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London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

(Pursunit to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons,

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne
Sir Wlllian Twyeden, Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, Directo.
of the Ciepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and
Erewasi Valley Extension Railways
Sir Willian Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the
Chepstov, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, and
of the South and Midland Junction, and West Midland Railways
Major-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Director of the York and
Lancaster Railway
Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and
Trent V4ley Continuation Railways
Henry Amlier, Esq., worsted spinner and manufacturer, Watkinson
Hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway, and
Liverpooland Leeds Dina Railway
C. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
John ajewder Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of
the Oxford and Worcester Extension R tilway
William Haadgett, Esq., Winchester-street, Broad-street, Director of
the Italian and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford,
Railways
William Bulls, Esq., Honey-lane Market
John li.vng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey
William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Di-
rector of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction
Railways
Henry Weerh Burgess, Esq., Temple's Park, Hempstead, Director of
the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Railway
Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq.' the Lodge, Upper Clapton
Josiah Burrowes, Esq., Castle House, Gomersall, near Leeds
Thomas Burnley, Esq., Gomereall, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool stud Leeds
Direct Railway
Samuel Bateman, Esq., Croft House, mesa Bradford, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby
hallway
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
Dr. Brigstock, Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester
Railway
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street; Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln, and Great Luxembourg Railway
Job Bullinart, Esq., East Redford
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., J.P., Hull, Director of the Eugby
Warwick, and Leamington, and of the Lirerpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
John Carter, Esq., Knottingley
Thomas Carter, Esq., Tanshelf, J.P. for the Borough of Pontefract
Charles Charnock, Esq., Holmfield House, near Ferrybridge
Millis Coventry, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Junction,
and Birmingham Extension Railways
B. Clements, Esq., Lowndes-square, Director of the Western Janie's&
Railway
J. Cottam, Esq., East Redford
Robert Cook, Esq., Gaineborough, Director of the Manchester, Mid-
land, and Great Grimsby, Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of Axholme,
and the Wisbeach, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire Junction Railways
John Cutts, Esq., Little Barfield Hall, near Braintree, Essex
James Clift, Esq., Director of the Paris And Strasbourg, Southampton
Manchester, and Oxford, and the Manchester, Rugby, and Maccles-
field Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham EXtest-
Mon
Henry Sherard Coleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street
Francis Deere, Esq., Stratford, Essex
J. Dawson, Esq., Pontefract
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the West Midland, and Thames Tal-
ley Railways
Joseph Dent, Esq., Aibston Hall, near Leeds, Magistrate for the
North West Riding of Yorkshire
A. A. Davenlaort, Esq., Director of the Oxfbrd and Worcester Exten-
sion, and Worcester Junction Railways
Joseph L. Davenport, Esq.,Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, near Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Richard Dranefield, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Director of the
Rugby,. Derby, and Manchester, of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect, and of the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction
Railways
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway
Francis Ewalt, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railway
Lieut.-Col. Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Managing Direc-
tor of the York and Lancaster Railway
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten-
sion Railway
Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham, Mans-
field, and Midland Junction Railway
Martin Furnis3, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the &mash and Shot
field Railway
John Griffiths Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the London,
derry and Coleraine, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
George Green, Esq., Pontefract
Charles Gibson, Esq., Holland-place, Clapham
James Gilbertson, Esq., Hertford
William Gibson, Esq., Glasgow
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Director of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
Charles Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Cheapside
William Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Swan Graves, Esq., Ely Bank Lodge, Halifax
John Gully, Esq., Ackworth Park, Ackwortk
Richard Hall, Esq.;Carnarvon Hall, Stratford, Director of the Strat-
ford and Thames Junction, and North Woolwich Railways
John Charles Hall, Esq., New Grove-street, East Redford
R. F. Hall, Esq., Wiseton, near Bawtry
S. C. Hall, Esq., F.S.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Enmesh Tal-
ley Extension and West Midland Railways
Samuel Hammond, Esq., Leeds
John George Hammack, Esq., Director of the Direct Western and
the Metropolitan Junction Railways
William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieut. and J.P. for the
West Riding of Yorkshire
John Mason Hepworth, Esq., Eden-place, Ackworth, J.P. for the
West Riding of Yorkshire
Joshua Hepworth, Esq., Rogerthorpe Hall, Bedsworth
Thomas Heelis, Esq.' Skipton Castle, Skipton, Director of the Lan-
cashire and North Yorkshire, Lancashire aid Yorkshire North-
Eastern, and of the Liverp/o1 and Leeds Direct Railways
Robert lierries, Esq., East-street, Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railway
Charles Holbrooke, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester
John Holmes, Esq., Best Redford
John Midge, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Direc-
tor of the Derby aid Stafford Railway
William Empson Jalland, Esq., Holderncas House, near Hull, Di-
rector of the York and Hull Railway
Harwell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderneas House, near Hull, Ma-
gistrate for the East Riding of York and Borough of Hull, and
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Hull and Barnsley
Railways
John Jameson, Esq., Honey-lane Market
William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf-
fordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Blythe and Churnet
Valleys, or Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways
George Lawton, Esq., Ditehleys, Essex, Director of the Chepstow,
London
Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
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Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square
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maica Railway
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Director of the Sligo and Shannon, the
Ipswich and Southampton, and the Cork Passage and Kinsale
Railways
John B. Mann, Esq., Leeds
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq , Newask.,,pon_Trenr.," and Bedford-
square, Hyde Park
Thomas M'Turk, Esq., Hull
William
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William Moorhouse, Esq., Marine Villa, Knottingley, Provisional
Director of the Sheffield, Barnsley, and Wakefield Railway
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of South and Midlands' Junction, and
London and Birmingham Extension Railways
James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract, J. P. for the Borough, a Provi-
sional Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester
Junction, Railway
Joseph Nadir', Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Southampton, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
William Joseph Nash, Esq. Bedford
John Norton, Esq., 1, St. George's-square, Westminster, and Moat
House, Brentwood, Director of the Great Western Direct Railway
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley and Con-
tinuation and Holyhead Junction, and West Midland and South
Midland and Oxford Extension Railways
Robert Oxley, Esq., M.D., Pontefract
Bennett Pell, Esq., 12, Finsbury-place North
William Perfect, Esq., Monkhill, near Pontefract
John Phillips, Esq. Mayor of Pontefract
Thomas Ingham Raynor, Esq., Birstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Birming-
ham Direct, Leicester, Iron, and Dove Valley Railways
Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Managing
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Reading, and Basingstok
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester,
James Robson, Esq., Tanshelf, J. P. for the Borough of Pontefract
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George Robinson, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junc-
tion, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways
John Richardson, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate,
the East and West Yorkshire, and the Midland and Thirsk Junc-
tion Railway
Thomas Rontlidge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract
James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director o.
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton, of the Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railways
Henry Savage, Esq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway
Benjamin Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnet and
Blythe Valleys Railways
J. E. Slchel, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and
of the Leeds and York, and Midland Railways
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Director of
the South Midland Junction Railway, &c., &e.
George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury Hall, Sheffield, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., 30, North-street, Leeds, Director of the
Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Joseph Smithson, Esq., Kirklees Mills, near Halifax
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter,
and Stafford Railway.
Thomas S. Trapp, Esq., Banker, Bedford
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Gorbals, Hull, Di-
rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
William Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Gorbals, Hull
Thomas Turney, Esq., Park Lodge, near Halifax
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Bucklaud Hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and Direct Birmingham and
Leicester Railways
Major-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-Plaea.
Tyonams, Esq., Royai ounaery,-Bakifi
Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden House, Middlesex
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, sat
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Willett, Esq., Bradford
George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF—Sir John M'Neil, L.L.D., and F.R.S.
ACTING ArulUngar Higgins, Esq.
LONDON SOLICITOUS.
J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall.court
Owen Gray, Esq., }
20 Great Tower-street,
J. B. Midge, Esq.,

