The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-13 00:00:00

LOCAL hOLICITORS.

G. F. Thompson, Esq., Dover ; Herxy Gilbert, Esq., Devizes ; W.
H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Timbrell and Meyrlck,
Bradford and Trowbridge; Messrs. Taylor, Kemp, and Kingston
Bath ; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke
Messrs. Hoffman and Son, Reading

Thomas Lamb, Esq , Andover
Mes:rs. J. and W. Rees Mogg, Choiwell, near Bath

PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Wachiy, Esq.
SECRETARY—CharIes Martin, Esq.

This Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a

line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reiff-ate,
whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the
south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the
several ports and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and
Bristol ; and, by mesas of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with
Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and

the north of
From its proximity to the Continent, the port of Dover will always
be the most accessible point of the English coast ; an expeditious
communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours,
and inland.towns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily be regarded
as a great national advantage.
Dover is at present the chief port of embarkation for Calais
Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and the vast number;
already resorting there both on business and pleasure, will be im-
measurably increased when the railways of France, Belgium, Hol-
land, and Germany are fully brought into operation.
In addition to which, the Government Commissioners having
selected Dever as a Harbour of Refuge, and recommended the outlay
them of 1,500,000/., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the
greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the coun-
try, and perhaps the most important town on the southern coast.
In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, er
for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping
and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more conve-
nient, and accelerated intercourse between this great port and all
parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the pro-
moters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed railway,
which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing tits
chain of railway communication upon the narrow gauge between the
south-eastern coast, and Bristol and the western, northern, and mid-
land counties. _ _ _ .

The lime will commence at the terminus of the South-Eastern
Rril-
way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Gocialm'rN, Frrnhr,n,
and Odiham to the Basingstoke station, en the South-Western Rail-
way. It will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trow-
bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course
through the Somersetsbire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards
Radstock int* the heart of the collieries, terminate in *junction with'
the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol. -

By its course through Dorking, Godahning, Farnham, and Odl-
ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by
those towns, and connect the rich and fertile him districts of Surrey,
Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means of conveyance 0' their
produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill.
By its junction with the contemplated " Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Railway," it will afford 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, Hastings, Brighton, and the
other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of
visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior
of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which
will be accomplished by this and the proposed railway from Reading.
By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke,
and of the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway further
west, the present line will connect Dover towards the south, with
Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.),
Gosport, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Cheltenham,
Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, also
with Shrewsbury, Chester, and Holy-head, and in fact with the whole
of North and South Wales.
At Basingstoke, also, this line will join the proposed London, Salis-
bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dever and the south-
eastern counties the populous and wealthy cities of Salisbury and
Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset,
and Devon, the ports 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
can-tot be 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 line 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 necessarily flow to that city, to conceive a
project more deserving of their cordial support.
In the memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two
great rival companies, the Legislature for the first time admitted
tkat principle of competition with existing interests which was
claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for
the protection and benefit of the public ; and it is with no fear of
the result that the promoters of the present undertaking invite
attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the
construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel
will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be
established between Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the
narrow gauge than by the devious course of the Great Western, inde-
pendently of all the advantages of the proposed central station at
Hungerford-bridge, and the convenient access to the Thames both-
there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and inconvenient station
of the Great Western at Paddington. . .

In length the proposed line will be nearly 110 miles (assuming this
Company to have the construction of that portion between Reigate
and Dorking, for which plans have been deposited by the South-
Eastern Company)—the country through which it passes does not
present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any resi-
dential er ornamental property be interfered with except under an
ireperative necessity.
A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and
the Committee also retain to themselves the power to vary the course
of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests
and projected lines that may be considered advantageous to the
shareholders.

