The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-20 00:00:00

AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM and BOS-
TON, and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,800,0001.,, in 72,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d.
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PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Wm. Fletcher Norton Norton, Esq., Elton Manor, Nottinghamshire,
Chairman
Thomas Bishop, Esq., Standard-hill, Nottingham, Vice-Chairman
Mr Montague John Cholmeley, Bart., Easton Hall, Lincolnshire
Sir James Duke, M.P., Alderman, London
Sir Wm. Browne Folkes, Bart., Hillington Hall, Norfolk, Chairman
of the Lynn and Ely Railway Company
John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq., M.P., Fredville, Kent
Col. Rolleston, M.P., Watnall, Nottinghamshire
Wnl.. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P.
The. Hon. George H. Cavendish, M.P., Chairman of the Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
Henry -Tootal, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth Directors of the Man-
Henry Newberry, Esq., Ludley Bank, Man- chaster, Buxton, Mat-
chaster lock, and Midland
James Durham, Esq., Manchester Junction Railway
Richard Barrow, Esq., Seedley, Derbyshire
James Walkinshaw, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House, Manchester, Chairman of
the Lynn and Dereham Railway Company
The Worshipful the Mayor of Boston
The Worshipful the Mayor of Grantham
Peter Arkwright, Esq., Willersley Castle, Derbyshire
Charles Allcock, Esq., Bulwell. Nottinghamshire
Francis Mmes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham
Francis Braithwaite, Esq., Nottingham-park
Richard Bradley, Esq., Grantham
John Bradley, Esq., .Nottingham-park
Joseph Braithwaite, Esq., Standard-hill, Nottingham ,
George Beaumont, Esq., East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham
John Burgess, Esq., Boreughreeve, Manchester
E. T. Coke, Esq., Woodhouse-grove, near 31anstleld, Nottingham-
. shire
Charles Clarke, Esq., Matlock
William Cartledge, Esq., Nottingham
Charles Chouler, Esq., Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, Steward to the
Right Hon. Digby Lord Middleton '
William Cantrell, Esq., Wirksworth, Derbyshire
J. hn Cruso, Esq„ Leek, Staffordshire
Robert Cresswell, Esq., Ideridgehay, Derbyshire, one of the Provi-
sional Committee of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land Junction Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, London, Director of the Man-
chest6r and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction
Railway Company
Timothy Chouler, Esq., Nottingham
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Sherwood Cottage, Bayswater
John Downing, jun., Esq., Casthorpe, Lincolnshire
John Elsam, Esq., magistrate, Boston
Booth Eddison, Esq., Nottingham
John Fox, Esq., Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire
Smith Fowler, Esq., Nottingham
Francis Green Goodwin, Esq., Wigwell Grange, Derbyshire
Thomas Gee, Esq., banker, Boston
Charles Edmund Goodall, Esq., Normanton Nottingluimshire
John Godber, Esq., Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire
The Rev. G. J. Giradot, Carcolston, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Foster Gimson,,Esq., Nottingham
Francis Hall, Esq., Park Hall, Nottinghamshire
Robert Holden, Esq., Locko Park, Derbyshire
Francis Hurt, Esq., Alderwasley, Derbyshire
Richard Hurt, Esq., Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Charles Vicars Hunter, Esq., Kilburne, Derbyshire
William Hannay, Esq., Nottingham
John Hardy, jun. Esq., Banker, Grantham
Lawrence Hall, Esq., ramcote, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham
Lewis Heymann, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel Hollit s, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Harvey, Esq., Nottingham Park
Robert Hand, Esq., Woolsthorpe Lodge, near Grantham, Lincolnshire
John James Herbert, Esq., Grantham
Richard Healey, Esq., Laugton, Lincolnshire
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, London
Daniel Jackson, Esq., Boston
Edmund Fillingham King, Esq., Banker, Grantham
Thomas Keeley, Esq., Nottingham
John Lillie, Esq., Derby House, Manchester, Director of the Trent

