The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-31 00:00:00

THE AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAIL-
WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER,
Connecting Leamington and .lie whole or the Midland and North
Eastern Counties with Cheltenha.n, Gloucester, Bristol. and th•
South of England.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Snares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
No ftirther call will be made until an Act of Parliament is obtained,
and no party will be liable beyond the amount of his shares.
PROVISIONAL CIASIMITTRE.

The Right Hon. the Lord Charles Beaueierc, 8, Claes/lam-place,
Relgraye-square
The Hon. Captain Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir Montague John Choimeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire
Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, New Kensington, Surrey
Joseph Yorke, Esq. Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, late High
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and magistrate fir the counties of Wor-
cester and Gloucester
John Williams Martin, Esq. Twyning. near Tewkesbury, Magistrate
for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Maxwell Steele, Esq., Mickleton Manor House, Campden, Glouces-
tershire, Magistrate for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Colonel J. Taylor, Cheltenham, Magistrate for the counties of Wor
center and Gloucester
William Breynton, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple,
London
H. H. Dancocks, Esq., the Manor-house, Kempley, Gloucestershire
James Maurice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Walmer-hall, near Tewkesbury,
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice-
Consul of Russia at that port
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq., Gloucester, late Mayor of the City of
Gloucester
The Righ. Worshipful the Mayor of Gloucester
Samuel Hitch, Esq., M.D., Gloucester
Cornelius Brady, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwlekshire
Paris Dick, Esq., M.D., Forthampton, Tewkesbury
George Smith, Esq., Prestbury, near Cheltenham
Thomas C. Avery, Esq., Gloucester
Caleb Trotter, Esq., ditto
Arthur H. Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester'
W. H. Evans, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
Charles F. Cliffe, Esq., Gloucester
Edward L. Kendall, Esq., merchant, ditto
Robert Heane, Esq., merchant, ditto
Charles Walker, Esq., merchant, ditto
Henry Fox, Esq., merchant, ditto
Edward J. Woodhouse, Esq., merchant, ditto, ..1
John Sadds, Esq., Abbot's-court, Twyning and Tewkesbury
Aaron Goold Esq., Bilsome, Forest of Dean
Wm. Mousley, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Medlicott, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alder:min a London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor-oaks, Sheffield
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street, and
Brookes' Club, St. James's
Villiers C. Villiers Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Lloyd Caldecot, Esq., 6, Laura-place, Bath
Edward Canning, Esq. Stratford-upon-Aron
Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Hayward, Esq. Newtoun-cottage, Stratford-upon-Axon
William Bunter, Esq. Leamington
John Burgess, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-lodge, near Coventry
Henry Scott, Esq. 17, Pall-mall, London
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq. M.D. Leamington
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park,
and Mancetter-house, Atherstone
Thomas Aston, Esq., Rose-hill, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Frederic Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
John Campbell Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire
Major White, Pall-mall, London
George Unett, Esq., the Lane-le,,Jran,eworth, Staffordshire
Lewis i Hofftorann, Esq., Bantle, 1341tsliire, and Temple, London
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light\ ragoons
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London
Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince-hall, Wigan
Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire, and Adelaide-
place, London-bridge
John Bird, Esq., Dimas Mowddy, North Wales
W. R. Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Edward Shilton, Esq., Bath-cottage, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan
Henry Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locko-park, Derbyshire
Capt. Gould, Charles-street, St. James's
Samuel Kempson, Esq., Little Sutton, near Birmingham
Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, London
Robert Grove, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
D. W. Griffith, Esq. Bodegroes, Carnarvonshire, late High Sheriff of
1 the County of Merioneth
William Fenton, Esq. Chatham-place, Blackfriars
John James Rippon, Esq., Ealing, Middle-ex
Lodge Morres Murray Prior, Esq. Coventry
C. 11. Jagger, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire
Captain Thomas Ross, 58, Porchester-terrace
James Upfill, Esq. the Green, Bromyard
John Johnson, Esq. R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham'
William Henry Collis, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Worgan, Esq.
Joseph Turner, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Haines, Esq. Edgbaston, near Birmingham
William Spooner, Esq., London
Thomas Spencer, Esq., Earl Shilton
James Ingram, Esq., merchant, Liverpool
Evan Jones, Esq., Stanhope-street, Gloucester-gate, Regent's park
Edward Payton, Esq., merchant, Binninghana
George Mousley, Esq., Atherstone
Walter Watson, Esq., Leamington Spa.
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Henry Smith, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand
W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berm, Rugby
William Tibi ts, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Anthony Sr ale, Esq., Tewkesbury
Edwin Is .rd, Esq., Gloucester
Mr— - ssell, ' ,amington.
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BANKERS.
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ster—The Gloucestershire Banking CouVr7
..ekesbury—Sir Anthony Lechmere and Co.
SEcRETALY—Henry Brookes, Esq.
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and Trent Valley Railways, and the paint to which several other
projected railways converge, and will proceed through er near to
Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury,
and Cheltenham, to Gloucester. The length of the line will be
about 56 miles.
The advantages that will result hem the construction of this line
are numerous and highly important, and each as cannot fail to secure
a very large Amount of local and through traffic, and a highly-re-
munerative return, upon the capital invested. By means of existing
and proposed railer aye it will form a complete chain of railway com-
