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REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
I
Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held, pursuant to an
Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on TUESDAY, the 11th
February, 1845, for the ELECTION of FOUR DIRECTORS, in the
place of the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other
purposes of business, when important subjects connected with the
promotion of new lines of Railway to be applied for in the ensuing
session will be submitted for the consideration of the Proprietors.
The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely.

course ; it must also cross two opening bridges which (Independently
of the danger), cannot fail to cause loss of time."
" The London and York will be 14 miles shorter than the Cam-
bridge, Peterborough and Lincoln Direct Line to York ; the latter is
to cross four opening bridges : is to leave Huntingdon, Sleaford, Spal-
ding, Boston, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, Retford and Doncaster,
several miles to the east or west.
" The London and York w ill be shorter than the Cambridge, Ely
and Boston Line (proposed by the Midland Railway Company, which
leaves Peterborough and all the Towns upon the Great North Road,
except Bawtry and Doncaster, from 20 to 30 miles on the west of its
course), by 35 miles to York; 45 to Selby and Hull; 41 to Wakefield ;
40 to Sheffield ; and 33 to Doncaster."
" The London and York will cross the projected Wakefield and
Goole Railway near Snaith."
The Railway is intended to provide for a portion of Middlesex,
Hertfordshire, anal Bedfordshire, and for the whole of Huntingdon-
shire, North Northamptonshire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, and North
Nottinghamshire, which at present have no such accommodation, a
direct railway communication with London southward, and with
Yorkshire and Lancashire northward. This will be effected by a

ESSEX and SUFFOLK. RAILWAY.
At a MEETING held at the SWAN INN, LAVENHAM,
Sullblk, on Friday, the 31st January,
ROBERT MAPLETOFT, Esq., Chairman of the Quarter Sessions,
in the Chair,
Mr. Fearon, the Solicitor to the Company, explained the plan of
the proposed line, and
It was resolved unanimously,—That a c mmunication with Nor.
wich and with London is of the utmost importance to the interest of
this town, and that the projected Essex and Suffolk Railway appears
to offer the best and most economical means of effecting that object;
and this meeting pledges itself to support the same accordingly.
And the following Gentlemen, all of whom are subscribers, were
formed a Local Committee :
Messrs. Bobby,
Green,
Hitchcock,

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OMce, Gravesend, Nov. 29, 1844.

C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the
Act.

y order, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
London Terminus, Paddington, Jan. 20, 1845,

Messrs. Mumford,
Peck,
Price,

REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are ready to RECEIVE
TENDERS for LOANS of MONEY in sums of not less than 1,0001.,
for a period of Seven or Ten Years, on the security of Mortgage
Debentures, bearing Interest at the rate of Three-and-a-Half per Cent.
per annum, payable half-yearly.

ESSEX AND SUFFOLK RAILWAY.
At a MEETING, held at SUDBURY, on Monday, Feb. 3,
The MAYOR in the Chair,
Mr. Fearon, the solicitor for the Company, explained the plan of
the proposed line, and it was
Resolved unanimously, That it is of the utmost importance to the
interests of this borough to prevent a diversion of the traffic from Nor-
wich to London, which has so long passed through this place.
That it appears that the Essex and Suffolk Railway, by passing to
the west of the town, with a station at North-street, will prove the
cheapest and best line that could be adopted, avoiding the expense of
a long viaduct or embankment, and the danger of penning back the
floods in the Stour valley, and preventing any interference with the
Stour navigation, and that this meeting
,accordingty pledge them-
selves to its snpport.
That Robert Mapletoft, Esq. Chairman of the Bury Quarter Ses-
sions, be requested to act as local secretary.
And the following gentlemen, all of whom are anbserlbere, were
constituted a Local Committee, with power to add tu their
.utunber

