The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

FROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Sir William Smith, Bart., Eardiston House, Worcester
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company
John Barneby, Esq., M.P., Brockampton, Bromyard
George Allies. Esq., Worcester, Alderman of Worcester, Director of
the Great Eastern and Western, and Worcester, Warwick and
Rugby Railway Companies
Edward Allies, Esq., Tundridge, Suckley, Worcester
Richard Ashton, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
William B.srneby, Esq., Clayton Park, Bromyard, Magistrate of
Herefordshire
James Best, Esq., Worcester
Mr. Edward Bannister, wool-merchant and wool-manufacturer, Leo-
minster
William Bastow, Esq. Surrey-place, London
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
W. G. Beare, Esq., 6, Porchester-place, Connaught-square
Mr. Thomas Benbow, Brockington, farmer and landowner
Mr. Tuomas Berriman, Brook House, Bromyard
George Brown, Esq., Twining Park, Worcestershire
Mr. Charles Bird, of the firm of Messrs. Farmer and Bird, wholesale
druggists, iVorce.ster
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Midlands' and
Easter Counties, the Eastern and Northern Counties, Chester and
Wolverhampton, and Huddersfield and Derby Railways
Lewis Buckland, Esq., Avenue-road, St. John's-wood
Walter Chamberlayne, Esq., Worcester, Royal Porcelain Manu-
factory
Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Di-
rector of the Paris and Lyons Railway
William Connop, Esq., Westington, Leominster
Mr. James Coacher, wool-merchant, Worcester
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-Court, and Old Palace, Richmond,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway
Mr. George Cox, glove manufacturer, Worcester •
Captain Charles Dutton, Bredenbury-house, Bromyard
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry-house, Boughton, Monchelsea,
Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com-
pany
Francis Davis, Esq., Pershore
Thomas Davis, Esq., Powick, Worcester
James Eckley, Esq., Bromyard
William Eckley, Gent., Bromyard
John Freeman, Esq., Gains, Bromyard, Magistrate of Herefordshire

and Worcestershire
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe Park, Herts
John Matthew Gutch, Esq., Banker, Worcester, Director of the Wor-
mier, Warwick, and Rugby Railway, and a Magistrate of Worcester
Mr. Edwin Gardner, corn, ho?, and seed merchant, Worcester
Mr. Richard Hadley, miller and corn-factor, Leigh and Worcester
Frederick Harris, Esq., The Hill, Leominster
Richard Hickman, Esq., Oldswinford, Magistrate of Worcestershire
E. H. Hovey, Esq., Bromyard
Richard Hemming, Esq.,.Swington, near Bromvard, and Kingsland,
. .

Leominster
James Hemming, Esq., Church House, Bromyard
Mr. John Hughes, wool merchant, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester
Mr. George Hill, of the firm of Messrs. Hill and Turley, Worcester
John Hall, Esq., merchant, 'Worcester
Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Worcester
Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester
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Henry James, Esq., Leominster, Mayor of Leominster
Mr. William James, Leominster
John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice Chairman of the Severn Navigation
Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Com-
ps ,y, and a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway

John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal l'oice-

lain manufactory.
Edward Lloyd, Esq., Sheriff of Worcester
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
William John Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the
Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern

and Western Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Meredith, St. John's and Suckley, Worcester
William Moore, Esq., Elm Bank, Powick, Worcester
Mr. F. H. Needham, merchant, Worcester

Henry Newcombe, Esq., Ilardingstone, Northamptonshire
E. Burnham Pateshall, Esq., Allensmore House, Hereford, a Drag's-
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trate of Herefordshire
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Great Eastern

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and Western Railway
John Peart, Esq., Cheltenham, Director of the Worcester, Warwick,
and Rugby, Rrlghton,•and Cheltenham, and the Cheltenham, Ox-
ford, and London Junction Railways
George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Box Hill, Sussex, Director of the Paris

and Strasburgh Railway
Mr. Powell, of the firm of Messrs. Powell and Sons, wine-merchants,

Worcester
John Pumphrey, Esq., Droitwich, Magistrate of Droltwich, and
Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Company
Robert Biddulph Phillips, Esq., Longworth, Lcdbury, and Bucken-
bill, Bromyard, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieutenant of Hereford-
• shire
Mr. William Phillips, Bromyard, grocer and landowner
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rca and Sons, misters.,

Worcester
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Boa and Sons, maltsters, Wor-

eestcr
George Reese, Esq., Ford House, Newport, Monmouthshire
Jas. Reeves. Esq , Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, end Great Manchester and Rugby, and
Southampton Railway Companies
James Robertson, Esq., Worcester
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton, Director:of Birmingham and Lei-

cester Railway
Mr. Thomas Shirley, North Audley-street, London, and Stone Honsa,

Bromyard
John Francis Smith, Esq., Whitbourne-court, Birmingham
William Southall, Esq., White House, Suckley, Worcester
Joseph Stinton, Esq., Munderfleld House, Bromyard, and Lincoln's
Inn, London, Magistrate of Hereford.
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelers, N. W,
Mr. John Stone, Worcester
Philip Taylor, Esq., Bromyard
John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Droitwlch, Magistrate of Droitwieb,
Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Mr. fhomas Tolley Buckland, Leominster
Thomas Timming, Esq., Wacton, Bromyard
James Uptlll, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, Director of the Stafford-
shire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
William Vevers, Esq., Dormington Court, Hereford
T. P. P. Wight, Esq., Tedstone Court, Bromyard
Peter Warburton, Gent., High Bailiff of Bromyard
John Walker, Esq., Lulsiey Court, Bromyard
Mr. Wells, Hop-merchant, Worcester
Mr. Woodward, Hop-merchant, Worcester
John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester
Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester
(Wiih power to add to their number.)
Cum ENGINEER—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate.street, London
Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester
Messrs. W. and T. Deveroux, Bromyard

BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co.
Loc&a AGENT—John Bedford, Esq., Solicitor, Leominster.

This line will diverge from the line of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway, near Worcester, and proceeding by Brom-
yard, will end at Leominster, at which point it will unite with the
proposed lines connecting Hereford and Shrewsbury with North
Wales.

The communication by railway between these important towns
and the continuous hop and cider districts has been entirely lett
unprovided for by existing arrangements. and this line is brought
forward under the auspices of the Great Eastern and Western
Railway Company, on the strong representations and request of a
large and most influential body .of the landed gentry of the neigh-
bourhood.

The object proposed is to make a direct communication between
Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester, which latter town has always
been the natural market for the produce of these districts, and to af-
ford the inhabitants the most direct communication with London, as
compared with other lines, by upwards of3o miles.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the act is ob-
tained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 4/. per cent.
on all calls from the time of their respective payments, as well as to
limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscrip-
tions.

Applications for Shares, in the annexed form, to be made to the
Provision il Committee, at the Office, 5, Gresham-street, London.
or Messrs. John Sheweil and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Messrs. B. and• M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3,
Shorter's-court, London ; Mr. John Duneufr, sharebroker, Manchester;
Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester; Messrs. Schultz and Carr
sharebrokers, and Messre. Reynolds and Son, and Mr. Thomas Lee,
jun., Liverpool ; Messrs. H. and C. Beardshaw. sharebrokers, Leeds ,
Messrs. Tate and Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson,
sharebroker, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
sharehrokers, Bradford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester ;
Mr. Bulme, Gloucester ; Mr. Robert Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh ;
Mr. William Gordon, sharebkoker, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and
Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow; Messrs. Buchanan and
Aitken, sharebrokers, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Bruce and SymeS, share-
brokers, Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may be had.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SRARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Leominster

• Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
201. each in the above railway; and I hereby undertake to accept
the same or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the
deposit Of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of September, 1845.
Name in full •• •
Place of business or profession
Business or profession ..
Signature .... •• • • • • • •
Name, residence, and profession of referee..
Witness .....

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RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHESTER
ItAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the last day for receiving applications
was Friday the 19th, and in consequence of the great number re-
mitted fur eveeeding that to be allotted, n' others can .pcosibly be
*vein.,

