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London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Peasling-hall and Leicester
Darlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire, director and
treasurer of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company, &c.
Duffield, Francis, Esq. Bolton-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Scarrot-lodge, Leeds, director of the
Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railway Company
Daykene, the Rev. J. 0., Lincoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c
&c., magistrate of the county
Douglas, Samuel, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South. Western Railway Junction
Downes, C. Esq. Warwick-street, Golden-square, London, director
of the South Midland and Northampton and Banbury Rail.
way Company
Dixon, John Alcock, Esq. Burnley, South Lancashire Assurance
Company
Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire
Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse.hill, director of the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, &c.
Driffield, William, Esq. Bondbud-house, Knaresborough
Eccles, William, Esq., 50, Old Broad-street, London, director of
the Great Grimsby and Midlands Railway Company, &c.
Eaton, James, Cleckheaton, York
Elsworth, E. Esq. Sandford-house, Kirkstall, near Leeds
Edens, Joel, Esq Northampton
Etheredge, F. W. Esq. Park-street, director of the Liverpool and

Derby Railway Company, &c.
Farrar, Timothy, jun. Esq. Wragley-house, Wakefield
Fitch, Colonel, York terrace, Regent's-park, director of the York
and Manchester Railway
Gordon, Esq. N.D. Hull
Green, George, Esq. Pontefract, director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway Company
Goldsmith, Charles, Esq. Friday-street, London, director of the

Manchester and Rugby Railway Company
Gatty, F. B. Esq. Chepstow-place, Camberwell, director of the
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company,
Greaves, A. G. Esq. Dcrby
Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham
Grave., Henry Swan, Esq. Exlej Bank Lodge, Halifax, director of

the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c,
Hattersley, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire
Heeles, Thomas, Ebq. Skipton Castle, director of the Liverpool and

Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Hillyard, Clark, Esq. Thorpelands, near Northampton, president of

the Northamptonshire Farming Society
Hewlett, T. R. Lg.. Northampton
Holmes, Isaac, Esq Liverpool
Hare, Sir John, 11, Longhorn-place, London, director of the Liver.

pool and Leeds Railway Company
Halford, John, Esq. Rush°lm-house, near Manchester
Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the Manchester, Hud •
dersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway Company
Haigh, Thomas, Esq. Newlay, near Leeds, director of the Midland

and Thirsk Railway Company
Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke-street, St. James's, director of Mid.

land Counties and Birmingham Railway Companies
Heygate, R. 8., Esq. Market Harborough
Hollingworth, James, Esq. London-terrace, Derby
Isaacson, Rev. Stephen, Bernere.street, Director of the Chelten-
ham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c.
Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's.place, Brixton, director of the

Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Johnson, Samuel, Esq. Halifax, director of the Leeds, York, and

Midland Railway
Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct

London and Manchester Railway Company
Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Rosa and

Kilkenny Company, &e.
Kidley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield
Kuper, William, Esq. Camberwell, director of the London and
Windsor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies
Lowtkrop, Sir William, Hull, Chairman of the Hull and Barnsley,
and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Corn.
panies
Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Morton, F. Esq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds,

York, and Midland Railway Company
Morton, H. J. Esq. C. E. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Hull,

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Malton, and Northern Union Railway
M'Crea, H. 0. Esq. The Haugh, Halifax
Mesham, W. R. Esq. St. Lopes, Bedford, director of the North.
ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company
Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and

Midland Railway Company
Magnay, Sir William, Bart. alderman, London
M'Swinney, Joseph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds,
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York, and Midland Railway Company, &c.
Newen, George, Esq. Hyde Park-terrace
Needham, the Hon. Francis, Fairfleld-ludge, Kensington
Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds, provisional director of the Leeds,

York, and Midland Railway Company
Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and
Liverpool Railway Company
Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Direct Western Railway Company
Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester
Powell, S. H. Esq. Foxley-cottages, North Brixton, director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company
Preston, Thomas B. Skipton
Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby
Ileyno:ds, James, Esq. merchant, Manchester
Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West
Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, chairman of the Manchester, Wigan,
and Southampton Railway Company
Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director of the York and Lancaster
Railway
Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-square, chair-
man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail-
way Company
Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq. Bristol near Leeds, director of the
Great Leeds anti London Railway Company, &c.
Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the
Great Western and Southern and Eastern Railway Company
Ramsden, Thomas, Esq. Cothingley, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Renshaw, James, Esq Lombard-street, London, and West Heath..
house, Erith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South

