The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-30 00:00:00

RAILWAY SPECULATION.

A return has been laid before Parliament, on the
motion of Mr. Gibson Craig, containing the names (with
descriptions of the occupations and professions, &c., as
well as places of abode) of all persons subscribing to the
amount of 2,0001. and upwards, to all railway subscrip-
tion contracts, showing the amount subscribed by each
person for every railway to which he may be a sub-
scriber, and the total amount of such subscription by
each person. The list of the subscribers occupies about
one hundred and fifty folio pages of close print, and the
names of the railways themselves occupy six columns,
and amount to two hundred and nine.
We select the names of some of them which have sub-
scribed for sums of 100,0001. and upwards :-
1. Mills, Francis, Esq., New-street, Spring- .£

ga.rdens 670,300
2. Thomas, William Henry, merchant, Moor-

gate-street ... ... ... ... 624,320
3. Smale, Henry Lewis, proctor, Doctors'-

commons ... 601,760
4. Tyndale, Charles William, Esq., Brompton 587,780
5. Macgregor, James, banker, Liverpool ... 579,800
6. Murray, Charles Knight, E-1., Notting-hill 574,800
7. Harding, Benjamin, Esq., Wadhurst
Castle, Sussex ... 574,760
8. Kirkland, Sir John, Pall-mall 574,760
9. Browne, Robert, merchant, Edge-hill,

Liverpool ... 577,260
10. Winslow, Edward, Esq., Torrington-
square, London 320,160
11. Hudson, George, Esq., York ... ... 319,835
12. Gower, Robert Frederick, merchant, De-

vonshire-place 292,000
13. Crowley, Charles Sedgfield, gentleman,
Croydon 288,483
14. Hankey, Giwrga, merchant, Mincing-lane 287,400
15. Davis, Richard, merchant, St. Helen's-

place ... ... 287,400
16. Rich, Henry, Esq., Mount-street, Gros-
venor-square 287,000
17. Vigurs, Louis, merchant, Old Broad-
street, City ... ... 245,000
18. Hornby, Joseph, merchant, Liverpool ... 220,080
19. Manchester and Birmingham Railway ... 200,000
20. Wilkinson, William Arthur, Esq., Cam-

berwell . . ... 192.626
21. Jones, Geo., gentleman, Redland, Bristol 192,560
22. Miles, John William, banker, Leigh-court 180,,;00
23. Goldsmid, Sir batic Lyon, Bart.... 179.500
24. Simonds, Henry, Esq., Reading ... 175,000
25. Stern, Sigismond, merchant, 52, Spring-
gardens, Manchester ... ... 174 500
26. Tothill, William, merchant, Bristol ... 170,000
27. Marshall, William, Esq., Pens. ortham-hall,
_ _

Preston .... •• • ... 167,000
28. Schuster, Leo, 'merchant, Manchester ... 167,000
29. Smith, Thomas, merchant, Reigate-lodge 160,580
30. Chaplin, William James, Esq., Adelphi-
terrace ... ... 158,320
31. Moss, John, bucker, Liverpool ... 158,020
32. Walters, Gregory Seale, merchant, Cole-
_ _

man-street, London ... ... 156,000
33. Stevens, Charles, gentleman, Frederick's-

place ... ... 155.000
34, Brooks, Samuel. banker. Manchester ... 154,500
35. Garnett, Robt., Esq.,W) verside. Lancaster 154,000
36. Broadbent, Thomas, merchant, Manchester 151,500
37. Gower, Edwin, merchant, Ilanover-terrace,

Regent's-park ... 150,000
38. Mercier, Francis, gentleman, Lordship-
lane, Tottenham ... 148,000
39. Hatton, James, iron•merchant, Salford ... 143,900
40. Gladstone, Robertson, merchant, Liverpool 140.000
41. Maze, Peter, merchant, Bristol ... ... 140,000
42. Smith, John, merchant, Manchester ... 140,000
43. Paul, Charles, banker, Clifton 130,000

44. Waddington, David, gent., Manchester .., 129,770
45. Glyn, George Carr, Esq., Lombard-street 127,520
46. Wright, John, clerk, Westbourne-terrace,
Hyde Park ... 121,000
47. Young, Thomas, Esq., Albany, Piccadilly 120,580
48. Mowatt, Fres., Esq., 35, Devonshire-place 120,400
49. Hargreaves, J., merchant, Manchester ... 121,500
50. Houldsworth. Hy., merchant, Manchester 119,000
51. Cropper, Edward, Esq., Liverpool ... 118,400
52. Barlow, Frederick Pratt, Esq., Kensington-
square ... ... 116,500
53. Hodgson, David, Esq., Liverpool ... 114,400
54. Peto, Samuel Morton, contractor for public
works, 47, Russell-square ... 113,625
55. Baines, Benjamin, Holloway ... ... 112,650
56. Whiskin, Jas., Esq., Upper Bedford-place 132,470
57. Davies, Robert. gentleman, York ... 110,000
58. Ricketts, Frederick, merchant, London ... 110,000
59. Roberts, Fred., gentleman,:Camberwell 110,083
60. Smith, Archibald, merchant, Glasgow ... 107,150
61. Tee, Charles, linen manufacturer, Pinder-
oaks, Barnsley, Yorkshire ... ... 106,480
62. Lawrie, John, gentleman, Charles-street,

