The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-25 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS,

Colonel Campbell Dalrymple, Great George-street, Westminster
Sir Thomas Banks, Bart., F.R.S., &c. -
Thomas Roberts Thelluson, Esq., Hyde Park-street
Sir George William Prescott, Bart.
The Lord Sussex Lennox
Matthew Richard Scott, Esq., Devonshire-place
William Shaw, Eng., Managing Director of the Royal, Farmers', and
Graziers' Mutual Cattle Insurance Companies, 346 and 301, Strand
William Downing Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., Charles-street, St. James's
James Adair, Esq., U.S.C. Pall-mall
Thomas Thorby, Esq., Mark-lane
George Pawsey, Esq., Ludgate Hall, Suffolk
Robert Page, E.Eq., Charlton House, Severton, Director of the Leices-
ter and Coventry Railway
Major Kortright, Great Comm-street
J. Bentham, Esq:, Clifton, York
John Wilkin, jun., Esq., 10, Spring-gardens
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER--Captain W. S. Mooreom, C.E.
ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR—WiIIiam LaXLOD, ESQ.
BANKERS.
Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co.
Messrs. Dennison, Heywood, Kennard, and CO.
SOLICITOR—John Foster, Esq., 64, jermyn-street, St. James's.
SECRETARY, pro. tem.—Mr. James Hodgson.

The promoters of this Company propose to effect several great
pu'alic objects, long desired, but now for the first time collectively put
forward, viz. :-
1. To bring the passengers and goods by or to the London and
Birmingham Railway to or from Charing Cross, or the City of
London, at Southwark-bridge.
2. To bring the passengers and goods by or to the Great Western
Railway, also to or from the same places.
3. To bring the passengers and goods by or to the West London
Railway, also to or from the same places.
4. To accomplish these objects by having suitable and sufficient
line of rails, the narrow gauge of the London and Birmingham being
within the wide gauge of the Great Western.
5. To accommodate all passengers who desire to go to or from the
termini of those railways to or from any intermediate po;nt from
St. Paul's, and all other persons seeking to proceed quickly and
cheaply between Southwark Bridge,"Blackfriars' Bridge, Waterloo
Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Chelsea, Fulham Road and Hamersmith
Road, at all of which places it is proposed to construct stations.
6. To erect Esplanades for Public Terraces between Blackfriars
and Westminster Bridges, and at Chelsea ; and to open the same at
very moderate Tolls, until the expenses of Construction, with Inte-
rest at five per cent. per annum be defrayed.
A glance at the Map' accompanying the Prospectus will demon-
strate the vast value of this project, both as a matter of public con-
venience, health, and recreation, and a source of abundant profit to
the Shareholders.

This great Metropolis and its environs, containing more than two
mill.ons of human beings, and visited by millions of non-residents
annually, will have the quickest, most certain, and least expensive
mode of conveyance ever projected ; while travellers by the great
Railways, rarely desiring to stay or shift themselves and their goods
at Camden Town, Euston Square, Paddington, or Kensington, may
proceed further into London without delay.
Mot of the elements of Railway wealth are here concentrated :-
1. In Traffic and Transit.—This Railway must have a greater
traffic and transit, for its length, than any in the world. The popu-
lation within its tennini i 3 at least ten times larger than the popula-
tion of any other line of the same extent now in existence. In ad-
dition, it will accommodate strangers coming from the north and the
west, on the same terms per mile. and in the same carriages, as they
have travelled from Birmingham, Manchester, or Liverpool ; Bristol,
Exeter, or Bath. _ _

2. In Cheapness of Construction.—Though going through the heart
of a mighty city, the greater part of the land to be taken is compa-
ratively valueless, and the demands of no extortionate landowner will
have to be paid ; the lesser part is little built upon, and its length is
so short as to be scarcely a matter for consideration. Offers have
been made to execute the whole undertaking very greatly below the
estimate ; the capital is made much larger than at present is neces-
sary, to provide for further extensions should they become expedient ;
but the overplus will not, of course, be called for until they are.
3. In the Absence of Engineering Difficulties.—lt is well known
that the banks of a river, being level, must afford the cheapest and
best site for a railway. In this Instance, the mud banks of the Thames,
now valUeless, will be made valuable ; the access to the wharfs and
small inner docks wilt,- be better than at present ; and the general
navigation of the Thames above Southwark-bridge will be improved
rather than impeded.

4. In an additional aouree of Wealth and Popular and Parliamen-
tary Support.—The esplanade will not only conduce to the conveni-
ence but to the health of the inhabitants of this pent-up capital. The
public Parks have been designated the " lungs of London ;" the Ter-
race of the Thames will equally deserve the appellation.

The greatest difficulty experienced has been to estimate the pre-
bable revenue which will accrue to this Company, since it is quite
impossible to arrive at anything like the amount received annually
by the public carriages alone running on the great thoroughfare pa-
rallel with the Thames, in addition to which there are many hun-
dreds of journeys made by steam-boats plying between London-
bridge, Chelsea, and all the intermediCe a tations daily.
Beyond these advantages, which apply solely to the traffic in pas-
sengers, there will be immediate communication with the Thames,
affording the means of transporting goods direct from the water to
their destination, without the intervention of cartage, and its conse-
quent delays and expenses ; and it has been recently given in evidence
before a Committee of the House of Commons, that not less than one
fourth of the traffic coming to London by the London and Birming-
ham Railway was intended for shipment.
Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Provisional Commi-
ttee, at No. 32, Poultry ; or to John Foster, Esq., Solicitor, 66, Jer-
rnyn-street, of whom Prospectuses may b' had.
. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Directors of the City and West-end Railway and
Terrace Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of 251. each
in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the
deposit thereon, or_ upon any lesser number that may be alloted to
me, within the time prescribed by you, and I undertake to execute
the agreement and Parliamentary contract when required.
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