The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-26 00:00:00

THE HULL, LINCOLN, AND NOTTING-
HAM RAILWAY,

VIA NEWARK.
Intended to complete the Communication between the Midland
Counties and the Metropolis, with the great Woollen District of
the West Riding of Yorkshire, by uniting the Midland Counties
Railway on the one hand, with th• Hull and Selby Railway on
the other.
TO BE INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
CAPITAL 1,000,0001.—1 N SHARES OF 501. EACH.
Deposit 21. per Share.
raovistortaL DIRIICTOR S.

Captain Beauclerk, Grosvenor
Cottage
Hans Busk, Esq., Great Cum-
berland-place
Stopford Jones, Esq., Queen-
street Place
John Jenkyns, Esq., Argyle-
street
Rev. J. C. Knapp, Prebendary
St. Paul's
Capt. Ladd, H.C. S., Berners-
street

'J. Mills, Esq., Regent-street
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq. , F. R. S.,
Groat Cumberland-street
Henry Patrick, Esq., Lombard-
street
J. H. Weatherhead, M.D , Par-
liament-street
E. Wilmot, Esq., Margaret-
street, Cavendish-square
IJ. C. Whyte, Esq., Bury-street,
St. James's

With power to add to their Number.
The Names of the Provincial Committees of Management for Hull,
Lincoln, and Nottingham, will be published in a future Pros-
pectus.

RANKERS.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., K. C.
Richard Bligh, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Williams and Bethel], 14, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.

'Messrs. Lord and Northhouse, 13 Northumberland-street, Charing

Cross.

ENGINEER.
William Layton, Esq., 11 Parliament-street.
ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR.

Henry Robert Abraham, Esq., St. Jamees-square, London, and
at Hull.
SICRIITARY.
C. Ellis Welbourne, Esq.

The very great and peculiar advantages possessed by this Junc-
tion Railway over almost every other project that has passed Par-
liament, or is now before the Public, may be appreciated by an
attentive perusal of the following facts :-
Ist. The line, in an engineering point of view, is extremely fa-
vourable, being on a dead level nearly.the whole of the distance,
and is so admirably fitted for the construction of a Railroad as to
elicit from H. Handley, Esq„ the Member for Lincolnshire, the
following remarks on the peculiar advantages which the County
possesses :
" It was a matter of vary clear calculation that the agricultural
interest would benefit as much by the establishment of Railways as
the manufacturing or any other interest in the country. It was
commonly said that the farmers were half a century behind
the rest of the community in improvement. If they were to
neglect the great modern improvement of Railways, they
would be a whole century behind. It was not a question now
of Railway or no Railway; the only anxiety was the best line of
Railway. The country was a dead flat ; and a Lincolnshire black-
smith and a Lincolnshire ditcher would he almost all that was ne-
cessary. A short time since a very strict and accurate experiment
was made of the lose suffered by a drove of sheep in driving them to
London. It was found that there was a loss of 81bs. weight in
each sheep. When he stated, also, that the loss on a bullock was
from 255. to 30s. in driving it to London, the importance of Rail-
way communication would be at once perceived. He should add,
that the time occupied in driving sheep from Lincolnshire to Lon-
don was eight das. Now here was a loss of time and produce to
the agriculturist . Supposing the farmer could send his stock by
the Railway at the same cost as driving them, still there was the
time saved. Instead of eight days they would be able to send their
stock to London in as many hours : and do not let it be forgotten
that their stock would arrive in London in a much better and
more saleable condition ; and that the meat, instead of being, as it
now frequently is, from the driving, in a state unfit for food, would
be in prime and wholesome condition. Do you think the agricul-
turists cannot understand this benefit ? They would soon find that,
lfthey neglected the advantage of Railway communication, while
ether districts enjoyed it, their prosperity would melt away, to use
a Lincolnshire like tallow in the sun. So much for the
carriage
t the carriage of grain would be not less be-
nnosfhi s rte opeuhr; phrase, u
neticial to the agriculturists, and profitable to the Company.
with its commodious and magnificent
D o2edk.The port
s enjoys the greater part, and might enjoy nearly the whole,
of the Baltic trade , and by being connected with Birmingham,
to f Hull,
and the great Iron Districts ; Staffordshire, and the Pottery Dis-
tricts ; Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, and the Manufacturing
Districts (with the whole of which this Railway will immediately
connect it), will possess facilities beyond those of any other Port,
for the exportation of British raw and manufactured produce.
3d. This Railway will connect Hull with London by a journey
of not more than eight hours, instead of the present dilatory and
sometimes dangerous conveyance by steam-packets and coaches,
occupying from thirty to thirty-six hours, and which carry thousands
of passengers per week.
4th. The agricultural produce of Lincolnshire will be conveyed
both south and north ; cattle, which now arrive in London in a
sickly and wasted condition from the rich pastures of Lincolnshire,
maybe conveyed in a fat and health state ; and corn and wool will
be transmitted to the great manufacturing districts of the West
Riding of Yorkshire, by the junction with the " Hull and Selby,"
and " Selby and Leeds, Railways, for which Acts have already
been obtained.

sth. As the Railway will pass over the Great North Road at or
near Newark, it will be the most direct conveyance, by its junc-
tion with the " Midland Counties Railway " and the " London and
Birmingham Railway," from the Metropolis to any part of the
north of the United Kingdom.
6th. During the summer season it will be the best route from
London and the Midland Counties to the fashionable water-
ing-places--Scarborough, Burlington, &c., &c. In the winter
it is certain that it will entirely supersede steam conveyance by
water, which at present averages, between Hull and London, above
600 passengers per day.
7th. From the calculations that have been made from official
sources, the present business between the points of traffic would
more than pay the expenses, and allow a profit to the proprietors ;
yet, in addition to the peculiar local advantages which the port of
Hull, and the junction with the other railways afford it, Dr.
Lardner has given evidence that the result of all the railways al-
ready completed, has been found, on an average, to quadruple
the goods and passengers previously conveyed along th:_. same line
of road.

Bth. No serious opposition can be anticipated from any quarter
to this Railway, as the line is free from Gentlemen's seats, and
does not interfere with any other line completed or contemplated.
The Map accompanying the Prospectus will convince every one
who inspects it that no other Railway in the kingdom possesses so
many local and commercial advantages.
The funds and property to be held by Trustees, and the terms
and management to be regulated by deed, until the act of Parlia-
ment, limiting the responsibility of each Shareholder to the amount
of his share, be obtained.
Maps and Prospoctuses may be had of the Secretary, 0 Finch-
lane, Cornhill ; the Parliamentary Agents, 13 Northumberland-
street ; or at the Offices of
Messrs. WILLIAMS and BETHEL,
14 Lincoln's-inn-Fields.