The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-23 00:00:00

£168,174

Estimated Rental to be received from other Companies fur
the use of Terminu5..............................-

30,000

£198,174
Being a revenue of more than 15 per cent. ou a capital of 1,300,0001.
The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 65,000 sharesble
of
201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share will be paya
forthwith.
A portion of the shares will be allotted to parties locally interested.
The remainder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders a
and the public generally, upon application being made by them in
manner hereinafter mentioned.
The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their Parlia-
mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent
standing orders of the House of Lords, to require a deposi of 101.
per cent. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in order to
carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip certificate
with the Secretary, on or before the Ist of October next, in exchange
for which they will obtain a certificate upon which the bankers of
the Company will receive the amount of the difference payable, and,
upon producing the receipt and signing the new rarllamentary Deeds,
fresh scrip will be delivered to them.
Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be raade to
the Secretary, at the Offices, No. 8, Finsbury-place South, and the
following sharebrokers
Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Suttoa, 22, North-side, Royal
Exchange, London
Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Lawford, 3, Royal Exchange
George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill
Messrs. Houghiand and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester
William Marshall, Esq., Bank-buildings, Manchester
William Haynes, Esq., Manchester
lohn Wells. Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol
J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham
rs Mess. rton and Wright, Sheffield
J. G Kershaw, Esq., Iluddersfield
F. C. Spencer, Esq , Halifax
Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter
R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF SCRIP.
To the Secretary of the North London Junction Railway Company.
Sir,—l herewith transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by
me in this Company numbered as at foot, and I undertake to make
the further payment of 14s. Gd. per share on the said shares, forth-
with, and to execute the new Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Christian and surname in full .... • • • • • • • •
Business or Profession .. • • • •
Residence • • ••.•• • • • ...... •••••• • • • • • -
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the North Loudon Junction Railway
Company.
shares of 20/. each in the
I request you will allot to me
capital of the above-natned railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay. the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement whet, re-
quired.
Dated the

day .of 1845.
Christian and surname in full • • • •
Business or Profession • • .. • • • • ..
Address. •
Reference••

NORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Shares
cam be received after THURSDAY, the 23i instant, in order to enable
the Company to be fully prepared to proceed with their Bill in Par-
liament at the next Sessiolo
By order of the Committee, •
H. B. FARNALL, Secretary.

Office, 8, l'lmbury-place South,

By order,
Mansfield, Oct. 21, 1845.

THE CALCUTTA AND GEORGE'S POINT
RAILWAY,
For constructing a line of railway from Calcutta to Diamond Har-
bour, with warehouses and buildings there, and docks, as soon as
deemed desirable ; and for continuing the railway to George's Point
at a future period.
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each.
A considerabte portion to be reserved for India.
Deposit 7s. per Share.
(The liability of the Sharesholders to be limited to the amount of their
Shares.)
Offices of the Company, 147, Fenchurch-street, London.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEL.
The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.H.,
_ .

late Ckaninander-in-chief in India
Richard Green, Esq. shipowner, Blaekwall
John Ragshaw, Esq. E.I. merchant, 1, King William street, City
Captain Charles E. Mangles, maritime service, directur
of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, 8, New Broad-street
Duncan Dunbar, Esq. (firm of Dunbar and Sons, shipownets
I.hnehouse, and member of the Committee of the Shipowners'
Society)
Captain Denny, 11.E.1.C. maritime service (firm—Domy, Clart.z,
and Co., Austin-friars ; and F. Green and Co., Cornhill), member
of tho Committee of the Shipowners' Society
James Cockburn, Esq. (firm—Cockburn and Co., 11, New Broad-
street)
Captain iticorge I'robyn, late of the E.1.C.M.5., 21, Bryanst,n-

square • -
Sir John Pick, Bart. alderman of the City of London, director of
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Captain Tucker (firm—Frederick Green and Co. 64, Cornbill)
Adolphus Pugh Johnson, Esq. Lloyd's
James Lamb, Esq. Lothbury, late of Calcutta
Sir John Key, Bart. alderman of the City of London
Samuel Rhode, Esq. 3, Crosby-square, Blshopsgate-street
George Mackintosh, Esq. London, late of Calcutta
Alexander Robertson, Esq. late of Canton, Balgownie-lodge,

