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London, England, 1846-01-19 00:00:00

By order of the Committee,

W. H. CLARK, Secretary.
, Direct Northern ittaiirvay Company's Offices, 64, Moorgate.street,
January 61846.
The Map of the Line and Reports above-mentioned may be had at
the .f)ffices in London, and at the following local agents :
St. Neots - - Messrs. Pedpercorn and Wilkinson
Blggleewade - T. Chapman, Esq.
Stamford - - Messrs. W. and R. M. Thompson
Grantham - R. H. Johnstone, Esq.
Lincoln - - - Joseph Moore, Esq.
Louth - - - John Gray, Esq.
Gainsborough - William Robinson, Esq.
Leeds - - - E. J. Teals, Esq.
Yolk - - - and 1).
Aberdeen - - William Gordon;'Esq. sharebrolter,
Edinburgh.-- • - RoberbAllan, Esq:sharebroker • -. . ,
Glasgow - - Buchanan, Aitken, and Co. sharebrokers
Liverpool - Messrs. Buchanan and Son, sharebrokers
)(alginate? .6 Moro. iradlen lord, Apci Parker, kliarebrekorr.

THE LINCOLN AND GRANTHAM DI-
RECT RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 275,000 t., in 13,750 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
BANKERS.
Sir Claude Scett and Co., Cavendish square, London.
Messrs. Smith, Ellison, &c., Lincoln.

The Committee have the satisfaction of announcing to the public
that they have fully eomplied with this whole of the standing orders
of both Houses of Parliament. They have done this without having
issued one share up to the present time.
The great preponderance of landowners on the proposed line are
decidedly favourable to its construction, and the consulting engi-
neer, Mr. John Urpeth 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 aY yet taken place have been ef-
.fected at a cost of one-fourth lesEthan 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
Tru'ik at the short distance of seventeen miles from Lincoln (only
half an hour's travelling), afford the most direct way to London, at
the slime time, by its connexion with either the Hull or the Grimsby
,it will present at once the nearest aid most direct communi-
Tation between. London and Hull. '
The certified cost of tomtit* anti cionpletifig fie" tine throughout
from Lincoln to Granthamv supposing that neitli& 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 in 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 Allotment. A further notification will be given
when the deeds will be required to be signed previously to their ap-
preation to Parliament in the approaching session for a Bill, with all
requisite and usual clauses.

•
The Committee take the opportunity to apprise the applicants
for shares, that unless the required sum is subscribed and paid up, to
enable 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 returned free of any deduction.
N. FULLAM, Secretary pro tem.
Application for Shares to be made to the Solicitors, Messrs. Mullins
and Paddison, No. 1, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London, and to
the following Sharebrokers :—S. Hanbury; Esq., 4, Angel-court,
Throgmorton-street, London ; Mr. Alderman Gresham and Mr.
Pelloard, of Lincoln ; Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, and Mr. Stamp,
of Hull ; Messrs. Wellbeloved 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 and Co., of 21, St. Enoch-square, Glasgow ;
Mr. William Gibson, Birmingham ; Messrs. 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. 11. Thomas, of Boston.
To the Committee of Management of the Lincoln and Grantham
Direct Railway.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Gentlemen—l request you will apportion me shares of
201. 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 2/. 2s. per share, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full .. • ...... ............
Residence • • .••••• • • • • .........
Business or Profession .......
Place of Business (if any) ..... ........... .
Date of Application .
Name of Referee..

BOSTON, NEWARK, AND' SHEFFIELD
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Direction beg to inform the Shareholders that
the requisite deposits with the parish-clerks, Private Bill-office, &c
have been made, and the whole of the notices served in compliance
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, from
an examination of which the public will be able to jtrige how far the
engineering merits of this line will bear comparison with the other
schemes intended to accommodate the same district:—
The line from Reston to Shef- By opposing lines: Which
omit
field, through Sleaford, Newark, Newark,
and Mansfield, by the Boston,
Newark,and Sheffield Itailway,is
Distance .. ••• • • .... 80% miles Distance .• • • ..... 92 miles
Heaviest gradient .. 1 inl2o Heaviest gradient. lin 8
Tunnelling.. •• • • .... 1,024 yds. Tunnelling.... ~550
yds.
The line from Grantham to Dos- By opposing lines,
ton, by Boston, Newark, and
Sheffield Railway, is
Distance .. •••• • • • • 31 miles Distance 28% mnes
Heaviest gradient .. lin 165 Heaviest gradient lin 88
Tunnelling 528 yds. Tunnelling
The line from Nottingham to Bos- By opposing lines,
ton, by the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield Railway, aud for
14% miles over the Midland
Counties, Nottingham and Lin-
coln line, which is now eon%

