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THE LIVERPOOL and DERBY' RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Offices of the Company, 28, Mt orgate-street.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Howe Browne Chairman of the Manchester and'
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park, Director
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P., Whitehall
John Mastennan, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Piric,liart., Alderman of tile City of London, Director
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman Of the City of London,
late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Langley, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank Of
London,
The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-squars
S,r Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
Fir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport
Laois 'Welland, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's Park
George Bovill, Esq., Millwall, Popiar
John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Buxton, Director of the North Wales Railway
W. Bevan, Esq.. 48, COnduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales 3liiientl Railway
H. C. -Burney, tr;:n.. Gosport, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby Direct Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield
Josiah Brunt, Esq., Leek
William Edward Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square, Direc-
tor of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
J. Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales
Railway
E. Chapman, Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway
James Constandine, Esq., Manchester
P. W. Courtenay, Esq., Temple
Thomas Chadwick, Esq., Bedford-lodge, Harlington
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
George Dunsons, Esq., Sheffield
John Davenport, Esq., Westwood Hall. near Leek
James D. De Vitre, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight Abbey, near Manchester
J. P. Finnstone, Esq.
H. 0. Firmstone, Esq., Lass ironworks, Stourbridge
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West of England, and Birmingham and
South Staffordshire Railways
T. Hodges, Esq., 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde park, Director of the
Leeds and Carlisle Railway
James Horne, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
William Halliday, Esq., merchant, Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director
of the Lichfield and Birmingham Railway
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
John iladiand, Esq., Banbury
John Newington Hughes, Esq., Winchester.
William Harrington, Esq., Woodvale House, West Cowes
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton
Railway
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Piccadilly
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmeuth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South
Wales Railway
W. Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway
Thomas Kidley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Great Western
Railway Company
John Kinlock, Esq., 21, Gloucesterroad, Hyde Park-gardens, Director
of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway, and the Great Britain Life
Assurance Company
Sir Gregory A. Lewin, 32, Upper Harley-street
Captain J. 11. Leckie. Richmond, Surrey
J. D. Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Richmond
Railway
William Morley, F.sq., tlackhead-park, Deputy Chairman of the
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Robert Mutrie, Esq., merchant, 93, Watling-street,
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Surrey
G. Miller, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
N. 31`Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
Wm. Nash, Esq.; Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Wm. Nicholson, Esq , Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-Square, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway
Frederick Ramsdell, Esq., Seymore house, Manchester, Director
of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junctiou Railway
Geo. Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq., Laura-place, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway, and the Kelghley, Huddersfield and
Halifax Junction Railway
Christopher Sharpland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon and Cornwall Railway
Walter Sharp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond
Railway
The Rev. John Sneyd, ltasford Hall. near Leek
John Squire, Esq., Leek
Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pany, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Joseph Shaw, Eim., Huddersfield
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Thomas 'Parley, Esq., Shorstin Hall, Melton
Daniel Watney. Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, Distiller
Andrew Jukes Worthington, Esq., Leek
William Walker, Esq., Lea Wood Mattock, Derbyshire
S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest ?till. near Worksop
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort-house, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Railway
13. Williams, Esq., banker, Whitehall, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
(With power to ald to their number).

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BANKERS.
Mean's. Masterman and Co., London
The Union Bank, Manchester
Sommott—John Dethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.

CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Bice and Thomas Hopkins, 1f.1.C.E. g
and John Belcher, Esq.
SECRETARY.