Valley, Midlands and G.' rand Junction Railways
William Little, Esq., Eye, near Peterborough
Thomas Marriott, Esq., Pappillon Hall, Leicestershire
James Nixon, Esq., Beeston, Nottinghamshire
John Noble, Esq., Boston
William Ostler, Esq., solicitor, Grantham
John Oldrid, Esq., magistrate, Boston
George Parr, Esq., Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire
William Porter, Esq., Rochford-tower, Boston
William Fillingham Parr, Esq., Gotham, Nottinghamshire
William Parker, Esq , Hansthorpe House, Bourns, Lincolnshire
John Parr, Esq., Boston
Robert Palmer, Esq., Kennington, near London
Edward Radford, Esq., Tansley Wood, Matlock
John Sherwin Sherwin, Esq., Bramcote, Nottinghamshire
The Rev. John Smith, Aldaker Park, Derbyshire
John Simpson, Esq., Arnot Hill, Nottinghamshire
The Rev. John Storer, Rector of Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Spalding, Esq., London
William Sills, Esq., Casthorpe, Lincolnshire
John'Sturdy, Esq., magistrate, Boston
Kirke Swann, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel Beardsley Slater, Esq., Nottingham
John Swann, Esq., Nottingham
William Taylor, Esq., Ratcliffe Hall, Nottinghamshire
James Edward Tuxford, Esq., magistrate, Boston
John M. Thomas Esq., Boston
George Walker, Esq., Eastwood Hall, Nottinghamshire
World Thomas Wildman, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire
John Charles Williams, Esq., Lynn
Peter Walthall, Esq., Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Joseph Wass, Esq., the Villa, Lea, near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire,
one of the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, Amber-gate, and Midland Junction Railway
Joseph Wyles, Esq., Grantham
Charles Wright, Esq., alderman, Boston
Charles Wright, jun., Esq., merchant, Boston
Lawrence Wyles, Esq., Grantham
Nathaniel Wedd, Esq., merchant, Boston
William Watson, Esq., Daybrook, Nottinghamshire
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
W. F. N. NORTON, Esq., Chairman
THOMAS BISHOP, Esq., Vice-Chairman
Francis Braithwaite, Esq. Herbert Ingram Esq.
Richard Bradley, Esq. Joseph Paxton, Esq.
John Fowler Burbidge, Esq. John Rawson, Esq.
Charles Clarke, Esq. John Simpson, Esq.
Sir James Duke, M.P. John Swann, Esq.
William Hannay, Esq. Colonel Thomas Wildman
John Hardy, Esq. Joseph Wyles, Esq.
John Charles Williams, Esq.
ENGINEER—John Urpeta Rastrick, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Nottingham
Messrs. Arkwright, Worksworth
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, London
Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Derby
Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., Manchester
Messrs. J. and J. G. Wright and Co. Nottingham
Messrs. Kewney and King, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Messrs. Garfit, Claypons, and Co., Boston
Messrs. Henry and Thomas Gee and Co., Boston
Messrs. Moore and Robinson, Nottingham
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Percy, Smith, and Percy, Nottingham
Philip Hubbersty, Esq., Wirkiworth
John Poore King, Esq., Grantham
Thomas Winter, Esq., Grantham '
Messrs. Hopkins and Rice, Boston
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Bonner and Son solicitors, Spalding
Messrs. Smith and Wilkinson, solicitors, Horbling.
SECRETARIES.
Mr. John Gough, Nottingham
Mr. Thomas Jackson, Nottingham.

