The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-22 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS OF TIIE
130STON, GRANTHAM, LEICESTER, and
MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices-5, Guildhall Chambers', Basinghall-street.
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Wm. Corbett Smith, Esq., Bitteswell-hall, High Sheriff of Leices-
tershire
John Summerscales, Esq., Sheriff of Lincoln
Sir Wm. Wynn, Suffolk-s:reet, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
Sir George Wm. Prescott, Bart., Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, Madryn, Carnarvonshire, Director of
the North Wales Railway
Hon. J. C. Wcstenra, Sharavogeb;RoScre-a
Honourable Capt.in Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street,
London, Chairman or the York and Lancaster Railway
Rear-Admiral Ayscongh, Southampton, Director of the Manchester
and Southampton Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Elnngton, Scotch Fusilier Guards, 12, Wynd-
ham-place, Directo• of the Leeds and Liverpool Railway
Lieutenant-, 'n!oncl Fitoh, 35, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the South and Midland Railway
Adamthwal'e, John, Esq , Oakhilf, Teen, Staffordshire
Allen, George Charles, Esq., East Shiltoo, Leicestershire, Director of
the Direct Ilirmingham and Leicester Railway
Atkinson, J. R., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the Lei-

tester and Bedford Railway
Bell, Robert, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of the Direct
East and West-Junction Railway
Bland, William, Esq., 11, Park-terrace, Brixton-road, Director of
the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, and
the North Wales Railways
Betts, William, Esq„ Bevols Mount, Southampton
Browne, Joseph, Esq., Bedford, Director of the East and West of
England Junction Railway
Burd, John, Esq., Alderman, Manchester
Caldecott, William Lloyd, Esq., Laura-place, Bath
Carver, Edward Turst, Esq., Forest-lodge, Tniqe-hill, Director of the
North Wales, and the Namur and Liege Railways
Cooke, T. P., Esq., Leicester
Collett, Benjamin, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove
Croft, Major J. T., Regent-street, Piccadilly, Deputy-Chairman of
the Chester and Manchester Railway
Cumiteriege, Nathaniel, Esq., Director of the Direct East and West
Junction Railway
Witty, John, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Rates, William, Esq., Mincing-law, London, Director of the Direct
Western, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Cernon, J., Esq., 12, Conduit-street, Hanover-square, Vice-Chairman
of the Galtray and Ennis Railway
Gillham, Joseph, Esq Hargreaves Rouse, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
Craves, Captain Twisleton, Director of the Leicester, Tcan and

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Dove Railway
Grey, Hazeirigg, Esq., Carlton-hall, Leicester
Heneage, Charles, Esq.,Cal2by-heuse, Lincolnshire
Hohnes, Isaac, Esq., Liverpool
Hungerford, H. H., Esq., Dingley-park, Leicestershire
Kebbel, W. 11., Esq., Glebe-house, Kilby, Leicester
Knight, Joseph, Es'., Leicester, Director of the Midland Counties,
Leicester, and Bedford Railways
Lambert, 'Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall, Sudbury. Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Laurie, George, Esq., Manchester
Macmoran, A. M., Esq., 58, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director
of the Direct East and West Junction Railway
Mann, A., Esq., Denver-hall, Norfolk, Director of the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway
Maunder, Joseph, Esq., LiverpaoLDlreerWiif the Rugby and Man-
chester Direct Railway
Meteyard, Horace Wm., Esq., 8.C.L., London, Director of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Railway
Miller, Thomas, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Bir-
mingham and Leicester Railway
Mosse, R., Esq., Princes-street, Great George-street
Parker, Francis, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland

Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq , Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the South Midland Railway
Payne, Benjamin, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birming-
ham and Leicester Railway
Ramsey, J. Esq., Istuhey House, Herts
Ra'A Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birmingham
tt
Shaw, Joseph Esq., York-place, Hudders.tleld, Director of the East
and West of England Junction Railway
and Leicester Railway
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Shaw, George, Eel., M.D., Leicester
Spiers, E. 1., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway
Stone, Nathaniel C., Esq., Rowley-fields, near Leicester,. Director of
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Sagar, Varney, Esq., Ball's Grove, Cole, Director of the Leeds
and Carlyle, and the Manchester and Itughy Direct Railways
Threlfall, Edward, Esq., Regent Road Mills, Manchester, Director of
the Eastern Counties Junction and P.iouthend Railway
Tebbutt, Thomas, E.q., Rusholm, Manchester, Director of the
Rill amp,B. 8., Esq., 70, Portland-place, Director of the Leeds
Rugby and Manchester, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
and Liverpool, Leicester and Tamworth Railways.

