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- IZ.IILWAY, commencing at Ninlitampton, and proceeding
by way of Kettering, Uppingbatu, Oalthran, Grantham, and Lincoln,
direct to Hull,

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100.00. i Shares of 207. each.
Deposit U. 25.. per :7•llare.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
The Right Hon. R. N. Smith, M.P. for Northampton
J. R W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lei-
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cester and Bedford Railway Company
Mr. Joseph Adnitt, merchant, Northampton
Francis , Mmes Alliott, Esq.', Nottingham
Thomas J. Arnold, Esq., Revising Barrister for the City of London
John Abbey, Esq. Grange, Wellingborough, Northampton
Sir. Arthur de. Capel Broke, part., Oakley-hall, near Kettering

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Robert M. Bates, Esq., banker, Strand
Charles Volk Bracebridge, Esq., Atherstone-hall, Warwickshire
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor house, Chiswick
John Richards liurbidge, Esq., Surbiton-hill, Surrey
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Mr. Alderman Brooks, Manchester
C. Buschek, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street, London
Jonathan Burton, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union
and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Companies
William Ilatehellor Brownlow, Esq., merchant, Hllll
Cnarles Holt Bracebridge, Esq. Atherstone-hall, Warwickshire
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton
Union Bank
J. 1). Barry, Esq.. T.ondon and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux Railway Company
Charles Britten, Esq., Nc,rtt•iiiiipion
Mr. Alderman Bean, Nottingham
John Bradley, Esq.:, the Park, Nottingham
li,,ston. Esq. merchant, Northampton
Charles Bamford, Esq. merchant, Hull
Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Upper Gower-street
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-square, London
Henry Coe Cone, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex
Thomas Mortimer Cleoby, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
N. Cumberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Mr. Edward Cotton, merchant, Northampton
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Learninivton
Peter Coniston, jun., Esq., Husbands Bosworth, near Welford
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Edward Cook, Esi. merchant, Northampton
John Robert Dalby, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Danner, M.P., 6, Taney-
street, Park-lane
lion. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone lodge, Poole
Edmund F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingstone Dayrell, High Sheriff of Bucks
F. S. Doubleday, Esq. Great Suirey-street, London
John Eyston, Esq., Welford and Salford-hall, Warwickshire
Richard Ellison, Esq. Boultham-hall, Lincolnshire

Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Benjamin S.. Fowler, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the:Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Northampton. Banbury, and

Cheltenh tm Railway Company
John Fardell, Esq. Lincoln
Edward Fowler, Esq. Lincoln
Edward Flatter, Esq. Little Bowden, near Market Barborough, Di-
rector of the Leicester, and Bedford, and Rugby, and Huntingdon
Railway Companies
William Gambler, Esq., Seacombe-park, Hertfordshire
Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., Wilton-crescent
Major-General Greenstreet, Northampton
John Cooper Gotch,-Esq., banker, Kettering
James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Lenden
Frederick William Green, Esq., shipowner, Contrail, London
The Rev. George Edward. Hanmer, Rector of Loddingtou and Over-
stone, Northamptonshire
Frederick William Hamilton, Esq. Gloucester-place, London
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Henry Hensman, Esq. Pytley, Nor hamptonshire
George Harper, Esq., Moss-fields, Salop
William Herbert, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas nagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of h Northampton.
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Atetimen-villa, Leamington
John Holbert Heiberg, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, London
Mr. William Thomas Higgins, merchant, Northampton
Joint Baron Ho Nee, Esq., Irthlingborough-grange, Northampton-

