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London, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

TIRE siTN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1845.

NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, and HULL
RAftWAT, commencing at Northampton, and proceeding
br Way of Kettering, Uppingham, Oakham, Grantham, and Lincoln.
curect to Hull.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 20?. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per t-hare.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
The Right lion. it. V. Smith, M.P. for Northampton
Raikes Currie, Esq. M.P. for Northanipton
J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lei-
cester and Bedford Railway Company
Mr. Joseph Adnitt, merchant, Northampton
Francis Simes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas J. Arnold, Esq., Revising Barrister for the City of London
John Abbey, Esq. Grange, Wellingborough, Northampton
Sir Arthur de Capel Broke, Bart., Oakley-hall, near Kettering
Rohort M. Bates, Esq., hanker, Strand
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor house, Chiswick
John Richards Burhidge, Esq., Surbiton-hill, Surrey
Jonn Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Mr. Alderman Brooks, Manchester
C. Buschek, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street, London
Jonathan Burton, Esq., Nottingham. Director of the Gland Union
and Nottingham anGainsborough Railway Companies
William Batchelor Brownlow, Esq., merchant. Hull
Cnarles Holt Bracebridge, Esq. Atherstone-hall, Warwickshire
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton

Union Bank
J. D. Barry, Esq., London and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux Railway Company
. Charles Britten, Esq., Northampton
Mr. Alderman Bean, Nottingham
John Bradley, Esq., Park, Nottingham
William Boston, Esq. merchant, Northampton
Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Upper Gower-street
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-square, London
Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Ooldhangcr, Essex
Thomas Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
N. Cnmberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Mr. Edward Cotton, merchant, Northampton
J. 31. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Peter Coniston, jun., Esq., Husbands Bosworth, sear Welford
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Edward Cook, Esq. merchant, Northampton
John Robert Dalby, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson, M.P., 6, Tilney-street,
Park-lane
Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Edmund F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingstone Dayrell, High Sheriff of Bucks
F. S. Doubleday. Esq. Great Surrey-street, London
John Eyston, Esq., Welford and Salford-hall, Warwickshire
Richard Ellison, Esq. Boultham-hall, Lincolnshire
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Benjamin S. Fowler, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Northampton. Banbury, and

Cheltenham Railway Company
John Fardell, Esq. Lincoln
Edward Fowler, Esq. Lincoln

Edward Fisher, Esq. Little Bowden, near Market Barborongh, Di-
rector of the Leicester, and Bedford, and Rugby, and Huitingdon
Railway Companies
William Gambier, Esq., Seacombe-park, Hertfordshire
Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., Wilton-crescent
Major-General Greenstreet, Northampton
John Cooper Getch, Esq., banker, Kettering
James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
Frederick William Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill, London
The Rev. George Edward Hanmer, Rector of Loddington and Over-
stone, Northamptonshire
Frederick William Hamilton, Esq. Gloucester-place, London
Henry Hensman, Esq., Pytchley, Nor hamptonshire
George Harper, Esq., Moss-fields, Salop
William Herbert, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Hagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of h Northampton.
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham
Arthur llaymes, Esq., Metleuen-villa, Leamington
John Holbert lielbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, London
Mr. William Thomas Higgins, merchant, Northampton
John Baron Horse, Esq., Irthlingborough-grange, Nertharapton-
shire
Mr. Alderman Hollis, Northampton
Hon. Edward Jerningham
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
William Lay cock, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Grand Union Railway Companies
F. Valentine Lee. Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London,
Director of the Eastern Conties Railway Company
George Wortley Loren, 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
James Morrison, Esq., St. Mar. -at-hill, London
G. Marshall, Esq., Godalmlng. Surrey
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pemhury, Kent
Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square
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, Rector of Lianrethel, Herefordshire
Edwin Pell, Eve, Sywell-hall, Northamptonshire
George Ryder Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex
Vaughan Prance, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Henry Penwell, Esq., Northampton
John Phipps, Esq., Northampton
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester
Rudgard, Esq. Lincoln
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
Mr. George Rands, 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
Majoreeleneral Sleigh, Shirley-house, Southampton
Thom's Bridges Simpson, Esq Rutland-lodge, Brixton
Frederick Seymour, Esq., St. James's-square
G. W. Smith, Esq., Harbury-hall, Sheffield
William Spooner, Esq.. Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
James Robert Spiller, Esq., banker, Northampton
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grantley Castle
William Strong, Esq., Northampton
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall, London
Major James Waller, St. James's-street
Mr. Alderman Williams, Northampton
Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, manufacturer, Nottingham
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
the Nottingham and Gainsborongh Railway Compels),
George Willes, Esq., Hungerford, Berks
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton-house, Stratford-on-Avon, and
Luton 1109, Bedfordshire
The Rev. C. F. Watkins, Vicar of Brexwoi the rthiunptonshire
Mr. John Woolston, merchant, Wellinborough
Mr. Joseph Wykes, merchant, Northampton
Mr. Marmadnke Wetherell, merchant, Northampton
Joseph Lox Tale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and
Consall-hall, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brooks's Club
Sir Henry Webb. Bart., Pall-mall, London
Allen Allicocke Young, Esq.. Orlingbary, Northamptonshire
T. Borwick Yzarn, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey
Chadwick, William, Esq., Montague-square, Chairman of the Riels-
mond Railway
Cathie, Thom is, Esq., banker, Hull
Digby, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull
Sleight, Robert r., Esq., Hull
Atkinson, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Bamford, Charles, jun., Esq., merchant, Hull
Bamford, Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Caley, William, Esq., merchant, Hull
Grutt, Thomas Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Garthorne, John, E q., merchant, Hull
Hammond, Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hammond, Thomas Dowton, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hall, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hubbersty, Henry, Esq., merchant, Hull
Holmes, George, Esq., merchant, Hull
Norman, Wm. 0. Esq., merchant, Hull
Ostler, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Pearson, William Hunt, Esq., merchant, Hull
Petchell, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull
Thompson, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull
Whittaker, Isaac, Esq., merchant, Hull
George Abbey, Esq., Northampton
Mr. Thomas Atherton, merchant, Northampton
Henry Broadwood, Esq., 31. P., 5, Whitehall-yard
Edmond Singer Burton, Esq., Daventry, Northamptonshire
Mr. W. Bunting, wool merchant, Spratton, Northamptonshire
Sir Francis Cock' nen, Dover
John earns, Ear., M ;ars Ashby, Northamptonshire, Director of the
Northampton trn on Bank
John Chown% Esq., Frieston-house, Claythorpe, near Grantham
The Rev. Thomas Clayton, Rector of Cottingham-cum-Middleton,
Northamptonshire
The Rev. Thomas Cook, Rector of Grafton Underwood, Stanior, and
Briggsteck, Northamptonshire
Mr. John Groom, merchant, Northampton
Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Park-place, St. James's-street, Deputy
Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, and High Sheriff of the
County of Wicklow
Hon. Colonel Hutchinson, Weston-house, Worcester
Charles Heneege, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
H. H. H. Hangerford, Esq., Dingley-park, Northamptonshire, Di
rector of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Mr. S. J. Hobson, manufacturer, Leicester
Ambrose hated, Esq., Ecton, Northamptonshire
Major Thomas Isham. Lamport, Northamptonshire
John Jeffery, Esq., Northampton
Thomas Michael Key worth, Esq., Lincoln
Johs Lovell, Eve, Toweewer, Northamptonshire
Herbert Lanham, Esq., Cotteebrooke-hall, Northamptonshire
Rev. Robert Montgomery, Rector of Holcot, Northamptonshire
John Nethercoat, Esq., Moulton-grange, Northamptonshire
John Percival, Esq , Woodlands, Isle of Wight
Mr. Francis Parker, manufacturer, Northampton
Archibald Robertson, Esq., M.D., Northampton
John Redtlail, Esq., Dallington-hall, Northamptonshire
Tice Rev. Henry Rokeby, Rector of Arthingwerth, Northamptonshire
Richard Whitton, Esq., Lincoln
Thomas Wood, Esq., Arthingworth-hall, Northamptonshire
H. B. Whitworth, Esq., Northampton
Major Maidwell Young, Northamptonshire
The Rev. Humphrey Waldo Sibthorpe, Washingborough, near Lin-
coln, Director of the London and York Railway Company
George Smith, Esq., Oakham Rutland
Mr. Matthew Sooby, jun., merchant, Gainsborongh
The Rev. Thomas Sanders, Vicar of Moulton, Northamptonshire
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and 'fork
Railway Company
Rev. Zacharia Shrapnel Warren, Rector of Ancaster, near Graatham.
Thomas Adams, Esq., Lenton-firs, Nottinghamshire
John Coupland, Esq., Shellingthorpe-hall, near Lincoln
Robert Carr Andrew, Esq., Brixworth, Northamptonshire
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham
Mr. Alderman Cullen, Nottingham
John Eagleton, Esq., Belton-hall, Rutlandshire
Rev. E. R. Earle, Rectory, Belton, Rutlandshire
J. F. Edmonds, Esq , Rye-hills, Northamptonshire
Richard Field, Esq. Leigh-house, Lower Tooting, Surrey
Smith Fowler, Esq. Nottingham
John Gladstone, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Captain Twistleton Graves, director of the Leicester and Teams and
Dove Valley Railway
Thomas C. Higgins, F.sq. Turvey-house, Bedfordshire
John Harrison, Esq. Nottingham
T. Richard Tucker Hodgson, Esq. Birmingham
R. S. Hutchinson. Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Robert Hawley, Esq. Oakham
Mt. Alderman H,oper, director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Mr. J. K. Higgins, wine merchant, Northampton
John Judkins, Esq. Stowe-hill, Northamptonshire
Godfrey Kemp, Esq. Belton, Rutlandshire
William Lawrence, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manches-
ter Railway Company
John Leavers, Esq. the Park, Nottingham
Edward Lynch Hough, Esq. Grantham
Robert Lee, Esq. Granthatn
John Manning, Esq. Harpole, Northamptonshire
James Morley, Esq. Basford-hall, Nottinghamshire
N. M'Cann, Fs 1. 50, Parliament-street, director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham, and Manchester and Rugby Railroads
Mr. Fletcher Mercer, merchant, Gainsborough
""larks Morris, Esq., the Grange, Oakham
Charles Miller, Esq. Grantham
The Rev. J. A. Nash, 27, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens,
London
George Payne, Esq., Sulby-hall, and Pitskvd-house, Northampton-
shire
Thomas Pell, Esq., Northampton
Mr. fames Fell, Sy well, Northamptonshire
Frederick Perne Newcombe, Esq. Grantham
Mr. Thomas Parsons, Uppingham
William Perrin, Esq. Northampton
William Wright Pell, Esq. Helesthorpe, Leicestershire
William Qelnters, Esq. Einester-hall, Northamptonshire
Robert Rising, Esq., the Shrubbery, Worcester
John Ridgway, Esq. Canblon-place, Staffordshire Potteries
John Shepperson, Esq., Director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Mr. Thomas Shaw, beach proprietor, Northampton
John Tresham, Esq. Red Lodge, Old andellroughtou, Northampton
Robert Turner, Esq. J. P., Grantham
William Turner, Esq. M.D. Grantham
William White, Esq., Director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Mr, Alderman Walker, Northampton
William Walker, Esq., Leawood, near Matlock
William Walkineton, Esq. banker, Grantham
The Rev. C. F. Watkins Vicar of Brixworth Northamptonshire
John Weston, Esq. lla
r lingstone, near Northampton
Tilt. John Whiting,
Northampton
N.R.—No addition will be made to the above list, unlees any
Sanded proprieto
shall r residing o
d'mge in the neighbourhootl of the line, or other
Influential party,
ceder to represent the desirous, either on his own account, or in
locality In which he resides, of having his
Lame aided to the Provisional Committee, anti intimate the same to
One of the Solicitors.