N OWINAMPTON, LINCOLN, AND HULL
RAI L NV.a r, •
commencing at Northampton, and proceeding by way of Ketter-
ing, Uppingham, Oakham, Grantham, on to Lincoln, with two ex-
tensions from that city—one to the port of Gainsborough, and the
other to Marktt 'Olsen and the rising and important port of Great
Grimsby. (Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 8-,000,000/., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
~ PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Admiral Ayscongh, Southampton
J. R. W. Ailtinn, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the
Leicester and iledford Railway Company
Mr. Joseph Adult, merchant, Northampton
Francis Simes A ott, Esq., Nottingham
Adult,
Thomas James mold, Esq., Revising Barrister for the City of
London
Sir Arthur De Cal Broke, Bart., Oakley Hall, near Kettering
RobertM. Bates, sq. banker, Strand
Bell, Robert, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Bee=thorpe Hall, Newark, Notts
John Richard Burbidge, Esq., Sorbitor, Inn, Surrey
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Mr. Alderman Brooks, Manchester
C. Buschek, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street, London
John Barnett, Esq.,. Cheltenham
Jonathan Burton, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union
and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Companies
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton
J. D. Barry, Esq., London and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux Railway Company
Charles Britten, Est., Northampton
Mr. Alderman Bean, Nottingham
John Bradley, Esq., The Park, Nottingham
Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln
John Coupland, Esq., Skillingthorpe-hall, near Lincoln
Thomas Chitty-, Esq., Upper Gower street
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-square, London
Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex
Thos. Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
N. Cumberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Mr. Edward Cotton, merchant, Northampton
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Peter Coniston, jun., Esq., -Husbands Boawne.'a, near Welford
-Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsbormsgh, UncOltrogia;e ..-'
John Robert Dalhy, Esq., As'Orouriie, Derbyshire
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., 6, Tilney-
street, Park-lane
Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone Lodge, Poole
Dayrell, Edmund F. Esq., Lilingstone Dayrell, High-Sheriff of Bucks
John Eyston, Esq., \Whirr', and Salford Hall, Warwickshire
flon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave square
Benjamin Fowler, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham Railway Company
Major-General Greenstreet, Northampton
John Cooper Gotch, Esq., hanker, Kettering
Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton•-crescent .
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe Park, Hertfordshire
James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square, London
Frederic William Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill, London
The Rev.• George Edward Hanmer, Rector of Loddington and Over-
stone, Northamptonshire
Frederick William Hamilton, Esq.
Henry Herrman, Esq., Pytchiey, Northamptonshire
George Harper, Esq., Moss-fields. Salop
William Herbert, Esq , Nottingham
Thomas Bagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Methut n Villa, Leamington
John Hellsert Holbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-Place, London
Mr. William Higgins, merchant, Northampton
Edward Hall, Esq., West Bank-house, Macclesfield, Director of the
m
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham RailwayoCrih ampapntyonshire
John Baron Howes, Esq., Irthlingboroagh-grange, N
Mr. Alderman Hollis, Northampton
Higgins, T. C., Esq., Turvey House, Beds
Richard Hooper, Esq., Upper Clapton, London, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company
Hon. Edward Jerningliam
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
William Laycock, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Grand Union Railway Companies .
Sir Gregory A. Lewin, Recorder of Doncaster
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Eastern Counties Railway Company
George Wortley Lovell, Esq., Great Billing, Northamptonshire
Charles Leavers, Esq., The Park, Nottingham
Major-General Mercer, C. 8., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square
Christopher Markham, Esq., Northampton
William Mackenzie, Esq., Liverpool and Paris, Director of the Or-
leans, Tours; and Bordeaux Railway Company
1 G. Marshall, Esq., Godalming, Surrey
E. W. Morris, Esq., Orovehurst, Pembury, Kent
Major J. A. Moore, Qireen Ann-street, Cavendish-square
James Morrison. Esq., St. Mary-at-Hill, London
George 'Murray, Esq., Chichester
Samuel Oxenham, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, London
Sir George Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts
Samuel Percival. Esq., hanker, Northampton
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton
The Rev. Thomas Price, R-ctor of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Edward Pell, Esq., Sywell Hall, Northamptonshire
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, London, and Dul-
wich, Surrey
Vaughan Prause, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Henry Pywell, Esq., Northampton
John Phipps, Esq., Noithampton --
Benjamin Payne, Esq.,. eicester
The Lord Ressmorei The Dell, Windsor
Mr. George Lands, merchant, Nottingham
The Rev. John Lucas Sutton, Rector of Weekly, Northamptonshire
F. Curwen Smith;Esq., Frognall Hall, Hampstead
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Companies
Henry Lenton Stockburn, Esq., J.P., Northampton
Frederick Seymour, Esq., St. James's-square
G. W. Smith, Esq., Harbury Hall, Sheffield
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq , Grantully Castle
William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
James Robert Spiller, Esq., banker, Northampton
William Strong, Esq., Northampton
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury
Benjamin Williams. Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall, London
Major James Waller, St. James's street
Mr. Alderman William., Northampton •
Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, mannfacturcr, Nottingham
David Wheatcroft, Esq , Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
the Nottingham and Gainshorough Railway Company
BTonbridge, Kent, Director of
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the Leicester and Bed ord Railway Company
Charles Thomas Wanda, Esq., Clopton House, Stratf..rd-on-Avon,
and Luton Hoo, Bedfordshi e
The Rev. C.F. Watkins, Vicar of Brexworth, Northamptonshire
Mr. John Woolston, jun., merchant, Wellingborough
Mr. J sepia Wykes, merchan', Northampton
Mr. Alderman Walker, Northampton
Mr. Marmaduke Wetherell, merchant, Northampton
Chafes Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and
Consall Ball, Staffordshire
Lieut.-Colonel Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook's Club
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Allen Allicocke Young, Esq., Orlingbury, Northamptonshire
J. Borwick lizarn, Esq., HerneHill, Surrey.
BANKERS.