This Company is formed for making a railway from Liverpool t
Derby, and will, in Cow
Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest
route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and
unction with the Mahchester and Rugby
proceed along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to within a
short distance of the Whiston Inclined Plane, and thence branch off,
in a south-easterly direction, through Warrington, Knutsford, and
Congleton to Leek (there joining the Manchester and Rugby Rail-
way), and from thence through Ashbourne to Derby. The whole
length of the proposed line will be about sixty-cis. miles. It will be
seen by reference to the map that this important line of railway will
form the shortest route fronaiverpool to London, and effect a direct
chain of communication between Liverpool and Derby, and will
thence, by means of the Midlands and other railways, open an unin-
terrupted route to the more eastern counties, and afford a complete
midland communication between the eastern and western parts of
the kingdom and the important intermediate manufacturing districts.
The most important feature in this railway is that ft forms the
shortest road from Liverpool to London. The distance by it, with the
Manchester an 4 Rugby, and London and Birmingham, will be only
188 miles, whereas by the present route it is 210 miles, and by the
Trent Valley Railway 20014 miles ; effecting a saving of 12 miles in
ono instance, and 12% miles in the other.

And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between
Liverpool and Derby will be reduced by this line to about 74 miles,
thus decreasing the distance by any present existing railway, at least
46 miles; an advantage which carries in itself the conviction of the
necessity there is for the proposed railway, in order to sunned more
immediately two such important towns, especially when these towns
are but the foci, as it were, for other railways from still more distant
localities, as before adverted to.

The distance also than Manchester to Leek (where the proposed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway)
will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 26% miles,
making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby 'only 56%
miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi-
cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object
most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite sufficient to recom-
mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results.

But great as these results most certainly will be, they are far out-
weighed by the very important consideration that, in conjunction
with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, it will also be the
most direct route from Liverpool to London.

The distance from Liverpool to Leek (the proposed point of Junc-
tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles;
from Leek to Rugby, according to the line as proposed by the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London $3 miles; thus making the whole distance from Liverpool to
London 188% miles, instead of 210, by the present route.

with regard to the traffic and other details connected with the
working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great
importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication
with each other, in order to convince the minds Of all that the source
of revenue thus derived will be immense.
There are no engineering difficulties connected with the forming of
the line.

The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow U. per cent
interest on all calls.

Applications for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may
be made to the Secretary, at the offices, 28, Moorgate-street,
London ; at Mr. Bethel's Offices, 78, King William-street, City,
and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester, and the following Share-
broken:—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North
Side, Royal Exchange, London; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ;
Messrs. Balcley, Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Mac-
kenzie and Lawrence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese,
51, King street, Manchester; Messrs. Marshall, Town-hall-baildings,
Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Comfier, Leeds; Messrs. Edwards and Son,
and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. It. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ;
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Hud-
dersfield; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham ; usury Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon,
aElsg.. 00i, Hull.Batath;J oseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint
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FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Derby Railway
Company.
I request you will allot to ins shares of 201. each in the
capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay the depositper share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired,
Dated the day of

, 1845.

