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

PORTSMOUTH AND LANGSTON RAIL,
WAY AND DOCK COMPANY.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in Shares of 2.51. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
N 9 Shareholder to be liable for more than the amount of his shares.
Offices, 46, Moorgate-street.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The itigh,‘• :on.
Lord Dunboyne
jon. Lord Pelham Clinton
Rightßight
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Chichester
The
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The Right Hon..
The /lon. G. A. li:Nmilton Chichester, 11. P.
The Hon. Wm. Damon Darner, Parkston-lodge, Paolo
Sir John Owen, Bart. M.P. Orielton-house, Lord-Lieutenant of Pem-
brokeshire, Vice-Admiral of the coast, Governor of Milford
Haven, &c.
Sir J. Douglas Hamilton Hay, Bart. Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir Wm. Ogilvie, Bart. Brompton
Sir Samuel Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak-park, near Winchester, De-
puty-Lieutenant fur Hants
Captain Sir Andrew Pellatt Green, R.N. K.C.H
Captain Sir Wm. Henry Pierson, R.N. West-house, Emswortk, Hants
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Sir James Eyre, 11, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P. Plas-Coch, Anglesey, Chairman
of the Welsh Midland Railway
Captain C. A. Manning, Fernand Castle, Resident Magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant for Portland and Dorset
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, Northend-house, Portsmouth,
Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants
Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Greive, Green-park, Bath
Major Charles Jasper Selwyn, Royal Engineers, Exeter, director of
the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway
Captain Hulme, Royal Engineers, Exeter
Daniel Tupper, Esq. Queen's Receiver, Guernsey
Edward Woolmer, Esq. mayor of Exeter
William Gordon, Esq. M.D. F.L.S. Hull •
George Spry, Esq. Surbiton, Surrey
Henry Vie, Esq. Colchester, Receiver-General of Taxes for Essex and
Suffolk
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton and London, director of the
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
John Boyd, Esq. magistrate, Newry
Benjamin Collett, Esq. Grafton Manor-house, Broomsgrovs
William Douglas, Esq. merchant, Liverpool
Captain Edmund Norcott, R.N. Blackheath
Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. director of the Birmingham, Oxford and
Reading Junction, Hull, Great Grimsby, and Southampton Direct
Railways
Rev. George Ingram, Chedburgh Rectory, Suffolk
Edward Ward Jackson, Esq. Edge-hill, Liverpool, director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester, and of the Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railways
James Irvine, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Junction, and Liverpool and Bolton Direct Railways
John B. Bankhead, Esq. director of the Great County Down Railway
Wm. Kirkpatrick, Esq. director of the Newry, Armagh, and Lou-
derry Junction
Henry Keate, Esq. Claremont-hill, Shrewsbury, director of the Di-
rect Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
Robert Medlli, Esq. merchant, director of the Direct Birmingham,
Oxford, Reading. and Worcester Railway
R. M'Blain, Esq. director of the Great County Down Railway
Captain Wm. Tringham. R.N. Solihull, Warwickshire
D. W. Whitehead, Esq. Manchester, director of the Direct Birming-
ham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
Wm. S. Sichell, Esq. Manchester, director of the Direct Leeds and

Liverpool Railway
Major John T. Croft, deputy-chairman of the Chester and Manchu-

ter Direct Railway
William Bates, Esq. managing director of the Argus Assurance Com•

pany
James :Ullman Coley, Esq. Brxigenorth, director of the Cambrian and
Grand Junction Railway
Wm. Birmingham Costello, Esq. Wyke-house, Brantford, director of
the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Rob. Baugh Blakemore, Esq. director of the Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and South Staffordshire Railvtay
W. li. Cooper, Esq. Shrewsbury, director of the Direct Birmingham,

Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
F. Carvill, Esq. director of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway
Alex. Geo. Gordon, Esq. Linley-hall, West Broseley, director of the
London and Dublin Approximation Railway
Charles Hurst, Esq. Midhurst, Sussex
A. C. Jeffry, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Direct Birmingham, Ox-
. . .

ford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
Wm. Hunter, Esq. Leamington, director of the Direct Western, and
Rugby and Manchester Railways
George Gordon, Esq. Shrewsbury
John Onions, Esq, Broseley, Salop, Iron-master, director of the Dud-
ley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway ; Grand Junction and Cam-

brian ; and London and Dublin Approximation Railway
Isaac Taylor, Esq. Monkmoor, Shropshire, director of the Direct
Birmingham, Oxford, and Reading Railway
John Thom, Esq. Broseley, director of the Dudley, Madeley, and
Broseley ; the Grand Junction and Cambrian ; and the London
and Dublin Approximation Railway
Richard Thursfield, Esq. Much Wenlock, Salop, magistrate
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
chairman of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq. Bycullah-house, Enfield, managing
director of the Leeds and London Railway
Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Bristol
Richard Lambert, Esq. Ley ton Hall, Sudbury
George Henry Thompson, Esq., Greenwood Park, County Down
Eichard lay, Esq., of Goole and Winchester-builings, Broad-street,
director of the Huddersfield and East and West Coasts Junction
Railway

(With power to add to their number).
Soucnoas---diessra. Coverdale and Lee, 4, Bedford-row, London,

ENGINEERS—Messrs. Rennie.
SECRETARY —George N. White, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Company
Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool
Manchester—The Bank of Manchester
Birmingham—Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Company
Leeds—The Leeds Banking Company
Portsmouth—Messrs. Grant and Company.

