The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-02 00:00:00

SOLICITORS,

Messrs. Patterson, Haymes, and Hanbury,Leam4ngton and Warwick
W. O. Hunt, Esq., and Charles Stevens, Esq., No. 10, Whitehall,

London
Messrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool. •
The object of this undertaking is to establish the most direct and
efficient railway communication that can be formed between Bir-
mingham and Oxford, connecting by the shortest possible route the
whole of the Lancashire manufacturing districts and sea-ports with
the south of England and its long line of coast in the British Chan-
nel. The existing lines afford but a very imperfect and circuitous
communication through London, and it is singular that the com-
peting lines of railway now before the public do not supply the de-
ficiency or provide for the objects now contemplated. Under these
circumstances, there can be no doubt that this railway will confer
essential benefits on the districts through which it is intended to pass,
as well as on the commercial and industrious classes of the north,
and a very cursory inspection of the map will satisfy the inquirer
that the line is so peculiarly situate as to command an unusually
large amount of through traffic, independent of its local resources,
which are very great.

It cannot f;.11. to be observed, that the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction will save a considerable distance on the route towards the
coast, besides furnishing to Warwick and Leamington the most
direct railway communication for the traffic between those places
.aid Oxford. Reading. &e., while the cheapness of construction and
excellence or the gradients win ...els Alm Company to convey pas-
sengers and goods at very low rates, such as would not remunerate
an expensive line, but which are calculated to afford an ample return
for the small capital required for this undertaking.
The railway will commence by a connexion with the Grand Junc-
tion Railway at Birmingham, and, proceeding in nearly a straight
line by Warwick and Leamington, fall into the intended Oxford and
Rugby Line, near Fenny Compton ; the entire distance from Bir-
mingham to Oxford will thus be about 62 miles.
The Stratford• on-Avon line which will be constructed simulta-
neously with the line by Warwick and Leamington, will join the
main railway at or near to Kingawood. From Stratford-on-Aura to
Moreton-in-the-Marsh, by an improvement of the existing railway,
a distance of 14 miles, the communication through Stratford will be
complete to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, atd the
Oxford, Reading, and the South of England.
It is confidently believed that this extension of the Oxford line to
the Grand Junction Railway at Birmingham, taking Leamington and
Warwick in its course, will furnish such strong corroborative proof
of the public importance and necessity of the Oxford And Rugby
line (now promoted by the Great Western Company,) as to insure its
success in Parliament. If the broad gauge should be adopted, ar-
rangements have been made with the Great Western Company to
run dispatch trains between London and Birmingham in lees than
three hours, and also to provide, at low rites, means of conveyance
for every description of traffic, whether of passengers, carriages,
horses, cattle, or merchandise and minerals,
The Provisional Committee, however, promote this measure as one
of great national importance, and do not intend it to be contingent
in any degree on the success or failure of the Oxford and Rugby
Railway, but they will be guided in the final selection of the line,
in the principle of construction, and in the mode of working it, by the
evidence which may be adduced during the present session, and by
the result of the applications now before Parliament, as far as they
may appear consistent with the experience still to be obtained on the
relative merits of the systems.
They need only add in conclusion, that if the Oxford and Rugby
line is successtnl, the capital of 600,0001. will be ample, as the coun-
try has been carefully examined. No engineering difficulties exist,
and there will be no tunnel throughout the line.
The landed interests affected by the proposed railway are favour-
able, and the Bill will be applied for in the next session of Parliament.