main line passing through the centre of all these districts, excepting
Lincolnshire, and for that county the East Lincolnshire Line, above
described, is provided. The total length of new railway is 327 miles.
The area of country embraced by this scheme is 2,880,000 acres, and
eontains a population of 600,000 and upwards.
The entire disposable produce annually raised within these districts
Is sent southward to London, and northward to the north-western
manufacturing districts by most circuitous routes, by canals or coast-
wise. Its annual value is above 6,000,0001., and in its transmission
to its markets it loses upon the average tea per cent. in cost of car-
riage and delays. The projected Railway would reduce this loss by
one half, end confer a benefit upon the district equal to 300,0001. per
annum. It will also facilitate the transit of all articles and goods re •
ceived in return, which, estimated, at one half the first amount, will
Increase the annual benefit to 450,0001.
The gingle item of garden produce, in Bedfordshire, costs the pro-
ducers 20,0001. a year in carriage, whilst a railway would not only
give increased facilities, but save one half the cost of transit. The
public convenience in travelling afforded to a population of 600,000,-
now compelled to travel post or by coach, must also be considered.
In thus supplying these extensive districts with Railways, the
London and York will also prove the most direct practical Line
between London and York, being 185% miles only, and saving over
the existing Railways 33% miles. Consisting of one continuous Line,
it will work its trains with more celerity and fewer impediments, and
from this circumstance, added to the reduction of distance, will save
two hours in time and a considerable per centage upon the present
cost of travelling—branchwi being formed from Rawtry to Sheffield,
and from Doncaster to Wakefield and Normanton for Leeds, and the
Main Line touching the Hull Railway at Selby, the whole of York-
shire, with its population of a million and a half, and its extensive
manufactories will be brought nearer to London, and it* more im-
mediate and cheaper communication with the agricultural counties of
Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, &c. &c., to the extent above
stated.

Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway
Office, Paddington station.

C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

ARMAGH; COLERAINE, and PORTRUEL

' (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.)
Capital 600,000/., in 24,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 1/. Is. 6d. per Share.
Prospectuses and-applications for shares may be had of George
Ogle, Esq., solicitor to the Company, 4, Great Winchester-street ;
Messrs. James Watt and Co., solicitors, Dublin; and of the following
share brokers : Mr. Thomas Orewdson, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell
and Sons, Manchester ; Mr. James Watson, Glasgow ; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr. William Lee,
Cheltenham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Bank-street, Leeds • or of the
Secretaries, at the temporary offices of the Company, 4, Great Win-
chester-street; London.

Mr. Allen, Ballingdon-grove The Mayor of Sudbury
" Bridgman, Sudbury I Messrs. Raymond, Belchamp-hall
" Brown, Sudbury Rev. 0. Raymond, Middleton
" Churchyard,Long Melford " Sykes, Sudbury
Alderman Jones, Sudbury " Weiham, Sudbury
" Mitson, Sudbury " Wright, Eyston-hall.

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY
from London to York, Boston, Lincoln, Sheffield, Wakefield,
Leeds, and Hull ; through the( Counties of Middlesex, Hertford, Bed-
ford, Huntingdon, Rutland, Lincoln, Nottingham, and York.
Offices, 7, Lothbury, London ; and, during the Session of Par-

ESSEX and SUFFOLK RAILWAY,
COMPANY.

