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DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

ONDON and YORK RAILWAY.
A Several advertisements having of late appeared, headed
"DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY," and having attached
thereto the names of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Gravatt, Major Amsinc,
and others, in which it is asserted—that by the Direct Northern
Line the distance from London to York will be twenty miles less
than by the line proposed by this Company—that the scheme to
connect London with York originated with, and was first projected
by, Sir John Rennie and Company—and that upwards of seventy
miles of their scheme has been appropriated by the London and
York Company—the Committee of Direction feel called upon, in
justice to themselves and the shareholders, to give these assertions
the most direct and unqualified contradiction.
To the first they reply—that the difference in distance between the
projected lines from London to York, instead of being twenty miles,
is not more than two miles and a half. Sir John Rennie's, by his
own account being 180 miles in length—that of the London and
York being in reality upon the line, as finally laid down, 185}
miles. _ _

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.
NOTICE.

The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the DIRECT
NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY from LONDON to
YORK by LINCOLN, having before them an advertisement pub-
lished in the Morning Papers of this day, headed " LONDON
and YORK RAILWAY," and signed " J. It. Mowatt, Secre.
tary," and observing the very discourteous spirit which pervades
it, feel that they might have contented themselves by simply giving
a peremptory denial to the statements contained therein, so far as
they impugn the prospectus and line put forth by this Committee,
of which they are prepared fully to establish the integrity at the
proper time and before the proper tribunal; yet the Committee,
thinking that it is due to the public to furnish a specific reply to
the aforesaid statements, now proceed to do so as follows :

SCRIP CERTIFICATES are ready to bo issued to the Sitars
hollers at the Offices of the Company, 7, Lothbury, London, in EX-
for their BANKERS' DEPOSIT RECEIPTS,

The Parliameetary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will lie
hero daily for signature, and must be duly executed before tlae scrip
certificates will be delivered.

The Deposit Receipts must b• left at this Office in Mondays, Tues-
days, and Wednesdays, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock,
and the scrip certificates will be delivered iu exchange three clear
days afterwards, viz., on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, between
the same hours only.

Early notice will be given when the Subscribers' ♦greement and
Parliamentary Contract will lie far signature at Liverpool, llanches-
, ter, 'Pork, and other principal towns.

J. R. MOWA.TT, Secretary.
7, Lothbary, London, September 21, 1644.

ADTERTISEMENT.
1. That the pro.
ject fora new railway
from London to York
was formed by Mr.
Gibbs in 1836, and in
that year carried into,
Parliament.

ANSWER.
I. This was not a
'direct line from Lon-
don to York, but
went by Cambridge,
with a London termi-
inns at Whitechapel.

PROOF.

The Parliamentary
notices in the " Lon-
don Oazette" and the
Records of Parlia-
ment.

2. That in 1840
Mr. Gibbs again
brought his scheme
before the Parliamen.
tary Commissioners,
and it is detailed by
them in their Report
in 1841.

2. This scheme was
;still by Cambridge.

Report of Commis.
sioners in 1841.

3. Admitted that
Mr. Gibbs never aban-
doned his scheme by
Cambridge.
4. Denied that this The City article of
advertisement related the " Morning Post"
to the above project of of the 12th of April,
Mr. Gibbs. 1844, contains,
The promoters of amongst other re-
the Direct Northern marks on the subject,
Railway, on the 4th the following:—
of April, 1844, pub- " The formation of
lished and extensively a direct railway from
circulated the prospec- London to York, by
tus and plan of their way of Lincoln, for
present line, having its the purpose of con-
London terminus at netting the North of
King's .cross,and going England and Scotland
direct to York; and with the metropolis,
as a subject of public has been decided on.
importance and inte- Prospectuses have
rest, it was noticed by been issued, together
the press. with snaps explana.
tory of the mode of proceeding intended. It appears that the pro-
posed line is to commence near King's-cross, in the New.road, and,
independently of any other line, to take its course through Hert-
ford, Bedford, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford, Sleaford, and
the other important towns, to Lincoln and York; the distance by
the adoption of this line being less by nearly 40 miles than it can
be travelled by any existing railway. The capital required for the
execution of the work is estimated at or under 4,000,0007., the
length of line being 180 miles. The work will be placed under the
superintendence of Sir John Rennie and Mr. William Gravatt,
Civil Engineers"—

3. That such
scheme was never
abandoned by him
(Mr. Gibbs).

4. That on the 16th
of April, 1844, " the
project" was announc.
ed by advertisement
in the" Times," under
the name of the Great,
Northern Railway,ll
before any advertise
ment of Sir John Ren.
nie had appeared.

