The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-29 00:00:00

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Thomas Wynne, Esq.. Layton, Staffordshlre, 8
Union and Birmingham Junction and Holy\,head Direct 118111,
Sir William Young, Bart., London, oti the lion. EngLa„
Company, and of the Lecester and TRIBITOFIA Junction 11,"
and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT:
IVllliam Beresford, Esq., M.P., Henry Plumptre GiPP,, ". el
Chairman
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy
Arthur Mann, Esq.
Charles(:hi aani7Aannil
Bamford,ng' l:j
ug n(1 .. , Esq.
George Parbury, F,,(1, ~..,,.
DatLrenetdosn Lupton, Esq., 318yor
W. G. Beare, Esq. William Sitrpson Pott r, .0.
John Yarde Buller, Esq. John Rawson, Esd• moor of
W. Bradley, Esq. James Steele, YA.,
Carlisle
W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Henry Cornfoot, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, rsq
•
Richard Dutton, Esq. ,
BANKERS. '1 Ilenriet fa-
London--Commercial Bank of L , ondon Lothlitill, 511- -

street
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Carlisle—Messrs. J. M. Head and Co. .
Halifax—Messrs. Rawson and Co. 130111
0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Newcastle-upon-Tyne Joint
Company tit
Darlington—Darlington District Joint-Stock Bank _,li Pt
Liverpool—Messrs. Denison, Heywood, and Co. ; Comm."
of Liverpool ant
Bristol—West of England and South Wales District B
Glasgow—Clydesdale Banking Company.
SOLICITORS.
S. P. Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothlaill toct
Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street.
LOCAL AGENTS.

Leeds—John Shackleton, Esq.
Carlisle—Messrs. Saul
Cockermouth—Edward Waugh, Esq.
Brampton—Messrs. Carrick and Lee
Otiey—Edward Il Barrett, Esq. l'foll, ig•
Richmond and Dp_rlington—George ---I„enrao
ENGINEERS—Messrs. ,;eorge and John
cont.
SECRETARY—CharIes Locock Webb, el, o
The Importance of establishing the most direct rartliew
cation between Leeds and Carlisle,
Railway, between Carlis e, G!asgow, and EdialWg _volt
evident to require anything to he urged in its surfrobire,,e to
The existing and projected lines of rallwq, .;eoded ra:'
pursue a westerly or north-westerly directloArnie '411,t, bjee'
benefit particu ar towns and districts, than to effect exteld;„osT
and, by means o IC's'tioey ;elf.
present railway accomplishes it to the utmost pooh, Thirst i',411,
The line now proposed proceeds by the Leeds as oarfe. or
(for which an Act has been already Abtained) 10.00 ocr,ool,
°Bey, Kettlewell, and Hawea, thence it Passes ter 5'11,4
Kirby Stephen and Appleby, uniting with the Ltinc,-- proole.„';xteg•
Railway near Penrith. A branch from OtleY andele iVittoi
extend to that important town the advantages
In comparison with the existing lines the Leeds ATT.t coo'lrg,,tob
will effect a saving of more than forty miles ; porloritll
shorter than any other projected line between these ..-0001/
The great national and local importance of the
ofinu 41
evident. eeri tltetrPlls
It affords the shortest and most direct rotate bet,' ..1 Ow-
turing metropolis of Yorkshire and the coininelo
Scotland; and through the medium of the railvoirm CO is
termini in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the line wit` the
Otis
.`"
the several Scotch Trunk lines, extending front
northern, western, and eastern counties. tilett`,;(a fc"
The traffic in goods between Leeds and GlastPnd)Piiine
dently of that with the other towns and ports in Se°oo47od ge,
large amount ; and the facilities afforded by the scol-410
necessarily attract to the -intermediate towns, 511°Aistrie9
rally, the supply of goods from the manufacturing -
.401'4
shire. ~,, srlt't
The distance between Leeds and London will Tru
reduced by the lines already in progress throuthLtrn ler t"
Leeds and Carlisle must necessarily form a Forn,"‘i ~, the
Railway for the traffic between London and Scotl.,„
The line will connect Hull and the Humber dire‘l7-opett%tePA'
way Firth, a mercantile object of very considerable the ' rs.*
A new and cheap mode of transit will dif°the
agricultural produce of the rich vales oughtth aclli,c,',lo de.lo,'"A•
and which produce, at present, notwithstanding I"itereten,'l,
manufacturing districts, cannot be forwarded to ele
rOdwfor want of railway communication. A large and miner'
will be derived from the produce of the extensive rtuerto;t'lod '-
opened by the line, and the working of which 11" hf tfol'tat
instances, been rendered impracticable by the cost o
and eiew
all has been greatly impeded. ;ft e
A survey has been made, and the Parliamentall P„-lopsre r,
are in progress, and the engineers have underhas-
tors I~IL
completed in the course of next month.
