The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
Jupetion with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford.
' • 1. • Distance, 120 miles.
agritit, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 261. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
Parsoant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Honourable Lord Dunboyne
The Lord Stephen Chichester, Ormeau, Belfast, and Army and
Navy Club, London
Sir Robert Alexander, Bart., Charles-street, Manchester-square
I,lr William Twysden, Bart., Dosset street, Portman-square, Di.
rector of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction
and Erewash Valley Extension Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the
Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and of the
South and Midland Junction and West Midland Railways
Sir John Osborn, Bart., Earl's-court, Brompton
Sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms Yard, Alderman of London,
Director of the Direct Manchester and London, and of the
Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway.
Captain Frederick Polhill, M.P. for Bedford
Major. General Rir Robert Barton, K. C. H , Director of the York
and Lancaster Itilway
Major-General Thomas Morgan, Singleton-house, Torquay
Major-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Port-
man square
William Ackroyd, Esq., Westbourne Lodge, Otley, Director of
the East and West York, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Leeds
and Carlisle Railways
Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and
Trent Valley Continuation Railways
Francis Simes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Amber-
gate, Nottinghara,.and Boston, and Eastern Junction, and one
of the Provisional Committee of the Nottingham and Gains.
borough Railway Companies
Henry Ambler, Esq., worsted spinner and manufacturer, Watkin-
son-hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway,
and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Q. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Mid-
land Railway
homes Ansell, Esq.. M.D., Mile-End-road
I.eorge Ashlin, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Newcastle.
upon-Tyne Railway
Richard Armitage, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Di-
rector of the Manchester and Great Grimsby, and Keighley,
Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
The Rev. Charles Edward Armstrong, M.A., Hemsworth
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Di-
rector of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Director of the Hull and Barnsley
and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester-house, Broad-street, Di-
rector of the Italian and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter,
and Stafford Railways
William Banks, Esq., Honey-tane-inarket, Director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, via Macclesfield
Byng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey
IVilliam Fechne) Black, Esq., Wilton.place, Belgrave square,
Director of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland
Junction Railways
henry Weeen Burgess, Esq., Temple's-park, Hampstead, Director
of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Railway
C:larTes Salisbury Butler, Esq., the Lodge, Upper Clapton
Josiah Burrowes, Esq., Castle.heuse, Gomersall, near Leeds
Thowas Burnley, Esq., Gomersall, near Leeds, Director of the
Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railway
Samuel Bateman Esq., Croft-Mouse, near Bradford, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
ileury Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby
Railway
Dr. Brigatock, Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby and Man.
cheater Railway
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford

James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, and Great Luxembourg Railway
John More, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Teats and Dove Valley,
the Derby and Gainsborough, the Shropshire Mineral Rail-
ways, &e.
Job Buiiivant, Esq., East Retford

'William Butt, Esq., Sandiacre, Derbyshire
Robert Burton, Esq., merchant, Woodville, Notts
James Butlin, Esq.. banker, West-field House, Rugby, Director of
the Rugby and Huntingdon, and one of the Provisional Commit-
tee of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction Railway Companies
Richard Biddle, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Birkin, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
John Gillingham Bishop, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Thomas Butt, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Bradley, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Ambergate,
Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sneffield, Chairman of the
Direct Western, and Isle of E y and Lincolnshire Junction
Railways
John Fowler Burbid-e, Esq., Mayor of Grantham, Director of the
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction
Railway
-Jonathan Burton, Esq., merchant, Carrington, Notticghamshire,
Director of the Nottingham arid G in•borough Railway
B ildwin Carrick, Esq., Magistrate, Hull, Director of the
_Rugby, Warwick, and Leamington, and of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railways
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
John Carter, Esq., Knottingley
Thomas Carter, Esq., Tanshelf, Magistrate for the borough of

Pontefract
Charles Charnock, Esq.. Holmfield_house, near Ferry-bridge
Coventry, Esq , Director of the South and Midland June_
tion, and Birmingham Extension Railways
B. Clements, F.sq., Lowndes-square, Director of the Western
Jamaica Railway
Itetlicrt Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby, Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of
Axholine, and the Wie3each, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire
-Junction Railways
Cottam, Esq., East Retford

!,hn Cutts, Esq., I.itt'e Bardfield-hall, near Braintree, Essex
.ics Chfr, Esq., Director of the Paris and Strasburg, South-
aru!iton, Manchester, and Oxford, and the Manchester, Rugby.
and Macclesfield Railways
W. Cross, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham Ex-

tension
Henry sherard Coleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street
.Julio C runt, Esq., Nottingham
'llama, Mark Carter, Esq., Woodgreaves House, near Wakefield,
I)irector of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby
rect Railway
George Augustus Hamilton Chichester, Esq °airfield, Donegal,
and 15, Chesham-place, Belgrave.square, Director of the Grand
\Vales G.titral, and London and Exeter Direct Railways
Champion, Esq., Worksop
George Chap:nan, Esq., Weiham Villa, near East Retford
woliarn Ci,eztham, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
cooper, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Eq., Stratford, Essex
George D,tinis, Esq, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Wiles
uuct ion Railway
.eph Dent, Esq., Ribston-hall, etherby, Magistrate for the
Xerth West Riding of Yorkshire
A. Davenport, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester
Extension, and Worcester Junction Railways
.Tc.-;•epl; L. Davenport, Esq , Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,