And the following is extracted from the "Times" city article,
♦pril 15, 1844 :

" A Direct Northern Railway from London to York by Lincoln,
having in view the connexion of the North of England and Scot-
land, by York and Lincoln, with the metropolis, is also another
project recently started. The line is to commence from King's-
cross, pass through Chipping Barnet, Biggleswade, St. Neots,
Huntingdon, and Peterborough, to Lincoln, and thence by Gains-
borough, Thorne, Snaith, and Selby to York. The capital required
is 4,000,0001., in 1001. shares. Among the advantages which it is
stated this route will possess, are—that the distance between Lon-
don and York will be 39 miles less than by the existing railways ;
that it will reduce the distance between London and Edinburgh 39
miles ; and that it will be the nearest way to Leeds, Selby, Hull, Hali,
fax, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Sheffield,

5. The advertise.
ment gives " the most
direct and unqualified
contradiction" to the
assertion that the
scheme of a new rail.
way to connect Lon.
don with York, ori-
ginated with, and was
first projected by, Sir
John Rennie and Co.

5. There have been
many schemes for con.J
netting London with
York by railway ; but
Sir John Rennie and
this Committee do cer-
tainly claim to have
originated and first
projected the connec-
tion with these cities,
as well as the North
of England and Scot-
land with London, by
a Direct Main Trunk
Railway.

Publication of the
Plan and Prospectus
of the Direct Northern
Railway, on the 4th
of April, 1844. See
above.

Further, the Messrs.
Rennie, in 1827,
about the time they
were engaged in car-
rying the Liverpool
and Manchester Bail.
way Bill through Par.
liament, laid down a
plan of a direct line
from London to York
by Lincoln, and have
never abandoned that
project.

6. The advertise-
ment states " that the
difference in distance
between the two pro-
jected lines from Lon-
don to York, instead
of being 20 miles, is
not more than 5i
miles" (in favour of
Sir John Rennie's

6. This can only)
have been accom-
plished, as this Corn.
mittee are advised, by
a further appropria-
tion of Sir John lien.
nie's line, and a fur-
ther abandonment of
Mr. Gibbs's line of
1836,1640,and 1841.

Maps in Messrs.
riennie's office, pro.
duced to this Com-
mittee.

In the "Stamford
Mercury" of the 30th
of August, 1844, is a
report of a public
meeting held at Stam-
ford, containing the
following as part of a
speech by Mr. Francis
Mowatt, Vice-Chair-
man of the London
and York Railway :

line) ; and also that
the line of the London
and York Company is'
in reality upon the
line, as finally laid
down, 185} miles.
" The trunk line was, in round numbers, 200 miles, and its
ramifications would be still more extensive." This report is sub-
sequent in date to an advertisement of the London and York Rail.
way Company, in the " Railway Times" of the 27th of July, 1844,
which contains these words :—" The precise line throughout has
been determined on in a manner satisfactory to the landed and
other interests, and in a few days the Proprietors will receive a
sketch of the line, with particulars, from the Engineer's (Mr.
Locke's) Report."
Apply to the above a common process in arithmetic :
Miles.
Length of line, as stated by Mr. Mowatt 2OO
Length of Sir John Rennie's line

Whether this difference of five and a half miles can be realised
by Sir John Rennie's line is yet to be proved, and, if realised, whe.
ther such a difference would be compensated for by the London
and York line having its course through the towns of Hitchiss,
Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Retford,
Bawtry, and Doncaster, not one of which is approached by Sir John
Rennie's line, the public will be able to determine.
To the second and third allegations the Committee of Direction
of the London and York Company reply, that while Sir John Ren.
nie and Co. state that their surveys were commenced in October,
1843, and their prospectus published in April last, the project for
a new railway between London and York was formed by Mr. Gibbs
in 1836, and in that year carried into Parliament. That in 1840 Mr.
Gibbs again brought his scheme before the Parliamentary Commis-
sioners, and it Is detailed by them in their report of 1841. That
such scheme was never abandoned by him, but in February of the
present year the details of the London and York Railway, as now,
with modifications adopted, were explained by him to Mr. Beckett
Denison, M.P , who suggested several alterations, and Mr. Francis
Mowatt, the Vice-Chairman, and arrangements were made for per-
fecting the plan by levels and surveys, which were completed in the
month of March following, and on the 16th of April the project
was announced by advertisement in the Times, under the name of
the " Great Northern Railway," before any advertisement of Sir
John Rennie had appeared ; and the Committee of Direction dis.
tinctly affirm that the course over the first seventy miles from
London was adopted on actual surveys made by Mr. Gibbs, and not
suggested to them by any other parties ; and they beg further to
observe, it is only now within these few days, that after the Lon.
don and York Company has been before the public for a period of
five months, after its whole capital of five millions has been sub.
scribed, ana its shares has attained a high premium in the market,
that Sir John Rennie and Company have come forward with what
is intended to be a counter.project, and with the misstatements
here disposed of.
All comment upon this course would, in the opinion of the Com-
mittee, be idle.
Subjoined, for the information of the Shareholders and the public,
is an accurate table of the actual distances, and also a list of the
Provisional Committee of the London and York Company, pub-
lished in May last, including names that will be taken by the pub-
lic as a guarantee against any such conduct as is implied by the as-
sertions of Sir John Rennie and Co.