shire
Mr. Alderman HoPis, Northampton
Richard Hopper, Esq., Upper Clapton, London, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company
Hon. Edward Jerniugham
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
Laycock, Esq., sheflield, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Grand Union Railway Companies
Sir Gregory A. Lewin, Recorder of Doncaster
F. Valentine Lee. Esq., Chester•terraae, Regent's-park, London,
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Director of the Eastern Conties Railway Company
George Wortley Lovell, Esq., Great Billing, Northamptonshire
Charles Leavers, Esq., the Park, Nottingham
Major-General Mercer, C. 8., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-iquare
Christopher Markham, Esq., Northampton
William Mackenzie, Esq , Liverpool and Paris, Director of the Or-
leans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway Company
James Morrison, Esq., St. Mar, -at-hill, London
G. Marshall, Esq., Godalming, Surrey
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury, Kent
Major J. A. Moore; Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square
George Murray, Esq., Chichester
Samuel Oxenham, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London
Sir George Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts
Samuel Percival, Esq., banker, Northampton
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrethel, Herefordshire
Edwin Pell, Esq., Sywell-hall, Northamptonshire
George Ryder Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex
Vaughan Prance, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Henry I'ywell, Esq., Northampton
John Phipps, Esq., Northampton
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
Mr. George Rands, merchant, Nottingham
The Rev. John Lucas Sutton, Rector of Weekly, Northamptonshire
F. Curwen Smith, Esq., Frognall-hall, Hampstead
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Companies
Frederick Seymour, Esq., St. James's-square
G. W. Smith, Esq., Harbnry-hall, Sheffield
William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
James Robert Spitler, Esq., banker, Northampton
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grantley Castle
William Strong, Esq., Northampton
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall, London
Major James Waller, St. James's-street
Mr. Alderman Williams, Northampton
Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, manufacturer, Nottingham
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbj shire, Director of
the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Company
George Willes, Esq., Hungerford, Barks
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Cloptomhouse, Stratford-on-Avon, and
Luton Hoe, Bedfordshire
The Rev. C. F. Watkins, Vicar of Brexworth, Northamptonshire
Mr. John Woolston, merchant, Wellinborough
Mr. Joseph Wykes, merchant, Northampton
Mr. Marmaduke Wetherell, merchant, Northampton
Joseph Loxiiale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and
Consall-hall, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. J. C. Westenra, 31. P., Brooks's Club
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Allen Allicocke Young, Esq.. Orlingbury, Northamptonshire
T. Borwick Yzarn, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey
Chadwick, William, Esq., Montague-square, Chairman of the Rich-
mond Railway
Clunk, Thom is, Esq., banker, Hull
Digby, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull
Sleight, Robert P., Esq., Hull
Atkinson, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Bamford, Charles, jun., Esq.; merchant, Hull
Bamford, Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Coley, William, Esq., merchant, Hull
Grutt, Thomas Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Garthorne, John, E q., merchant, Hull
Hammond, Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hammond, Thomas Dowton, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hall, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Hubbersty, Henry, Esq., merchant, Hull
Holmes, George, Esq., merchant, Hull
Norman, Win. 0. Esq., merchant, Hull
Ocher, John, Esq., merchant, Hull
Pearson, William Hunt, Esq., merchant, Hull
Petchell, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull
Thompson, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull
Whittaker, Isaac, Esq., merchant, Hull
George Abbey, Esq., Northampton
Mr. Thomas Atherton, merchant, Northampton
Henry Broadwood, Esq.. M. L'., 5, Whitehall-yard
Edmond Singer Burton, Esq., Daventry, Northamptonshire
Mr. W. Bunting, weol merchant, Spratton, Northamptonshire
Sir Francis Cockburn, Dover
John Callis, Esq., Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, Director of the
Northampton Union Bank
John Chowns, Esq., Frieston-house, Claythorpe, near Grantham
The Rev. Thomas Clayton, Rector of Cottingham-cum-Middleton,
Northamptonshire
The Rev. Thomas Cook, Rector of Grafton Underwood, Stanior, and