Northampton—The Union Bank
The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Kettering— afessrs Gotch and Sons
Grimsby, and Market Raison—
Linmceoshisrs, G.
saministboh,rEollgihso,nßraigned,CCooisla,
E NGINEER—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square •
Kettering—Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship
Local, AGENT —Arthur Wells, Esq., Nottingham.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
Cadwallader F. Waddy, Esq., Fludyer-street.
SECRETARY—Richard Kirwan, Esq.
Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street
PROSPECTUS.
The objects intended to be accomplished by this undertaking are—
Firstly—The supply of local railway accommodation to the impor-
tant districts embraced by the line.
Secondly—The benefit of railway communication with the metro-
polis to a district of country upwards of fifty miles In length at pre-
sent nnprovided with that accommodation.
Thirdly-The completion of the chain of railway communication
between the river Severn and the southern and western counties, and
the north-eastern district of the kingdom and the river Humber and
its ports, including that of Hull.
Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the
London and Birmingtarn, and the lines of railway proposed to con-
verge at that town from Cheltenham, and the west from Worcester
and from Warwick, the line will proceed in a direct course to the
market town of Kettering, by which place all the companies compet-
ing for the line of railway between London and Manchester propose
to pass. It will then proceed also in a direct course to the market
towns of Uppingham, Oakham, and Grantham, on to Lincoln.
The country lying between the towns of Northampton and Grant-
ham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo-
dation, not only to the south but also to the north. •
At Lincoln the line will fork, and proceed, on the one hand, in a
northerly direction to the flourishing port of Gainsborough, and, on
the other, by a north-eastern course to the market town of Market
Raison, on to the rising port of Great Grimsby.
By a union with the Sheffield and Great Grimsby Junction Rail-
way at Marketßaisen, a direct and uninterrupted chain of communi-
cation will be established between all the above-mentioned districts
and the town and port of Hull.
The sources of traffic which this line will secure are various and
rery considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated, viz.:—
Starting from Great Grimsby, the line will appropriate to itself the
whole of the traffic from thence to the metropolis, and also the
southern and western districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it
will secure the important and increasing local traffic between that
town and Market Reisen and Lincoln.
From Gainsborough, the termini of several railways from the
north and north-west, this line will carry the traffic to Lincoln, its
county town.
The traffic from Hull to the metropolis, and also to the west, will
enter upon this line at Marketßaisen and proceed thereon to Lincoln.
From Lincoln the whole of the traffic passing to the west and the
and should the London and
intermediate towns mustpass over this line.
In tie event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not
obtaining their Bill, then the traffic from Lincoln to the south and
west, and also the metropolis, will pass along this line of railway ; the
former the whole distance, and the latter in any event to Grantham,
efore will travel over
or water-carriage
York
or k distancecom
poafnyabonouttstuwceeenetay,-fisuveehmtrialeffise; will proceed on to Kettering
Or Northampton.
The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance
railwayther
of more than forty miles, and including the market towns of
fric
O accommodation,akln gh am and Uatpl
dp
tnhgeh
this line of railway, which will be In the direct course not only to
the west but also to London.
At Kettering this line will unite with that one of the 'tow com-
peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to
London, which shall be successful before Parliament.
1 ies without
t a
The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two
exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the
very favourable gradients of by far the greater portion of the line;
indeed for many miles the line will run upon a water level.
The line will not interfere with any ornamental property.
The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking.
The promoters reserve power to alter and vary the route, to ex-
tend the proposed Inc of railway, and to increase the amount of ca-
pital as may be necessary or advisalile.
Applications for shares
may be made to the Secreta
ry, or to the
following Sharebrokers, of whom prospectus es with maps of theline
may be obtained:--London —Messrs.Peppercorne and C0.,2,01d Broad-
aired ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury. Thrmingharn—
Mr. W. ll.Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas-Boardman. Bradford—
Mr. George Clark. Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash. Cheltenham—
Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs.
Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs Lahertouche and Stafford. Edin-
burgh—James Pringle, Esq, 79, Princes-street. Exeter—Messrs.
Beaumont and Langworthy. Glasgow—Messrs Duncan and ilutchin-
,•on. Halifax—Mr. William Cronhelm. Huddersfield—Messrs.
Everard and Co. Hull—Mr. Frederick Stamp. Leeds_messrs.
Wellbeloved and Oastler. Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer.
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley. and Whitehead ; Messrs. Cameron and
Co.; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. Hine.
Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs A. Birchen Ind
Co. ; Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spet=lr.
Sheffield—Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. Southampton—fir.
Joseph Clark, jun. Wakefield-3lr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester—
Mr. Miles. York—Messrs. (;rayston and Earle.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Northampton, Lincoln, and
Hull Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
each in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or
such less number as you may approprlete to me, subject to the regu-
lations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay,
when required, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of
Name in MI. • • • • • .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Profession and Professional Residence in full
Private Residence in full .• .....
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Offices, 34, Moorgate-street

1845.

NORTHAMPTON, LwIANyCOLN, AND HULL
74t0SkEdTIISES. and MAPS IVIIr be ready for deycery on TM-.
PAT Nat) tho 7th Met.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and'
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., 31. P., Park-lane, Hyde Park, Director
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Henry Broadwood, Esq., 31. P., Whitehall
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pirle, Bart., Alderman of the 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 Sher;ff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagsbaw, Esq., Directer 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., Woodfor Essex, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direc ,vay
Captain George Prabyti, 13r 'a L c
Robert Watkins, Esq., Dire r • in.' it and West of Eng-
land Hallway
Art
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Dir or • • • uni
London,
The Hon. George Browne, Loss S-i. • '
Sr Wm. 'Wynne, 5, Suffolk•stre p • .
Wales Railway, and Director thii 'us
Portsmouth Railway
Sir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-0 • = -
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London -
Capt. Burney' lt.N., Gosport
Lents Buckland. Esq , Avenue-road, Regent's Park
George Bovill, Esq., Miliwall, Poptar
John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks
Joseph Brook,-Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dew,,bury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, 'Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Itallway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Buxton, Director of the North Wales Railway
W. Bevan, Esq.. 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
H. C. Burney, LL.D., 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., Al lerman 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
Binninghain 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 , BedlOrd-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., Long,sight Abbey, near Manchester
J. P. Firrnstone, Esq.
H. 0. Firrnstone, 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 ofEngland,- 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 Madiand, 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
Joint Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Piccadilly
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmmuth, 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 Kidiey, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Great Western
Railway Company
John Kinlock, Esq., 21, Gloucester road. 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 3. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
J. 1). Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Richmond
Railway
William Morley, Fsq., Blackhead-park, Deputy Chairman of the
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Robert Mutric, Esq., merchant, 93, Watling-street,
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Surrey
G. Miller, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direst
Railway
N. 3l`Cann, Esq.; 50, Parliament-street, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
Win. Sae], Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Win. 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
A psley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway
Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymore House, Manchester, Director
of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
Goo. Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
RNoogrersh .LEosnqd.o,nL'ajuunrac-tpiolancite,aißlvir.aady
Thomas ford, Director of the Liver-
pool)fthaend Leeds Direct Railway, and the Keighley, Huddersfield and
Halifax Junction Railway
Christopher Sharpland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Railway
Walter Director of the
,SEousth q.Dseuvsoseuxa_gnad warCdponnBi,il3l
xi3fanchester and Rugby Direct Railway
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond
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Railway
eyd, Raeford Hall.
of the City Gas Com-
npearirecLtherek
pany, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
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lSangster,
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Esq., Sr
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorstin Hall, Malton
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wands orth, Surrey, Distiller
Andrew Jukes Worthington, Esq., Leek
William Walker, Esq., Lea Wood Mattock, Derbyshire
S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest Hill. near Worksop
Charles.Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort-house, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Railway
B. Williams, Esq., banker, Whitehall, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
(With power to add to their number).