BANKEIS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.

The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course,
the important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds with the
Metropolis, the want of which has long been felt, and is toe univer-
sally acknowledged to need any comment, and it is under this con-
viction that this important undertaking, after several minute exa-
minations of the country through which it will pass, has boen brought
forward.

The proposed line will commence at the junction of the Manches-
ter and Leeds, and York and North Midland Railways, near Wake-
field, and will terminate by means of a junction with the Easter'
Counties Railway at Bedford (to which place it is the intention of
Newark, Grantham, Melton
that Company to extend their line in the ensuing session of Parlia-
ment), and by thus availing> itself as far as possible of the existing
railways, will complete the- most direct and least expensive trunk
Rotherham, thhienrhaamn
lute, from London to Leeds,York, and Hull. It will pass in Its route
both from the nature of
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obvious,
its course (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within
its limits) as also from the absence of any direct communication tbr
the conveyance of passengers and merchandise.
By the construction of this railway, railway communication to
London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester (by means of
the Syston and Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham
(by the Nottingham and Lincoln line), and to Sheffield and Gainsbo-
rough (by the Sheffield and Gainsborough line), by a much shorter
roluntedetpheanndbzuy of
Railways.anyetxhiestadinvgant.ges to the towns in the several
offered
counties through which this Line will pass, the Line in itself consi-
dered as a direct trunk line between London and Leeds, is sufficient
to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic
between these two places would produce such a return on the capital
required, as to admit of a dividend, equal to that of any railway in
operation : but when it is borne in mind; that a Company is being
formed for the purpose of connecting Glasgow with Leeds by means of
a junction wills the York and Carlisle Railway, 110 better line can be
presented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct communica-
tion from Glasgow and the Western parts of Scotland to London, but
would also connect Edinburgh and the Eastern Parts of Scotland as
well as Durham and Newcastle (by the York and North Midland, and
Great North of England Railways), with the Metropolis, which would
be considerably shorter than the accommodation offered by any
other Conipauy, and when cost of construction 15 considered there