BANKER.).
London—Messrs. Currie and co , Cornhill
orthampton—The Union Bank, and theNorthanaptonshire Banking
Company
Kettering--Messrs. Gotch and Sons
rppirghanl.-The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Rankine co
Cakham-3fessrs. Eaton and Cayley
repany
Grantbani—Mesars. Hardy. Walkington, end Hardy
pneoln, Gainaborough, Market Baleen, Brigg, Great Grimsby, cats_
tor—Mears, Smith, Ellison, awl Co.
-fir., Rea and Co,

Stamford—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
ENGINEER—Joseph Urpeth Rastrick, ECU.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
London—Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square
Kettering— Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship
Northampton and Welford—George Pell, jun. Esq.
SECRETARY—Thomas James Searle, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Uppingham—W. Gilson, Esq.
Oakham—Messrs. Ades and Adam
Grantham—Fred. Malim, Esq.
Lincoln—Richard Cardine, Esq.
Nottingham—Arthur Wells, Esq.
Hull—Messrs. England and Shackells
Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street, London.
PROSPECTUS.
The objects intended to be accomplished by this undertaking are—
I. The formation of a direct line of railway between Hull and rho
metropolis.
2. The supply of local railway accommodation to the important
districts embraced by the line.
3. The benefit of railway communication with the metropolis ex-
tended to a district of country, west of Grantham, upwards of 50 miles
in length at present unprovided with that accommodation.
4. The completion of the chain of railway communication between
Bristol, Gloucester, the river Severn, and the southern and western
counties, and the north-eastern districts of the kingdom and the river
Humber, and its ports, including that of Hull.
5. The connecting of the two important ports of Hull and South-
ampton by one continuous chan of railways.
Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the
London and Birmingham, the Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten-
ham, and the other lines of railway proposed to converge at that
town from 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 competing for the line of railway
between London and Manchester propose to pass. It will then pro-
ceed, also, in a direct course by the market towns of Uppingham,
Oakham, and Grantham, to Lincoln.
The country lying between the towns of Northampton and Gran-
tham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo-
dation, not only to the south, but also to the north.
From Lincoln the line will proceed by ithe shortest and best practi-
cable course to Hell.
The sources of traffic which this line will secure are various and
very considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated.
They are,—
Starting from Hull the line will appropriate to itself the whole of
the traffic thence to the Metropolis, Bristol, Southampton, Glouces-
ter, Oxford, Cheltenham, and the whole of the Souther n and Western
districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it will secure the very im-
portant and increasing local traffic between Hull and Lincoln and
the intermediate towns.
In the event or the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not
obtaining their Act of Parliament, then the traffic from the before-
mentioned places and Lincoln to the south and west, also to the me-
tropolis, will pass along this line of railway; the former the whole
distance, and the latter in any event to Grantham, a distance of about
twenty-five miles ; and should the London and York Company not
succeed, such traffic will proceed further toKettering or Northampton.
The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of
more than forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakham
and Uppingham, is without railway or water-carriage accommoda-
tion, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over 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 now com-
peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to
London which shall be successful before Parliament.
From the singularly important advantages which this undertaking
presents to the capitalist, as well as to the public at large, the Pro-
visional Directors do not think it necessary, with reference :to the
supposed traffic or otherwise, to say more than that they fully be-
lieve that the return will be, upon the capital required, highly re-
munerative.
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 live will not interfere with any ornamental property.
The promoters have made every necessary arrangement for the
active prosecution of the undertaking, and for applying to Parlia-
ment in the ensuing session.
No call will be made, with the exception of the deposit, till the Act
is obtained, and power will be applied for in the Act of Parliament,
to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum on all calls from
the date of their payment, and to limit the liability of each share-
holder to the amount of his subscription.
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 line of railway to Great ditrimsby or elsewhere,
and to increase the amount of capital, as may be necessary or ad-
visable.
Prospectases and Plans may be obtained on application to any of
the several Solicitors or Local Agents, the Secretary, or to the fol-
lowing Brokers, viz. :—Messrs. Pcppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-
street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; or Messrs.
Edward Ellis and Co. 33, Threadneedle-street, London; Messrs,
Freeman and Son, or Mr. Cornfield, Northampton ; Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Messrs. Tarbottom and Whiting, or Mr. Simpson, Hull ;
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. John Watson or Mr. James
Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs Tempest and Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr.
Charlis Speneer; Nottingham ; -Messes.. Payne and Freer,- Leleester-;
Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. George Edwards and
Son, or Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. John Duncuft, or Mr.
Joseph Fernyhough, Manchester ; Mr. James Scott, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Tassie and Co., Glasgow; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edin-
burgh ; Messrs. Thomas Atkinson and Co., Newcastle ; Mr. John Cragg,
Skipton ; or Mr. Bamforth, Rotherham ; to any of whom applica-
tions for Shares in the under-mentioned form may be addressed.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
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 Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit
of 21. 2s. on each allotted share, and to sign the necessary deeds when
required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Usual Signature •• • • .
Name in full
Business or Profession ..... .........
Place o Business .•
• • • .. • • • •
Name, Residence, and Business or 1
Profession. (if any) of Referee • • • • "
Offices of the Company, 31, Moorgate-street.

NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, and H ULL
RAILWAY.
No further Applications for Shares can be received after Four
o'Clock on TUESDAY, the 28th instant.
By order, THOMAS JAMES SERLE, Secretary.
20th Octocer, 1845.

LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE, and STAF-
FORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
C. Randall, Esq. Manchester, a director of the Sheffield andl
Manchester Railway
Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq. Edge-hill, Liverpool
William Gibb, Esq. Victoria-park, Manchester
Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan
John Dewhurst, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
John Lord, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Wm. Caldwell, Esq. Ince-hall, Wigan
Wm. Croudson, Esq. alderman of the borough of Wigan
Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan
Wm. Ascroft, Esq. Bury
Charles Haigh, Esq. Manchester
John Holfard, Esq. Rusholme-hall, Manchester
George Holt, Esq. Willow-hill, Crumpsall
Thomas Ingleby, Esq. Lawkland-hall, Settle
Christopher Morris, Esq. Wigan
Thomas Morris, Esq. Fairhnrst-hall, Wigan
Frederick Ramsden, Esq. Seymour-house, Old Trafford
John Thompson, Esq. Wigan
Colonel Robert Douglas, United Service Club, Pall-mall,
London
Joseph Gillham, Esq. Hargreaves-house, Oldham,
Directs
W. H. Hornby, Esq. Blackburn the ]
Charles Potter, Esq. Darwen burn,
Adam Roxburgh, Esq. Know Mills, Entwistle wen,
Eccles Shorrock, Esq. cotton spinner, Over Darwen
Thomas Eccles, Esq. cotton spinner, Lower Darwenl Bolton
j Railway.
Edward Woodward, Esq. Gilnough-house, Bolton, a director of the
Blackburn, Bolton, and Liverpool Railway
John Langshaw. Esq. the Hollins, Bolton
John Fletcher, Esq. Vale-bank, Bolton
Harold Potter, Esq. Darwen
William Gray, Esq. Wheat-field, Bolton
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Macclesfield, a director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Direct Railway
Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq. Longford-house, Altrincham, a
director of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway
Proctor Walker, Esq. Preston, a director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and other Railways
David Wheatcroft, Esq. Buckland-hollow, Alfteton, a director of the
Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Pall-mall, London, deputy-chairman of the
York and Lancaster, and a director of the Lancaster and Carlisle
Railways
T. A. Ward, Esq. Town Regent of Sheffield
Jonathan Dunn, Esq. Lancaster, a director of the Lancaster and
Preston, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railways
William Fenton, Esq. Meadowcroft, Rochdale
James Gidlow, Esq. New-hall, Ince
Samuel Giles, Esq. merchant, Manchester, a director of the Sheffield
and Macclesfield, the Manchester and Rugby Direct, and other
Railways
Robert Holt, Esq. Crescent, Rochdale
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. Inner Temple, London, F.S.A.
F.L.S. &c.
John Hunt, Esq. merchant, Manchester
William Jackson, Esq. Sheffield, a director of the Goole and Doncas-
ter Railway
Sir John Key, Bart, alderman of London, and Cheltenham
William Melville Lomas, Esq. merchant, Liverpool
Sir William Magnay, alderman of London
William Burdett, Esq. Warrington
William Bradley, Esq. Manor-oaks, Sheffield, a director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway
Henry Bellerby, Esq. Sheriff of York
William Byrom, Esq. a managing director of the Liverpool, Preston,
and North Union Junction Railway
John Blorr, Esq. Tutbury, a director of the Shropshire Mineral
Railway
Richard M. Baddeley, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield, a director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
James Clarkson, Esq. Cheetham-Mll, a director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Peregrine Royds Bearden, Esq. Birkenhead
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Esq. Manchester
Edmund Vernon Mackinnon, Esq. Lieutenant of her Majesty's 6th
Southampton, a director of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway
she Manchester and
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Edward Morris, Esq. West-cottage, Chorley, a director of the
Rugby Direct Railway
Richard Raywood, Esq. Barnsley, a director of the Wakefield and
Bradford Railway
James Shaw, Esq. Pendleton, a director of the Manchester and
Rugby Direct Railway
Henry Stock, Esq. Beddgelert, Carnarvon, a director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—George Watson Buck, Esq,
SUevEvoas—Messrs. NeVins and Lawton, Manchester.
JSINT SOLICITORS.
William Burdett, Esq, j Company's offices, 6, Marsden.
Messrs. Bearden alad Molesworth s street, Manchester.
SOLICITokS AT BOLTON—Messrs. Winder and Broadbent.
SECRETARY—W. B. Harrison, Esq.
BANKERS.
London —The Commercial Bank of London
Manchester—The National
Provincial Bank
Bolton—Messrs. Horncastle, Cross, and Co.
Rochdale—Messrs. Fentons and Roby.
PROSPECTUS.
This important line of railway win commence at a point on the
Manchester and BolttmF Railway, between Bolton and arnworth,
running thence lr a direct line through Worsley and Patricroft to a
Railway,
with on the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham
with whitfa. It will farm a junction, to Cheadle, where it will unite
with ti-A 'Macclesleld branch of the Manchester and Birmingham
Rageegy, by which means a direct railway communication will be
opened with Macclesfield, and the various lines of railway proposed
to terminate there.
The great advantage to be derived from a communication between
Bolton and Altrinchana, and via Cheadle with Macclesfield, will at
once be seen on reference to the man. not only as a feeder and chan-
nel of communication between existing and projected lines, but also
as supplying the link wanting in the chain of direct communication
between Bolton, ilieexourn, and a very large extent of the populous
manufacturing districta and towns of the central part of the county
of I,,anrcarer, with the Staffordshire Potteries, the great iron dis-
tricts, Birmingham, and the metropolis, and consequently the inter-
mediate places in the lines of the various existing and projected
railways between Manchester, Macclesfield, and the whole of the
southern portion of the kingdom.
An Important feature in this undertaking is, that whilst It will, by
means of existing and projecting lines, open up to the immense agri-
cultural and manufacturing population of Warwickshire, Stafford-
shire, and Cheshire, a direct communication with Southport, Black-
pool, and the ether watering-places situate on the coast of Lanca-
shire; it will likewise form a continuation of the proposed direct
lines from London (via Macclesfield) to Edinburgh and Glasgow,
either by Fleetwood upon Wyre, or by the Lancaster and Carlisle
lines.
The saving of distance between Macclesfield and Bolton being im-
portant, whilst the great but unavoidable delays which must be in-
curred In passing through the different termini in Manchester will be
obviated.
Another Important feature in this enterprise is, that it will not
materially affect any existing or contemplated lines, and that it will
he able, by uniting itself with them, and with ether projected
lines, and lines now in the course of formation, to increase their mu-
tual traffic to it considerable extent both in passengers and goods ;
and being the means of establishing a principle of reciprocity, cannot
in any manuer injure any existing interests.
To the town of Bolton and its neighbouring extensive coal
fields, it is obvious this line will secure the most important advan-
tages by its connexion with existing lines, and others projected
which will centre there. It need hardly be added that with all
these advantages, a most important traffic for passengers and goods
may be relied upon, independent of which, as the line Itself presents
no engineering difficulties, or other obstacles of importance, and will
be executed at an expense far below the ordinary average, the most
ample security to the capitalist is offered.
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 reserved in the Act to allow 41. per
cent. interest on all calls.
A certain cumber of shares will be reserved for the landowners
and others hroti.g 10,1
the interest* of this merest, in the line, and who are friendly to
• Company.

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PROM'ECTIIS OF THE
LINCOLN AND NORTHAMPTON
RAILWAY
(Originally registered under the name of the Hull, Great Grimsby,
and Southampton Direct Raiway), connecting Great Grimsby with
the South Midland Railway, forming a direct communication be-
tween the ports of Hull and Southampton.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and g Vict., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Ayre, —, Esq. M.D. Hull
Alexander, Abraham. Hull, Lullington-house, Leamington
Acton, Joseph, Esq. Wigan
Addison, George Wilson, Esq. Hall-field, Bradford, director of the

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West Yorkshire Railway Company
Ackroyd —, Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds and Carlisle

Rahway Company. &c.
Ashpitel, William Hurst, Esq. 11, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street,
magistrate for the county of Middlesex
Bradley, William, Esq. Manor-oaks, Sheffield, director of the Shef-
field and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway

Companies
Brittain, Samuel Swan, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the East and West of England,
and the Ely and Wisbeach Railway Companies
Burgess, John, E q. Boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the
London and Manchester Direct, and the Direct Manchester and