deenshire, and Bristol
W. H. L. Frith, Esq. (firm of Hogg, Frith, and Sands, Calcutta)
Allen Gilmore, Esq. merchant (firm of Colville, Gilmore, and Co.).
Calcutta
Wm. Tulloch Fraser, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square •
James Reeves, Esq.:Leyton, Essex ,
David Roxburgh, Esq. shipowner, London
John Anderson, Esq. 11.E.1.C.5. Lothbury, London
James Clint, Esq. director of the Argus Life Assurance-office
Thomas Lawrence, Esq. Lee-park, Blackheath
James Mathews, Esq. (firm of Grindley and Co.) East India ag
Cornhill, London '
D. Warren, Esq. 75, Old Broad-street, London
Major-General B. B. Parlby, C. 8., H.E.I.C.S. 18, Rutland-gate
Major-General Thomas Morgau, 11.E.1.C.5.. Singleton-house, Tor-
quay, Devon
The Hon. Stewart Elphinstone, Bengal Army
The Mon. John Oliphant Murray (late of the Bengal Company)
Lleut-CoL Campbell, C.B. Pail-mall
Major Sewell, Bengal Army, General Staff, Fort William, Bengal
Capt. Hamilton Blair Avarne, H.E.I.C.S. Waterloo-place, PAll-mja 1
Major White, Pall-mall (late of the Bengal Army)
A. Kerr, Esq. H.E.I.C.S. Edinburgh
Alexander Maedonell, H.E.I.C.S. Edinburgh
"Major Ross; flemaat Army, Loudon
('apt. ()metes', Bengal Aney
J. A. Layard, Esq., Ceylon Rifle Regiment
Capt. Frederick Bayley Wardroper, Bengal Army
Captain Charles Ogle, 44, Eaton-place, London
Captain Bellew, H E.I.C.S. London
Captain E. S. Ludlow, H.E.I.C.S. London
J. Lloyd, Esq. late branch pilot, Bengal Establishment
Major Mercer, Bengal Army
Thomas Hunter, Esq. London, late of Calcutta
R. 11. Mackenzie, Esq. 11.E.1.C.5. London
F. 0. Wells, Esq. Montagu-square, Bengal Civil Service
The Lord eries Beauclerk, It, Chesham-place, Belgrave-squall
The Lord Sussex Lennox, 130, Piccadilly
The Right' Hon. Colonel G. L. Dawson Darner, M.P.
The Hon. E. S. Jerningham, South Audley-street, London
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P. 21, Wilton-place
The Hon. Percy E. A. Freke, Greuadier Guards, 3, Belgrave-sqtler•
Sir Charles Ibbotson, Bart. Denton-park, Yorkshire
Sir James Hamilton Hay, Bart. Alderston
Sir John Campbell, Bart. of Ardnamurchau
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood, K.C.B. K .T.S. Royal Navy
Admiral Ayscough, Royal Navy, Southampton
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B.
Colonel Stopford, 9, Manchester-square
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gillies, Porchester-house, Bayswater
Colonel Robert Cannon, K.S.F., late Assistant Commissioner at Ban-
galore
Captain Thomas Rooks, Royal Navy, Lymington, Haute
Serviceitlseidazdona ld
Club
.S.C., London
Captain Robert Page, Charlton-house, Somerton
Captain
x ae United
Captain Edward Smith, 10, Melcomb-place, Dorset-square
Captain W. A. Willis, Royal Navy, 26, Grosvenor-place, London
Captain Popplewell, Royal Navy, director of the Central Kent
County Railway
Captain Hutchinson, Royal Navy
T. Folliott Powell, Esq. 16th Lancers, Maidstone
Dottin Maycock, Esq. 16th Lancers, Maidstone
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
Edmond Francis Dayrell, Esq. Lillingstone Dayrell, high shedif of
the County of Bucks
Henry D. Erskine, Esq. Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James's-square, London
11. Pratt Barlow, Esq, Kensington
Francis Parker, Esq. London
Richard Galloway, Esq. merchant, Alexandria and London
Thomas Newte, Esq. London and Paris
Edwin Smith, Esq. director of the Lynn, Peterborough, and Wia.
beach Railway
George Evans, Esq. Melbury-terrace, Regent's-park
Thomas Roberts Thellusson, Esq. 16, Hyde.park-street
James Adair, Esq. .director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway
James Cornell, Esq Conduit-street, Hanover-square
W. Shaw, Esq. director of the South and Midlands Railway
J. Baretto, Esq. Portland-place, London
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Bagshaw, Esq. Chairman.
Major-General Parlby Duncan Dunbar, Esq. •
Captain Macdougall James Adair, Esq.
Captain Avarne Captain Denny
Thomas Roberts Thellusson, Esq. Samuel Rhode, Esq.
Thomas Newte, Esq. Adolphus Pugh Johnson, Esq.
James Cockburn, Esq. James Lamb, Esq.
Richard Green, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths
The Union Bank of London
Sir Claude Scott, Bart. and Co.
BANKERS IN CALCUTTA—The Union Batik.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie, C.E.
ENGINEER—J. A. Galloway, Esq. C.E. M.I.C.E.
