The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

Staffordshire Potteries, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester,
Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Berwick, and with the great manu-
facturing and mining districts of the north of England.
The numerous parishes and districts which will be traversed by the
line comprise a population of nearly 1,500,000 persons, and passing,
as it will, a portion of the counties of Berks and Oxford, the whole
of Buckinghamshire, and by the celebrated Vale of Aylesbury, adn
uniting with the several completed or projected railways under-
mentioned, viz.:—
The London and Birmingham
The Great Western
The Southampton rnlon
The South Midland
The Midland Counties
The Northampton and Leicester
The Northampton and Peterborough, and thus with
The Direct Manchester
It cannot be doubted that it must prove extremely convenient and
beneficial to the public, and highly advantageous to the proprietors.
The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par-
liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be ap-
plied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum on all
calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line.
Arrangements have been made that the survey shall be completed,
and the plans and sections deposited in time for obtaining an Act
during the ensuing session of Parliament.
Applications for shares may be addressed, In the form annexed, to
the undermentioned brokers, viz. :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Princes-
street, John Shewell, Esq., Threadneedle-street, and Messrs. Wells,
Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street, Mr. John Smith.
Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, London; Messrs. Graystone and
Earle, York; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle;
Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster; Messrs. Geddes and Drinkwater, and Mr.
Henry Waterton, Bank-buildings, Castle-street, Liverpool ;
Mr. Peter Leicester, Messrs. Green and Oldham, Messrs.
Green and Lockwood, Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birming-
ham ; Messrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co., and
Messrs. E. King and Co. Leeds ; Messrs. Brady and Fitaniforth,
hull ; Mr. J. A. Butehart;Huddersfield ; Mr. Hervey, Halifax ; Mr.
Nightingale, Wakefield; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Brad-
ford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. G.
R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Hall,
Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply-
mouth ; Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr. David
Kinnear, and Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle,
Leith ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. Wm. Gordon,
Aberdeen ; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth ; of whom prospectuses may be
had ; or to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Midland Grand Junction
Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 251.
each in the Midland Grand Junction Railway, and I hereby undertake
to accept that, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to
pay the deposit of 21. 12s. fd. per share thereon, and te execute the
Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required,
Name in full
Profession or Trade
Residence
Place of business—
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