The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

THE GAINSBOROUGH, NEWARK, and
NOTTINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.
THE TRENT LINE.

Provisionally Registered, pursuant to the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110
Capital, 300,0001. in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.

Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord Rancliffe, Bunny-htol, Nottinghamshire
William Houldsworth, Esq., Farnsileld Nottinghamshire
The Mayor of Newark
The Worshipful the Mayor of Grantham
Jacob Monteflore, Esq., Chester-street, Bel,g-rave-square
Francis Slimes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham
George Atherton, Esq., Manchester
Samuel Bean, Esq., Nottingham
Richard Biddle, Esq., Nottingham
William Billyard, Esq., Woodcotes
C. Day Bourne, Esq. Gainsborough
Richard Bra Iley, Esq., Grantham
John Bradley, Esq., Nottingham-park
Robert Calvert, Esq., M.D., Southwell
Jonathan Carnley, Esq., Crowell-house, Barnsley, Yorkshire
Henry Cartwright, Esq., Nottingham
John Gaunt, Esq., Nottingham
Lorenzo Christie, Esq., Nottingham
William Chouler, Esq., South Muskham, Notts
John Cole, Esq., Derby
James Cullen, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel Curtis, Esq., Norwell, Notts
Isaiah Danks, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Danks, Esq., Nottingham
George Truswell Eaton, Esq., Cavendish-bridge, Derbyshire
Booth Eddison, Esq., Nottingham
John Fisher, Esq. Watling-street, London
Thomas Fisher, Esq., Nottingham
Newton-upon-Trent
William Galloway, Esq., Nottingham
Henry Gilbert, Esq., Laneham, Notts
Robert Glossop, Esq., Little Carlton, Notts
Charles Edmund Green, Esq., Blandford-street, Portman.
Richard Hall, Esq., Farnstiold, Nottinghamshire
William henry Halpin, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square.
John Harrison, Esq., Nottingham
George
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John Heard, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Hemsley, Esq., Melbourne, Derbyshire
jragientinlatiitoals,lEriscdt..„,eb, banker,
W. A. Hill, Esq., 3, Gray's Inn-square
John Hopkins, Esq., Maldon, Yorkshire
Emanuel Howitt, Esq., Farnsfleld, Nottinghamshire
R. S. Hutchinson, Esq., M.D., Nottingham
Thomas Jackson, Esq., Nottingham
Richard Hopper, Esq., London
John Johnson, Esq., Maythorn-mills, Nottinghamshire
John Lane, Esq., D.C.L., Reppel-street, Russell-square
Charles Leavers, Esq., Nottingham
John Leavers, Esq., Nottingham.park
John Mee-Matthew, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner
Fletcher Mercer, Esq , Gainsborough
James Morley, Esq., Basford-hall, Nottinghamshire
John Morley, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel Morley, Esq., Nottingham
Robert Parker, Esq., Nottingham
William Patterson, Esq., Burton Joyce, near Nottingham
Thomas Potter, Esq., Manchester
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Park-village East, Regent's-park
Joseph Smith, Esq., cornfactor, Nottingham
Thomas Smith, Esq., Carlton, Notts •
Matthew Sooby, jun., Esq., Gainsborough
Thomas 'Stafford, Esq., Warnham, Notts
John Stuart, Esq., Manchester
William Taylor, Esq., Nottingham
John Toiler, Esq.' South Muskham
William Vickers, Esq., Nottingham
William Watson, Esq., Daybrook, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Weatherall, Esq., Lincoln
Abraham Wheatcroft, Esq., Cromford, Derbyshire
Nathaniel Wheatcroft, jun., Esq., Cromford, Derbyshire
Richard Whyman, ESQ., Flintharn-cottage, Notts
Thomas Woodhouse, Esq , Nottingham
Joseph Wylcs, Esq., Grantham
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

