The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-19 00:00:00

No. 16,670. LONDO INL MON DAY E 'INXNV

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William Johnson and Co., Wigan
T. M. Gibson, M.P., London • •
Binns, Dean, and Co., Dukinfleld
Samuel Lucas • .. .• .•
Benjamin Smith and Sons • •
Parr, Curtis, and Co., Manchester
Stanley and Chadwick, Ashton • • • •
Thomas, Alfred, and John Grundy, Bury
•Toseph Whi twortleand Co., Manchester
Edward and John Jackson, Manchester
R. and J. Kershaw, Ashton • • • •
Du Fay and Co., Manchester • •
H. J Merck and Co., Manchester • •
William Ackroyd, Otley • •
S. A. Butterworth, Manchester • •
A. and G. Murray, Manchester • •
William M'Call, Manchester • • • •
Mrs. and Miss.3l`Call, Manchester • •
James Marler and Brothers, Newton Moor, Hyde
James Tweedale, Rochdale. • •
Edmund Howard, Rochdali • • . •
An Admirer of Sir Robert Peel •
Henry Johnson, jun., Stalybridge
Henry Bitzley, Manchester • •
Andrew Melly, Liverpool . •
Smith Phillips Robinson, Manchester .. •
James Ogden, Dukinfleld • • • • • •
Thomas Hunter, Manchester • •
Benjamin Nicholls, Manchester • • • •
Carry Powder, a friend, per George Wilson • • • •
William-Edwards (of the firm of Bowden and Edwards),
Manchester • . •
Henry Crossfield, Liverpool ...
Henry Lees, Glossop . • •
F. R. Atkinson (Atkinson and Saunders), Manchester •
Edmund Potter and Co., Manchester •
Richard Holroyd and Co., Manchester
John Walker, Bury
Edmund Grundy, Park Hills, Bury
J. and A. Stanstleid, Todmorden
John and W: Barker, Todmorden-
Richard Clarke and Sons, Worsley
Benjamin Syddall, Manchester
Thomas Woolley, Manchester
Messrs. Proctor, Rochdale
Thomas Chadwick, Rochdale ..
Samuel Taylor, Rochdale • •
James Chadivick, jun., Rochdale
Henry Kelsell, Rochdale' " '
Robert Kelsall, Rochdale • • •
Robert Heap, Rechdale •
Robert Schofield, Rochdale ..
George Howarth, Rochdale • .
Henry Walmsley, Failsworth • •
J. Barratt, Sons, and Derbyshire, Manchester • •
James Midgley, Rochdale • • • • • •
Joseph Fenton, Rochdale - • .
John and James Platt, Oldham • • • •
George Iteginbottom, Ashton •• • • • •
John Marshall, Horsfort Hall, near Leeds • •
Samuel Lees, Manchester • • •
Matthew Burton, Pool: Fold, Manchester • •
Robert Heywood, Bolton • • • •
Peter Martin, Bolton • • • •
Joseph Kaye, Huddersfield • • •
T. P. Crosland, Huddersfield . • •
Earl Dude .. • • • • • •
Thomas Harvey, Liverpool . • •
Thomas Roberts, 3fariebester • • •
John Keighley and Brothers, Manchester • •
Joseph Acton; Wigan • -
John Dyson Fernley, Stockport • •
S. D. Darhishire, Manchester ••
John Fender and Co., Manchester
Yates and Williams, Manchester • •
John Gully, Ackworth Park, near Pontefract • •
John Slagg, Manchester • • • • • •
William Collier and Co., Manchester .. • •
Richard Potter, St. John's Wood, London • -
E. D. Davenport, Capesthorne, Cheshire • •
Dimmack and Thompson. Manchester • •
Frederick and George Wilkinson, Ptockport • •
John A. and Thomas Simpson, Piccadilly, Manchester
Thomas Dodgshon and Nephews, Manchester • •
Henry Waterhouse, Manchester • -
Robert Benson, Fairfield • • • •
John and Samuel Alcock, Manchester
William Ackroyd, Altrincham • •
George Crawshay, Gateshead • •
John Rawson, Manchester • • • -
Arthur Morse, Swaffham • • • •
Matthew Binns, Manchester •• • •
Jolts Shawcross, Manchester • •
A Friend, per Jno. Gadsby, Manchester..
David Ainsworth, Manchester •
Jno. Walker, Stand, near Manchester • .
William Winans, Huddersfield
Robert Crewdson, Manchester • -
Benjamin Goodfellow, Hyde • • • •
James Wrigley, jun., Bury • • • •
R. A. Openshaw, Bury • • • •
Thomas Shaw', Rochdale • • • • •
Benjamin Heap and Co., Rochdale • -
Pagan, Ogden, and Stewart, Rochdale • •
J. and J. Bancroft, Ashton . • •
John Turner, Godley • •
Prentice and Cathrall, Manchester • •
Petty, Ernst, and Co., Manchester • •
Ellis Cunliffe, Manchester • •
Henry Hollins, jun., Bolton • • • •
A Friend, per George Senior, Manchester
A Friend, per Mr. Grafton, Manchester
J. A. Heaps, Huddersfield •. • -
Foster Shaw, Huddersfield •. • •
C. B. Jones, Hidilersfleld • • •
Thomas Cook and Son, Ashton • • • •
A Free Trader; Stockport • • • •
Joseph Bretherton, M.P., Manchester • •
William Sager, Todmorden • • • •
J. E. Boyle, Manchester • .. • •
John Standring, Manchester ..
Thomas Lee, Kiddermiester . •
Peter Walker, Eccles • "
Holbrook Gasl:el, Patricroft
J. and J. Veevers, Todmorden • • •
J. Chadwick and Brothers, Eccles • •
J. C. Dyer, homage • • • • • •
Crosfleld, Brothers, and Co., St. Helens. •
0. and W. Ormerod, Rochdale • •
Edward Evans; Wigan •-
J. Wigan .
J. and B. Pearson, Manchester • -
W. White, London • •
John Chadwick and Son, Manchester ..
Dixon and Galloway
A Friend, per J. G. 3P3finnes, Warrington
Rylands Brothers, Warrington
Reece Bevan, Wigan
Vernon, Marchanton, and Edge, Manchester • •
Neild Bannentyne, Manchester • • • •
John Kershaw, Glossop • • • •
Robert Hervey and Cc. Manchester ••
R. R. It. Moore, Manchester • • • •
Abraham Lees, Blackftiars, Manchester
J. L„ per Mr. Roberts, Manchester • • • •
John Openshaw, Bolton-street, Bury • • • •
W. T. and E. Platt, Hadfield Lodge, near Glossop
John Isawens, Newcastle-on-Tyne • •
Samuel Kershaw and Ce., Glossop • •
Robert Charlton and Sons, Manchester • •
