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

SOLICITORS.

Messrs Patterson, Haymes, and Hanbury, Leamington and Warwick
W. 0. 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 coast in the British Chan-
nel. The existing lines afford but a very imperfect and circuitous
communication through London, and it is singular that the com-
peting lines of railway 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 and 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, at d 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 flunish 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 mode of working it, by the
evidence which may be adduced during 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 HOMBURG, near FRANKFORT-
The Mineral Waters ofO
hundred
llmburg take their rise at the foot of the
Taunus mountains, two
To the original springs, the yards above the level of the sea.
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 ofthdr
action in certain morbid cases, elevated them to the first rank
among the mineral waters of Germany.
The springs of Homburg are a‘s.e•iii. number. They have been
analysed by the celebrated Professor Liebig. Notwithstanding the
differences which exist between them, they may be considered as the
same medicament diversely modifimain the same, with no other difference e
d
.
a e.e Theirtl, than
their mineral
quantitiesprncip l as :lied-
proportions. This affords to the 'physicians the highly valuable ad-
vantage of applying to each individual case the peculiar water best
adapted to it, and of modifying
and progress of the complaint. the treatment 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
concur
tion from the cares of the world, emoving scene, and the abstrac.
medicinal beverage. 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
whand other Intestines, by giving a
peculiar stimulus to these organs necessary to excite the abdo-
minal circulation, to assist the secretoryeir processes, and to regularise
nutrition and assimilation. Their great success has been recognised
in enlargements of the liver, in
affections
of the spleen, in hypo-
chonoutdand all ria, jaundice, the hemorrhoids,
hy
and obstinate constipation. In
g produced derangement of the digestive
affections
functions, most happy results are derived from them.
During the four years which have elapsed I these springs drat
obtain
improved. ed their
new merited celebrity, the city efslleoemburgh has greatly
grown up by the side of the old, and
A towh has
new hotels and private houses afford to visitors all the comforts re-
quired by invalids, and luxuries to be found in the most favourite
watering places.
cone, are *reel
Baths may, with
The forests, which surround Homburg like a rich
with rides and drives by which the residents at the
ease and pleasure, visit the Feldberg, the Rock of,Eliz' abeth, Luther's
constructed a naag.
the excel-
nstructed
Oaks, and all the picturesque sites of the Taunus.
The Directors of this grand Establishment have
nifieent Casino, which—by the beauty of its architecture,
lame of its distribution, and the richness of its decorations—surpasses
any building hitherto erected at any point on
Rhine. It contains splendid saloons for balls and :oncerts ; mottle
beaks of the
for the games of Trente et Quarante, and for Roulette tables ; •
Cabinet for reading, in which are most of the
German,e ; a
French,
asphalte, and
affee-room
English, Russian, Belgian, and Dutch journals; a
Divan for smoking, opening on to a fine terrace laid
with
a grand diing-room with a
a-day, viz.n at one and five o'clocktable-d'hOte, served ala F. raneaise, twice
The excellent orchestra front the Theatre of
Mentz Performs three
the Springs ; iii the times a day ; in the morning, at
the beautiful Gardens of the Casino ; and in the e afternoon, in
evening in the
grand Ball-room.
Concerts, Balls, and Fetes of every description succeed each other
without interruption.
The Directors shrink from no sacrifice to render this watering,
place as delightful as possible to its visitors, and to ~
rented about 50,000 acres of forest-lands and plains, all
end have
game of every description, as well a reserve Park for the Grandees
abounding in
Chasses at the close of the winter season. The Casino
is the only establishment of the kind that has enjoyed of Homburg,
hitherto
privilege of remaining open all the year, and the eatithi. of is
the
tables for play, its balls, its concerts, and its hunting parties :talon
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 from
coaches and omnibuses run between these places every
hour.
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