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London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

ISLE of A4l-10LME,AI GAINSBOROUGH,

Notice is hereby given, that no farther Applications for Shares can
be received after THURSDAY, the 4th of September inst.; immediately
after which the Provisional Committee will proceed to make the al-
lotment.

Those applicants who do not receive letters of allotment, will be
pleased to consider that it has been found impossible to comply with
their applications.

SCOTT and TAHOURDIN, 25, Lincoln's• : Joint
Inn-fields, London,
Solicitors.
R. DAWSON, Epworth, Lincolnshire,

PROSPECTUS of the YORK and LANCAS-
TER RAILWAY.

Provisionally Registered.
Capital, 1,600,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit, 21. 10e. per Share. - '
Offices of the Company, Palace Chambers, St. James's-street,
Westminster.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER,
Sir Thomas Woollaston White, Bart., Walling Wells, Notts, and
Bewerley, Yorkshire
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P.
lion. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., North Riding, Yorkshire
Philip Henry Howard, Esq., M.P. Corby Castle, Carlisle, and 15,
Gloster-place, Portman-square
Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Anglesey
The Hon. D. Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, Whitehall
Sir John Hare, 11, Langham-place, London, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Railway
Richard Alc./ck, Esq., Grassington House, Grassington, Yorkshire ;
F. Le Breton, Esq., 21, Sussex-place, Regent's-park
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, London, Director of the Chelms-
ford and Bury Railway
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayewater, Director of the Nottingham and
Boston Railway
Daniel S. Crouch, Esq., Inner Temple, London
Henry Farington, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Wigan Rail-
way Company
P. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloater-place, Portman-square
John Holford, Esq., Rushohn Hall, near Manchester
Joseph Holdsworth, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Midland
Railway
Hanley Hutchinson, Esq., Grassfield House, Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire
Richard Kelly, Esq., Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow and Kil-
kenny Railways, 6, Cleveland-row, St. James's
John Learmouth, Esq., Edinburgh, Chairman of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow, and of the North British Railways
John blanwaring, Esq., Eagle Hall, Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire •
Thomas Meynell, Esq., Kilvington Hall, near Thirsk, Yorkshire
William John Norris, Esq., Bedford-place, London
Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Direct London and
Manchester Railway
Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham
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John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullahliouso, Enfield, Middlesex
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London
Charles Wood, Esq., Chorley, Lancashire
John Yorke, Esq., Bewerley Past, Pateley-bridge
J. R. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood Bonze, Leeds, Director of the Leices-

ter and Bedford, and of the Leeds and NelVeastle Direct Railways
J. Spence, Esq., M.D., Ottley, Yorkshire
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER—John Miller, Esq., E.R.S.E.
BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank
York—Messrs. Swann .Clough, and Co.
Set.le—The Craven Bank and its Branches

Lancaster—The Lancaster Banking Company
Liverpool—The Royal Bank

SoLiciroas—Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's-inn-square,
London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
G. 11. Seymour, Esq., York
Messrs. Higgin and 3laxsted, Lancaster

Matthew GUI, Esq., and Richard D'Ewes, jun., Esq., Knarosborough
F. Pearson, Esq., Kirkby Lonsdale
SEcarrsity--Samuel Holdsworth, Esq.

This railway will proceed from York to Lancaster (about 72 miles)
by the most direct practicable route, and pass Year Knaresborough,
Harrowgate, Long Preston, Settle, and many other important places.
The counties of York and Lancaster comprise a population of
3,500,000 persons, and are, perhaps, the most wealthy and populous
divisions of the kingdom. The roads between York and Lancaster
are mostly carried over the tops of hills, and, in winter, are nearly
impassable; this line will pass along the valleys, and the journey,
now rarely made, by coach, within twelve hours, may be performed,
on the railway, in two hours and a half.
It will provide facilities of access to all the great manufacturing,
mining; and agricultural districts of the north of England, to the Isle
of Man, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales ; to Hamburgh, by connecting
3loree,ombe Bay and Fleetwood Harbour on the west coast with the
port of Hull on the east coast ; to the lakes of Westmoreland and
Cumberland ; to Harrogate, celebrated for its unrivalled sulphur,
mineral, and chalybeate springs ; and to the important intermediate
districts between York and Lancaster, which abound with valuable
minerals, and raise vast quantities of live stock and agricultural pro-
duce. Many places near the intended course of the line are known
to possess inexhaustible supplies of lead, iron, slate, limestone, free-
stone, and other usebil minerals, but these are now comparatively
unavailing, from the great cost of coals and carriage. The railway
will rapidly develop these sources of prosperity, byintroducing coals at
a low price, and providing cheap carriage for mineral produce of
every kind; it will also fUrnish a most desirable means of transit for
passengers and merchandise to and from every part of the king-
dom, and a cheap conveyance for immense quantities of live stock
and agricultural produce from the rural to the manufacturing
and mining districts. Many completed and projected railways will
intersect this line, and greatly facilitate traffic and intercourse in
every direction ; with the Directors of these railways, and of various
others which have a station at York qE Lancaster, the Committee
will endeavour to make arrangements liZely to prove mutually bene-
ficial, and they have much pleasure in stating that the landowners
along the line are extremely favourable to the undertaking, and con-
sider it will materially augment the value of their possessions and
prove advantageous to the country and the shareholders.
It has been fully ascertained that the proposed line presents but
few engineering difficulties, and that, although it will pass through
some very hilly districts, it may be constructed along valleys, and
with favourable gradients throughout nearly its entire course. The
liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of Parliament
to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be applied for
in the Bill to allow interest at four per cent, per annum on all calls,
from the passing of the Act to the opening of the line.
Applications for shares may be addressed, in the form annexed, to
the under-mentioned brokers, viz. Messrs. B. and 31. lloyd,
Princes-street, Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threatineedie-street,
and Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street,
London ; Messrs. Greystone and Earle, York; Mr. Thackray, Har-
rogate ; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle ; Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster ;
Mr. Anthony Laurie, and Mr. May, Liverpool; Mr. Peter Leices•
ter, and Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Mr. James Pear-
son,-Birmingham ; MesSrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson
and Co. and Messrs. E. King and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Brady and
Staniforth, Hull ; Mr. J. A. Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchin-
son and Co., Bradford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Ed-
wards, Bristol ; Mr. G. R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas Sand-
ford, Exeter; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Chelten•
ham ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr. Robert
Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr. David Kinnear, and Mr.
James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle, Leith ; Messrs. M'Ewen
and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen, of whom pro-
' spectuses may be had; or to the Provisional Committee, afthe offices
of the Company, Palace Chambers, St. James's-street, London.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the York and Lancaster Railway

Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will :allot to me Shares of 501.
each hi the abovenamed Company, and I hereby undertake to pay
the deposit thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds when
required.

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