Absalom Watkin, Manchester.; • •
P. F. Willert, Manchester • • • •
C. P. Henderson, Manchester • •
S. C. Kell, Huddersfield • .
John Kay, Esq., Mayor of Salfbrd • •
G. 3f. Ainsworth, Manchester .. • •
Joseph Thompson, Manchester.. • •
The Earl of Radrsor, Coleshill, Berke
Dr. llowring, 31. P., Losidell
J. 11. Southern, Ashton-under.Lyao • •
Hadfield and Rurriney, Manchester .•
Robert Welsh, Huddersfield . • • •
Rieliard Dewhurst,Hnadersfleld
Henry Bullock, Wigan • • • .•
WorkpeoPle at Haigh Foundry, Wigan . •
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Professor Newman, Manchester
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Evan Leigh, Ashton • ... • • • •
George Branson, Manchester • •
Edwin 3foorhouse (a working man), Ashton
W. Williamson, Stockport .. • •
Joseph and Edward Waterhouse, Manchester
William M'Cartney, Manchester • •
James Smith, timber-merchant, Liverpool
Silas Lee, Worsley
Lord Brothers
Lawrence Wilson, Todmorden
C. H. Derbyshire, Bolton
Joseph Crosland, Bolton
Charles Littlewood, Rochdale
R. Taylor, Heap
John Cropp, London
John Aspinall, Wigan
John Acton, Wigan
Joseph Aspinall, Wigan
Thomas Cooke, Wigan
William Park and Co., Wigan
John Hampson, Stockport
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David Morris, Chorlton-upon-Medlock
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E. A., per J. E. Boyle, Manchester ..
Charles Duffield, Manchester
John Hadfield, Glossop .
Joseph Rushton, Tib-street, Manchester
James Richmond, Manchester
Thomas Bateman, Manchester .•
W. A. Cunningham, Manchester PO
Hugh C. Armstrong, Newcastle-On-Tyno
Philip Thomson, Manchester
Edward Shawcross, Manchester . •
Edward Watkin, Manchester • .
B, B. L„ per W. 31`Cartrey, Manchester
Thomas Molineux, Manehester
11. Johnson add Brother, Manchester • •
Alexander Metitha, Manchester
H. P. Rea, Manchester •
Alexander Cairns, Manchester • •
R. P. Livingston, Manchester
A. Weatherall, Manchester • •
A Friend, per William Harvey, Manchester
The WorkpeoPlo of Henry Woods, Wigan
John Shield, jun.. Newcaetle-orr-Tyne • •
Samuel Hewitt, 40, Mosley-street, Manchester •
Thomas Johnson, Hanging-ditch; Manchester • •
A Friend, per Thomas Johnsen
Robert Owen, Manchester • •
J. and W. Fielden, Todmorden
Thomas Bottoniley, Todinerden
John Lacy, Todmorden • •
Thomas Ainsworth, Eccles • •
Charles -Hilton, Eccles
Joseph Pollock, barlister, .Manchester
John Howard .•
Richard Ranson, Wigan 841
Joseph Yates, Ardwick • • • •
Henry Wines, 5, Piccadilly • • .•
A. Norton and Co., Newton, near Manchester • •
Benjamin Whitworth, Manchester • •
W. and C. Chambers, Todmorden • •
W. Bettye, Audenshaw • • • •
James Thompson, Wray, near Lancaster.
John Rardsley, 28, Mill-street, Manchester
Gavin Peacock, Hollin's Yale, Bury • •
Edward West, Warrington • •
James Charlton, Albert-street, Manchester
James Nuttall, Todmorden • •
J. Stansfield, Todmorden • •
Edmund Whittaker, Todmorden
David Lacy, Todmorton
Uttley Brothers, Todmorden •
Robert Waddington, Wigan ,
A Friend to the Cause, T. B. ..
Rev. J. J. Taylor, Manchester • •
John Orimston, Newswick, near Driffleld
John Watson, :Manchester • •
Edward Wrigley, Manchester
Richard Illigh, Ilfracombe ..
James lYillteley, Medlocksstreet, Hulme
William Thomlinson, Mottram
J. Oliver, Todmorden •
A Friend • • • • •
Richard Chambers, Todmorden
W. Brook, Todmorden
W. Sugden, Rochdale
Thomas Wall, Wigan
W. Worthington, Wigan
vr, RaMSCAr, Wigan
James Fairclough, Wigan
W. F. Brand, Wigan
R. C. Brand, Wigan
James Wood, South port • -
Richard Johnson, Balsa% near Ormskirk
William Ashcroft, Ormskirk • • • •
James Holmes, 5, Piccadilly, Manchester
.r. G. Sanders, Piccadilly, Manchester
Mr. Lamb, Plymouth Grove, Manchester
John Wilson, George Inn, Manchester
James _Aspen, Waggon and Horses, Manchester
John Armstrong, 5, Piccadilly, Manchester • •
Bunyan and Gardner, Market-place, Manchester
John Marshall, Manchester
W. F. Bensall, Manchester ..
James Dick, Soap-works, Leith
E. S. Holmes, Manchester
C. Wainwright, Manchester
Edward Booth, Manchester
William Vickers. Manchester
Mr. Yearn, Manchester
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CHRIS rillAs HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL PoL Y TECHNIC INSTITUTION, I
Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and
Professor itachoffner in CHEMISTRY and -NATURAL PHILO-
SOPHY will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments.'
A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in roTAToEs will be
delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ITMOSPHERIC RAIL-
WAY, by Professor Bachoffiter, a Working Model of which, ear-
rylug several persons, is exhibited. daily. The additions to the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and C EIROMA-
TROPE are very effective. The PIIYSIOSCOPE. submarine Ex-
periments by means •f the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among
the various additions to the Working Models is i.loleman's NEW
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and de-
scending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL
FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part
in the ?Avec, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half-
past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.

Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price.

CALEDONIAN BALL,

ENTLEMEN wishing to appear at the above
Ball in the Highland Costume, may have the same made,
in a superior manner, and of any Clan pattern, by applying t• J.
Canieren, 3, Great Ryder-street, St. James's.
N.B. Highland appointments •f every description supplied and
made to order. •

THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIREUr
RAILWAY.

The Comralttee of Management have the satisfaction to announce
that the requisite notices have been served on the landowners and
occupiers, and that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference have
been regularly deposited in the Parlianieut-office, and Private Bill-
office, and with the Clerks of the several parishes throughout the
line. The whole of the standing orders of both Houses of Parlia
ment have thus been fully complied with, and the Committee are
proceeding with all the necessary • preparations to enable them to
present their Bill In the ensuing session.
By order of the Board,
Z. HUBBERSTY, Secretary.
Moorgate-chambers, Moorgate-street, Jan. 1, 1846. ,

'THE OXFORD and SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY.

Tho whole of the standing orders of Parliament having been duly
fulfilled up to the present time, the Committee of Management con-
sider it expedient to inform their shareholders and aliottees, as well
as the public at large, that, in order to ensure, as far as possible, the
patronage to which the projected line of railway is justly entitled,
they have resolved upon a further extension of the time of payment
of depoSits on shares in this Company until the 21st of January
instant. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract
Lie for Signature at the Offices of the Company.
By order of the Board,
Z. HUBBERSTY, Secretary.
Moorgate-chambers, Moorgate-street, Jan. 1, 1846.

