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London, England, 1845-06-18 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS,

NOTTINGHAM and BOSTON RAILWAY.
Registered Provisionally.
Capital 750,000/., in 30,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 1/. Is. 6d. per Share.
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Subscribers will not be answerable beyond the amount of their re-
spective Shares.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Rawson, Esq., May-or of Boston
Sir James Duke, Knt., M.P.
Thomas Gee, Esq., Banker, Boston
Sir George Lefevre, M.D., CO, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Di-
rector of the Wells and Dereham Railway Company
John Oldrid, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
Thomas Spalding, Esq., London
Charles Wright, Esq., Alderman, Boston
Thomas Wise,jun., Esq., Banker, Boston
William Porter, Esq., Rochford Tower, Boston
Robert William Stainbank, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
John Noble, Esq., Boston
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, London, Director of the Manches-
ter and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction Railway
Company
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, London
John Dodsley, Esq.
John Hardy, Esq., Banker, Grantham
Sir John Hare, 11, Langham•place, London, Director of the London
and Windsor Railway Company
Nathaniel Wedd, Esq., Merchant, Boston
William Mann, Esq., Banker, Boston
Robert Palmer, Esq., Kennington, near London
John Burgess, Esq., BorOughreeve, Manchester
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, Whitehall.
John Elsam, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
Daniel Jackson, Esq., Boston
Charles Wright, jun., Esq., Merchant, Boston
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Sherwood Cottage, Bayswater
John Sturdy, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
James Edward Tuxford, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
William Little, Esq., Eye, near Peterborough
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham
William Hannay, Esq. Nottingham
Thomas Foster Gimson, Esq., Nottingham
William Bridges Adams, Esq., Adam-street, Adelphi
With power to add to their number.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir James Duke, Knight, M.P., Chairman
Sir John Hare, Knight, Vice-Chairman
John Rawson, Esq. . William Hannay, Esq.
John Oldrid, Esq. Thomas Foster Gimson, Esq.
John Hardy, Esq. Nathaniel Cooke, Esq,
Herbert Ingram, Esq. Thomas Spalding, Esq.
William Mann, Esq. William Porter, Esq.
Captain Douglas K. Pulteney

BANKERS.
Messrs. Glynn, Halifax, and Co., Lombard-street, London
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, Lombard-street
Messrs. Garin, Claypons, and Co., Boston
Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy, Grantham
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company, Boston
Messrs. Henry and Thomas Gee and Co., Boston
Messrs. Moore and Robinson, Nottingham
The National Provincial Bank of England, Roston
Liverpool and Manchester District Bank.
ENGINEER.—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., F.S.A.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER.—WiIIiam Lewin, Esq., Boston.
SECRETARY.—B. Brough, Esq.
STANDING COIINSEL.—W. H. Adams, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Middle

Temple.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hopkins and Rice, Boston
Messrs. Thomas and Moore, 7, South-square, Gray's Inn,
London
Messrs. Freeth and Rawson, Nottingham
T. Winter, Esq., Grantham.
Office of the Company, 14, Birchin-lane, Lombard-street, London.

The formation of a railway from Nottingham to Boston is, unques-
tionably, of the greatest importance to the whole of the districts and
towns which it will connect, and will prove highly advantageous to
the manufacturing and agricultural interests. By reference to the
map of England, it will be seen that Boston is only about forty-eight
miles from Nottingham, while all other sea-ports, on the east coast,
are at a much greater distance from Nottingham. A very great
traffic already exists between Boston and Nottingham, which may be
increased almost to an incalculable amount when the facilities
of railway transit are completed. The export trade from Boston is
now comparatively limited, by the want of means of conveyance
from the manufacturing districts, which this railroad will supply.
Boston is situate in the midst of the finest land in the kingdom ;
and this part of Lincolnshire may be justly termed the garden of the
manufacturing district of England. The produce of the whole dis-
trict, particularly its wheat, is consumed in the large manufacturing
towns ; and the carriage of corn and cattle, to the great centres of
population, will alone furnish a constant and certain source of
revenue.

In addition to this, a large traffic will be carried along the line,
in manufactured goods, and in coal and lime from the Nottingham-
shire and Derb'•shire coal fields, to rural districts through which it
passes, and to the shore of the German Ocean; the latter traffic is
yet to be developed, and with the cheap transit provided by this line
the important article of coal will compete at a great advantage to
the consumer with the present supply, which is now brought by sea
from Newcastle.

A very considerable amount of the vast staple produce of Notting-
ham, Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, and the reighbourhood, 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, and thence, after repeated removals by
ship or steamer, to its destination; whereas, on the completion of this
line, it would be transmitted direct to Boston, and thence to the be-
fore-mentioned places, in much less time, and at a much less expense.
Boston is not only the nearest seaport town to Nottingham, but it
is the natural seaport of the manufacturing towns of the whole of the
Midland districts, and it is the most convenient, safest, and best
situated on the Eastern coast, for the shipment and transhipment of
merchandise. By recent improvements the river, or arm of the sea,
which runs through the centre of the town, has been widened and
deepened, thus affording means for vessels of from three to four hun-
dred tons burthen, to take in and discharge their cargoes at the
wharf-side, without risk or damage, an object of importance not only
in point of security to the goods, but also in the saving of expense
usually Incurred for lighter charges.

The nature of the country through which the line will pass is most
favourable in its facilities for Construction : itis nearly all a dead level.
The cost of construction will be as low as that of any line in the
kingdom; and the Company will not have to encounter the opposi-
tion of the owners of the land and estates through which the line will
pass, they being, as far as can be ascertained, most favourably dis-
posed towards the undertaking.

It will be seen that the proposed line combines all the elements of
a profitable railway ; it has a seaport town as one of the termini ;
it passes through a rich and productive agricultural district, to the
great seats of manufacture and. consumption, each being a certain
source of traffic; and It affords ready communication with the
Southern, Northern, and ➢lidland Counties.

It is intended to apply for power in the Act to allow 4 per cent.
interest upon deposits, until the completion of the Line.

Applications for Shares may be made on the subjoined form, ad-
dressed to the Provisional Committee, at the Office of the Company,
14, Birchin-lane, Lombard-street, London; or to the Solicitors.
No person need apply for Shares unless the application is accom-
panied by an unexceptionable reference. A certain number of shares
will be reserved for owners of land on the line, and for parties resident
in the logality through which the line will pass.