The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

SBREWS BURT, WOLVERHAMPTON,
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.
WILLIAM ORMSBY GORE, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
The Hon. R. H. CLIVE, M.P., Vice-Chairman.
W. R. COLLETT, Esq., M.P.
DONALD MACLEAN, Esq , M.P.
THOMAS CHARLTON WHITMORE, Esq., M.P.
WILLIAM FEEHNEY BLACK, Esq., M.P.
RICHARD LLOYD, Esq.
RICHARD NORMAN, Esq.
STEPHEN PHILIPPS, Esq.
JOHN PRITCHARD, Esq.
R. AGLIONBY SLANEY, Req.
Sir WILLIAM YOUNG, Bart.
The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of inform.
14 the Proprietors of this line of railway that the duplicate Plans
""i Sections have been lodged as required by the Standing Orders
of the House of Commons. By order,
GEORGE KNOX, Secretary.
Moeriatastreet, Dec. 2, 1544.

WATERFORD AND KILKENNY
RAILWAY.
Capital £240,11.0, In 12,500 Shares of £2O each. Deposit
Li per Share.
COMMITTEE IN IRELAND.
‘4like Most Noble the Marquis of ORMONDE, Chairman.
The ?tight non. the Earl of BESBOROUGH.
The Right Hon. the Earl of DESART, D.L.
The Right Hon. the Viscount DUNCANNON.
SMITHWICK, Esq., Mayor of Kilkenny.
'MONIAS MEAGHER, Esq., Mayor of Waterford.
M. ARDAGH, Esq., Waterford.
WILLIAM PONSONBY BARKER, Esq., Klillcooley Abbey,
county Tipperary.
sir H. W. BARRON, Bart., M.P. ;D.L., Belmont House, We.
terferd
Hon. Col. BUTLER, 11. P., Ballyconra House, county Kilkenny
u S. BUTLER, Esq., M.P., Lodge Park, Freshford
eolorel BRYAN, D.L., Jenkinstown, Kilkenny
b • CANE, Alderman of Kilkenny
i,r
CONNELLAN, Esq., D.L., Coolmore, Thenaastown, county
Kilkenny
SIDENHAM DAVIS, Esq., Thomastown
BE MONTMORENCY, Esq., D.L., Castlemorree, Knock-
- - toPher
F. FINN, Esq., Tullaroan, Kilkenny
v..
W. H. •REENE, req., Sion House, Kilkenny
87• GRACE, Esq., Kilkenny
LANGRISHE, Bart., Knocktopher
r F. LOFTUS, Bart., Mount Loftus, Goresbridge
JOLIN M'CRAITH, Esq., Kilkenny
ti p'• MILWARD, Esq., Waterford
jr, MURPHY, Esq., Waterford
HN O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P., Dublin
—r
JOHN POWER, Bart., D.L., Kilfane, Thomastown, County
Kilkenny
11...
c."RY RYAN, Esq., Kilfera, Kilkenny
13. SAVAGE, Esq., Kilcreen House, Kilkenny
'`• SULLIVAN, Esq., J.P., Kilkenny
11.
ARREN, Esq., Sandford's Co rt, Kilkenny
--331 AS WYSE, Esq., M.P., The Manor, Waterford.
GEORGE COMMITTEE IN LONDON.
—“GE ANDERSON, Esq.
CHARLES BARRY BALDWIN, Esq., M.P., D.L.
THOMAS WENTWORTH BEAUMONT, Esq.
J ALFRED
OLIVER MASON, Esq.
s. RICKETTS. Esq.
QOMUND TURNER, Es', M.P.
(With power to add to their number.)
Th. I, RANCE'S.
-Ank of Ireland, the Provincial Bank of Ireland, the National
Bank of Ireland, and their Branches.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Captain W. S 111001ISOM.
ACTING ENGINEER.
JOHN VALENTINE, Esq.
•RCEITECT.
CPIARLES FREDERICK ANDERSON, Esq.