T IE DIRECT NORTHERN RAIL WAY
COMPANY, FROM LONDON TO YORK.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. IVill!am Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's
Major Amsinek, 22, Upper Montagu-street, Montagu• square

William Scott Binney,Ysq. 27, Bryanstonelsquare
William Sprott,Boyd, Esq. 1, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park

,
John Brightman, Esq. 30, Cornhill
Samuel James Capper, Esq. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Robert Walter Carden, Esq. 61, Threadneedle-street
Edward Trust Carver, Esq. Forest-lodge, Tulse-bill

The Chisholm, 37, Chapel-street, Gros‘ enor-place
Lieut.-Colonel Colquhotin, R.A. Woolwich

William Morley, Esq. Blackheath
William Mountford Nurse, Esq. Kensington-gore

John Pickersgill, Esq. 8, Wariford-court
Robert Rodger, Esq. Glasgow, 30, Montagu-street, Montagu-square
ENGINEER—John Miller, Esq. Edinburgh .

SOLICITORS—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate-

street

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Webster, 26, Great George-street,

Westminster
SEcitETARY-3fr. W. 11. Clart
Offices of the Company, 64, ➢ioorgate-street,

EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF THE coitAtrr rEE OF MA-
NAGEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, DATED THE
29TH DECEMBER, 1845.

" By the scheme premoted by the Direct Yorthera Railway Com-
pany it is propoSed to bring York (to the north of which city there
is a population exceeding five millions) within the distance (as mea-
sured by time), of four hours and a half from London ; to reduce by
42 miles the distance now traversed by the existing means of railway
communication between those termini ; to lessen the distance as
projected by the competing plan least favourable to the public) that
of the Eastern Counties Extension by Cambridge and Lincoln) by
21% miles, and as projected by the most favourable rival scheme
(that of the London and York) by ten miles ; and yet so to reconcile
this 'result with local wants, as to place, without in any instance
sacrificing the principle of directness, every town of importance in
the districts to be served by this Company's main line nearer Lon-
don, either by means of the main line itself; or of well-devised lateral
lines, than they ure by the scheme of the London and York, which,
for the sake of passing through certain towns, pursues a devious
route to York, thereby inflicting a serious injury on the country north
of the Humber.-
" Thus the scheme of the Direct Northern Railway offers to the
North of England, and to all Scotland, advantages presented by no
other project whatever. These advantages it also Immediately con-
veys to Bedford, St. Neots; Ifuntingden, Peterborough, Stamford,
Grantham, Newark, Lincoln, East Retford, Sheffield, Gainsborough,
Doncaster, Pontefract, Selby, and Hull ; whilst it lessens by twenty-
eight miles the roe'e to Leeds, the great manufacturing capital of
Yorkshire, itself rapidly becoming the. centre of an important railway
system.
" With perfectly unexceptionable gradients, that in no case ex-
ceeded l in 200, with upwards of sixtynine miles of level on its main
line, with no works of any engineering difficulty or of peculiarly ex-
pensive execution, with only 3,900 yards of tunnelling in eight tun-
nels, with no opening or swing brideeS, with only one viaduct, and
that of 500 yards, and with remarkably easy curves, the Direct North-
ern Railway, whilst its primary object is to unite in the directest
manner-London and York, will at the same time serve a rich? fertile,
and populous country, will reciprocate the advantages of easy and
inexp.•nsive communication between the manufacturing towns of the
north and the agricultural and grazing counties of eastern and central
England, and will connect by the shortest route the south of England
and the continent of Europe with York, the north of England, and
Scotland.

The shareholders will observe the suggestion mile by Mr. Miller,
which proposes to introduce a new element of safety, regularity, and
speed into ralway travelling, by the conveyance of passengers and
goods upon separate lines. This suggestion will, no doubt, receive
the consideration due to its importance in the ensuing-sessiefl• •
" committee comet,- ocertcurw;*h Al's- 31111er In the important
bearing 'which the Holborn Terminus project has on the Direct
Northern: It is in effect, though under different management, an ex-
tension of that line into the heart of London. By its means the London
Terminus of the Direct.Nerthern Railway will be immediately avail-
able for the Post-office and the City of London generally (between
Furnival's inn and Gray's-inn-lane), and will itself form a portion
of one side of the widest thoroughfares in London, will be in the
immediate vicinity of the Courts of Law and Inns of Court, and
comes more into the heart of Loudcn, with less sacrifice of valuable
proptrty, than any metropolitan terminus which has been suggested.
" In accordance, therefore, with Mr. Miller's recommendation,
and in pursuance of the powers entrusted to them by their proprie-
tary, the Committee have taken steps to secure control over this
project, satisfied that it affords the most central, and, at the same
time, the most accessible and least expensive London terminus.
The Committee refer the shareholders to the map accompanying
this Report; it fully shows the course and relations of the Direct
Northern Railway, and its national character.