'lament, No. 36, Greai.George-street, Westminster.
The following Noblemen and Gentlemen assisted in the original
formation, or have subsequently signed Memorials in favour of this
Railway :
His Grace the Duke of Bedford
His Grace the Duke of Rutland
His Grace the Duke of Manchester
The Most Hon. the Marquis of Exeter
The Right Hon. the Earl of Winchilsea
The Right Hon. the Earl of Sandwich, Lord-Lieut. of Hunting.
donshire
The Right Hon. the Earl Brownlew, Lord-Lieut. of Lincolnshire
The Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough
The Right Hon. the Earl of Galnsborough
The Right Hon. Lord Carteret
The Right Hon: the Viscount Howick, M.P. for Sunderland
The Viscount Alford, 31. P. for Bedfordshire
Lord Ossuiston, M.P. for North Northumberland '
Lord Worsley, M.P. for Lincolnshire
The Right Hon. Lord Daere, the Hoo, Welwyn, Herts.
The Right Hon. Lord Ongley, Old Warden, Biggleswade
Rev. John Arlington, Little Barford, Beds.
James Arbouin, Esq., Mark-lane, London
William Astell, Esq., M.P. for Bedfordshire
John Harvey Astell, Esq., Everton House, Biggleswade
James Audus, Esq., Headingley, Leeds
Richard Westbrook Baker, Esq., Cottesmore, Rutlandshire
Rev. G. Andrews Baker, Warden Vicarage, Bedfordshire
David Barclay, Esq., M.P. for Sunderland
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. for Huntingdon
F. Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square
Charles Barnett, Esq., Stratton Park, Biggleswade
Charles James Barnett, Esq., Tetworth Hall, Hants.
John Barff, Esq. Wakefield
Matthew Bell, Esq., M.P. for South Northumberland
William Blake, Esq. Danesbury, Welwyn
W. Booth, Esq., Woodbury Hall, Biggleswade, Beds.
Ayscoghe Boucherett, Esq., Willingham, Lincolnshire
William Boucher, Esq., Gracechurch-street, London
Charles Dashwood, Bruce, Esq., King's Arms-yard
Rev. Jobe Byug, Langford, Bedfordshire
Sir J. Montague Burgoyne, Bart., Sutton Park, Beds.
Edward V. P. Burnell, Esq., Winkburn Hall, Notts.
W. H. Gadogan, Esq., Brenekbourn Priory, Northumberland
The Rev. Thomas Cator, Skelbrook Park, Doncaster
Charles Chaplin, Esq., Blankney, Lincolnshire
Aaron Chapman, Esq., M.P. for Whitby
John Walbanke Childers, Esq., M.P. for Melton
Sir M. J. Cholmeley, Bart., Easton Hall, Lincolnshire
R. A. Christopher, Esq., M.P. for Lincolnshire
The Hon. Charles T. Clifford, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
The lion. W. N. Ridley Colborne, g.P. for Richmond
Samuel Edward Cooch, Esq., Huntingdon
Philip D. Cooke, Esq., Owston Park, Doncaster
T. G. Corbett, Esq., Elaham, Lincolnshire
Colonel Cracroft, Hackthorn, Lincolnshire
A. J. B. Cresswell, Esq., M.P. for North Northumberland
John Curling, Esq., Gosmore, Herts.
The lion. and Rev. H. Cockayne Cust, Cockayne, Batley, Beds.
J. Hill Day, Esq., St. Neots
John Evelyn Denison, Esq., M.P. for Malton
Edmund Beckett Denison, Esq., M.P. for West Yorkshire
The Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, 31. P.
The Hon. Baron Dimsdale, Cornfield Lodge, Herts.
James Duberley, Esq., Gaines Hall, lituitingdenShire
Sir James Duke, M.P. for Boston
George Duncan, Esq., M.P. for Dundee
The Hon, Captain Arthur Duncembe, R.N., M.P. for East Redford
The Hon. Octavius Duncombe, 31 P. for North Yorkshire
The Hon:J. C. Dundas, M.P. for Richmond
The Hon. Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart., Scrivelsby Court, Lincolnshire
Lieut.-Col. Elrington, 12, Wyndham-place, Montague-square
Charles Heneage Elsley, Esq., Recorder, York
H. J. Enthoven, Esq., Winchester House, Old Broad-street
R. Ellison, Esq., Sudbrook Holm, near Lincoln
Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed
John Nathaniel Foster, Esq., St. Andrew's, Biggleswade
John. Foster, Esq., Beaumont Close, Biggleswade
Thomas Spragging Godfrey, Esq., Balderton, Notts.
Abel Louis Gower, Esq., Coleman-street, London
Thomai Colpitts Granger, Esq., M.P. for Durham
Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield, Woodhouse, IN otts.
Willinm Hale, Esq., King's Walden, Herts.
William Farnworth Handley, Esq., Newark
John Handley, Esq., North Mnskham, Notts.
Richarfl S. Harvey, Esq., Mayor of Lincoln
John Harvey, Esq., Ickwell Bury, Beds.
Jonathan Rayne, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maida-hill
J. Heathcote, Esq.
--, Conington Castle, Huntingdonshire
J

To effect this saving of distance between the termini of the pro-
posed Railway, the local convenience of the intermediate districts has
not been at all sacrificed. Every town of importance is
.either
touched by the Main Line or by a Branch.

