The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1845.

LANARKSHIRE and LOThIANS DIRECT
RAILWAY.
FORMING THE SHORTEST RAILWAY COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST OF SCOTLAND,
Without Tunnels and without Heavy Works.

Capital 400,0001., in 16,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 31. per Shire.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Earl of Eglinton and Winton
The Lord Bellhaven and Stentoa
The Hon. James Lnrasden, Lord Provost of Glasgow
William Baird, Esq., M.P. for the Airdrie District of Burghs
P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Maitland, Esq., of Dundrennan and Mermand, M.P.
Patrick Graham, Esq., of Limekilns
Andrew Buchanan, Esq.; of Mount Vernon
William Forrest, Esq., of Treesbanks
Edward Horeman, Esq., M.P.
Alex. Graham, Esq., of Capellie
Andrew Brown, Esq., of Clerkhill
Christopher Saltmarshe, Esq., Middleton Lodge, Leeds
Alex. Hunter, Esq . W.S., Commissioner for Colonel Norval of

Batkgate _ _
Alex. Galloway, Esq., of Halisraig, banker, Airdrie
H. E. Crum, Esq.,-merchant, Glasgow
William Gemmell, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
James Douglas, Esq., West India merchant, Glasgow
Alex. Campbell, Esq., of ISedlay
George Whitmore, Esq., Park-street, London
George Stewart, Esq., of Penang, Blackstone House
Robert do Lisle, Esq., Treesbanks House
Alex. Alison, Esq., of Pitcon
William Campbell, Esq., of Tilliechewan, merchant, Glasgow
Patrick Graham, Esq., of Rebshill
John Bain, Esq., of Morrlston
Matthew Dick, Esq., of Meikle Earnock
John Hamilton, Esq., of Duntillan
Alex. Cunninghame, Esq., Carnbroe Ironworks
Alex. Baird, Esq., Gartsherrie Ironworks
Graham Menzies, Esq., distiller, Paisley
John Kerr, Esq., of Shields
Wm. Mutrie, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
David Waddington, Esq., Manchester
William Brown, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
George Glendining, Esq., of Millrigg, Midcalder
John Wilson, jun., Esq., of Westsidewood
John Dick, Esq., M.D., Mid-Calder
James Graham, Esq., .f Fereneze.

BANKERS.
The Western Bank of Scotland in Glasgow, Airdrie and Edinburgh
The London and Westminster Bank, London
The Union Bank of Manchester, and
The Royal Bank of Liverpool
SiccanTkar —J. F. Galbraith, Esq., W. S., 48, Queen-street, Glasgow
SOLICITOES—Messrs. Campbell and Tennents, 40, George-square,

Glasgow

PARLIAIUNTAIT Ao;Fr—G. H. Lang, Esq., 37, Great George-street,

Westminster.

This Railway will commence at a suitable point of the Edinburgh
branch of the Caledonian Rnilway, at or near Mid-Calder, and pro-
ceed westwards, by easy and convenient gradients, accommodating
the populous towns and villages of Livingstone, Bathgate, Blackburn,
Whitburn, and Clarkstone, to the Airdrie District, where it will form
a junction with the existing and projected lines to Glasgow and the
West of Scotland.
The populous district traversed by this Railway is one of the rich-
est in Scotland. It abounds in ironstone, coal, limestone, and ether
minerals ; and it only requires the advantages of railway accom-
modation to develop its resources.
The revenue, as a Mineral line alone, should suffice to yield the
largest return legally exigible by railway proprietors ; and when it
is considered that, by the junctions already referred to, this line will
form a direct, short, and uninterrupted route between the cities of
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and connect East, West, and Mid Lothian,
and the whole of the eastern counties of Scotland, not merely with
Glasgow, but with tke counties of Renfrew, Ayr, Wigton, and Kirk-
cudbright, and their important seaports, it would be difficult to over-
value the present line as a great national undertaking.
Te those acquainted with the districtat is unnecessary to point
out the immense local importance of this line and its dependencies ;
and to the inhabitants of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock, and all
the other towns in the east and west of Scotland, it would be super-
fluqus to mention the advantages of such a line, whether as respects
safety and comfort, or economy and expedition ; but, for the benefit
of those at a distance, it may be well to state that, while it avoids
objectionable tunnels, viaducts, and other heavy works, it is also
shorter, by at least one-sixth of the whole distance, than any other
line between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and will further
be the means of conveying, without transhipment, passengers and
goods from the east to the west coast.
The largest proprietors along the line have already given their
most cordial assent to this undertaking ; and there cannot be a doubt
that, as it will meet the demands of the public, it will in due time
receive the sanction of the Legislature.

