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London, England, 1845-09-29 00:00:00

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COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
William Beresford, Esq., M.P.,illenry Plumptre Gippg,
Chairman I Darnton Lupton, Esq., idisr"

Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy
Chairman
William Anning, Esq.
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq.
W. G. Beare, Esq.
Johu Yarde Buller, Esq.
W. Bradley, EN.
W. R. Collett, Esq.,
Henry Cornfoot, ksq.
Richard Dutton, Esq.

Leeds
Arthur Mann, En.
Joseph Middleton, Esq.
George Parbury, Esq.
William Simpson Potter, Esq.
John Rawson, E9q.
James Steele,
Esq., -gayer of
Carlisle
Joseph Thompson, Esq.

NANxisas.
London—Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and 116_,.,,rietto-

street
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.

Carlisle—Messrs. J. 3L Head and Co.
Hifax—Messrs. Ran and Co. kid
Nealwcastle-upon-Tyne—wsoNewcastie-npon-Tyne Joint-Stock Bav
Company.
Darlington—Darlington District Joint-Stock Bank , rot
Liverpool—Messrs. Denison, Heywood, and Co. ; Commercia.
of Liverpool
Bristol—West of England and South Wales District Bank
Glasgow—Clydesdale Banking Company.

SOLICITORS.
S. P. Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury
Messrs. Keddellßaker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Leeds—John Shackleton, Esq.
Carlisle—Messrs. Saul
Cockermouth—Edward Waugh, Esq.
Brampton—Messrs. Carrick and Lee
Otley—Edward Barrett, Esq.
Richmond and Darlington—George Al 118", Esq'
ENGINEERS—Messrs. .:eorge and John Rennie
SEcarreity—Charles Lecock Webb, Esq.
The importance importance of establishing the most direct railway_,a
ed
cation between Leeds and Carlisle, and, by means of the
Railway, between Carlisle, Glasgow, and Edinburgh' .0
evident to require anything to be urged in its support. 100
The existing and projected lines of railway in York
Lodi
robe to
pursue a westerly or north-westerly direction, are intend;),,,
The
benefit particu ar towns and districts, than to effect this teat.
present railway accomplishes it to the utmost possible ex e.„,11011
The line now proposed proceeds by the Leeds and Thirsic fdaie to
(for which an Act has been already obtained) up hahrico. hest
Otley, Kettlewell, and Hawes, thence it passes thr°ug
Kirby Stephen and Appleby, uniting with the Lancaster al!‘ord wet
Railway near Penrith. A branch from Otley to Bra,,.°4lertaxing•
extend to that important town the advantages of the
aY
In comparison with the existing lines the Leeds and Carlisin;,,,•,,,,Dif
will effect a saving of more than forty miles ;
shorter than any other piojected line between these intrialail will b•
The great national ar,d local importance of the railvre.'
evident.
the of
arid it is co
tic'ecri;iiil.
It affords the shortest and most direct route between troP°'- .r
peed °Ali!
turing metropolis of Yorkshire and the commercial ineha„ th!i•
Scotland; and through the medium of the railways which
termini in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the line will be colan.-:., to
