The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-04 00:00:00

BARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity,
convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published,
held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of
September instant,
JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair ;
It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq , seconded by the Rev. J. D.
THOMPSON, and carried unanimously—
That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway commu-
nication between the northern districts of the Metropolis and the
town of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now
imperatively called for.
It was proposed by BENJAMIN Sum% Esq., and seconded by
Mr. Jons HOPEWELL. and resolved unanimously-
2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and
map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other pro-
jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet
and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town
greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to
come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford
to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it
deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an in-
terest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be presented in
favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of
Parliament ; and this meeting pledges itself to flirther the views of
the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed to promote
the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet.
That the Committee consist of
Benjamin Smith Esq.
Mr. John Hopewell
Mr. George Bower
Mr. James Hill
Mr. James Cooper
With power to add to their number.
It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART, and ieconded by
J. SPENCER, Esq., and resolved unanimously-
3. That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the Hon. F. H. F.
Berkeley, the Chairman, and the Deputy-Chairman, and the other
members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they
have laid before the meeting the project of the Company.
It was proposed by WILLIAM HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. W.
HOLDEN, Esq., and carried unanimously--
4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for
his impartial and able conduct in the chair.

Mr. Brunt
Mr. Spencer
Rev. Alexander Stuart
Rev. John Dawson Thompson

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in
this undertaking will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th October
next.
By order of the Committee of Management,
EDWARD ELKINS, I
J
G. P. RILL, Joint SolleitorS.
59 Newman-street. Sept. 25, 1845.

PORT of WISBECH, PETERBOROUGH
BIRMLNGIIAM, and MIDLAND COUNTIES UNION
RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. ss. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Humphery, Esq., M.P., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector of the Central Kent Railway
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of
Rastrick's Direct Manchester Railway
D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and Manchester, and
South Midland Railways
George Danby Palmer, Esq., magistrate for the county of Norfolk,
and borough of Great Grimsby ; Director of the Waveney Valley,
and Great Yarmouth, and the Lincoln. Louth, and Great Grimsby
Railways
Richard Hammond, Esq., magistrate for the borough of Great Yar-
mouth, Director of the Waveney Valley Railway
John King, Esq„ Director of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby
Railway.
The Rev. H. R. Fowler. 7, Manchester-square, Director of the London
and Nottingham Railway
W. A. Campbell, Esq., Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and Va-
lentia Railway
F. Barrette, Esq., Portland-place, London
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton

Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Norwich, and Blackheath Park, Kent, Di-
rector of the Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
W. S. Potter, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Cheltenham, and
Gloucester Railway
Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Northamptom, Banbury, and
Cheltenham Railway
Frederick. White, Esq., R.N., Sheerness, Director of the Metropolitan
Junction Railway
George Parbury, Egg., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, London
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
Capt. Heathorn, Director of the South Metropolitan Gas Company
It. Gray, Esq., 5, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, London
N. C. Colmaa, Esq,, Director of the Leeds anti Liverpool Direct
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