Name * • •• •• •• ••
Address
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i THE PTERBOIIOUGH AND NOTTING
HAM JUNCTION RAIL WAY,
Via Stamford, Oakitarn, and Melton alowisray.
(Provisionally Registered, pi r--cant to 7 and S Vic., cap. 210)
Capital 550,000/., ill 27,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 2/, 2s. per Share.
No Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription
. and no call to be made mail the .Act is ()Stained.
, - PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. , - •
The Right lion. Lord lilayney ... .
The nista lion. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
Sir Montague Chointeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Litteolnahire
' General Johnson, M.P., Writham-on-llte-Hill, Lancashire
William Collins, Esq., 31. P., Chairman of the South Union and Man-
chester Potteries Railway
George Walker, Esq., Eastwood-hall, near Nottingham
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Bart., Fair Oak-park, near Winchester
W. Bulkeley Hughes, 51.1'., Plascoch •• • - - . ,
Sir William Young, Bart., sirector of the Hon. the. Ernst India Com-
pany, and Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
The Mayor of -Lee& •
Major Jeff Sharp, Vice-Chairman of the Thames Embankment and
Railway Junction Company , ', •
Sir W. B. Johnson, Batt , 'Hilton • • ' '
Alderman John Johnson, Derby, Director of the . Nottingham and
Gainsborough Railway
The Rev. J. B. Hildebrand, Rector of Saxby,and Vicar of Stapleford,
near Melton Mowbray • • "
The lion. Major Napier, Rugby •
John Fox, Esq , Woodthotpe-hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the
Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
Sir George Rich, Bart., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Francis Edward Shipley, Esq., Gilt Brook-house, near Nottingham,
merchant, Director of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Alderman Portman, Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Rail-
way
William Taylor, Esq., Radcliffe-hall, Nottinghamshire
Sir John Hensler, F.R.S., Waltons, Deputy-Lieutenant of Essex.
li. Ingram, Esq., Switieshead-Abbey, Lincolnshire
William Ketts, Esq.. Bevois-niOunt, Southampton, Director of the
Manchester and Southampton Railway
R. Newcombe, Esq., magistrate, Stamford ..
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
Alderman John Thom;son, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
George Sparrow, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham
and Gains&oroggit Railway
William Johnson, Esq., Carlton Club, Pall-mall, and Clifton-house,
Belfast.
W. Little, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Eye, near Peterborough
The lion. allies Dormer, 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street
John Fillingham Bishop, Esq., lace manufacturer, Nottingham
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
John Ashwell, Esq., Lengton, Stafrors!shire, Director of the Notting-
ham and Gainsborough Railway
John Matthew Gutch, Esq., banker, Worcester
Alderman Birkin, Basford, near Nottingham
1). W. Nell, Esq., Magistrate, Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Henry NewcomAlsq., Hardingstone, near Northampton
Jonathan HopkilMbn, Esq., Chester-square, Eaton-square, Director
of the Teats and Dove Valley Railway
Thomas Shaw, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
• Railway .
Wm. Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director
of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Birmingham
Railway, &c.
John Godber, Esq., Ilueknall, Torkard, .Nottinghamshire, Director
of the. Nottingham and Boston Railway
Richard carpenter, F.sq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Mid-
dlesellapirector of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway, &c.
Edward Vompton, Esq., Water Newton, near Peterborough
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury, Director of the Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Railway
Capt. Charles Palmer, Thornhaugh, Wansford, Northamptonshire
John Hill, Esq., merchant, Nottirigham-park, Director of the Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway
Richard John Head, Esq., merchant, Peterborough
William Higgins, Esq., Northampton. Director of the South Midland
Railway
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union
and Manchester Potteries Railway
William Cheetham, Esq., manufacturer, Nottingham
Robert Carr, Esq., Worksop, Nottinghamshire
John Douglas Hopkins, Esq., Director of the Staffordshire Potteries
and Manchester Direct Railway
Richard Knight, Esq., merchant, Stamford
John Marshall, Esq., Magistrate, Northampton, Director of the
South Midland Railway
William Taylor, Esq., wholesale stationer, Nottingham
Henry Cartwright, Esq., lace-manufacturer, Nottingham
i John Towle, jun, Esq., cotton merchant, Nottingham
Captain J. P. MSDougal Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the
' Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