Staffordshire Junctien Railway
Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley,

Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company
Rogers, Thomas, Big. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and

Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Belgrave- square
Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moore-house, near Tuxford, Notts
Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln
Sloane, W., Esq. 57, Wimpole.street
Scriven, J. W., Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds

and London Railway Company
Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds
Smith, George Walker, Esq. Horbury-hall, Sheffield, director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Company
Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmonsburgh, Yorkshire, director of the
Great Northern and Southern Railway Company
Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shiliber-hall, Halifax
Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble Coombe, near Dorking
Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, London, director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway
Company
Savage, H. Esq. Dorset-place, Dorset-square
Swiney, J. Jaynes, Esq Sandal-view, near Wakefield, director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, London and Liverpool,
Leeds, York, and Midland, Bristol andpever, Sheffield, Silkstone,
and Wakefield, Hull and Holyhead Railway Companies
Scott, William, Esq. Heworth, New York, a provisional director of
the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomson, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Campany
Taylor, Peter, Esq. Knaresborough
Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tuxford, Notts
Wright, Major-General, R.E. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Whitehead, William Dossa, Esq. Derby.bouse, Chetwood, Man-

cheater
Wiisun, William, Esq. 3, Devonport.street, Sussex-square
Womeisley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire
Wiggleswortfi, Joseph, Esq. Halifax
Wright, T. S. Esq. Northampton
Ward, Thomas Asline, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Sheffield and

Manchester Railway Company
Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endclitre-hall, Sheffield'
White, W. Evq. Fitzroy-square, director of the London and Wind.

sor Railway
Witham, James, Esq. Eaton. square, director of the Direct London
and Liverpool
Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Wale, Edwin, Esq. York, a provisional director of the York,

Leeds, and Midland Junction Railway
Yates, George, Esq. Halifax

ENGINRERS- —Francis Giles, Esq., Alfred Giles, Esq.
BANKERS-London : Messrs. Cox and Co.
SOLICITOR—London : George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square,
and No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall.street.
Offices, No. 2, Guildhall.chambers, Basinghall.street.

This company is formed for the purpose of establishing direct
railway communication between the important ports of Hull,
Great Grimsby, and Southampton.
It is intended to effect this desirable object by the construction
of a line of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham,
Oakham, Uppingham, near to Rockingham and Rothwell, and
joining the South Midland Railway between Market Harborough
and Northampton ; thus forming, in connexion with projected
lines of railway from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and from
Northampton to Southampton the connecting link in one uninter.
rupted chain of railway communication from Hull and Grimsby
to Southampton, Gosport, and Peale, and the whole of the south-
western coast of England.

It will also form the moat direct route from Hull, Great
Grimsby, and the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Northamp.
tonshire, and part of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Chel.
tenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter, and the South and West of
England.
An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of
this undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of
view, forming as it will an intimate connexion between London
and the South generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire
and the adjacent counties, at present without railway accommo.
dation; while its value to the South Midland, the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway
Companies, and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which
it will form a most profitable adjunct) must be obvious.
This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected
line from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and
Grimsby, the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed
lines running to Lincoln ; at Grantham with the Nottingham,
Vale of Belvoir and Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakham
with the Syston and Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford,
and Birmingham and London, and Manchester Direct.
One great and important feature in this railway is, that it does
not run parallel with, or in opposition to, any existing line of
railway.

The ground has been surveyed, and found to be practicable, pre-
senting for the most part no engineering difficulties.
Satisfactory communications for mutual cooperation have been
opened with the several companies, whose interests will be affected
by the proposed line. In the meantime the Committee of Manage-
ment reserve power to amalgamate with any other company, or
deviate from the proposed line, or make such extensions and
branches as they may hereafter deem advisable.
The Subscribers will ba held liable only to the amount of their
subscriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on all calla from
the passing of the Act.
In consequence of a great portion of the Shares having been
already applied for, the period for application must necessarily be
very limited.

Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed form to the
following Sharebrokers :—London : Mr. W. West, Capel.court,
Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Ex-
change-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and
Co., Bradford, Yorkshire ; Messrs. Potter and Smith, York; Messrs.
Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply-
mouth ; Mr. T. Sandford Exeter; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull ; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield ;
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Chelten-
ham ; to the Secretary, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers; and to George
Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street.

To the Frovisional Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares in
the above Company, and I agree to take all such shares, or so many
as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon; and to
execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement,
when required so to do.

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