The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-07 00:00:00

TEICESTER and BEDFORD RAILWAY,
from Leicester, through Market Harborough, Bothwell, Ket-
tering, Wellingborough, Bedford, to Hitchin. Provisionally regis-
tered.
Capital, 1,300,0001., ot 65,000 Shares of 201. each. DepoFit, IL 2s.

per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The lion. Richard Watson, Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire
The lion. and Rev. James Douglas, Broughton, Kettering
Sir John Henry Palmer, Bart., Carlton Park, Northamptonshire
Sir George S. Robinson, Bart., Cranford, Northamptonshire
Sir Charles Wines Pa).ae, Bart., Blunham- house,Bedfordshire
Major-General Sir Love P. J. Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernar-
vonshire
Sir William Wynne, Suffolk-place, London
William Astell, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Everton House, M.P. for
Bedfordshire
T. P. Maunsell, Esq., Thorpe Malsor, M.P.for Northamptonshire
Henry Stuart, Esq., Kempston, Bedfordshire, M.P. for Bedford
Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P. for Leicester.
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P.
Augustus Stafford O'Brien, Esq., M.P. for North Northamptonshire
Joseph Robert William Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds
Samuel S. Bankart, Esq , Leicester
Charles Barnett, Esq., Stratton-park, Bedfordshire
John Biggs, Esq., Leicester
C. R. Bewicke, Esq., liallatent Leicesteishire, and Borah= House
Beeeloa
B. E. Bennett, Esq., Marston fiblgrtfitektrirsrlse
John Booth, Esq., Glendon Hall, Northamptonshire
Thomas B. Beale, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London, and Thorpe Luben
ham Hall, Market Harborough
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
The Rev. Henry Corrie. Rector of Kettering
Henry Freeman Coleman, Esq., Elvington Hall, near Leicester
George Cooper, Esq., Great Glenn, Leicestershire
Richard Carpenter, Esq., 24, Lonsdale-square, Islington
Peter Colston, jun, Esq., Husband's Bosworth, near Market Han
borough
Thomas William Dobbs, Esq., the Newarke, Leicester
Mr. Alderman Farncomb, London
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John Foster, Esq., Beaumont-close, Biggleswade
Blythe Foster, Esq., Biggleswade
John Nathaniel Foster, Esq., St. Andrew's, Biggleswade
Edward Major Freer, Esq., Beaufet t-bulldings, London
Edward Fisher, Esq., Little Bowden, Market Harborough
Captain Mark Gambier, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Cooper Gotch, Esq., banker, Kettering
H. H. 11. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley Park, Market Harborough
The Rev. George E. Harmer, Rector of Loddington, Northamp-
tonshire
Richard B. Humily, Esq., stoke Albany House, Northamptonshire
Richard Harris, Esq., Leicester
John Dove Harris, Esq., Leicester
Henry Hensman, Esq., Pytehley, Northamptonshire
Richard Half head, Esq., banker, Bedford
William Hogg,-Esq., banker, Biggleswade
George Higgins, Esq., Bedford
George Hurst, Esq., Bedford
Sw ynfen Jervis, Esq.,Whitehall-place, London, Chairman of the Diss,
Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway
Robert Lindsell, Esq., banker, Biggleswade
Samuel Lover, Esq., Bedford
Thomas Marriott, Esq., Papillon Hall, Market Harborough
Wm. T. Maunsell, Esq„ Middle Temple, London
Charles James Metcalfe, Esq., Roxton House, Bedfordshire
John Nedham, Esq., Leicester
Geoffrey Palmer, Esq., East Carlton, Northamptonshire
Francis Pym, Esq., the Hasellq, Bedfordshire
Wm. Somerset Rose, Esq., Cransley Hall, Northamptonshire
The Rev. George Stopford, Rector of Warkton, Kettering
The Rev. John Lucas Sutton, Weekly, Kettering
The Rev. Richard Stephens, Belgrave, Leicester
Samuel Thompson, jun., Esq., Desborough, Kettering
Samuel Tayler, Esq., Little Bowden, Market Harborough
Benjamin Trapp, Esq , banker, Bedford
Thomas Vowe, Esq., the Manor-house, Hallaton, Leicestershire
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbriclge, Kent, and Bath-

street, Newgate-street, London
William H. Whitbread, Esq., Southhill-house, Bedfordshire
John Wooleton, Esq., Wellingborough
Joseph Wright, Esq., Leicester
James York, Esq., M.D., Wharncliffe House, St. John's-wood,
London

(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER IN CHlEF—Williftlll Cubltt, Esq., F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEERS—Joseph Gibbs, Esq. ; Joseph Cubltt, Esq
BANNERS.

