The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-16 00:00:00

IHE EAST COAST RAILWAY, through
LINCOLNSHIRE and NORFOLK.
Capital 1,100,0001., in 22,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 21. 10s, per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's i Directors
W. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row of the
The Chisholm, Chapel-street, Chapel-place Direct
Lient.-Colonel J. Niabet Colquhoun, R.A., Woolwich I Northern
William Morley, Esq., Blanckheath J Railway.
Rev. Edward Leigh Bennett, Vicar of Lon; Sutton
Benjamin Ilarrison, Esq., Guy's Hospital
Adderley Howard, Esq., Long Sutton
George Prest, Esq., Sutton Bridge
William Skelton, Esq., Sutton Bridge
Spencer Skelton, Esq., Sutton Bridge.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Rennie, Pres. Inst. C.E., F.R.S. ; Hamilton
H. Fulton, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS—The Union Bank of London.
Sommous—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate-
street, London.
Pant,LsiarrAay AGENTS—Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster, 26, Great
George-street, Westminster.

The object of the proposed line (for which application will be made
to Parliament in the ensuing session) is to supply an important link
in a communication connecting the town of Great Yarmouth and the
Eastern Coast of the kingdom with the Western, Midland, and
Northern districts, accommodating in its progress the city of Nor-
wich, the town of King's Lynn, Sutton Bridge, and the towns of
Long Sutton,
Grimsby, Holbeach, Spalding, Boston, Spilsby, by Louth, and

Commencing at the proposed terminus of the Lynn, Deroham, and
Norwich Railway at Lynn, the line will proceed by Sutton Bridge
and the towns of Long Sutton and Holbeach to Boston, there con-
necting itself with the Boston Branch of the Cambridge and Lincoln
line, which that Company have, in pnrsuance of a pledge given to
the Board of Trade, agreed to carry into effect : thence it will pro•
need through Boston, Spilsby, and Louth to Grimsby.
The Board of Trade having reported in favour of the Newark and
Sheffield line, that Company have announced their intention to ex-
tend their project from Newark to a junction at Sleaford with the
Cambridge and Lincoln line. _ _

It is also intended to extend the proposed line of railway from Hol-
beash to Spalding, there to form a junction with the Spalding and
Stamford Branch of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, which that
Company have also pledged themselves to the Board of Trade to
carry into effect.
- It cannot fail to be observed that the projected lines will together
form the most direct, complete, and continuous communication
between the eastern, western, midland, and northern districts of the
kingdom, will bring the important markets of Norwich and Man-
chester nearer to each other by fifty miles than by any other line of
railway ; and besides giving communication to the ports of Grimsby,
Boston, King's Lynn, Spalding, and Sutton Bridge, with the interior
of the country, and with each other, will afford the greatest amount
of local accommodation to the intermediate districts ; in addition to
which, these towns and districts will be placed on a through line to
the metropolis, by their connexion with the Lynn and Ely and the
Northern and Eastern Railways.
From a survey recently made by Mr. Fulton of that ptortion of the
line from Lynn to Boston, it appears there is no tunnelling, cutting,
or embanking, of any importance necessary, and that the line will
be practically a dead level. Under these circumstances, and from
the investigation that has been made of the other portion of the line,
it is confidently estimated that the proposed eapital will be amply
sufficient for the construction of the necessary works and every con-
sequent expense, and the income derivable from the great traffic which
must necessarily arise, not only from the transit of passengers, but
from the transport of fish, as well as of corn, cattle, and other pro-
duce of the great agricultural district through which the lines pass to
the principal food-consuming districts, and of coals, lime, and staple
commodities for the inland districts, will afford an ample return for
the proposed outlay of capital.
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It is proposed to apply for the usual power to allow interest at the
rate of U. per cent. per annum upon the paid-up capital from the
date of each payment until the completion of the railway.
A large proportion of the capital being already secured, it has
been determined to limit the period for receiving applications for the
remaining Shares to the 21st instant, until which date applications
will be received by the Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents, or by
the undermentioned Brokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, and Mr.
J. C. Morice, London ; Mr. May, Liverpool • Mr. Anthony Laurie,
Liverpool; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, 11, Manor-street, Hull;
Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. E. King and Co.,
Leeds ; Robert Allan. Edinburgh ; M`Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ;
Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; of whom plans and prospectuses may be
had.

April 12, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the East Coast Railway.
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Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares of
NI. each in the proposed East Coast Railway ; and I undertake to
pay the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds.
Dated this day of , IMS.

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