BANKERS.
Morn. Masterman and Co., London
The Union Bank, Manchester
SOLICITOR—John Dalian, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.

CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS.
WEST& Rice and hoinas Hopkins, M.1.C.E.;
and John Ileicher, Esq.
SECRETARY.

This Cempany is formed for making a railway from Liverpool t •
Derby, and will, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby
Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest
route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and
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, linutsferd, 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-six miles. It will be
seen by reference to the map that this important line of railway will
Ihrm the shortestroute from-Liverpool to London, and effect a direct
chain otc.ommunieation 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 it forms the
shortest road from Liverpool to London. The distance by It, with the
Manchester ansl 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 200% miles ; effecting a saving of 22 miles in
one instance, and 121 miles In the other.

And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between
Liverpool and D:rby 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 sonnet 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 from Manchester to Leek (where the propcsed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Dirtit 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 aline 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 front 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 Mane
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London 83 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 41. 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-
brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribblc, and Sutton, 22, Worth
Side, Royal Exchange, London; George Burnand, Esq., Cornbill ;
Messrs. Balelsy, Anson, and Co., Royal Exchange; Messrs. Mac-
kenzie and Lawrence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese,
51, King, street, Manchester; Messrs. Marshall, Town-ball-buildings.
Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool;
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son,
and W. H. Land, Req., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ;
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; G. Kershaw, Esq., Hud-
dersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter; R. P. Lemon,
Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint
and Touts]. Hull.

FORM OF APPLICATION .
and Derby
To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool - Railway
Company.
I request you will allot to me shares of 20!. each in the
capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired.
Dated the

day of

, 1845.