Chester Railway Companies
Betteridge, Abraham, Esq. London, director of the Metropolitan
Junction, and the Great Grimsby and Midland Railway Company
Bicknell, J. A. Esq. Bristol, director of the Stafford and Shrewsbury,
and of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway Company
Byrom, William, Esq. Oldham, director of the Oldham District, the
York and Lancaster, and London, Bristol, and South Wales Rail-

way Companies
Byrom, Thomas, Esq. Alderman, Wigan, director of the Cheltenam,
Oxford, and London Railway Company
Brown, Joseph, Esq. Bedford
Burrows, Josiah, Esq. Castle-house, Oomersal, Leeds
Bullivant, Job, Esq. East Retford, director of the Sheffield and Lin-

colnshire Railway Company
Bateman, Samuel, Esq. Croft-house, near Bradford, Yorkshire,
director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Midland and
Thirsk Railway 2ompanies
Bramall, Thomas, Esq. Tamworth
Butterfield, John, Esq. Keighlty
Brook, Joseph, jun. Esq. Greenhead, near Huddersfield
Beverley, William, Esq. Potter Newton, near Leeds, director of the
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company. &c.
Beloley, Joseph, Esq. 14, Stanhope• street, Regent's-park
Betts, William, Esq. Bevis-mount, Southampton
Bentley, Nathan, Esq. Horton. near Leeds, director of the Leeds

.
and West Riding Junction Railway
Burgiss, John, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
Barusby, Thomas, Esq. Gomersal
Cadman, Edwin, Esq. Westbourne•house, Sheffield, director of the
Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire, and Salisbury and Swindon Rail-

way Companies
Cameron, J. Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and Kid-

land Railway Company
Caldwell, William, Esq. Alderman, Wigan, director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and the York and Lancaster Railway Com-

ponies, &c.
Crowdson, William, Esq. Wigan
Clark, Jeremiah, Esq. 11%, Union-court, Broad-street, London,
director of the Direct London and ➢ianchester Railway Company
Coventry, Mills, Esq. White Hart-court, Lombard-street, London,
director of the Britannia Life Assurance Company
Cook, —, Esq. Gainsborough
Carlisle, Thomas, Esq. Clifton, Bristol, 6, Hyde Park-plaee West,
Chairman of the Toubridge Wells and Hastings Railway

Company
Chapman, E. Esq.' Gibson-square, London, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction
Coupland, Edward, Esq. Boston
Collinson, William, Esq. Hull
Chapman, R. Esq. director of the Manchester, Rugby, and South-
ampton Railway
Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Peasling-hall, and Leicester
Darlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire director
and treasurer of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Com-
pany, &c.
Duffield, Francis, Esq. Bolton-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway •
Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Scarroft-lodge, Leeds, director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Keighley, Halifax, and Hud-
dersfield Railway Company
Daykene, the Rev. J. 0. Lincoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c.
magistrate of the county
Douglas, Samuel, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South Western Railway Junction
Downes, C. Esq. Warwick•street, Golden-square, London, director
of the South Midland, and Northampton and Banbury Railway
Company
Dlzon, John Alcock, Esq. Burnley, Lancashire Assurance Com-

piny
Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire
Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse-hill, director of the Grand

Trunk Railway
Driffleld, William, Esq. Bondbud-heuse, Knaresborough
Eccles, William, Esq. 59, Old Broad-street, London, director of the
Great Grimsby all- Vidlands,: and of the Metropolitan Junction
Railway Companies
Eaton, James, Cleckheaton, York
Elsworth, E.,-Esq., Sandford-house, Kirkstall, near Leeds
Edens, Joel, Esq. Northampton
Etheredge, F. W., Esq. Park-street, Westminster, director of the
Liverp ol and Derby Railway Company, &c.
Farrar, Timothy, jun., Fsq. Wragley-house, Wakefield
Fitch, Colone', York-terrace, Regent's-park, diractor of the York
and Manchester Railway
Gordon, Esq. M.D. Hull
Green, George, Esq. Pontefract, director of the Great Leeds and Lon-
don Direct Railway Company
Gol ismith, Charles, Esq. Friday-street, London, director of the Man-

chester and Rugby Railway Company
Garty, F. 8., Esq. Chepstow-place, Camberwell, director of tha Lin-
colnshire and Eastern Counties, and the Wolverhampton, Chester,
and Birkenhead Railway Company
Greaves, A. G. Esq. Derby
Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham
Graves, Henry Swan, Esq. Exley-bank-lodge, Halifax, director of
the Great Leeds and Londee, and the Huddersfield, Halifax, and
Keighley Railway Companies
Hatterslay, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire
14.eeles, Thomas, Esq. Skipton Castle, director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway

Companies
Hillyard, Clark, Esq. Thorpelands, near Northampton, President of
the Northamptonshire Farming Society
Hewlett, T. B. Esq. Northampton
liolmes, Isaac, Esq. Liverpool
Halford, John, Esq. Rusholm-horse, near Manchester
Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield, director of Manchester, Hudders-

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field, and Great Grimsb3 Railway Company
Haigh, Thomas, Esq. Newlay, near Leeds, director of the Midland

and Thirsk Railway Company
Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke-street, St. James's, director of Lynn,
• Wisbeach, Peterborough, Midland Counties, and Birmingham
Railway Companies
Heygate, R. B. Esq. Market Ilarborough
Hollingworth, James, Esq , London-terrace, Derby
Isaacson, Rev. Stephen, Beruers-street, director of the Cheltenham,
Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c.
Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Johnson, Samuel, Esq. Halifax, Director of the Leeds, York. and

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Midland Railway
Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct Lon-
don and Manchester, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway

Companies
Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Ross and Kil-
kenny, and director of the York and Lancaster Railway Com-
panies
Ridley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield
Kuper, William, Esq. Camberwell, director of the London and Wind-
sor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies
Lowthorp, Sir William, Hull, chairman of the Hull and Barnsley,
and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies
Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Morton, F. Esq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds, York,

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

Malton, and Northern Union Railway
M'Crea, H. C., Esq. the Haugh, Halifax
Mesham, W. 'R. Esq. St. Loyes, Bedford, director of the North.

amp on, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company
Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and

. ~. _ .
Midland Railway Company
Magnay, Sir William, Bart. Alderman, London
M'Swinney, Joseph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the LeedS,
York, and Midland Railwac- Company, &c. &c.
Newen, George, Esq. Hyde-park-terrace
Needham, the Hon. Francis, Fairfield-lodge, Kensington
Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds, director of the Leeds, York, and Mid.

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laud Railway Company
Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and

.. .- . .
Liverpool Railway Company
Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the

Direct Western Railway Company
Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester
Powell, S. H. Esq. Foxiey-cottages, North Brixton, director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company
Preston, Thomas B. Skipton
Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby
Reynolds, James, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate. director of the East and West
Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ross, Colonel, Asticy-hall, Chairman of the Manchester, Wigan,
and Southampton Railway Company
Riddell, J. R. Esq. Et.lield, director of the York arid Lancaster

Railway
Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Chair-
man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail-
way Company
Russell, James, Esq. 57, (Voucester-place, Portman-square
Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq., Birstal, near Leeds, director of the
Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the
Great Western, and Southern and Eastern Railway Company
Ramsden, T. Esq. Clothingley, sear Bradford, Yorkshire
Renshaw, James, Esq. Lombard-street, Loudon, and West Heath-
house, Erith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley,
Silkatone, and Wakefield Railway Company
Rogers, Thomas, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the Liverpool and Derby, and the North and Eastern Riding
Junction Railway
Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square
Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moor-house, near Tuxford, Notts
Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln
Scriven, J.W. Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds 'and
London Railway Company
Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds
Sykes, William, Esq. Ileckmondvaicke, Yorkshire, director of the
Great Northern and Southern Railway Company
Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shilliber-hall, Halifax
Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble-coombe, near Dorking, director of :;the
Reading and Reigate Railway Company
Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South Western Railway Junction
Scott, William, Esq. Haworth, near York, a provisional director of
the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomsm, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway
Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tux ford, Notts
Wright, Major-Gen. R. E. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Whitehead, William Dossa, Esq. Derby-house, Cheetwood, Man-
chester
Wilson, William, Esq. 3, Devonport-street, Sussex-square
Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire
Wigglesworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax
Witham, James, Esq.
Wright, T. S. Esq. Northampton, director of the South Midlands,
and the Hull and Lincoln Direct Railway Companies
Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endcliffe hall, Sheffield
White, W. Esq. Fitzroy-square
sq.
E Morton
Whitby, James 49 E, anteoarn - sßqrua rfeo,r
Bradford,
rite_cotrokr, ofYorkshire
r e
Wade, Edwinthe Direct
London and Liverpool
provisional director of the York, Leeds,
and Midland Edwin,
Esq,
York,Halifax a
Junction Railway
Yates, George, Esq.
England, W. Paul, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby R • aaway Company
Marshall, John, Esq. Northampton, magistrate for the borough
Robinson, Henry, Esq. Gainaborough
Baldrey, Robert G. Esq. Halifax
Groom, John, Esq. Northampton
Wilkinson, J. Esq. Wakefield
Waller, Thomas, Esq. the Rookery, Woodbridge
Dennis, Geo. Esq. 43, Pall-mall, director of the Erewash Valley Rail-
way Company
Walker, T. K. L. Esq. York
Evans, Chas. Esq. Kennington
Willett, Thos. Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Lincolnshire
and Eastern Counties Railway Company
ENGINEERS.
Francis Giles, Esq.
Alfred Giles, Esq.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Cocks, Charing-cams.
SoLtmoz—George Smith, Esq. 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guird-
hall Chambers, Basinghall-street.
SECRETARY—Joshua Brandon, Esq.
Offices, No. 2, Guildhall Chambers, liasinghall-street.
This Company is formed for the purpose of establishing direct rail-
way communication between the important ports of Hull, Great
Grimsby, and Southampton.
It is Intended to effect this desirable object by the construction of
a line of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham, Oak-
ham, Uppingham, near to Rockingham and Bothwell, and joining
the South Midland Railway between Market Harborough and North.
ampton •' thus forming in connexion with projected lines of railway
from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and from Northampton to South-
ampton, the connecting link, in one uninterrupted chain of railway
communica, ion, from Hull and Grimsby to Southampton, Gosport,
and Poole, and the whole of the south-western coast of England.
It will also form the most direct route from Hull, Great Grimsby,
sad the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Northamptonshire, and
part of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Cheltenham, Gloucester,
Bristol, Exeter, and the south and west of England.
An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of this
undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of view,
forming as it will an intimate connexion between London and the
south generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire and the
adjacent counties, at present without railway accommodation;
whilst its value to the South Midland, the Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway Companies,
and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which it will form
a most profitable adjunct), must be obvious.

