The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

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The present means of communication between these
Districts and Islands and the South is by sea—by the
Mull of Kintyre and by the Crinan Canal ; the distance
by the former between Glasgow and Oban being 180 miles,
and by the latter 130 miles, both being attended with great
delay and -nfrequently by danger.

xpense, and

By the proposed Railway, and its connexion at Balloch,
the distance betwixt Glasgow and Oban will be under 90
miles ; and thus there will not only be a great saving in
time and expense, but the dangers and delays of a sea
voyage will be avoided. This Railway has the further
advantage of taking the only practicable line which the
country affords, and must, then

..are, exclusively com-
etition, the extensive traffic

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of these districts, both present and prospective
The great extent of the existing traffic in passengers,
cattle, sheep, wool, fish, coal, minerals, and agricultural
produce, is proved by the fact, that it at present employs

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numerous sailing vessels, besides six powerful steamers,
with stage coaches, and the whole of this traffic must
necessarily be engrossed by the proposed Railway. _ _

It is well known that t

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e harbour of Oban is One of tt

safest roadsteads on the west coast of Scotland,_and is,

in fact, greatly resorted to as a harbour of refuge for
vessels of all sizes. The town of Oban, therefore, would
necessarily become the great depot and centre of trade
between the Low Country and all parts of the Western
Isles and north-west of Scotland ; and thus a constant
traffic in goods as well as passengers, would be kept up on
the proposed Railway.
The extensive salmon and other fisheries north and
west of Oban will afford in themselves a large amount of
traffic; and, from the markets that will be opened by the
Railway, there is no doubt that the number and extent of
these fisheries will greatly increase. The Igricultural
produce and wool, which is annually exported in large
quantities, will also prove a steady source of income.
The cattle and sheep of the whole North-western High-
lands will also form an important item of traffic, as by
means of the Railway they can be conveyed to Falkirk,
and all the other markets of the south, without the dete-
rioration in quality or loss of time at present experienced,

and at much less expense

Upwards of 8,000 cattle and 40,000 sheep annually
pass through Oban, on their way to the markets; and
more than 9,000 cattle and 70,000 sheep join at Tyndrum,
from Invernessshire and other parts, all of which pass
along at least one-half of the proposed Line ; and there
can be no doubt that large quantities of sheep and cattle,
which at present find their way to the Low Country by
uther routes than Oban and Tyndrum, will be sent by this
Railway. _ _

The agricultural produce of the Western Highlands
has of late years greatly increased by the application of
the improvements in husbandry, and the facilities to be
afforded by the Railway will give an impetus to farther
cultivation, which will be attended with the most bene-
ficial results. There are large tracts of land at present
nearly unavailable, which only require the opening of a
constant market, and the certainty of a profitable return,
to induce their cultivation to a great extent, in which the
use of artificial manures will be extensively required;
thus creating a source of traffic along the Railway to and
from all parts. The breeding and feeding of cattle will
also be greatly extended, and graziers will be enabled at
once to send fat cattle to the market, instead of the
present disadvantageous mode of disposing of them in a
lean state. . . .

A very considerable traffic will also arise from the ex-
tensive and important lead mines belonging to the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane and to other proprietors, the opera-
tions in which, owing to the facilities of transit, and the
present great demand for, and high prices of lead/ will be
greatly increased. The lime trade of Lismore, and other
places near the line—the trade in slates, from the well
known and extensively wrought quarries of Easdale and
Ballachulish, and the transport of stones from the various

quarries along the line, will all form important elements
in the traffic of the railway. The entire district inter-
sected by the line is wholly without coal, and the trade in
that indispensable article of consumpt will be very con-
siderable. _ _

The passenger traffic on the line will also be very exten-
sive. In its whole course it embraces the finest scenery
in the highlands of Scotland. It winds along Lochlornond,
through the romantic Glenfalloch, and again along Loch-
awe, by the base of Ben Cruachan and the Pass of Brander,
thence by Loch Etive to Oban, passing Castle Culchuran,
Inverawe House, the Falls of Connell, and Dunstaffnage
and Dunolly Castles. It will also form the direct mode
of access by Oben, to the far-famed Island of Staffs, the
classic lona, the Coolin Hills, Lovat's Cave, and other
interesting places, well known as the annual resort of
tourists from all parts of Europe. It cannot fail also to
become the favourite resort of those numerous parties of
pleasure and for recreation from the large manufacturing
towns, now so much adopted on existing railways.
After the most careful inquiry, there cannot be a doubt
that the traffic on this important and interesting line will
be fully sufficient to afford a handsome return to the
capitalist.

The whole country traversed by the railway has recently
been most minutely examined, and levels taken by the
Engineers, who have given a most favourable report of
its practicability. The gradients along the most part of
the line are of the easiest description. There are no tun-
nels, and no works of difficulty involving an unusual
expense.
The length of the line is about 68 miles, and the ex-
pense estimated at about £600,000 ; but, to meet con-
tingencies, the capital has been fixed at £700,000.
The greater number of the landowners along the line
have expressed their approval of it, and many of them are

active in promoting it.
71 usual provision will be made to limit the li ability

of Shareholders to the extent of their shares, and to allow
interest at the rate of four per cent. on all calls from the
passing of the act to the opening of the line.
A deposit of £2 10s. on each share will be required on
allocation.

