The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-09 00:00:00

SOLICITORS.

Messrs Patterson, Haymes, and Hanbury, Leamington and Warwick
W. O. Hunt, Esq., and Charles Stevens, Esq., No. 10, Whitehall,
London
Messrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool.

The object of this undertaking is to establish the most direct and
efficient railway -communication that can be formed between Bir-
mingham and Oxford, connecting by the shortest possible route the
whole of the Lancashire manufacturing districts and sea-ports with
the south of England and its long line of mist in the British Chan-
nel. The existing lines affor►l but a very imperfect and circuitous
communication through London, and it is singular that the com-
peting lines of I ailway now before the public do not supply the de-
ficiency or provide for the objects now contemplated. Under these
circumstances, there can be no doubt that this railway will confer
essential benefits on the districts through which it is intended to pass,
as well as on the commercial anti industrious classes of the north,
and a very cursory inspection of the map will satisfy the inquirer
that the line is so peculiarly situate as to command an unusually
large amount of through traffic, independent of its local resources,
which are very great.

It cannot fail to be observed, that the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction will save a considerable distance on the route towards the
coast, besides furnishing to Warwick and Leamington the most
direct railway communication for the traffic between those places
and Oxford, Reading, &c., while the cheapness of construction and
excellence of the gradients will enable the Company to convey pas-
sengers and goods at very low rates, such as would not remunerate
an expensive line, but which are calculated to afford an ample return
for the small capital required for this undertaking.
The railway will commence by a connexion with the Grand Junc-
tion Railway at Birmingham, and, proceeding in nearly a straight
line by Warwick and Leamington, fall into the intended Oxford and
Rugby Line, near Fenny Compton ; the entire distance from Bir-
mingham to Oxford will thus be about 62 miles.
The Stratford-on-Avon line which will be constructed simulta-
neously with the line by Warwick and Leamington, will join the
main railway at or near to Kingswood. From Stratford-on-Avon to
Moreton-in-the-Marsh, by an improvement of the existing railway,
a distance of 14 miles, the communication through Stratford will be
complete to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, and the
Oxford, Reading, and the South of England.
It is confidently believed that this extension of the Oxford line to
the Grand Junction Railway at Birmingham, taking Leamington and
Warwick in its course, will furnish such strong corroborative proof
of the public importance and necessity of the Oxford and Rugby
line (now promoted by the Great Western Company,) as to insure its
success in Parliament. If the broad gauge should be adopted, ar-
rangements have been made with the Great Western Company to
run dispatch trains between London and Birmingham in less than
three hours, and also to provide, at low rates, means of conveyance
for every description of traffic, whether of passengers, carriages,
horses, cattle, or merchandise and minerals,
The Provisional Committee, however, promote this measure as one
of great national importance, and do not intend it to be contingent
in any degree on the success or failure of the Oxford and Rugby
Railway, but they will be guided in the final selection of the line,
in the principle of construction, and in the made of working it, by the
evidence which may be adduced (luring the present session, and by
the result of the applications now before Parliament, as far as they
may appear consistent with the experience still to be obtained on the
relative merits of the systems.
They need only add in conclusion, that if the Oxford and Rugby
line is successful, the capital of 600,0001. will be ample, as the coun-
try has been carefully examined. No engineering difficulties exist,
and there will be no tunnel throughout the line.
The landed interests affected by the proposed railway are favour-
able, and the Bill will be applied for in the next session of Parliament.