This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected line
from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and Grimsby,
the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed lines running to
Lincoln S at Grantham with the Nottingham, Vale of Belvoir, and

Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakham with the Syston and
Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham and
London, and Manchester Direct.
One great and important feature in this railway is, that it does not
run parallel with, or in opposition to, any existing line of railway.
The ground has been surveyed and found to be practicable, pre-
senting for the most part no engineering difficulties.
Satisfactory communications for mutual co-operation have been
opened with the several companies whose interests will be affected
by the proposed line. In the meantime, the Committee of Manage-
ment reserve power to amalgamate with any other company, or
deviate from the proposed line, or make such extension and branches
as they may hereafter deem advisable.
The subscribers will be held liable only to the amount of their sub-
scriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament t• allow
interest at thA rats of 4 per cent. per annum on all calls from the
passing of the Act.
In consequence of a great portion of the shares having been already
applied for, the period for application must necessarily be very
■mated. _ . _

Applications for shares may be made, in the annexed form, to the
following sharebrokers :—London, Mr. W. West, Capel-court ; Mr.
Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Exchange-
buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Leeds; Messrs.
Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and Co.,
Bradford, Yorkshire ; Messrs. Potter and Harrison, York ; Messrs.
Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ;
Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter; Mr. •J. Wright, Birmingham; Messrs.
Sibary and Simpson, Hull ; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield ; Messrs. Mann
and SOD, Norwich ; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Cheltenham ; to the
Secretary, 2, Guildhall-chambers ; and to George Smith, Esq., soli-
citor, 24, Golden-square, and 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
street. _ _ _ _

To the Provisional Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton Rail-
way 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 pay the deposit thereon, and to execute
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired so to do.

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THE DIRECT LONDON AND DUBLIN
RAILWAY COMPANY.
(FURROWS ATMOSPHERIC.)
(Provisionally Registered).
Offices, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 800,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
UNDER TILE SPECIAL SUPPORT OF

The Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Cashiobury-park, Watford,

Herts
The Righi Mon. the Viscount Massarene and Ferrari, Oriel Temple,

Louth
Hon. Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, M.P. Penryn

Castle, Bangor
Thomas Asheton Smith, Esq. Vaynol-house, Bangor

AND THE TROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
J. P. Wright, Esq. Edinburgh
John Auldjo, Esq. Noel-house, Kensington
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B. Montague-pi ac.
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. Pall-mall

John-Bowes, Esq. Hull
Charles Iloilo Bracebridge, Esq. the Hall, Itherstone, Warwick
Sir John Campbell, Bart. of Ardnamurchan
Captain Frederic Chamier, R.N. Malkin-place, Beigrave-square

Anthony W. Clarke, Esq. Queen-square, Cheapside
Charles Collins, Esq. Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire
D. Davies, Esq. lirynhafod, Carmarthenshire

D. E;q. ditto, ditto

John Davies, Esq. Vronhetilog, Corn en, Merionethshire
Thomas Edwards, Esq. Camberwell
. .

James Godfrey Eister, Esq. Han's-place, Sloane-street
Griffith Evans, Esq. Rodgtelen' Corwen
Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire

John Fowler, Esq., Belmont-house, Clifton
William Green, Esq., Walthamstow, Esscx

John Griffith Griffith, Esq. Llanfair-hall, Caernarvon
George Harris, Esq. Temple
Dean John Hoare, Esq. Wimpole-street
Edward Hoare, Esq. Percy-street, Bedford-square
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P., Plas-Coch, Anglesea
William Huniffreys, Esq. Llwyn, Lianfyllin
Sir David Kinloch, Bart. Gilmerton, near Haddington
Francis Jolla Lambert, Esq. Kensington-gardens-terrace
Henry Lawrence, Esq.
_31.13, Preston-terrace, Carmarthen

William Price Lewes, Esq. Carmarthen
Henry Robert Lewis, Esq. 12, Upper Montague-street
Major Oliver Lindam, S.H.Charles •street, St. James's-square

Oliver Lloyd, Esq. Ca'rdigan
Richard Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-

square, and Aston-hial,'ShrePshire
Nicholas 111.Cann, Esq. Parliament•street
Charles Carroll M'Tavish, Esq., 22, Rutland-gate, Regent's-park

John Murray, Esq., 54, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Thomas North, Esq. Mayor of Nottingham
Cornelius O'Brien, Esq. "51. P., County, Clare
Richard Cowley Polhill; Esq. Walbrnolz..and-Brompton, Michtlesex
F. B. Price, Esq., Bryn-y-pys, North Wales
Alexander Prince, Esq. 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Edward Scard, Esq. Kew, Surrey, and Garth-hill, Glamorganshire
William Corbet Smith, Esq. high-sheriff of Leicestershire, Biths-

well-hall, Lutterworth
William Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth

Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth
Edward Spence, Esq. Tllworth, near Hall
John Wheelton, Esq. Meopham-bank, Tonbridge, Kent
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. Francis J. Lambert, Esq.
Charles Collins, Esq. C. C. WTavish, Esq.
James Godfrey Elster, Esq. R. C. Polhill, Esq.
Thomas Edwards, Esq. Edward Scarf', Esq.
D. J. Hoare, Esq. S. Eardicy Wilmot, Esq.

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ENGINEERS.
Frederick Braithwaite, Esq.
James Pilbrow, Esq. C.E.
BANRERS—London Joint-Stock Bank
SOLICITOR—George John Shaw, Esq.
SECRETARY—Mr. William Rocher.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Poole and Powell, solicitors, Carnarvon
Isaac Gilbertson, Esq. solicitor, Bala
Humphrey Lloyd Williams, Esq. Llanfryn, Merionethshire
Thomas Lloyd Boyle, Esq. solicitor, Llanfyllin, North Wales
Wm. Griffith, Esq. solicitor, Dolgelly
• Mr. Carnegie, of Pulwelli
Messrs. Lockiey, solicitors, Shrewsbury.
The most direct and speedy communication between the English
and Irish capitals has been declared, by influential members of the
present and former Governments, to be a great desideratum; and
possessing, in addition to this valuable authority, the support and
sanction of many, or nearly all, the principal noblemen, gentlemen,
and laudhol hers in North Wales, this Company is established for the
purpose of ultimately forming a line of railway which will effect
this long-desired object.
The importance, nay, the necessity, of such a line has long been
felt by the public at large ; it must, therefore, be looked at not as
merely a private speculation, but also as a great national undertak-
ing, opening, as it will, facilities for the most expeditious transit be-
tween the two capitals, and at the same time offering a most direct
communication with the south of Ireland, via Wicklow, thereby
conferring an immense benefit on both kingdoms.
The proposed line will commence at Shrewsbury, by a junction
with the Birmiughaqj and Shrewsbury Railway, and oroceed thence
as nearly as possiblein a straight direction to Port Bytillaen, pass-
ing through, or by, Bala, and the other principal towns on the route,
being a distance of about eighty-four miles. A very important fea-
ture in line is, that the expense and difficulty of passing the
Menai Straits are avoided, and aH impediment to navigation pre-
vented.

