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London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

OCTOBER 17, 4;

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A most important feature In this project is, that it will open the
shortest possible mate from London to Ireland, with the least
possUde amount.of • sea travelling.
Ifroin the causes above enumerate4l, the proposed line offers a safe
field
.for lucrative investment; but in addition to this, the Trent
Valley, London and Birmingham, Birmingham and Glouce.ster, Ox•
ford, and Worcester and Wolverhampton, as well as the Stafford and
Shropshire Railways, will to valuable tributaries to its revenue.
By adopting this particular route, all engineering difficulties will
be avoided, and great local influence secured.
The surveys are in a forward state, and the projectors will be quite
ready to proceed to Parliament next session. Prospectuses and
Plans may be obtained on application to any of the solicitors er
agents, to whom application for shares may be made in the follow-
ing form :

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Conunittee of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and
Birkenhead Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,-1 hereby request that you will allot me stares
of 201. 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 Sub-
scribers' Agreement when required to do so.
I ant, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name (in full) ........................
Profession, Trade, or Occupation ........
Residence (in full) • ....• ........ .
Place of Business (if any) ..............
Name and Address of Referee -
Date..

OLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND
BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice Is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares will
bs entertained after MONDAY, the 20th instant.
W. S. VARDY, 18, Finsbury-placo, London.
JOHN SMITH,
C. J. NOBLE, iftunignatu.
October 14, 1845.

ri_REAT NORTH OF ENGLAND AND
N.)4 YDEKSHIRE and . GLASGOII UNION JUNCTION
RAILWAY— _ _ •

(Provisionally Legistered.l
Capital 150,0001., in 6,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and
East and West Yorkshire Junction, Eastern Countias Junction
Italways, &o.
W. B. Carrick, Esq-, J.P., Hull; Director of the Hnll and Barnsley,
Rugby and Leamington and Warwick, and Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railways. _
William Priest, *Esq., Alderman of Hull, Director of the York, Hull,
and East and West YorkshlreVunction Rail Ways, Ste. 1
T. B. Turton, Esq., Alderman of Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Wortley, Silkstone and Wakefield Railway
W. B. Brownlow, Esq., Alderman of Hull, Director of the Hull and
Barnsley Junction, and York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire

Junction Railways
W. illanshard, Esq:, barrister-at-law, York, Director of the York,
Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
W. ,Itirlock,:Esti., Great Ouseburn, near Tiorcliglihrldge

_
Thomas Smith, Esq., MID., Leeds, Director of the - Lei'xis and York,
and Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton Railways
Thomas England, Esq., liadingly, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and
York, and Silkstoir., Wakefield, and Horbury Railways
Simeon 'Musgrove, Esq., Kirkstall, Leeds, iiirector of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield and Wolverhampton Railway
John Hudson, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, Leeds, York, and Midlands'
Junction, Sheffield, Wortley, Silkatone, and Wakefield, and
Brighton and Cheltenham Railways
Thomas Skelton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway

Roger Sedgwick, Esq., Boroughbridge
Robert .Gleddow, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and
East and West Yorkshire Junction, and Hull and Holyhead Direct
Hallway • - -
Henry Jennins, Esq., Park-place, Leeds, Director of the Y-rk and
Carlisle, and Northern and Southern Connecting Railways

John Tall, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull Dock Company, and the
Hull and Barnsley, and York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire
Junction Railways
Robert Herries, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and Leeds, Huddersfield. Sheffield, and Staffordshire
Railways _ _ _

John Daiiiugton, Esq., Shipley-hall, Bradford, Director of the
Leeds, York, and Midlands, and Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad-
ford Union Railways

Richard PCPXSOII, Fsry., Melmerley, near Boroughbrid,ge

John Simpson, Esq., Farmville-lodge, Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railways
Richard Hargrave, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Bradford, Wake-
field, and Midlands, and Manchester, Southampton, and Poole
Railways

Geo. Barkworth, Esq., Hull, Director of the York. Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Jeremiah Stead, Esq., Leeds, D:rector of the Great Western, Southern,
and Eastern Counties, and Midland and Thirsk Junction Railways
Thomas Stubbs, Esq., Boroughbridge
I. H. Massey, Esq., 3, Oxford-square, Hyde-park, London. Director
of the Dudley, Alfuleley, Broseley, and Iron Bridge, Lincolnshire,
and Eastern Counties Junction, and Huddersfield and East and West
Coast Direct, and Direct Western Railways

Joseph Cliffe, Esq. ;Wortley, Leeds, Member of the Town Council, and
Director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway
William Green, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull. and East and
West Yorkshire Junction, and Hull and Swansea Railways

George Robinson, Esq., Burley, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds and
York Railway
Samuel Warburton, Esq., Ilunslet, near Leeds, )irector of the
Wakefield and Harrogate Railway _ . _

William Pick, Esq., Grassgall, near Boroughbridge
Thomas Dalton Hammond, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull,
and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
_ .

Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne-house, Sheffield, Director of the
Direct Western, Wilts, Somerset and Southampton, Isle of Ely,
Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railways
. . _

John Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Leeds

Joseph Richardson, Esq., Leeds, Member of the Town Council, 0-
rector of the London, Hounslow, and, Western, Leeds and . York,
Midland and Thirsk Junction, and Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Railways

William Dixcn, Esq., Howley Mills, Morley, near Leeds
John Hall, Esq., Ilull, Director of the York, Hun, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction, Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone and Wake-
f! eld, Lincolnshire-, and. Eastern Counties, and Hun and Holyhead
Railways
Theophilus Carrick, Esq., Hull _ _ -

liornby. Esq., Leeds, Member of the Town Council
Thomas Haigh; Esq., Aire-villa,-.Newlay, near Leeds, Director of the
Midland and Thirsk Junction Railway ,
George Crow, Esq., Ornhams
John Moorhouse, Esq., Springfield Mount, Leeds, Director of the

Leeds and York Railway •
George Bucton, Esq., Hutt, Director of the York, Hull, and East and
West Yeirkibire Junction, and York' and Kenyon Junction
Railways
William Chadwick, Esq., Leeds
W. H. Pearson, Esq., Portland-house, Hull, Director of the
Direct Western, York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junc-
tion, Ihuldersfield, and East and West Coasts Direct, and Hull
and Barnsley Junction Railways
Robert Beverley, Esq., Quarries-house, near Leeds, Director of the
Midland and Thirsk Junction Railway
John Brodrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Thomas Craven, Esq., Leeds, birector of the Midland and Thirsk
Junction Railway
James Joshua APSwiney, Esq., Sandal-view, near Wakefield, Di-
rector of the Wakefield and Harrogate, Rugby, Derby and Man-
chester, Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield Railways, &c.
G. Holmes, Esq., Hull, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Hull

and York Hallways
W. Christopher Buck, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York,
and Huddersfield and East end West Coasts Direct Railways
Thomas Emsley, Esq., Rodley, near Leeds, Director of the North
and East Riding Junction Railway, &c.
Joshua A. Skidmore, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, Liver-
pool and Fleetwood, and Leeds and London Direct Railways
Henry F. Lockwood, Esq., F.S.A., Hull, Director of the York, Hull,
and East and West Yorkshire Junction, and Hull and Holyhead
Railways
W. Beverley, Esq., Potternewton, near Leeds, Director of the Hud-
dersfield and Derby Railway
W. King, Esq., Stepney, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham
Direct Railway
Thomas Burton, Esq., Brunswick-place, Leeds and Turnham-hall,
near Selby
John Hall, Esq., Hull. Director of the Hull and Lincoln, and York,
Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
J. R. Bywater, Eq., 'Middleton Grange, Leeds, Director of the Great
Northern and Southern Direct Railway
John Whitehead, Esq., Holbeck, Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Liver-
pool and Fleetwood Direct Railway
G9O. Fearuley, Esq., 31. D , Grove house, Dewsbury, Director of the
Midland, Barnsley; Sheffield, Dewsbury. and Bradford Railways
John Pollard, Esq.. Holheck, Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Liverpool,
and Fleetwood Direct Railway
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Wm. Blanshard Esq. Simeon Musgrave, Esq.
Tho,. Smith, Esq. John Tall, Esq.
Thomas England. Esq. Samuel Warburton, Esq.
W. B. Carrick, Esq. John Hall, Esq.
Wm. Henlock, Esq. J. J. 31'Svriney, Esq.