Up to the 30th of November, all the standing orders of Parlia-
ment have been complied with ; and the solicitors report their per.
feet ability to fulfil all that remains to be completed within the time
limited by the Legislature. .

‘. Thu; prepared, and with deposits paid, and the proper deeds
signed by a body of most responsible Shareholders, the Com-
mittee intend to make their application to Parliament at the earliest
possible day, confident that a project of such undoubted public utility
as the Direct Northern, in which the public service itself is deeply
interested, will there receive what it only needs to ensure Its success
—a fair and impartial hearing." •
The following tables, appended to the Report of the Company's
Engineer (John Miller, Esq.), will show the relative advantages of
the Direct Northern in point of distances, as compared with its com-
petitors for legislative sanction, and with existing lines.
It may here be observed, that the distance between the cross of
St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, and the centre of the Great Tower
of York Minster, as measured along the earth's surface', Is, according
to the Ordnance Survey, 920,108.7 feet, or very nearly 17414 miles;
awl that the main line of the Direct Northern, between London and
York, is 176 miles.
Table showing Comparison of D
Northern Railway and by th

From London to
Hatfield- - - -
Stevenage - - -
Bablock - - -
Ilitchtn - - - -
Shefford - - -
Bedford - - - -
Biggleswade •- -
St. Neots - - -
Huntingdon -
Peterborough - -
Stamford - - -
Grantham - - -
Newark - - - -
Lincoln - - -
East itetford - -
Sheffield -
Gainshorough -
Doncaster - - -
Pontefract -
Wakefield - -
Leeds - -
Thorne - - -
Selby -
Hull by Selby - -
York- . . -
From Lincoln to
Doncaster - - -
Pontefract - - -
Wakefield - -
Leeds - - -
Selby - - -
Hnll
York ... - -
Sheffield - -

By the Direct
Northern Rail-
way and its
Branches awl
existing and
authorised
Railways.

Miles. Chains.
16 GO
26 74
32 13
39 70
• 37 40
46 14
39 40
49 . 0
58 4
73 47
82 - 28
99 64
115 13
126 10
135 24
159 4
133 73
150' 19
164 69
173 77
176 77.
150 0
163 65
194 G 5
176 0

Mlles. Chains.
17 50
28 6
No line to it.
0
Ajlli>ltiie it.,
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764'
88
105 12 •
119 4
136
137. x:
IGO 143
146 ~53.
154 30
No line to it.
173 16
184
G
No line to it.
172
2244
203
186 0

Miles. Chains.
0 70
1 12

.• 6 17
1 16
25
0 57
2 33
; 5 56
5 28
3 70

10 43
1 58
1 39
12 GO
4 11

8 39
10 0

34 37
43 77
57
GI 5
47 73
73 73
GO
43 9

34 72
No lino to it
53 53
Gi 48
52 GG
P 3 GG
66 40
. 48 61

7 43
4 73
4 73
6 32

Note.—The distances to Sheffield, East Retford, a
are calculated upon the assumption that the Shell
rough Railway receives the sanction of Parliament.
Table shoAin Cmparison of Distances by tin
Northern Railway and by the Cambridge and Li

rid Gainsborough,
leld and Gainsbo-

e proposed Direct
Aneoln Scheme.

,
By the Cain-
By the Direct
Ledo:l and Tin-
' Northern Rail- -
coin scheme Difference in fa-
way and its and its your of the
Branches, and
„,, Branches, and Direct Northern
and existing and Railway.
authorised authorised
Railways. Railways.
From London to Miles, Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Challis.
Peterborough - - 73 47 88 40 14 73
Lincoln - - -. • 126 10.. 140 - 26 11 16
Gainsborough • - 133 73 155 32 21 39
Thorne - - - - 150 0 172 28 22 28
-: : 163194 65 216 18 21 33
htlibily ,-. 65 185 18 21 33
York .. . . 176 0 197 50 21 56
- .
Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct
• -.
Northern Railway, and by the existing lines of Railway :
By the Direct
Northern Rall
way and its Difference in fa-
Branches, and By existing your of the
existing and Railways. Direct Northern
authorised Railway.
Railways.
---- -.
From London to Miles. 'Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains.
Peterborough - - 73 47 109 GO 36 13
Stamford . - - 82 28 122 7G 40 48
Meltsn - - - . 103 44 121 GO 18 16
Sheffield - - - 150 4 177 20 18 16
Newark - - - 115 13 148 0 33 67
Lincoln . - - - 126 10 163 40 37 30
Wakefield . - - 173 77 200 0 2G 3
Leeds . . . 176 77 205 20 28 23
York - 176 0 218 0 42 0