AGENTS AT CALCUTTA—MCSSrs. Hogg, Frith, and Sands.
Soracrroa--.Tohn Foster, Esq. 66, Jermyn-street, St. James's.
The intention of this Company is, in the first instance, to cm: street
a line of railway from Calcutta to Diamond Harbour, with ware-
houses and bffildings there, and docks, as soon as deemed desirable ;
an 4 to continue the railway to George's Point at a future period.
The length of the main line is about twenty-four miles, aad the
branch about ten nilles.
The project of making a harbour and railway, to escape the dam-
geront and tedious navigation to and from Calcutta, is neither new
nor uncalled for. The attenttoe er many eminent authorities has
been directed to it, who have severally ,pronounced it necessary,
Practicable, and likely to be most profitable. And Lord Anc,Jand.
while Governor General of India, was so satisfied of the expea
or rather, the necessity of such an undertaking, as to promise a grcuit
of the land necessary for the works, and to give the sanction of his
name and authority.
Great as are the present difficulties and dangers of the existing na-
vigation, there is no security that at some period or other the
channel may not be totally obstructed and rendered linpassahle for
vessels of any considerahle burden, by reason of the shifting and
accumulation of sands from powerful inundations and freshes elegiacs
or aided by the south-west monsoons.
This statement is borne out by eminent marine surveyors, among
whom the name of Captain Horshurgb stands distinguished ; with
C. B. Greenlaw, Esq., formerly Secretary to the Marine Board, and
Captain Lloyd, Marine Surveyor-General.
Recent overland dispatches from India declare that the Govern-
ment, the European, and the great native merchants, are most
anxious that railways should be established in India. The railway
now proposed ought to be the first to be so established, iu tsmuch
as it has already been surveyed and reported upon by Major
Boileau, and several officers of the Bengal Engineers; that it is
very short compared with other projected lines, as being almost
necessary to any railway that may be constructed in the Presidency
of Bengal; and as the whole of the most valuable imports and ex-
ports of tnis portion of British India must pass along the line, both
for shipment and internal consumption. The country through which
the railway will pass is entirely a dead level ; and the soil for the
mast part consists of a hard stiff clay, very excellent for the ma-
nufacture of bricks, and the construction of docks.
It is estimated that (according to " Wilkinson's Oriental Com-
merce") at the least 3,500 British and foreign vessels will enter the
harbour at different periods of the year ; that the passenger traffic,
wills the carriage of goods, harbour dotes, &c., will average 273,000/.
a year; and, in addition, both the shipowner and merchant will de-
rive considerable pecuniary advantages.
It may be well to enumerate a few of the many important advan-
tages the formation of this railway will afford to merchants, ship-
owners, and commanders of Indiamen.
At present the pilotage for a vessel from the Sand-heads to Calcutta
(taking the average draft of water of each ship at eighteen feet) is
about 501., including, lead-money, row-boats, &c. ; by shorteninC
the distance, the pilotage will be reduced in proportion.
The fact that ships, daring a period of seven months of the year,
viz., from the beginning of April to the end of October, not being
able to lie at their own anchors on account of the violence of the
freshes and the south-west monsoons, are obliged, in consequence or
their insurance, to lie at the Honourable East India Company's moor-
ing buoys, at an expense varying from thirty shillings to two pounds
per day, and that each ship on the average lies four months at the
moorings at the rate of 321. per mens., a saving will be en'ected of
1251. on each vessel.
A vessel, under existing circumstances, takes at the least two
months in discharging and taking in her cargo, whereas the same
work will be accomplished with the greatest facility' in one month,
or even less, by the carrying out of the railway and proposed under-
taking, saving the great wear and tear (no inconsiderable item), in.
Rummer, interest, provisions, and seamen's pay, for an entire month
at the least.