By order of the Committee of Direction,
J. R. MO WATT, Secretary.
Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, October 3, 1844.

TABLE OF DISTANCES.

Present Distance by
Distance London and Distance
by existing Yorkßailway saved.
Railways. by Doncaster
Miles. Miles. Miles.
London to York . •
London to Hull ................ 243 203 40
London to Leeds
Byoakenshaw 205 185 20
1 By Wakefield 205 187 18
London to Wakefield . .
London to Bradford . 212 187 25
London to Halifax ..... ..... .... 215 190 25
London to 11tider5f1e1d.......... 210 185 25

OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY
of COPPER-MINERS in ENGLAND, Old Broad-street,
London, 2d October, 1844.
The COURT of ASSISTANTS of the GOVERNOR and COM
PANT of COPPER-MINERS in ENGLAND hereby give Notice,
that a DIVIDEND for the Half-year ending at Michaelmas last, has
been this day declared, at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum (free
of Income-tax), en the paid-up Capital Stock of the Company, and
will be PAYABLE at this Office, on and after THURSDAY, the 17th
lust., between the hours of Eleven and Three.
By order of the Court of Assistants,
W. INGLIS, Secretary.

MONEY.— GRAND DISTRIBUTION of
70,1701. sterling, authorised by his IMPERIAL MAJESTY
and the GOVERNMENT of AUSTRIA.

PuSlished this day,
THE CHILD'S OWN SCRAP BOOK.
Each Print coloured and mounted on cloth, and the whole
strongly bound and lettered, suitable for the Parlour or Nursery, with
numerous coloured Plates, price Gs. Gd. •
Darton and Clark, 58, Holborn-hill.

In the press, in demy 16m0.,
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED,
A.UNT MARY'S NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
By the Author of " Ornaments Discovered," &c., &c. With
Frontispiece and Title printed in Colours, and an entirely new style
of binding.

Darton and Clark, 58, Holborn-hill,

EMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in
London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
or the sale of their celebrated teas.

Offices, No. 9, Great it. Helen's-churchyard, Eishopsgate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a
pound, with the price and weight marked •n eack packet, and but
ittle trouble is •ccasioned by the sale. The license is only lls. per
annum, and many during tho last nineteen years hay, realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above.

AVIES'S CANDLES, sid. per lb.—Wax
Candles, Is. 21—Fins Wax, le. sd.—Llale's Superb
Composite, requiring no snuffing, 101 d. Genuine Wax,
ls. 3d. Transparent Wax, 2s. 2d.—Genuine Sperm, 2s.
2d. Extra fine Moulded Candles, with the improved
Waxed Wicks, 7d.—Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs.—
Mottled, 60s. and 64s.—Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet.—Palm, Is. 4d.—
Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, 28.—Superior Almond, 2.5. 6d.—
Superfine Sealing-wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.—Reilned Sperm Oil, 7s. per
gallon—Solar Oil, 3s. 6d.
For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane (opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house), Charing-cross.

The NEXT DRAWING of the IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN
will take place at Vienna on the 2d of DECEMBER. and be paid in
British money. There are 700 prizes, of 23,000/., 5,000/., &c.; the
lowest prize 50/. A few ticketl,,3/. each, shares, 125., with prospectus
—six tickets for 15/.—may be obtained of Messrs. J. Straus and Co.,
Bankers and Receivers-General-office, 26, Bourerie•street, Fleet-
street, London.
Remittance can be made by Post-office order. Government lists
of the !drawing will be sent to each purchaser. Office-hours from
twelve to three.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUit-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Bmpewered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society kits
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation frdeclare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts live edea each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.

