The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-09 00:00:00

The line is of a peculiarly easy character, traversing for the
greater pact of its distance a level plateau, and involving no kaary
enginee•ing works. The land will be obtained at an inconsiderable
cost, and the whole preliminary .mpenses which have been In-
curred in obtaining the Act, &c., do not exceed 1,000/.
As a proof of the cheap manner in which railways may be con-
structed in America, it may be instanced that the Michigan
Railway, which, as already mentioned, forms a continuation of the
Great Western of Canada, has been actually constructed at a cost,
including station and working stock, of 2,6001. per mile; and the
various railways centering at Buffalo have been similarly com-
pleted, at a cost averaging from 3,00E1/. to 4,0001. per mile.
There is no doubt that the Great Western Railway of Canada
traversing an easier country, and with better access to materials,
might be constructed at as low a cost as any of these railways, but
it has been thought prudent to frame the estimate with a view to
a more solid and enduring work, resembling more nearly in
character the railways of this country; and the amount of capital
has been fixed accordingly upon a revised estimate considerably
higher than the average cost of railways in the United States.
There is no difficulty in letting the works to respectable con-
tractors in Canada, and as the excution will be forthwith com-
menced, and the works are of such an easy character, it is con-
fidently expected that the whole line will be opened in the coarse
of the year 1848.

The concession under the Company's Act is of the most favour-
able description, being unlimited in respect of tolls and charges,
and also of duration, subject to a right to the Government to pur.
case the railway after 40 years, upon payment of a sum equivalent
to 20 per cent. upon the capital, provided the railway shall upon
the average of the preceding 40 years have paid a dividend of not
less than 121 per cent.

The Company being incorporated by Act of the Legislative,
tha liability of shareholders is limited to the amount of their
shares in the same manner as in an established English Railway
Company, and will cease upon the shares being transferred.
The capital is already subscribed, and a deposit of 15 per cent.
paid upon it; and arrangements will be made forthwith, by which
the holders of scrip certificates of shares may be registered as share-
holders of the Company upon signing the necessary deeds.
Further calls of not more than 5 per cent. each will be made at
intervals of not less than two months, and with not less than ene
month's notice ; and the premium, or rate of exchange to be
obtained on bills or other remittances for transmitting the funds to
Canada, will be accounted for to the shareholders.
Provision will be made for ensuring an efficient control over the
expenditure and general management of the concern to the cor-
responding Committee in England, and periodical meetings of the
English shareholders will be held in England.
A copy of the Act of Incorporation of the Company may be seen
at the offices of Messrs Bircham and Dalrymple, Belford-row,
London.

Maps and other information may be obtained at the temporary
office of the Corresponding Committee, 62, King William-street,
London.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.

HULL, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND
DIRECT RAILWAY, ♦ia GOOLE, THORNE, DON.
CASTER, ROTHERHAM, AND MASBRO'.
(Registered Provisionally )
Capital, 750,000/., in 37,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per share.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Pease and Liddell', Hull.
Messrs. Leathern, Tew, and Co., Wakefield.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Awrirse ENGINEER—WiIIiam Billington, Esq., C M
SOLICITORS.
John Thorney, Esq., Edward Sidebottom, Esq., Hull.
William R. Bakewell, Esq., G. D. Barker, Esq., Wakefield.
SECEETARY.—WiIIiam Teale, Esq., Wakefield.
LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery-

lane.

PARLIAMENTARY A•ENT/—Meurs. Sudtow and Kingdom, 6, New

Palac•-yard, London.

The object of this line is to form the nearest possible route from
Hull to Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley,
and other places, in connexion with the Midland Railway and its
Extensions.

The line is intended to commence at a junction with the Hull
and Selby Railway at or near Gilberdyke, and from thence con.
tinue in a direct line through or near Linton, Bellasize, Laxton,
Skelton, Goole, Thorne, Fishlake, Bramwith, Hatfield, Armthorp,
Doncaster, Sprotboro', (and its extensive Limestone Fields) Co.
nisbro', Hooton, Rotherham, and to join the Midland Railway at
Masbro'.

The following are some of the advantages this line possesses:—
It will, by a junction with the proposed Manchester, Huddersfield,
and Great Grimsby Railway, at Doncaster, effect a saving between
Hull and Manchester, and between Hull and Liverpool, of about
forty miles, over any existing route.

It will form a junction upon a level with the proposed London
and York at Doncaster, and thus open the shortest route from the
termini of these projected lines to London and Edinburgh, and
also the most direct route to Chesterfield, Nottingham, Derby,
and Birmingham.

It will form a direct route from Hull to Sheffield through
Goole, Thorne,-ane--Dipieaster.
It will form a direct line from Hull to Barnsley; and the inex-
haustible coal-fields of Silkstone, Worsbro' Cawthorne, Bretton,
Billingley, Barugh, and also to the limestone fields in the neigh-
bourhood of Doncaster, which will be of great benefit to the agri-
cultural districts of Lincolnshire and the East and North Ridings
of Yorkshire,

It will, by the saving of distance and of stoppage, accelerate the
mails between Hull and Sheffield, and Hull and Manchester, at
lead two hours.

The whole of the country has been carefully surveyed, and the
report of the engineer is exceedingly satisfactory.
No engineering difficulties exist, nor will any ornamental sr re-
sidential property be interfered with, and the line is comparatively
a straight one.

The cost of construction is •ery much below the average, owing
to its being a surface line nearly the whole distance, and the im-
mense traffic that will pass over it must render it highly remune-
rative to the shareholders.

An influential provisional committee is now forming, and the
names of the gentlemen comprising it will be shortly announced.
In the meantime, further information may be obtained from the
solicitors ; and application for shares, in the form given below, ac-
companied with satisfactory references, may also be addressed to the
solicitors, the Secretary, or the following brokers :—Hull—Messrs.
Messrs. Watson, Tootal, and Bard'; and Metarsn. FraWce and
Co. Wakefield—Mr. Thomas Nightingale, and Mr. Charles Clap-
ham,

FOAM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Hull, Sheffield, and Midland
Direct Railway, via Goole, Thorne, Doncaster, Rotherham,
and Masbro•.

(Registered Provisionally.)
I request you will apportion me shares of 201. each in
this Company; and I undertake to accept the same or any less
number you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of U. 21. per
share, and all future calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of
Name in full
Residence

1846,

Business or profession
Place of business (if any)
Date of application...—.
Name of reference ..

REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 3,000,0001., in Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
Offices, Gresham-Rooms, Basi ngh all. street.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Anderson, Esq., 5, Lothbury
James Arbouin, Esq., 50, Mark-lane
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., Walney, Lancashire
William Astell, Esq., M.P,, 51, Old Broad-street
Henry Bainbridge, Esq., St. Paul's-church-yard
Colonel Barlow, Kensington
John Barnes, Esq., Chorley-house, Buckinghamshire
William Beresford, Esq., M.P., 77, Pall-mall
Thomas Edward Bigge, Esq., Montague-square
William Feckney Black, Esq., 11, Bread.street, Cheapside
Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., 7, St. George's.place, Hyde-park.corner
J. Y. B. Yarde Buller, Esq., 10, New-street, Spring-gardens, and
Holne-park, Devon.
The Hon. Captain S. T. Carnegie, R. N. M.P., Cumberland. street,
Bryanstone-square
William Carr, Esq. , Blackheath-park
John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham
John Cattley, Esq., Moorgate-street
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq., 134, Leadenhall.street, and Har-
ringay-house, Hornsey
_Tames Clay, Esq., 25, Montague-square
George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead, near Croydon
John Chevalier Cobbold, Esq., Ipswich
Benjamin Collett, Esq , Grafton Manor-house, Broomegrove
W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P., St. James's-square
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond, Surrey
George Henry Richardson Cox, Esq., 10, Lower Berkeley-street,
Portman-square
William Thomas Cox, Esq.. Derby, Nottingham, and London
Lewis Cubitt, Esq., 77, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury
The Hon. Francis Curzon, Temple
Edmund Denison, Esq., M.P., 8, Duke-street, Westminster
Ca n Edwards, 3, Baker-street, Portman-square
Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P., St. Paul's Churchyard
William Henry Gregory, Esq., M.P., 14, Park.street, Grosvenor-
square
Lancelot Llewhellyn Haslope, Esq., Lifford, near Birmingham
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Brighton
Joseph Hagan. Esq., Liverpool
Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., Deepdene
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Chester-square and Fenchurch-street
The Hon. Richard Edward Howard, 3, Garden-court, Temple
Sir Richard Jenkins, East India Director
Thomas Landor, Esq., Manor-house, Burton-on-Trent
Ippolito Leonino, Esq., Warnford-court
Sir William Magnay, Bart., London
William Skinner Marshall, Esq., Hyde Park-square
Anthony Mervin Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Basset Dowa.house,
Swindon, Wiltshire.
John Maxon, Esq., Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park
Joseph Oldham, jun., Esq., Muswell-hill
Archibald Frederick Paull, Esq.. Leadenhall-street
Sir Edwin Pearson, F. R.S., 5, Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park.
Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourne Rectory, Derby
George Pollard, Esq., Stannary.hall, near Halifax
W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P., Rostrevor, Ireland
John Clement Rutting, Esq., 10, Judd-place East, New-road
The Hon. Henry St. John
Henry William Schneider. Esq., 10, New Broad.street
John Shewell, Esq., 25, Tokenhouse-yard
Major-General Taylor, 3, Clarendon-place, Hyde-park
John Taylor, Esq., 17, Kent-terrace, Regent's .park
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row
George S. Trower, Esq., 39, St. Mary-at-hill
Joseph Underwood, Esq., 25, Eastcheap
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Brookes' Club, St.
James's- street
Sir Joshua Walmsley, Liverpool
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., 99, Mount-street, Grosvenor.
square
William White, Esq., 107, Cheapside
Joseph Wilson, Esq., Highbury.
COMMITTER OF
W. R. Collett, Esc
Lewis Cubitt, Esq.,
Henry Bainbridge, Esq.
William Beresford, Esq., M.P,
J. Y. B. Yarde Buller, Esq.
John Cattley, Esq.
James Clay, Esq.
George Clive, Esq.
Henry Thomas Hope, Esq.
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. L
BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London.
Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S.
ENGINEERS—Joseph Gibbs, Esq. ; William Radford, Esq.
ARCHITECT—George Ledwell Taylor, Esq.
JOINT SURVEYORS%
George Ledwell Taylor, Esq. ; Vincent J. Collier, Esq.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bridges and Mason, Red Lion-square
Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton, 3, Park-street, Westminster,
SECRETARY—Frederick Collier, Esq.
The entire property of the Regent's Canal Company, extending
from Paddington to Limehouse, having been purchased it is pro-

hill
MANAGEMENT.
~ M.P., Chairman.
Deputy-Chairman.
Sir Edwin Pearson.
John Clement Ruding, Esq.
Henry William Schneider, Esq,
John Shewell, Esq.
John Taylor, Esq.
Joseph Underwood, Esq.
Sir Joshua Walmsley.

and making no allowance for the increase of travelling which
would be occasioned by the increased facility of communication,
would, according to an estimate taken by the Company's engineer,
in Canada, be sufficient to psy seven per cent. on the cost of con-
struction, without taking into account the local traffic of Canada,
or the traffic in goods and merchandise.