The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-12 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE beg to give notice that, for
the purpose of carrying out the Branches and Extensions in connexion
with this Company, which have been sanctioned by the Board of
Trade, they have resolved to raise an additional capital of 625,0001., in
shares of 251. each, to be distributed among the Scripholders of the
Company, in the proportion of one new or Extension share, for each
two original shares.
Arrangements are in progress for giving immediate effect to this
Resolution.

By order of the Provisional Committee.
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Parliamentary Offices, 2, Bridge-street, Westminster, April 9, 1845

LEICESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAIL-
LA WAY, with a BRANCH to the LEICESTER and SWAN-
NINGTON RAILWAY.

Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 11. 2s. per share.
Provisionally registered under 7 and 8 Vie., c. 110,

This Railway is projected to give a direct line of communication
between Leicester and Birmingham, and across the country from
east to w,st, in connexion with the Midland, Syston, and Peter-
borough, and the Gloucester and Bristol Railways.
It will also, by means of the Trent Valley and Churnet Valley
Railways, open a direct communication between Leicester and the
South-Eastern Districts, and Manchester, Liverpool, and Ireland.
It will also accommodate the important local traffic between Lei-
cester and Birmingham, including the intermediate towns of Hinck-
ley, Nuneaton, and Atherstone, a district containing a population
of upwards of 40,000, chiefly engaged in manufactures ; and open a
communication with the extensive and valuable mines of Coal and
Ironstone in the Oldbury and Ansley fields, hitherto rendered almost
useless for want of the means of transit. _

In addition to this local traffic, this line will have the great advan-
tage, through its branch, of extending and securing the valuable Coal
traffic arising on the Swinnington and Leicester Railway, opening a
direct communication along the Midland Railway with the southern
markets.

The main line will save a distance of ten miles between Leicester
and Birmingham.

The length of the main line, which this Company proposes to
construct, is eighteen miles, and the branch line eight miles. The
main line is intended to commence by a junction with the Midland
Counties Railway at the Broughton Astley Station, and passing near
to the towns of Hinckley and Nuneaton, to unite with the Trent
Valley Railway at the latter town, and proceed along the same to
near the town of Atherstone, and from thence to the Birmingham
and Derby Railway, forming a junction therewith at the Whittacre
Station. The branch line will commence at the Broughton Astley
Station, and terminate by a junction with the Swannington and
Leicester Railway, near to Desford
It is confidently anticipated that this project will receive the sup-
port and sanction of the several Railway Companies affected by the
proposed lines.
The names of the Provisional Committee, together with a full pro-
spectus, will be published in a few days.
Applications for shares may be addressed to the Provisional Di-
rectors, at the Office of the Solicitor, S. S. Baxter, Esq., Atherstone,
Warwiekshire.