It is estimated that the cost of the entire line will not exceed
2,000,000/., but in consequence of the impossibility, from the nature
of the country, and the lateness of the period, of completing the
whole of the surveys in due time, it has been determined to apply to
Parliament in the ensuing session, for the first section of the line
lying between Port Dgfillaen and Port 111adoc, being a distance of
about 24 miles; the surveys for which are nearly completed.
Hitherto the mountainous nature of some of the districts through
which the line must pass, has been generally considered as opposing
obstacles too formidable for locomotive transit, which accounts for
the principality having so long continued without the advantages of
a railway. Happily, however, these difficulties are surmounted by
the application of the atmospheric system, which it is therefore pro-
posed to adopt.
The considerations for employing the atmospheric principle are
founded not only on the strong opinion in its favour expressed in the
report of the Select Committee appointed by Parliament to examine
into its merits, but also on its peculiar suitableness to several of the
gradients to be encountered on the line, its superior speed, safety,
and economy, and its absence from the possibility of the occurrence
of those frightful accidents by collision which have so frequently
happened of late, and to which locomotive engines must ever be
liable.
The distance between ?orth Dynllaen and Kingstown is only
about six and a half miles farther than between Kingstown and
Holyhead ; but in consequence of the position of the latter place,
being two or three points to leeward of the acknowledged prevailing
gales of St. George's Channel, a shorter passage can be made on an
average throughout the year from Porth Dynllaen. This is con-
firmed by Captain Beaufort, as referred to in the masterly report of
Sir John Rennie on the subject ; in which, after going into details
(coinciding in every material point with the opinions cf Mr. Page
and others), Sir John thus concludes with a general summary of the
case in reference to Porth Dynllaen :—" That it is two points farther
to windward than Holyhead, and, to use the expressive words of
Captain Beaufort, has a fair wind both ways, to and from Kings-
town.' This is particularly important, because it enables the pas-
sage to I e made in equal, if not less time than from Holyhead,
although the distance is rather greater ; and it is not less important
to maintain the communication between the two countries during
the winter season with as much speed and as little interruption as
possible."
Taking this project in a remunerative point of view, we have to
bear in mind not only the great amount of traffic which it is certain
to command, when the entire line is completed, and the journey be-
ween the two capitals can be accomplished in twelve hours (thus
ensuring much of the Irish, American, and West Indian trade), but
also with other railways now in progress; the vast mercantile traffic
it must bring, from its opening the most convenient outlet for the
wealthy mineral and agricultural productions of the- counties of
Caernarvon, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Denbigh.
Ti-e extensive and apparently inexhaustible quarries of Caernar-
von, Bangor, Ffestinitz.„, &c., will supply all the Midland Counties
of England with slate, Ike., at a much less cost than at present ;
and the carriage of the important articles of lime, coal, and colo-
nial produce to Wales, will also form an important source of revenue.
Another very important consideration presents itself in the cer-
tainty of this line being adopted for the transmission of the mails,
affording, as it assuredly will, ample facility for the dispatch of let-
ters from either metropolis, and tile return of answers within
twenty-six hours. In fact, such are the advanat we which must ac-
crue from this undertaking, that every expectation may be enter-
tained of its receiving the most cordial approbation of the Legisla-
ture, who, during the session just closed, have shown their anxiety to
bring the post al communication In this direction.
Lower will be applied for in the Act—and in the meantime is
given to the Committee of Management—to increase the capital, if
necessary, to alter or abandon any part of the line, to make branch
lines, to enter into arrangements with any other company or com-
panies, and generally to manage the affairs of the Company.
In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to landholders
and others locally interested. The subscribers will be held liable
only for the amount of their first deposit, until an Act of Parliament
he obtained, and afterwards only to the amount of their subscrip-
tions; and power will be applied for in the Bill to allow interest at
the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum, on all calls, from the passing of
the Act until the opening of the line.
Application for prospectusus and shares may be made to the soli •
citor, 8, Furnivars-inn ; or the seeretary, at the Offices of the Com-
pany, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house ; and the following share-
brokers :--Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece
and Evans, Lotnbury ; Mr. Robert Allen, 11, St. Andrew's-sqnare,
Edinburgh; Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., 46, George-street, Edin-
burgh ; Mr. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street, Edinburgh ; Messrs.
Hoare and Newenham, 1, Fownes-street, Dublin ; Messrs. Curtis
and Power, Dame-street, Dublin ; Mr. John Wright, Birmingham ;
Mr. R. P. Clark, Bristol ; Mr. Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Tyath and
Wills, Plymouth ; Mr. John Russell, Exchange, Liverpool ; Mr. J.
O'Neil, 27, Cross-street, Manchester; Messrs. Kirk and Co., 28,
Albion-street, Leeds ; Messrs. Brown and Clarke, Coventry ; Mr. J. N.
Balme, King-street, Gloucester ; Mr. James Heweon, Hull ; Mr. W.
W. Dickinson. Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Mr. W. Lee, Cheltenham, ; Mr.
J. B. Murday, Bath ; Mr. John Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. N.
Smallpage and Co., Burnley, Lancashire.

FORM OF APPLICATION'.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Dublin

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot me
shares, of 251. each, in the above railway ; and I hereby undertake
to pay the deposit thereon, or on any less number of shares which
may be allotted to me, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement, when required to do so.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full ••••••• • • • • • •
Profession, trade, or occupation
Residence in full ••••• • • • • ...
Place of business, if any • • •
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Date.........

SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, AND
BRISTOL, BATH, AND DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY.
70, King William-street, City (Eqtrance in Clement's-lane).
Capital, 1,500,010/., in 60,000 Snares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 125. 61.
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., E.1.D., Chairman.
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.A.S., F.L.S., Alderman, Dep.-Chairman.
R. Hopkins Alinatt, Esq., M.D. George Harrison, Esq.
William Bradley, Esq. Frederick Hewitt, Esq.
Geo. Augustus Brown, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq.
James Cllll, Esq. Colonel Nicholls
Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq. Thomas S. Richards, Esq.
The Committee have the gratification to announce the accession
of Sir Richard Jenkins, , as Chairman of the Coin
patsy, and of William Bradley, Esq., of Manor-oaks, Sheffield, Chair-
man of the Direct Western Railway Company, as a member of their
Direction.

They have also to state, the Engineer and Surveyor of the Company,
in their Reports, furnished by order twice a week, continue to give
the most satisfactory assurances, which place it beyond a doubt that
they will be in every respect prepared to go to Parliament in the en-
suing session.

Notice.—The Share Li: t closed on the 16th inst.
In consequence of the extraordinary number of applications for
Shares in this Company, and the anxiety of the Committee to render
an impartial and fair allotment, some days must necessarily elapse
before their laborious duties can be completed, immediately after
which notice will be given, by advertisement, of the day on which
Lettere of Allotment will be issued.
By order of the Board,
R. H. GADZSD'E.I4,Crotexy.

PROSPECTUS OF TEE

OXFORD, THAIIE,y lilGil WYCOMBE,
AND UXBRIDGE JUN3TION RAILWAY.

Length, about Forty Miles.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 500,0001., in 25,000/. Shares of 201. each.
Deposit. 21. 2s. per Share.
TEMTOBARY OFFICES—CarIton Chambers, 8, Regent-street
TROVistoNAL COMMITTEE.

CnatitmAN—Hubert de Burgh, Esq. Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-
square, Awl West Drayton, Uxbridge, Deputy-Lieutenant for the
County of Middlesex
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—V!scount Curzon, South Audley-street, and Pen,
Buckinghamshire
T. N. Allen, Esq. the ♦achc, Chalfont, Bucks
George Augustus Broom, Esq. Old Broad-street, City, director of the
Isle of Man, Callao and Lima, and Bath, Bristol and Dover
Railway
Joseph Brook, Brook, Esq. Rusholm-lodge, Lancashire, director of
Athe Northam and Southern Connecting Railway
William Campbell, Esq. director of the Irish West Coast Railway
Emanuel Cooper, Esq. Deputy-Chairman of the London and County
Bank, director of the Waveney Valley, and Great Yarmouth Rail.
way, &c.
Charles Collins, Esq. King William-street, City, director of the Great
Welsh Junction and Direct London and Dublin Atmospheric Rail-
ways, &c.
William Cory, Esq. director of the London and County Bank, and of
the Taw Vale Extension Railway, &c.
Major Croft, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, &c.
Thomas Edwards, Esq. King William-street, City, director of the
Great Welsh Junction, and Direct London and Dublin Atmospheric
Railways, &c.
Frederick William Etheredge. Esq. Park-street, Westminster, direc-
tor of the Metropolitan Railways Junction Company
Klein Grant, M.D. St. James's-street
Thomas Griffith, Esq. New Place-house, Southampton, director of

the Manchester and Southamptoh Railway
John Hemming, Esq. Regent's•park, director of the Worcester and

