The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-29 00:00:00

SECRETAAT—WIIIIatI Lanyard, Esq

The first object of this line is to connect the town of Birmingham,
Coventry, and Leicester, with the eastern coast by the nearest route,
and to supply an important link •f communication between the town
of Spalding and the eastern coast watt the Western and Midland
districts.

Commencing at the Spalding station of the Norwich, Dereham,
Lynn, and Holbeack Railways, the line will proceed by Bourn,
'Witham, Castle Bytham, South Wythane, and Wymondham, to a
point on the Syston and Peterborough line of railway near Melton-
Mowbray, thus forming, by the Syston and Peterborough and Mid-
land Counties Railway, an almost direct route to Leicester, and
thence to Coventry and Birmingham by the proposed Coventry,
Nuneaton, Leicester, and Birmingham Railway.
The projected line will form the most direct communication be-
tween the eastern and midland districts of the kingdom, and will, by
means of the proposed lines across the county of Leicester, via Bur-
t m-upoa-Trent, to Stafford, bring the markets of Lincoln, Norfolk,
Shropshire, and North Wales, nearer to each other by many miles
than any other line of railway.
It will form, with otherpOilected railways, an almost direct line
across the kingdom, from "Yarmouth, via Norwich, on the east, to
Aberystwith, via Newton and Shrewsbury, on the west.
The entire length will not exceed thirty miles. There Is no tunnel-
Sng, cutting, or embanking of any importance necessary; the line
from Bourn to Spalding, a distance of about twelve miles, is very
Lvel, and may be constricted at a small cost.
It will secure the advantages of railway communication to a tract
of country at present destitute of this accommodation, besides open-
ing out 'sources of trade untleveleped for want of the means of transit.
The centred midland distriets have felt greatly: the want of direct
e3remunica don with the coast ; and this line will at once supply the
tendency to the greater part of Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
It will afford a traa.it fee the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Lel-
t*.-dersiiire, coal into districts heretofore entirely dependent upon
enpply from the north at high prices: it will also secure the advan-
tteeas or an unihnited supply of lime from the Leicestershire works,
the :le:lee:cur.:l districts of Lincoln, which are at present only
tp,rl:ed at very high rates; and, In return traffic, the midland dis-
tricts will o'-tarn the advantage of a direct transit for the stock and
agriceltural prodace of Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

proilo,ed line 3 of railway converge at Kpalding, which is
Vie lle.teest point on the eastern coast for the midland counties, and
c..annecied by the River Welland with the German Ocean.

The proposed capital will he sufficient for the construction of the
necessary works and every subsequent expense ; and the income
t,?riva,ble frani the trafris in passengers between Birmingham, Co-
v,ntry, Leicester. Derby, Melton, Spalding, and Boston, the trans-
port of corn, earth., and other praduce of the great agricultural
~istricts through which the line passes to the principal consuming
Glistricts, and of coals, lime, and staple commodities for the inland
districts, will be sufficiently ample to warrant the outlay.
The Parliamentary surreys have been commenced, and are now
In active progress, and contracts have been entered into which en-
sure sufficient time for compliance with the standing orders.
Forms of application for shares, plans, and prospectuses may be
had of the Solicitors ; also at the offices of the Company, 4, Tra-
falgar-square, Charing-cross, where applications for shares, accom-
panied by respectable references, may be addressed to the Provi-
sional Committee.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray, and Spalding Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
each in the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such less number as you may topope to ine subject to the re-
gulations of the Company. and sign the necessary deeds, ar:d to
jay when required the deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name lu full ..... ... .... ....
Profession and Protession ai ResidCn. Co
ROSideace in full.. ........ .. ...... ~
ReferenCe.• • • . ....... ......., ~ ,

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after
MONDAY, the 27th instant.
EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street,
atOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingham.
Oct. 10. 1845.