The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

irIEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY.
LLICESTER, BEDFORD, AND LONDON RAILWAY.
e Provisional Committee have the pleasure to announce that
these Companies have united their interests, and that all parties have
consented to co-operate to carry into effect the important undertak-
ing of fOrming a Railway from Leicester to Bedford, under the title
of the " Leicester and Bedford Railway."
JAMES LEY DOUGLASS, Market Harborough
GEORGE PELL, jun., Northampton,
SHARMAN AND TURNLEY, Bedford,
Joint Solicitors,
My SiL 1843

EICESTER and BEDFORD RAILWAY,
Provisionally Registered.
Capital 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit I/. os. per Share.
_ PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Ihe Hon. Richard Watson, Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire
The Hon. and Ref. James Douglas, Broughton, Kettering
Sir John Henry Palmer, Bart., Carlton-park, Northamptonshire
Sir George S. Robinson, Bart., Cranford
Major-General Sir Love P. J. Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caemar-
vonshire
Sir Wm. Wynn, Suffolk-place, London
William knell, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Everton House, M.P. for
Bedfordshire, and Chairman of the London and York Railway
T. P. Maunsell, Esq., Thorpe MaLsor, M.P. for Northamptonshire
Henry Stuart, Esq., Kempston, Bedfordshire, M.P. for Bedford
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P.
Joseph Robert William Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds
C. R. Bewicke, Esq., Hallaton, Leicestershire
B. E. Bennett, Esq., Marston House, Market Harborough
Johu Booth, Esq., Glendon Hall, Northamptonshire
Thomas B. Beale, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London, and Thorpe Luben-
ham-hall, Market Harborough
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
The Rev. Henry Conte, Rector of Kettering
Henry Freeman Coleman, Esq., Evington Hall, near Leicester
George Cooper, Esq., Great Glenn, Leicestershire
Richard Carpenter, Esq., 24, Lonsdale-square, Islington
Peter Colston, jun., Esq., Husbands Bosworth, near Market liar-
borough
John Foster, Esq., Beaumont-close, Biggleswade
John Nathaniel Foster, Esq., St. Andrew's, Biggleswade
31yth Foster, Esq., Biggleswade
•aptain Mark Gambier, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
ohn Cooper Gotch, Esq., Banker, Kettering
lax. H. Hungerford, Esq„ Dingley-park, Market Harborough"...:he Rev. George Edward Harmer, Rector of Loddington, North-
amptonshire
Henry Hensman, Esq., Pytchley, Northamptonshire
Richard Halfhead, Esq., banker, Bedford
William Hogg, Esq., banker, Biggleswade
Swyniln Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, Chairman of the Diss, Becelea,
and Yarmouth Railway
Robert Lindsell, Esq., banker, Biggleswade
W. T. Maunsell, Esq., of the Middle Temple, London
(=eatery Palmer, Esq., East Carlton, Northamptonshire
Francis Pym, Esq., the Hasells, Bedfordshire
William Summerset Rose, Esq., Cransley Hall, Northamptonshire
The Rev. George Stopford, Rector of Warkton, Kettering
Benjamin Trapp, Esq., banker, Bedford
Thomas Vowe, Esq., the Manor-house, Hallaton
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent
William Henry Whitbread, Esq., Southill House, Bedfordshire.
John Woolston, Esq., Wellingborough.
James York, Esq., M.D., Whamelifre House, St. John's-wood, London
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
William Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S.
ENGINEERS.
Joseph Cubitt, Esq.
Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
BANKERS.

London—The London and County Banking Company, Lombard-street
Leicester—Messrs. Pagets and Kirby
Market Harborough—The Leicestershire Banking Company
Kettering—Messrs. Gotch and Sons
Wellingborough and Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking
Company
Bedford—Messrs. Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
Biggleswade—Messrs. Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell

JOINT SOLICITORS.
James Ley Douglass, Esq., Market Harborough
George Pell, jun., Esq., Northampton and Welford
Messrs. Sharman and Turuley, Bedford

LONDON SOLICITORS

Messrs. Barker, Rose, and )iOrtOn:so:Diark-lane, and 36, Great
George-street, Westminster
George Weller, Esq., 8, King's-road, Bedford-row, London
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square

SECRETARY.
Mr. B. F. Scott

This line, which will commence at Leicester, and proceed from
thence by or near to Market Harborough, Bothwell, Kettering, Wel-
lingborough, to Bedford, is intended to supply the wants of a very
rich and thickly populated district of country lying between Leicester
and BNiford, and to afford a much shorter and more direct commu-
nication between the first-mentioned place and London.
The existing and projected lines of railway form the most direct
routa from Manchester, Leeds, Derby, Sheffield, Nottingham, and the
North of England to London, by way of Leicester, and the present
line will be the nearest one from that place to the metropolis which
exists or can be projected.
The line will pass through the richest grazing land in the kingdom,
and will derive a considerable traffic in the conveyance of cattle from
thence to the London markets.
The coal,-fields of Leicestershire and Derbyshire will supply, by
means of this railway, the wants of the counties of Bedford, Hunt-
ingdon, Hertford, Essex, and Cambridge, in this most necessary
article of consumption, which will be reduced in price at least 50
per cent.
Se soon as the surveys are completed, a detailed Prospectus with
the names of the gentlemen forming the highly influential local
Committees, will be published. In the meantime, the promoters are
justified in stating that the railway will be made at an average ex-
pense, and that tho traffic will insure an ample return upon the
capital required.
The Subscribers will not be liable to any further call until the Act
is obtained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 4 per
cent. upon the amount paid up until the opening of the line.
The Directors reserve liberty to themselves to alter the proposed
route, or to extend the railway as they may think expedient.
Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, may be made to the
Provisional Committee, under cover, to the several solicitors, or to
Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., sharebrokers, 2, Old Broad-street,
London.