Thomas Percival, Esq., farmer and grazier, Wansford, Northampton-
shire
Lewis Pocock, Esq., Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborougb, Director of lime (treat Grimsby,
Louth, Horncastle Lincoln, and Midland .Tuuctlon Railway
Thomas Sambrooke, Esq., Arundel-wharf, Strand
Samuel Morley, Esq., The Park, Nottingham
Robert Rising, Esq., Director of the Great. North and South Wales
and Worcester Ica lway
Joseph Wykes, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
William Sloane, F.sq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square
William l'roctor Stanley, Esq., ironmongers Peterborough
George Mackintosh, Esq., 27, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-
square
William Vergette, Esq. wholesale grocer, Peterborough-`
Frederick Foveaux 'Weiss, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park,
Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, and Lineola Railway
John Whall, Esq., Worksop, Nottingham
John Lawrence Wright, Esq., gaister, near Peterborough
Samuel Watkins, Esq., merchant, Forest-hill, Worksop, Director ef
the Manchester and Rugby Direst Railway
Thomas Derry hunt, Esq., Newtos, near Nottingham
Peter Ilenry Edliu, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway.
Henry Mallett, Esq., lace-manufacturer, Nottingham
John Grant, Esq., Northampton, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension Railway
Messrs. Biddle and Birkin, manufacturers, Nottingham
Willi:on Bell, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Colonel Fitch,* York-terrace,. Regent's-park, Director of the South
and Midlands Junction Railway .
John Hicks, Esq., merchant, Worksop, Nottingham
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester
Timothy Chouler, Esq., Nottingham
Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston-hall, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
John Leavers, Esq., Nottingham-park - -
Robert Burton, Esq., Woodville-house, near Nottingham
Messrs. Robert Cowen and Sou, engineers and founders, Beck-works,
Nottingham
Joseph Underwood, Deputy-Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle
Railway
G. A. Beardmore, Esq., lace-manufacturer, Nottingham
W. Blackwell, Esq., Nottingham _
~
Wm: Caldwell, Esq., Ince-hail, Director of the . Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester Railway
..
John Morley, Esq., merchant, Nottingham, Director of the Notting-
ham and Gainsborough Railway •
It. li. Johnstone, Esq., Melton Mowbray.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS. -
Sir John Rennie and. George Rennie, Esq.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiaM Lewin, ESq.
BANN.EIis.
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking COMpany
The Northamptonshire Banking Company, at Stamford, Welling-
borough, and Northampton
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking, Company.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Walker and Grilles, 5, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-
square.
ARCIRTECT AND SURVEYOR.
R. C. Carpenter, Esq., Guildford-street, Russell-square.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Nelson Wilkinson, Esq . solicitor, Peterborough
James Atter, Esq., solicitor, Stamford
John Bowley, Esq., solicitor, Nottingham.
This railway has been projected for the purpose of affording the
most direct means of communisation between the counties of Nor-
folk, Suffolk, Cambridge, and the towns of Peterborough and Stam-
ford on the Great Trunk lines front London to York L—and Notting-
ham and the North Midland and North Western Counties
The length of the proposed line will be about thirty-three miles. It
is intended to commence at the Stamford station of the Syston and
Peterborough Railway, and following the direction of the river
Wash, proceeded by Empingitant, Whitwell, and Hambleton, to
Oakham; thence, at the foot of lianksborough-hill, along the Valley
to Burton-Lazarus, by the river Eye to Melton Mowbray; it will
then proceed by Holwell, between Long Clawson and Nether Brough-
ton, to Hickling, Kinottiton, and Owthorpe, and thence by West-
bricigeford to the station of the Midland Counties Railway at Not-
tingham.
In lieu of the present very circuitous and expensive route, it will
open up the shortest and most advantageous communication between
Norwich, Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Ipswich, Thetford, Bury St. Ed-
munds, Ely, Cambridge, Iluntiugdon„Peterborough, Stamford, and
other important towns in the eastern counties, and Nottingham,
Sheffield, Leeds, Stockport, Manchester, Liverpool, and the other
manufacturing towns in the north midland and northern counties.
In connexion with the Ipswich, Bury, and Ely, and Ely and Peter-
borough Railways, on the one side, and the Manchester, Buxton and
Midlands Railway, on the other, this' railway will complete the
cheapest and most direct route from the Government Port of Har-