munication betw*e the whole of the midland and north-eastern
counties ofEnglasee the populous cities and towns before-named, and
the southern and western districts, and thus bring Leicester, Not-
tingham, Newark, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and Hull,
into direct communication with the favourite and fashionable spas of
Leamington and Cheltenham, the richly-productive and far-famed
Vale of Evesham,' and the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth,
and Falmouth, and those of South Wales.
The inhabitants and visitors of the much-frequented watering-
places of Leamington and Cheltenham will thus obtain a direct line
between those resorts, instead of the present circuitous route through
Birmingham, affording that facility of intercommunication which
has long been ardently desired ; and it will also afford the uttnost fa-
cility of access to the innumerable visitors who, attracted as Nell by
the beauty of the scenery as the memory of Snakspeara, aniqually
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' To those passengers from the east and nortn-east, d,..e ‘ to
Gloucester, the line from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle or` he
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Cheltenham, will &Mere a
great accommodation, and a saving in distance of at least eigh, miles,
besides the delay of the stoppage at Cheltenham.
To the inhabitants of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes-
bury this portion of the proposed line will prove immensely advan-
tageous ; situated within ten miles of the important city and pert of
Gloucester, they have nevertheless to travel by the present railway
route nearly twice that distance, an Inconvenience which has
already materially affected the trade, and prejudiced the interests of
the town. The proposed line, running close to the town, will remove
this great inconvenience, and restore its trade to its former state of
prosperity.
The value of this line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot
be too highly estimated, as it will not only open to it immense
sources of traffic from the whole of the eastern and north-eastern
counties, but will very materially lessen the distance between it
and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, making
Gloucester still more securely the nearest and most accessible outlet
for the whole of that immensely productive manufacturing region,
and it is impossible to conceive any project better calculated to
advance the interests of Gloucester, than one capable of effecting
that object.
Ths line will also form an important junction between the London
and Birmingham and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and
Gloucester Railway, and constitute the highway for the traffic of the
former, and of all the north-eastern railways, to the proposed Man-
chester and Southampton Railway at Cheltenham ; and the through
traffic from the latter source alone is expected to be very great.
It will thus have the effect of connecting the ports of the eastern
and north-eastern with those of the western and southern coasts ;
of affording the most direct and convenient access from the north
and east to the vast mineral regions of South Wales, and of opening
new markets for the rich products of the fertile valleys of the Avon
and Sevens, and the agricultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor-
cestershire, in the manufacturing towns and ports of the north.
The line will be easy of construction, traversing, as it does, through
nearly its whole length, the valleys of the Avon and Severn. The
towns through which it will run are very populous, and the country
of the richest description ; and the local traffic will consequently be
very great in addition to the through traffic, which on such a line
must necessarily be very extensive.
The Provisional Committee reserve to themselves the power to
amalgamate with any other company as to the whole or any part of
the line, and to vary or extend the line, arid to increase er diminish
the capital accordingly, if deemed expedient.
proposed to be raised is 1,000,0001., in shares of 201.,
h a deposit of 21. 2e. per share mast be paid upon
allotment.
The liability of the subscribers will be limited by the Act to the
each,Th The capital
tawlhic
amount of their respective subscriptions to the capital stock, and
power will be applied for in the Act Wallow interest at the rate et 41,
per cent.per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the respec-
tive calls, from the date of each payment until the opening of tikling.
The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
be required; to be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are ex-
changed for certificates of scrip, of which due notice will be given ;
and the deposits paid by persons making default in due execution of
the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract within the
time to be limited by such notice, will be absolutely forfeited.
Forms of application for shares, prospectuses, and a map of the
line, may be obtained from the Solicitors, or the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London, or from
any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers ; but no application will be
attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one of tine Provi-
sional Committee, the Solicitors, or a Banker :
Londoa—Mr. A. Sym, Tolenhouse-yard
Birmingham—Mr. Duncan Smith
Learaington—Mr. Eliezer Edwards, Bedford-street
Bath—Mr. T. E. Evans, Milsorn-street
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balme, King-street
Rristol—lfeesrs. Tate and Nash sod Mr. W. H. Land
Stratford-on-Avon -Mr. William Belton
Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, and Mr. William Keel
Manchester—Mr. John Barlow, Messrs. Cardwell and Son, and Mr.
Henry Woodhouse
Leeds—Messrs. Robinson ana Furtey
Coventry—Messrs. Browne and Clarke
Alford, Lir. colnshire—Mr. William Ashton
Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison
Hull—Mr. S. Phillips
Glasgow—Mr. J. D. Sheppard, Buchanan-street
Cheltenham—Mr. Lea
Wolverhampton—Mr. Banni et en
THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLBT RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
TO the Provisional Committee of the Avon and Severn Talley
cot the same, or any smaller number, and to
Railway Company.
Company ; and I hereby undertake to ac-
oeuttemen,—l request that you will allot to
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Con-
tract and the Subscribers' AgreementNltNrTradera ammciddeeeaeyoontanfrenomerodpf.urlwomidfhn.erreese..4. shares
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of 201. each in the above
pay the deposit of
21. es. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con-
Dated this
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Signature.......... _

