The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

Wi4IRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
tal 4 RAILWAY, with a DIVERGING LINE through STRAT-
FORD-ON-AVON, to unite with the MORETON-IN-MARSII
RAILWAY.

Capital £GOO,OOO, in Shares of £2O each.
Deposit, £2 per Share.

Provisionally Registered pursuant to Act 7th and Bth Vic., c. 110,

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Mayor of Birmingham
John Adams, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law, London
J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham
John Aston, Es-., Birmingham
Robert James Atty, Esq., Ingon Grange, Stratford-on-Avon
F. P. Barlow, Esq., London
Matthew P. W. Biliton, Esq., Great Tew Park, Oxon
Charles Oldfield Bowles, Esq., North Aston Park
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury
James Butlin, Esq., Westfield House, near Rugby
C. 11. Corbett, Esq., Adminton
Walter Cowan, Esq., Offchurch Bray, near Leamington
John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool
Sir George Dashwood, Bart., Kirtlington-park, Oxon
William Dickens, Esq., Cherrington, near Shipston
Rev. John Ellis, Wooton, Henly-in-Arden
Edmund Darby Ford, Esq., Stratford-on. Avon
John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-o„ Avon
J. Gardiner, Esq., Southam
Darwin Gaiton, Esq., Edstone Hall, near Stratford-on-Avon
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool
John Griffith, ESq., Alvesen, near Stratford-on-Avon
J. Haddon, sq., Leamington
Wm. Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford-on-Avon
Lawrence Hey-worth, Esq., Liverpool
Captain Hutchins, Idicote House, near Shipston
Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool
John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston
George Lucy, Esq., Charlecote Park, near Stratford-on-Avon
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol
Rev. Richard Morris, Eatington, near Stratford-on-Avon
John Moss, Esq., Liverpool
P. 11. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham
Rev. Charles Palmer, Liglithorne
J. G. Reeves, Esq„ Birmingham
John Rich, Esq., Bearley
John Reckell, Esq., Bath
Francis Milford, Esq., Bellbroughton, near Stourbridge
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., London
Charles Shaw. Esq., Birmingham
Major-General Smith, Rugby
Gustavus Thomas Smith, Esq., Gold!cote, near Stratford-on-Avon
John Staunton, Esq., Tidmington, near Shipeton
Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington
Thomas Thomson, Esq., M.D., Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon
T. H. Thorne; Esq., Leamington
Rev. Henry Townsend, Honnington, near Shipston
Geo. Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfield House, Bletehington, Oxon
Charles Woodmass, Esq., Avonhurst, near Stratford-on-Avon
[With power to add to their number.]
BANKERS.

London—Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.
Birmingham—Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co. ; the Birming-
ham Banking Company.
Bristol—Messrs. Miles, Harford and Co.

Leamington and Warwick—The Leamington Priors and War-
wickshire Banking Company ; the Warwick and Leamington
Banking Company
Liverpool—Messrs. Moss and Co.
Stratford•on-Avon—The Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking
Company.
SOLICITORS--Messrs. Patterson, Hama, and Banbury, Leamington
and Warwick ; W. 0. Hunt, Esq., and C. Stevens, Esq., 10, White-
hall, 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 Ilir-

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 Channel.
The existing lines afford but a very imperfect and circuitous com-
munication through London, and it is singular that the competing
lines of railway now before the public do not supply the deficiency or
provide for the objects now contemplated. Under these circum-
stances, 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 Birming-
ham to Oxford will thus be about 62 miles. _ _

The Stratford-on Avon line, which will be constructed simultane-
ously with the line by Warwick and Leamington, will join the main
railway at or near to Kingswood. From Stratford-on-Avon to More-
ton-in-the-Marsh, by an improvement of the existing railway, a dis-
tance of 14 miles, the communication through Stratford w ill be com-
plete 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 ensure 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 prin-
ciple 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 600,000/. will be ample, as the country
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 very
favourable, and the Bill will be applied for in the next session of
Parliament.
As numerous applications for Shares in this Company continue to be
receivtvi, notwithstanding the notice of allotment advertised on the
Ist instant, the Provisional Committee take this opportunity to state
to the parties making the same, that their requests cannot be com-
plied with.
449, West Strand, London, April 28, 1845.