The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-24 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM AND BOSTON DIRECT
RAILWAY COMPANY, with a Branch to Grantham.
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each:
Deposit 21.25. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered.)
(Vide former Advertisements for the lufluential Provisional Com-
mittee.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Right lion. Lord Edward Chichester, Chairman.
Captain J. P. 3facdougal, Vice-Chairman.
R. Atkyns, Esq. G. G. Hay, Esq.
H. Brown, Esq. James Lamb, Esq.
IV. F. Black, Esq. John Minnie, Esq.
John Blunt, Esq. J. Thompson, Esq., Tottenham
Lieutenant-Colonel L. Dickson John Thompson, Esq., Great St.
A. W. Greville, Esq. Helen's.

BANKERS.
London.—Commercial Bank of London, 3, Moorgate-street, and 3,
Henrietta-street, Covent-garden
Messrs Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., 27, Gracechurch-street
Binningham.—Messrs. J. L. Moilliet and Sons, Birmingham and
Warwickshire Bank
Boston—Messrs. Garflt, Claypon, and Co., and Messrs. Gee and Co.
Leicester—The Leicestershire Banking Company
Melton Mowbray—Ditto.

JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hook and Oldershaw, 7, Tokenhouse-yard
Messrs. C. T. and A. Jenkinson, 76, Cannon-street, City.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Birmingham—W. H. Reece, Esq.
Boston—Messrs. Holloway and Harwood.
ENGINEERS.
Sandiforth F. Griffin, Esq. C.E.
A. A. B. Bennet, Esq. C.E.
ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR—E. N. Cliftok, Esq. Tokenhouse-yard.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlow and Kingdon, 6, New
Palace-yard.

SECRETARY—James Elliott, Esq.
Ofticesof the Company, 26, Moorgate street, London,
PROSPECTUS.

This line is designed to open a direct communication between the
towns of Birmingham and Boston.
The advantages to be derived by a rich, progressing, and populous
town, such as Birmingham, the great manufacturing centre of the
kingdom, having a direct communication with a port on the eastern
coast facing the Continent; and that port the nearest to it by geo-
graphical position, need but to be mentioned to be appreciated.
The name of Birmingham speaks for itself; the capacity and
value of Boston as a commercial port is daily increasing, and re-
quires but little enterprise to enable it to compete with some of our
best ports.

It Is proposed that thfs line should commence at Leicester, where
It will form a continuation of the direct line from Birmingham to
that town, and proceeding by or near Melton Mowbray, Corby,
Folkenham, and Donnington, terminate at Boston ; thus affording a
direct communication between Birmingham and its important manu-
facturing districts—Rugby, the great centre of England, and Boston,
their nearest seaport, which eventually must command the traffic
of the districts with which it is in connexion and the opposite
ports of the Continent.
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The country is easy, presenting few or no engineering difficulties.
Another advantage held out by this project is the improvement of
the harbour of Boston, whereby it will be restored to that eminent
position it formerly held among the porta and harbours of the
kingdom.

The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow Interest at 4
per cent. per annum after passing the Act, on the amount of the
subscription paid up. No subscriber shall be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained ,and then
not beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications for shares, in the usual form, and prospectuses,
to be made to the solicitors of the Company, 7, Tokenhouse-yard,
and 76, Cannon-street, City ; at the offices of the Company, 26,
Moorgate-street ; and to the following stock and sharebrokers :
Londan—Mr. Edward Newton Bryant, 16, 'fhrogmorton-street ; Mr.
Rodwell, 22, Throgmorton-street; Mr. A. Sym, Token-
house-yard; Mr. J. S. Pidgeon, 10, Warnford-court, ThrogTnorton-
street.