Directors of the
Worcester, Here-
ford,and Glouces-
ter Atillwity

AVON and SEVERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no farther Application" for
Shares in the Company can be received after THMIDAY, the 30
VALLEY
October instant, and that the Allotment of the Shares will take place
as soon as poasible thereafter.
By order of the Board,
HENRY BROOKES, Secretary.

AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAy
COMPANY.
The Directors have much pleasure in announcing that the Survey
Is proceeding most satiafatorily, and that their engineer; confidently
assures them of its completion for the ensuing session of Parliament.
By order,
HENRY BROOKES, Secretary.

AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
At a PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of the borough of
Tewkesbury, held at the Tewn-hall, on Monday, the 27th October,
1845, convened by the Worshipful the Mayor, " For the purpose of
taking into considerntion the merits of such of the projected lines
of railway as were intended to pass through or near to the town of
Tewkesbury,"

The Worshipful the MAYOR in the Chair,

It was moved by B. itlmurrs, Esq., seconded by ANTIIONY
Sr Routs, Esq.,—
That this meeting considers the line of railway proposed to be
made by the Avon and Severn Valley Railway Company highly ad-
vantageous to the interests of the town of Tewkesbury, and recom-
mends that project to the support of the inhabitants and those of
the neighbourhood.

The resolution was put and carried by an overwhelming majority,
two hands only being held up against it.
The Mayor having left the Chair,
It was moved by Iticusan Foan, Esq., Solicitor to the Avon and
Severn Valley Railway Company, and seconded by C. G. JONES,
Esq., and carried by acclamation,—

That tke best thanks of the meeting be given to the Mayor ter his
01e, impartial, and courteous conduct in the Clair.