the several Scotch Trunk lines, extending
northern, western,eastern Counties. e ("PeTn;
The traffic Jr. goo. Is between Leeds and Glasgow -lone (of le,ll
dently of that with tb e other towns andports Scotland) roe Rill
large
large amount ; and the facilities afforded by the proao geire
necessarily attract to the intermediate towns, and to Scothi;o yofiV
rally, the supply of goods from the manufacturing districts
shire.
The distance between Leeds and London will be very d"-e
t, „/
reduced by the lines already in progress through Parham the Tru-
tt= these en,.
Leeds and Carlisle must necessarily form a portion of
Railway for the traillc between London and Scotland.
with the
The line will connect Hull and the Humber directly e. we
way Firth, a mercantile object of very considerable impels
A new and cheap mode of transit will be obtained for th'f—, „oseg;
agricultural produce of the rich vales through which the 117dlitoti
and which produce, at present, notwithstanding the demi'lit
manerfacturing distrhata, cannot be forwarded to the dilre!.!4& tra";:
for want of railway communication. A large and Pr°ll"'„, dotric'e
will be derived frorn the produce of the extensive miner soi°
opened by the line, And the working of which has hitherto_ and ,
instances, been rendered impracticable by the cost of trams
all has been greatly impeded. secti l
A survey has been made, and the Parliamentary Plans and
th
ere in progress, and the engineers have undertaken to -
completed in the course of next month. Ss-
Applications for shares to be addressed to the Solicit° getld
Hook, Esq., 11, Tok enhouse-yard, Lothbury, and 3lestr',e.bb, 4e.:
Baker and Grant, 34., Lime-street ; to Charles Locock ft_
Secretary, at the ten iporary offices of the Company, Guiliii`2, Tote',
house, 33, Gresham -street ; Messrs. Shewell, stockbroknopri•
house-yard; Messrs. Taunton and Bush, Austin 11101,411;
Messrs. Watson, Tootal, and Barff, and Messrs. J. at, ClO4- r•
Leeds ; Messrs. Trigg and Hodgson, Hull; 1i10"7.,:t0e ;
Wetherell and Co., Durham • Mr. John Gibbon ~rnjcte'-r,'
G. Seed, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ; Messrs. • -rid roti_",t
and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs. J. Peel, Son,,, ~3ntort: :g
Bromley House, Nottingham ; Mr. Frederick 'William Arglre
Messrs. Wreford, Nichoi'is, and Company, Bristol ; John . JoieL
and Co., Huddersfield William 11. Morrice, Blackburn:64oos,
Clark, jun., Southampthn ; Mr. J. N. Bente,
ter; Mr. Thomas Sirlford, Exeter; Mr. John 'Wright:, conilta
chester ; Mr. Pringle and Messrs. Edward M'Cullum an yo 144 '
Edinburgh ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, and MOW'
Cockburn, Glasgow..
VORM OF APPLICATION. op
To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds and Carlisle,
f 957'
Trunk Railway of England. res
Gentlemen—l request you will allot me Trot 21.
King-streeleto, C
each In the proposed Leeds and Carlisle, or Northern, oit o'hoo
way of England ; and. I hereby mule' take to pay the _,,leeds
12s. 6d. per share thereon, and to execute the necessary

