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London, England, 1845-06-20 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.
NOTTINGHAM and BOSTON RAILWAY.
Registered Provisionally.
Capital 750,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 11. 7s. 6d. per Share.
Subscribers will not be answerable beyond the amount of their re-
spective Shares.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Rawson, Esq., Mayor of Boston
Sir James Duke, Ent., M.P.
Thomas Gee, Esq., Baker, Boston
Sir George Lefevre, M.D., 60, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Di-
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rector of the Wells and Dereham Railway Company
John Oldrid, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
Thomas Spalding, Esq., London
Charles Wright, Esq., Alderman, Boston
Thomas Wise,jun., Esq., Banker, Boston
William Porter, Esq., Rochford Tower, Boston
Robert William Stainbank, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
John Noble, Esq., Boston
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, London, Director of the Manches-
ter and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction Railway
Company
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, London
John Dodsley, Esq.
John Hardy, Esq., Banker, Grantham
Sir Yohn Hare, 11, Langham•place, London, Director of the London

and Windsor Railway Company
Nathaniel Wedd, Esq., Merchant, Boston
William Mann, Esq., Banker, Boston
Robert Palmer, Esq., Kennington, near London
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve, Manchester
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, Wtatehall
John Eisam, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
Daniel Jackson, Esq., Boston
Charles Wright, jun., Esq., Merchant, Boston
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. Aerwood Cottage, Bayswater
John Sturdy, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
James Edward Tuxford, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
William Little, Esq., Eye, near Peterborough
George Bacon, Esq , Nottingham
William Hannay, Esq. Nottingham
Thomas Foster Gimson, Esq., Nottingham
William Bridges Adams, Esq., Adam-street, Adelphi
With power to add to their number.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir James Duke, Knight, M.P., Chairman
Sir John Hare, Knight, Vice-Chairman
John Rawson, Esq. I William Ilannay, Esq.
John Oldrid, Esq. Thomas Foster Gimson, Esq.
John Hardy, Esq. Nathaniel Cooke, Esq,
Herbert Ingram, Esq. Thomas Spalding, Esq.
William Mann, Esq. William Porter, Esq.
Captain Douglas K. Pulteney

BANKERS.
Messrs. Glynn, Halifax, and Co., Lombard-street, London
_Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, Lombard-street,
London
Messrs. Garfit, Claypons, and Co., Roston
Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy, Grantham
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company, Boston
Messrs. Henry and Thomas Gee and Co., Boston
_Messrs. Moore and Robinson, Nottingham
The National Frovinclal Bank of England, Ilosten
Liverpool and Manchester District Bank.
ENGINEER.—Sir John Rennie, F.R.ii., F.S.A.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER.— William Lewin, Esq., Boston.
SECRETARY.—B. Brough, Esq.
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STANDING COUNSEL.-IY. H. Adams, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Middle

Temple.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hopkins and Rice, Boston
Messrs. Thomas and Moore, 7, South-square, Gray's Inn,
Londoa
Messrs. Freeth and Rawson, Nottingham
T. Winter, Esq., Grantham.
oMce of the Company, 14, Birchin-lane, Lontiard-street, London.
The formation of a railway from Nottingham to Boston is, unques-
tionably, of the greatest importance to the whole of the districts and
towns which it will connect, and wtil prove highly advantageous to
the manufacturing and agriculturt'a interests. By reference to the
map of England, it will be seen That Boston is only about forty-eight
miles from Nottingham, whilr., all other sea-ports, on the east coast,
are at a much greater distance from Nottingham. A very great
traffic already exists bet,,ieen Boston and Nottingham, which may be
increased almost to en incalculable amount when the facilities
of railway transit are completed. The export trade from Boston is
now comparatively limited, by the want of means of conveyance
from the manut",icturing districts, which this railroad will supply.
Boston is si'atate in the midst of the finest land in the kingdom ;
and this pan of Lincolnshire may be justly termed the garden of the
manufactr,ring district of England. The produce of the whole dis-
trict, particularly its wheat, is consumed in the large manufacturing
towns; and the carriage of corn and cattle, to the great centres of
populp.tion, will alone furnish a constant and certain source of
revenue.

lu addition to this, a large traffic will be carried along the line,
in manufactured goods, and in coal and lime from the Nottingham-
skire and Derbyshire coal fields, to rural districts through which it
passes, and to the shore of the German Ocean ; the latter traffic is
yet to be developed, and with the cheap transit provided by this line
the important article of coal will compete at a great advantage to
the consumer with the present supply, which is now brought by sea
from Newcastle.

A very considerable amount of the vast staple produce of Notting-
ham, Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, and the r eighbourhood, which
is exported to Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany, and all other
parts of the Baltic, Is now conveyed by a circuitous and expensive
route to Hull and London, and thence, after repeated removals by
314 or steamer, to its destination; whereas, on the completion of this
line, it would be transmitted direct to Boston, and thence to the be-
fore-Mentioned places, In much less time, and at a much less expense.
Boston is not only the nearest seaport town to Nottingham, but it
is the natural seaport of the manufacturing towns of the whole of the
Midland districts, and it is the most convenient, safest, and best
situated on the Eastern coast, for the shipment and transhipment of
merchandise. By recent improvements the river, or arm of the sea,
which runs through the centre of the town, has been widened and
deepened, thus affording means for vessels of from three to four hun-
dred tots burthet, to take in and discharge their cargoes at the
wharf-side, without risk or damage, an object of importance not only
in point of security to the goods, but also in the saving of expense
usually Incurred for lighter charges.
•YThe nature of the country through which the line will pass is most
favourable In its facilities for construction : it is nearlyon a dead level.
The coe' of construction will be as low as that of any line in the
lipgdom ; and the Company will not have to encounter the oppoil-
'lron of the owners of the land and estates through which the line will
pass, they being, as far as can be ascertained, most favourably dis-
posed towards the undertaking.
It will be seen that the proposed line combines all the elements of
a profitable railway ; it has a seaport town as one of the termini ;
It passes through a rich and productive agricultural district, to the
great seats of manufacture and consumption, each being a certain
source of traffic ; and it affords ready communication with the
Southern, Northern, and Midland Counties.
It is intended to apply for power In the Act to allow 4 per cent.
interest upon deposits, until the completion of the Line.
Applications for Shares may be made on the subjoined form, ad-
dressed to the Provisional Committee, at the Office of the Company,
14, Birchin-lane, Lombard-street, London; or to the Solicitors.
No person need apply for Shares unless the application is accom-
panied by an unexceptionable reference. A certain number of shares
will be reserved for owners of land on the line, and for parties resident
in the locality through which the line will pass.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Nottingham and Boston Railway

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares
of twenty-five pamds each in the above undertaking ; and I agree to
accept the same, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me,
and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary contract
and subscribers' agreement whom required.—l am, Gentlemen, your
obedient servant,

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Residence.
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'Reference

NOTTINGHAM and BOSTON RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no farther Application for
Shares will he received after the 30th inst.
By order of the Committee of Management,
14, Birchin-lane, London. B. BROUdII, Secretary.