The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-07 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

This line is intended as a connecting link between the Trent
Valley and Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Rail-
ways. It will commence at Stafford, and terminate at Market
Drayton, and is essentially requisite to perfeet the communication
between London, Chester, and Holyhead.
Though the line will not exceed thirteen miles in length, it will
afford immense accommodation to an important district of Stafford-
shire and Shropshire, through which it will pass; and by means of
the lines with which it is intended to communicate, it will effect the
shortest possible route from London to Liverpool, from London to
Birkenhead, and from London to Ireland. A saving of not less than
thirty miles will thus be accomplished.

It will thus become a most- important adjunct to the proposed
Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway; but
the prominent feature in the scheme is this—that by bringing
Stafford into immediate conjunction with Market Drayton and
Chester, all the advantages of the proposed Trent Valley Continua-
tion Line to Holyhead, will be realised without the enormous sacrifice
of time and capital inseparable from the carrying out of such a
project, which, however, is impracticable.
It is obvious that such a scheme will be of the utmost general
benefit, as it will materially shorten the distance between the capitals
of England and Ireland, and tend to a still further development of the
great industrial resources of the two countries. As an investment,
its eligibility cannot be disputed, as the following lines of railway will
be important tributaries to its revenue :—The London and Birming-
ham, Trent Valley, Great Western, Birmingham, Oxtbrd and
Brighton, Birmingham ant Southampton, Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton, Bir•
mingham, Bristol, and Gloucester, and Grand Junction Railways.
The lines in the vicinity of Liverpool will also become valuable tribu-
taries to it.

Although this line is proposed by a Company distinct from that of
the Wolverhampton, Cheiter, and Birkenhead Junction Railway, yet,
if it should be found expedient and practicable, the two Companies
may be amalgamated. At all events, the shareholders in the Wol-
verhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Company, will have the pre-
ference in the allotment.

It is intended to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session, as
the plans and surveys are In a very forward state.

FORM Otir APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Cornmittee ot'theTrent Valley, Chester, and Holy-

head Continuation Railway,
Gentlemen,—l hers by request that you will allot me shares
of 201. each in the a hove Railway ; and I undertake to pay the de-
posit thereon. or any less number of shares which may be allotted to
me, and, to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when recta iced.
I am, Ga utlemen, your obedient servant,
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IYME. REGIS and TAUNTON RAILWAY,
itail and LYME REGIS HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Connecting by a direct lino the English and Bristol Channels.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,0001. Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
The Committee of Management of the above Company have deter-
mined to require from the parties to whom shares may be allotted
the immediate payment of a deposit of two shillings per share only,
being the amount allowed by the Act of Parliament to be taken be-
yond the amount required by the standing orders, to be deposited in
the name of the Accountant-General of the Court ofChancery. The
remaining deposit of 21. per share will not be required before the
month of January, and will not then be required unless the Company
are in a position to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session,
which they are confident of being able to do. No application for
shares will be received after the 10th instant from parties residing in
London, nor after the 13th instant from parties residing in the country.
Prospectuses May be obtained at the (Aces of the Company, 23,
Finsbury-place North, London.
By order,

JOHN CHAMP, Secretary.
Deposit ef two shillings only called for.

LANCASTER AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-
TTICI RAILWAY.
• (Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 190,000 Shares of M. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per share.

PROVISIONAL COMMIE..
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Beigrave-square, Leaden
Sir John Key, Bart., alderman of London
Sir Wm. Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Fertman-square, London
Sir George Rich, 43, Lovrrides-street, Belgrave-square, London
The Rev. Thomas Airey, M.A. Holme-park, Kendal
William Wilson Archibald, Esq. Liverpool, director et the London
and Holyhead Direct Railway
William Anderson, jun., Esq., Byker-honse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
provisional director of the Hall, Melton, mid North Union
Railway
William Banks, Esq. Knighton, Radnorshire
John Boustead, Esq., Settlebeck, gedbergh
Thomas Browne, Esq. Warkworth, Northumberland, previsional
director of the Cheater and Manchester Direct Railway
Michael Brown, Esq., merchant, Sunderland
Alfred Brodie, Esq. Upper Montague-street, London, director of the
Grand Trunk Railway
Thomas Brunton, Esq., Town-clerk, Sunderland
George Watson Buck, Esq. C. 8., Greenheys, near Manchester, di-
rector of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway
John Burgess, Esq. boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the
Chester and Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan, director of the Liverpool, Preston, and
North Union Railway
William Byrom, Esq. Oldham
Wm. Campbell, Esq. Tillichewan Castle, Dumbartonshire, provi-