required.
Dated this day of

1845.
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DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY Jori
LONDON to YORK. ebe Lontbe
At a MEETING of PROPRIETORS held this daY, at oerlt
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, pursuant to public ad'als,—
following reports were submitted for adoption : per,
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
The Directors have called the shareholders together lured c°n
.
pose of submitting to them a statement of their Affair' vie
suiting them as to their future proceedings. 11;1
The Board of Trade having recommended the adopti,ortvo
of survey from London to York, composed of the 14'°_,
Eastern line to Cambridge, improved by the new tertnill"_a4 o
_et
by the Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension,,,stDo D,.etDo
Cambridge and Lincoln line, and the northern portion °t vise °.„'
Northern from Lincoln to York, the Directors, in the es,' to tOvio•
discretion which the shareholders so unreservedly vested to to l'o coe
the meeting of 14th of February last, resolved to submit 00
ment so much only of their line as was comprised hi 00 tifitoei
recommended by the Board of Trade, under the impress:a 40,1
decision of that Board would be supported by the Legislare.t' „ring the
accordingly did so ; but certain objections to the eflhJ% tiOliotili
engraving departments having been taken, it was decide lied
.„.,it•
standing orders of the House of Commons had not been coniila) cool'
and, consequently, the scheme could only be considered 0,6
tee as a project 1,
dluoo°
Tne result was, tbiat after a contest of unexampl... etabie,hot
Committee of the :House of Commons negatived th,,e,e„-ar et.„.jellt
recommended by the Board of Trade, and reported in ut,delle"..at°
at that time was the shortest and the only continuous and tbt, psi,
line from London to York before them. The Bill for t 0,5 010.
passed the House of Commons, but was arrested in its Prelgotiee beg
House of Lords by preliminary objections to the silbsete'aof!.oo
tract on which it was based, which were net finally disPe'ey at'osl
°
Parliament was prorogued. The position this scheme it, be
next session will depend upon the view the parties prolu_,o tai
take of the objections proved to exist, or which it is low that ear
established against them. But your Directors are oaf
ised,should the promoters of that scheme take the risk of 011' riot°,
proceedings in Parliament on their present footing, thel‘,lreagniee of
tally speaking, have no advantage when their scheme ls'satoitt,o,
competition with one which, at the period when the tlielo
the House of Commons reported, had not been consideredo',", set e'
Impressed with these views, and holding it to be not he tie
beyond doubt, that a new line from London to York W', d 00;000
dotted, irrespective of existing routes, and being contine'conciltr'est
scheme of the London and York does not satisfy the main, of
which ought to attach to such a line, as a communie34„-giller'thei
national importance, your Directors instructed Mr. Johi'wolli „oft'
distinguished engineer of the North British Railway, deed tO
have now committed the entire charge of the engineer' h, of
d yor 0
ment, to examine the country between London an here
report to them his opinion, with a view to future proeenbarelle of 0
gentleman's report will be read to the meeting, and the%Deitle4 De
will perceive that he is decidedly of opinion that the 0' pow or
direct line from London to York, formed by one ComPuttf'Dere P„ia
adhered to, improving it only by a further approach 0,,e00
ticable, to the most direct and shortest line that eirculliSw- 0.
admit of. na tbefeteitl
In this opinion the Directors most heartily concur, a
pose acting upon it, by carrying out the system of
railens.-
recommended. me the
sod ate
To the North British, the Great North of England' 400
lines which form the eastern route to Scotland, the forru"o4 af,
shortest route from London to York is of vital intnotiTtethe.,,ogilr...-.h0l;
Directors think themselves justified in anticipating and
proposed by Mr. Miller will receive the cordial support no of
tion of these Companies, as well as of the population got'?
_Alt
north-eastern portion of Great Britain.
that thef
In Mr. Miller's hands the Directors are confident
_,, be at od
enabled to submit to Parliament a main line which o°l l'otit',oter
ten miles shorter than that proposed by the London auje gl."
which, combined with the necessary branches, will give a it
amount of local accommodation. tau' it°o44
The through traffic is every day becoming more iroPlode • „doll
will be recollected that in the report of the Board of ‘,550U_'401-
stated that " should Parliament be of opinion that the
,tr et,
ect he rats-
of the most direct line between London and York ought
dered as a paramount object, the integral scheme of the to , 914
ern would deserve a preference. It reduces the distallte,
miles, being 42 miles shorter than by the existing row ot,
shorter than by the proposed London and York line. 41 p
eg
The Directors have used their best endedvours to llareicr„t
the
standing accounts of the Company examined and settled, ited
tb
gress they have made, although considerable, has not Pet.ttnirleotor°;fed
to submit these accounts in detail to this meeting. The 'no ille,oes°
