The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-25 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Wynn Ellis, Esq. 31. P. for Leicester, director of the Brandon and

Spalding Railway
Corbet Smith, Esq. Bittleswell-hall, High Sheriff of Lobes

tershire
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Chairman of the Northampton, Ban-
bury, and Cheltenham Railway
The Hon. Major C. Napier, Rugby, director of the Peterbor:ugh and

Nottingham Railway
General Johnson, M.P.
William Collins, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Etwall, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Nottingham, director of the Brandon and
Spalding Railway
Matthew Gisborne, Esq. Walton-hall, Derbyshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq. Glenneld-lodge, Leicester
Sir Richard J nkins, G.C.B. director of the Easy India Company
Sir Edwin Pearson, I.R.S. Gloucester-terrace, Regeut's-park
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, Cheapside
Josiah Wilson, Esq. Stamford-hill
George Meek, Esq. Russell-square
Jobn Clement Ending, Esq. director of the National Bank of Ireland
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. director of the Eastern Counties Railway
Richard Heaviside, Esq. Brighton
William Ettwall, Esq. Long,stock-down, near Stockbridge, director
of the Southampton and Manchester Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq. chairman of the Greenwich Railway Com-

pang.
T. 11-. Bigge, Esq. Bryanstone-square
Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N. Headley-grove, Surrey, director of the

Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq. Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park
Samuel Keamson, Esq. Little Sutton, Sutton Coldfleld, Warwick.

shire

Frederick Pearson, :Esq. Piccadilly
Fraser B. Henshaw, Esq. Lower SeymoUr-street, Portman-square

director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Mandiestet•

Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington, director
of the Erewash Valley Railway
llerbert Ingram; Esq. Swinshead-abbey, Lincolnshire
Win Tathan Banks, Dm. warden and magic-i

trate of Louth, Lincolnshire
William Gresham, Esq. Aderman of Lin- Provisional Directors
coin of the Great Grims-
Samuel Trought, Esq. Louth, Lincolnshire by, Louth, an. d Lin-
William Ward, Esq. M.D. llorneastle coin Railway.
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house,

Sheffield, director of the Isle of Ely, Wis-i
beach, and Lincoln Railway
The Rev. T. B. Hildebrand, rector of Saxby, near Melton-Mowbray,
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Leicestershire
John Thomas Raworth, Esq. Leicester, provisional director •P the

South Union Railway _
Nathan!ci C. Stone, Esq. Rowley-fields, near Leicester
John Eamf•s, Esq. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Frederick Coyle), Worsicy, Esq. Imberhorne-house, Sussex, director
of the Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
John Smith Mansfield, Esq. Essex-court, Temple
Charles Hance, Esq. Alexander-square, Bromptou
Thomas Bridges, Esq. Marwood-hll, Devonshire
Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby
Douglas Fox, Esq. Derby
John D. Cooper, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worceste: shire Railway
Henry F. Gisborne, Esq. Derby, director of the Tamworth and Lei-

tester, Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
• John Ramp, Esq. Catton, Derbyshire
Joshua Harding, Esq. Rosiiston, Derbyshire
Nathaniel Nadin, Esq. Stapenhill, Derbyshire
J. Nadin, coal proprietor, Newhall and Swadlincote Collieries, Derby.

shire
R Slicrratt Tomlinson, Esq. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Charles James Mason, Esq. Fenton, Staffordshire
Jos,ph Xunneiey. Esq Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
William Little, Esq. Peterborough, director of the Peterborough and

Nottingham Railway _
I. Y. Bainbrigge, Esq. Derby, director of the Derby and Crewe

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Railway
J. C. Williams, Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Henry Smith, Esq. Galusborough
William Lister Sharp, Eso. Gainsborough, director of the Derby and
Great Grimsby, and or the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension
Railway.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chaim an—Wynn Ellis Esq., M P.
Deputy-Chairman—Josiah Wilson, Esq.
Thomas Wakefield. Esq. John Smith Mansfield, Esq,
Ambrose Moore, Esq. George Meek, Esq.
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. Capt. Gustavus Evans, R.N
John D. Cooper, jun., Es.;.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Fox, Esq.
ENGINEER—JOhII Hughes, Esq.

BANKERS.
The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
Messrs. Pageis and Kirby, Leicester
Pure's Leicestershire Banking Company, Melton-Mowbray
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company, Spalding
Messrs. Evans and Co., Derby
The Burton Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent.
SoLtaToas-Messrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, King's Arms-yard, Cole-

man-streei. ; Abraham Bass, Esq.l,;rtoii-upon-Trent.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.—MCSSIS. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates,
Parliament-street.

SEcarrAnY—Williarn Banyan], 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 ma important link of communication between the town
of Spalding and the eastern coast with the Western and Midland
districts.
Commencing at the Spalding station of the Norwich, Dereham,
Lynn, and Holneach Railways, the line will proceed by Bourn,
Witham, Castle Bytham, South Wytham, and Wymondliam 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.
y of Leicester, via Bur-
The projected line will form the most direct communication
ets of Lincoln, Norfolk,
on the west.
be-
tween the eastern and midland districts of the kingdom, and will, by
, an almost direct line
Norwich, on the east, to
Bur-
ton-upon-Trent, ne
un means
oonf- there proposednt,tost a linesfior across•bring titste enoluaiarikt
Shropshire, and North Wales, nearer to each other by many miles
than any other line of railway-
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The entire length will not exceed thirty nines. There is no tunnel-
-IMg, cutting, or embanking of any importance necessary; the line
from Bourn to Spalding, a distance of about twelve miles, is very
level, and may be constructed 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 undeveloped for want of tbe means of transit.
The central midland districts have felt greatly; the want of direct
communication wiih the coast; and this line will at once supply the
deficiency to the greater part of Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
It will afford a transit for the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Lei-
ces.ayshire coal into districts heretofore entirely dependent upon
supply from the north at high prices: it will also secure the advan-
tages of an unlimited supply of lime from the Leicestershire works,
to the agricultural districts of Lincoln, which are at present only
supplied at very high rates; and, in return traffic, the midland dis-
tricts will (Main the advantage of a direct transit for the stock and
agricultural produce of Lincolnshire and Norfolk.
Several proposed lines of railway converge at Spa"ding, which is
the'nearesi: point on the eastern coast for the midland counties, and
expensebet‘veen Birmingham, connected by the River Welland with the German Ocean.
derivable
ey; and the income
The proposed capital will be sufficient for the construction of the
Co-
ventry, Leicester, Derby, Melton, Spalding, and Boston, the trans-
frow onriktsheantaraffieN
trans-
port of cern, cattle, and other produce of the great agricultural
every ryi n spu
abssselugeerri
districts through which the line passes to the principal consuming
districts, and of coals, lime, and staple commodities for the inland
districts, will be sufficiently ample to warrant the outlay.
The Parliamentary surveys 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 share., plan., and prospectuses may be
had of the Solicitors ; also at the offices of the Company, 4, Tra-
falgar-square, Charing-cross, where applications /or shares, accom-
panied by respectable references, may be addressed to the Provi-
sional Committee.

FORM OF APPLICATION' FOR SHARES.
To the Provisio.tal Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray,
and Spalding Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 20/.
each in the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such less number as you may appropriate to me subject to the ie-
gulations of the Company. and to sign the necessary deeds, and to
pay when required the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.
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