St. James's-square ... 106,580
63. Saltmarshe, Christopher, Esq., Yorkshire 103,900
64. Learmouth, John, Esq., Edinburgh ... 103,000
65. Humphrys, Ambrose, Esq., 22, Upper
Wimpole-street ... 102,700
66. Enthoven, Henry J., merchant, Broad-
street, City ... 102,500
67. Palmer, Charles John, solicitor, Great

Yarmouth ...
... .„ ... 100,820
68. Prinsepp, Henry Thoby, Esq., 37, Hyde-
__ _

park-square ... 100,500
69. Aiken, Peter Freeland, banker, Clifton 100,000
70. Walters, Gregory Seale, merchant, 2, Ar-

tillery-place, Finsbury ... 100,000
71. Ward, Henry George, Esq., M.P. ... 100,000
72. Anderson, Samuel, Director of the Eastern

Counties Railway, Upper Brook street 100,000
73. Egerton, Francis, Esq., Worsley ... 155,000
The total amount of subscription by persons who
have subscribed 2,0001. or upwards, to ai.y railway sub-
scription contract deposited in the Private Bill Office
during the present session of Parliament, is 61,603,7071.
16s. Bd.

The following contains some of the names of those
holding sums under 100,0001.:
Ailesbury, Maria Elizabeth, Marchioness of,

, Tottenham Park . . ... ... ... 4,933
Als-pp, Thomas, gentleman, 34, Cornhill ... 75,666
Ames, John, 33, Green-street, Grosvenor-sq. 50,053
Anderson, Samuel, merchant, 9, New Broad-

. .
street, and 105, Park-street ... ... 53,500
Backhouse, Thomas, gentleman, York ... 71,050
Bagshaw, John, merchant, 1, King William-
street, and 97, Gloucester-place ... ... 87,000
Barclay, John, gentleman, Hornsley-lane ... 70,220
Barnes, George Thomas, gentleman, 48, Moor-

gate-street ... ... ... ... ... 52,500
Barnes, John, Esq., 23, Threadneedle-street ... 53,750
Beale, Samuel, Esq., Birmingham ... ... 72,000
Benson, Robert, jun., manufacturer, Fairfield,
_ _

Manchester 80,400
Bell, G. Hamilton, F.R.C.S., Edinburgh ... 36,000
Bigg, Charles Richard, gentleman, 19, Bryan-

stone-square ... ... ••• ... 47,850
Blaker, John the younger, gentleman, Lewes, __ _

Sussex • • ... ... 61,875
Boothby, James 8., Esq., Twyford Abbey,
Middlesex —• ••• ... 88,000
Bradley, William, brewer, Manor Oaks, Shef-
field ••• ... 60,162
Brassey, Thomas, contractor, Rouen ... 49,750
Browning, J. S., *merchant, Oxford ...
Buchanan, George, Stanley, Perthshire ~. 43,250
BUrehell, William, gentleman, 44, Upper Bed- st,. Vtga
lard-plus ..• O. .111 43,640

Bult, James, goldsmith, Cheapside ... ... 40,000
Carver, Edward Turd, Esq., Marlborough
__ _

house, Pall-mall ••• •• ••• 60,375
Castleman, Chas., solicitor, Ringwood,• Hants .. 90,000
Chadwick, William, gentleman, 29, Montagu-

square . . 64,375
Chadwick, William, Esq., Adelaide-place,
London-bridge ... 27,900
Chadwick, William Winter, architect, Albion-
chambers, Adelphi ... 15,125
Chapman, John, gentleman, Hill-end, Mottram 67,583
Charlesworth, John, bank director, Leeds ... 35,234
Christian, John, advocate, Edinburgh 36,000
Cobb, Timothy Rhodes, banker, Banbury ... 64,200
Cockburn, —, Doune-terrace, Edinburgh ... 36,000
Collett, William Bickford, Esq., M.P. ... 72,500
Cooper, Henry Spencer, barrister-at-law,

Paper-buildings, Temple ... 61,781
Cordy, James, wine-merchant, Brighton ... 30,000
Crake, William, Esq.. 10, Stanhope-street,
Hyde Park-gardens ... 25,000
Cropper, John, jun., gentleman, Dingle Bank,

