The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS,

The imperative necessity, alike in a social, commercial, or political
point of view, for drawing as closely together as possible the capitals
of England and Ireland, has suggested the formation of the Grand
London and Dublin Approximation Railway,—a line, the value of
which it is difficult to ever estimate, since it will be found to take a
nearly direct course from the English metropolis to Holyhead. It
will pus through or near the populous and noble county town of
Shropshire (as ye lunprovided with railway communication), and
will traverse along its whole extent districts second in wealth, re-
tomes, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire ; bringing them
more nearly and immediately in ccntaot with London and Dublin,
than has hitherto !teen tto.w,ght possible. This project is wholly in-
dependent of any other lino already before the public, and as it
possesses national advantages wiet-h none can surpass, must, When
carried V, become, rfLtlor texceftion the most important railway
'limit Britain.
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central and accessible terminus lu London, and Farriugdon-street has
been fixed upon tbr that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as
possible to Holyhead

In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns:
—Rickmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Bromegrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgtisrth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury; it will thence con-
tinue its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyrnwy, will proceed to Llan-y-mynech, Llanrhaladr,
and Mechnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected; and
it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by
Corwen into the Vale of the Hirer Alwen, from whence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre-
Voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will them descend the Vale of Nant Francon
to Bangor and Holyhead.
This line will In its progress feed, and be also fed by the most consi-
siderable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire Hallway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would.
be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of bring-
ing all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a
doubt, by the obvious tact that it will net only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other
hand, the Grand London amid Dublin Approximation Railway will
ere to Loxtion aid the neighbourhood of Birmingham a mute to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.
It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day.

Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Comet' a deviation from the straight
line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will he resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill te continue an independent
line by Beaumaris to Holyhead.
Atter a coreful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors fe.l warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of ens proprietary te that of another. The
railways new in active progress in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
is, by. this present undertaking, rendered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is te save time and distance, every attention of
the Direeters, and every advancement in science wilt be made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ;
while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the public will find in the improvement of
the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the
first class, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise so national in its
character.

Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow interest at 41. per cent. per a'aium on the amount of the
subscriptions paid up ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the meant of his subscription.
Applications for Shares nay be made, in the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Messrs. Cameron
and Balm, la, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London ; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. R. Lane, 14inningham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield ;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Ilervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh ; Charles
Ceuper, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-burgh ; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION,

To the Previsional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin
Approximation Railway Company.
_ _

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 40/. each
the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
-Agreement when required. . _

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