By or4q.ef the Committee,
W. H. CLARK, Secretary.
Pirect Northern Railway Coniii-any's Offices, 61, Moorgate.street,

January 6, 1846.
The Map of the Line and Reports-above-mentioned may be had at
the Offices in London, and at the following local agents :
St. Neots - - Messrs. Pedpercorn and Wilkinson
Biggleswwle - T. Chapman, Esq.
Stamford - - Messrs. W. and It. M. Thompson
Grantham - - R. H. Johnstone,'Esq. •
Lincoln - - - Joseph Moore, Esq.•
Louth - - - John Gray, Esq... .
Crainsborough - William Robinson, Esq.
Leeds - - • E. J. Teals, Esq.
York - - - Messrs. J. and D. Russell
Aberdeen - - William Gordon,Esq. sharebroker
Edinburgh - - Robert Allan, Esq. sharebroker
Glasgow - Buchanan, Aitken, and Co. sharebrokers
Liverpool - - Messrs. Buchanan and Son, sharebrokers
Manchester - 3198brs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, sharebroXerih.

.AND LYONS RAILWAY
( L A FFITTE'S COMPANY).
Shareholders who have not received the CIRCULAR REPORT
of the Directors, dated 31st December last, may be furnished with a
copy, by sending to this office for it..
The forms to be signed for the purpose of obtaining constituted
Shares, as well as for the repayment of the surplus deposits, are now
ready for delivery at this office, daily, between the hours of Eleven
and Three, until the 24th inst. ED. AIM E, Secretary.
G 2, King William-street, City, Jan. 6,184 G.

GANNERON'S PARIS and LYONS RAIL-
• • WAY' COMPANY.
The holders.of the Bankers' Receipts, who neglected or declined to
sign the reciprocal engagements, and who consequently were not
constituted Shareholders,• are hereby 'informed, that unless theypre-
s.mt the said Receipts at this Office (between the hours of Eleven and
Three o'clock) on or before the 26th inst., in order to receive back
the.amount of their deposits, that they will probably be subjected to
cow iderable delay and to some expense, as this office will on and
after that period be closed.
By order of the Committee,
W. VILLESBOISNET,} Secretaries.
E. FILDER,
7, Tokenhouse yard, London, Jan. 17, 1846.

THE WARWICK AND BIRMINGHAM
Capital 1,000,000 '.,
CANAL RAILWAY.
With Branch from KNOWLE to HAMP
in 50,000 shares,
Registered
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share
• Sir John E. De BeauvoiDl RECTORS.
r, Bart.
Will am Feckney Black; Esq.
Captain Seth N. Fisher -
John Freeman, Esq.
Alexander Greig, Esq.
John Grant, Esq.
William Hughes Hughes, Esq.
Thomas Bagger, Esq.
J. Douglas Hopkins, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq.
Robert Rising, Esq.
Thomas Sharp, Esq.
William Shaw, Esq.
John Wheelton, Esq.
T. Foveaux Weiss, Esq.,
RANKERS..
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street; the
Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
Warwick and? The Warwick and Leamington Banking Company
Leamington 3 The Leamington and Warwickshire Banking, Company
Eli mingham—Messrs. Taylor' and Lloyds.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Sir John hlacneil, LL.D.
James Thompson, Esq., F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A.
John U. Rastrick, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
SOLICITORS.
enrge Weller, Esq., S, King's-road, Bedford-row, London
\lessrs. Wright and Ilanbury, 11; Finsbury-place South, London
gorge Pell, jun., Esq., Northampton and Welford.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Birmingham—Messrs. Unett and CO.
SECRETARIES.
Mr. John Hervey
Mr. G. 11. Weller.
Offices of the Company, 15, 01d Jewry-street, Chambers, London.
PROSPECTUS.
The importance of this project, both nationally and locally, has de-
termined its promoters to bring it before the public at the present
moment, notwithstanding the difficulties which at first sight would
appear to stand in the way ofits success.
The title of the scheme is sufficiently explicit to put the public in
possession of its merits without a detailed statement enumerating
them.
Arrangements are in progress with the Canal Company for its al):
solute purchase, the final completion of which will doubtless be ef-
fected at a very early period.
Tile Warwick and Birmingham Canal has, notwithstanding the
opening of the London and Birmingham Rai way, yielded a dividend
of about 12 per cent. to its shareholders.
By the conversion of the canal into a railway with the benefit of a
IY
branch
arvl
of the London and Bir-
mingham terminus in the centre of the large town of Birmingham, a
direct railway communication will be opened with the impor-
tant
glpttrottowinir'EssedxotefliitisLileoenawnß'ill'iltigijitillanly Company, a
tindeompany, from Warwick to Fenny
Compton; thus opening, by means of the projected lines
through Buckinghamshire, a much nearer railway communica-
tion between London and Birmingham than the present one, in addi-
tion to conferring on the very important districts through which the
I:ne passes the benefit of railway accommodation, and which is not
now possessed by them.
The proposed line will be in immediate and Close alliance with the
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester, the London and Birmingham Ex-
tension, and the Warwick and Worcester Railway Companies ; those
Companies having agreed to subscribe a very considerable portion of
the required capital.
The necessary plans and books of reference have been deposited,
and notices to landowners and others duly served ; so that nothing
can prevent the Company from applying to Parliament for its Act of
Incorporation In the session of 1846.
Preference will be given in tile allotment of shares to parties locally
interested, to shareholders in the Warwick and Birmingham Canal,
and the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester, the London and Birming-
ham Extension, and the Warwick and Worcester Railway Companies,
The time within which parties must apply for Shares will expire
on the 24th of January, 1846.
In the event of the application to Parliament not being made in the
session of 1846, the whole of the deposits will be immediately re-
turned to the shareholders without any deduction for expenses or
otherwise.
Applications for Shares may be made in the undermentioned Form
to the several solicitors and secretaries of the Company.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—ln consideration of your allotting me Shares
of 20/. each in this undertaking, I hereby undertake to pay the de-
posit of 2/. 2s. per Share thereon, or on such lesser number of Shares
as may be allotted to me, and to execute the necessary deeds when
thereunto required.