Briggstock, Northamptonshire
Mr. John Groom, manufacturer, Northatnpton
Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Park-place, -Si'. James's-street, Deputy
Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, and High Sheriff of the
County of Wicklow
Hon. Colonel Hutchinson, Weston-house, Worcester
Charles Heneage, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
H. H. 11. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley-park, Northamptonshire, Di
rector of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Mr. S. J. Hobson, manufacturer, Leicester
Ambrose Istcd, Esq., Ecton, Noithamptonshire
Major Thomas Isham, Lamport, Northamptonshire
John Jefferj , Esq., Northampton
Thomas Michael Keyworth, Esq., Lincoln
Joh* Lovell, Esq., Towees' er, Northamptonshire
Herbert Langharn, Esq., Cottesbrooke-hall, Northamptonshire
Rev. Robert Montgomery, Rector of Holcot, Northamptonshire
John Nethercoat, Esq., Moulton-grange, Northamptonshire •
John Percival, Esq , Woodlands, Isle of Wight
Mr. Francis Parker, manufacturer, Northampton
Archibald Robertson, Esq., M.D., Northampton
John Redden, Esq., Dallington-hall, Northamptonshire
The Rev. Henry Rokeby, Rector of Arthingworth, Northamptonshire
William Rudgard, Esq., Lincoln
Richard Whitton, Esq., Lincoln
Thomas Wood, Esq., Arthingworth-hall, Northamptonshire
11. B. Whitworth, Esq., Northampton
Major Maidwell Young, Northamptonshire
The Rev. Humphrey Waldo Sibthorpe, Washingborough, near Lin-
coln, Director of the London and York Railway Company
George Smith, Esq., Oakham Rutland
Mr. 'Matthew Sooby, jun., merchant, Gainsborough
The Rev. Thomas Sanders, Vicar of Moulton, Northamptonshire
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
Railway Company
Rev. Zscharia Shrapnel Warren, Rector of Ancestor, near Grantham.
Thomas Adams, Esq., enton-firs, Nottinghamshire
John Coupland, Esq., Shellingthorpe-hall, near Lineal&
Robert Carr Andrew, Esq., Brixworth, Northamptonshire
George Bacon, Esq. Nottingham
Mr. Alderman Cullen, Nottingham
John Eagieton, Esq., Belton-hall, Rutlandehire
Rev. E. R. Eagle, Rectory, Belton, Rutlandshire
J. F. Edmonds, Esq , Ry-hills, Northamptonshire
Richard Field, Esq. Leigh-house, Lower Tooting, Surrey
Smith Fowler, Esq. Nottingham
John Gladstone, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Captain Twistleton Graves, director of the Leicester and Teen and
Dove Valley Railway
Thomas C. Higgins, Esq. Turvey-house, Bedfordshire
John Harrison, Esq. Nottingham
T. Richard Tucker Hodgson, Esq. Birmingham
It. S. Hutchinson, Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Robert Hawley, Esq. Oakham
Mr. Alderman II oiler, director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Mr. J. K. Higgins, wine merchant, Northampton
John Judkins, Esq. Stowe-hill, Northamptonshire
Godfrey Kemp, Esq. Belton, Rutlandshire
William Lawrence, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manehes-
. ter Railway Company
John Leavers, Esq. the Park, Nottingham
Edward Lynch Hough, Esq. Grantham
Robert Lee, Esq. Grantham
John Manning, Esq. Harpole, Northamptonshire
James Morley, Esq. Basford-hall, Nottinghamshire
N. M'Cann, Esq. 50, Parliament-street, director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham, and Manchester and Rugby Railroads
Mr. Fletcher Mercer, merchant, Gainsborough
Charles Morris, Esq., the Grange, Oakham
Charles Miller, Esq. Grantham
The Rev. J. A. Nash, 27, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens,
London
George Payne, Esq., Sulby-hall, and Pitsford-house, Nortluunpton-
shire
Thomas Pell, Esq., Northampton
Mr. fames Pell, Sywell, Northamptonshire
Frederick Pane Newcombe, Esq. Grantham •
Mr. Thomas Parsons, Uppingham
William Perrin, Esq. Northampton
William Wright Pell, Esq. Helesthorpe, Leicestershire
William Quinters, Esq. Knuster-hall, Northamptonshire
Robert Rising, Esq., the Shrubbery, Worcester
John Ridgway, Esq. Cauldomplacc, Staffordshire Potteries
John Sepperson, Esq., Director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Mr. Thomas Shaw, boach proprietor, Northampton
John Tresham, Esq. Red Lodge, Old and Broughton, Northampton
Robert Turner, Esq. J.l'., Grantham
William Turner, Esq. M.D. Grantham
William White, Esq., Director of the Direct London and Manchester
Railway Company
Mr. Alderman Walker, Northampton
William Walker, Esq., Leawood, near Matlock
William Walkineton, Esq. banker, Grantham
The Rev. C. F. Watkins, Vicar of Brixworth, Northamptonshire
John Weston, Esq. HarAngstone, near Northampton
Mr. John Whiting, Northampton
N.B.—No addition will he made to the above list, unless any
landed proprietor residing in the neighbourhood of the line, or other
influential party, shall be desirous, either on his own account, or in
order to represent the locality in which he resides, of having his
name added to the Provisional Committee, and intimate the same to
one of the Solicitors.