From Peterborough to Lincoln, the Railroad will pass through the
most populous and productive part of Lincolnshire, without interfering
with private property, or the public drainage of the country; .and
with the assent and good wishes of the Corporations of Lincoln and
Boston, and of the Canal Companies and Drainage Commissioners.
The supply of coal from the Yorkshire coal field will by this
Railway reach the whole country eastward between the projected
Line and the Sea. The population to which coal will be thus cheap-
ened will not be short of 1,000,000, and the average reduction of
price will not be so little as ss. per ton. It has been found that the
consumption of coal is equal to one ton per head of any given
amount of population. The public benefit in this particular will,
therefore, not be less than 250,0001. per annum.
The London and York Line will be an integral and independent
Line throughout. It will have-its London Terminus at King's-cross
(unquestionably the most central situation for the combined objects
of Passengers, Goods, and Cattle), and its York Terminus within
the City Walls, a few hundred yards from the present Railway
Station. It will, however, communicate with the Great North of
England, at York—the North. Midland, near Normanton—the Leeds
and7Manchester, at Wakefield—and the Sheffield and Manchester,
at Sheffield—thereby completing the chain of Railway communica-
tion between Liverpool and Roston.
With reference to _the schemes projected as rival Lines to the Lon-
don and York, the accompanying Table of Distances will explain
their relative length, and show that the London and York is by far
the shortest (except in the comparison of mileage with the Direct
Northern, upon the Trunk Line, between London and York). For
the entire trade of the district, the London and York is still shorter
than the Direct Northern. It runs directly from the agricultural
districts to the manufacturing markets and coal field ; whilst the
Direct Northern has no such connexion, except by the circuitous
route of the York and North Midland Lines. It also better suits the
trade to the Southern market in London, because it extends through
Peterborough directly into the heart of the feeding and corn-producing
district, whilst the Direct Northern passes away to the West. As
far, therefore, as the trade and supply of coal to the district is con-
cerned, the London and York has the entire superiority.
Even as a Main Trunk between London and York, though it is (as
has been carefully ascertained) seven miles (but not more than save,
miles) longer than the Direct Northern, yet it would work its trains
from London to York more expeditiously than its rival, from the cir-
cumstance of its having no drawbridge to pass, 'whilst the Direct
Northern has two such bridges ;—and also from its running through
almost all the towns of the district, needing only two branches—
whilst the Direct Northern, passing at a distance from nearly every
town, would require eight branches, varying from one to ten miles in
length. The time lost by passing two open bridges (to say nothing of
the danger) would be more than that necessary to run four miles ;
and every branch involving at the junction,
either a change of car-
riages and luggage, or the taking on of fresh carriages, causes a delay
seldom so little a 4 five minutes : (practically felt at the Normanton
and Masbro' Midland Stations, at the Rugby, and every other Sta-
tion where lines meet). The time consumed in passing a first-class
station where no branch joins, is not half that interval; and the loss
of two-and-a-half minutes upon each of the six additional branches
of the Direct Northern, would be sufficient for miming the whole
seven miles. But if four miles be deducted for the drawbridges, the
loss of one minute at each of the six junctions would more than com-
pensate for the difference of mileage.
As a Trunk Railway, therefore, without regard to the trade of the
district, the London and York would be the safer and more expedi-
tious of the two.
It is needless, in the present state of public feeling against the an-
noyance and delays caused by short branches, to add, that every town
within the district is strongly opposed to any Line which does not pass
immediately through it.
With reference to the other rival lines—one by Cambridge direct to
Lincoln and thence direct to York—the other from Cambridge by Ely
and the coast by Boston, Lincoln, Doncaster, and South Milford to
York—the subjoined Table of Distances shows the first to be 14 miles
and the second 35 miles longer than the London and York, whilst
neither of them afford anything like equal accommodation to the trade
of the districts ; and both of them leave out of their consideration the
towns and district of Huntingdon, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, and
Retford, and abandon the county of Bedford.
These Lines, however, are so well known to be purely obstructive
Lines, devised by a combination of existing Railway interests, to pre-
vent the making of any new Line between London and York, which
would be more convenient to the Public than the Western Lines
through Derby, and the schemes are so devoid of public sympathy or
Support, that it may be unnecessary ffirther to remark upon them.
The Distances marked are all by Rail, excepting :where " road,"
is mentioned, and In such cases the total distance includes the road.