Applications for shares to be addressed to Ode 7tel.
Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, ant N
Baker and Grant, 34, Lime-street ; to Charles L° equal f:
Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Compaal„brolte"Krts
house, 33, Gresham-street; Messrs. Shelve% stae`froce, itte
house-yard; Messrs. Taunton and Bush,sU J. toid CI4
Messrs. Watson, Tootal, and Barff, and Messrs.
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Leeds ; Messrs. Tigg and odgson, Hull; Sn'
Wetherell and Co., Durham ;H Mr. John Gib""i f• 't Pg.!
G. Seed, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ; Messrs. 400, Oro,
and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs. J. peel, steit,oo4
Bromley House, Nottingham ; Mr. Frederick WllllO,OO
Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Company, Bristol 0tit;61,,1.
and Co., Huddersfield; William H. Morrice, 13,14,,-catree'ar,
Crk, jun., Southampton ; Mr. J. N. Beanie, ICit-,;glt,NifrapA
ter; Mr. Thomas Sanford, Exeter ; Mr. John " "
cheater ; Mr. Pringle and Messrs. Edward M'CulltlTm fu.
Edinburgh; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, and Se'. gro
Cockburn, Glasgow.
FORM OF APPLICATION.., Aglet°' g 4
To.the Provisional Committee of.tke,Leeds and u 3"
Trunk Railway of England. E11',,T41,-I‘ll.
Gentlemen—l request you will allot me _.,,ora ,'ltet
each In the proposed Leeds and Carlisle, or 1.7011"0 po'
way of England ; and I hereby untie' take to ride
12s. 6d. per share thereon, and to execute the 118V"-'

required.
Dated this day of

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1845.
Name in full .• • • •
Trade or Profession ''.•
Residence ..... .• • eat:„..'
Place of Business (.
Date. ..... ..... .• • , „,,' '
Reference.... •• ••''.

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f,SVA
DIRECT NORTHERN RAI AdV,°
LONDON to YORK. bt
At a MEETING of PROPRIETORS held this rt.,4,1003"
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, pursuant to public Au 14lr'
following reports were submitted for adoption (of tl,"
DIRECTORS' REPORT..„, Orr sfot
The Directors have called the shareholders e'ettfoiir,
pose of submitting to them a statement of their of -
gutting them as to their future proceedings. optereity
The Board of Trade having recommended tb! "cies fir'oftl
of survey from London to York, composed or yr;
Eastern line to Cambridge, improved by the net! "„-eoli,e Ole
by the Tottenham and Farringdon-street Exte",ioor,'etife,,ete;
Cambridge and Lincoln line, and the northern Por,t`i, ens otittv:
Northern from Lincoln to York, the Directors, in `‘.esteit „",°,
discretion which the shareholders so unreservedlY 'a-oewtoe;o1°;
the meeting of 14th of February last, resolved 10,i0 ftl,e;t
ment so much only of their line as was coniPrt-eretsfe,',g ye
recommended by the Board of Trade, under the ii,";,•OlS
QA¢i,,,' t
decision of that Board would be supported by the
accordingly did so; but certain objections to tiledeci Qliev
fi
engraving departments having been taken, it Iros,„ertit
standing orders of the House of Commons had not neiactefi
c.tt,
and, consequently, the scheme could only be conl'
tee as a project neoled t'o,ll).o;re'ti
The result was, that after a contest of unele•--- trir 'flete-,
Committee of the House of Commons negatirr-,
recommended by the Board of Trade, and reportr",,
at that time was the shortest and the only continnotii for „e! r,
line from London to York before them. The,litsPlrit4,.
passed the House of Commons, but was arrested obf",,ea ,te
House of Lords* by preliminary objections to
tract on which it was based, which were not finsliiietne "itingcofAo
Parliament was prorogued. The position this sc to° anta Cot
next session will depend upon the view the partte'.i I( eta.
