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London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
GREA.T LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
By a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford.
Distance, 120 miles.
Capital, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. per Share.
t to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne
The Lord Stephen Chia ester. Ormeau, Belfast, and Array and Navy
Club, Loudon
Sir Robert Alexander, Bart., Charles-street, Manchester-War!
Sir Twiscien, Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, Director
Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and
Erewash Valley Extension Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the
Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and of the
South and Midland Junetien, and West 311dlands Railways
Sir John Os,,oni, Bart., Earl's-court, Brompton
Sir John Key, Bart., Director of the Manchester and Loudon, and of
the Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Oaptaln Frederick Polhill, M.P. for Bedford
Major-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Director of the York and
Lancaster Railway
Major-General Thomas Morgan, Singleton-house, Torquay
Major-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Portman-
square
William Ackroyd, Esq., Westbounte Lodge, Otley, Director of the
East and West York, Liverpool and Leeds Direst, and Leeds and
Carlisle Railways
Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and
Trent Valley Continuation Railways
Francis Sines Alliott, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Roston, and Eastern Junction, and one of
the Provisional Committee of the Nottingham and Gainsborough

Railway Companies
Henry Ambler, Est L., worsted spinner and manufacturer, Watkinson-
hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway, and
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
C. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
George :Winn, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Newcastle-upon-
Tyne Railway
Richard Armitage, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director
of the Manchester and Great Griinsby, and Keighley, Halifax and
Huddersfield Junction Railways
The Rev. Charles Edward Armstrong, M.A., Hemsworth
John Alexander ilicknell, Esq., Brandon-cottage, Bristol, Director of
the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Director of the Hull and Barnsley, and
Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Bardgett, Esq., Winchester-house, Broad-street, Director of
the Italian and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford
Railways
Wiliam Banks, Esq , Honey-lane-market, Director of the Manches-
ter and Rugby Direct Railway, via Macclesfield
John Byng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey
William Fechney Black, Esq, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc-
tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction
Railways
Henry Weeck Burgess, Esq., Temple's-park, Hampstead, Director of
the Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Great
Grimsby
Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq.,the Lodge, Upper Clapton
Josiah Burrowes, Esq., Castle-house, Gomersall, near Leeds
Thomas Burnley, Esq., Gomersall, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Samuel Bateman, Esq., Croft-house, near Bradford, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby
Railway
Dr. Ilrigstock, Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester
Railway
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln, and Great Luxemburg Railway
John More, Esq., Tuthury, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley,
the Derby- anti Gainsboreugh, the Shropshire Mineral Railways, &e.
Job Bullivant, Esq., East Retford
William Butt, Esq., Sandiacre, Derbyshire
Robert Burton, Esq., merchant, Woodville, Notts
James Butlin, Esq,, banker, West. Field-house. Rugby, Director of
the Rugby and Huntingdon, and one of the Provisional Committee
of the oxford anti Birmingham Junction Railway Companies
Richard Biddle, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Birkin, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
John Fillinghtim Bishop, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Thomas Butt, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Richard Bradley, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Villiam Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct
Western, and Isle of Ely and Lincolnshire Junction Railways
,111, Fowler Burbidge, Esq., Mayor of Grantham, Director of the
Amber-gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction
Railway
faiathan Burton, Esq., merchant, Carrington, Nottinghamshire
Direetfir of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., magistrate, Hull, Director of the
Ru :by, Warwick, and Leamington, and of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railways
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
John Carter, Esq., Knottingley
Thomas Carter, Esq., Taashelf, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon-
tefract
Charles Charnock, Esq., Holmfield-house, near Ferrybridge
Millis Coventry, Esq., Director, of the South and Midland Junction,
and Birmingham Extension Railways
. Clements, Esq., Lovrndes-square, Director of the Western Ja-
maica Railway
obert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Manchester, Mid-
land, and Great Grimsby, Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of Ax-
holme, and the Wiabeach, I:le of Ely, and Lincolnshire Junction
R el ways
.Cottain, Esq., East Retford
elm Cotts. Esq., Little Bardfield-hall, near Braintree, Essex
en eeClift, Esq., Director of the Paris and Strasburg, Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford, and the Manchester, Rugby, and Mac-
clesfield Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Extension
Hen-y Sherrard Coleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street
John Count, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Mark Carter, Esq., Woodgreaves-house, near Wakefield, Di-
rector of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct
Railway
eorge Augustus Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Oakfield, Donegal, and
10, Cliesharn-place, Belvrave-square, Director of the Grand Wales
Central, and London anti Exeter Direct Railways
William Champion, Esq., Worksop
Willi to Cheetham, Esq., merchant, Nottingham
Nathan Cooper, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Francis Dacre, Esq., Stratford, Essex
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys June-
,. tion Railway
°seal' Dent, Esq., Ribston-hall, Wetherby, Magistrate for the
North-west Riding of Yorkshire
.1. Davenport, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten-
sion, and Worcester Junction Railways
Joseph L. Davenport, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
John Allcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Lancashire, Director of the Li-
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verpool and Leeds 1)11eet Railway
Richard Dransfield, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Director of the
10.4,1. y, Darby, and -manctiester, or the 1.2 yet itinit ana Locos inrect,
and of the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Director of the Rugby, Warwick,

and Worcester Hallway
Matthew Dawson, Esq., Pontefract
William Dawson, Esq., ;Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough,
Wisbeach, Lynn, and liogton, and the Sheffield, Wortley, Silk.