Capital 750,000/. in 30,000 251. Shares.
Deposit 21. per Share.
Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Vie., cap. 110, sec. 4.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Allen, Robert Alfred, Esq., Ballingdon Grove, Essex
Bevan, Robert, Esq., the Bank, Sudbury and Bury! and Rotigham,
Suffolk
Brown, Stephen, Esq., Market-hill, Sudbury.
Churchyard, John, Horse Hair Manufacturer, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Freeland. Rev. W. Coyte, Rector of Chilton
Green, John, Esq., Lavenham
Harding, Charles, Esq., Great Henny, Essex
Hitchcock, Thomas, Woolstapler, Lavenham
Jones, Thomas, Esq., Alderman, Sudbury ' •
King, Isaac, Esq., Wickham Hall, Essex
Mason, Maurice, Esq., Sudbury
Mumford, George, Esq., Lavenhanr
Murray, Alexander, Esq., Eriswell Mildenhall, Suffolk
Musgrave, William, Merchant, Sudbury
THE MAYOR OF SUDBURY
Pattison, Captain, Maldon, Essex
Peck, William, Esq., Lavenham
Pratt, Benjamin, Esq.. Sudbury
Pratt, Thomas, Esq., Otten Belchamp
Raymond, Samuel Milbank, Esq., Belchamp Hall, Essex
Raymond, Rev. Oliver, Rector of Middleton and Bulmer
Rogers, P., Esq., Ivy Hill, Margaretting
Sikes, John, Esq., Sudbury
Sperling, George, Esq., Attwood's, Halstead
Tatham, Thomas James, Three Ash Althorn, near Maldon, and
Bedford-place, London
Turner, Thomas, Woolstapler, Lavenham
Stewart, P., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
Walker, George, Esq., Over Hall, GuestingthorPe •
Wright, William, Esq., Eyston Hall, Essex

BANKERS.
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street.
Esq., Stansted, Suffolk.
trST.AlStrra:hßaonbe,
rStirmJa.pDie.tPoftaul and Co., Strand.
Messrs. Oakes, Bevan, and Co., Bury and Sudbury.
Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Maldon and Halstead.
SMxeBcas
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, London.
Messrs. G. W. Andrews, Sudbury.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Sperling and Harris, Halsted.
Henry Jackson, Esq., Braintree.
William Codd, Esq., Town Clerk, and Messrs. Crick, Maldon.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS. _•
The proposed line (which has long been projected, and is now
brought forward on the rejection of the London and Norwich Direct
line by the Board of Trade), is intended to form a connecting link
between the Norwich and Brandon railway at Thetford, and the
Eastern Counties line, at or near Hatfield (about four miles from
Chelmsford), whence it will be continued to the town and port of
Maldon, accommodating in its course the• important and populous
towns of Bury St. Edmunds, Lavenham, Long Melford, Sudbury,
Halsted, Hocking, Braintree, and Maldon, and forming at once the
most direct and economical line to Norwich, and opening a communi-
cation between the fertile agricultural interior of Essex and the Sea.
Reference to the map :of the district through which the line passes I
at once suggests that the communication between Norwich and the
Metropolis should follow the old coach route through the populous
towns which that traffic has contributed to foster, and it can hardly
be imagined that existing interests will be permitted to be entirely
sacrificed by its diversion into other channels.
In this point of view, therefore, this line may be considered of vital
importance to the various towns near which it passes, but to the
public at large it also offers considerable inducements as a means of
investment.