BANNERS.
Messrs. Sir IL Carr Glynn and Co., London
Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Leeds Banking Company] Leeds
Yorkshire Banking Company, Hull
York City and County Bank, York
Messrs. Harrison, Terry and Co., Ripon and Knaresborougl
SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Middleton, Esq., Leeds.
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PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sadlow al-1W xingdon, 6, New
Palace-yard. _ _

LONDON AcENTs—Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery.

lane.
LOCAL AGENT—William Hirst, Esq., Boroughbridge.
ACTING ENGINEER.
John B. Hartley, Esq.
SURVEYORS.
Messrs. Perkin and Backhouse
N. Sharpe, Esq.
C. Leefe Dresser, Esq.

This railway is intended to commence at or near to the Aine sta-
tion on the Great North of England Railway, to proceed by way of
Aldborough, Boroughbridge, and Dishforth, and to terminate at the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway near to Well, at a junction with, and so
as to form an eastern continuation of, the Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union Railway.
The length of the line will be about thirteen miles, and, in forming
it, three objects are in view :
Ist. To accommodate Boroughbridge, and a great extent of highly
fertile and productive country hitherto entirely devoid of railway
communication.
I 2d. To form a connecting link between the Great North of Eng-
land Railway, and the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway, and
thereby to make this project part of the trunk lines, from Hull,
Selby, York, Beverley, -Alarketweighton, Poeklington, ecarborough,
Whitby, Pickering, Melton, &c., and the ea-tern districtsntioC,awrlii,sileeh,
and the west of Scotland by the Yorkshire end
Glasgow on
passes through Bedale, Leyburn, Askrigg, Hawes, Kirkby, Stephen
Appleby, and forming a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle
Railway near Penrith.
3d. To supply the district in question with coal from the pits in the
neig,hbourhood of Leeds, and from those of Durham by means of the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway and its extension. To afford accommoda-
tion to the town of Boroughbridge and its locality by connecting it
with Carlisle, Durham, Hull, Ripon, York, Scarborough, &c., which
this project will do to a much greater extent than would have been
afforded by the Pill. Moor branch of last session, from-the Great
North of England Railway to Boroughbridge, inasmuch as this line
will give an outlet is both a northern and eastern direction, whilst
that of last session would have afforded merely a northern one.
The country is level, requiring no tunnel, and very little cutting or
embanking, and the line will consequently be of easy construction
The cost will be comparatively light, and all residential annoyance
or injury to property will be avoided.
The saving of distance by this scheme will, on reference to the
map, he seen to be very considerable, especially with regard to rail-
way communication between the cities of Ripon and York, Wadi
being only four miles north-east of Ripon ; and this line, in con-
nexion with the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (which runs through that
city), forming a continuous, as well as the shortest and best, line of
railway between Ripon and York.
In the allotment of shares preference will be given to landowners
and others locally interested on the line.
Applications for shares (aecompnied by a respectble reference) to
be made-to the solicitor Or agents ian the annexed foram:—

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Great Not th of England and
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Junction Railway Company.
25/.
nentlonen,—l request you will allot me shares of
each In the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or
Puelt less number as you may appropriate to me ; and I agree to
pay the deposit thereon, and to sirn the Parliamentary' Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full .• • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • ••
Profession or Trade ..
.
Residence in full • • •..• • • • -

REAT NORTH OF ENGLAND, AND
JYORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION JUNCTION
RA I ',WAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Application for Shares can
be received after TUESDAY next the 21st inst., when the et mmittee
will proceed to allot the Shares as speedily as the immense r umber of
al;pl;cations will all m.

IL-Leeds, Oct. 14, 145.

I'y order,
(DDLETON, Solicitor,

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,6001., in 64,000 Shares of 251. eac.ll.'
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
This railway will pass from the city of. Exeter; throw* .the
rich valley of tije Exe, via Silverton and Blekleigh, direct to
Tiverton, one of the chief towns. of this important tßstrict, and
the principal market and manutactuting towdof the west'
of England. It Rte.administer largely to- the prosperity, of this
rich and productive country, and will pass from Tiverton, by I:la:Up-
ton, Dulverton, and punster, to the port of Minchead in the Bristol
Channel, opposite Landaff, Swansea, and Cardiff, from whence the
produce of the rich mine., and quarries of Merthyr Tydvil, cnty-
pool, and Newport„ in Wales, can be transferred by the. shortest
route to the English markets. * TroM Minehea'l it will loss by
Porlock and Combe-Marten to the much-frequented watering-place
of Ilfracombe, where it unites with the I:arnstaple and Ilfracombe
Railway. At Minehead it will also join the Bridgewater and Mine-
head Railway, to which it will-serve as an important fr-eder, cimucct-
ing the towns on the north coast of DeVell' directly with the gnat
western trunk railroads passing from London to the.LanX's End. It
will also form a very short and direct junction of the Bristol and
English Channels. .
A mote valuable and important line to the country which it will
traverse could not be projected. A list of the Provisional Committee
will be published in a few days ; and in the meantime furtherinfor-
mation may be obtained, and applications for shares may be made
to, the solicitors, Messrs. Elinslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, or at the Company's Offices, No. 37, Gresham-street, City.

REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY.
MANCHESTER AND LINCOLN UNION
RAILWAY, AND CHESTERFIELD AND GAINi-
I3OROUGH CANAL COMPANY.

Capital, 1,200,000/., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 4s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS,
Viscount Duncannon, M.P., Director of the Manchester and South-
ampton Railway.
The llon. C. H. Cavendish, M P., Chairman of the Manchtsitcr,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
The Hon. Arthur Buncombe, 31.1. for East Retford
W. R. Collet, Esq., 3.1. P. for Lincoln, Chairman of the Chostcr and
Holyhead Railway
Thomas Gisborue, Esq., . M.P., Director of the Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
William Evans, Esq., M.P., Allestree-hall
Colonel Dawson Mutter, M.l'.,' Director of the Dorchester and
Southampton Railway
Robert Arkwright, Esq., Sutton-hall
'Or George Sitwell, Bart., Ilenishaw
William Jackson, Esq., Chairman of the Chester and Dirtenhcad

Railway
Henry Tootal, Esq.' Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
Sir Joshua Walmsley, Director of the Cheater and Birkenhead
Railway
Henry Newberry, Esq., Deputy-Chairmatl of the West Lancashire

Railway
Sir William Magnay; Bart., Chairman of the Great Grimsby, Louth,
Ilorneactle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
William Reed, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct

Railway
Jranes Durham, Esq., Director of- the Manchester and Southampton
Railway '
Christian Allhusen, Esq., Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle-open-Tyne Railway
James Walkinshaw, Esq.; Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester and
Southampton Railway
W. A. S. Weitoby, 'Esq., Hyde-park-place, London, Director of the
Liverpool Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Railway
John Ridgway, -1-Ditt, Ctitildron,place, Diredor of the Sant-
fordshire Railway • • .
Willis❑ Richardson, Esq., York, Director of the Great Grimsby,
Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
James Barker, Esq., Bakewell, Director of the Manchester, Shcalekl,
and Midland Junction Railway
John Green. Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Shellicli, and
Midland Junction Railway
Sydney Smithers, Esq , Churchdale, Director of the Trent Valley
Union Railway
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Director of the Chester and Birkenhead
Railway
William Bradbury, Esq., Whitcfriars, London
Charles Stanley, Esq., Sheffield
Henry Bellerhy, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Great Grimsby,
Louth, llorncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
John Gregory Cottingham, Esq., Mayor Of Chesterfield
Richard Barrow, Esq., Stavely, near Chesterfieli:4 Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway
George Hodgkinson Barrow. Esq , Staveley
Henry Bowdon, Esq., Southgate-hsuse
lohn Brow n, Esq., Wingerworth
John Charge, Esq., Chesterfield
John Chambers, Esq., the Hurst, near Alereton
John Gilbert Crompton, Esq., Chesterfield
Ph+dnas Clarke, Esq., Chesterfield.
Coodell, Esq., Park-lodge, Bakewell
Samuel Dutton, F,s.q., Chesterfield
Joseph Eyre, Esq., Chesterfield
Josiah Elliott,- Esq., Brampton
Thomas Fosbrooke, Esq., Staveley
!limas Hallowes, Esq., Glapwell-hall
Rowland lleathcote, Esq., East Bridgibrd
George Hewitt, Esq., Brampton
Edward Humble, Esq., Renishaw
11. Middleton, Esq., Leam-hall
E. G. Maynard, Esq., Chests: field
Robert Malkin, Esq., Chesterfield