BATHS of HOMB URG, near FRANKFORT-
The Mineral Waters off °1
b take N
their rise at the foot of the
Taunus mountains, two hundreduurg
yards above the level of the sea.
To the original springs, the reputation
of which is so perfectly estab-
lished in Germany, that there have lately been joined fresh sources,
which from the intensity of their mineralisation and the energy oftheir
action in certain morbid cases, have elevated them to the first rank
among the mineral waters of Germany.
The springs of Homburg aren
d Professor five in number. They have been
analysed by the celebrateLiebig. Notwithstanding the
differences which exist between them,they may be considered as the
same medicament diversely modified. Their mineral principles re-
main the same, with no other difference than their quantities and
propottions. This affords to the physicians the highly valuable ad-
vantage of applying to each individual
adapted to it; and of modifying the treatmentualeasethe peculiar water best
and progress of the complaint. according to the course
The internal use of these waters Is of constant efficacy, above all
when drunk at their source, for then the vivifying air of the moun-
tains, the diversion of mind by the moving scene. and the abstrac-
medicinal
tion from the
beverage cares of the world, concur in assisting the action of the
The waters of Homburg are stimulant, tonic, alterative, and
aperient. They are suited to all cases requiring an amelioration of
the disordered state of the stomach and other Intestines, by giving a
peculiar stimulus to these organs when necessary to excite the abdo-
minal circulation, to assist the secretory processes, and to regularise
nutrition and assimilation. Their
affections
tsuccess has been recognised
in enlargements of the liver, in of the spleen, In hypo-
chondria, jaundice, the hemorrhohlbsy, and obstinate constipation. In
gout and all affections produced derangementfr of the digestive
functions, most happy results are derived
During the four years which have elapsed since them.
these springs first
of Inlceornburgh has greatly
obtained their merited celebrity, the City
tile comforts improved. A new towh has grown up by the sat of the old, and
new hotels and private houses afford to visitors
re-
quired by invalids, and luxuries to be found in the most favourite
watering places.
The forests, which surround Homburg like a rich zone, are pierced
with rides and drives by which the residents at the Baths may, with
ease and pleasure, visit the Feldberg, the Rock of Elisabeth, Luther)
Oaks, and all the picturesque sites of the Taunus.
The Directors of this grand Establishment have constructed
a na
nifleent Casino, which—by the beauty of its architeetiCre,theexcel-
lence of its distribution, and the richness of its decorations
any building hitherto erected at any point on the —surPasses
Roulette tables
rooms
basks of the
Rhine. It contains splendid saloons for balls and
tables ; a
for the games of Trente et Quarante, and for
Cabinet for reading, in which are most of the German,ette
English, Russian, Belgian, and Dutch journals; a ca French.
Divan for smoking, opening onto a fine terrace laid —• free-room i a
a grand dining-room with a table-d'hote, served 31a71,!,n asphalte, and
a-day, TIZ. at one and five o'clock. -era/1141st, twit,
The excellent orchestra from the Theatre of Mentz
times a day ; in the morning, at the Springs ; in the Pe
afternoon, inrforms three
the beautiftil Gardens of the Casino ; and in the evening in the
grand Ball-room.
Concerts, Balls, and Fetes of every description succeed "et other
without interruption.
The Directors shrink from no sacrifice to render thla
watering-
place as delightful as possible to its visitors, and to this end have
rented about 50,000 acres of forest-lands and plains, all abounding in
a
game of every description, as well a reserve Park for
Chasses at the close of the winter season. The Casino the Grandees
is the only establishment of the kind that has enjoyed of Homburg,
privilege of remaining open all the year, and the oontinhltherto the
tables for play, its balls, its concerts, and its hunting parties through-
out the winter-season, makes It attract a numerous and select so-
ciety from every quarter of Europe.
The Journey from London to Homburg, passing through Cologne,
Mentz and Frankfort, is performed in 44 hours. The distance
Frankfort to Homburg is got over in one hour and a h from
coaches and omnibuses run between these places every hour, f' Mai

SILVER TEA SERVICES.
A
B. SAVORY
and SONS, Manufacturing
• Silversmiths, 14, Cornkill, London, opposite the Bank of
England, submit the prices of the following SILVER, TEATEA and
COFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Pattern Is plain, standing
on
shell feet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with 'a flower ornament on the lids.
The King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The
shape of either is new and elegant.
Cottage Pattern. • King's Pattern.
Strong Silver Tea Pot £l2 0 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot. Xl2 0 0
Ditto Sugar Fasin 616 C Ditto Sugar Basin.... 710 0
Ditto Milk Ewer 410 0 Ditto Cream Ewer.... 510 e
Ditto Coffee Pot ..

Complete. £3B 6 0 Complete £4O 0 0
A variety of upwards of Fifty Tea And Coffee Services may be seen
in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article
of Silver.
requisite for the sideboard or plate chest. •
Pamphlets of Prices, illustrated with aketchos of the various arti.
Iles, gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to spy part of the kingdom.
A. B. Savory an 4 Sons, 14, Cornhllli Loll4on, opixelte the tank of
England.