The capital proposed to be raised is 1,500,000/., in 75,000 shares of
201. each, with a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, to be paid on allotment.
Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest, at 4/. per cent.
per annum, upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of
the line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more than the
amount of his deposit until the Act has been obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
be ready for execution, and the scrip issued immediately upon pay-
ment of the deposits.
Applications for shares must be addressed to the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, No. 12, Gray's Inn-place, only ; but no 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 Messrs. Peppercorne, Old
Broad-street ; Mr. Sym, 9, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. B. Wil-
liams, Throgmorton-street, stock and sharebrokers, London. •
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Bristol Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 20/. each
in this Company, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller
number which may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon,
and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement
when required.
Dated this

day of 1845.
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LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY
CONTRACT FOR SLEEPERS.
Ihe DIRECTORS are READY to RECEIVE TENDERS for the
SUPPLY of RAILWAY SLEEPERS, conformable to Specifications
to be seen at the Company's Offices, 33, Dale-street, Liverpool; or at
the Office of Sir John Macneill and James Thompson, 9, Whitehall-
place, London.
Offers to be forwarded to the Secretary, up to the Ist Novem-
ber next. By order,
JOHN S. HERON, Secretary.
Liverpool and Bury Railway Office, 33, Dale-street,
Liverpool, 6th September, 1845.

BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAT.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in Shares of 201. eaeh.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, Dell, Windsor,
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.?., F, Tilney-
street, Park lane
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P.
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook's Club
The Hon. W. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
The Hon. T. W. Gage, Westbury-house, Westmeol, Petersfield
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Pall-mall
Sir George William Prescott, Bart. Chairman
Sir William Boothby, Bart. Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Arnold, Thomas James, Esq., Sergeants' Inn, Temple, revising bar-
rister for the City of London
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq. Askew-villa
Coupe Henry Coe, Esq. Goldhanger, Maidon
Cumberlege, N, Esq. York-terrace, Regent's-park
Dalby, John R.. Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Dayrell, B. Francis, Esq. Lilingston Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff of
Bucks, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Everitt, Henry Yarburgh, Esq. Brighton
Gernon, James, Esq. 13, Conduit-street
Greig, A., Esq. Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Heaviside, Richard, Esq. Brighton
Heneage,Charles, Esq. Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Henty, J., Esq. Chichester
Keene, John Joseph, Esq. Chairman, director of the National Bank
of Ireland, St. John's-wood, Regent's Park
M`Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq. Chatham-place
Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, director of the
Indian Peninsular Railway
Seymour, Frederick, Esq. St. James's-square, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Watkins, Robert, Esq. Augusta-house, Worthing
Willes, George, Esq. Hungerford-park
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. I George Remington, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Gclden-square, London
JohtViwens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London.
LOCALSOLlClToßs—Messrs.Attree,Clarke, andlWWhinnie, Brighton.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Mitchell, Esq., Petersfield
Messrs. Bailey and Wckham, Winchester.
RANKERS.
London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co, 110, Cornhill
Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehall .
Brighton—The Union Bank
Branch of London and Connty Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany
Cheltenham—Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England
Petersfleld—Branch of Landon and County Joint-Stock Banking
Company.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT— Cadwaeetllader F. Wieldy, Esq. Fladyer-
str,
SECRETARY—Mr. Frederick Penny.

BRIGHTON and CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
No further APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this COMPANY can
be RECEIVED after this DAT

FREDERICK PENNY, Secretary
34, Moorgate-street, October 13, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
LONDON to DUNGENESS POINT.
(Provisionally Registered.)
A Company has been formed or the purpose of making a harbour
and docks at DUNGENESS POINT and connecting them by means
of a short line with the Tunbridge and Rye Harbour Railway to
London. A view of the map will at once show the great national
advantage of this harbour as a port of refuge, and the certainty of
its becoming the port for the whole of the French and Peninsular
traffic, being a considerable saving in distance both by land and sea,
in comparison with the present routes by Dover and Folkston.
The merits of this scheme will he best estimated by a reference to
the report of the Government Commissioners on the projected har-
bours of refuge. Prospectuses; vith the names of the Committee and
details of the plan, will be published in a few days ; meantime all
communications may be addressed to William Best, Esq., solicitor,
35, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Preference in the allotment of shares will
be given to holders of scrip in the Tunbridge and Rye Harbour Rail-
way, and the French Companies in connexion with this line.