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London, England, 1845-10-15 00:00:00

LYNN AND FAKENHAM RAILWAY,
WITH EXTENSION TO HOLT.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
CHAIRMAN —William Collins, Esq. M. P for Warwick
Robert Cook, Esq. Gainsborough, director of Isle of Ely, Wis-
beach, and Lincolnshire Railway
Col. Henry Dundas Campbell, North End.house, Portsmouth,
director of the Direct Western and London and Holyhead
Railways
John Downs, Esq. Bedford-place, Russell.square, director of the
Great Manchester and Rugby Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq. Leeds, director of the West Riding Junction
Railway and the Whitby, Pickering, Thirsk, and Great North
of England Railway
Abraham Howe, Esq. banker, Sheffield
Major Hawkes, Baker-street, Portman square, chairman of the Ja-
maica North and South Midland Junction Railways
St. George D'Arcy Irvine, Esq. of Irvine-town, Fermanagh,
Ireland
Col. Middleton, Commander of the Cavalry Depot, Maidstone,
director of the Central Kent Railway
George Smith, Esq. banker, Leeds, director of the Whitby,
Pickering, Thirsk, and Great North of England Railway
Julius le Souef, Esq. Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square,
director of the Bristol and Dover, and the St. Albans, Hatfield,
and Hertford Junction Railways
Col. Sir James Maxwell Wallace, C.B.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Barclay and Co. Lombard.street, and Norwich
Messrs. Gurney and Co. Norwich, Lynn, and Fakenham, Holt
Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds and Bradford.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—John U. Rastrick, Esq.
RESIDENT ENGINEER—WiIIiam Therotd, Esq , Norwich, M. LC E.
STANDING COUNSEL—W. L. Birkbeck, ESQ.
Sor.rcrroa—Charles Wright, Esq. 27, Essex-street, Strand.
The object of this line of railway is to connect the towns of Fe.
kenham, Holt, and Cromer with the important borough and sea-
port of Kings Lynn, and by means of the various projected lines, in
that neighbourhood, to extend the communication to every part of
Norfolk, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, and the north and west of Eng-
land, a connection, which must materially increase the importance
of Lynn, at a time when that successful national undertaking—
" The great level of the Wash"—is rapidly progressing towards ac-
complishment.
The delightful town of Cromer, which is a favourite resort, will
by means of this railroad become easily accessible not only to the
more immediate district, but also to the visitors from both the
Midland arid Northern Counties, who will thereby be enabled with
facility to avail themselves of its advantages.
The important town of Fakenham, together with Holt, sur-
rounded by a rich agricultural country, will by this line obtain the
advantage not only of general railway conveyance, but also of an
intimate connexion with the flourishing ports of Kings Lynn and
Wisbeach, places of considerable importance, from their integral
trade and vast exports, together with the several places connected
with them by means of the present existing railways.
Incontestable evidence was received by the Parliamentallt Com-
mittees during the last session, that wheat and all other grain was
usually from 2s. to 3s per quarter lower in price in the neigh-
bourhood of this line than at Norwich—a depreciation which will
be completely obviated by this line of railway ; the same effect will
equally or even more strongly appear with respect to all artificial
manures, and the consequent great increase in value of the whole
of the land in this district.
This line, when formed, will be the nearest road to London, via
Lynn, by upwards of twenty miles, for all places north of the line,
and it will be in the immediate proximity of, and will afford ac-
commodation to, Holkhana, Rainham, Melton Constable, Hough-
ton, and Hillington.
The promoters think it unnecessary to present any detailed ao-
count of the presumed revenue, as the importance r f the commu-
nication, and the extent of the population, must ensure a profitable
return upon the capital to be employed. The country presents no
engineering difficulties whatever ; on the contrary, it offers unex-
ceptionable gradients.
The Directors have been fortunate in securing the services of a
most competent and thoroughly practical engineer, who will per-
sonally devote his energies to the completion of the undertaking.
The surveys are proceeding with, and the necessary steps have
been taken to secure a Bill in the ensuing session, as well as to
limit the liability of the Shareholders to the amount of their Shares,
and to insure an allowance of 41. per cent. interest upon their de-
posits until the opening of the line.
Applications for shares are to be made to the Secretary, at the
temporary offices of the Company, or to Mr. Win. Wilde, Nor-
wich ; or to the following Sharebrokers —Messrs. Sutton, Gribble,
and Sutton, Royal Exchange; Mr. H. J. Bolding, 27, Token-
house-yard; Messrs. Scholes and Hanlon, Liverpool; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Messrs. Smith, Knowles, and
Cook, Leeds ; and Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull.
Temporary Office, 17, Essex.street, Strand.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committe of the Lynn and Fakenham Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
each in the above undertaking; and I hereby agree to take such
shares as may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon of 21.
2s. per share, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, and the
Parliamentary Contract when called upon to do so.
Dated the day of Oct. 1845,
Name in full
Residence
Profession
Name in full, residence, and proles
sion of referee .........

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCE3IENT.
THE DIRECT LINCOLN, GRA
AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY, by way of Oakham
and Market Ilarborough, and thence to Northampton, by the pro.
jected South Midland, with extension to Gainsborough:
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,t00,000/.; in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposits, 2/. 2s. per Share.
With poi er to increase the capital.
Liability limited to Subscription.
This line will also be a feeder to the several projected lines to
Great Grimsby.
.A detailed prospectus will shortly be published. Communications
may be addressed to the Secretary,
J. BROIVNE, Esq., 7, Whitehall place, London.

THE
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PENZANCE). AL3EXETER
LONDONENS N to anrcl-
kave COMPLETED the ALLOTMENT of SHARES, and that the
The Committee of Management hereby give Notice that they
usual letters are this day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on
claims unprecedented, It is believed, in their number and respecta-
bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preferenc,e t 5 111)-
plicauts locally interested, or likely to bring to bear for Ow Company
a large share of legitimate influence. The numerous persons, with
undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose
applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested
to accept this reason as the Committee's apology.
The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public
support are daily reaching them from the most influential quarters,
the engineering preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad-
vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in
a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders.
E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec.