The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-14 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., Melford Hall, Suffolk.
Sir John Page Wood, Bart., Glazenwood House, Essex.
Colonel T. F. Addison, Chilton Lodge, Sudbury
N. C. Barnardiston, Esq., the Ryes, Sudbury.
The Rev. Edward Bull, Pentlow Rectory.
James Brewster, Esq., Little Maplestead Hall, Essex.
J. W. Cater, Esq., Lyston Hall, Essex, and Liverpool.
Samuel Courtauld, Esq., Foley House, Bocking.
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, London.
John Edmunds, Esq., Sudbury and London.
Robert,Emmett, Esq., Peckham.
The Rev. 11. B. Faulkner, Westgate House, Melford.
J. F. S. Gooday, Esq., Sudbury.
It. E. Greenwood, Esq.t Bank, Halstead.
Josiah Heals, Esq., Gray's Inn.
W. D. King, Esq., Bank, Sudbury.
The Rev. Thomas Ludhey, Cranham Rectory, Essex.
Onley Savill Onley, Esq., Stisted Hall, Essex.
George Weller Poley, Esq., Boxted Hall, Suffolk
John Weller Yoley, Esq., Boxted Hall, Suffolk.
Joseph Sewell, Esq., Halstead.
Robert F. Steadman, Esq., Sudbury.
John Taylor, Esq., Sible Hedinglun, Essex.
Charles Walter, Esq., the Howe, Halstead.
Thomas White, Esq., Manor House, Weatherstield, Essex.
(With power to add to their number).

FYNGINEER.
E. W. Thompson, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
London—Brown, Janson, and Co. Abehureh-lane.
Chehnsford and Braintree—Messrs. Sparrow and Co.
Halstead—London and County Bank.
Sudbnry—Messrs. Alexander and Co.
Bury—Messrs. Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Liverpool—Bank of Liverpool.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. White and Borrett, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, Gray's Inn-square.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Chelmsford—James Parker, Esq.
Braintree—Messrs. Cunnington, Foley, and Cunnington.
Halstead—D. Sewell, Esq., and G. P. Arden, Esq.
Sudbury —Messrs Stedman.
Long Melford—Richard Almack, Esq.
PROSPECTUS.

The Line of Railway now submitted to the Public, rests its claims for
support on the strong general ground of its passing through important
districts in Essex and Suffolk, whose interests have been almost entirely
neglected in the laying out of the different Railways hitherto executed
or projected for the benefit of the Eastern Counties of England, but
which possess, nevertheless, population, wealth, and traffic, amply suffi-
cient to defray the charges of forming a direct railway commwnica-
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ion through them, and to afford a good return for the capital required
for the purpose.
Commencing at Chelmsford (at the station of the Eastern Counties
Railway), this line will pass close by Braintree, Boning, Halstead,
Sudbury, and Lavenham, to Bury, running, throughout its whole
extent, of thirty-nina miles, nearly conterminous with the ancient
and most frequented highway from the ➢letropolis into the heart of
Suffolk.

It will have, fee t; termini, two important market and assize
towns ; and for its principal intermediate stations, places which are
the seats of considerable and thriving manufactures.
The towns of Bury and Sudbury are the two largest in the county
of Suffolk, next to Ipswich ; awl Halstead and Braintree, the two
largest in Essex, next. to Chelmsford and Colchester.
The population of the hundreds which will be directly Intersected
by it amounts to 133,131, and that of numerous places to which it
would be more available than any other Railway, to 43,500, making
the total population which may be reckoned upon, as necessarily
tributary from local vicinage to this line, not less than 176,631.
Between the Metropolis and all the places which have been named,
as well as between these places themselves, there is a large existing
traffic, to which the facilities of the railway system could not fail to
give, as in all other cases, a vast extension.