Tlin SOLICITORS IN LONDON.
"AAS and FRANCIS EDWARDS, South-square, Gray's Inn.
SOLICITORS IN WATERFORD.
Messrs. ELLIOTT and NEWPORT.
SOLICITOR :N KILERNNT.
HARVEY DEVEREUX, Esq.
SECRETARY.
W. BRIDGES, Esq.
tilThe proposed line from Waterford to Kilkenny is 31 English
es
in length. The total cost, including outlay for stock,
stations, kc., will not exceed 8,0001. per mile.
!t will he perceived that the line is intended to meet the pro.
;, "21 branch of the Great Western Railway from Gloucester te
"Iblivard (the South Wales line), and that it must necessarily
c°,,,,nd a great portion of the traffic from the West of England ;
ii
if extended to Dublin, will constitute Waterford one of the
t important ports of the empire.
in °'wer will be taken far the further extension of the line to the
Irish' Metropolis in the event of such a measure being deemed ad.
/isabie '

; The port of Waterfo d ran be entered at all times of the tide by
ii.ebetw
vessels. of 1,008 tone. The export trade of Waterford arid the
ire.
eeu Waterford and Kilkenny are considerable, and *rein
the increase.
The exports of Waterford in 1835, according to the Report of
the Irish Railway Commissioners, amounted to the value of
1331,2411., and the imports to 1,274,164/. At present the ex.
Pens are represented by the local authorities to exLeed two
z4iiii",, and the imports one million and a half.
Al least one-third of the exports from Waterford may be pre.
now
.„, "to pass through the county of Kilkenny, and this traffic
—:.'11,1 necessarily receive a great stimulus by the construction of
4 Ilae of rapid communication with the interior of the country.
t The probability of a remunerative return from a railway opening
IP 4 veralnunicatron between Waterford and Kilkenny, with a view
co the economical
sof its future extension to Dublin, will be enhanced by the adoption
principle upon which it has been determined to
ntstruet the line, which insures a reduction of at least 80 per
..,.
co tkeprinsary investment.
~.:Imnecessary plans and surveys, with all other preliminary ar-
incorp:rnts, will be ready, se as to apply to Parliament for a Bill to
rest at thte the Company early in the ensuing session ; and into-
their depoeit'at." 41. per cent. will be allowed to subscribers en
Uubjoin ta, uritil the railway is completed.
Coach traffic, Nit
bable profit:_,
"II a statement of the present through traffic and pro.
Car t 0
raMe, four journeys a day, 40 passengers at Si. X. 3,74
II rchandise, looms I, six days in the week, 100
_ePassengers, at 21. 6d.Y
100,000 tons,cattle included, at 50. pee ton 25,000

834,640
t4"urantg an increase of only double the present traffic, we have
oer„ ,2; showing a divisible profit, after deducting 50 per cent.
Forking expenses, of 32,6401., or nearly 12 per cent. on the
Subscriber Will be responsible for more than the amount of
—4 Share.e
h.Th s and the form of application for Shares may be
47 at the Offices of the Company, 6, Parliament.strcet, West-
A.,7,°ter. and 36, New Broad.street, London ; Messrs. W. and F.
k,,;;;rl'°n, 8 Threadneedlc.street ;of H. Devereux, Esq., Kil.
; Messrs. Elliott and Newport, Waterford ; Mr. Thomas
tar:a'', Broker, Edinburgh ; Mr. 1. It. Owen, Broker, Manche..
Cod the Company's Bankers.
To the FORM OF APPLICATION.
Provisional Committee of the Waterford and Kilkenny

Railway.
k zar•,.eonen,—l hereby request you will apportion me
"' In the above proposed Railway, and I engage to pay the
to Posit " 11. Per Share upon such allotment as you may be pleased
ken7e, and to sign the subscription contract required by tarlia.
and else the subscribers' agretment.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

Name
Profession, Trade, or Calling
Residence
Date •f Application lB4

AVA•TERFORD anti KILKENNY
RAILWAY.

Noti_ REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY.
ih thi." la hereby given that NO APPLICATION for SHARES
Dth undertaking will be RECEIVED after MONDAY, the
"" Of December. By order,
GEORGE HADLEY,
Secretary to the London Committee.
144.1 d
November 30, 1844.

