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

Major hfaidwell Young, Northampt,_
T. Borwick Yzarn, Esq., Herne-hill, Sur...
Falkner Boyes, Esq., Hull
Robert Craven, Esq., Hull
Carlile, Thom Esq., banker, Hull
Digby, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull
James Dosser, Esq., Hull
Wm. Green, Esq., Beverley-road, Hull
Robert Kirk, Esq., Hull
Mr. Henry T. Lockwood, architect, Hull
Robert P. Sleight, Esq., Hull
Thomas W. Whitaker, Esq., Hull
Atkinson, John, Esq.
Browniow, William Batchellor, Esq.
Bamford, Charles, jun., Esq.
Bamford, Charles, Esq.
Blundell, George, Esq.
Caley, William, Esq.
Grutt, Thomas Charles, Esq.
Garthorne, John, E.q.
Hammond, Charles, Esq.
Hammond, Thomas Dalton,lEsq.
Hall, John, Esq.
Hubbersty, Henry, Esq.
Holmes, George, Esq.
Norman, Wm. 0. Esq.
Ostler, John, Esq.
Pearson, William Hunt, Esq.
Petchell, Thomas, Esq.
Skilbeck, John, Esq.
Thompson, Thomas, Esq.
Whittaker Isaac, Esq.

Merchants,
Hull.

N.B.—No addition will be 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
•same added to the Provisional Committee, and intimate the same to
ne of the Solicitors.

BANKERS.

London—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill
Northampton—The Union Bank, and the Northamptonshire Banking
Company
Kettering—Messrs. Gotch and Sons
Uppingham—The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company
Oakham—Messrs. Eaton and Cayley
Grantham—Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy
Lincoln—
Gainsborough,
Market RaLsen, ?: Messrs. Smith Ellison, and Co.
Brigg, ,
Great Grinasby,
Calstor—
Hull —Messrs. Raikes and Co.
Stamford—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Stamford—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
ENGINEER—John Urpeth Rastrick, E 54.
JOINT SOLICITOR.
London—Auggstus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square
Kettering—Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship
Northampton and Welford—George Pell, jun. Esq.
SEcarrAar —Thomas James Searle, Esq.
LOCAL somerroas.
Uppingham—W. Gilson, Esq.
Oakham—Messrs. Ades and Adam
Grantham—Fred. Mallm, Esq.
Lincoln—Richard Carline, Esq.
Nottingham—Arthur Wells, Esq.
Hull—Messrs. England and Shackells
Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street, London.
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 traffic accommodation to the Important
districts embraced by the line.
3. The benefit ofrallway communication with the metropolis ex-
tended to a district of country, west of Grantham, upwards of 56 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 lines of railway proposed to converge at that
town from the west, ftorn 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 Uppingliam,
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 by the shortest and best practi-
cable course to Hull.

The sources of traffic which this line will secure are various and
very considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated.
They are,—
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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 Southei 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 their 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 toKettering or Northampton.
The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of
more than forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakham
and Uppingham, 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.

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At Kettering this line will unite with that ene 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 reference 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 very
favourable gradients of by far the greater portion of the line ; indeed,
for many miles it will run upon a water level.
The line 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 Parlia-
ment in the ensuing session.

No call will be 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 41. per cent. per annum on all calls from
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 Grimsby 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. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-
street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39-, Lothbury ; or Messrs.
Y.dward Ellis and Co. 53, Threadneedle-street, London ; Messrs,
Freeman and Son, or Mr. Cornfield, Northampton ; Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Messrs. Tarbottom and Whiting, or Mr. Simpson, Hull ;
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York; Mr. John Watson or Mr. James
Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs Tempest and Buchart, Huddersfield ; Mr.
Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ;
Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Messrs. George Edwards and
Son, or Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. John Duncuft, or Mr.
Joseph Fernyhough, Manchester ; Mr. James Scott, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Tassie and Co., Glasgow; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edin-
burgh ; Messrs. Thomas Atkinson and Co., Newcastle ; Mr. John Cragg,
Skipton ; or Mr. Bamforth, Rotherham ; to any of whom applica-
tions for Shares in the under-mentioned form may be addressed.

FORM OF APPLICATION,

To the Provisional Committee of the Northampton, Lincoln, and lin'

Railway Company

Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit
of 2/. 2s. on each allotted share, and to sign the necessary deeds when
required.
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Dated this day of 1845.
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Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street.