take of the objections proved to exist, or whlek oir 10'oinete
established against them. But your Directors et! ris'feo°,ol',Polittof
should the promoters of that scheme take the es. votly
proceedings in Parliament on their present footiug'.,,ell,4lo.•
tally speaking, have no advantage when their sehe'itts y
04.
competition with one which, at the period wben„iderrt:loc
the House of Commons reported, had not been OIL' be ;ill oV.;11,
Impressed with these views, and holding it ":.„ric"o,4opit
beyond doubt, that a new line from. London to 'OOlO, tol floe
tioned, irrespective of existing routes, and being ce polio
~ioet,
scheme of the London and York does not satisfy thntaest,., Pwoipt;et,
which ought to attach to such a line, as a cont.lll, JoD'etttle ,
national importance, your Directors instructed y, rill; fol
distinguished engineer of the North British Itaill/Thlre t. fn'
have now committed the entire charge of the enrol
ment, to examine the country between London tocnsfi'e les
report to them his opinion, with a view to future Po tileoclie,ol',Ae
gentleman's report will be read to the meeting, 6' Vic P•
that fr)
ii
will 'perceive that he is decidedly of opinion riotopft ;01,4
direct line from London to York, formed by one 'well 40' e
adhered to, improving it only by a further oPP,,iteo°
ticable, to the most direct and shortest line tliet 4 per
admit of. „roe !dn,ol(
In this opinion the Directors most heartily re' -of rso s'ee
pose acting upon it, by carrying out the syststo efAt
recommended. 'tidt snl't"litOo`l?
Ti the North British, the Great North of Engle,„ fort„oce, oeere
lines which form the eastern route to Scotland, ter.ierile
shortest route from London to York is of vital 0"; th0',,,10,,
Directors think themselves justified in anticipatine,st s'oel`
proposed by Mr. Miller will receive the cordial suPnr„ eett
Lion of these Companies, as well as of the poPultt t
north-eastern portion of Great Britain. Ve,ot,
In Mr. Miller's hands the Directors are cone— ti $lO,l I- off
enabled to submit to Parliament a main line Wilicion elo Ili
ten miles shorter than that proposed by the 1,0°41 t,
which, combined with the necessary branches,
amount of local accommodation. Wo'o pi 4'
The through traffic is every day becoming tn„,°7,l !t; elet
will be recollected that in the report of tile P° ttO tni't
tbs gitt Ire I It
stated that " should Parliament be of opinion }, tat I) to if,
of the most direct line between London and VI of the
aoC,
dered as a paramount object, the integral schent,.e airtrotite, oo„r
ern would deserve a preference. It reduces leo% 004
miles, being 42 miles shorter thaw by the eiiite• o', etre'
shorter than by the proposed London and York te,
The Directors have used their best endedvoll etti.,..r"tto
standing accounts of the Company examined anti 00t rltfo,
gress they have made, although considerable,lo feetee relOt,ofi,
to submit these accounts in detail to this meeting
st; oli,i1(
however, enabled to state that the gross amour, .0 so'oo pir
will be about 30s. per share, and, consequentlY, :non°
as may desire to withdraw from the furthefromr°-iie ;rid, 1:ot
dertaking, there will remain the sum of, say :he rett,fil
on their original deposits of 21. 10s. per share t(mtioeffiss, reie'
Having maturely considered all the cirecuins",‘,., ori;',ec" „IP e
Directors have come to the determination that wise owe'
00 t"
an integral line from the metropolis to York on' , tio„,
and under one management, ought to be resuotu- itte.oesiort,
in the ensuing session of Parliament. tee t t oft/.