London—The London and Westminster Bank, and the London and
County Banking Company
Leicester—Messrs. Pagets and Kirby, and the Leicestershire Bank-

ing Company
Market Harborough—The Leicestershire Banking Company
. .

Kettering-3lessri Gotch and Sons
Wellingborough and Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking

Company
Bedford—Messrs. Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
Eiggleswade—Messrs. Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell

JOINT SOLICITOUS--James Ley fiOUglass, Esq., Market Harborough ;
George Pell, jun., Esq., Northampton and Welford ; Messrs. Shar-
man and Turnley, Bedford.
LONDON SOLICITORS—Messrs. Barker, Rose, and Norton, 50, Mark-
lane, and 36, Great George-street, Westminster ; George Weller,
Esq., 8, King's-road, Bedford-row ; A. W. Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-
square.

Loner. AGENTS—Messrs. R. and G. Toiler, Leicester ; Messrs.
Lamb and Nettleship, Kettering ; Ezra Eagles, Esq., Bedford.

SECRETARY—Mr. B. F:ScOtt.

Offices of the Company, No. 11, Old Jewry Chambers, London.
PIOSPECTITS. _

This line of railway, commencing at Leicester, will pass through
the important districts of Market Harborough, Bothwell, Kettering,
Wellingborough, Ingham Ferrers, and Bedford, to Hitchin, at
which point it will form a junction with the London and York, or
Northern and Eastern Counties line, and thus afford the shortest
route to London.

Whatever may be the ultimate decision of Parliament, in respect
to the present rival projects for securing to the public a more direct
route to York, no one affects to believe that the London and Bir-
mingham line to the west, or the Northern and Eastern to the east,
as at present formed, will long continue to afford means of transit
adequate to the urgent public demand for accommodation by the
shortest and most direct practicable railroad from London to York.
It is now, therefore, beyond a question that a brief space only will
elapse before a Northern trunk line from London will receive
the sanction of the Legislature. Assuming even, therefore, that
the Lowden and York line is not successful, it is still quite
clear that the " Great North Road " will, in a very short
time, become the line of the " Great North Railway." Such line
will pass through or near to Hitchin, and the Company forming it
will thereby provide an exit from the metropolis to that town, being
as nearly as possible in the direct road to Manchester. The continu-
ation of this line towards the latter place will be undertaken by the
Leicester and Bedford Railway Company, as far as Leicester,
through the counties of Bedford, Northampton, and Leicester. At
Leicester, the Midland line, to Derby and Ambergate, and thence,
the proposed Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction,
to Manchester, complete the chain of communication with the great
capital of the manufacturing world by a means of transit more direct
(its length being considered) than any other railway in the kingdom,
and shorter by not less than twenty-four miles than the present c ir-
cuitous route by the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and
Manchester and Birminghamßailways.

To Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Wakefield, and
Rotherham, and the whole district traversed by the Midland Railway,
the advantages of a shortened route and economy of time provided
by this line will be still more obvious. Besides avoiding the delay
always occurring at the Rugby Station, and the constant stoppages on
the Birmingham line, at the numerous stations, as well as the
Kilsby and Weedon tunnels, the line itself will be so much shorter
than the present means of communication, that, in conjunction with
the above favourable circumstances, three hours will amply suffice
for the journey from Leicester to London, four from Derby and Not•
tingham, and a proportionate reduction in the consumption of time
will be achieved in respect to all other places served by the Midland
Be

To the Manchester trade this line offers very great advantages, for
it is well known that a vast amount of goods is conveyed from Man-
chester to Hell, and there shipped for London, in order to avoid the
heavy charges for carriage by rail all the way. The shortening of
the distance by this and the proposed lines in conjunction, would
allow of a reduction probably below even the carriage ,ria Hull, and
with the benefit of a great saving in time.