Liverpool ... 20,000
Cropper, John, jun., gentleman, Liverpool ... 90,700
Crossfield, —, wholesale grocer, Liverpool ... 60,300
Crosby, Robert, merchant, Liverpool ... 40,000
Crosthwaite, John, merchant, Liverpool ... 75,000
Crowley, Edward, Esq., Lavender-hill ... 89,487
Crowley, Henry, gentleman., 9, Suffolk-street,
••• •.• ••• ••• 23,226
De Castro, Hananel, gentleman, 19, South-
street, Finsbury 60,000
Dodsworth, Geo., gentleman, Fulford, York... 70,475
Douglas, T. D., merchant, Rothsay 57,000
Drysdale, Alexander, merchant, Glasgow ... 54,500
Hardman, Earle, merchant, Liverpool ... 85,400
Ellis, John, Esq., Leicester ... ... 49,000
Evans, De Lacy, Lieutenant-General and
K.C.8., 26, Bryanstone-square ... 25,000
Eyre, Vincent, Esq., Lower Berkeley-street... 50,000
Eyles, William, merchant, Leeds ... ... 51,452
Ferras, Josephus, gentleman, Dunsan-terrace,
Islington ... 50,000
Fielden, John Taylor, gen tleman, 42, St. Paul's-
terrace, Islington ... 32,500
Fleming, John, merchant, Glasgow ... ... 70,500
Footman, John, gentleman. Ipswich ... ... 28,750
Forrest, Sir James, Bart., Royal Circus, Edin-
burgh ... ... 43,000
Fortescue, Matthew, gentleman,Dundalk, Ire- _ _

land ... ... 34.000
Fowler, Henry Robt, clergyman, Harley-street 27,650
Foster; William, Bart., Norwich ... ... 98,840
Franklin, Joseph Lewis, merchant, Liverpool 86.600
Frith, John Griffith. Torringt-m-square ... 40,000
G asking, William, Castlenau Villa, Barnes... 30,000
Geldat. Thomas Charles, barrister, Old square,

Lincoln's Inn ... 34,200
Gill, Robt., , Mansfi 11, Woodh.nise, Notts 45.75(.
Gladstone, John, Fasque, Kincardineshire. 37,500
r;odlea, Burwoud, merchant, Lewes, Sussex 61,875
Gore, William Ormsby, Esq., Portland-place 23,750
Gower, Abel Lewis, merchant, Castle Inch..

gwyn ••• ••• ••• ••• 50,000
Gower, Robert Fred , Coleman street, London 44,150
Graham, William Lieutenant-Colonel, Mosse-
kno we, Dumfrieshire ... 26,500
Grant, George, merchant, Liverpool ... 35,300
Grenfell, Charles Pasco, Esq., Belgrave-square 52,506
Grisell, Thomas, contractor, Lambeth ... 73,000
Guest, Josiah John, Bart., Dowlais, Glamor-
gunshire ... 33,750
Guppy. Thomas Richard, engineer, Clifton ... 60,000
hall, George Richardson, Parthenon Club ... 40,000
Hamilton, John George, merchant, Glasgow... 54.500
Hamilton, Thomas, solicitor, Manchester ... 38,900
Hardy, Simeon, barrister, Fitzwilliam-square,

- Dublin ... ... 25,000
Hargreaves, J., carrier, Hart-common, Wigan 63,800
Hazlewood, Fitzherbert, clerk, Rainham, Sit-
tingbourns ... 25,000
Hawkins, Thomas, gentleman, Thames-street. 32,500
Hayton, Isaac, gentleman, Asbridge House,
Tunbridge ... ... 38,616
Hayter, William Goodenough, Esq., M.P. ... 45,500
Head, Sir Francis Bond Waddon, Croydon ... 30,000
Hegan, Joseph, merchant, Liverpool ... ... 81,250
Hemming, John, gentleman, North Bank, __ _

Regent's Park .. 27,000
Henderson, David Gordon, gentleman, Utaion
Hotel, Cockspur-street ... 30,000
Henderson, Eagle, merchant, -Edinburgh ... 48,500
Henderson, George, Esq., Southampton ... 47,600
Henderson, Gilbert, barrister, Harcourt-build-
ings, Temple ... ... ... ... 56,250
Henderson, John, merchant, Erskine, Renfrew-

shire ... ... 26,650
Bennet, George, gentlenrin, Duke-street,West-

minster ... 30,000
Hennet, George, contractor, Duke-street,

Westminster... ... 25,000
Henty, Edwin, banker, Worthing ... 30,000
Henty, George. brewer, Chichester ... 30,000
Hetherington, Wilson, barrister, Lincoln's-inn 22,500
Hill, Rowland, Esq., Brighton ••• ••• 93,656
Hitchcock, George Charles merchant, Broad-

street ... 50,000
Holdsworth, Joseph, dyer, Bellevue, Wakefield 27,693
Holdsworth, Joseph. Esq., Wakefield ... ... 42,000
Holland, George Calvert, physician, Sheffield 45,000
Holland, Robert, Esq., 63, Portland place ... 47.133
Holmes, Henry, merchant, Liverpool ... ... 37,950
Hornby, Robert. clerk, W alton-1-- Dale, Preston 41,700
Home, James, Esq., Clapham-common 61,875
Hothana, Geo. Frederick, Capt., RN., Brighton 30.000
Holdsworth, Henry, Esq., Manchester ... 33,000
Holdsworth, Thos. cotton spinner, Manchester 46,680
Hon. William W 3 berg, solicitor, Shrewsbury 68,660
Howard, Sir Ralph, 11.13. 77,160
Haines. Benjamin, Copthal-court ... 50.241

It may be necessary to state that in many instances
the parties have signed their names in the character of
trustees as representing a great number of persons
whose names do not appear, because the rule in regard
to railway or joint-stock company registration is, that
no party must indicate by his signature his representa-
tive character.