The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-22 00:00:00

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
MIDLAND COUNTIES
RAILWAY. JUNCTIOS

From Nottingham to Syston.
(Provisionally Registered.)
A'prospectns, with the names of a most influential Committee,
other details, will appear in a few days. The line will connect tu
Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction, with the
South Midland Railway.

SOLICITORS.
William Unwin, Esq, ; William Bickley, Esq. Shelflele.
LONDON AGENTS.
Messrs. Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall, St. gR

THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON,
and HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,
From Tunbridge Weill direct to Hastings, with a Branch UP.
from the same place to join the Brighton Line at Lewes.
(BLUNT'S LINE.)
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 750,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. A. F. Berkeley, Berkeley.house, Spring-gardens
Major James Oliver Lindham, K.H., New street, Dorset-squirt'
Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Vial"
Railway, and Director of the South and Midlands' Juncti°D
Railway
William Cory, Esq., Commercial-road, Lambeth, Director of the

London and County Joint... Stock Bank
The Mayor of Hastings
Francis Smith, Esq., banker, Hastings
Henry Weston, Esq., Newick, Sussex
Lieutenant-Colonel Coffin, Landlord, Wilts
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Mancheater.street, Manchester-101c;
Director of the Leeds and Londoa Direct, and Ipswieb
Southampton Railways
rectot
Frederick Harrison, Esq., Beaufoy.terrace, Maida Vale, Di
of the London. Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Assurance Cols Pan
Joseph Baker, Esq. Macclesfield, Cheshire
Director of tbr
Alexander
Prince,Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields,
Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the OOP:
shire Mineral, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Birilev°Y-
William Case, Esq., Brook-street, Grosvenor-square and
W. Bulkeley G!asse, Esq., 10, New. square, Lincoln's ion,
Southscresce.it, Bedford-square j Old
The Rev Lewis Evans, Fellow of Wadham College, 000-,
Southwood terrace, Highgate a Or
Stephen Hutchison, Esq., Bromley, Kent, sole Proprietor --
Bromley Gas Works
The Rev. George Kendrick, Battle, Sussex, and Regent's-Were'
London
Captain George Lind, Waterloo.place, Brighton
R. Ladell, Esq., Director of the Chelmsford and Bury RailwrY„e.
Henry Wardle, Esq., London and Macclesfield, Director of
mington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
dthe
Thomas Carlisle, E4q., Director of the Direct Western, Clifton,.
Leeds and Carlisle Direct Railways, Waterloo Villa,
Bristol, and 6, Hyde Paik.place, West, London
George Clement, Esq , Hastings.
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Union.court, Broad-street, and their*.„d
field, Cheshire, Director of Remington's Direct London '—
Manchester Railway
Caiitain Charles M. M. Wright, R.N.
Edward Holttum, magistrate of the City of Canterbury
eraillrn
Thomas Robinson Williams, Esq., Director of the Patent