During the prevalence of the freshes and south-west monsoons,
vessels have lost, it is well known, from one to four anchors each,
with part of their cables, See.; and in a country where marine stores
are enormously high, the replacing of such necessary and valuable
articles amounts to a very considerable sum ; by the fonnatic•n Or the
proposed railway and docks this item of loss will be avoided.
- Desertion by the seamen will be averted, which has increased to
an almost incredible extent of late years, owing to time demand for
European sailors for the country trade, and the high wages offered.
them.
The safety of the vessels will he secured, 'and the constant loss
from the freshes, and plunder by the native crews of the namable
cargoes of the sloops, bhurs, and other river craft, from which vessels
are loaded, will be averted ultimately ; a saving which cannot be too
highly appreciated by shipowners and merchants.
By ships lying at Diamond harbour, the extra expense of steam-
tugs will be avoided, averaging for the passage, to Calcutta and
back, three days' hire at the present reduced rate of 30/. per day;
and all ship passengers will be saved a long and tedious river jour-
ney, both ways, with the advantage of being enabled to loin their
respective vessels at the latest moment.
The promoters have memorialised the Cotut of Directors of the
East India Company on the subject of this undertaking, and have
received a satisfactory reply from the Secretary, J. C. Mell Esq.
It must be borne in mind that this line does not stand in the earn.
position (with regard to the necessity for a report of the engineer
sent out by the, East India Company to investigate the subject),
as lines of railway in the interior of India of great extent, and in.
volving the outlay of large sums of money, through tracts of country
at times impassable. It is an essentially commercial enterprise—.
short, easy of execution, and, above all, providing a remedy for the
difficult and dangerous navigation of the Hoogly, about which there
cannot be two opinions.
The Company will be managed by a Board of Directors in London,
assisted by a Board of Direction in Calcutta.; and arrangements wilt
be immediately made to send out competent persons to promote the
interests of the Company.
It is estimated that not more than one-half of the proposed capital
will be required until it is determined to construct the proposed
docks ; anti calls will be made from time to time as the work
progresses.
The dividends will be paid in Loudon and Calcutta, at the current
rate of exchange.
A subscription contract will be prepared, to be execute:l by the
shareholders, and application will be made for a charter or theory..
ration, or Act of Parliament.
.Applications for shares, in the annexed form, to be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the offices ef the Company, 147, Fenehttreh-
street,London, or to the undermentioned sharebrokers and e.gents :
Messrs. Capel, Cureton, and Lawford, Pope's Head-alley ; Messrs.
B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings; Messrs. Johnson, Longden, arc'
Johnson, 22, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Andrew Sym, 9, Tokenhouse,
yard• David Armstrong, Esq. Dumfries; Messrs. Robertson ate
Co., Royal Exchange, Edinburgh; Messrs. Robert Alice and Cie
Edinburgh ; Mr. John Clegg, Manchester ; Mr. Antimony Laurie
Liverpool ; Messrs. Sudlow, Brothers, 5, Exchange-court, Liverpool
Messrs. Ileycock and Powell, Leeds ; Messrs. Buchanan and Ante:
Glasgow ; Mr. Walter Mackenzie, Glasgow ; Messrs. 'rate and Nat
Bristol; Messrs. Brady and Co., Hull ; Mr. Joseph Clarke, South
amptou.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SU ARES.
The Directors of the Calcutta and George's Point Railway Compan3
Gentlemen,—ln consideration of your allotting to me
shares of 20/. each in this undertaking, I hereby agree to ray the d 4
poslt thereon, or any less number of shares that may be allotted
me ; and I also undertake to sign the necessary deeds WbPli require
p. to do.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full •• • ..... •••••• • • • • • •• t

Profession
.Address
Reference

CALCUTTA AND GEORGE'S POIN
RAILWAY.
No further. Applications for Shales iu this Company %ill be to
'eelWit after FAIDAT, 24th October, 1845.
CIIAS. FOSTtR, Secretary.