The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-15 00:00:00

LOCAL !,OLTCITORS

G. P. Thompson, Esq., P•ver ; henry Gilbert, Derives; W.
11. Reece,.. lisq., Birmingham ; Jic sri. Thubrell an:l Mcyrick,
Bradford aid Trov:bridge; Messrs. Taylor, Kemp, and F...ll;stoti,
Bath; JoKi^dli Clurlcs Shebi)eare, Esq., Basings:oke
Messrs. Hoffman and Son, It&iding,
Thomas Lamb, Esq , Ale.over •
Mes rs. J. and W. Bees Mogg, iv;ar B • th
PARLLIMENTARY .AGLNT— CIIAIWAILICI4r F. Wally, Bag.
SE,OftETAßY—Charliss Martin, FN.
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This Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a
line in coutinuAon of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate,
whereby a dir. et junction will be effected between the whole of the
soutli-easterti coast, including the port end harbour of Dover and the
several port • and towns of Sonthamptcu Carport, Portsmouth, and
Bristol.; and, tr., tatatot of the Dr.sfel and Eftailogintm Railway, with
Gloucc*ter, Wm.-ester, Dirmingliam, Manchester, Liverpool, and
the north of England.
Prom its proximity to the Coxtinent, the port of Dover will alwaya
be the most accessible point of the English coast ; an expeditious
communication therefore between that and tke other ports, harbours,
and inlalieltowns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily be regarded
as a great national advantage.
Dover is at present the ele..ef port of embarkation for Calais,
Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and the vast numbers
already resorting there both on business and poseurs, will be im-
measurably I.:creased when the railways of France, Belgium, Hol-
land, and Germany are fully brought into operation.
Iti addition to which, the Government Commissioners having
selected Dover as a Harbour of Refuge, and recommended the outlay
there 1,500,0001., It cannot fail of becoming a place of the
greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the cons-
try, and perhaps the meet important town on the southern coast.

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In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, or
for travelling excursions, or the, invaluable interests of cur shipping
and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more com-e•
Mont, and accelerated intercourse between tt,is great port and all
parts of the kingdom, must be sufliciently,obrious. This the pre-
meters fully anticiFate will, be attained by the proposed railway,
which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing tke
Chain of railway communication rpen the narrow gauge between the
south-eastern coast, anti Bristol and the western, northern, and mid-
land counties.
The lice will continence at the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail-
way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Godalmhag, Farnham,
and Odiham to the-Itasings:oke station, en the S.outh-Western Rail-
way. It will then proceed by Anloyer towards Devizes, TrOlV-
bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course
through the Somersetshlre coal-fleld, throwing off a branch towards
Radstock into the heart of the collieries, tormiucte in a junction with
the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol.
lsy its Callt9o through Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odi-
ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by
those towns, and connect the rich and fertile hop districts of Surrey,
Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means efeonveyance e their
produce to the great Hop-fair at Vreyhill.
By its junction with the contemplated Reading, Guildford, and
ReigatteßailwaT," it will •ifford to the inhabitants of Reading, Oxford, ,
and to the midland counties generally, the best and shortest route to
the Continent, as well as to Worthing, lla-stings, Bri:liton, and the
other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast inerease of
visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places fl•om the interior
of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which
will' Ae accomplished by this and the proposed railway from Reading.
By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke,
and of the proposed Mancheater and Southampton hallway further
west, the present line will connect Dower towards the south, with
Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.),
Gosport, and f ortsmoath, and towards the north, with Cheltenham,
Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, :Ilse
with Shrewsbury, Chester, and lielyhead, and in fact with the whole
Of North and South Wales.

At Basingstoke, also, this ins will join the proposed London, Salis-
bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dover and the south-
eastern counties the populous awl wealthy cities of Salisbury and
Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset,
and Devon, the p .rts of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and
the mineral regions of Cornwall.

To Devizes,'Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns
in the vicinity of its course, the benefit which this line will confer
czariot to too highly estimated; to the coal districts of Somerset-
shire it will open large and constant markets both in Bristol and to
the south and east, while to the inhabitants of Bristol especially, con-
necting Its channel with the Straits of Dover and the Downs, pro-
viding a perfect Buis for telegraphic communication, and securing to
them the whole of the trade between the south-east of England and
the west and south of Ireland, it seems difficult, considering the enor-
mous traffic which must neceesarily few to that sity, to conceive a
project mere deserving of their cordial support.
In the memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two
great rival companies, the Legislature for the first thus admitted
that princip'e of competition with existing interests which was
claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for
the protection anti benefit of the punlic ; and it is with no fear of
the resu't that the promoters of the present undertaking invite
attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the
construction of the line from nristel to Basingstoke,, the Noe Tunnel
will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will he
established between Bristol and London, by a shorter lice ou the
narrow gauge than bythc devious course of the Great Western, inde-
pendently of all the ailvantacee of the proposed central station at
Ilungerford-ba'ge, and the convenient access to the Thames both
there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and Inconvenient station
of thet
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Company to hays the construction of that rt
and Dorking, for which plans have been deposited by the South
Eastern Company)—the country through which it passes does not
present any engineering difficultiee inotaent, nor will any resi-
dential or ornamental property be interfered with e_xcept uuder an
imperative nnecessity.ity.
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A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and
the Committee also retain to themselves the pon-cr to vary the course
of the line with reference to any arrangements with extsting interests
and projected Bees that may ba considered advantageous to the
shareholders.

Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest, at 41.
mi. capital proposed to be raised is I,MO-01., in 75,000 shares of
20/. each, wilt a deposit of 21 28. per share. to he paid on allotment.
per cent.
per annum, up'n all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of
the line, and no subscriber than be answerable fbr more tkan the
amount of his deposit until the Act kas beca obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
The Subscribers' tgreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
be ready for execution, and the scrip issued immediately upon pay-
ment of the deposits.
Applications for shares must to addressed to the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, No. 12, Gray's Inn- place,
only ; but n ) appli-
cation will be attended to unless accompanied by a reference to a
member of the Provisional Committee, one of the solicitors to the
Company, or a banker.
Copies of the prospectus and form of application for shares may be
Obtained at the offices of the Company, or of .slesers.Peppercorne, Old
Bro.-.d-street ; Mr. Sym, O, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. B. Wil-
liams, Throgmorton-street, stock and sharcbrokers, London.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Bristol Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot use shares of 20/. each
in this Company, and I agree to accept the vow, or :Amy smaller
number which may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon,
and execute the Parlitunentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement
when required.
Dated this

day of 1845.
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