The whole of the line between Bedford and Leicester has been al-
ready surveyed, and the engineers' repert shows that no difficulties
occur to prevent its construction at an average cost, and by a most
direct route. The present plan of the projectors, so far as it is ma-
tured, in reference to the junction with the Midland, is, to run into
the line close to the town of Leicester ; here another great source of
profit will develop itself, by effecting a junction with the Leicester and
Swannington Railway, and distributing through the districts before-
mentioned the valuable produce of the Leicestershire colleries. On
this point it may be observed, that the great desideratum of convey-
ing the coal from the Midland district to the Southern counties and
the metropolis, is almost entirely frustrated by the absolute ineffi-
ciency of the present route fbr the traffic of this article along the
crowded line of the London and Birmingham.
It will be seen that the projected line combines in a remarkable de-
gree all the elements of success and profit. The demand for a railway
through the whole district it traverses is universal and urgent. The
cost of its construction will be moderate ; Its local traffic will be very
large, and the through traffic of the great highway from London to
Manchester, of which it will form an integral portion, is second in
amount and importance to that of no line in the kingdom. On to
this railway must be poured the stream of traffic to and from the
metropolis, and Manchester and its locality, the Staffordshire Pot-
teries, the West Yorkshire, and the whole of the Midland districts.

It will convey the coal of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and. Notting-
hamshire into South Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire,

Ilerts, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and the metropolis,
at a reduction of 50 per cent. on its present cost, and the valuable
produce of the richest grazing district hi the kingdom to the metro-
politan markets; in addition to which, the finest barley in England
being grown in the county of Bedford, would be converted by the
growers into malt, if facilities were offered for supplying the London
markets. This line will supply the absolute want of a country, which
cannot be met by any half measures or projects, for lateral or other
branch communications with existing lines, and will provide a com-
prehensive scheme for uniting the midland district more directly
with the metropolis.
The subscribers will not be liable to any further call until the Act
is obtained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 4 per
cent. upon the amount paid up until the opening of the line.
The general course of the line, as laid down from the survey
already made, is indicated on the 'annexed map. Unimportant de-
viations from the course at present selected may be found necessary
to avoid interference with ornamental property, or more conveniently
to serve the traffic of the towns on the line, when the more detailed
survey now being prosecuted by Mr. Gibbs shall be completed.
The annexed plan will, however, suffice to show that, besides pro-
viding a district of country, now entirely wanting the great deside-
ratum of railway conveyance, the Leicester and Bedford Railway
will lie in the direct line from London to Manchester, and will, of
necessity, from its position, command the traffic of that important
locality.

Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, may be made to the
several solicitors ; to Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., sharebrokers, 2,
Old Broad-street, London; to J. W. Scott, Esq., 3, Bartholomew-
lane, London; or to the Secretary, at the Company's offices.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester and Bedford Railway

Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot to me shares of 20/:each,
in the proposed Leicester and Bedford Railway, and I hereby under-
take to accept the same, or such smaller number as may be allotted
to me, and to pay the deposit and sign the Parliamentary contract
and subscribers' agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full •• .• •• •• ••
Residence and place of business •
Profession or trade •• .... •••••••• .• • • • • • •
Name and address of referee .. • ....

LEICESTER, AND BEDFORD RAILWAY.
In reply to the very numerous applications, the Provisional
Committee announce that Prospectuses, with a detailed Map of the
Line and its connexions, are now ready for delivery at the offices of
the respective Solicitors, at Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., No. 2,
Old Broad-street ; J. W. Scott, Esq., 3, Bartholomew-lane ; at
Messrs. Payne and Freer's, Leicester ; and at the offices of the
Company, No. 11, Old Jewry Chambers.—June 4, 1845.

LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY.
No further applications for Shares will be received after
SATURDAY, the 14th instant, except from parties locally interested,
to whom the period is extended to WEDNESDAY, the 18th Instant.
11, Old Jewry Chambers, June 4, 1845.