Name• ........... ..............
Address.. . • ...... . .....
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THE PETERBOROUGH AND NOTTING
HAM JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Via Stamford, Oakham, and Melton Mowbray.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and S Vic., cap. 210)
Capital 550,0001., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
No Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription
;and no call to be made until the Act is obtained. ,
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
' The Main Hon. Lord Blayncy
The Right lion. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
General Johnson, 31. P., Writham-on-the-Hill, Lancashire
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the South Union and Man-
chester Potteries Railway
George Walker, Esq., Eastwood-hail, near Nottingham
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Bart., Fair Oak-park, near Winchester
W. Ittillseley Hughes, M.P., Plascoch
Sir William Young, Bart., Director of the Hon. the East India Com-
pany,- ana7Director of the Leicester and Tainworth Railway
The Mayor of Leeds
Major Jeff Sharp, Viee-Chairman of the Thames Embankment and
Railway Junction Company
Sir W. B. Johnson, Bart., Hilton
Alderman John Johnson, Derby, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough ILailwasa
The Rev. ,T: B. Hildebrand, Rector of Saxby and Vicar of StapiefOrd,
near Melton Mowbray
Tile lion. Major Napier, Rugby
John Fox, Esq , Woodthorpe-hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the
Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
Sir George Rich, Bart., Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square
Francis Edward Shipley, Esq., (tilt !book-house, near Nottingham,
merchant, Director of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Alderman Portman, Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Rahway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Rail-
way
William Taylor, Esq., Radcliffe-hall, Nottinghamshire
Sir John !busier, F.R.S., Waltons Deputy-Lieutenant of F.S9IIPa.
11. Ingrain, Esq., Swineshead-abbey, Lincolnshire
William Betts, Esq., IlevOis-mount, Southampton, Director of the
31 nicliestor O"(l Southampton Railway
R. Newcombe, Esq., magistrate, Stamford
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Ii ail wa v
Alderman John Thomsson, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
George Sparrow-, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham
and Gains&orough Railway
William Johnson, Esq., Carlton Club, Pail-mall, and Clifton-houst,
Belfast.
W. Little, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Eye, near Peterborough
The Hon. Miles Dormer, 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street
John Fillingliam Bishop, Esq., lace-manufacturer, Nottingham
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Notting-
ham and Gainsborough Railway
John Matthew Gulch, Esq., banker, Worcester
Alderman Birkin, Basford, near Nottingham
D. W. Nell, Esq., Magistrate, Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Newcome, Esq., Hardingstone, near Northampton
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., Chester-square, Eaton-square, Director
of the Tean 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 Not,. ingham and Boston Railway .
Richard CaTenter, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Mid-
dlesex, Director of tile Leeds and Carlisle Railway, &e.
Edward Compton, 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, Nottingham-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
John Towle, jun, Esq., cotton merchant, Nottingham
iCaptain J. P. 31‘.1)oug,a1 Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the
Cambrian and Grand Juuction Railway
Thomas Percival, Esq., farmer and grazier, Wansford, Northampton-
shire
Lewis Pocock, Esq., Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Great Grimsby,
Loath, Horneastie Lincoln, and Midland Juuction Railway
Thomas Sambrooke, Esq., Arundel-wharf, Strand
Samuel Morley, Esq., The Park, Nottingham
Robert Risiug, Esq., Director of the Great North and South Wales
and Worcester Railway
Joseph Wykes, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square
William Proctor Stanley, Esq., ironmonger, 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 Lincoln Railway
John Whall, Esq., Worksop, Nottingham
John Lawrence Wright, Esq., Caister, near Peterborough
Samuel Watkins, Esq., merchant, Forest-hill, Worksop, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Thomas Derry Butt, Esq:, Newton, near Nottingham
Peter Henry Edlin, 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
William 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 Cratiock, 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 Stanton, Esq., Woodville-house, near Nottingham
Messrs. Robert Cowen and Son, engineers and Munders, 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-hall, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester Railway
John Morley, Esq., merchant, Nottingham, Director of the Notting-
ham and Gainsborough Railway
R. H. Johnstone, Esq., Melton Mowbray.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie and George Rennie, Esq.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Lewin, ESQ.
BANKERS.
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 Gridley, 5, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-
square. -
ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR.
R. C. Carpenter, Esq., Guildford-street, Russell-square.
. .. . . LOCAL AGENTS.
Nelson Wilkinson. Esq , solicitor, Peterborough
James Atter, Esq., solicitor, Stamford
John Bovsley, Esq., solicitor, Nottingham.
This railway has been projected for the purpose of affording tie
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 from London to York—and Notting-
ham and the North Midland and North Western Counties .
The length of the proposed lino will be about thirty-three miles. It
15 intended to commence at the Stamford station of the Syston and
Peterborough Railway, and following the direction of the river
Wash, proceeded by Empinglit, Whitwell, and Hambleton, to
Oakliam tn; thence, at the foot of anksborough-hill, along the Valley
to Burton-Lazarus, by the river Eye to Melton Mowbray; it will
then proceed by llolwell, between Long Clawson and Nether Brough-
ton, to Melding, Kinoulton, and Oivtharpe, and thence by West-
bridgeford to the station of the Midland Counties Railway at Not-
tingham. .
1 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, Huntingdon, 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 71N miles, and
1 from Stamford to Nottingham about 60 miles; by the Peterborough
and Nottingham Junction Railway the distance to be traversed be-
tween those towns, will 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 26N 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 Juuction Rail-
way, while prepared to maintain an independent position, witiblenGerm-
theless insure the co-operation and support of whichever
Trunk Lines proposed to be constructed from London to
bYorkn, inaybbev
sanctioned by Parliament. It is calculated that NottinghamligiiLevwill,b,
at
this line, have a communication with the metropolis
shortest route.i )
, least 16% miles than it possesses by the present. would
sanction the con-
-1 It is difficult to conceive that Parliament *o
' atruetion of a " Direct Line" froui Siit,itigham 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
be productive of anything but unwarrantable injury to established
interests, and loss to those embarking their property in it, supposing
It did not eventually destroy all tile 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 couk3 he made would be scarcely five miles
shorter than that which would be available by means of the Peter-
borough and Nottingham Junction Railway.
The traffic which this important junction line must command
will be of the most profitable kind. The coal and other mineral
traffic from the highly productive mineral districts already connected
with Nottingham, and which, by this railway, will thence find the
most convenient outlet to the counties of Norfolk, Cambridge, Suffolk,
&c., will alone yield a considerable per tentage upon the capital.
Of the immense traffic in the conveyance of merchandise from
Nottingham and the manufacturing districts to the south-east, and
of agricultural produce, &c.,_ from the latter through Peterbiairotagilts
to the North Midland and Northern Counties, it is evidentthth
line will, from the convenience it offers, sectire,bia proportion.il,latrogreet
• Oakham,
The passenger traffic between Peterborough,veS
t, and irrespective
Melton Mowbray, and Nottingham, is very
of the accommodation and profit that N'Vtiet 1 i lgoS
it,' Ca° from
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communication, alone warrants the conga line.
eethorough
The Provisional Committee have 1
lrai t‘heiv have received from those
pleasure in stating that
the encouragement and su
parties who, from local resigirit '
leac Lest able to form a judgment of the
hincd an intimate knowledge of the
resources of the country.
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confidence to Parliament in the en a.
porate the Company. . .
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The Company's actieg
and his report Is very satisfactory
eni:
nr shta:ts tlelearfeafel
irolosed railway. No difticul-
try offers tbr the construction of the I ,
theshape of unavoidable Interference With
tics present themselves in
public or ornamental property.
The Committee resen•e to themselves the power Of making such
alterations in the line, of increasing the capital, and of entering into
such agreements with the companies of connecting railways, as may
be deemed advisable.
In the allotment of shares a large proportion will be appropriated
' to the landowners and parties locally interested along the line. Ap-
plicants for shares not locally Wet ested, 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
rest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum upon the paid-up capita-
until the opening of the line.
Applications for shares may be addressed, in the form annexed, to
the stcretary, at.the offices of the solicitors, Messrs. Walker and
Gridley, 5, Southampton-Street; Bloomsbury •square ; to the local
agents above stated ; and to the following stock and sherebrokers,
of whom plabtond For :duns may be obtained ;—liir. R. liaip-