structing, is
Distance .......... 55 miles Distance . ........ 51%
miles
Heaviest gradient .. lin 165 HatiViest gradient .. lin 88
No tunnelling. Tunnelling 2,024 yds.
From an examination of the preceding, it "rill be seen that the
line of the Boston, NtWark, and Sheffield Railway, as a communi-
cation between BoSton and Sheffield, while it connects Boston and
Sleaford with Newark, which the others do net, has the advantages
over its opponents of 11 miles in distance, 8,409 yards in tun-
nelling, and of a gradient of 1 in 120, instead of 1 in 84, thus effect-
ing an enormous saving in capital.
On the two other routes compared Jib."' the advantagseidse,atshtaot
gradients and tunnelling greatly preponderate on the
same
of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Rahway; and these, according
to a, principle lately most prominently announced by a greet railway
P.uthority—" 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,
already in the course of construction by the Midland Company,
thereby rendering it necessary for the opposing lines to make eleven
miles additional railway with very heavy gradients, in order to save
three miles and a half in their distance, as compared with the Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield line.
A more minute statement of the comparative merits of these lines,
whichsis now preparing, rill; it fs confidently, aaticipated. set at rest
all doubts as to the superior eiuzineetirrg mail, of tho BoitOn,
Newark, and Sheffield Railway, over its rival schemes, and establish
its Parliamentary claims on an incontrovertible basis.
JOHN DENNISTON, Secretary.
Mansfield, Jan. 15, 1646.

THE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPA/iY.

(Provisionally Registered.).

Capital 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, in compliance with the provisions of the statute 7 and 8
Vict., c. 110, Two Shillings per Share, until the complete Registra-
tion of the Company, when the same will be increased to It. per
Share, which, with the assistance anticipated from the Tontine De-
partment, will, it is expected, be sufficient to carry out the objects
of the Company.
The plan of this Company offers considerable and peculiar advan-
tages to the Shareholders, as in addition to the profit arising from
Life Assurance transactions, it is proposed to raise a capital of
1,000,0001., or more, by the grant of Tontine Annuities, in classes
to be regulated by the ages of the Subscribers or their Nominees ;
which capital, on the death of the survivor in each class, will be
divided exclusively among the Shareholders. The principle ef the
Tontine Annuities is explained below.

TRUSTEES.

John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn
John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn-house, Hanwell
James Martin, Esq , 68, Lombard-street.

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PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn
Walter Wyndham Burrell, Esq., Knepp Castle, near Horsham, and
5, Richmond-terrace, Whitehall
John Charritie, Esq., Koorgate-street Chambers, City
John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn house, Hanwell
John More Douglas, Esq., Belvedere-read, Lambeth

Walter Etty, Eiii., tamtiird-street Chambers
Edward Hamilton, Esq., M.D., Grafton-street, Piccadilly
William Henderson, Esq., 16, Bishopgate-street Within
Hector Monro, Esq., Wash= le Willows, Suffolk
Savile Craven Henry Ogle, Esq., M.P., 84, Eaton-square, Pimlico.
Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Esq., Ware, Herta

C,,oke Taylor, Esq., LL.D.,-Fleet-street
John Alfred Trimmer, Esq., Haslemere, Surrey
Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D., Sussex-house, Hammersmith.
BANKERS—Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martins, 68, Lombard-street.
Soractroft—Williatti Dirties, Esq., 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL axisazas.
Thomas Callaway, Esq., F.R.C.S., Wellington-street, Southwark
James Copland, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., &c., Old Burlington-street.

DISTRICT MEDICAL REFEREES IN LONDON.
William Preston Lauder, Esq., M.D., Sloane•street,

Knightsbridge
Edward Lloyd, Esq., M.D., Jewin street, City
Walter Hayle Walsh. Esq., M.D., Professor of Pathology at Univer-
. .

sity College, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—David Jones, Esq., Author of " Tables on
Annuite,s," &c., King William-street, City.
ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—WiIIiam Clark, Esq.
Temporary Offices, No. 16, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
It is unnecessary in this Prospectus, to enlarge npon the advan-
tages of Life Assurance, or its adaptation to most of the exigencies
and relations in life. These benefits have been so extensively pub-
lished, that they are already well understood and appreciated.
This Company is formed for granting every description of Life
Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment ; Loans either for long or
short periods to persons effecting Assurances, upon receiving satis-
factory' security for the payment of premium and interest, and the
repayment of the principal, by instalments or otherwise, as may be
agreed ; also for the purchase of Reversionary Interests, Policies of
Assurance, and every other description of property.
Persons borrowing money of the Company, upon approved se-
curity, and effecting a policy of Assurance for the amount bor-
rowed, will not be called upon for the repayment of the loan, se
long as the interest and premium are regularly paid. Thus a party
borrowing 1,0001. upon security of his estate, and an assignment of
a policy on his life, would at his decease leave his estate unencum-
bered, the sum assured being applied by the Company to repay its
advance. _ _

