The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

THE LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY,
and SPALDING JUNCTION RAILWAY, giving, with other
formed and projected lines, the nearest route from Birmingham,
Coventry, and Leicester to the Eastern Coast, and a communication
from Birmingham, via Nuneaton, Leicester, and Melton Mowbray,
to Spalding.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross.
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 Brandon and
Spalding Railway
William Corbet Smith, Esq. Bittleswell-hall, High Sheriff of Leices-

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tershire
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Chairman of the Northampton, Ban-
bury, and Cheltenham Railway
The Hon. Major C. Napier, Rugby, director of the Peterborough and

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Nottingham Railway
General Johnson, M.P.
William Collins, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Etwall, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Nottingham, director of the Brandon and

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Matthew Gisborne, Esq. Walton-hall, Derbyshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq. Glentiold-lodge, Leicester
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. director of the East India Company
Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S. Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, Cheapside
Josiah Wilson, Esq. Stamford-hill
George Meek, Esq. Russell-square
Jobn 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 Ettwall, Esq. Longstock-down, near Stockbridge, director
of the Southampton and Manchester Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq. chairman of the Greenwich Railway Cora-

pany
T. E. Bigge, Esq. Bryanstone-square
Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N. Headley-grove, Surrey, director of the
Nottingham, Bir►ningham, and Coventry Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq. Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park
Samuel Kempson, Esq. Little Sutton, Sutton Coldileld, Warwick-
shire
Frederick Pearson, :Esq. Piccadilly
Fraser B. Henshaw, Esq. Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square,
director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Manchester
Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington, director
of the Erewash Valley Railway _ _ _

Herbert Ingram: Esq. gwinsheaci-abbey, Lincolnshire
John Tathan Banks, Esq. warden and magis-
trate of Louth, Lincolnshire
William Gresham, Esq. Aderman of Lin- Provisional Directors
coin of the Great Grims-
Samuel Tronght, Esq. Louth, Lincolnshire
William Ward, Esq. M.D. Horneastle by, Louth, and Lin-
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, coin Railway •
Sheffield, director of the Isle of Ely, Wis-
beach, and Lincoln Railway
The Rev. J. B. Hildebrand, rector of Saxby, near Melton-Mowbray,
Leicestershire
John Thomas Raworth, Esq. Leicester, provisional director of the
South Union Railway
Nathaniel C. Stone, Esq. Rowley-fields, near Leicester
John Eames, Esq. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Frederick Cayley Worslcy, 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. Maywood-hill, Devonshire
Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby
Douglas Fox, Esq. Derby
John D. Cooper, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, director of the Derl.y.
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Henry F. Gisborne, Esq. Derby, director of the Tamworth and Lei-
cester, Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
John Hamp, Esq. Catton, Derbyshire
Joshua Harding, Esq. Rosiiston, 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, Staffordsohir
William Little, Esq. Peterborough, director e hlireeterborough and
I. P. Ilainbrigge, Esq. Derby, director of the Derby and Crewe
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J. C. Williams, Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Henry Smith, Esq. Gainsborough
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William Lister Sharp,
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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, E.N.
John D. Cooper, jun., Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Fox, Esq.
ENGINEER—John Hughes, Esq.
BANKERS.

The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
Messrs. Pagets and Kirby, Leicester
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Melton-Mowbray
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company, Spalding
Messrs. Evans and Co., Derby
The Burton Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent.
f3omerroas—Messrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, King's Arms-yard, Cole-
man-street ; Abraham Bass, Esq. Burton-upon-Trent.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—MeSSTS. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates,
Parliament-street.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Ranyard, Esq.
The first object of this line is to connect the town of Birmingham,
Coventry, and Leicester, with the eastern coast by the nearest route,
and to supply an important link of communication between thedtiowl
of Spalding and the eastern coast with the Western and 3i lan
districts.
Commencing at the Spalding station of the Norwich, Derehmtm,
by ourn
Lynn, and Holbeack Railways, the line willa proceedd
Wvnndliain to a
Witham, Castle Bythant, South Wythant,
point on the Syston and Peterborough line of railway near Melton-
nd Peterborough and Mid-
Mowbray, thus forming, bit the Sy
land Counties Railway, an almost direct
trioicuteprotoposLeedicecsot,e.re,ntart3id,
thence to Coventry and Birminglil,un
Nuneaton, Leicester, and Birminghan
The projected line will limn the most direct communite,ait,loil,bt?:,..
tween the eastern and midland districts of the kingdom, a
means of the proposed lines across the county of Leicester, via Bur-
ton-upon-Trent, to Stafford, bring the markets of Lincoln, Norfolk,
Shropshire, and North Wales, nearer to each other by many miles
than any other line of railway_
It will form, with other projected railways, an almost direct line
across the kingdom, from Yarmouth, via Norwich, on the east, to
Aherystwith, via Newton and Shrewsbury, on the west.
The entire length will not exceed thirty miles. There is nottinnel-
ling, cutting, or embmiking of any importance necessary; the line
from Bourn to Spalding, a distance of about twelve miles, is very
level, and may be constructed at a small cost.
It will secure the advantages of railway communication to a tract
of country at present destitute of this accommodation, besides open
ing out 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, Derbyshire, and Lei-
` cesterahire Coal into districts heretofore entirely dependent upon