This line will secure both the traffic between the interior of Essex
and the port of Maldon, and between that town and the Denjie
Hutl-
dred, and Chelmsford and London—the distance between those places
being less than by the old coach road.
The towns of Bocking, Braintree, and Halstead, are all con-
nected with the silk trade, and the intercourge existing between
them and the port of Maldon is even now very extensive.
To these places the Mahlon branch (which is an integral
part of the present scheme) is of great moment, as it will re-
duce the price of carriage from about Bs. 6d. to 2s. per ton, thus
giving a stimulus to trade, and materially augmenting the imports
of coal, coke, iron, oil-cake, tar, slates, and other general mer-
chandise, and the exports of corn, flour, wool, and other agricultural
produce.

Hegan, Esq., Liverpool
G. F. Heneage, Esq., Hainton, Lincolnshire
Dennis Herbert, Esq., Huntingdon
Sir Robert Heron, Bart., M.P. for Peterborough
Thomas Hodgkinson, Esq., Wimpole-street
William Hogg, Esq., Biggleswade, Beds..
Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Manchester
William Hutt, Esq., M.P. for Gateshead
George Hutton, Esq., Carlton-on-Trent
Sir W. A. Ingilby, Bart., Ripley Castle, Yorkshire
Sir Walter C. James, Bart., M.P. for Hull
Hugh Johnston, Esq.
John Pearse Kennard, Esq., Lombard-street
Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., M.P. for North Nottinghamshire
Valentine Knight, Esq., Finchley
Robert Lindsell, Esq., Fairfield, Biggleswade.
William Lucas, jun., Esq., Ilitehin, Herta
Henry Laws Long, Esq., East Barnet, Herts
Capt. Laws, R.N., Manchester
J. J. Marfleet, Esq., Winthorpe, Notts.
W. S. Marshall, Esq., 4, Hyde-park-square
Mr. Alderman Meek, York
The Hon. A. L. Melville, Lincoln
Samuel Mills, Esq., 20, Russell-square,.and Radwell, Herts.
Henry Miteslfe, Esq., M.F. for Tynemouth
Francis Mowatt, Esq., Old Broad-street, London
John Neeld, Esq., M.P. for Cricklade
Richard Oakley, Esq., Gilley, Herts.
The Hon. Frederick H. Ongley, Old Warden, Bedfordshire
William Ord, Esq., M.P. for Newcastle-on-Tyne
Osborn, Esq., Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire
Charles William l'acke, Esq., M.P. for Leicestershire
George Ilussey Packe, Esq., Caythorpe House, Grantham
Francis l'arker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald Paull, jun., Esq., Lcadenhall-street
Sir Charles G. Payne, Bart., Blunham House, Biggleswade
J. Pease, jun., Esq., Darlington
Colonel Jonathan Peel, M.P. for Huntingdon
Francis Pym, Esq., The Hassel's, Biggleswade
John Rawsen, Esq., Stoney Royd, Halifax
Major-General Reeve, Leadenham House, Grantham
Richard Anthony Reynolds, Esq., Paxton Hall, Hunts.
Alfred Ricketts, Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Old Broad-street (Chairman of the Bristol

and Exeter Railway Company)
Colonel Lancelot Rolleston, 'ALP. for South Notts.
George Rust, Esq., Huntingdon
James Rust, Esq., Alconbury llouse, Huntingdonshire
lion. Frederick Dudley Ryder, Ickleford House, Herts.
Joseph Sharpies, Esq., Hitchin, Herte.
W. Ambrose Shaw, Esq., Wycombe Lodge, Kensington
George Robert Smith, Esq., 1, Lombard-street
Anthony Butler St. Leger, Esq., Park-hill, Worksop
Rev. 11. W. Sibthorpe, Washingboro', Lincoln
Col. S. Wright Vaughan, Woodstone, near Peterborough
Sir George Strickland, Bart., M.P. for Preston
Henry Stuart, Esq., M.P. for Bedford
William Stuart, Esq., Tempeford Hall, Beds.
John Manners Sutton, Esq., Kelham Hull, Notts.
George Thornhill, Esq., M.P. for Huntingdonshire
George Tomline, Esq., M.P. Riby Grove, Lincolnshire
James Torkington, Esq., Stukeley Hall, Hunts.
Christopher Turnor, Esq.; M.P. for Lincolnshire