atonal director of the London and Edinburgh Direct Railway
Captain Alan Chambre, Burnley, Lancashire
John Thomas Coates, Esq. Ingleten, director of the Keighlef, HAUfax.

and Huddersfield Railway
William Collies, Esq. M.P. Pall-mall, London
Thomas Collins, Esq. Liverpool
John Dewhurst. Esq. Preston, director of the Preston and Wyi
Railway
Jas. Donnell, Esq. merchant, Liverpool
John Alcock Dixon, Esq. Habergham Eaves, Burnley, managing
director of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle and Carlisle Railway
John Elam, Esq. Gildersome, near Leeds, and Deeside. Dent
Francis Ewart, Esq. barrister-at-law, Temple, London, provisional
director of the Great Leeds and London Railway
Henry Farrington; Esq. York-place, Manchester, director of the

Manchester and Wigan Railway
The Rev. John Hutton Fisher, M.A., F.G.S., Vicarage, Kirkby

Lonsdale
Abram Gartside, Esq. Liverpool
Henry Glynn, Esq. 4, Garden-court, Temple
Giles Hall, Esq. Elm-court, Temple, director of the Rugby, Swinton,

and Weymouth Railway
John William Harden, Esq. J.P., Hope House, New Ferry, Cheshire,
a provisional director of thaßirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway
William Hardy, Esq. Lancaster-Place
Samuel Harris, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston
C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq. Upper Montague-street, London, di-
rector of the Grand Trunk Railway
Wm. Henderson, ESQ..LiTerPo°I
John Herd, Esq. merchant, Liverpool
James Hitching, Esq. Manor-house, Washingborough
G. E. Hodkinson, Esq. 7, York-terrace, Regent's-park, London
John Holford, Esq. Rusholme-hall, Manchester, director of tke Liver-
pool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway
John Douglas llepkins, Esq. Bedford-square, London, director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway
Richard Hoyle, Esq. Denton-hall, Newcastle-upen-Tyne
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. F. 8.1. F.L.S. alderman of London,
chairman of the Birkenhead, Chester, Meld, Rhuabon, and Yale of
Llangollen Railway Company, &c. &c.
James Inman, Esq. Sedbergh
James Irvine, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Liverpool and Bolton

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Direct Railway
Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq. Edge-hill, near Liverpool, director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq. Regent's-park, London, director of the
Dendre' Valley Railway
W. Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Surrey
George Lawrie, Esq. Talavera-place, Broughton, near Manchester,
provisional director of the Eastern Counties Junction Railway
James Catteral Leach, Esq. director of the Bolton and Liverpool
Direct Railway
chair-
man of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Junction
Railway
John Lord, Esq., Standish-hall, near Wigan, director of the Black-
burn, Chorley, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway
John Manwaring, Esq. Eagle-hall, Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire,deputy
chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
John Mee Mathew, Esq. 4, Gray's Inn-square, Lonilon, director of
the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool aid Manchester Direct
Railway
William M`Michael, Esq. Bridgnerth, Salop, provisional director of
the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
1. M. Macdonald, Esq. Liverpool, director of the London and Holy-
head Direct Railway
Wm. Wright Manifold, Esq. Rodney-street. Liverpo.l
Edward Norris, Req. Clairville, Manchester, provisional director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.S., 81, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park,
director of the South Midland Railway
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managing F e dek
Samuel Perrott, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Liverpool, Preston,
and North Union Junction Railway
r directorc Parkinson,
fthe
Chas. Rayne, Esq. Caryille-hall. Northumberland, director of the
Hull, Malton, and North Union Railway
Wm. Robinson, Esq. Lancaster, director if the Liverpool, Preston,

