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London, England, 1844-10-05 00:00:00

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mil: Professor EACHAOFFNER Lectures on the alternate Eye-
ryDßn_Thi. • Lectares abound in Interesting Experiments. The
Ito ..131CTitre MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER,
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EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
,t.he COI ESTER AND CAMBRIDGE LINES.
the Direc'er4 have to announce that the change of
gauge, with
consequent alteration of the engines and carrying stock, which
tile been proceeding with for the last month throughout both lines,
Will be completed on Mownev next, when the Trains will run with
their accustomed regularity ; and the Directors, in expressing their
lEaret that the public have been necessarily inconvenienced during
the progreqs of this
important change, by occasional delays, have, at
the same thne, the satisfaction to state that the passenger-traffic on
ottlet
themalu lines has not, for a single day, been stopped, and that with-
_ c slightest accident having occurred.
OM e 9
• , London Terminus Oct. 4, 1844.

DIRECT NORTH:PAM ItAILWAY LONDON to YORE. by LINCOLN.
allPital 4,000,0001., in 5e,000 shares of 501. each.
Deposit, V. lea. per share. from
II
PROVISIONAL CONNITTR.
Vile els. William Ashley William Gambier, Esq. JohnM. _
.1. Braeksaabury, Esq. Colonel William Gravatt, R.E.
Erlghtsraa, Esq,
Michael Brae, "sq. Majprorp.T,
R.C.B.
George Marriott,
Relseet Walter Carden, Ewe. Willß.C.B..s.
Edward Tarot Carver m Morley, Esq.
he Chisholm
William Mountford Nurse, Esq.
T , Esq.
John Pickersgill, Esq.
out.-Coloaol James Nisbet Col- Thomas Raikes, Esq.
quheua, ILA.
Edward Sherman, Esq.
lames Farquhar, Esq. Edward Winslow, Esq.
(With power to add to their numbers.)
aael9/1 Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; Win. Gravatt, Es q.,E.R.s.
bati
BaNgettS—The Union Bank of London.
oefono—ltiesess. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, Moorgate.
street, London.
ilantiallanlaslnA:Paarra—sanlaLe-y:faraesdj:Ws.w.
inWek.. Webster, Old
eaGitlinlialaidtakerTm.'s
7111 Alleviation of a Direst Main-Trunk Railway, for the ha.
Portant purpose of connecting the north of England and Scotland,
be York and Limpets, with the metropolis, btasebeenecniddedranutapegega,
h
after mature investigation and conviction of
public
snob a Hoe of eonamunietion.
The line will anarneneo near Kin
Most central situation in the metropolis,
seal and the Qty; it proceeds by Chipping Barnet, Biggleswade,
St. Nets, Muntingdon, near Peterborough and Market
Deeping by
Stamford, to the west of Bourn, east of Ch
g' King's-erase,
ose, la the New.read, the
th as regards the West-
h m west of Sleaford,
anta
and east of Newark, to Lincoln, andthence
Thorne, Snaith, and Selby, to York. 'by Gainsborough,
The distance by it between London and Yorkowthinfirbperulponelle:illiesne..
will be about Re miles shorter than by
distance bring New_
consequently by the same .
t will reduce by 59 miles the present diastnaync* between
distance
and York, and In
polls, while the London
saved between Londe* and
castle and Edinburgh nearerHtoulti
and Sheffield ; thus
hweilr beetrnoe less than 42 milos.
I it will form the nearest route to Leeds,
radford, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire,
Colby,Pontefract,. Hull, Halifax,
Wakefield,
es Well as the traffic from the north of 2
aartmanding the traffic of the ofmanufactEurninlganicti,stsrcicuttsland,
productive country, It ern-
Lincoln-
Aire, and the other agricultural districts through which it passes.
Vaklnll its course through a highly pr
an_ i 1,.:...; ;tll:114:
tmil
sar ket towns of
41 01,,,,, auim districtsr t
an,d and
the connectsmetropolis. a l 1
fibL ii nk :
manufacturingcommunication between Norfolk and Su
Mil the west
aeasy
drainage of the
The line, a 1:1 North of England.
, whilst it embraces the most important
felitlleboo seen
tr by the map, does not interfere with the
Markets and towns fun thatydistrict.
a
The inclinations of
extremely favourable, and are obtalnfed
raetat
Moderate expense, there not being any engineering work o
Latnitude en the line. The guage will be the same as theofexgtiimete-
iog lines the
the manufacturing districts, and all loss
trunk
In travelling will be avoided, as the line will be an integral
110 nude ene management.
The expanse of construction being moderate, and the distance sot
e
much reduced, the fares will be proportionately less,/ and an amp
profit is sufficiently shown by the annexed abstract of the traffic
tables, whieli are the result of a moat rigid investigation, and ars,
Prepared as evidence for Parliament.
The capital proposed to be raised, namely, 4,000,0001., is a sum
eX
visable toceeding the e
allow ngineers' estimate. It has, however, been thought
ad
an ample margin for any increase of prices above
those of the present time.
The surveys
Were commenced is October last, and in March
last, the Direct orthern Line, and its advantages (together
many ether trial lines, and their disadvantages), were carefully
brought to the consideration of many gentlemen well qualified to
