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London, England, 1845-05-17 00:00:00

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from
PERTH to ELGIN, by Blairgowrie, Braemar, and Bailin-
dalloch—to Join the Great North of Scotland Railway from Aberdeen
to Inverness, at or near Elgin, with a Branch to Banff.
The promoters of this Railway have great satisfaction in an-
nouncing that they have received a favourable report from Alexander
Gibb, Esq., civil engineer, Aberdeen. The undertaking is now proved
to be practicable ; and it will very soon be shown that it will be profit-
able—because, as this line is the shortest to all the Northern Coun-
ties, not excepting Inverness, it will obtain, to a great extent, the
traffic between these counties and the south. The superiority of
this line, as publicly announced on the 25th ult., is indeed already
partially demonstrated by several subsequent attempt% to appro-
priate some portion of it. The noblemen and gentlemen, more im-
mediately interested in " The Direct Northern Railway," will no
doubt support those who procure the opinion of an intelligent engi-
neer, and take every precaution to ascertain the probable traffic be-
fore presuming to issue any detailed prospectus.
So soon as the tables of traffic are completed, the prospectus will
be issued ; and, in the meantime, all information on this vital point,
will be thankfully received by Messrs. Gray and Jameson, writers,
Perth ; Alexander Souter, Esq., Banff ; or by

WILLIAM GAlGOR,lntertm Secretary, Elgin.
Elgin, May 8, 1845.

NOTTINGHAM, EREW ASH VALLEY.
AMBER-GATE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.
Capital, 600,0001, in 94,000 Shares of 231. each.
Deposit, 11. 7s. 6d, per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq., M.P., Fredville, Kent.
Colonel Rolleston, M.P., Watnall, Nottinghamshire.
John Sherwin Sherwin, Esq., Bramcote, Nottinghamshire.
Robert Holden, Esq., Loeko Park, Derbyshire.
Richard Hurt, Esq., Wirksworth.
Francis Green Goodwin, Esq., Wigweli Grange, Derbyshire.
William Paget, Esq., Sutton Bonnington, Notting-1 Directors of the
ni hashire, Erewash Canal
Lawrence Hall, Esq., Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, Company.
Peter Arkwright, Req., Willersley Castle, Derbyshire
Directors
Rev. John Smith, Aldacre Park, Derbyshire,
of the
Charles Clarke, Esq., Matlock, Cromford
Edward Radford, Esq., Tansley Wood, Matlock,
Canal
Peter Walthall, Esq., Darley Dale, Derbyshire,
Company.
William Cartledge, Esq., Nottingham,
Wm. Fletcher Norton Norton, Esq., Elton, Notts. Directors
John Gill, Esq., Nottingham, of the
Charles Chonler, Esq., Woilaton, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham
Wu,. Watson, Esq., Draybrook, Nottinghamshire, Canal
Samuel Beardsley Slater, Esq., Nottingham, Company.
James Nixon, Esq., Benton, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Bishop, Esq., Standard Hill, Not- Directors of the
Cromford and
tingham, Nottingham
John Simpson, Esq., Arnet Hill, Nottingham-
Canal Company.
shire,
Charles Allcock, Esq., Bulwell, Nottinghamshire.
Francis Simee Alliott, Esq., Nettinham.
Francis Braithwaite, Esq., Nottingham Park.
Joseph Braithwaite, Esq., Standard Hill, Nottingham.
John Bradley, Esq., Nottingham Park.
William Cantrell, Esq., Wirksworth.
Timothy Chouler, Esq., Nottingham.
Booth Eddison, Esq., Nottingham.
John Fox, Esq., Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire.
Charles Edmund Goodall, Esq., Nonnanton, Nottinghamshire.
John Heard, Esq., Nottingham.
Lewis Heymann, Esq., Nottingham.
Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham.
Samuel Hollins, Esq., Nottingham.
Charles Vickers Hunter, Esq., Kilburno, Derbyshire.
Francis Hurst, Esq., Alderwaslee, Derbyshire.
Thomas Keely, Esq., Nottingham.
Thomas Jackson, Req., Nottingham.
James Lomax, Esq., Nottingham Park.
Captain Phillips, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
John Swann, Esq., Nottingham.
Kirke Swann, Esq., Nottingham.
Francis Welford, Esq., Nottingham Park.

COMMITTEE 01 MANAGEMENT.
Charles Chute, Esq., Matlock, Chairman
Thomas Bishop, Esq., Standard-hill, Nottingham, Vice-Chairman
Edward Radford, Esq., Tansley Wood, Derbyshire
William Paget, Esq., Sutton Bonnington
John Simpson, Esq., Arnot-hill, Nottinghamshire
John Heard, Esq., Nottingham Park
ENGINBER—John E. Rastrlck, Esq.
RusinaNT AcTina ENGINEERS—MT. henry Howell and Mr. Samuel

ratorsou
BANKERS,
Messrs. Samuel Smith aid Co., Nottingham
Messrs. Arkwright, Wirksworth
Idessro. Smith, Payno, and Smith, Loadoo
Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Derby
Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., Manchester

COLICITOSS.
Meeers. Percy, Smith, and Percy, Nottingham
Messrs. Craddock and Woolley, Loaghborough
Mr. Philip Ilubbersty, Workeworth
JOHN GOUGH, Secretary, pre. tem.