Henry Farrar, Esq., Princes Risborough
Joseph Forster, Esq., Blunt's Hall, Witham, Essex, Director of the
Maldon and Braintree Railway
Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square, London, Director of the
Reading, Gtuldford, and heigate Railway, and Deputy-Chairman
of the London and Nottingham Railway
James Furness, Esq., Newland-cottage, Wycombe
John George, Esq., Bicester
Charles Goodwin, Esq., Battersea, Director of the London and Wind-
sor Railway
Rev. C. E. Gray, Rectory, Princes Rtsborough
Edmund Tertius Grundy, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, and Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester
and Southampton Railways
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq., Gresham-street
J. G. Hammock, Esq., Essex House, Chairman of the Ratcliffe Gas
Company, and Director of the Direct Western Railway
George Harman, Esq., Alderman of Wycombe
Thomas Humfrey, Esq., Brill
Joseph Hunt, Esq., Mayor of Wycombe
Wm. Jackson, Esq., Justice of the Peace for Wycombe
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly, Director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, Paragon

_
Streatham-
-1 eury Garrett Key, Esq.,Tulse-hill, Director of the Hereford, New-

port and Abergavenny Railway
Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne
Wm. King, Esq., Ambrosden
Thomas Knight, Esq., Brill
Captain A. L. Kuper, C. 8., Plymstock, Devon
W. Kuper. Esq., Camberwell, Director of Leeds, York, and Midlands'
Junction Railway
Alfred Lan., Esq., Alderman of Wycombe
Joseph Littlehales, Esq., Shaulston
Rowland itl'Kenxie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Three,
for of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, of the Cheltenham,
Oxford, and Brighton, and the Great Western Extension Railway
Companies
John Meads, Esq., Brill
The Rev. W. E. Partridge, Horsendon-house, Rishorough, Rector of

Horsendon, Vicar of lilmire, and Magistrate for the county of
Bucks
Wm. Paxton, Esq., Langford Farm
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montague-street, Russell-square, Di-
rector of the Argus Insurance Company, and the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
G. W. K. Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
Alexander Prince, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
John Prestage, Esq., Wycombe
W. W. Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of the
Jersey Railway
S. IL Powell, Esq., Brixton, Director of the Leeds, York, and

lands' Junction Railway
Wm. Reynolds, Esq., Ambrosden
Robert Shedden, Esq., Torr Abbey, Devon, Director of the South-
Western Railway, and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Devon
E. R. Simmonds, Esq., Gloucester Lodge, Croydon
William Slack, Esq., Crickelwood, Director of the Guarantee Society
John Southgate, Esq., Pebble Coombe, Dorking, Director of the
Reading and Reigate Railway
John Southgate, jun. Esq., Old Change, London
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Broom Hall, near Dorking, Deputy
Governor of the Union Bank of London, Chairman of the Irish
Midland Railway
Mr. James Stratton, Princes Risborough
William H. Terrell, Esq., Lincolr's Inn-fields
Edward Hughes Thorpe, Esq., Bicester
Wm. Tredwell, Esq., Piddington
Charles Frederick Thornley, Esq., Westbury, near Bristol
William Walker, Esq., Eldon-terrace, Leeds
Captain F. Bayly Wardroper, 11.C.5., Director of the l'Armingham
Extension Railway
Walter White, Esq., Fitzroy-square, Director of the London and
Winds,w Railway
Wm. White, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the Central Kent County
Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Down, Director of the Wanner
Valley and Great 'Yarmouth Railway
Robert. Winslow, Esq., Princes Rlsborough
Robert Winslow, jun., Esq., Princes Risborough
Thomas Wragg, Esq., Boarstall
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGING COMMITTEE.