and North Union Railway
Wnt. Rudgard, Esq. J.P. Lincoln
The Rev. Adam Sedgwick, Triiity College, Cambridge, Woodwar-
dian Professpr of Geology
The Rev. John Sedgwick, M.A. Tioarage, Dent, near Sedbergh, York-
shire
James Sewart, Esq. Moss-house, Sedbergh
James Shaw, Esil. Pendleton, Manchester, director of the Manchester
and Rugby, and of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire
Junction Railways
Robert Surtees, Esq. Redworth, Durham, director of the Cheltenham,

Oxford, and London Junction Railway
R. Lambton Surtees, Esq. Durham
Joseph Swainson, Esq. Kendal, Westmoreland
George Tate, Esq. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, director of the

Do-ver and Bristol Railway
Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan, director of time Liverpool, Preston, and

North 'anion Railway-
John Taylor, Esq. Airton, Craren
Thomas Tebbutt, Esq. Manchester, proyisional director of the Man-
chester and Aul;;lrj*Direet Railway
John Thompson, Esq. Great St. Helen's, director of the Grand

Prank Railway .
Frederick Swan Todd,Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
James Upton, Esq., Akay-lodge, Sedbergh, provisional director of
the Eeighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Ralivray
Rev. G. A. Walker, Aleerthorpe, near Wakefield, director of the
Bradßobertfisocrood,
nWvvakaetliemnid:Easncid. Midlands'Rshop eaarmilweanyth
Thomas Wearing, Esq. Sedbergh, provisional director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
James Dent Weatherly, Esq. banker, Newcastle •upon-Tyne
Matthew Weston, Esq. Rochdale
Richard White, Esq. J.P. Thorney-close, lianderland
Andrew White, Esq. J.P. Tnnstall-lodge, near Sunderland, director
of the Durham and Sunderland Railway
William White, Esq. South Shields
George Whiteley, Esq. Temple, London, provisional director of the
Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway
William Wilson, Esq. merchant, Liverpool

BANKERS.
London—Messrs. tarnards, Dimsdalcs, add Ca
Manchester—Messrs. William Jones, Loyds, aid Co.
Liverpool--Messrs. Arthur Heywood, Bons, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Wile, Skipton, Heighley, Burnley, and Clltheree—The Craven

Banking Company
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham—The Northumberland and Dur-
ham Banking Company
Lancaster—The Lancaster Banking Company
Kendal—Messrs. Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co.
ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
SuavEvons—Messrs. Nevins and Lawton, Manchester
SOLiciToßs—Messrs. Covrtairn and Norris, Sedbergh
SECRATART—WiIIiam Wilkinson, Esq. Sedbergh.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Theists Eastham, Esq. solicitor, Kirkby Lonsciale
dolin Theodore Hoyle, Esq. solicitor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Thomas Johnson, Esq., solicitor, Lancaster.
LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Cragg and Jeyes, 22, ledtbrd-row.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Dorrington and Co. London.

- This railway will connect the east and west coasts, and fbrrs
direct route from the ports of LiTerpoOl, rleetwood-oi-Wyre, and
Lancaster, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Commencing at Lancaster, it
will proceed up the Talley of the Lune, by Kirkby Lonsdale, Sedbergh,
and Kirkby Stephen. and thence by the most practicable use to New-
castle. It will run nearly parallel with tho ell coach road, whirls
has hitherto been the principal passenger route frets Lancaster to
Newcastle.