however, enabled to state that the gross amount of exP,e
will be about 30s. per share, and, consequently, to sue,. _f 00,40
as may desire to withdraw from the further prosecutiono.uner
dertaking, there will remain the sum of, say from 175, to
ed."
e, to,
on their original deposits of 21. 10s. per share to be retur_rehe Os. et el
Having maturely considered all the circcumstances 0! ":", ter
Directors have come to the determination that the 0rig02,7
grin rFtlt
an integral line from the metropolis to York on the the'-',..edeu
s Alfee` f
and under one management, ought to be resumed P
in the ensuing session of Parliament. nired
For this purpose the Directors propose that the re 4,,,/. to
aelltiita efi,
4,000,0001. shall be divided into 160,000 shares of in ,efi,
shareholders who may desire to continue their interfeseors,,,"("2st
dertaking being entitled, with the sanction of the Pilhares ;IA
change their scrip certificates of 50/. each for two rievr tsbe
each, on paying up such Ifther sum per share as, with a tbe
of the former deposit, will make tip ten per cent. urea, 11°„/ tfie
now required to be deposited by the standing orders 0„„00.1
Lords. As to ,
any shares that may remain at the colts'
Directors after carrying out this arrangement, they "oath
preference to be due to approved holders of the present
OP Os
ENGINEER'S REPORT. le .00
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Norther examepilli to
Gentlemen,—Having received your instructions Woe dioget
country between Lynam' York, aria to report t°_,3; proceed:lg °-),
of your proposed line of railway, with the view of again
_antf.,
Parliament, I lost no time in making arrangements illicit the ?"011.7
your instructions, and I accordingly last week examine as tjn of
generally, having reference to the plans of the whole 1111
contemplated, and I now beg to report. ,„,a for ove
In the outset I may remark that since your sche.,,aon,.sten
railway between London and York was laid out last ant
o{
t es-
important circumstances have occurred which have the
bearing on the question, and which, to my mind, sh",7_aon
pediency, if not necessity, of having as a line front
id° a°
theSinost direct which the country will admit of. _co odt
Jo,
m the
railway system has taken a r
tae
and the public seem now to look forward to that
nit
the 50
forming the great means of conveyance throughou
irafectur,7 ,
limited to the traffic between great towns and Inrubite Wet 0,101
mining districts, but penetrating into every corner
n _se dolt.°_r.
The system when so carried out (as there is 07;00t ol 70 tr 2
ever that it will speedily be) will create such au tllleaeassr.fi'threle
traffic as will render great leading lines absolutely.oe___ ef fair
_vito
ea.' opinion it will be imperative on the pronto: f:d then ;tie IT,
leading lines, if they look to the public advantag lan,es:"tli oln ttco,
terest, to have them laid out as direct as iy.sci:
this principle of aedon be more imperatively lied.bef°oer totioterdt
00:
great leading lines from London, and especially
ountry heieraeeeo
north, where there is such an extent of country
main 's° oie
ramified traffic of which will centre in the nltn" o°ol
metropolis by the shortest route. on tip co°
This principle has already begun to be acted , Cot ,De
extent, and there is every reason to believe th,t_ 1150woult!„01
prevail generally. In carrying it out, hove* et „treed reh e
that the local accommodation of the country t,l_qbat direct ;tee
altogether lost sight of—far from it ; but I thin of the -inn -00
as that between London and York, the deviatio,,tl,';, to
Suet'
sfohrouthlde sole
not pbourptonsoenogfnptlaoct,inagnsdoimneorpeaprtairtcuilcaoriatrothe
rii_ocnerta.l.oo9
here llue to
can be brought into immediate connexiol! with
Astence 01 to 07;00
means of branches or by local lines, either in e't'a etteitirtPiii
be executed. It appears to me to be in vain
_,_ the no -on °-..eiee,
with a great leading line from London to:veil:melee Dasecille9o cti
)1
attention to local accommodation. In a i,itained, widee t, t!:;
principle both objects would be imperfectly at
the great ,oiltu
out it would only be as a temporary mee.surme--_-_. direcitires is
the country beyond would press for the
rich
_fr.d pop
al, it 11'0g1,41
acaspEitnagl,lonanddwtthlle
oloolicalfoirntearoeosottnis
mofodsuatclhoiat4;ll 4;11e. hi
impossible for any railway lines to give it,,Lilte'llitiarvengui
btsTitarfrt Ifroiefo
traffic to attend to, without prejudicing . and S
_a Alla of te
certain'y possible to give, by means of bra
be gilt:object
the most minute accommodation, but such hog tt
1- 0010
the great leading measure ; and least of
the branche • 0
that;t
~1
main line be made subservient to that of,
,eria it) to thine
Applying this direct principle (it Ira a 3 41 at once pie 00.10%10°0 c,
a line between London and York, yw' direct ue apl' bet/ .10
my opinion the line should be laid out as
can thedene, t
_at p
admit of, embracing such towns only a
or by tile
tehomatinpodrinactirolne
your line la out '_
sbehoi,niledltbldeemd ;etbbuyt where that ca nno t net ett 0:1
dire
occi
eeu
whlicnhavweilllosookoonderovoorrlatnteerpcloovnesrotfhe country
oofil„tn_ea tottniee_ycoan.
pgrtinnenterspier
odartehdoeuvgehn itfta atnpopreatrsnantetnheaavgeen.r.eraitoldeniao
that time being only last year), yet it Pin,"—