The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

LOCAL bOLICITORS.

G. F. Thompson, Esq., Dover ; Hairy Gilbert, Esq., Revues; W.
IL Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Thnbrell and Meyrick,
Bradford and Trowbridge; Messrs. Taylor, Romp, and Kingston,
Bath; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke
Messrs. Hoffman and Son, Reading
Thomas Lamb, Esq , Andover
Mes rs. J. and W. Rees Mogg, Cholwell, near ll,th
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddy, Esq.
SzcarreaT--Charles Martin, Esq.

This Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a
line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate,
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 ; aid, by means of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with
Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and
the north of England.
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 numbers
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
there of 1,500,0001., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the
greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the cows-
try, and perhaps the most important town on the southern coast.
In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, or
for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping
and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more couve-
nie.nt, 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 the
chain of railway communication i.pon 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 Rail-
way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking', Godalming, Farnham,
and Odiham to the Basingstoke station, on 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 coarse
through the Somersetshire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards
Radstock into the heart of the collieries, terminate in a junction with
the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol.
By its course 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 Sarrey,
Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means of conveyance of their
produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill.
By its junction with the contemplated a 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 Holyhead, and in fact with the whole
of North and South Wales.
It Basingstoke, also, this line will join the proposed London, Salis-
bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dover 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
cannot 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
that 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
llungerford-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 or ornamental property be interfered with except under an
imperative 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 1,500,0001., in 75,000 shares of
20/ each, with a deposit of 21. 2s. per share, to be paid on allotment.
Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest, at 41. per cent.
per annum, upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of
the line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more titan 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
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be ready for execution, and the scrip issued immediately upon pay-
ment of the deposits.
Applications for shares must be addressed to theySeacrreetfaerreyn,
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Offices
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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 201. each
in this Company, and s agree to accept the same, or may 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
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1545.

DIRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD
RAILWAY.
No further Applications for Shares can be received. The Allot-
ment will take place immediately, and the letters be issued in a few
days. By order,
GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary.
Gresham-street (late Lad-lane), Oct. 14, 1845.

OUTH MIDLAND, or LEICESTER
kJ NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, and HUNTINGDON
RAILWAY.

(Registered Provisionally.)
Cepital, 2,000,0001., in Shaes of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. perr Share.

COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Midland Railway
Company, Chairman
John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Leys, Leicester
Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Rolleston Hall, Burton-

Directors of the
Midland Railway
Company

upon-Trent
Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster
John Waddingham, Esq., Leeds
William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester
Edmund Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley
Itaikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.
Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Northampton
William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-
road, Hyde Park-gardens, London
Josh. Knight, Esq., Leicester.
ExatNEza.—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester
Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, Londo
T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth.

Directors of the
South Midland

Railway Company

BANKERS.
Messrs. Currie and Co., London
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
The Union Bank, Northampton
SmarrAsa' —George Newton Browne, Esq.
OrncEs—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester.

The shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company are in
formed that arrangements have been made by the Committee of
Management with the Board of Directors of the Midland Railway
Company for carrying out the original South Midland line with the
important additions of a line to Bedford and a branch to Huntingdon,
the whole being consolidated in one undertaking, and placed under
the management of a joint Board of Direction composed of members
of the Boards of the two Companies.
The objects, therefore, embraced by the present undertaking are-
1. A direct line from Leicester by way of Market Harborough to
Northampton, being he original South Midland
2. A line diverging therefrom at Market Yarborough, and Passing
by way of Kettering to Bedford ; and
3. A branch from the last-mentioned line, at or near Kettering, to
lluntingdon.
The capital at present belonging to the South Midland Company
will form a portion of the consolidated capital (the remainder being
contributed by the Midland Railway. ..ompany), and in order to com-
ply with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, as recently
altered, it is necessary that the deposit of 1/. 2s. already paid on the
South Midland shares should be increased to 2/. 23. It is also neces-
sary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued, and new Parlia-
mentary deeds executed.
The shareholders in the South Midland Company are therefore re-
quired to nay, on or belbre the 25th day of October next, the further
sum of 11. per share on the shares respectively held by theta, and for
this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the Company's of
Leicester, the scrip now held by them, together with an application
for registry and exchange in the annexed form, on or before the 18th
day of October next.
The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to rece've the
increased deposit will be Issued within three days after the registry
of the scrip, and oa the production of the bankers' receipt and the
execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip cer-
tificates will be issued.
All scrip in respect of which the shareholders shall fail to take the
necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the
specified period will be forfeited.
Forms •-.f application for rezistry and exchange of scrip may be ob-
tained by applying to the Secretary, at the Company's offices.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman,
G. N. BROWNE, Secretary.
Leicester, Sept. 30, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION Fon REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE

OF SCRIP.
To the Committee of Direction of the South Midland, or Leicester,
Northampton, Bedford, and Huntindon Railway Company.
Gentle:sen,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the
South Ml.lll lA, Northampton, anti Leicester Railway Company, in
respect of which I request 3on to issue me new scrip in the above
Company, all i I agree to pay the further deposit of IL per share OR or
before the 25th flay of o,qober instant, and to execute the new Par-
liamentary Contract an .I Subscribers' Agreement when requited.
Dated this day of , 1845.
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This form must be filled up In the handwriting of the applicant.