BANKERS.
Northampton—The Union Bank, and thoNorthamptoaahlre Banking

Company
Kettering—Messrs. Gotch and Sons
Uppingham—The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Compa y
Oakham—Messrs. Eaton and Cayley
Grantham—MeSSDS. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy

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—Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co.

Hull —Messrs. Raikes and Co.
ENOINEER—Joseph Urpeth Ita.strick, Esq.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
London—Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square
Kettering— Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship
Northampton and Welford—George Pell, jun. Esq.
ZRCRETART—Thomas James Searle, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Uppingham—W. Gilson, Esq.
Oakham—Messrs. Ades and Adam
Grantham—Fred. Mani, Esq.
Lincoln —Richard Carline, Esq.
Nottingham—Arthur Wells, Esq.
Hull—Messrs. England and Shackells
Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street. •
PROSPECTUS.
The objects intended to be accomplished by this undertaking are-
1. The formation of a direct line of railway between Hull and the
metropolis.
2. The supply of local railway accommodation to the important
districts embraced by the line.
3. The benefit of railway communication with the metropolis ex-
tended to a district of country, west of Grantham, upwards of 50 miles
In length at present unprovided with that accommodation.
4. The completion of the chain of railway communication between
Bristol, Gloucester, the river Severn, and the southern and western
counties, and the north-eastern districts of the kingdom and the river
Humber, and its ports, including that of Hull.
5. The connecting of the two Important ports of Hull and South-
ampton by one continuous chain of railways.
Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the
London and Birmingham, the Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten-
ham, and the other lilies of railway proposed to converge at that
town from the west, from Worcester and from Warwick, the
line will proceed in a direct course to the market town of Kettering,
by which place all the companies competing for the line of railway
between London and Manchester propose to pass. It will then pro-
ceed, also, in a direct course by the market towns of Uppingham,
Oakham, and Grantham, to Lincoln.
The country lying between the towns of Northampton and Gran-
tham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo-
dation, not only to the south, but also to the north.
From Lincoln the line will proceed byjthe shortest and best practi-
cable course to Hull.
The sources of traffic which this line will secure are various and
very considerable ; souse of them only can be here enumerated.
They are,—
Starting from Hull the line will appropriate to itself the whole of
the traffic thence to the Metropolis, Bristol, Southampton, Glouces-
ter, Oxford, Cheltenham, and the whole of the Souther n and Western
districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it will secure the very im-
portant and increasing local traffic between Hull and Lincoln and
the intermediate towns.
In the event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not
obtaining the'r Act of Parliament, then the traffic from the before-
mentioned places and Lincoln to the south and west, also to the me-
tropolis, will pass along this line of railway ; the former the whole
distance, and the latter in any event to Grantham, a distance of about
twenty-five miles ; and should the London and York Company not
succeed, such traffic will proceed further to Kettering or Northampton.
The enth e district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of
more than forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakham
and Uppingliam, is without railway or water-carriage accommoda-
tion, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over this line of
railway, which will be in the direct course not only to the west but
also to London.
At Kette' ing this line will unite with that one of the now com-
peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to
London which shall be successful before Parliament.
From the singularly important advantages which this undertaking
presents to the capitalist, as well as to the public at large, the Pro-
visional Directors do not think it necessary, with refersnce :to the
supposed traffic or otherwise, to say more than that they fully be-
lieve that the return will be, upon the capital required, highly re-
munerative.
The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two
exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the vet,
favourable gradients of by far the greater portion of the line; indeed,
for many miles the line will run upon a water level.
The lire will not interfere with any ornamental property.
The promoters have made every necessary arrangement for the
active prosecution of the undertaking, and for applying to Portia-
ment in the ensuing session.
No call will he made, with the exception of the deposit, till the Act
is obtained, and power will be applied for in the Act of Parliament,
to allow interest at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum on all calls ftom
the date of their payment, and to limit the liability of each share.
holder to the amount of his subscription.
The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking.
The promoters reserve power to alter and vary the route, to ex-
tend the proposed line of railway to Great 2rimsby or elsewhere,
and to increase the amount of capital, as may be necessary or ad-
visable.
Prospectuses and Plans may be obtained on application to any of
the several Solicitors or Local Agents, the Secretary, or to the fol-
lowing Brokers, viz.:—Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., 2, Old Broad-
street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; or Messrs.
Edward Ellis and Co. 33, Threadneedle-street, London; Messrs,
Freeman and Son, or Mr. Cornfield, Northampton ; Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Messes. Tarbottom and Whiting, or Mr. Simpson, Hull ;
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. John Watson or Mr. James
Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs Tempest and Bntchart, Huddersfield ; Mr.
Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ;
Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. George Edwards and
Son, or Messrs. Tate aed Nash, Bristol ; Mr. John Duncuft, or Mr.
Joseph Fernyhough, Manchester ; Mr. James Scott, -Birmingham ;
Messrs. Tassle and Co., Glasgow; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edin-
burgh ; Messrs. Thomas Atkinson and Co., - ewcastle ; Mr. John Cragg,
Skipton ; or Mr. Bamforth, Rotherham ; to any of venom applications
fur Shares in the under-mentioned form may be addressed.