Applications for shares must be made in the annexed
form to the Solicitors and Agents, and also to the following
Sharebrokers :—Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Robertson
and Co., Mr. Albert Cay, Messrs. Dowling and Howden,
Messrs. Pillans and Home, and Mr. Cleland, Edinburgh;
Meesrs. Foulds and Cockburn, Messrs. Dennistoun and
Jardine, Messrs. Kerr and Anderson, and Mr. Peter
White, Glasgow; Mr. J. A. Gloag. Perth; Mr. James
T. Wingate, Stirling; Messrs. M`Lean and Dinwoodie,
Manchester ; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds ; and
D. and J. B. NEILSON, LIVERPOOL.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES

To the Provisional Committee of the Scottish Western

Railway

I request you will allot me - shares of £25 each in
the above undertaking, and I hereby engage to accept the
same, or any less number which may be allotted to me,
and to pay the *eposit thereon, and to execute the Parlia-
mentary contract and Subscribers' agreement when
required.
Dated the day of 1845.
Name in full --
Residence

Business or Profession (if any)
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Reference

WARWICKSHIRE & LONDON RAILWAY,
Affording the nearest practicable communication
BETWEEN WARWICK, LEAMINGTON, LONDON, AND
BIRMINGHAM, WITH AN IMPROVED LINE TO
CHELTENHAM AND THE WEST.

Provisionally Registered under la and Bth Vic., cap. 110.
CAPITAL, £1,500,000, Tv SHARES OF £2O EAcu.

PROyrSIONA L COMMITTEE

The Right Hotywicable the Earl of Warwick, Warwick

The Honou6ble Charles Bertie Percy, Guy's Cliff.

Sir John Robert Cave Browne Cave, Bart., Kenilworth
Dr, Jephson, Leamington.

Kelynge Greenway, Esq., Warwick

William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington.
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, near
Stratford-upon- A.v on , and Looton H 00, Bedfordshire.
Edward Holland, Esq., Dumbleton, Evesham.
Edward Greaves, Esq., Barford, near Warwick.
John Towers Lawrence, Esq., Birmingham.
Richard Jones, Esq., Leamington.

J. Whitmore Isaac, Esq., Boiiabton House, Worcester
Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury.
Edwin Woodhouse, Esq., Leamington.

George Carr Glyn, Esq.' London,- Directors of
Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool, the London &
T. Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey, Birmingham
Capt. C. R. Moorsom, H.N.,Birmingham, Railway.
George Hudson, Esq., M.P., York, Directors
J. Ellis. Esq., Beaumont Leys,near Leicester, of the
Samuel Beale, Esq., Birmingham, Midland
Abel Peyton, Esq., Birmingham, Railway.

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Green way and Greaves, Warwick.

The Warwick and Leamington Bankiag Company, Lea-
mington.
Messrs. Glyn and Co., London.

ENGINEER.
Robert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Thomas Heath, Esq., Warwick.
Messrs. Buck and Baker, Warwick
Samuel Carter, Esq., Birmingham.

THE necessity of affording Railway-communication
X between Birmingham and the adjacent Districts and
the Towns of Warwick, Leamington, and Banbury, has
called for the revival of a Line in connection with the Lon-
don and Birmingham and Midland Railways, from the
point of Junction between those Lines at Hampton-in-
Arden to Warwick and Leamington, for which Plans and
Sections were deposited by the Birmingham and Derby
Railway Company (now united with the Midland) in 1841
and 1842, with a continuation of such Line from War-
wick and Leamington to Banbury, where it will join the
intended Buckinghamshire Railway ; and in order to effect
a connection between Birmingham and the Midland
Railways and Stratford, Evesham, Cheltenham, and the
West by a Railway which will at the same time include
Warwick and Leamington in its course, it is proposed to
extend the Line from Warwick to Stratford-upon-Avon,
and thence down the Valley of the Avon to Evesham and
on to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, near
Ashchurch ; and a connecting Line between the main
Lines from Stratford-on-Avon to the neighbourhood of
Banbury will be added, with the view of giving the most
complete accommodaticm to the district in all directions.
These Lines of Railway will:afford, by the Junction at
Hampton-in-Arden, the most direct communication be-
tween Birmingham and the whole of the North of Eng-
land and the Towns and Districts on the Midland Rail-
ways, with the Towns of Warwick, Leamington, Ban-
bury, and the district traversed by the proposed Bucking-
hamshire Railway, as well as with Oxford and the South,
—at the same time Warwick and Leamington, and the

adjacent districts will be directly connected with Strat-
ford-on-Avon, Evesham, Cheltenham, and the West of
England. _

The rejection, by the Legislature, of the London, Wor-
cester, and South Staffordshire project, has made some
modification necessary in the details of the original pro-
posal of this Railway, the objects of which, however,
remain essentially the same. Its importance is increased
by the proposal of the Buckinghamshire Railway (from
Banbury through that county to London), with which
its interests are so intimately connected.