This Railway is projected to continue the line of communication
from the terminus of the proposed Manchester, Buxton, Matlack, and
Midlands Junction Railway at Amber-gate to Nottingham ; which by a
junction at Nottingham with one of the proposed' Eastern lines will
complete the nearest and most direct route from Nottingham and the
Eastern Counties to Manchester, Liverpool, and Ilolyhead, and by a
junction with the Midlands Railway, in the parish of hawley, by the
Erewash Valley, the nearest route from Lancashire and Yorkshire to
the South.
The town and environs of Nottingham oontaiu a population of up-
words of 100,000 persons, extensively employed in the cotton, silk
and lace manufacture, and this line, by its connexion with the pro-
posed Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway,
will reduce the distance upwards of seventy miles from that important
district to Manchester and Liverpool, as compared with existing
routes t and the same advantage will also be derived by the towns of
Leicester and Loughborough.
Independently of the great tram. which, as part of the main trunk
line from the agricultural districts of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire,
Norfolk, and Suffolk, to the manufacturing districts of Lancashire
and Cheshire, it will pass through a very populous, manufacturing,
and rich mineral district, the local traffic from which will alone re-
turn a fair remuneration for the capital invested. .
It will else pass through the extensive Nottinghamshire and Derby-
shire coal-field ; and by its junction with the Midlands Railway, at
Amber-gate, and its ermtiguity to the limestone and gritstone quarries
of Derbyshire, afford an unlimited quaatity of coal, lime, and building
stone to a large district at present only partially and expensively sup-
plied with those important products.
In addition to the income to be thus derived from the local,
mineral, and passenger traffic, a large revenue will accrue from
the line, considerably cheapening the transit of eattle, cern, and ether
produce of the Eastern Agricultural Counties, and also of cotton, silk,
and other raw materials, now brought by a circuitous, dilatory, and
expansive route, from Liverpool and Manchester, to be used in the
staple trades of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire,
and the transmission of valuable manufactured goods to Liverpool for
exportation.
The railway will provide an easy and cheap access from Notting-
ham and the eastern part of England to Matlock, Buxton, Bakewell,
Chatsworth, and Haddon, and the romantic scenery of the Peak, and
by opening objects so rich in their attraction, will beyond doubt com-
mand a large proportion of that pleasure travelling public by which
existing lines have so much benefited.
The Proprietors of the canals in the district through which the line
will traverse, it is confidently believed, will amalgamate their inte-
rests upon such equitable terms as will prove advantageous to the
Shareholders in this Company.
A preliminary survey of the country has been made, and it has
been ascertained that the gradients are remarkably good, and the
cost of construction not expensive.
Prospectuses, with forms of . application, may be obtained from
Mr. Spencer, Nottingham ; Mr. Peet, Nottingham ; Messrs. Karp
and Son, Derby ; Mr. Eyre, Derby ; Messrs. Leeds and Son,
Manchester; Mr. Duncuff, Manchester; Messrs. Joshua King and
Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Trigg and Hodgson, Hull ; and Mr. J. S.
Yeats, Mr. T. Allsop, and Messrs. Carding and Whitehead, Thread.
needle-street, London.
Application for shares may be made in the annexed form, to any
of the Solicitors :
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Previsional Directors of the Nottingham, Eyewash
Amber Gate, and Manchester Railway,
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in this
undertaking; and I agree to accept the same or ally portion thereof,
subject to the previsions of the subscriber's agreement ; and I ffirther
agree to execute the same, and any other agreenient or deeds, and to
pay tile deposit when required.
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NOTTINGHAM, EREWASH VALLEY,
AMBER-GATE, and MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
Registered Provisionally, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vie., cap. 110.
Notice is hereby given that no further application for Shares in thia
undertaking will be received after the 26th instant.
By order of the Board,
JOHN GOUGH, Soo. pro tem.

Nottingham, May 12, 1845

NOTTINGHAM, VALLEY of BELVOIR,
and GRANTHAM RAILWAY.
A Company is in course of formation by the local and canal interest
for the purpose of carrying forward the proposed Manchest.l and
Nottingham, Erewash Valley, and Amber Gate Railway to Grantham
vil Bingham.
This Railway will traverse a large and populous agricultural dis-
trict, connecting it with the great coal and mineral field of Derbyshire
and Nottinghamshire, and will offer the shortest practicable route
from the Eastern Counties to Manchester, Liverpool, and Holyhead.
Proposals will be made for uniting this Line with that already pro-
jected, called the Nottingham, Erewash Valley, Amber Gate, and
Manchester Railway, and of the Canal interests along the route of
the projected Railway.
There is every reason to believe that the traffic will be abundant
and remunerative, whilst its construction- will be below the average
cost.
A preliminary survey of the Line has been made, and a Prospectus
will shortly be issued.
Communications on the subject may be addressed to Messrs. Ostler
and Sons, Solicitors, Grantham ; and Messrs. Percy, Smith, and
Percy, Solicitors, Nottingham.
Nottingham, May 2., 1845.