wich to Manchester, and Liverpool, &c., thus opening to that most
important district the shortest and best communication with Holland
and Germany. A glance at the map will show better than the most
laboured description how advantageous this railway will be to the
towns of Peterborough, Stamford, and Nottingham.
The distance between Peterborough and Nottingham, by the Sys-
ton and Peterborough and Midlands Railway, will be 7IN miles, and
front Stamford to Notsingliam about 60 miles; by the Peterborough
and Nottingham Junction Railway the distance to be traversed be-
tween those towns, wilt be about 45 miles; and between Stamford
and Nottingham about 33 miles; the saving thus effected being, in
the former case, above one-third, and in the latter near half the dis-
tance, namely, upwards of 26% miles. To the rich agricultural coun-
ties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, and their populous towns,
the saving of distance of the intercommunication with Nottingham,
Sheffield, &c., will be equally great.
It is obvious that the Peterborough and Nottingham Junction Rail-
way, while prepared to maintain an independent position, will never-
theless insure the co-operation and support of whichever the Great
Trunk Lines proposed to be constructed from London to York may be
sanctioned by Parliament. It is calculated that Nottingham will, by
this line, have a communleation with the metropolis nearer by at
least 1614 miles than it possesses by the present shortest route.
It is difficult to conceive that Parliament would sanction the con-
struction of a "Direct
Line" from Nottingham to London, in addi-
tion to the existing Midlands Railway, and a Great Northern Trunk
Line via Huntingdon and Peterborough ; nor would such direct line
interests, and loss to those embarking their property in it, supposingbe productive of anything but unwarrantable injury to established
if did not eventually destroy all the wholesome effects of competi-
tion. But all the arguments in favour of such a project are at once
removed, when it is proved that the most direct line from Notting-
ham to London that could be made would be scarcely five miles
shorter than that which would be available by means of the Peter-
borough and Nottingham Junction Railway.
'll;h be e
importanteve kind, The coal and other mineral
traiffic mineral districts already connected
junction lino must commend
wilt be
it loci
shotyt
phprir,sol productive
profitable
with Nottingham, and which, by this railway, will thence Hod the
most convenient outlet to the counties of Norfolk, Cambridge, Suffolk,
• &c., will alone yield a considerable per centege upon the capital.
Of the immense traffic in the conveyance of merchandise front
Nottingham and the manufacturing districts to the south-cut, and
of agricultural produce, &e., from the latter through Peterboruugh
to the North Midland and Northern Counties, it is evident that this
line will, from the convenience it offers', secure a largeereP:tkal'
,l,
The passenger traffic between Peterborough, Stamford.liar o.speclive
Melton Mowbray, and Nottingluon, is very great, and
from the thorough
' of the accommodation and pront that will eltsueof
the
' communication, since warrants the constructionline.
in stating that
The Provisional Committee have much
pleasurehave received from those
' the encouragement and support witi,ciiltat y
t an intlinate knowledge of the
parties who, from local residencet) asst
able to form ajudgment of the
' resources of the country, am ,
such as to induce thella to apply with
' merits of the proposed line, are ~ , ,
scion fur an Act to incur-
' porate tile Company.
The Company's tidier; e,
ng
ineer has carefully surveyed the line,
and ids report is very satisfactory ,
as
to the facilities which the coun-
try offers fur the construction of the proposed railway. No ditltcul-
ties _
present themselves in the shape of unavoidable interference with
publicor ornamental property,
The Committee reserve to themselves the power of mating such
alterations In the lints of increasing the capital, and of entering into
such agreements with the companies of connecthig railways, ;:a may
be deemed advisable.
In the allotment of shares a large proportion will be approtriated
to the landowners and parties locally interested along the line. Ap-
plicants for shares not locally interested, or not known to a member
of the Committee, must give reference to some respectable broker,
banker, or solicitor. Power will be taken in the Act to allow Intel
r• st at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum ui on the paid-up caaita-
until the opening of the line.
s Applications tor shares may be addressed, in the form alines ed, to
I the secretary, at the offices of the solicitors, Messrs. Walker and
1 Gridley, 5, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square ;to the local
agents above stated;_ and to the following Meek and sharebrokerr,
Of whom_ plans and proarectuses may be obtained :-11.r. B. Haigh-