The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-20 00:00:00

IIDLAND UNION, BURTON-ON-TRENT,
-LILL ASIIBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, and LEICESTER RAILWAY.

The Letters of Allotment in the above Railway-are this day-
Posted ; and the Committee of. Directors have the pleasure of In
forming the Shareholders that the surveys arc on the point of com-
pletion, and no doubt is entertained as to the plans, &c., being lodged
in good time to comply with the standing orders of Parliament.

By order,

W. KNIGHT, Secretary,

18, Abingdon-street, Westminster.

; EXETER, TAVISTOCK, AND BODMIN
RAILWAY, WITH A BRANCH TO ASHBURTON.
• (Provisionally Registered.)
• •
Capital 140,0001., in 56,800 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
Amongst the numerous projects recently brought forward for con-
necting important towns and districts in England by means of rail-
ways, no direct line of communication from Exeter to Tavistock, and
thence to Bodmin, has attracted the attention of the public. The
South Devon Railway front Exeter to Plymouth and Devonport, and
the Cornwall Rail Way, proceeding from those pOrts, but not approach-
ing Bodmin within several miles, afford a very sinuous, inconvenient,
and imperfect route bbtween the ,two terminal points of the proposed
line, the latter of which is still linsupplied with any immediate rail-
way facility. The Bideford and Tavistock Railway—now in projec-
tion—assisted by the Exeter and Creditou Railway, will supply in
like manner a very circuitous course of communication between
Exeter and Tavistock; but all these lines leave the midland districts
and several important towns and villages totally void of railway
conveniences.
The proposed Exeter, Tavistock, and, Bodmin Railway, however,
' commencing at the City of Exeter, proceeding by or near to More-
ton-Hampstead, and throwing out a branch to Ashburton in its
course across the Forest of Dartmoor, will pursue a direct line to the
Parliamentary borough of Tavistock ; and, passing by or near Cal-
lington and Liskeard, will terminate at Bodmin, thus providing a
direct channel of intercourse in a line not exceeding flay-six miles
in length between the two terminal places, ant furnishing the inter-
vening towns and villages with the means of immediate transit to
Exeter in the east and Bodmin in the west, and extending from those
places to all parts of England. The existing railway from Bodmin
to Wadebridge will complete the line to the coast of Cornwall, in the
Bristol Channel.
Thus the direct line from Exeter to Bodmin, with the proposed
branch to Ashburton, will unite the whole of the midland districts
of Devonshire and Cornwall, comprising a tract of country occu-
pied by a large population, and unrivalled for agricultural produce
and mineral wealth.
A prospectus and a map of the line are in course of preparation,
and, with the names of a. ,powerful Provisional Committee, will
shortly be published. In the interval, further information may be
obtained from Messrs. Phillipi and Son, No. 28, Lawrence Pountncy-
lane, solicitors to the Undertaking ; and at the offices of the Com-
pany, No. 37, Gresham-street, where application for shares may
be made.

MADRAS,
nAlaiity.l4oCoityEANYAND ARCO f
(Proviiionally Registered.)
'Capital 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each.

Deposit 2s. 6d. per Share, being the amount limited by the 7th and Bth
Victoria, with the provisions of which Act the Company have
strictly complied ; and no further call until the local surveys
have been taken and reported to the Shareholders..
Offices of the Company, Gresham-rooms, Basingliall-street.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
The Lord Viscount Mandeville W. M. Boyce, Esq.
The Lord Charles Beauclerk l John Cobon, Esq.

The Lord Edward Chichester
The Lord Stephen Chichester
The Hon. William Gore