The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-26 00:00:00

Length, Sixteen Miles.
Capital, 340,0001.; in 13,600 Shares of 231. each.
Deposit 11. 78. 6d.
(Provisionally registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Captain Colwell, Bracknell
Captain C. Dashwood, Forest Lodge, near Bracknell
Charles Goodwin, Esq., Battersea
Sir John Hare, F.S.A., Langham-place
Sir John Handler, F.S.A., Upper Bedford-place
John Jiercy, Esq., Hawthorn-hill.
Thomas It. Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane
William Kuper, Esq:, Camberwell
Samuel H. Powell, Esq., Brixton
Thomas 0. Springfield, Esq., Coleman-street
Captain F. Bayloy Wardroper,ll.C.S., Brompton
E. R. Simmons, Esq.; Gloticester Lode•C, Croydon
?. 4orphy, Esq.. Sibton-park, and Montagxe-place, Russell-square
James Wright, Morrell, Esq., Fort' ampton House
(With limited power to add to their number.)
ErtaiszEn—John R. 31'Clean, Esq., M.1.C.E., Great George-street,
Westminster.
Ithstuas—Rtr J. W. Lubbock, !art., and Co., Mansion House-street
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., Charimg-cross.
SolacLToi—George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square.

This short line will run through one of the most picturesque and
attractive districts in the neighbourhood of the metropolis ; it will
traverse the whole of the populous country lying between Windsor
and the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway, where a
reception-room has been fitted up for the accommodation of the
'Queen and Prince Albert and suite, in their frequent progresses to and
-from the Isle of Wight. •
The places brought in direct communication with this line will be,
Ascot, Bracknell, Bagshot, the Royal Military College
at Sandhurst, Blackwater, Fritnicy, and Farnborough ; all of them
Places of considerable resort, lying on the route from London to the
theist fashionable suihnier retreat in the ,United Kingdom. The ad-
vantages of this line are obvious ; even without the facility of a ra-
Aid or direct communication, , the pleasure traffic and business inter-
course of these places are already very large, and it is reasonable to
anticipate that the establishment of a railway will not only increase
the traffic in the usual ratio, but that it will draw off and concen-
trate upon this line a great fxittion of that holiday and pleasure-seek-
Jug
n-Potspalatiota.whicia-ia..seeaa-acattered....asm. eo many less attractive
Sce.
This rail Way will secure the whole traffic from London to Ascot, in
eotthtuctiOn With the London and Windsor Railway, and open a new
source of , evenue to the Shareholders in that company. The traffic
of
-passengers from the metropolis to Ascot during the race week,
trorn authentic sources, is estimated at 8,0001., in addition to which
an increase may be calculated upon from Winchester, Southampton,
Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and places adjacent to Ascot; and
Ldso confer a benefit upon the Shareholders in the South-Western
liailway Company. The Windsor, Ascot, and Farnborough Line
' therefore may be described as a junction, which must be productive
of a large revenue to the two lines it will unite ; deriving from each '
advantages of corresponding value.
' Another striking feature of profit and utility embraced in this line
!till be, direct communication between London and the Royal Mill-
'"s7 College at Sandhurst ; the number of persons interested in that
neat nationsl establishment will thus be provided with rapid and
~_*-412, means of transit, while the facility must tend to increase the
Mfrs considerably beyond the usual average. •
This railway will also complete a direct route io the Isleof Wight,
Which is every day increasing in fashionable rerutation, in conse-
quence Of the frequent visits of royalty:, and her Majesty's selection
of the island for a summer residence, the population of which is
_earl), • augmenting ' under the . influence of these propitious cir•
sqrastances.
' The facility of conveyance to and from the kennel of the royal
,i_itsi-hounds may also be referred to as one 'of the exclusive advan-
`aCes of this line.
And in addition to the sources of profit already indicated, consider-
able stress may be laid upon the amount which will be derived from
the supply of coals and conveyance of heavy goods to the towns
'''rfusgh or near to which this line will pass, which are at present,
for the most part, supplied by an expensive land carriage • from the
;nal at Basingstoke, or the Farnborough station of the, South-
estern Railway, or from the river Thames at Windsor or Kingston.
I Ifo tunnel or viaduct will be necessary, and the gradients of the
will be peculiarly easy.
All usual and proper clauses for limiting the liability of Share-
rlolders to the amount of .their respective Shares, will be provided
'',bY the Bill. '
...APPlications for Shares to be made in the usual form to the 801 -
G. Smith, 24, Golden-square, where prospectuses, with
'fts, may be had.

tiRISTOL AND LIVERPOOL' JUNCTION
RAILWAY, with a fixed Bridge over the Severn.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 501. each.
shareholder Deposit 2/. 10s. per Share.
- euarenolder to be liable for more than the amount of his Shares.
Provisionally Registered.
. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
are Arming, Esq., St. David's, Exeter, aad 2, North•terrace,
16;ateberwell
Bryan, rector of WOolestOne and Llancaut, Gloucestershire
40itTe•Cave, Egg., Hilstone-house, magistrate of Monmouthshire
Crauflud, Esq., Blackbrook-house, magistrate of Monmouth-
reskre
sme
Cullerne,sq., Do ward-house, erefordshire
Curre Esq. Inm-court, ChHepstow, magistrate of Mon-
pd'"outhshire
',IA Joseph Daubany, Esq., Cleeye House, Bristol
KV% Davis, E
40:24,01 Davies, Esqmerchant, Chep., Langattock-court, Breconshire
sq., stow
/'ho chi Eales, Esq., Mincing-brie, London
t2a„;l2as, Evans, Esq., Monmouth . .
‘lo';'''d Fleming, R.N., Coedithel, lionniouthshire
41-d Fletcher, Esq., St. Michael's, Liverpool
The;ader Gibbon, Esq., Staunton, magistrate of Gloucestershire
),,,,!"4/1 Gratrex, Esq., banker, Monmouth '
Jot: Galindo, Km., mayor of Monmouth
liardiNg, Esq., High Sheriff of Bristol
lioweU, Wandsworth, Surre‘
lie.i`zadt Hollis, Esq., Shirenewton, magistrate of Monmouthshire
Hughos, Esq., Tinter,, Abbey iron Wurlts, Monmouthshire
/e,' •Tenkin Esq.,
knerehill Chepstow
Jones, s,•
•, - D D magistrate of Monmouthshire and
Varn Henry Jacksellt, Esq., Brunswick and Wellington Collieries,
oreat .r Dean
'tani Poole King, Esq., Mayor of Bristol
tkNes Morrelk Esq.. jun., banker, Oxford
11,7,2 d 3lushett, Esq., Forest of Dean
r.!_ni Morley, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the Direct Northern
40,7davay
'l‘. 401 Price, Esq., Monmouth, magistrate of Monmouthshire
lieh,LPhillpotts, Esq., Monmouth
4;;,'Y Peel, Esq., Aylesmore House, near Chepstow
11,4heinas Price, Rector of Lanrothel, Herefordshire
44441tOberts, Esq., Drybridge House, Monmouth
der Ross. Esq., St. Mary Axe, London, Director of the North
..geeT..,eg Railway
p,„• ",edrge Roberts, 'Vicar of Monmouth
.41,,,71 Roberts,
IC.R., Clifton, Bristol
c..aNt Sampso Esq Ilenbury, near B, istol, magistrate of Glou-
'lssTtershire "
dolitiia‘Prosser Snead, Esq., banker, Brecon
'ltth."4,ll/han, Esq.. Redland-house, near. Bristol
nt tdel Wells, Esq., Piercefteld-park, near Chepstow, magistrate
"notunoutlishire
(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Johnson, Farquhar, and Leech, London
Messrs.
W. Tanner and Son, Bristol
-nessrs. Powles, Tyler, and Fowles, Monmouth
HANKERS.
the Union Bank, London
"'wars. Curries and Co., 29, Comhill
ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie' F.R.S.
SECRETARY, PRO TEM.—Thomas Dyke, Esq.
him -

t,,,kt;(1„11)al feature in this undertaking is the erection at the Old,
usage, of a fixed bridge across the estuary of the Severn
4711.1 Z a 9 Well for railway traffic. as for ordinary carriage and pe.'
,;nterconrse. By the construction of this bridge, and the in,
01 be une of railway in connexion with it, two great objects
thtkitiou_ attained; first, there will be established, by means of
hr.kt
,!ti at Hereford with the proposed lines north of that city, a
;;Ni,lbroken line of railway communication between Bristol and
104,„22 with a saving in distance of about forty-two miles over
ot‘!ilt:tra route; and, secondly, there will be opened a free corn-
oin betd , ween the southern and western portions of England,
4N :!han and Monmouthshire an d South Wales on the other.
oe."uPortant districts have hitherto been practically severed,
;4; rendered accessible to each other by a most inconvenient
it;t 4)etident on tides and weather. The want of a fixed bridge
hOrtl..Severn, at the point above-mentioned, has long been
of telt, and it would be impossible, whether in reference tona-
l:q.t./I,i tot,
interests, to over estimate the advantages of a scheme
114,'•derasT Supply this want. It has such been front a
bte..`,"'n of its impracticability that a work has not long
(~tted accomplished. In the year 1825 Mr. Telford, the late ce-
ttrier; :_attineer, was consulted upon the subject, and gave a most
qinien in favour of it, particularly adverting (amongst other
tot:eige, ding facility) to the great height of the banks at the Old
tots,•,aod the fact of the bed of the river consisting wholly of solid
I,',q ,stn the circumstance that suitable materials for the work
,tlt2s nTein'ed within a reasonable distance.
0?1"09rs of the present proposed work, as well as other en-
O' oft iscltunence, are equally confident of the thorough practice-
-4'1)41 the undertaking.