It will readily be conceded that groat benefits will flow front a
direct railway communication between the coal-fields aid mining
districts of Durham and Northuntberland, and the important towns
and ports of Liverpool, Fleetwood, Newcastle, and Lancaster.
The entire length of the line i 3 rich in mineral productions—coal
slato,limestone, marble, and other elements of a great local traffic
aboand, and cannot fail to make this este of the most remunerative
projects of the day. A considerable saving of distance between the
important towns on the termini is effected over any existing es* pro-
jected scheme.
It will be reserved to the Committee of Managerneat to snake such
as may be deemed most advantageous to the interests c itho
alterations in the line, or the amount of capital required, or other-
wise,
Company. Power will be applied for to anew interest at the rate
of four per cent. on the calls from the passing of the Act to the
opening of the line, as well as to limit the liability of the shareholders
to the amount if their subscriptions only.
Prospectuses and forms of application for shares nay be had of the
Solicitors, and of the following brokers:—
Messrs. Peppercorns, Old Broad-street, City, tenant
; Jos.
King and Son, and Mr. Bobt. Cardwell and Soh, Malietester ;
Wellbeloved, Barwick, and Co., and Messrs. Ritchie' err;Marshall,
Leeds ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Mr.
and Musgrove, Skiptois ; Mr.
r Welch, Lance&
ter ; Messrs. Mew burn and Blakey, Hauf;..,
Mr. Jeka Gibbias, Settle;
; Messrs, Granstolie
Greenharn, Liverpool ; Mr. W. Cr: Seed and Messrs. Thomas
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw,
FaircalnkEawrla,keTtioerlkd,;
juMnen., sNrso.t:.C.inrge.irgh ;
Messrs. Wreford, Nict;ts, and Wreford, Bristol ; Messrs. Crossley,
Derby; Mr. `,7iren, Preston; Mr. Baynes Finder, Burnley; Messrs.
Bradford : Mr. Taylor,
Drewry and flkhardson, and Messrs. Warburton and Co.,New-
ylor, Huddersfield;
castlO-Upon-Tyne ; Mr. W. Isaac Barker, Sunderland ; Mr. homas
Christopher Maynard, Durhim ; Mr. W. Tomkinson, Newcastle-
tinder-Lyne ; Messrs. Collis and Smith, Birmingham;. Mr. J. H.
Nightingale, Wakefield ; Mr. J. N. Balrne, Gloucester; Mr. David
innear, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Borthwiek, Campbell, and Co.,

Applications for shares must be accompanied by references to a
member of the Provisional Committee, to the solicitors, or to a banker
or person of known respectability.

LANCASTER AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-
T YNE RAILWAY.
No APPLICATIONS for SHARES from Residents in London
eau be entertained later than WEDNESDAY, the sth November, nor
from the country after ttexuanar, the Bth of November, soon after
which the allotment will take place.
WILLIAM WILKINSON secretary.
Itelbray Ocoee, Sedbergh, Oet. 25, 1845

THE LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY,
and SPALDING JUNCTION RIILWAA , giving, with other
formed and projeeted lines, the nearest route ftera Birmingham,
Coventry, and Leicester to the Eastern Coast, and a communication
from Birmingham, via Nuneaton, Leicftter, and Pdeltera Mowbray,
to Spalding.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cress.
Capital 500,000/., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Wynn Ellis, Esq. M.P. for Leicester, director of the Bratadol as

• Spalding Railway
William Corbet Smith, Esq. Ilittleswell-hall, High Sheriff of Leices-
tershire
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Chairman of the Northampton, Ban-
bury, and Cheltenhara Railway
The Hon. Major C. Napier, Rugby, director of the Peterboraugh sad
Nottingham Railway
Gen. Johnson, M.P. Witham-on-the Hill, near Bourn, Lincolnshire -
William. Collins, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Etwall, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Nottingham, director sif' the Brandon and