The above Company formed by an amalgamation of the Notting-
ham, Erewash Valley, Amber Gate, and Manchester, the Nottingham,
Vale of Belvoir, and Grantham, and the Nottingham and Boston
Railways, is intended to carry out the original object of those Com-
panies with an extension to Spalding. The Directors have the satis-
faction to state that by arrangements now made, this Company will
have the powerful aid and hearty co-operation of the Manchesttr,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway Company, the
Lynn and'Ely Railway Company, and the Lynn and Dereham Rail-
way Company. The Committee congratulate the Shareholders upon
this accession, which while it affords a mutually beneficial interchange
of traffic and a facility in carrying out the objects of this undertaking,
insures that unity of interest which is the best guarantee of perma-
nent succes.
They have also effected an amalgamation of interests with the
canals in the district, upon terms not only beneficial to the Share-
holders of this Company in a pecuniary point of view, but upon
such as will secure to this Company the influence of nearly
every nobleman and gentleman through whose property the line
will pass.
The treaty which has been pending with the Midland Railway,
the Directors are happy to state; will shortly be satisfactorily
concluded upon terms, which they feel assured, will receive the
full approbation of the Shareholders of this Company.
The Directors are now in a position to go to Parliament as a
united and most influential body, for the purpose of making a
direct and integral line of Railway from the terminus of the Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway at Amber
Gate, by Nottingham and Grantham to Boston and Spalding. At
Spalding it is proposed to form a junction with the line of the Lynn
and Ely Company projected from Wisbeach to Spalding.
Thus the scheme as now developed becomes one of a national cha-
racter—it effects, by the most desirable practical route, the junction
of Boston, Spalding, Lynn, Wisbeach; orwicit, Groat Yarmouth,
and the whole of the eastern and south-eastern part of the kingdom
with Liverpool, Manchester, and the great manufacturing districts of
Lancashire and Cheshire, and the great coal and iron districts of
Derhyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire.
The town and environs of Nottingham alone contain a population
of upwards of 100,000 persons, extensively employed in the cotton,
silk, and lace manufacture ; and this line, by its connexion with the
proposed Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Rail-
way, will reduce the distance upwards of 70 miles from that impor-
tant town to Manchester and Liverpool, as compared with existing
routes; and will bring the eastern parts of Lincolnshire and Norfolk
within a few hours journey of those hives of industry and sources of
wealth.

The line will pass through the extensive Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire Coal-field, and by its junction with the Midlands Railway
at Amber Gate, and its contiguity to the limestone and gritstone
quarries of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, will afford an unlimited
quantity of coal, lime, and building stone to districts hitherto only
partially and expensively supplied with those important articles.
By the cheap and expeditious transit provided by this line, coal
will be reduced to at least one-half the average price at which it is
usually sold in Lincolnshire, and when that traffic is fully developed,
the income to be derived to the Company, and the benfit conferred
on the public, will be immense. Boston and Spalding, and the
immediate country connected with those important tow's, are
situated in the richest productive districts in the kingdom. The corn
and cattle are consumed in the large manufacturing towns in the
midland and western counties, and the carriage of these to the con-
suming districts will alone furnisn a constant and certain source of
revenue.

A very considerable amount of the vast staple produce of Notting-
ham, Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, and the neighbourhood, which
is exported to Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany, and all other
parts of the Baltic, is now conveyed by a circuitous and expensive
route to Hull and London for exportation ; whereas on the com-
pletion of this line it will be transmitted direct to the eastern ports,
and from thence shipped to those countries in much less time and at
much less expense.

The Railway will also provide an easy and cheap access from Not-
tingham and the eastern parts of England to Matlock, Buxton, Bake-
well, Chatsworth, and Hsddon, and the romantic scenery of the Peak,
and by opening objects so rich in their attraction, will, beyond doubt,
comn.and a large proportion of that pleasure travelling by which ex-
isting lines have so much benefited.
It will be thus seen that the proposed line contains all the elements
of a profitable railway, it has a sea coast and seaport towns at its
eastern termini; it unites the richest and most productive agricul-
tural district of England with the great seats of manufacture and
consumption, it provides an outlet for the coal and minerals of Not-
tinghamshire and Derbyshire into districts at present only partially
and expensively supplied, and it connects the east with the midland
and western counties by the shortest practicable route.
The line having been now laid out Is reported to be free from en-
gineering difficulties, and the cost of formation will be much below
the average as compared with other lines.
The Directors are happy to say that no residential property is in-
terfered with ; and they have the assurance of the engineer that the
surveys are nearly completed, and that all the plans will be depo-
sited in compliance with thd Standing Orders of Parliament, and
from the talent and wel-lknown accuracy of the engineer they have
perfect confidence that such will be the case. The Directors have
reserved a portion of their capital for the landed proprietors and
litterrlticalo interested,-