Cloth Company
Reginald Read, Esq., M D., St. John's-square, London ~„sic
The Rev. Samuel Andrew, Lincoln College, Oxford, and HiPb
John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple Inj
Augustus L. Lobach, Esq., Brook-street, Grosvenor-square,
Sidmouth, Devon
William Eccles, Esq., Old Broad-street, London
Lewis RaDowni me, Esq., Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk Jaer?s;
William Downing Bruce, Esq., 18. Charles-street, St. ea-
square, Director of the Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool,
Direct Western Railways
Abraham Betteridge, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, - Cairoe'-orpoo
Director of ti e Great Grimsby, Lincoln, and Midland do
Railway
Edward Whitfield, Esq., M.D., Marine-parade, Briere,„rter
George Simpson, Esq , Bedford.street, Bedford.square,
tios
the Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Ju"
Railway the
Captain C. H. Whitfield, Arundel-street, London, Director
South London Suourban Railway ir ' -
James Renshaw, Esq., Erith, Kent, Merchant, 3, 1,„„",,,11,01 • -
court, Lombard.street, Director of the South Stafford Bail
tine
orer'
John Britten, Esq., Basinghall-street, Member of the - C
of London
Dr. William Wilson, 3, Devonport-street, Sussex-square of ipe
Rees Price, Esq., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex, Director
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Halfway ,
Robert Hancorne, Esq., 4, Euston-square, Director of the
and Merthyr Tydvil Railway.
Henry Kirk, Esq , Gloucester-place, Dorset-square.
Henry James Meller, Esq., Clifford's Inn.
James Cockell,.Bernard-street, Russell-iquare.
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Aldboreugh Henniker, Esq., Gray's Inn and CoPtevr—
Sussex
Willoughby Marshall Smithson, Esq., Canterbury, Director of the
Dover and Canterbury, and Bristol and Dover ItailwaYs ,
Edward Wootton, Esq., Magistrate of the City
Nathaniel Jonas Maynard, Esq., Magistrate of the City of
c
bur D°
ay of Canteibec%nof'
John Pont, Esq., Canterbury, Director of the Bristol and _
Railway
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland.hollow, Derbyshire
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsdon-couit, Surrey
Quintin Burns. Hair, Esq., Tunbridge Wells
Andrew Clark, Esq., Southwark
Dr. William Birmingham Costello t* if
A. A. Fry, EN., Temple, Director of the Rugby, De
Manchester Railway
Edward Horatio Day, Esq., Brixton-hill
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Outsmart—Thomas Carlisle, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAlRMAN—Frederick Harrison, EA'
A. Betteridge, Esq. I P. Bennett Luca', 04'
William Case, Esq. Alexander Prince, FA'
Stephen Hutchinson, Esq,•
R. Ladell, Esq. Reginald Fran
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ieta dh agg:
Major James 0. Lindham, K.H. Henry Wardle, Es 4
ENGINE, a—Charles Blunt, Esq.. C.E.
STANDING COUNSEL—John M.Oubrey,
SOLICITOR—G. J. Lloyd, Esq., 49, Doughty-street, Bel"-
London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Scr rens and Young, Hastings
Meecrt. Martin and &Ms, Battle
Messrs. Barclay and King, Mayfield
W. D. Cooper, Dal., Lewes
Robert Walker, Esq., Canterbury
Messrs. Carnell and Gorham, Tonbridgo•
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Jones and Wales
BANKERS IN LONDON.
The London and County Joitit.Stock Bank
Sir John William Lubbock, Rart., and Co.
DISTRICT RANKERS. RANg
The Branches of the London and County Joint-Steel
Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton.
At /lasting— Messrs. 3 lute, Hild,r, 14 CO.
SECRETARY—Henry L. Freund, E.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF 1,11,151011
LIVERPOOL AN t) 014, IND aNt',,,fCr
n
AND SOUTH WEST OF ENGLANs-
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 251. each'
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. c
coor
110.11111
(Provisionally Registered, in accordance with 7 and 8 Vie',
A company is in course of formation for the PurPreh; bps
pleting that chain of direct railway connexion w'i'tch- and
already in great part formed between Liverpool, Chester, soi. tie
numerous other important ports and manufacturing
tnwhoaer,teshor,,uatThnadaunsnod,uostnoh-western coast, and Bristol, SoutharoPtl: "
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On reference to the lines of railway, northward, '6 - jy
f alt
that the Chester and Birkenhead Company have girt; .o( Ethe
a most direct link between Liverpool and the north-so 7 that
the t
land with the south and south.wt stern counties, an-ctiat ,
Chester and Holyhead Company are in course of 4,0 V; 1
whole of north Wales with the city of Chester. Cuicester:,
southward it will also be seen that the rising port of (Sl_..° flies,
already connected by most direct lines with nearly' ew'onatii,7l
tent port and manufacturing town in the south.westetobe c
and that the prosperous town of Ch ltenham will sh°l4 10
:010.1s
nected (probably by the Manchester and SouthamPtnniest)
but certainly by one of the propositions made to that c."the