James Brand, Esq.
Henry Turst Carver, Esq.
E. Chapman, Esq.
Henry Dodson, Esq.
Samuel Douglas, En.
E. T. Grundy, Esq.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq.
(With limited power to all to their number.)
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Macneill, LL.D., F.R.S.
James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A.
SOLICITORS.
MessrP. Roy, Blunt, and Johnstone, Loth',ury
George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square.
Lumens.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, Lombard-street
The Union Bank of London
:Messrs. Cockhnrn and Co., Whitehall
Maidenhead—Messrs. Stephens, Blandy and Co.
Wycombe—Messrs. Wheeler and Sons
Bicester—Messrs. Tubb
Thaine—Thomas Stone, I-sq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Maidenhead—James Smith, Esq.
High Wycombe and Princes Risborough—( hares Harman, rs-i.
Ricester —Richard Maley, Esq.
Oxford—John Looker, Esq.
Windsor—C. 8. Voules, Esq.
HONORARY SECRETARY, pro. tem.---John Southgate, jun., Esq.
Offices of the Company-2, Charlotte-row, Mansion House.

H. Garrett Key, Esq.
W. Kuper, Esq.
S. H. Powell, Esq.
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A.
John Soutt gate, Esq.
W. White, Esq.

The great importance of the above line of railway, not exceeding
64 miles in length. will be immediately seen by referring to the map.
It commences at the Farnborough station of the South-Western Rail-
way, crossing the Great Western line between Slough and Maiden-
head, and terminates on the Oxford and Rugby line of railway at
Ileyford, beyond Oxford, on the route to Birmingham, accommo-
dating in its course, Bracknell, Sunning-hill,Bagshot, Ascot, Windsor,
Great Marlow, High Wycombe, Princes Risborough. Theme, iticester,
and many other places at present without railway communication.
It will form the most direct route from London to Banbury, War-
wick, and Birmingham, and by the Grand Junction Railway to Man-
chester, Liverpool, Lancaster, and Carlisle, and by the Caledonian
Chester,
Birkenhead, to Glasgow and Edinburgh ; also from Crewe to
ot
on So'vuittlitt
Birkenhead, and Holyhead, thus opening the most direct communica-
tion with Dublin.
Cwheilllteia,lhsaombyantdheoxbforarniclhinet,of.
the Cheltenham irlin'°°thcisetmmoks't dinirecctornonnetile
Wales, Waterford, and the south of Ireland, as well as by the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line to Worcester, and conse-
quently to all the central portion of Wales, thus forming the shortest
route to all Wales and Ireland.
The length of this line will not exceed 64 miles, and it will save an
average distance of 14 miles to each of the before-mentioned places,
as compared with the route now traversed by the Great Western
Railway. It is satisfactory to state that there are no engineering
difficulties, and that the land is the least valuable of any in the coun-
ties through which this line is intended to pass, avoiding, as it does,
parks and ornamental property.
To the advantages offered to the above places, by saving about
fourteen miles in the transits to London, must he added that of con-
necting them with the South-Western and the Reading and Reigate

lines, affording passengers an opportunity of proceeding to South-
ampton, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Dover, Brighton, and all adls-
cent places, without the necessity of passing through the metropolis,
thereby saving much time and inconvenience.
It will be seen from the f‘rep:oing facts that the formation of lis
line will afford very great advantages to nearly all parts of Etni,gemene_
Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, as it will rnaterislly 11""tt:ther and
livery of their many marketable products hy opentinog
much to ex-
more direct route to London. It is not, therefore,he
pert that, independently of a great local trat%,
immense through traffic brought on tlt(T lln !
This is manifest, as the
least 10 per cent. on the capital renir-c.,o__.
poi per mile, while the
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janilaydeinotenrethsteedsilare.
aorcl, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton, and, Or and Oxford Junction Railn•ays will have a pre-
ferencehWoTlsidbhe:eO:lixlserowaidtilihe.et 11
ididr%ite:Rhlivp o seir:deogre,lGt'll rt'nlinoaw: npa.olariceinlair,csl ilPtip:niest:tirtillael 'lt
ihl ioeec Act of Parliament
willehrareg be taken in the Act to allow tbur
shall be obtain
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per cent. interest 011 an calls until the line be completed, which.
from the nature of the ground to be gone over, is not expected to
exceed two years.
The Committee have decided, in complian'c with the suggestions
of landowners of great influence, to form branches from the 'Thame
station on the proposed main line to Oxford and Aylesbury, thereby
establishing a direct communication between those important places.
Application for shares may be lande, in the annexed form, to the
following sharchroicers :—London : Mr. W. West, Carol-conrt ;
Mr. Beniamin Rankin, Tokenhortse-yard ; Mr. M. L. Pritchard,
and Mr. 11!raink. ner, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Messrs.

Green and Oldham, and Messrs. Gardiner at Heap, Manchester
Messrs. Potter and Snaith, Leeds ; Mr. Andrew Moffat, Edit:-
burgh ; Messrs. Bruce. and Symes, Dublin ; Messrs. Graystons
and Earle, York ; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs.
Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter ; Mr.
J. Wright, Birmingham ; Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull ; Mr.
Isase Ironside, Sheffield; Messrs. Mann Son, Norwich ; Mr.
. _ .

Joseph Frey Baker, Cheltenham ; to the Secretary, at the offices of
the Company ; Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Johnstone, Lothbury ;
George- Smith, Esq.-, solicitor, No. 24, Golden-square ; and to 11F.
A. Brand; Glasgow

To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Junction, Grant Western,

and South-Western Railway Junction Company.

Gentlemen,—l request, that 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 exe-
cute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers Agreement when
required so to do.

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