!Lc a„ cent times, and before the period had arrived when railway
litrtltest'e'lrofits had reached their present astonishing extent, the
traatlly re this bridge compared with the probable traffic n turns.
tti•t„,"•tit tin tarded its projection ; but now, when works equally
kt,ltte Ode xpensive, such as tunnels and viaducts, are readily con-
k ailway companies for the mere traffic of their line, and
to • pc,„, e avoid a comparatively trifling deviation, it will be
`,E lie",!'llted,, that withmerely to the formation of a
401 or ftween Bristol and Liverpool (without looking to eel.
litttig_it lutra-terminal advantages), the magnitude of the uner-
111,ti. no longer to be regarded as an impediment to Its cam.
// 'ecent
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Crib
of the Admiralty against the proposed bridge
444,,e i'-},tt;rib, several miles higher up the estuary, leaves the Aust
only practicable point tor a fixed bridge.
I,e,‘",kr`'ents have been concluded with his Grace the Duke of
the other proprietors of tho Aust Ferry, whereby the
AY. that important line. est has been secured to this C0m-
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I,ahvee at the accompanying plan will at once show the claims of
111,1.4 ihs 43- be. ~.bue. orprobation.
‘,4
.Wil! C.lllmence at linstol, and proceed to the Aust Yesstore,
tl,7'nig
vane'st • rropo,,,ed brid, Beachley, it mil run northwanl
ito the Wye and Minnow by Cltep, to and ;Mon-
o
riereford which city will, form the other terminus of the.
Nit • ' - •
eretord the direct chain. of communicative to Liverpool
ttii,oh,Tnipletea by the lines, now' projected between these places.
L'illibelt,%)? that this route will furnish to the we,t and south-we-t
40„!virb"; the best and most direct means of communication not
rot% Liverpool and the north of England, but with Dublin and
It trio Ireland.
I'o%ol sec itself itself the value of the project cannot be over-estimated.
1; e to that ancient city the continuance ot its long-enjoyed
k 42 the
4,1 Dr emporium of commerce in the west.
'llO th„, to connect the line with the forest of Dean, by which
/4:hipt'Zaat mineral resources of that district will be developed to
1t,44111y otZhherto unattained.
,te4ter,"(r advantages will at once suggest themselves to those
L.," with the locality of the proposed railway ; amongst others
h:' Mei- • c
• .tioned that the route will embrace Tintern Abbey,
ttZti "'tiler • ,
ittillltoit_ celebrated scenery of the Wye, which, notwithstanding
1110,ao,•• and expense of reaching them by the present means of
Pli:eititt",ailly attract a great number of visitors. The engineering
11.4.:00') the line have been ascertained to be excellent. In-
ltte tee '4l the subject of the traffic have been Made, which fully
!Oeo, eonelusion that the undertaking will prove a profitable
444. " capital, as well as a great national and local con-
h
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Nlqtl'lt:4ttll7,titto made for Shares to the Provisional Committee,
k tot;„ s offices, 23, Moorgate-street, London, or to the
t.e,..tet; "14.w] brokers : Messrs. Aston and Scott, 32, Throgmer-
-4,. 1;„.; (n,,clQn ; Mr. Sandford; Exeter; Mr. Henry Vacher,
ytt, Who,' 41a.Y, Liererpool ; Mr. Anthos.), Laurie, Liverpool;
Itti,'"•earY Reece, solicitor, New-street, Birmingham;
and Staniforth, 11, Manor-street, Hull; Mr. S.
aryl nr;nlehester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester;
I,l4ltir"" and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. E. King and C 0.,. Leeds ;
Ai'.;tl; J." 11, Huddersfield ; Messrs. Samuel Huteßhminsstooni
;aGndeoCroge.,
APO, /Ira- Thomas,' Bristol ; Luke Arnold,
st;i ; „ Latol ; Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; Gorden
nit; ~,;.`tui Messrs. Alardyee and Jopp, Aberdeen ; of whom
times may be had.
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, 44"r0v.f.,'"A1 OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
' --°nal Committee of the Bristol and Liverpool Junction
NC 'titi
Railway Company. •
.t 144. hl'inh",---I r
~,,,_ -ii, c equest you will allot to me Shares, of 501.
00 ',l,"''sit. t °TnPany, and I undertake to accept the same, anda to ?I,,,,ttie, hereon, or upon any lesser number that may be 11
N'''s 4.14430'1A to be made within the time limited and pre-
mkt: u, and I undertake to execute tha agreement and Far-
. contract when required.
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4.°1-, and LIVERPOOL JUNCTION
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R ' ILWA Y.
111 cebs''''T gi ha ;.', nplication fm• Shares In this Corn-
r6etiv drafter Frtidanya,•thO fourth day of July next.
411, 23 By order of the f:,onamittee,
THOMAS DYKE, Sec. pro. tern.
• ' sll43rBale-street, London, June 25, 1845,