And ',4...anchester Railway
jcitn Aycock Plzen, Esq., Burnley, near Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leesi; Direct Railway
-Richard Dranstield, Esq.. Dalton, Huddersfield, Director of the
n,,gby, Derby and Manchester, of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, anti of the Keighley, Halifax and Huddersfield Junction
ltaiiways
S'lscnrd Doubleday. Ebq F.L.S., Director of the Rugby, War-
wick, and Worcester Railway
Dawson, Req., Pontefract
Wdlistn Dawson, Esq Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough,
Wistie.ach, Lynn, and Boston, and the Sheffield, Wortley, Silk-
stone, ausl Wakefield Railways
I,lin Campbell Dicker, Esq , New hall, by Neston, Director of the
iiirkenhead, Holyhead, and the Bilmingliam, Oxford, and Read.
vi, Railways
nzttry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Manchester, Hud.
derirield, and Great Grimsby Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester and Wey.
mouth Railway
.3ulin E liott, Tow:ll:cad-house, Rochdale
{Lieutenant-Colonel Fitch, 56, York-terrace, Regent's Park, Man.
ay,i)ift Dircc:or of the York and Lancaster Railway
'Erasmus Foster, E-q., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Ex.
tension Railway
s:3okmon Poster, Efq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham,
Mansfield, and 31id!and Junction Railway
311 srin furniss, EN.. Mansfield, Director of the Erewuh and
Shahid 11:41ivay
John Griffiths', Frith, E.g., Austin-Mars, Chairman "of the Lon-
s!ontierry and Coleraine, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
•William Fisher, Esq., Amcotts-house, near East Retford
.games Fothergill, Earl., merchant, Nottingham
itiLliard W. Fitzpatrick, Irtrrlster-at.law, Gloucester-road, Hyde-

park-gardens
George Green, Esq., Pontefract
:Buns Gilbertson, Esq., alderman, and magistrate for Hertford
ZYilliam Gibton, Esq., Glasgow
l. P. Gipps, Esq., Director of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
4211:ales Goldsmith, Esq., Friday.street, Cheapside
William Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool
• and Leeds Direct Railway
itaisy Swan Graves Esq., Ely Bask-ledge,
Halifax
3,):i1 Gully, Esq., Ackworth Park, Ackworth
Willimn Gibbs, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the South Metro;
Poqtan Cemetery Company
William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, Director of the- Leeds
and Carlisle, and Northumberland and Lancashire Railways,
John Godber, Esq., Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, Director
of the Ambergate. Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern
Junction, and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Companies
liree,as John Green, Esq., Mayor of Bedford.
lticttactl Hall, Esq., Carnarvon.hall. Stratford, Director of the Strat.

ford and Thames Junction, and North Woolwich Itai'way
IL F. Hal!, Esq., Wiseton. near Bawtry
C. Ha►!, Esq., F.S.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Erewash
Valley Extension and West Midland Railways
W. H. Halpin, Esq , Director of the Trim& Reading, and Basing•
stoke, and Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways
Sleben Hull, Esq., M.D., Norwich
S .ms.o4 Hammond, Esq., Leeds

ahn George Hammack, Esq., Director of the Direct Western and
the Metropolitan Junction Railways
Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieutenant and
J. P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire
ato Maroo Hepworth, Esq., Eden-place, Ackworth, J.P. for the

West Riding of Yorkshire
Ishua Hepworth, Esq, Rogerthope•hall, Badsworth
Thomas Heelis, Esq., Skipton-castle, Skipton, Director of the
Lancashire and North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
.North Eastern, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
;al.O Holmes, Esq., East Retford
Polert Herries, Esq., East-street, Leeds, Director of the Liverpool

and Lae& Direct Railway
Itarles Ifolbrooke, Eaq, Derby, Director of the RugbY, Derby,
and BlancheAter

Mai Howard, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Thomas Haigh, F.sq., Wakefield, late High Constable of Wakefield
John Hardy, jun., Esq., banker, Grantham, Director of the Amber-
awe, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
lohn Harris, Esq , Soringfield-house, near Bedford
Charier Higgins, sen., Eq., St. Cuthbert's, Bedford
•fleorge Higgins, Esq., Bedford
*The Rev. Charles Walter Hudson, Rectory, 3aundby, near Gains-
horough _
gorge Hurst. Esq , Bedford -" -
-roan Eaq late Sheriff of:London and Middlesex, and
Director of the Derby and Stafford Railway
William Empson Jalland, Esq., Holderness-house, near Hull, Di-
rector the York and Hull Railway
1t; ;R•citMß;llet" Holderness.house, near:Hull, Ma-
gistrate ftt the East Riding of York and borough of Hull, and
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Hull and Barnsley
tailWaYS
Jameson. Esq., Honey-lane-market
Nrlliain Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct

-Tv ,iLinm Jones Johnson, Esq., Bedford
pw(1)11 Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, and Director of the Li
L eeds Direct Railways
nas Liverpool
Kninald Kemp, Es 1., Director of the Blythe and Churnet
o,r Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways
Wish Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director of
a Manchester and Great Grimsby, and Keighley, Halifax, and
Huddersfield Junction Railways
,rge Kippax, Esq., Ordsall Villa, near East Itetford
air Samuel Knight, Pontefract
it C. Leahy', El., St. James's-square