For tills purpose the Directors propose that
te,,, 0.0(T.,
4,0,00,0001. shall be divided into 160,000 oils' _it 10,titer,ef
shareholders who may desire to continue tfti,
,„
dertaking being entitled, with the sanction or se" ire
change their scrip certificates of 50/. each for tirilieitioipon 110
, o 07
eachn paying up such further sure Per shale, oent_,' of iporitifles
of the former deposit, will make up ten Pr' ade,' coy
now required to be deposited by the stanelLng;t thef ocor,
Loris. As to any shares that may remain tlie;,it o' Alf ,rie
Directors after carrying Droved tis arrangentn" nee"' ,ll".#
preference to be due to app holders of tite l'ree
EN GINEER'S REPOR itllortli to r"of 'Sof,
To the Provisional Committee of the Piree_ctionso fot.dee
Gentlemen,—Having received your instru„ort PtietXtili
country between London and York, and to re,", of 0g7,,t foot,iest
of your proposed line of railway, with the Yle'otent'
Parliament, I lost no time in making arrnogi, eettin,,,to
itof
your instructions, and I accordingly last wee „mole do,si
generally, having reference to the plans of til° se " Ate'
4 'f
contemplated, and I now beg to report. _or t sel Lef to 4
In the outset I may remark that since
.3
.nit le! Ol4 g
railway between London and York was
Watch "lotio°'
important eiretunstances have occurred wii ► ,ado
of
bearing on the question, and which, to InY,li"n„ fro ° , tsillsOort,
pediency, if not necessity, of having as of, o,' of ttlreeel
the most direct which the country wili atiniLi„ acde
Since that period the railway system boo,nitet I,.'te.e"tf!"
and the public seem now to look forward thoutttetowel.ifnt,
forming the great means of conveyance thr°,oo f tile,otittsfe°lo
limited to the traffic between great cc is
tio ti of tfteijr
mining districts, but penetrating into every 11°000nstri,,yolis'
The system when so carried out (ss there en peer° .10,(111
ever that it will speedily be) will create folt:ntely
,0 orte
traffic as will render great leading lines absotroia
toe the P „de o '011.2 Vt 2,
my opinion it will be inoperativepublic fogre ttoietiesto,,
tete
leading lines, if they look to the
West, to have them laid out as direct 01(,:4,0
this principle of aelon be more irriperattDeer alt
great leading lines from London, and ,!Pooii' 0,,ier1,0!
north, where there is such an extent oton fi oot
ramified traffic of which will centre in to Dip
It el
Metropolis by the shortest route. I at° t° tit ice' eltidoeottgl'e;
This principle has already begun to s, 1 ',tot -
extent, and there is every reason to bel"borevr,';iieer: in 01,1„.eolinr,
prevail generally. In carrying it out,
„intey teotthe '10110,0",
that the local accommodation of thei,ri OW of ii to f e
„eon 00 or to' e'
altogether lost sight of—far from it ; deo, frig
„„te ,tti oee
as that between London and York, tiwiicalar 'of oh'', rwceriis7,
for the sole purpose of placing some ravii„ttietlisAin flee of to °Otto
should not be thought of, and more I_,o„intaii stcoei
can he brought into immediate cminietw in existtotco
means of branches or by local lines, e in .eein is
thcati tie;„
be executed. It appears to me to b(7,0, to‘rtf„,e ttittid Ithtteltiro t1;1
with a great leading mie from L°l in ettoiteeeesf ,hje
~toott
'attention to local accommodation.
ricetly thellreot r`o,elAp
principle both objects
autowod be inlPe 01051' 0 opl. it „tll
out it would only be as ruPoraq.„. „oci,dc) toPtio to tie
the country beyond would press chartlnu c'ititetit ,090,
capital, and the local interests of S,_o„ et? „toe,
as England will call for accommoof; it, W7tere ?,,terett"of v
impossible for any railway lines of ring tll,.;;es ,to,„.ei_vjkt
.0(
traffic to attend to, without prei7of ertml'itiot the ° IS,
certain'y possible to give, by menutit sueb n_hoalt oto, _ „ros
the most minute accommodation, ,Of cell tne
the great leading measure ; and leen of the it) t"„elefofii,sie,
main line be made subservient to that ay terf tier hie 'OO,O
a line pp lbyeas restiD te..lo
din On Join. es,
„ie
my opinion the line should be lan _,, et, crtiloot not
,o„trti,ei
itti'vgethiensLdoinredcotnparinndciYploerfti,(l3;ut
admit of, embracing such towns UIJ
°here that °r t "1041/1
that principle be included; but tv,,,,anotes, _ia e_ oo toe
,iffy
coinmodation should be met by "ine counT
which will sooner or later cover „„r lit !„tai ito of
t,t to
I have looked over the plans oft"has,e 5.0 lo te
gineers, and although it APPeore the gel er, to °
yet iv
that time being only last year),
principle, carried even ftatiter that, , open