South Wales Ititilway
W. A. Hillary, Esq., Cadogan-place, Belgrave-square, director of
tho Direct London and Exeter, Direct West-end and Croydon,

and Auxcre and La Beetle Railways
Deane John Hoare, Esq. Wimp°le-street, Cavendish-square, director
of the Great Welsh Junction, and Direct London and Dublin At-
mospheric Railways, &c.
Swynfen Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-place, and Darlaston-hall, Stafford-
shire, director of the London and County Bank, director of the

Leicester aid Bedford Railway, &c.
John Lane, Esq. Upper Southwick-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex Junction Railway, &C.
Robert Norton, Esq , Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, and Uxbridge
Alexander Popham, Esq. She Aihany, Piccadilly

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Richard Christopher Preston, Regent-street
John Saulsbury, Esq. Kensington, director of the Irish West Coast

Railway
Robert William Sievier, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square
Sir Warwick H. Tonkin, George-street, Hanover-square, and Teign.
mouth, director of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway
Richard Twiss, Esq. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodberrydown, director of the Erewash
Valley Extension Railway, &c.
Mathew Wyatt, Esq. Upper Hyde. park-street, director of the Not-
tingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway, &c.
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—HamiIton H. Fulton, Esq.
SURVEYOR AND ARCHITECT—Andrew Tritnerf, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Country—
STANDING COUNSEL—II. Redden, Esq. Temple.
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Somcuron—Francis Thomas Gell, Esq. Carlton Chambers, Regent-

street.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry Norton, Esq. Uxbridge
William Blandy, Esq. High Wycombe
Messrs. Dudley and Son, Oxford.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.

This line of railway is proposed to commence at the city of Ox-
ford ; to pass through the towns of Thame, Pr;nces Risborough,
High Wyeombe, and other intermediate places in the counties of
Oxford and Buckingham; and to pass on through Uxbridge to
West Drayton, in the county of Middlesex, where it will join the
Great Western Railway.
From the town of Thame, through which it will pass, a railway
has been projected to Aylesbury, which will, by means of the pre-
sent Aylesbury Junction, torm a connection between the proposed
line and the London and Birmingham ; while other railways are
proposed, which will further extend the communication to the pro-
posed London and York Railway (or any ether which may be
carried northwards from London), to the Northern and Eastern,
and lastly to the Eastern Counties Railway. Thus the line at pre-
sent proposed will complete the communication (partially produced
by existing and other proposed lines) between Oxford and many im-
portant and populous places in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hert-
fordshire, and Essex, embracing the seaports and watering-places of
Maldon, Colchester, and Harwich.
By the connexions formed with other railways, the various im-
portant and manufacturing towns and districts of the northern, cen-
tral, and eastern parts of the country will be. placed within ready
access of Oxford, ,it ;in:9;0044 neighbourhood,, and t)ie west. of,
England generally;—ind thls lilt-portant- otiject beine-effected by so
short a line, cannot fail to secure considerable profit, as the mercan-
tile and agricultural traffic will be very great, as well as that of
passengers.
One very prominent advantage arising from the connexion with
the Landon and Birmingham Railway, will be the ready and cheap
upply of coal in a district where this essential article is at present
exorbitantly dear; and, as the consumption in Oxford only must be
very considerable, the carriage of it will prove an extensive source of
profit to the line. _ . .

Uxbridge is the largest corn market in England; and the com-
municating medium with that town and the agricultural districts of
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, and the surrounding counties,
must secure a large remunerating traffic.
At West Drayton, where this line will terminate, the Great
Western Railway furnishes the connecting link to the metropolis,
the emporium of the world ; other railways are already projected, in
a continuous direction with that of the proposed lint, to the proposed
London and Exeter Direct, and (crossing the river Thames) to the
South Western, the proposed Portsmouth Direct, and the Brighton
and Dover Railways. Thus Oxford and its locality will be directly
connected by railway with the west of Middlesex, Kingston-upon-
Thames, Dorking, Reigate, Brighton, and Dover; and, indeed, with
the counties of Surrey and Kent generally, avoiding the delay, dis-
tance, and expense, resulting from the present route by way of
London. _ _

But, by the connexion formed with the Great Western Railway
above alluded to, a most important object will be attained, namely,
a direct railway communication between Oxford and the metropolis,
which cannot fail to secure the whole of the traffic from the one
place to the other, as the present line, formed by a junction with the
Great Western at Didcot, is very circuitous, and the route will ')e
shortened twelve miles or more. The proposed line may also be re-
garded as an extension of the projected lines from Oxford to Houces
ter and Worcester, and of all other lines westward of Oxford, not
only towards the metropolis, but to the whole of the country and
♦arious railways to which it forms a communication.

Oxford, celebrated as a large and splendid city, and more espe-
cially as being the seat of one of our principal Universities, and con-
taining about 25,000 inhabitants, should undoubtedly be furnished
with a good railway communication, both with London and with
the country at iarge ; and as no line could be projected which would
embrace both these olojects so extensively and successfully as the
present, there is every reason to believe the business done on it
will be considerable, and will yield considerable return on the capital
invested.

A large amount of local traffic may also be expected on the line, as
it will pass through a rich and populous tract of country, containing,
within six miles distance from the site of the proposed railway, about
180,000 inhabitants, who are yet, for the most part, unaccommodated
with the advantages of a railway. This tract of country, being
chiefly of an agricultural character, highly cnitivated and produc-
tive, a ready and cheap conveyance to Oxford and other market
towns in the immediate vicinity will be found very desirable.
There are no peculiar difficulties presented to engineering con-
structions along this line, the surface is comparatively level, and the
geological formation favourable ; the expense will be small compared
with that of many others, and the greatest portion of the line does
not approximate any ornamental or residential property.
The usual powers will be applied for in the Act, to allow four per
cent per annum on all calls until the completion of the undertaking,
and no liability will attach to any subscriber beyond the amount of
his subscription.
Parties locally interested, and shareholders in the Great Western,
the Aylesbury, and Thame Railway, and• other proposed lines in
conjunction with the present, to have the preference as applicants
for shares in this undertaking.
Applications for Shares on the printed forms, to be made to the
Solicitor ; to the Secretary, at the Company's offices ; to the Local
Agents ; or to Richard Haighton Wilkins, Esq. Stockbroker, 4,
Bank Chambers, London.
In all instances reference must be given to a member of the Com-
mittee, a banker, or a solicitor of known respectability.
R. MORTON CALEY, Secretary.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Oxford, Thame, High
Wycombe, anti Uxbridge Junction Railway.

Gentlemen—l request you will allot ',me shares in the
above undertaking, and I hereby engage to accept the same, or any
l•ss number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon,
and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment when required.
Dated day of , 1845.
Name in full
Residence • • • • • • .... • • • •
Business or Profession (if any) ..
Reference
Usual Signature of Applicant

