, S. P. Hook, Esq. 7, Coleman-street, London ; G. T. TN
son, Esq., solicitor, Dover ; Messrs. Mercer and Edwards, solic:
Deal ; or Messrs. Shewell and Co., stockbrokers, Tokeuliouse-•
Lothbury.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Deal Rally
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me s'
of 201. each in the proposed Dover and Deal Railway ; and I h.
undertake to accept that or any less number, and to pay tl
posit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Parlifurtt
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
. Name in full
• • Trade or Profession!
Place of Business (if ally)
Date..........................
Reference • • •

THE BELGIAN GRAND JUNCTI
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Capital, 1,750,0001., in 87,500 Shares of 20/:
Deposit 2/. per Share.
DIRECTORS.
Sir John Nicoll Robert Campbell, K.C.H. Deputy-Chairman c
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Chairm
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. banker.
Francois Frederick Clossmann, Esq. Chairman of the Great Lu
bourg Railway Company
William Shelford Fitzwilliam, Esq. Director of the Essex and S
Railway Company
John Rowell, Esq. Director of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pr
Railway Company

BANKERS.

In London—Messrs. Puget, Bainbridges and Co., St. Paul's Cis ,

yard.
In Liverpool—The Commercial Bank of Liverpool.
In Brussels—The Societe Generale.
SOLICTOAS—Messrs. Lawrence and Flews, Bucklersbury.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Macniell, F.R.S. and James TllOll.

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

The Directors have for some time past been in direct commi
Um with the Belgian Government, and they have entered i,
preliminary arrangement, under date of the 27th of September,
with the Minister of public. Works, by which the Minister gran
them the preference for the concession of a railway, to be calla
"Grand Junction," and engages to conclude with the Direct,
provisional contract, previously to submitting the " Projet de
for royal approbation, and also to apply for the sanction of the I
'attire.
The valuable and important ironworks of Couvin will also, e
the same agreement, be ceded to the Company,
The Belgian Grand Junction Railway will directly connect
provinces of Brabant, Hainault, Liege, Limbonrg, sad Namur,
each other, and with the Government lines of railway, as also
the several lines of Liege and Namur. Landen and,llasselt, Lou
and Jemeppe, Sambre and Meuse, and the Great Luxembourg
Mons. Marche', the eminent Belgian engineer, has carefully
veyed the line, and has deposited the necessary plans, sections,
estimates with the Belgian Government.
Mr. James Thomson, one of the Company's engineers, has
gone over the line, and reports most favourably upon the pect
facilities for no construction of the railway, and the entire abst
of-all engineering difficulties.
The Chairman and two of the Directors have carefully travel'
the whole of -the line, and have received the most positive as,
ances of support from the local authorities and landed proprietors
The provinces which the railway will unite were found by
census of 1844 to comprise a population of 2,188,551, and the
tricts which it will traverse are situated in the heart of Belgi:
and comprise an area of 165 square miles. The entire length of
Belgian Grand Junction Railway will be 102 English miles.

This portion of the country is emphatically termed the Granar
Belgium, and, in addition to its vast agricultural produce, is rid'
ironstone, lead, marble, stone, and slate quarries. It has also nu •
rous distilleries, extensive breweries, ironworks, and large mans
tories of porcelain, glass, paper, Beetroot, sugar, gunpowder,
The great coal-fields of Charleroi and Liege, which are the most
tensive in Belgium, will, by means of this line, be enabled to su:
all parts of the kingdom at a very reduced rat*.
The Government lines already completed, as well as the sev
private lines now in course of construction, will necessarily be
feeders to the Grand Junction line, as it will unite with the who
them, and will traverse a district destitute of all water commur.
tion, and very imperfectly supplied with roads ; whilst the invari
rale of the Belgian Government not to permit any competing
li
must necessarily ensure to this Company the entire traffic of
country through which this line will pass.
d accurately prepared ; and, upon the imp-obabh
calculated with reference to the presen amount ef traffic, I.
beenT Tables,
the shareholders would even then reed)
sumption that there will be no increase when the Grand Juno,
%fully an
Railway is constructed,
large Interest on their capital. But, as in all cases, and more ps
accompanied
in Belgium, increased facilities of communication have I
by a great increase of traffic, there can be no (.1(
that the Grand Junction Railway Company w-- *n
pay_ a consider(
dividend to the shareholders.
The expense of construction, and the subsequent expenses of w(
ing the line, are very much legs than in English railways ; and
an important feature that the enormous outlay incident to a Pat
mentary contest in England is avoided.
A considerable saving will also be effected in the cost of iron,
of the locomotive engines and traffic material, which will be mane
tured at the Couvin works; and tle Company have, therefore, •
peculiar advantage of being independent of a supply from any o
quarter, and free from the delay and disappointment consequent t ,
the present increased demand.
The grant will be for ninety years, and the Act will provide "
the railway shall, for the whole term, be exempt from all rates ;
charges whatsoever, whether local or national.
By the law of Belgium, this Company will be constitut'
Societe Anonyme, and the liability of each shareholder Will
limited to the amount of his respective shares.
A second payment of V. per share will be required one month
the Concession shall have been ratified by the Directors, and
subsequent call* will be made at such periods as the Directors
determine.
An accountable receipt will be given to each subscriber on payt
i within
requiringt en twenty-one e
elect, of his deposit, which receipt must be exchanged for certificates
ts
shares, t at the
appearance
ee ofof ine
advertisementom p hy;
such advertisement to be inserted once in the London Gazette,
three times in each of two daily Morning London newspapers.
non-compliance with this condition will entail on the subscriber
forfeiture of his deposits.
Notice of calls will be given by advertisement in the London
zette, and twig daily Morning London newspapers ; and if any ce
guy share shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the
named, the share shall become absolutely forfeited.
Interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum will be paid •
the amount of capital paid up, such interest to be calculated fron
time of obtaining the Act of the Legislature until the openh
the line.
All points of detail will, under the terms of the Convention
Act, be settled between the Belgian Government and tke Direc
and it is one of the conditions on which the shares will be m
tioned and accepted, that the subscribers confide to the Directors
power to make such arrangement with the Belgian Government •
respect to any alterations or modifications of the line, and o:
terms of the grant, as they may think expedient for the further.
of the interests of the Company.
Applications for shares, in the subjoined form, to be made to
Secretary, at the Company's Offices, No. 64, Old Broad-street ,
Messrs. Lawrence and Flews, Solicitors, Bucklersbury ; and to
following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Tin
r 1 11e
ies
George,
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Hull
1 aan dt Messrs,r
Cell andb
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needle-street, London ; Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, /
cheater; Messrs. H. Davies and Co., Liverpool; Mc
INLerreedfsord;
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Messrs.
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Oswald,t
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;and Stafford, Dublin; and Mess"rS. Doi
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and Howden, Edinburgh.

• FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Belgian Grand Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares c
each In the Belgian Grand Junction Railway Company ; and I
to accept such shares, or any smaller number you may allot h
and to pay the deposit tlrrcon, and to execute the deed of settles
and all other necessary deeds, when required.
Dated .Li; „ day 11,1
Signature, pith Nainc,
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Residence.. • • • • • • • ... • • • • • •
Profession, Trade, or other Descriptior
Reference, with Christian and Sure '

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