The Hon. HF. Berkeley, M.P. Isaiah Danks, Esq.
Sir James E. Anderson I Charles Edmund Green, Esq.
Emanuel Hewitt, Esq. W. A. Hill, Esq.
Samuel Bean, Esq. F. S. Alliott, Esq.
.Tsfeob Monteflore, Esq. William Vickers, Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINNEB—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq., C,E.
sOttetTOts.
G. P. Hill, Esp., 21 A, Soho-square
J. T. Sanders, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square
A. Wells, Esq., Nottingham,
LocAL AGENT--Joseph Smith, Esq., CarltOn.lipoll.Trent.
lIANKESS.
The London Joint-Stock Banking Company
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company
Handley and Co., Bankers, Newark,
This important line of railway, commencing at the port of Gallia-
borough, is intended to pass along the Trent flat by Bolt, Sitirton-le-
Steeple, North LevertOn, gonth LeVerton, Treswell, Hampton, Lane-
ham, Dunham, liagnali Fleetbotout hi Marnham, NOtritanttit Grass-
thorpe, Sutton-upon-Trent; Carlitin, ti t:ante% :NOM% Milky,
North litUalthilm, to Newark, and thence to Nottingham, by the
existing ,iiiidlands branch, making the total distance to Nottingham
forty-one miles or thereabouts; thus effecting a direct line ttom
Gainsborough to Nottingham, which Will connect herby, Ilirttilug-
ham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the west of England generally, with
Gainsborongh, Goole, Buhl, and Great Grimsby.
The object of the promoters of this railway IS to aittird tO existing
interests ah opportunity of Uniting to secure the immense Millie
which exists along this line in its original and legitimate course, via
NeWark.upon-Trent to Nottingham. They propose no unfair inter-
ference with the rights and properties of vested collnuttlieS, hilt, by
cutting off the angles and curves Or the river, render the rotate the
most direct, economical, and speedy of any railway that can be
made. It is free from any engineering difficulty Or obstruction.
There are no tunnels or expensive cuttings necessary I nor does it
interfere will any residential property 1 and the eipciise Of !Orilla-
tion will be much below the average cost, as conapared With other
lines.
Should the Attlot. the totideti and totk litie lie Obtained; this
Company Will avail Of their Wit il`citi Atatuti-itpeti-l'kut to
Newark, A distance of eight miles, leaving only about fifteen miles
of new railway to be Made to Coniplete tills iiriportarit line of
communication, thitugh A heti agriefiltutal valley of great beauty,
and possetaing ithportaht 10C1,1 claims to railway accommodation.
If the above Company do not succeed in their Undertaking, the
prosent projectors will occupy their ground front Stitton-Upon-Trent
to Newark, and construct the Whine lint frOm GainSbottnigh to
Newark, kir...the accottlpilahMent of Which =pie jiroViSioli is Se-
cured in their eilithated Upftal. - -
The meth* of this line are such as will require no extensive pa-
tronage for its support. The local interest it possesses will he Hind
sufficient to command a high station atnongBt the best railway pro-
jects of the by, All necessary preparations are made, and the
plaits, Ste., will be duly deposited, in compliance with the standing
orders of both Houses of Parliament, in order that the promtnett
may bring their undertaking before the entitling Partial-nerd,
The estimate, which has been formed on the most liberal scale, to
include the purchase of property, and all other expenses, will not
exceed 300,000/.
of AtiplopliecoaroantiopnNyiill be made in the Bill to allow 4/. per cent, par
annum interest on deposit and -calls until the completion of
the line.
Prospectuses may be obtained, and applications fbr shares made,.to
G. P. Esq., and J. T. Sanders, Esq., at the temporary offices
l Gray's Inn-square, London ; and to Arthur
Wells,
—sq., solicitor, Nottingham; and to Arthur Ballantine, 1;•
stock and sharebroker, 1, Throgmorton.street, City.
Temporary Offices,
1 1, Gray's Inn-square.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Gainsborqugy, Newark, and

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Nottingham Railway (the Trent Line).
Gentlemen,--I request that you will apportion me shares of
201. each in the above undertaking, and I hereby undertake to accept
the same, or any less number that you may
allot to me, and to pay
the deposit of 21. 28. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to
sign the Parliamentqry Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this clay of

, 1845.
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