M. F. Mills, Esq., Chesterfield
John Roberts, Esq., R.N., Chesterfield
James Robinson, Esq., Chesterfield
W. 11. De Bodes, Esq., Marlborough-hall
William Booth, Esq., Chesterfield
Charles Steade, Esq., Whittisgton
Adam Barker Slater, Esq., Chesterfield
William Towndrow. Esq., Chesterfield
William Waller, Esq., Chesterfield
John Wood, Esq., R.N., Chesterfield
William Lister Sharpe, Esq., Gainsborough
Edward Sanders, F.sq., Gainsborough
Matthew Sootiyjun., Esq., Gainsboretigh
Henry Smith, Esq., Gainsborough
Henry Ethrington Smith , Esq., Gainsborough
WiMain Farley, Esq., Gaiusborongh
Robert Cook, Esq., Galnshorongh
The Rev. Robert Duck's, 4Rainsborough
Francis Gamble, Esq., G'ainsburotOi
John dater, Esq., ,Mayor of East Retford
William Mee; Esq., East Rctford
Samuel Francis Flower, Esq., East Retford
William Fisher, Esq., Aincotts-house, East Itetford
John Charles Hall, Esq., M. 1)., East /tetrad
Worthington Thomas Gylby, Esq., West Retford
John Cottam, Esq., East Retford
Francis White, Esq., wharfinger, East Retford
John Holmes, Esq., cornfactor, East Retford
William Bettison, Esq., East Retford
Francis Dewick, Esq., East Retford
John Smith, jun., Esq., East Retford
Job BulliVant, Esq., East Retford .
Robert Lighifoot Hewitt, Esq., East Retford
lion. Frederick, Byng, 37, St. James's-place, London
R. G. Fullerton; F.sq., 36, South-street, London
Fairfax Fearnley, Esq., Bishopfield, Bawtry
Behjitmin Eddlvon, Esq., Worksop
Cliamcion, Esq„ Worksop
William Morley, Esq Blackheath
John M: Mathew,.Esq., Cray's-Inn, London
James Cross, Esq., Gringley-on-the-Hill
The Rev. Charles Hudson, Satmdby
Richard Mil ward, Esq., Thurgarton Priory
John Parkinson, Eeq., Leyfields, Newark
George Thomas Smith, Esq., Oakham
Thomas William N ewstead, Esq., Dueham
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall-houso '• ~
James Lee, Esq., West Retford-hons ,
Horatio Nelsen, Esq., Moorgate, Clareborough
George Chapman, Esq., Welham
John Rogers, Esq., Rauby-lodge:
(With power to add to their number.)

COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
Chairman—The Hon. George Henry Cavendish, M.P.
Deputy Chairman—Joseph Paxton, Esq.
W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P. The Hon. A. Duncombo, M.P.
E. G. Maynard, Esq. Henry Newberry, Esq.
William Jackson, Esq. Richard Barrow, Esq.
William Mee, Esq. James Walkinshaw, Esq.
Henry Tootal, Esq. John Roberts, Esq., R.N.
James Durham, Esq. George Thomas Smith, Esq.
William Richardson, Esq. Sir Joshua Walmsley
George Chapman, Esq. John Gregory Cottingham, Esq.
William Reed, Esq. James Cross, Esq.
ank Giles, Esq.
ITORS.
Mee'l East Retford.
)3r,
Chesterfield.

ENGINEER-F:
SOLICI
Diessrs. Dice, Bigsby, and
Mears. Newton and Gylb;
Messrs. Lucas and Cutts,
C. S. B. Busby, Esq
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—John Robertson,Eacl., ChesterilTld.
BANKERS.
:n London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
:n Liverpool—The Royal Bank
Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co.
In Lincoln and Gainsborough The Lincoln and Lindsey Banking
Company