Spalding Railway
Matthew Gisborne, Esq. Walton-ball, Derbyshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq. Glenfleld-lodge, Leicester
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. director of the East Tadia Company
Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S. Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park
Sir W.lliam Boothby, Bart.
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, Cheapside
Josiah Wilson, Esq. Stamford-hill
George Meek, Esq. Russell-square
John Clement Ruding, Esq. director of the National Bank of Ireland
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., director of the Eastern Counties Railway
Richard Heaviside, Esq. Brighton
William Ettwail, Esq. Longstock-down, near Stockbridge, director
of the Southampton and Manchester Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq. chalrluan of the Greenwich Railway Cea•

pany
T. E. Bigge, Esq. Bryanstone-square -
Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N. Headley-grove, Stirrey, dißetor if flat
Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry railway
Valentine Knight, Esq. Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park
Samuel Kempson, Esq. Little Sutton, Sutton Colditeld, Warwick-

shire
Frederick Pearson, 'Esq. Piccadilly
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington, director

of the Erewash Valley Railway r•
Herbert Ingram, Esq. Swinshead-abbey, shire •-
John Tatham Banks, Esq. warden and ••••-
trate of Louth, Lincolnshire
William Gresham. Esq. Adorn= of Lin- Provisional Directors
cola
of the Great Grime-
Samuel Trought, Esq. Louth, Lincolnshire by, Loatli, and Lia-
William Ward, Esq. M.D. Horncastle
coin Rallway,
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house,
Sheffield, director of the Isle of Ely, Wis-
beach, and Lincoln Railway
The Rev. J. B. Hildebrand, rector of Saxby, near Melton-Mewbray,
Leicestershire
John Thomas Raworth, Esq. Leicester, provisional director of Bie
South Union Railway
Nathaniel C. Stone, Esq. Rowley-fields, near Leicester
John Eames, Esq. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Frederick Cayley Worsley, Esq, ImberhOrne-house, Sussex, director
of the Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
John Smith Mansfield, Esq. Essex-court, Temple
Charles Hance, Esq. Alexander-square, Brompton
Thomas Bridges, Esq. Marwood-hill, Devonshire
Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby
Douglas Fox, Esq. Derby
John D. Cooper, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, direclof of tie Derby-

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shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Henry F. Gisborne, Esq. Derby, director of the Tamworth and Lei-
cester, Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
Jolla !lamp, Esq. Cation, Derbyshire
Joshua Harding, Esq. Roslisten. Derbyshire
Nathaniel Nadin, Esq. Stapenhill, Derbyshire
J. Nadin, coal proprietor, Newhall and Swadlincote Collieries, Derby-

shire
R. Sherratt Tomlinson, Esq. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Charles James Mason, Esq. Fenton, Staffordshire
Joseph Nunneley, Esq Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
William Little, Esq. Peterborough, director •f the Peterborough and
Nottingham Railway
I. P. Bainbrigge, Esq. Derby, director of the Derby and Crewe
Railway,
J. C. Williams, Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Henry Smith, Esq. Gaineborough
William Lister Sharp, Esq. Gainsboreugh, director of the Derby and
Great Grinisby, arid of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension
Railway
William Stuinvent, Esq. Ashwell, Rutlandshire
Fdwin Morris, Esq. M.D. Spalding
Rohe: t Nicholls, Esq. Thurlby-grange, near Bourn
Robert Mawby, Esq. merchant, Bourn
Mr. Charles Roberts, merchant, Bourn
William Pate, Esq. merchant, Spalding
Henry Hardy Tatam, Esq. Moulton, near Posdyke, Lincolnshire
Isaac Dods, Esq. merchant, Spalding
William Parker, Esq. Hanthorpe-house, Bourn.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—Josiah Wilson, Esq.

Thomas Wakefield, Esq. John Smith Mansfield, Esq.
Ambrose Moore, Esq. George Meek, Esq.
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. Capt. Gustavus Evans, R.N.
John D. Cooper, jun., Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.--ChArles Fox. jE".
ENGINEER—John Hughes, Esq.
BANKERS.