4FDWARD PRICE and CO. beg respectfully
to request that all parties wishing to purchase their COMPO-
SITE CANDLES will ask in the shops simply for " Price's Patent
Candles." Since these have attracted public attention, many Imita-
tors have made candles, and called them by the name " Composite,"
used by Edward Price and Co.; but the process by which the real
Composite Candles are made, being a patent one ; and E. P. and Co.
granting no licenses, none of these imitation candles are at all the
same as the real ones. The chief properties of these latter are their
burning, without snuffing, more brilliantly than the best wax, and
their affording so large an amount of light, that they are cheaper,
taking this into account, than the commonest tallow candles, one of
them giving the light of three ordinary moulds. They may he had of
most of the respectable tallow-chandlers throughout the kingdom, and
are supplied to the trade wholesale by Edward Prise and Co., Bel-
mont, Vauxhall ; and by Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell.

TO BE PEREMTORILY SOLD, pursuant to
an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCRRT, made i
a Cause of LANPHIER T. BUCK, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN
WILSON, one of the Masters of the Court, at the Royal Hotel, Nor-
wich, on SATURDAY, the 12th day of October, 1844, between the
hours of Three and Four in the Afternoon, in Two Lots.
The IMPROPRIATE RECTORY of GREAT ELLINGIIAM, fa
the county of Norfolk, consisting of the Tithes of Corn and Grain of
about 1,773 A. IR. 10r. of laud, which hate been commuted, under
the Tithe Commutation Acts, at a rent-charge of 4301. a year.
Also a Barn, and lA. Oa. 39r. of Pasture-land (tithe-free) in Great
Effingham, occupied by Robert Large.
The land-tax on the premises has been redeemed.
Particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) at the said
3LlQanscti son ;
of
meChambers,ssrs. h
r rien Sn °ut h
and al ou-buildings, Chancery-lane,
bite,
13,
Barge-yard Chambers,
Bucklersbury, solicitors ; Messrs. Bridger and Blake, No. 68,
London-wall, solicitors ; of Mr. Oilman and Mr. Press, Hingham,
Norfolk, solicitors ; of Messrs. Mitcham and Clarke, Wymondliam,
solicitors; and Messrs. Ballachey and Webb, Holt, Norfolk, solicitors
and at the place of sale.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee.
J. Hope, provision shopkeeper, Heap, Lancashire,
Oct. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Stanway, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.

J. Porter, callenderer, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Oct. 26, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
E. G. and W. Plowright, wine merchants, Wells, Nor-
folk Oot. 29—R. Musgrove, woollen draper, Birming-
ham, Oct. 29—8. Norman, ironmonger, Cheltenham,
Oct. 25—C. Killick, paper stainer, Blackman-street, Bo-
rough, Oct. 25—J. L. Loraine, wine merchant, Newcas-
tle-upon-Tyne' Oct. 25—E. B. Lamb, builder, Burton-
crescent, St. Pancras, Oct. 25—1. Munro, builder,
Princes-street, Leicester-square, Oct. 25 —T. Cox
fruiterer, Porchester-street, Connaught-square, Oct. 25
—J. Young, laceman, Aldermanbury, Oct. 25.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

E. Ellis and E. Farnden, maltsters, Walberton, Sussex
—G. Mercer and J. Peil, cigar manufacturers, Liverpool
—W. and J. Alexander, plumbers, Fordingbridge,
Southampton—J. Embley and J. Davies, warehouse
keepers, Bristol—W. Day and E. Climenson, waggoners,
St. Ives—T. Harris and Co., malt distillers, Bristol—R.
Gordon and L. Davies, ironfounders, Heaton Norris,
Lancashire—S. Jones and T. Bye, grocers, Witney, Ox-
fordshire—J. Underhill and W. Powell, dealers in Go-
vernment Securities, Stock Exchange—E. and G. Black-
burn, bricklayers, Limehouse—S. Summers and T.
Tearle, brewers, Kingston—J. M. Gutch, J. Martin, and
F. Hooper, printers, Bristol—R. D. Little and H.
Weaver, land surveyors, Chippenham,
lard, Spencer, and Co., brewers, Oakhill, Somersetshire
—T. Chapple and C. Clarke, linendrapers, Great Dovor-
street, Southwark—Ja. and Jn. Fielding, tea dealers,
Rochdale, Lancashire—G. E. Tarleton and A. Jones,
hemp dealers, Liverpool—J. and D. Hepworth, dyers,
Halifax, Yorkshire—R.:and T. Wight, cast-iron founders,
Sunderland—P. M. Parsons and T. W. Bunning, civil
engineers, Cranmer-place, Waterloo-road—G. and E.
Henry, merchants, Bread-street, Cheapside—P. Atkin
and S. Ryder, tea dealers, Liverpool—J. G. Sherwin, J.
Cope, and J. Heaton, engineers, Cumberland-street,
Shoreditch (so far as regards J. Heaton)—H. Hathway,
J. Seater, and R. Hathway, stationers, Tower Royal,
City—W. and J. Rumsey, tailors, Wapping-wall.