DUMFRIES, and CARLISLE
Ittpob RAILWAY.
zT OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE
4,ZREHOLDERS OF THE GLASCWW, DUMFRIES,
your CARLISLE RAILWAY.
ee+diCommittee have delayed making any
.Report of their pro.
ei,,t,inigs, until they could lay before you. sufficient information to
%An 1., ea, not only to form a correc.t opinihon of the merits of your
be,rkine but to understand the various schemes more or less con-
The with it, for which Parliamentary notices have been given.
inter-umber of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the
Itepor of your undertaking, render it necessary to prefaceh
1,1,e..e0l some general observations.
hap,
etl four existing railways of greatest importance le Scotland, in
Gleip of length, capital, and traffic, are---the
.Edinburgh and
brae"' Railway, connecting the two largest cities in Scotland, as
tlia,aa the two seas; the North British Railway, forming part of
114414 trunk line from Edinburgh to London, by way of Berwick,
Doti er,lai and York the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, an im.d
'ink in 1h; communication between the manufacturing an
ug towns of the west of Scotland; and the Glasgow, Paisley,
4f Sa4Naelt, and Ayt Railway, connecting the western metropolis
tOti -,°tland with one of the most thriving mineral and mafnuAfacr.
Tr -1
districts in this country, including the seaports o
te;°4: Irvine and Ardrossan, from the latter of which there is a
a
)141Uoii.,_,stearn.boat communication with the North of
its
anthern
ten "(Mined, by means of your projected line frotmo
't
becomeson the
',teat h?i, at Kilmarnock to Dumfries and Carlisle,
e,Cetu,:road between the north and west of England, and the
'ae vs, "ally important district known under the general name of
eirclt reit of Scotland " The only link awanting te complete the entire
to rwiian-hrnitilwaTs leading down the east coast of England and Scotland
and "rah, across to Glasgow, and up the west coast of Scotland
ISurah Vend back to London, is from the terminus of the Edin.
Glasgow Railway in Glasgow to the joint
terminus of the
notices and Ayrshire Railways in the same city. Parliamentary
rail: have keen given for this short line, which is not above half
w th
length, and which will
of pa
the city.
partly in tunnelling, and
-11 arches, through a
attest ese existing and projected railways, which intersect the
"istric; and, as might be expected, the richest and most populous
afitieniLb°th of England and Scotland, almost the whole of the.
ierasr-iw`eal, rnanufacturin mining mercantile, and shipping in.
°f Great Britai be connected, and a direct, rapid, and
th_nonaieal means ef trnansit secured. The accompanying map will
viuun Mor distinctly the course of these great leading lines.
.There
traffith"e
remain, so far as Scotland is concerned, only one line
hof
our nnaccommodated,between Edinburgh and the nort
of f Scotland and Lancashire It is true, the existing amount
teren
hying out
urse between these districts is as yet limited, but still, in
It _ the lines of communication between the two countries,
,(4,:asential to keep it in view ; and it fortunately happens,
.thath
zerEde.i.nburh to Havii
Parli!the many
schemes promoted for local objects, and for which
reentary notices have been given, there is one, viz., a
ck, which, if extended to Carlisle,
Munk' :en en this cross traffic the full benefit of railway corn.
anloitala. "cm), at the expense of ; very small additional outlay of
the alPlain this, your Committee again request your attention to
line T)raPanYinft mai>. From it you will observe that a straight
carhei drawn nearly due north from Birmingham, Lancaster, or
thindeee' ~..Would pass through or close to Hawick, Edinburgh, and
Irould "on' 'which last point, by a slight deviation eastward, it
f,oach Aberdeen. Now, it so happens that this straight line
Passes through the most practicable country for a nin-
th between its north and south termini, but opens up by much
itesomcscitenotficrtdianid, fertile thriving of those districts in the south and
which the great trunk lines would not them.
The rinorttiot. n portion of the line of communication thus described
liareant already
take"' UP by parties of influence and capital. Par.
I,,hoie an' notices have been given for railways extending the
Von), _way from Burntisland, on the north side of the Frith of
I,C..rPPosie Edinburgh to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. The
14.17 .rs 3 is called, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, forms
ott. section of this line to the north of Edinburgh. It avails
Gr the improved steam ferry across the Forth, established by
sad ittaeore the Duke of Buccleuch and Mr. Gladstone, of Fasque,
As
_SeCtS the rich mineral and agricultural county of Fife.
tante-Tr" with any line by way of Stirling, it shortens the die.
,otth
_tween Edinburgh and the most important towns in the
south Qrof Scotland, from. thirty to fifty miles. The section to the
Edinburgh is that projected by the North British Railway
'I the
PanY t• Ilawick, already mentioned.
general system et' International railway communication