'TON-IN-ARDEN.

of 201. each

Directors of the
Rugby, Warwick, and
Worces:or, the

London
and Birmingham
Extension, and the
Warwick & Worcester
Railway
Companies.

Usual Signature ..... ...........
Name at Length ....
Profession or Business ..........
Special Claim to Allotment......
Re5idence......................
rrac,, Ur DUci.wcm .. • . • • • .
Date .

Reference• • • • .. • • • • • • .• • • • • • •

THE LINCOLN AND GRANTHAM DI-
RECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered). ‘
Capital 275,0001., in 13,750 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
BANKERS.
Sir Claude Scott and Co., Cavendish-square, London.
Messrs. Smith, Ellison, &e., Lincoln.
The Comfilittee Jiave-the satisfaction of announcing to the public
that" . 7 ..:. . 'Ntled 3‘,. tb'.l .the whole of the standing orders
of b 1 .. bg ffil have done this without having
is,u _ At . ~kni,t),V4t. me.
that"
Vii ;loci . , 4 nee Orlandityners on the proposed line are
deefiltdir.fll4tlrAikeeto its "totiAruction, and the consulting engi-
neer, Mr. Jfshn (Ilicit/ Rastrick, and the acting engieeer, Mr. W. B.
Prichard, concur in an entire approval of the plans and sections,
which have been made from actual and most careful survey.
All the Proceedings that have as yet taken place have been ef-
fected at a cost of one-fourth less than that of any other line of si-
milar extent.
Should either the London and York Railway, or the Direct Nor-
thern Railway, obtain an Act, of which there can be but little
doubt but that one will obtain the sanction of Parliament, the Lin-
coln and Grantham Direct Railway will, by joining the Great
Truck at the short distance of seventeen miles from Lincoln (ouly
half an hour's travelling), afford the most direct way to London. at
the same time, by its connexion wilt either the Hull or the Grimsby
lines, it will present at once the nearest and most direct communi-
cation between London and Hull.
The certified cost of forming anti completing the line throughout
from Lincoln to Grantham, supposing that neither the London and
York Railway nor the Direct Northern Railway should be formed,
would be 275,000/. ; but should either of those lines be passed, the
expense of fivemiles, including a tunnel, the only one en the route,
will be saved, thus reducing the expense necessary to be incurred to
170,0001., a sum less in amount than has ever been expended by any
railway of a similar extent, and possessing features of such great
prospective advantage. •
The Committee pledge themselves to exercise the same discretion
and observe the same discrimination in the allotment of shares as
they have hitherto pursued in their other proceedings. As they
have a list of numerous applicants already before them, they have
fixed the 26th instant as the last day on which they can receive ap-
plications for shares. Immediately after that day the Committee
will issue Letters of AlloQuent. A further notification will be given
when the deeds will be required to be signed previously to their ap-
pileatlon to Parliament in the approaching session for a 13111, with all
requisite anti usual clauses.
The Committee take the opportunity to apprise the applicants
for shares, that unless the required sum is subscribed anti paid up, to
amble the Committee to lodge the requisite amount in the hands of
the Accountant-General, in conformity with the standing orders of
Parliament, that the deposits will be returuel free of any deduction.
N. FULLAM, Secretary pro tern.
Application for Shares to he male to the Solicitors, Messrs. Mullins
and Paddison, No. 1, Great James-street, Bedford row. London, and to
the following Sharebrokers :—S. ilanbury, Esq., 4, Angel-court,
Throgmorton-street, London ; Mr. Alderman Gresham and Mr.
relleard, of Lincoln ; Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, and Mr. Stamp,
of Huh ; Messrs. Weilheloved and Oastler, and Messrs. Sharp and
Kemp, of Leeds ; Messrs. Lucas, Brothers and Co., of Louth ; Mr.
Thomas Barber, of No. 3, Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs.
Bathurst Campbell anti Co., of 21, St. Enoch-square, Glasgow ;
Mr. William• Gibson, Birmingham; MessrA. Rymer and Co., of
Cross-street, Manchester; Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., of 46,