COMMITTEE OF
Sir George Wm. Prescott, Bart.
Sir George Rich
Sir Williath Wynn
Lieut.-Colonel El ri ngten
Grey, Hazlerigg, Esq.
Thos. Mortimer Cleobery, Esq.
Robert Bell, Esq.
11. Collett, Esq.
Major Croft -
Nathaniel Ctunberlege, Esq.
J. Dalby, Eby.

MANAGEMENT.
Charles Ileneage, Esq.
Joseph Knight, Esq.
Richard Laink.rt, Esq.
Horace Wm. Meteyard, Esq.
A. M: 31amoran, Esq.
R. Mosse, Esq.
John Parkinson, F. sq.
G. Parsons, Esq.
I. Raine:ty, Esq.
J. Rawcrth, Esq.
Major Waller

BANKERS.
messra. Pw)ra, Olding, awl Co., Clement's-lane, London
mesFrq. I;arilt, Clapon, and Co., Boston
31essra. Kewncy awl King, Grantluun
Pare's Leicstersizlre Banking Company, Leicester and 3lelton
Mowbray.

ENGINEER-C. nom, Esq.
SOLICITOR-J. A. J. Macgregor, Esq., 26, Suffolk-street, Fall-mall,
London.
LOCAL SOL ECITORS.
Messrs. Maulers and Son, Grantham, and
Messrs. 31111 i :.!ton and Kenriek, Boston.
SECRETARY—George Farrer, ESq.
I'ARLIAMENTALT AGENT—CftdIYRIIer F. Waddy, Esq.

the important The object of this line of railway 13 to connect, by a direct route,
tiahneds,yh,yt ° sit; aaymot fpGe
trearnbtolri
oa ;lug.
branch
:Melton
h3.l.l%ori'dbirartnyel
portant town and seaport of Boston with the centre of Eng-
lwjaoyi
By this railway, which will be about forty-four miles in length,
Counties where
itßwaii
and laid through a Country nearly level,it 1 Intended
. sto pass by or
near Swlnlshead,•Donington, Folkinghant, Grantham, Stoke, 'loch-
font, and Melton Mowbray. It is evident that this line will be of
great convenience and nutty, by affortllnie to a part of the country
at present deprived of it the advantage of railway communication
with the counties of Ratlandshire, Lek t ; •
cs ers.nre, Northampton-
shire, Warwickshire, Bcc., and thus co:ninth-kg the agricultural
districts of Lincolnshire with the manufacturing parts of England,
affording to the latter an easy and accessible means of export for
their manufactures.
It it unnecessary to enlarge upon the advantages which will arise
from this railway, which passes through one of the richest and
most fertile parts of England. The population is dense, and a
glance at the map will show that this line Is well laid out, net
only for the direct traffic from Leicester and the intermediate
places to Boston, but also for the general traffic which will De
brought to this line by the several railways which will be connected
with it.
In the allotment of shares, holders in the Midland Counties Rail-
way will receive
a preference, and reservation will he made for the
landed interests along the line, whose concurrence and as.-rlstanco is
fully relied on by the promoters, by whom most of tie influential
landholders have been canvassed ; and, in order to prevent unneces-
sary trouble, no other applications will be ree,:ived except those
Is herein reference is made to a member of the Provisional Commit-
tee, to the Solicitors or Bankers, or the following Sharebrekers,
from whom prospectuses and plans may be obtained:—
Messrs Sutton, Grqible, and Sutton, Royal Exchange
messrs. Preece antl Evan. 39, Lothhury, London
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Mr. Karl, 20, Atherton-bu.klings, Liverpool
Messrs. Wellheloved and Oastler, Leeds
.Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Ceo. Clark, Bradford
Mr. Win. Cronlielm, Halifax
Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
3tessrs. Grayston and Erie, York
Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield
'Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield
Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Wetherburn, jun., Huddersfield
Mr. R. Rczzell, Leicester
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester
Mr. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street, Edinburgh
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow •
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green Dublin.