Copies of the yroapectus and forms of application for shares t• be
had of Messrs. Coverdale and Lee, solicitors, 4, Bedford-row, London;
Messrs. Johnson, Longden, and Co., 22, Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs.
Lynel and Berlyn, and Mr. J. Fernyhough, Manchester; Mr.
Harapson, Messrs. Powell and Lowndes, and Messrs. Neilson,
Liverpool ; Mr. John Watson, Messrs. Wheatley, Kirk and Co.,
Leeds ; Nathaniel Lee, Birmingham ; Messrs. Tugg and Hodg-
son, Hull; Mr. Peter Dixon, Glasgow; Mr. James Nicholson
and Mr. Charles Couper, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Camplin, Dublin ; Mr.
T. R. Evans, (South Mali) Cork ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol;
Mr. W. Bolton, Stratford-on-Avon; Mr. B. Cowderoy, Reading;
Messrs. Warburton and Crossland, and Messrs. Bardwell and Son,
Sheffield; Messrs. Hall (Brothers) and Co., Cheltenham ; Messrs.
Wilkingson, and Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. H. B. Easty and
Co., Southampton; Messrs. Cape and Son. Darby; Mr. Charles
Witten, Northampton; Mr. Samuel Collins•n, and Messrs. Potts
and Levick, Nottingham ; Mr. Mason, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Mr.
Mills, Worcester ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr.
Richard Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr. W. Crowell, Halifax; Mr. E.
Armitage, Wakefield ; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry ; Mr. S. Wen-
therbuni, Huddersfield ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, and Messrs.
Wiudram and Son, Leicester ; and at the Company's Offices, 46,
Moorgate-street, London.

LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY, and
BOSTON DIRECT UNION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Thomas Bent, 'fog. M.D. Derby, director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester Railway
John Blyth, Esq. Aldersgate-street, London, director sf the Lime-
rick and Belfast Union Railway
Samuel Buxton, Esq. Bangley-house, near Tamwerth, director of the
Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway
Richard Carpenter, Esq. London, Deputy-Lieutenant for the county
of Middlesex, Vice-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Ex-
tension, director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, &c.
Sir James Duke, M.P. director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Peter Henry Edlin; Esq. London, director of the Nottingham and
Peterborough Railway
Thomas Ekin, Esq. Grantham
Robert Forman, Esq. Abbott's-hill, Derby, director of the Teen and
Dove Valley Railway, &c. &c.
Francis Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Grand Union
Railway, London and Nottingham Railway, Re.
George Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Grand Union
Railway, London and Nottingham Railway, Re.
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq. Gresham street, director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension Railway
S. Harwood, Esq. Bradley-hall, Derbyshire
Stephen James Hobson, Esq. Leicester, director of the Walsall, Wol-
verhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway
Captain Hulme, Exeter, director of the Taw Vale Extension Rail-
way, Re.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. Piccadilly, London, director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Jas. Macmillan, Esq., Southampton. vice-chairman of the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Charles Millar, Esq. Grantham
E. Monk, Esq. the Park, Nottingham, director of the Nottingham,
Mansfield, and Midlands Railway, Re.
Peter Morrison, Esq. London, director of the Birmingham Extension
Railway, Re.
Thomas North, Esq. the mayor of Nottingham
Major-General Pariby, C.B. 18, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
Alfred Pickwoad, Esq. Bridport, Dorset, director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
William Pritchard, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Direct
London and Hastings Railway
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, Essex, director of the Oxford and Wor-
cester Extension Railway
William Jubbins Spurrier, Esq. Regent-street, London, director of the
Lincoln and Grantham Railway
William Walkington, Esq. Alderman, Grantham
David Wheatcroft, Esq. Buckland Hollow, near Alfreton, director
of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
James Whiskin, Esq. London, director of the Croydon Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Masterman and Co.
Leicester and Melton LMowbray—pi's Leicestershire Banking
Company
Boston—
Nottingham—Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Ranking Com-
pany
Grantham—Messrs. Hardy, Walkingham, and Hardy.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Bashighall-street, London.
John Edward Lawton, Esq. Leicester
LOCAL AGENTS.

Nottingham—
Grantham—Robert IlenryJolmson, Esq. ; and henry Thompson, ESQ
Boston—B. S. Simpson, Esq.