stone, and 'Wakefield Railways
John Campbell Dicker, Esq., New-hall, by Neston, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Birmingham, Oxford, and
Reading Railways
Henry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Manchester, Hudders-
field, and Great Grimsby Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-

mouth Railway
John Elliott. Esq., Townhoad-house, Rochdale
Lieut.-Col. Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Managing Direc-
tor of the York and Lancaster Railway
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Ex•

tension Railway
Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham, Mans-

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field, and Midland Junction Railway
Martin Furniss, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Erewash and Shef-
field Railway
John Griffiths Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the London-
derry and Coleraine, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
lliam Fisher, Esq., Amcotts-house, near East Retford
fames Fothergill, Esq.. merchant, Sottinghain
Richard W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., barrister-at-law,Gloacester-road, Hyde-

park-gardens
Geor.te Green, Esq., Pontefract
James Gilbertson, Esq., Alderman, and Magistrate for Hertford
William Gibson, Esq., Glasgow
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Director of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
Chilies Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Cheapside
William Gordon, Esq , M.D., F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Swan Graves, Esq., Ely Bank-lodge, Halifax
John Gully, Esq., Ackwerth-Park, Ackworth
William Gibbs, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the South Metropolitan
Cemetery Company
William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Northumberland and Lancashire Railways
John Godber, Esq., Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. Director of
the Amber-gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction,
and Nottingham and Gairshorough Railway Companies
Thomas John Green, Esq., Mayor of Bedford
Richard Hall, Esq., Carnarvon-hall, Stratford, Director of the Strat-
ford And Thames Junction, and North Woolwich Railways
R. F. Hall, Esq., Wiseton, near Bawtry
s. ('. Hall, Esq., E.S.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Erewash
Valley Extension and West Midland Railways
W. H. Halpin. Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing-
stoke, and Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways
Robert Hull, Es 1., M.D., Norwich
Samuel Hammond, Esq., Leeds
John George Hammack, Esq., Director of the Direct Western, and
the Metropolitan Junction Railways
William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieutotant sad
fur the West Riding of Yorkshire
John Mason Ilei,vrortii, Esq., Eden-place, Ackworth, J.P. for the
West Riding of Yorkshire
Joshua Hepworth, Esq., Rogerthorpe-hall, Badsworth
Thomas Heelis, Req., ikipton Castle, Skipten, Director of the Lanca-
shire and North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire North
Eastern, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
John Holmes, Esq., East Retford
Robert 'ferries, Esq., East-street, Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railway
Charles Holbrooke, Esq. Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester
John Howard, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Thomas Haigh, Esq., Wakefield, late High Constable of Wakefield
John Hardy, jun., Esq., banker, Grantham, Director of the Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
John Hanle, Esq., Springfield-house, near Bedford
Charles Higgins, sen., Esq., St. Cuthbert's, Bedford
Geerge Higgins, Esq., Bedford
The Rev. Charles Walter Madsen, Rectory, Saundby, near Gains-
borough
George Hurst, Esq., Bedford
John Midge, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Di—
rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
Wre. Empson Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Director
of the York and Hull Railway
Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holdernees-house, near Hull, Magis-
trate for the East Riding of York and Borough of Hull, and Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Hull and Barnsley Railways
John Jameson, Esq., Honey lane-market
William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railways
Wm. Jones Johnson, Esq., Bedford
Joseph Junes, Esq., Mayor of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Blythe and Churnet
Valleys, or Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways
Jeremiah Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director
of the Manchester and Great Grimsby, and Keighley, Halifax, and
Huddersfield Junction Railways
George K'ppax, Esq., Ordsall-villa, sear East Retford
Mr. Samuel Knight, Pontefract
George Lawton, Esq., Ditchley's, Essex, Director of the Chepstow,
Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway
II C. Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square
Moses Edward Legg, Esq., Watling-street, London
Captain Henry Leech, Bedford
Charles Denton Leech, Esq., Bury St. Edmunds
William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of
the Reading and Reigate Railway
L. Stepligas Lyne, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Western
Jamaica 'Railway
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Director of the Sligo and Shannon, the Ips-
wich and Southampton, and the Cork Passage and Kinsale
Railway
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde-park-square, Director of the Scottish
Western, and the Direct Western Railways
John Lart, Esq., Wood-street, Cheapside
James Leeming, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, and Keighley, Halifax and Huddersfield Junction Railway
Samuel Lovell, Esq., merchant, Bedford
Captain J. P. Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the
Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool, and Isle of Man Railways
John B. Mann, Esq Leeds
Thomas Hackett Massey Esq., Newark-upon-Treat, :and lied!'ord•
Hyde-park
emu M'Yurk, Esq., Hall
William Meg, Esq., East Retford
R. maaham, Esq., M.D., Bedford -.
Robert Mellingten, Esq., Ordsail-hottee' , near But Retford, Director
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
William Moorhouse, Esq., Marine-villa, Knottl
7, a Provhlional
Director of the Sheffield, BerusieY, and Wake
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of South and Midlandsleld 1-law:Yawn, and
London and Birmingham Extension Railways
James Museroft, Esq., Pontefract, Magistrate for the Borough, a Th.,
visional • Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension —and-
Chester ;function Railway
George Mackintosh, Esq., Upper e4eymonf-street, Portman-square.
John Manwaring, Esq.' Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Ord Massey, Esq., Hawkes-house, Burnley, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, the Blackburn, Cherley, and Liverpool, and
Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
rhollias Micklethwalte, Eeq., Wakefield
:Mined Middleton, Esq., Nottingbam-park
To, eph Nadln, Eitl. Manchester, Director e° the Manehester and
cuthampton. and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
WI am Joseph Nast, Esq., Bedford
lohn Yorton. Be.q., ft. George's.sqnare, Westminster, and Moat.
Bosse. Broitweod, Director of the Great Weetern Direct
Rail-
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