with
Ism an opinion en such matters, and finally the:prospectus, accom-
panied by a map on a sufficient scale, waspüblished en the 4th of
A 1844. This prospectus and ,
rani'Xing's-erase.map show the London terminus
At this
line date there
of r was not before the public any other project
than
hr a direct railway from London to York ; but when more
a roenth had elapsed from the time of the publication of the
Prospectus and Map of the Direct Northern Railway, the Cam-
bridge and York via Lincoln Railwa Company (who had up to
that time adhered to an indirect line by Cambridge to York)
changed their title to that of the London and York Railway Cosn-
-1401, and their stated capital, which previously had varied from
11,1156,41101. to 1,400,000 J., was then, for the first time, named at
4,000,00 e/. In their new, was
the London and York Cora.
parry also adopted Xing's-cross for their London terminus.
Of the sense entertained of these encroachments by the pro-
Co
Motors of the Direct Northern Railway, the York and Lends*
Miley were duly apprised by a circular addressed to each metie-
r of their Committee ou the 15th of May last, and signed by the
keretary, Major Amsinek.
A amp of the London and York Railway was,
Isited la the latter part of August last, which, to the surprise of
however, pub.
the promoters of the Direct Northern Line, showed an attempt to
oPPropriate upwards of 70 miles from London of the published line
et the Direct Northern Railway.
Still the Prejeet of the London and York Railway Company falls
*err far abort of a direct lino from London to the north, as will be
Nei free the following data:—
Prom Tondo
ben to York the distance by the present line of rail-
W is 1119 miles ;
muaym,SOO miles; by brho the proposed London and York line, stated
to
prop:mod Direct Northern Railway, 1110
Daring the progress of this undertaking, a very large proportion
of the laatlowners en the line have been eommunicated with, and
(*united In reference to it, and the ftall concurrence of that im-
portant interest is, with very few exceptions, confidently relied on.
Publie attention having been latelytiona,
drawn to the atmospherio
principle, tho Committee wish to observe that they are in a con-
dition to take advantage of that principle, should it eventually be
Shown to be for the helmet of the undertaking.
The sections of the country through which the line p from
Lead*. Is York ean be seen at the offices of the Company, 64,
bLoorgato.atreet. Every explanation, also, will be afforded with
regard to the traffic and other matters.
The Parliamentary plans, IC., are in eourse of preparation, and
4PPlient Will be ERIN for an Act of Incorporation in the ensuing
&Milos of Parlianaont.
The deposit of il per cent., or RI. 10s. per share, is necessary to
mkt the requirement of the Parliamentary standing orders, but the
'Preliminary expenses will In no event exceed 10s. per share.
Interest at the rate of 41. per cent per annum will be allowed on
all sails made after the passing of the Act till the opening of the
xailway,
The sUbcribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract will bo
taady firssgnature on the payment of the deposit.
A large proportion of the shares having been ady applied for,
1M application for shares can be received after the nth of October
.14,_0
011aZ/. up
of to whic
h period they may be addressed to the Secretary, at
`llces the Company, 54, Moorgate-street, London, where
lit, stroeteses and plans may be obtained ; or to Messrs. John Rail.
"la and Son, and Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, sharebrokers, Man-
""ter 1 Thomas Bell, Esq., sharebroker, Birmingham; Messrs.
Garton and Wright, aharebrokers, Sheffield ; Messrs. Edward
tint *ad Co., sharebrokers Leeds ; Francis Stamp, Esq.,
shat *al
Hull; Messrs. Collinson and Flint, share-
,, °kW% Ilan ; Thomas Broadman, Esq., sharebroher, Black-
"urn ; W. H. Morrico Esq., sharebroker, Blackburn ; J.
lttn"tes, H.
sharebroker, Bradford, Yorkshire ; W. H Cow-
cll.!' %N. sharebroker, York ; Messrs. Henry Davies and
~,„"*.• sbareb'rokers, Liverpool; Robert Allan, Esq., aharebroker,
•r-lblaburak Messrs./ M'Ewon and Auld, or J. Watson, Esq.,
sharak,....
--`ero. Glasgow; or to William Gordon, Esq., sharebroker,
...Weft

d•
lislltrlated in
come, calculated on the usual Parliamentary data,
Doe etb °CIA 144" et:........ Printed, and may Ise actual returns, which are
irer sengers 4:350,1t, • 0
Parcels
Co ...........................
Merchandise
.............. 49,565 0 0
nveyance of live stock .... 145,628 0 0
tato of private carriages, horses,. .
and do g s 50,715 0 0
24,578 0 0
ineral and agricultural
produce

NCNet fbr maintenance °fibs line and working
atPcssee 40 per cent .........

032,606 0 0

253,066 0 0

3
1441 *bola 9
per cent. on the capital of 4,000,000/.79,600 0 0

Form of Application for Shares.
To the Committee of the Direct Northern Railway.
:41., Gettlernen,—l request that 3ou will allot to me shares of
slash In the proposed " Direct Northern Railway," and I
"Ldert,t.
--,4 to Pay the deposit and sign the necessary deeds.
to* t Its day of 111144.

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