Southampton, and the south of England.
e.A that it 4 tit
Having explained thus far, it may now e sta"--2. dire' of
intention of the present project to tender comPle"'Atoss,„o
connecting the cities of Chester and Gloucester lined"
Cheltenham, that which has been so well commen;rtO
effecting the most direct junction possible between the -th.sve"-De
of England, and North Wales, and the south and so°ec, csol
counties, and when it is added that so desirable an °l4,b
effected, by a route running through the heart n' Wortersil!,,,,
agricultural counties as Cheshire, Shropshire, and ester,
layit,g open their resources, and the resources of theand sec°o",
mining district in Shropshire, through which it Pa"es'ii„DitO. ;If
modating a town populaticn of nor less than 150,000
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must be admitte t that there are leading advantages G f P
inviting character te be derived. ty of CP;
It is proposed that the line shall commence at the c' r},,t i° to
ter, and from thence passing through the prosperous to° roceetto,
of Malpas, Whitchurch, and by or near to W01'01;134 of
Wellington, at which point it will enter the poPul"9, coarAtoi
tricts of Shropshire. From Wellington the most ditenaroldt ing
be taken by Colebrooke Dale and the Iron Br dge, t° g."
from thence to Bridgnorth ; from Bridgnorth the hensesive;;.,
southward will pass within from two to three Miles of 1,./1l ugh
nufacturing town of Kidderminster. close to Bewdlefs tul'otestio"low
port, to the city of Worcester From Worcester the to 1„,,g
to form a direct line in place of the present circuitous osf",„ be s
center and Cheltenham. For this purpose the course ,:hicji
the banks of the Szvern, to Upton.on-Severn at aboutinueester/70
the line will divide. going on the one side direct to CI thenee..oll'
on the other, by. or close to Tewkesbury, and front
Cheltenham. Thus, apart from all other advantarge:e P
populous citits and manufacturing or market towns vi
PS re'
into the most direct union with each other.
Gloucester t it
Duly considering the position of the city of c,_„nea
gards the mouth of the river Severn and the Btn't°l dfree"°of
will be seen that the city naturally farms a link an 110.lbe nortr_lad
nexion, between the soutb.western counties and preP7,e
England, and the whole of Scotland, and as the lide.noceor, to
is of §p direct a character northward " from Gl._ idjitilind
traffic nerivable from other lines must be immense. "I:oooterg.tifs
the large local traffic, which, after due inquiry, the P.,,inanen"
verY
will alone be amply sufficient to produce
Ligett
return on the outlay required. $
It should he observed, that the intention of fothmtinof. Poor,
trunk line has from the first never been lost „epee _AS
although a deviation in favour of several towns 1 ", of hrts":lo
hood through which the line will pass, or the forrosabt °'_dcoetaS
to others, might have been productive of consider,. g
veeops
some respects, the promotets determi..ed on Pe
original intention, and have to congratulate tl eft
doing, as they have avoided an unpleasant collis ^
Goo
of
ing projects.
The country having been carefully examined by erahl; tit
railway (the Company's engineer), has been found peculiarly von
WO,
railway open.tions ; indeed, for a considerablee
uPifed, oo.epri
whole distance, no cuttings whatever will beroP pt,
considerably
j
connected with the fact that those of the I let_e„ressed t".tos
whose support so far has been sought have iinforesicerif`on
selves very favourable to the project, lead to tnce__weecesi
seldom has so important an undertaking been o°' f
the
t 0
greater prospect of complete success. nosolln 1
The subscribers will only be held liable for to
be of
cer fry t.
shares subscribed for by them, and power will
_, pero
the Act to authorise toe allowance of an interes,t.
toitioof Fe.
per annnm on all calls from the time of payment t
be °der,
lug the line. ish it to
wig
re'
In the a;lotment of shares the promoters
winterested
that
stood that all applications from parties locally
is
r_uested
„If
ceive a primary consideration, and in all cases it _ t'l2,..netshin
are not attached. guential s nelong
A full prospectus. with the names of an in
no application may be made to which references of Is:
iil9ol
terirn aPPlic
Committee, will appear in a few days; in the
rs
knownoir.,o,
ter • 8% tioo
fEodrwshaardfesLinsamybehre,, tnEasr., tsoo,licainvd,r,fu4ri,heßrzarnr(t)incdu.
Ili
Inn, London ; Richard Barker, Esq., solicitor, Ch3beu5,11.d..15!,61„.,
allnudgshheas;ebEsq., r
r solicitor.
a :
H. Golding, Esq., No. 10, "Warnford-court, Tit Costa,.___n'y
J. C. Ug a 5°
_mcssrWs. ocr.ceast,)edr ;E.orNafriroathsreo,e)l.ol3lau,:to:nn':„,,_Jros;:
London ; Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson, and _
_„
Smlaatnecrhcoestuerrt.; Cmaettatlser.sti. t
Hr eaet, Liverpool;
at r
s
Watson, Barth, and Tootal, Leeds ; Messrs. Flintfool g
Hull; and Messrs. Wilson and Hiilawell, Rudder
of whom maps of the line may be obtained.
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