r HE LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and BUCK-
INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Vict., cap. 110.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of
Parliament.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
The Right Hon. Edward Vernon, Lerd Suffield
The Right Hon. Henry Robert Lord Rosamore
The Right Hon. James Lord Dunhoyne
The lion. George, Viscount Cnrzon, Penn-park, Bucks
Lord Sussex Lennox
The Right Hon. G. L. D. Darner, M.P.
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq. High Sheriff of Bucks
The Hon. Henry Berkeley, M.P. Berkeley-house
The Hon. W. Dawson Hamer, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Belgrave-
square
The Hon. Colonel Henry Hutchison, Weston, Northamptonshire
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
The Han. Michael W. Bellew Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicester-
shire
The Hon. Colonel Westenra, M.P.
The Hon. Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street, Piccadilly
Count Bathyany, 5, Audley-square, London
Sir Henry Seale, Bart.
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. 41, Dorset-street, London
Sir J. Eglinton Anderson, New Burlington-street
Sir James Annesley, Albany
Abraham Alexander, Esq. Lullington- house, Milverton, Warwick-
shire
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-hail, Warwickshire, and 15, Grosvenor-
place, London
Emile Benassit, Esq 66, Mark-lane
James Brand, Eso. New Broad-street, London
William Bradl:3, Esq. the Oaks, Sheffield
Henry Austin Bruce, Esq. Duffryne-house, Cardiff
William Downing Bruce, Esq. 17, Charles-street, St. iJames's-
square
Frank D. Bullock, Esq. Brentbridge-house, Hendon
George 14. Bunhury, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry,
Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway
Edward Burton, Esq. Milverton-house, Leamington
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield
George Gunning Campbell, Esq. 37, Montagu-square, London
R. Chapman, Esq. Coombe •lodge, Hants
Colonel Cheney, C.B. Gaderby-hall, Leicester
G. A. H. Chichester, Esq. 15, Chesham-place, London
Edward Hyde Clark, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington, and Tick-
ford-park, Bucks, and Hyde Hall, Cheshire, director of the South
'Midland Railway
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Union Club, London
John Morton Cottle, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington
Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Nathaniel Cumberledge, Esq. 3, York-terrace, Regent's-park
John R. Dalby, Esq. Ashbourne
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-
place, London
Hubert De Burgh, Esq. West Drayton, Bucks
Henry D. Erskine, Esq. 93, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
The Rey. Henry Robert Fowler, Manchesterimuare, London
Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. Chepstow-house, mberwell, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
James Gernon, Esq. 13, Conduit-street, London, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq. Pottemewton Mount, near Leeds
Major J. R. T. Graham (late Scots Greys), Grove, Clapham-common
Charles Ileneage, Esq. Cadeby house, Lincolnshire, and 17, Pall-
mall ,London
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington, Warwickshire
William Hunter, Esq. 21, Clarendon-square, Leamington, Warwick-
shire
Thomas Kidley, Esq, M.D., Sheffield
Robert John Lattey, Esq. Claremont Villa, St. John's-wood
George Lawton, Esq. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
William Lowndes, Esq. Chesham, Bucks
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, Deputy-chairman of the
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
A. M. Macmoran, Esq. 58, Cambridge-street, Hyde Park-square
John Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield
Jacob Monteflore, Esq.
Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, London
Even W. Morris, Esq. Pemhury, Tunbridge, director of the North
and South Wales Railway
W. Nash, Esq. Clapham-common, Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes,
and Hastings Railway
B. Oliveira, Esq. Upper Hyde-park-street, London
Samuel Parsons, Esq. Sackville-street, London
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq. Crown East, Worcester
William Raines, Esq. the Temple, London, director of the London
and Nottingham Railway
Cornelius Randall, Esq. Manchester
James Saunderson, Esq. Lansdown-place, Leamington, Warwick-
shire, and Castle Saunderson, Cavan, Ireland
Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James's-square. London
Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, London
Captain William Tringham, R.N. Solyhull, Warwickshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheatll-park, Kent, director of the Com-

mercial Bank
Edward Welch, Esq. Leamington, Warwick%Ora
B. B. Williams, Esq. Wyndham-place, London!
#enryDm, Zvi. Club-farm, Lolion

Captain William Alexander Willis, VI .ar's-11;11, near Lyming•
ton, Hants

ENGINEER—George Rennie, Esq. C.E.

Messrs. Forbes and Dl•a'.e, Warnfbrd-court, London
Messrs. Birch and Bramah, Creat Winchester-street, London.
PARLIAMENTALY AGENT—C. F. `Paddy, Esq.
BANKERS—Commercial Bailk of London.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—A. W. Halllttt, ESQ.
Offices, 127. Leadcnhall-street.
By this Company it is proposed to supply railway accommoda-
tion, through an independent channel, to all the principal towns in
ifuckinghamsliire, and to many in the other counties through. which
the projected line is to run, hitherto destitute of this now indispen-
sable mode of transit.
The project known by the name of " The Buckinghamshire Rail-
way and Oxford and Wolverton Junction" is an aoanced in their pro-
spectus as being under the direction and superintendence of the Loa-
don and Birmingham Railway Company, as their lessees in perpetuity,
receiving fur per cent. on the outlay, with a conditional arrange-
ment as to the surplus profit.
From this agreement it must be obvious to every one that the
Monopoly of the London and Birmingham Company, which it was a
principal object to destroy, is more strongly secured than before, and
the profits which would accrue to an independent line, after payment
of the 4/. per cent. interest, is virtually thrown into their hands.
In addition to this, the arrangement to make use of the termini of
the London and Birmingham CTempany, together with a considerable
portion of their line, reduces the Buckinghamshire Railway in fact to
a mere extension of the older cc mpanr, and confers on the latter the
means fa; absolutely and entirely controlling the traffic, and conse-
quently the profits, of the projected line ; so that the reservation as
to the surplus profits in truth amounts to nothing.
The adoption of the projected Buckinghamshire Railway by the
London and Birmingham Company proves their consciousness of the
necessity of a railway communication through the country proposed
to he traversed; and to prevent a continuance of their monopoly,
and to secure both to shareholders and to parties locally interested
the benefits of an independent line, the present Company has been
formed, and has met IN ith the strenuous support of many landed pro-
prietors in the counties through which it will pass, who have hitherto
withheld their co-operation iron the Buckinghamshire Railway
C 'mpany for the reasons enumerated.
The line will proceed through or near to Uxbridge, by the Valley
of Chalfont, to Amersham and Wend,ver, and thence to Aylesbury,
by Winslow, to Buckingham. It will take a course from thence
through Brockley and Banbury, by Leamington and Warwick, to
Birmingham, having the advantage of being the shortest route
hitherto proposed between Birmingham and London.
Applications for shares, in the annexed f,rm, may be made to the
Secretors, at t.`,e Offices of the Company, or to the following
Stock and Sharebrokers

London—Messrs. Edward E 1 is and Co. 53., Threadneedle-street
Liverpool—Mr. Morris Reynolds
Manchester—Mr. Charles O'Neill, and Mr. J. Duuraft

Leed s—Messrs, J. and T. Rhodes

Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Cowper

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Glasgow—Mr. Andrew Brand
Aberdeen—Messrs. Allerdyce and Jepp
Dublin—Mr. A. M'Nelll, Dame-street, and Ely-place ; Mr. Edward
Fottrell, 46, Fleet-street
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR. SHARES.

To the Provisional 6ommittee of the London, Birmingham, and

Buckinghamshire Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in
the proposed London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Rail-
way, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or such smaller
number as may he allotted to me, and to pay the deposit, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when
required.
Dated this day of , 1345.

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well-known Referees

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,600,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combennere
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Cliesham-place, Belgrave-

square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George R. Dawson
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Req., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
Richard Spooher,^Esq"., M.P., Birmingham
George_irederickMuntz, Esq., H.P., Birmingham
The. orshipful lbe .Mayor of Hull
C. S. Fester, Esq:, High Sheriff of Staffordshire
G. B. Thorneycroit, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf-
fordshire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South

Staffordshire Junction Railway
Michael Grazeb:ook, Esq., Stourbridgc, chai►_rman of the Staffordshire

iron trade
Thomas Bagman, Esq., Goldshill Iron works, Staffordshire
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
John Aston, Esq , Birmingham
nederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick •
William Broackes, Esq., Cork -street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand June-

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tiori Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgraye•

square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London
Henry Crane, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Downinan, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director
of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corhyns-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-sq,.are, London
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
P. 11. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of
the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
John Gbson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Direct Bir-
mingham and Leicester Railway
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., t iirector of the Gnat Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq.. Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the, Bristol and Bir-
mingham Railway
Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus Tulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Rants
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq., 35, 31ecklenburgh-square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and

Southampton Railway
John Brearley Payn, Esq., Birmingham
Samuel Kenrick, Esq., Flandsworth Hall, Staffordshire
Robert Peasegood Sleight, E iq., rrovisional Director of the
Hull and Holyhead Rail ray
Ayre, sen., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and

Ely Railway
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
Wakefield Pim, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin,
coin Railway.
Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham
Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Clark, Esq., Wolverhampton
James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
C. S. Cotterili, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf.

fordshire Junction Railway
Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the Soutl

Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Neve, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford,
shire Junction Railway
Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, lkeroorgate-street, and De.
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motterem and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CIIIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. 11. Purdon, Esq.
BANKERS.

The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner,
and Co., Birmingham.
LOCAL AGENT.S
Hull--Messrs. Frost and Moss •
Nottingham.--Samuel Maples, Esq.
SECEETAAT —Edward Hart Hart, Esq.

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OFFICES—No. 1, loyal Exchange-buildings, London t and
36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.

It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to
existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica-
tion will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles in length, will he made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
the Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
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and from Birmingham to Gainsborough,
Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, a
direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and
the other towns already enumerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
]ixe, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in
Parliament.

As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
great national undertaking will he materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu-
nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir-
mingham•to Hull, the port at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and from the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
southern, western, and midland counties.
A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and
shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
subscription.
The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the line.
No applications will be attended to without a reference to a
member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, cf which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be for-
fel ted.

Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares,
may be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and
Sharebrokers, viz. :—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75,
Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans 39, Lothbury ;
Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Reyal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. llitchins and
Harrison, 18, Thre Idneedle-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ferti, and I'arker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Rldsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr.
James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham,
Gainsborough, and Hull Railway Campany.

I request you will allot me shares of 201. each in the capi-
tal of the above-named Railway ; and I will accept the same, or
any less number, and pay the the d,posit of 21. 2s. per share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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