These objects are considered of so much importance by
the Local interests that their full support has been obtained
for carrying them into effect.
The London and Birmingham and Midland Companies
unite in ro-operation to insure the most effectual cora..
pletion of the objects in view. _ _

Careful surveys of the whole Country have been made,
under the direction of Mr. ROBERT STEPHENSON, and
application will be made to Parliament for an Act in the
next Session.

No further application for Shares can be received

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
[ _

LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, PON FEFRACT, AND
GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY,
CONNECTING THE WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND
GOOLE RAILWAY WITH TT-IL-GRIMSBY AND
SHEFFIELD RAILWAY, AT-Olt NEAR BRIGG.

PROVISION COMMITTEE.
The Earl of Yarborough rocklesby Park.
Sir John Nelthorpe B t., Scawby Hall, Brigg.
The Lord Worsley;M.P., Chairman of the Grimsby and
Sheffield Railliay Company, and Director of the
Grimsby D6k Company.
R. A. Christopher, Esq., NI. P„ Broxholme.
Edward Heneage, Esq., M.P. for Grimsby.
John Angerstein, Esq., Weeting Hall, Brandon, Suffolk.
The Rev. Humphrey Waldo Sibthorpe, Washingborough,
near Lincoln.
T. G. Corbett, Esq., Elsham.
The Mayor of Grimsby.
George Fieschi Heneage, Esq., Hainton Directors
Richard Thorold,Esq.,Weelhby House, Great I of the
Grimsby, Grimsby
Thomas Newmarch, Esq., Hull, Dock
George Monier William., Esq., Brocklesby,J Company
Ralph Creyke, Esq., Rawcliff Hall,
Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Manchester,
Captain Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall,

Directors

Lancashire,
James Anders, Esq., Hee,ingley, near Leeds,
Robert Buchanan, Esq., M.D., Pontefract,
William Moxon, Esq., Pontefract,
Jeremiah Bourn Faviell, Esq., Feather-

of the

1 Wakefield,
Pontefract,
land Goole
Railway
Company.

stone Hall, Pontefract
Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse,
Edward Harper, sq., York,
James Dixon, Esq., Page Hall, Sheffield, .
Alderman Woodcroft, Bennett Grange, near I Directors
Sheffield, of the
Geo. Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D.,Sheffield, Grimsby &
Abraham Howe, Esq., Broadfield, Sheffield, Sheffield
Thomas John Dixon, Esq., Holton, near I Junction
Caistor, Railway
Thomas Asline Ward, Esq., Park House, l Company.
Sheffield. j
1
Michal Ellison, Esq., The Directors of the Grimsby &
Farm, Sheffield; Sheffield Junction Railway
James Wall, Esq., Osga- Company &of the Grimsby
thorpe Hill, Sheffield, Dock Company.
William Smith, Esq., Barnes Hall, near Sheffield.
Charles Stanley, Esq., Sheffield.
W. E. Hobson, Esq., Kettlebythorpe, near Brigg.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Lord Warsley, M.P., Chairman.
Ralph Creyke, Esq., 1 Directors of the
Robert Buchanan, Esq., 1 Wakefield,
Captain Laws, R.N., }-Pontefract, and
James Andus, Esq., 1 Goole Railway
William Moxon, Esq., Company. _

... . . .
Michael Ellison, Esq., 1 Director; of the
Alderman Woodcroft, I Great Grimsby &
George Calvert Rolland, Esq., M.D., } Sheffield
James Wall, Esq., I Junction Railway
Thomas A. Ward, Esq., J Company.

ENGINEERS.
John Fowler, Esq. I John Harris, Esq

TT has been arranged between the Wakefield, Foote-
." frict, and Goole Railway Company and the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Company to
apply in the next Session of Parliament for an Act to
authorize the construction of a connecting Line from a
convenient point on the former Railway in such a direction
as to accommodate Thorne, Crowle, Epworth, and the
Isle of Axholme, to join the latter Railway, at or near
Brigg, thus bringing Leeds, Wakefield, and the other
great seats of Manufacture beyond them into direct Rail-
way communication with the Port of Great Grimsby.
The Capital will be subscribed by the above two Com-
panies. Notice will be given by the Secretary of the
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway Company to
the Proprietors of Shares in that Company, and by the
Secretary of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction
Railway to the Proprietors of whole and Quarter Shares
in that Company, and to the Proprietors of Grimsby
Dock Shares of the extent of Allotment to which each
Proprietor will be entitled.
The Surveys are in a forward state ; and further parti-
culars will be announced as soon as they are completed.
HAYWOOD, BRAMLEY, }Solicitors to the Grimsby
and GAINSFORD, and Sheffield Junction
SMITH and HINDE, Railway.
LEMAN and CLARK,}Solicitors to the Wakefield,
Pontefract, and Goole Rail-
York, way Company.
NICHOLSON, HETT, and FREER, Solicitors, Brigg.