Applications for Shares in the form annexed may be made to the
following brokers :—Messrs. Jackson and M'Cowan, Foulda and
Cockburn, T. G. Buchanan, and A. W. Forbes, Glasgow; Alexander
Galloway, banker, Airdrie ; Robert Allan, and Robertson and Co.,
Edinburgh; Thomas Forsyth, and Massie and Robertson, Liverpool ;
George Harris, Manchester; B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank Buildings,
and J. Shevrell and ion, Tokenhouse-yard, Landon.
Glasgow, Bth Seit., 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Lanarkshire and Lothians
e Di-
rct Railway. _ _ _

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Gentlemen,—l hereby apply for Shares of the Stock of
this Company, and bind myself to pay the Deposit of 31. en this, or
any smaller number of Shares that may be allotted to nee, and to
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Deed of ♦gree-
nsent. I sax, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
Designation . • • • • •
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Place of Business ......... .......
Reference • •••••• ••••••••••••

Secretary, the solicitors, thelocal agents, also the brokers, Messrs.
Mieville and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Messrs.
Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Solmes
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, Esq.
Sheffield ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull ; to whom applications
for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may be whiressed ; and
it will be necessary-that reference be made to a banker iJlicitor, or
person of responsibility.,

CHELMSFORD and BURY RAILWAY
(STOWMARKET BRANCH).

(Registered Provisionally.)

The Committee of ...Management beg to inform the Shareholders I
that they have determined, under powers existing in the Deed of
Settlement, upon adding to their project a branch from I avenham to
Stowmarket, there to effect a junction with the Eastern Union Ex-
tension line, thus forming not only the most direct route to Norwich
hitherto projected, but as may be seen by an inspection of the map, the
shortest within the limits of practicability. The Chelmsford and Bury
Railway, by means of its Thetford Extension, secures the trafficof the
northern. and western districts of the counties of Suffolk and
Norfolk, together with a large portion of that of Norwich, and
by means of its Stowmarket branch, and the connexion thus
formed with the Eastern Union Extension and the Waveney
Valley lines (to both of which it is a most valuable coadjutor),
it secures over forty miles of its length not only the remaining
traffic of Norwich, but the whole of that of the Important
port of Yarmouth, to which must be added the towns of
Beccles, Bungay, Harleston, Dies, and Stowmarket, with all the
northern and eastern districts of the above-mentioned counties.
The great increase of traffic secured beyond the reach of
competition by this branch would amply compensate for even
an extravagant outlay in its formation. The committee,
however, have great pleasure in stating, that after a pre-
liminary survey the engineer has reported the locality to be
so unusually favourable for railway purposes as to justify them in
entertaining a confident hope that no additional capital, beyond that
mentioned in their prospectus, will be required for its construction.
A more detailed survey, however, is in course of completion, the re-
sult of which will be shortly submitted to the Shareholders.
By order,
DAVID BARTIE, Secretary.

Company's Offices, 61, Moorgate-street, Sept. I, 1g45.
N.B.—The extension from Bury to Thetford, and that now an-
nounced from Lavenham to Stowmarket, will be integral parts of the
original Chelmsford and Bury scheme, and the new Shareholders
stand on the same footing as the original Subscribers.

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Through the Forest of I (with litranches to the Collieries, Iron
Works, and River Severn), to join the Gloucester end Birmingham,
Gloucester and Bristol, intended Cheltenham, Oxford, and London
direct, and Gloucester and Aberystwith Railways.
(Registered Provisionally, according to the Act of 7 and 8 Victoria,

chap. 110.)
Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.2 s per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.
WILLIAM PROTHEROE, Secretary.

10, Old Jewry Chambers,

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The time for receiving applications for Shares in this Company
having expired on Saturday last, ny applications since received can
beentertained, as the shares are in course of allotment.
WILLIAM PROTHEROE, Secretary.
10, Old Jewry Chambers, Sept. 8, 1845.

C HEPSTOW, FORE ST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
An extension of this line is under survey to connect it with the
heart of the mineral district of South Wales. The project has been
registered, full particulars of which will appear in a few days.
WILLIAM PROTHEEOE, Secretary.
10, Old Jewry Chambers.
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EAST AND WEST OF ENGLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
FROM NORTHAMPTON TO CHELTENHAM.
Broad Gauge.
The Committee of Direction of this Company have to announc
that the Parliamentary Deed will lay for signature, and the Banker's
receipt be exchanged for Scrip, on MONDAY, the Bth, WEDNESDAY,
the 10th, THURSDAY, the 11th, FRIDAY, the 12th, and SATURDAY,
the 13th instant, between the hours of Twelve and Four o'clock at
the Offices, 35, Charing-cross.
By Order,
ROBERT WATKINS, jun., Secretary.
35, Charing-cross, Sept. 6, 1845.1

EAST AND WEST OF ENGLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY,
FROM NORTHAMPTON TO CHELTENHAM.
Broad Gauge.
The deeds of this Company will lie for signature each day during
this week at the Offices, 35, Charing-cross; and they will lie for sig-
nature at the following towns between the hours of Eleven and Four
o'clock :
MANCHESTER, on SATURDAY, September 13, at Messrs. Stang-
land and Leese's, King-street.
LIVERPOOL, on MONDAY, September 15, at Messrs. John Wills
and Co.'s Royal Bank-buildings.
LEEDS, on TUESDAY, September 16, at Messrs. Wellbeloved and
Oastler's.
SHEFFIELD, on WEDNESDAY, September 17, at Messrs. Garton
and Wright's.
BIRMINGHAM, on THURSDAY, September 18, at J. R. Lane's,
Esq., Stockbroker.
BANBURY, on FRIDAY, September 19, at the White Lion Hotel.
35, Charing-cross, Sept. 11, 1845.