George-street ; and Messrs. Dowling and Co., of Edinburgh ; Mr,
Samuel Collinson, of Nottingham ; and Mr. J. H. Thomas, of Boston.
To the Committee of Management of the Lincoln and Granthamn
Direct Railway.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Gentlemen—l request you will apportion me shares of
'NM each in this Company-, and, in consideration thereof, I undertake
to accept the same, or any less number you may allot to me, and to
pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per skare, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this (lay of 1845.
Name in full ............ ... ..... ...
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• Busiaess or Profession ........................
Place of iittainess (if any)
Date of Application ..........................
Name of Referee.. ...................
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RAILWAY.
bellLgiVtAoYinform the
ißiliiiagreelhriool:rerfasrthuit
Private Bill-office, &c
BOSTON, NEWARK, AND SEIEFFIELD
tithe parish-clerks,
have been made, and the whole of the notices served in compliance
the ThereqCuoismitme
ditetie)oesoitfsDwiriteici
with the Standing Orders of Parliament.
The value and importance of the line being universally admitted,
the Committee beg to submit the following tabular statement, front
an examination of which the public will be able to
will com • •
engineering merits of this line bear comparison with the other
schemes intended to accommodate the same district:—
The line from Boston to Shef- By opposing lilies which omit
field, through Sleaford, Newark, Newark,
and Mansfield, by the Boston,
Newark,and Sheffield nallway,is
Distance . ..... ... • . 80% miles Distance ..........„ 92 miles
• adlent • • lin 120 Heaviest gradient. .. lin 84
Heaviest.gr
Tunnelling.. •••• • • • • 'ds. Tunnelling.... .. ~ .. 9,550 yds.
Thu line from Grantham to Bos- By opposing lines,
ton, -by Boston, Newark, end
Sheffield Railway, is
31 miles Distance .. • • ...
Distance .. •••• • • " •• • 23% miles
65 Heaviest
Heaviest gradient .. lin i
528 yds.Tunnelling ........ .
Tunnelling • • ••• • • • 1,320 3 ds.
The line from Nottingham to Bos- By opposing lines,
ton, by the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield hallway, and for
the Midland
lag miles o, .. .r
Counties, Nottingham and Lin-
coln line, which is now coa-

strutting, is 55 miles Distance . • . 517; miles
Distance •••••• •• • • lin 165 Heaviest gradient in
Heaviest gradient • • Tunnelling 2.024 yds.
No tunnelling.
From an examination of the preceding, it will be Eel' that the
line of the Boston, Newark, and Sheilleid Railway, as a communi-
cation between Boston and S,letlield, Wale It connects Boston and
Slesford with Newark, which the others do net, has the advantages
over its opponents of 11% miles in distance, 8,408 yards in tun-
nelling, and of a gradient of lital in 120, instead of 1 in 84, thus effect-
ing an enormous savieg in cap.
rep
a,
On the two other routes compar asve, the advantages as to
gradients and tnneelling greatly preponderate on the same side, that
of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway-; and these, according
to a principle lately most prominently announced
- 0Y a great railway
authority—" that the best railway is not always the shortest, but
that which works best "—much more than compensates for its greater
length of about three miles.
Besides, there are fourteen miles and a half of the route from Not-
tingham to Boston, via the Boston, .Newark, and Sheffield Railway,
t. =re
to
eleven
save
already in the course of construc do
by the Midland Company:
thereby rendering it necessary for the by
hues'
i —:
miles additional railway with very heavy gradients,
three miles and a half in their distance, as compared with the Boston,
Newark, and Sheilleldline.
A more minute statement of the comparative merits of these lines,
which is now preparimf, wal, it. is confidently anticipated, sat at rest
all doubts as to the superior engineering merits of the Boston
Newark, and Sheffield Railway, over its rival schemes, and establish
its Parliamentary claims on all loeontrovertible basis.
JOHN DENSIISTON, Secretary,
Manatleld, Jan. 15, 1546.