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London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,

The Hen. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway Company
William Allied Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman
of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway Company
Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Chessel, near Southampton Lord of
the Manors of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet
The Right Hon. Lord Duuboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley
William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham -gate, and
Highwood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon
Samuel Dendy, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the

Manor of Hendon
Lieut.-Colonel Gillies, Dorchester House, Bayswater
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and
Austrian Railway
Josiah Beale, Esq., Gray's Inn
Major Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, tind

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Central Wales Railway Company
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester,

Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway
Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish.

square
henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway
Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School,

Hendon, Middlesex
Theßev,H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex

Captain Grover, R.N.
Captain John Innes, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon,
I 'Middlesex
the Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A.., Incumbent of St. Paul's

Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex
Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet
fir. Bruce Johnson, Finchloy

Milian& Christopher Daniel beighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College
Cambridge, Holloway
Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway
Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet
Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet
W. J. ➢PGwire, Esq., 74, St. James's-street
W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City
James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton
George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and

Western Railway Company
George Godfrey, Esq. The Elms, Hutton, Essex
Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and

Basingstoke Railway Company
Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing.

stoke Railway
Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's Park
William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square
Thomas ReginaldKentp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and

Basingstoke Railway Company
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and

Central Wales Railway Company
J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street
John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus

Railway Company
The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe Parsonage. Wakefield, Direc
tor of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union
and Leicester and Birmingham Re way
Thomas Francis Justice, Esq. Berner's-street, Oxford-street
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-street, Russell-square, Director of
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the Grand Trunk Railway
John D. Hopkins, Esq., 25, Bedford-square
J. H. Lister, Esq., Director of the outit and Midland Junstion

Railway
J. P. Wright, Esq., Edinburgh
W. Stark, Esq., Rockhalls, Lodge, Cricklewool
Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden
Thomas Cope, Esq., Cricklewood

Captain F. N. Fisher, United Service Club, Whitehall
George Howell, Esq., Fincbley-common

George Hayes, Esq., Vincent-villa, Finchley-common
Robert Henry Lindham, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset-square

Alexander James Geddes, Esq., Parade, Thames Bank.
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. Halpin, Esq.
Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq,
William Alfred Hill,Esq., Deputy. Alexander Prince, Esq.
Chairman George Freeman, Esq.
Major Lindam, K.H. George Godfrey, Esq.

Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq.,

*belt Wright Wood, Esq.

F.S.A. jCharles Green, Esq. -
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Whishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook. T.odga
Hendon, and Adelphi.

ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, E'sq., 10, Gray's Inn-square.
Belgium—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths,
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street
G. P. Hill, Esq., 21e, Soho-square.
LOCAL AGENTS.

Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Finchley
John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone.
Messrs. Tatham and Son, solicitors, Highgate
Thomas Weeks, Esq., solicitor. Tottenham
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This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected
town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great
Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern
and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten-
ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon-
don and York Railways. _ .

The line, in Its course, will unite the town of Barnet with 'Whet-
stone, Totteridge, Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finchley, Holder's Hill,
Hendon, Burrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon,
Wllsdon, Wilsdon Green. Holsdon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne
Green, 3laida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch
End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton,
Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap-
ton, Ilighbury, Holloway, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham,
Bow, Bromley, Bethnal. Green, Limehouse, Horton, Homerton,
Hackney, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch,
Blackwail, Euston-square, Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith,
Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, Sm. ; connecting those places with the
various railways named, and all those south of the river Thames.
The distance front the town of Barnet to the station of the London
and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will be
15 miles.

The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten-
ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and
the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4 4 miles. From the
junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 9%
miles ; from the Decoy (near Brent•street, Hendon), on the proposed
Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern
and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 6% miles.
There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance.

The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp-
stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow
the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus
the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan
line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass through
an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large
collections of houses and buildings.

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Upon the completion of this railway, a large and daily-increasing
population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses,
will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto
affording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad-
rupled in value.
The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too,
will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend-
ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any compacy who
may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of
the trunk lines now contemplated.

An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may
be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following sources,
amongst others:-
1. From the conveyance of passengers.
2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City and
Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this
line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through
London ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly
during the period of the large Barnet fairs.
3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fbel,
and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense
of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grievous ev,..

The Committee c.l Dl attsiement reacrve to themselves the power
of adopting, upon t his line, locomotive potter, •r Presser's Railway
guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expellent.
Applications for Shares in the form annexed tan!: ommuni-
cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Cur
pany), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices
of the Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to the Joint
Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, and G. P
Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square; or to Messrs. Sparks and Clark,
3, Bartholomew-lane ; Messrs. W. and H. It. Cox, Share-brokers,
16, Throgmorton-street ; I. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; Charles
0. Nei . Esq., 15, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; Mr. Landford,
Exeter; John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; and
Messrs. Wellheloved and Caster, Leeds.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR 51dAREt.

To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.

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BARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity,
convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published,
held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of
September instant,
JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair ;
It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq , seconded by the Rev. J. D.
THOMPSON, and carried unanimously—
That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway commu-
nication between the northern districts of the Metropolis and the
town of Banta Is of vital importance to its prosperity, and Is now
imperatively called for.
It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITH, Esq., and seconded by
Mr. JonN HOPEWELL, and resolved unanimously--
2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and
map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, and on comparing ,the same with the other pro-
jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet
and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town
greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to
come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford
to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it
deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an in-
terest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition. be presented in
favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of
Parliament ; and this meeting pledges itself to thrther the views of
the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appcinted to promote
the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet.
That the Committee consist of
Benjamin Smith Esq.
Mr. John Hopewell
Mr. George Bower
Mr. James Hill
Mr. James Cooper
With power to add to their number.
It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART, and seconded by
J. SPENCER, Esq., and resolved unanimously-
3. That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the Hon. F. H. F.
Berkeley, the Chairman, and the Deputy-Chairman, and the other
members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they
have laid before the meeting the project of the Company.
It was proposed by WILLIAM HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. W.
HoLpEN, Esq., and carried unanimously-
4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for
his impartial and able conduct in the chair.

Mr. Brunt
Mr. Spencer
Rev. Alexander Stuart
Rev. John Dawson Thompson