The premiums are based upon data derived from the most recent
and authentic sources, presenting a moderate and equitably-adjusted
scale.
One of the principal objects of the Company is to assimilate its
benefits as nearly as possible to those of Mutual Assurance
Societies, with the additional security of a subscribed capital. With
this view, four-fifths of the profits, arising from Policies affected by
parties on the terms of participation, will be divided every. three
years, after the first five years, among those who assure for the
whole term of life. The sum so divided among the Assured to be
applied to the reduction of the annual premium, or added to the
sum assured as bonus, or paid in present value, at the option of the
Assured.
For persons who may wish to assure for short periods, or fbr the
whole of life, without participation in the profits, a scale has been
adopted, which is as moderate as it can be rendered consistently with
the interests of the Company.
Parties may also effect the assurance by payment of one-half only
of the premiums for a stipulated term of years—the interest upon
the unpaid portion of the premiums, at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, being annually paid in advance. Upon payment of the
arrear of the premiums, the Assured will be entitled to a fall parti-
cipation of the profits.
The Assured may at all times borrow an amount equal to the value
of the policy, on its security.
In all the transactions of the Company the utmost liberality will
be exercised.
Life Assurances will be effected with all the advantages to the
assured afforded by the most respectable established companies.
♦ Table of Premiums will shortly be published.

TONTINE ANNUITIES.
This Company, in submitting the subject of Tontine Annuities to
the public, is influenced by the belief that there 'are many persona,
who from the hope of longevity, and the desire of ease and affluence
as they progress through life, Will gladly avail themselves of this
mode of investment;—by which they will.secure a large remunera-
tive and increasing income, guaranteed to them by the Company
daring their own lives or the lives of their nominee.
The following is an illustration of the principle of the Tontine An-
nuities 1,000 persons subscribe 100/, each, they or their respec-
tive nominees, being if an age to enter the class in which the en-
mity granted is 61: per cent. per annum, each subscriber or nominee
will, during the continuance of all the lives, receive an annuity of 6/. ;
but as the lives drop, the share of the deceased parties will be
divided among the survivors, until they are reduced to six, each of
whom will then receive 1,0001. per annum for life ; but as they re-
spectively die off, the 1,0001. per year which the deceased party re-
ceived will fall into the funds of the Company, for the benefit of the
shareholders ; and so in proportion for a larger or smaller number of
subscribers or their noniinees.
'his mode of itiVestment will place it in the power of almost every
individual, at some period of life, by prudently and legitimately ap-
propriating a comparatively small sum of money, which in many in-
stances would be otherwise uselessly expended, to sebure indepen-
dence and comfort in their declining years.
Parents may also by these means provide for their children.
Wealthy relatives for their relations.poLorecroln,slnn-elds fit
Applications for Shares, in the following form, to be directed
to
Barker,
of theNo.4
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Company.
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and I hereby agree to accept the same
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Mares hi this
her yon may allot me, and to pay the deposit of Towro"Shylillelsingns amper-
Share thereon, and also to execute the Deed of Settlement of the
Company when required to do SO,

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NICOLL'S PALETOT, registered 6 and 7 Vic.,
cap. 65, is patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George
of Cambridge, &c., and is generally acknowledged to excel all other
great coats. The cloth is made of Llama Wool, known to be porous,
yet naturally repellant of rain.
In the neighbourhood of the extensive Warerooms, 114, Regent-
street, a few small shops are so far unprincipled as to assume a
similarity of name, intending to impose upon strangers seine trashy
substitute. Messrs. Nicoll think it due to their own reputation thus
to caution the public, and to suggest that a copy of the Address be
PI-9' ATedt and they. farther Mora Reward of /lily rettrrits for rim
dStectien of a Positive Infringement.
Black Llama Cloth, from its 'soft elastic nature, is well adapted for
Evening Dress Coats—to be had only of the Patentees.
Each correct registered Paletot is stamped in the lining "11. J. and
D. Nicoll, 114, Regent-gtxeet, London."