The London Joint-Stack Bank, Princes-street
Messrs. Pagets and Kirby, Leicester
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, ?Kelton-Mowbray
The Stamford, Spalding; and Boston Banking Company, Spalding
Messrs. Evans and Co., Derby
The Burton Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent.
SomaTons—Messrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, King's Arms-yard, Cole.
man-Street ; Abraham Baas, Esq. Burton-upon-Trent.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Hardy Tatam, Esq. Spalding
William David Bell, Esq. Bourn.
PIRLIAMENTIAT AGENTS--Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates,
Parliament-street.
SECRETARY--Williana Ranyard, Esq.
The first object of this line is to connect the tow* if Birmingham
Coventry, and Leicester, with the eastern coast by the nearest route
and to supply ass important link if communication between tke to**
of Spalding and the eastern coast, and the, western and midland
districts.
Commencing at the Spalding station of the Norwich, Derekati,
Lynn, and liolbeack Railways, the line will proceed by Bonn,
Witham, Castle Bytham, South Wytham, and Wyrilondhatn, to a
point on the Syston and Peterborough line of railway near Melton-
Mowbray, thus fbrMing, by the SyStott and Peterborough aid Mid-
land Counties Railway, an almost direct route to Leicester, and
thence to Coventry and Birmingham by the proposed Coventry,
Itianeaton, Leicester, and Birmingham Railway.
The projected line will form the most direct communication be•
tween the eastern and midland districts of the kingdom, and will, by
means of the proposed lines Retest; the county of Leicester, *id Bur,
ton-upon-Trent, to Stafford, bring the markets of Linoeli, Norfolk,
Shropshire, and North Wales, nearer to each other by many miles
than any other line of railway.
It will Arrive with (Alla projected railways, an airiest direct line
scrots the kingdom, from Yarmouth, via Norwich, on the east, ti
Iberystwith, via Newton and Shrewsbury, on the west.
The entire length will not eolfceanedythimirptL.Tailneese.
necessary;
lottuheinlienle-
ling, cutting, or embanking
from Ileum to Spalding, a digenee of ahrt twelve miles, is very
level, and may be constttlettd at a small Cot:
It will Secure the advantages Of ratilWaY eimirritinicatien tea tract
of country at present deritititte of Rita aeconirhodation, besides 40-
ing tut sources of trade undeveloped for want of the means of transit.
The central midland districts have felt greatly the want of direct
communication with the coast; and this line will at once supply the
deficiency to the greater part of Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
It will afford a transit for the Staffordshire, berbyshire, and Let.
cestershire coal into districts heretofore entirely dependent ripen
sapply from the north at high prices: it will also secure the advan-
lages of an unlimited supply of lime from the Leicestershire works,
to the agricultural districts of Lincoln, which are at present only
supplied at very high rates; and, in return traffic, the midland dis-
tricts will ohtain the advantage of a direct transit fbr the stock and
agrionittiral predate of Lincolnshire and Norfolk,
e at Spalding, whisk Is
thet3Leak.raelst proposed
point oon ie3tnhe eastern trearinl wcaoyas te°fbnrYtehrge midland counties, and
tOttnected by the niter Welland With the German Ocean.
The proposed capital will be sufficient for the Orrilittiction of the
I,lteCessary works and every subsequent elpetise and the income
tOtiVable tYdrii the tfaffie iii Vagsengeft betrfeei4 Birmingham, Co-
?entry, Leicester, DerhY, Melton, Spading, and Boston, the trans-
port of corn, cattle, and tither precinct Of the great agricultural
districts through which the line p amid td the ptiriclpitl consuming
districts, and of coals, lime, and staple commodities tor the ifilind
districts, will be sufficiently ample to warrant the outlay.
The Parliamentary surveys have been commenced, aid are now
in active progress, and contracts have been entered into which en-
sure sufficient time for compliance with the standing orders.
Forms of application 'for shares, plans, and prospectuses may be
had of the Solicitors ; also at the offices of the Company, 4, Tra-
falgar-square, Charing-cross, where applic.athms for shares, accom-
panied by respectable references, may be addressed to the Provi-
sional Committee,
• FORM OF 'APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray

such less ?umber as
and Spalding Junction Railway,
Gentlenten,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
you may appropriate to me, subject to the re-
each in the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or
.gulations of the Company. and to sign the necessary deeds, and
l-ay when reqtdrod the deposit thereon of 21.25. per share.
Dated thin - day of . 1845.
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