The borough of Sudbury is also connected with the silk and
bunting manufacture, but is supplied with heavy goods by the Stour
navigation, to which this line will prove an important feeder.
Every line hitherto proposed crosses the valley of the Stour below
Ballingdon-bridge to the east of the town, by a long and expensive
viaduct, thereby entailing a heavy outlay,- and risking an opposition
from the navigation, and the great probability of penning back the
floods on to the town of Ballingdon.
present line (with a sta-
tion at North-street), crosses the valley to the west of the town, at
the narrowest point, on a short timber viaduct, avoiding all possi-
bility of a collision with the navigation (which does not extend above
bridge), and saving a serious expenditure, and all danger from the
floods. _ _
•- •

The towns of Long Melford and Lavenliam are engaged in the
horse-hair manufacture, and in woolstapling, &c., and would enjoy
the benefit of a quick communication both with Norwich and Lon-
don, and a cheap supply of coal and other
.heavy goods from the
river Stour.
To the town ofßury this line affords at once the most direct commu-
nication with Norwich and London, and with the port of Lynn, with
which it already maintains a considerable intercourse ; and it will
also prove the shortest route from Yarmouth and Norw'ch to the
metropolis, thereby securing a large pertiOn of that traffic in con-
nexion with the Norwich and Brandon Railway.
Instead of passing through a thinly inhabited district, as is the
case with the London and Norwich direct line, this Railway will
accommodate a population of upwards of 150,000 souls, seven
market towns, and three boroughs, returning each two Members
to Parliament. The intermediate traffic, therefore, particularly
on market-days, will be very considerable; and will form a consi-
derable source of emolument, not possessed by any other line to
Norwich.
Independently of passengers, a considerable income will be de-
rived, not only from silk and other manufactured goods, but from
the vast quantities of corn, flour, Wool, malt, &c., beasts, sheep,
and :.pigs, dead meat and poultry, which are annually sent
from the entire district; and from East Norfolk, to the London
markets.
The promoters have carefully revised the traffic estimates, and
the following Summary of actual Existing Traffic may be relied
upon :
Coach traffic, including passengers by coach to Lon-
don direct, coach parcels, passengers by gigs, &c.,
and intermediate between the stations, horses and
carriages, and conveyance of mails . . £48,766 3 10
Goods traffic, including coals between Maldon and
Braintree, and Maldon and Halstead, manufactured -
goods, groceries and shop goods, corn, flour, malt,
wool, &c., cattle, beasts, carcases, poultry, &c.... ' 35,719 1 II

Richard Tyas, Esq., Doncaster
David Yeasey, Esq., Huntingdon
Louis Vigurs, Esq., Old Broad-street, London
Captain Vyner, Wrest House, Bedfordshire
Thomas Walker, Esq., Doncaster
Henry Walker, Esq., Clifton, near Rotherham
John Twizell Wawn, Esq., M.P. for South Shields
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln
Sir W. Earle Welby, Bart., Denton Hall, Lincolnshire
Glynn Earle Welby, Esq., M.P. for Grantham
W. H. Whitbread, Esq., Southill House, Biggleswade, Beds.
Sir Thomas W. White, Bart., Wallingv,-ells, Notts.
G. Cooke Yarborough, Esq., Campsmount, Doncaster
Henry G. Redhead Yorke, Esq., M.P. for York.

COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
William Astell, Esq., M.P. for Bedfordshire, Chairman
Edmund Beckett Denison, Esq., M.P. for West
Yorkshire Vice-Chairmen
Francis Mowatt, Esq., Old Broad-street
James Arbouin, Esq., Mark-lane, London
John Barff, Esq., Wakefield
F. Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kennington-square, (Director of the

Great— „
Western Railway)
The lion. Octavius Duncombe, M.P. for North Yorkshire
The Hon. J. C. Dundas, M.P. for Richmond
It. Ellison, Esq., Sudbrook Holm, near Lincoln
li. J. Enthoven, Esq., Winchester House, Old Broad-street
John Nathaniel Foster, Esq., St. Andrew's Biggleswade
Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield, Woodhouse
J. Ilegan, Esq., Liverpool
Henry Hohlsworth, Esq., Manchester
John Pearse Kennard, Esq., Lombard-street
Captain Laws, R.N., Manchester
W. S. Marshall, Esq., 4, Hyde Park-square
Samuel Mills, Esq., 20, Russell-square, and Radwell, Herts.
Mr. Alderman Meek, York
George Hussey Packe, Esq., Caythorpe-house, Grantham
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald Paull, jun., Esq., Leadenhall-street
J. Pease, jun., Esq., Darlington
Francis l'ym, Esq., The Hasells, Biggleswade
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Old Broad-street, (Director of the Great