In Manchester—Manchester and Salford Bank
Messrs Crompton, Newton, and Co.
Messrs. Robinson and Co.
In Chesterfield Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Com-
pany
In Retford, Worksop, and Doncaster—Sir W. B. Cook, Bart , Fol-
jambe, and Co.
In Retford and Worksop—The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Banking Company
This railway project will join Manchester to Lincoln by nearly a
straight line, and has been formed by an union with the Chesterfield
Canal Company. One of its objects is the conversion of that canal
into a railway (as far as it may be available), so as to give the most
complete system of railway accommodation from Great Grimsby.
Wainfleet, Horncastle, Louth, Lincoln, Gaineborough, Retford, and
Worksop, to Sheffield, Rotherham, Chesterfield, Bakewell, Buxton,
Stockport, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead ; also the most
direct communication from east to west, with Macclesfield, Congleton.
Crewe, Chester, Bangor, and Ireland; as well as nearly direct access
to the Staffordshire Potteries and iron districts of North Staffordshire;
also to Shrewsbury and North and South Wales. Southward, it will
give a good communication to Derby, Birmingham, Droitwich, Chel-
tenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and Southampton.
This line will commence at Lincoln, and go nearly direct to East
Retford, Worksop, and Chesterfield, where it it will join the Mid-
land Railway, the Chesterfield and Sheffield Railway, and also the,
proposed North Derbyshire lines, which proceed direct to Manchester
and Liverpool, and North Staffordshire. In length it will be about
56 miles.
A section of the line will commence at Gainsborough, and join the
main line at East Retford: a branch will be made from Worksop to
oin the Midland near Beighton, so as to give railway accommoda-
tion to Rotherham and the nortern districts. This branch will take
the course of the Chesterfield Canal, which it is proposed to use in
its construction. imlipioertas .ntcewilioffotlniins
glanceundertaking.
naAtion
the most direct and valuable truuk line from east to west than has
laplnWellolnnatexoinmeie with othertile
the most important manufactur.ng towns of Lancashire,
yet been offered for public support ; it will join together nearly by a
direct route
and North Staffordshire, with the rich corn-growing districts of Liu-
coin and Nottinghamshire, and will give to the rising ports of Great
Grimsby and Wainfieet n most perfect access from nearly all the
great manufacturing districts of the west.
The project, comprehensive and integral in itself, interferes with
no vested interests, and will form a considerable auxiliary and feeder
to the various lines with which it connects itself. It will offer a great
advantage to the public from its union with the Chesterfield Canal„
for that portion of the canal, not used for the railway, will give ex-
tensive local accommodation, by affording many more points of con-
tact with the consumer.
It is thought unnecessary to present any detailed estimate of
traffic, as it must be obvious from the above outline of the object%
to be accomplished, and the rich, populous, and productive agricul-
tural and manufacturing districts to be traversed and connected, and
the extent of inexhaustible coal-fields and lime and stone quarries in
the immediate neighbourhood of the line, that the project presents 4
most advantageous investment for capital, and will afford an mimie,
remuneration to the shareholders; in proof of which reference may
he made to the printed yearly accounts of the Chesterfield Canal
Company, which for an average of 10 years, commencing in 1834,
show a dividend of above 9/. per cent. per annum.
Independently, however, of the local traffic, the through traffic
between the ports on the east coast, and the various districts to the
west, and the exports and imports which will be conveyed, cannel
fail to be most productive,
and to give the shareholders a good returit
for the outlay of their capital. .
a complete system of railway accommodation will be
To the inhabitants of the various towns and districts which this
line traversesn
n and the bare mention of the project has called forth a spon-
f the line has already been made, and instrue-
A general survey o
tgiaNUeeo-Uaaoffer of support from almost every direction.
in for the necessary ground surveys, with a view
of obtaining an Act in the ensuing session of Parliament, and such
1190 forward a state as to preclude the possibility of dis-
' Lions have beein
surveys are
appointment.
Power will be given in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per
annum, from the time of payment until the opening of the line, and
. no liability w.ll be incurred by any subscriber beyond the amount of
subscription.
In the allotment of shares the Committee will give a preference to
parties locally interested, and in all cases satisfactory reference will
be required to a banker or to some person of known respectability.
Applications for prospectuses and shares may be made to the roll..
citors and to the secretary.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Lincoln Railway
• .
and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal Company.
I request you will allot me shares of 20'. each in the above-
named Company ; and I hereby undertake to acceptthe same, or ttiv
lees number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of
Si. 4.5. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Christian and Surname in
Residence and Addre55.............
Business or Profession
Name and Address of Referee............

MANCHESTER AND LINCOLN lINIoN
RAILWAY, and CHESTERFIELD and GAINSBORO UGII
CANAL COMPANY.

Capital 1,200,000 ~ in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 4s. per share.
The applications for shares in this Company have already bee
overwhelming in number and amount, that the Committee ,
osoliged to fix Swrourar next, the 18th of October, as the last day r
applications.
JailaT ROBERTSON, Chesterfield, Sierelery pro tem.
Ogtoter 13,1143.