The Chelmer and Stour Navigations, through which the districts
traversed by this Line now receive their supplies of coal, lime, timber,
iron, &c., and which are also the principal outlets for its agricultural
produce, will not only have their own operations greatly facilitated,
and their revenues increased by its formation, but contribute consi
derably to the income of the Railway. They would be feeders, but in
no respects rivals to it.
But, besides the above local traffic, the Line would command a
very considerable through traffic between London and all the
Northern parts of Norfolk. From time immemorial more than one-
third of all the coach traffic. between London and Norwich, has
passed over the line of road with which this Railway will be con-
terminous.
An extension of the line to Thetford, and also a branch from Brain-
tree to Maldon, by the way of Witham, have been surveyed, and will
form part of the scheme, if required by the Board of Trade.
From calculations which have been very carefully made of the
existing traffic alone, it appears that, assuming that it would he
trebled by the facilities afforded by railway communication, which is
less than what all railway experience would warrant, the total re-
turns from the projected Railway would amount to 105,4051.
The Line selected for the Railway is the result of an engineering
survey, on which much time and pains have been expended, and will,
it is confidently believed, he found to be not only the very best of which
the nature of the country admits, but one admirably adapted to meet the
wants of its traffic. It will be a Line at once cheaply made and cheaply
worked. The gradients are easy, and well balanced ; the earth-work
will be less than the average earth-work on railways ; and there will
be no constructions of much difficulty or magnitude. The land re-
quired for the Line will be mostly farm-land, of moderate value, and
in no place will it pass through any parks or ornamental grounds.
Deducting 40 per cent. from the gross returns for the expense of
working the Line (a liberal allowance for a Line of this character), it
would leave a net annual revenue of 63,2431., which would be equal to
8 per cent. on the invested Capital.
Power will be reserved in the Act to allow 4 per cent. Interest on
deposits until the completion of the line.
Applications for Shares, in the annexed form, may be made to any
of the Solicitors or Local Agents above-named, or to L. M. Simon,
Esq., Broker, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street ; or to Thomas
Forsyth, Esq., Broker, Liverpool.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR STURM

TO TILE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHELMSFORD

AND BUR Y RAILWAY COMPANY.

GENTLEMEN,
Please allot me Shares in the above Com-
pany, and I hereby undertake to accept such Shares, and to pay the
deposit thereon, and also to execute the Parliamentary contract and
subscribers' agreement, when required.
Dated this day of
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,

, 1845.

Name,
Address,
Profession or trade,
Reference,

ARIS and SAINT QUENTIN RAILWAY
COMPANY
Having its junction on the Great Northern Railway, at CREIL.
Capital, 35,000,000 francs, or 1,400,000/. ; in 70,000 Shares of 500 francs,
or 201. each.
Deposit, 50 francs, or 21. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
("Mons. J. Cordier, Member of the Chamber of Deputies.
I Le Marquis Henry De Dion, Landed Proprietor (Pro-
prietaire)
Kysaeus, jun. Banker, Paris.
J Er A. 11. Neville, Civil Engineer, Paris.
g C. W. Graham, Esq., Merchant, London.
Mons. Musias, Landed Proprietor (Proprietaire).
De Beaupuy, Landed Proprietor (Proprietaire).
Sir Joshua Wahnsley, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead
Railway, &c.
William Jackson, Esq., Chairman of the Chester and Birken-
head Railway, &c.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Kysaeus, jun., and Co., Paris ; Smith, Payne, and Co., London ;
Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool.
Engineer—J. M. Rendel, Esq., F.R.S., Vice President of the Institute
of Civil Engineers.
Solicitor—W. Borradaile, Esq., 20, King's Arms-yard, London.
Prospectuses and forms on which to make the application for
Shares are now ready, at the temporary offices of the Company, 20,
King's Arms-yard, London.
P.S—No applications for Shares will be attended to except on the
rbove-mentioned forms.

T " TWO POSTMEN
An Anecdote for St. Valentine's Day.
Two postmen, whose duties you all understand,
Were chatting one d ty in St. Martin's-le-Grand ;
And ladies, no doubt, will rejoice when we say,
That the theme of their chat was " St. Valentine's Day."
" I say," said the first, in the Post-office yard,
" Our duties just now arc remarkably hard ;
I wish that St. Valentine's season wcr over,
For it plays a sad game with a Post-office rover.
'Tls all very well for the feminine beatifies,
But as for the postmen, it trebles their duties.
I really have so many letters to carry,
That I wish it were out of the fashion to marry."
" Well done !" said the other poor postman, " well done !
But what do you say about MOSES and SON?
The additional duties which press an us so,
May all be imputed to MOSES, I know,
The astonishing charms which attend on their dress,
Give a lovely appearance to all, more or less.
Yes—the cloth, and the cut, and the beautiful stitching
Are such as make gentlemen truly bewitching.
And then, as a consequence, ladies are smitten,
And that's why so many epistles are written ;
Were I to assume such charming costume,
I should very soon hear from some feminine bloom."
" I perceive," said his mate, " I perceive how you reason
Concerning the Valentines' written this season ;
These duties would never have had to be done,
If we'd never hear 1 tell of E. MOSES and SON."
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
The Public are specially informed that, during the re-erection of
E. MOSES and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their
Establishment is only at 154, Minories.
A new work, entitled " THE COMMERCIAL PHENOMENON,"
with full directions for Self-Measurement, on application, will be
forwarded post free.

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