Total traffic .• •••••••• • • • • • • • .
Deduct 40 ► er cent. for maintenance of way,
working power, management, and other
expenses ••••••••• • • • • • • • . ..... .......... 33,794 2 3

Net annual profit, being about 6% per cent. on the
capital required • • • • • 450,691 8 6

. .
Western and of the Bristol and Exeter Rabways)
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln
Rev. H. W. Sibthorpe, Washingboro', Lincoln.
ENGINEER.—WiIIiam Cubttt, Esq., F.R.S., &c.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-street, London.
Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co., 4, Lombard-street,
London.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Barker, Rose, and Norton, London.
Messrs. Burehell, Kilgour, and Parson, London.
R. and E. Baxter, Doncaster.
SEcarrAttr.—James Ryder Mowatt, Esq.

" The London and York Railway will pass through the Towns of
Hatfield, 13iggleswade, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham,
Newark, ltetford, Bawtry, Doncaster, and Selby. An East Lincoln-
shire Line will leave the North and South Trunk near Peterborough,
and will pass through Spalding, Boston, Lincoln, Gainsborough, and
Bawtry to Sheffield—having a branch to Rotherham. There will be
a branch seven miles long from the Main Line to Bedford ; another
to Stamford ; from Doncaster a branch will he taken to Wakefield.
The distance from London to York will be reduced 331 miles ; to
Selby and Hull, 40 ; to Leeds, 20 ; to Wakefield, Halifax, Bradford,
and Huddersfield, 26 ; to Sheffield, 12 ; to Doncaster, 30 miles ; Ro,
therham, 10; Barnsley, 9, as compared with existing Railways."
" The London and York will he seven miles longer than the Direct
Northern, talt the whole distance will be accomplished in the same,
and perhaps even in less, time ; for the trains of the Direct Northern
must be considerably delayed at the branches proposed for the several
Towns which it leaves, from one to ten miles east and west of its

The above is without calculating upon any anticipited Increase
from the sources before-mentioned, which there is no doubt would
very considerably augment the dividend.
The total length of the line, as at present laid down, including the
branch to Malden (5% miles in length) is—to Bury, about 41 miles;
to Thetford, 53 miles.
The line does not interfere with any ornamental property; there
are no engineering difficulties, and the gradients are remarkably
good ; and the total cost, including stations, &c., is not expected
to exceed 13,0001. a mile, leaving a considerable balance for Engines
and Stock, Parliamentary and incidental-expenses. Its claims to
public support, therefore, rest as much upon its intrinsic merits, as on
the recognised principle of protection to vested interests—while, so
far from being inimical to the lines it joins, it must act as an impor-
tant feeder to the Eastern Counties Railway, and will be the means
of preventing a diversion of the greater part of the Norwich and
Brandon traffic to the Eastern Union line.
Two months' notice will be given of all calls, and no Subscriber will
be liable beyond the amount of his subscription. Power will be re-
served In the Act to allow four per cent. interest on deposits until the
completion of the line. •
Applications for shares to be made, in the annexed form, to the
solicitors or local agents, and to D. M`Neil, Esq., Angel-court, Throg-
morton-street, and Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal
Exchange, London; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; J.
Greaves, Esq., Liverpool ; Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull ; James
Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; and Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol.
Form of Application for Shares.
To the Provisional Committee of the Essex and Suffolk Railway.
I request that you will allot me shares in the pro-
posed Essex and Suffolk Railway, on the terms mentioned in the
prospectus ; and I agree to take all such shares, or so many thereof
as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to
execute the Parliamentary contract and Subscribers' agreement,
when required so to do.

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