The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

PROVISIONALLY

Capital, X 1,200,000, i.
Deposit

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS

Charles Hoke Bracebridge, Esq., The Hall, Atherstone,
Chairman of the Leicester and Birmingham Railway,
and a Director of the South Staffordshire and Boston,

Stamford, and Birmingham Railway.—Chairman.
William Atkinson Gardner, Esq., Ceci!-street, London,
Director of the Leicester and Birmingham, and Boston,
Stamford , and Birmingham Rail w ays.—Vice Chairman.
John Gec•rge Norbury, Esq , Alancetter House, Ather-
stone, Director of the Leicester and Birmingham, Bos-
ton, Stamford, and Birmingham, and Tean and Dove

Valley Railways
Thomas Alacauley, Eq., Leicester, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford, and

Birmingham Railways
Samuel Haines, Esq , Chad House, Edgbaston, Birming-
ham, Director of the Leicester and Birmingham, Bos-
ton, Stamford, and Birmingham, Oxf rd, Southampton,
and Portsmouth, and South Staffordshire Railways
Frederick Wollaston, Esq., Great Sheepy, Atherstone,
Director of the Leicester and Birmingham, and Boston,
Stamford, and Birmingham Railways
Sir William Hyde Pearson, Knight, Hanover-square,
London, Director of the Leicester and Birmingham,
and Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railways
'William Freer, Esq. Atherstone, Director of the Leices-
ter and Birmingham and Boston, Stamford, and Bir-
mingham Railways
Benjamin North Arnold, Esq., M.D. Atherstone
Edward Middleton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the
Leicester and Birmingham, Boston, Stamford, and Bir-
minghim, and South Midland Railways
George Turner, Eq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Birming-
ham, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway
Robert Faux, Esq., Cliff House, Twycross, near Ather-

atone
William Harcourt Clare, Esq., Twycross,near Atherstone
William Wilberforce Pearson, Esq., Gloucester-terrace,
Regent's-park, London
The Rev. William Whitmore Greenway, Clerk, Newbold
Verdon, near Market-Bosworth
Rcbert Collins Gilbertson, Esq., Borten-upon-Trent
The Rev. Francis E.; ward Jackson Valpy, Clerk, Burton
upon-'Trent
Jobn Wilkes Daniel, Esq., Burton-upon. Trent
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent,
Director of the Leicester and Bedford, Warwick and
Worcester, and London and Birmingh..,m Extension
Railways
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South
Midland Railway
William Henry Law, Esq., Hinckley
Charles Sansoine Preston, Esq., Hinckley
William Millhouse, Esq., Barµe l House, Hinckley
William Allport Leedam, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Charles Noel, Esq., Kirkby Mallory
Thomas Jee, Esq., Peckleton
Thomas Spencer, Esq., Earl Shilton
Henry Fotheringham Hunter, Esq., Kilburne, Derby,
Director of the Derby, Gainsburough, and Great
Grimsby Junction Railways
Henry Townshend, Esq., Stanton House, Hinckley
George Townshend, Esq., Sap cote, Hinckley
John Smith Crosland, E,q., Burbage House, Hinckley
Henry Francis Gisburrie, , Derby, Director of the
South Staffordshire Junction, Derby and Crewe, and
Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways
James He, gate, Esq., M.D., Derby, Director of the Derby
and Crewe, and Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways
Thomas Parker Bainbrigge, Esq., Director of the Derby
and Crewe, and Nlacclesfield and Lichfield Railways
John Sanders, Esq., Derby, Director Of the Derby and
Crewe Railway

AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM & BOSTON,
AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
CAPITAL, £1,800,000, in 72,000 Shares of £25 each.
DEPOSIT, £2 12s. 6d.

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Wm. Fletcher Norton Norton, Esq., Elton Manor, Not-
tinghamshire, Chairman
Thomas Bishop, Esq., Standard Hill, Nottingham, Vice-
Chairman
Sir Montague John Chorineley, Bart., Easton Hall, Lin-
colnshire
Sir Win. Browne Folkes, Bart., Hillington Hall, Norfolk,
Chairman of the Lynn and Ely Railway Company
Sir James Duke, M.P., Alderman, London
John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq., M.P., Fredville, Kent
Col. R(dleston, M.P., Watnall, Nottinghamshire
Wm. Bulkley Hughes, Esq., M.P.
The Hon. George EL Cavendish M.P., Chairman of the
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction
Railway
Henry Tootal, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Manches-
ter. Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth Directors of the
Henry Newberry, Esq., Seedley Manchester, Buxton,
Bank, Manchester Matlock, & Midland
James Durham, Esq., Manchester Junction Railway.
Richard Barrow, Esq , Staveley, Derbyshire
James Walkinshaw,Esq., Chairman of the Manchester

and Southampton Railway
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House, Manchester,
Chairman of the Lynn and Dereham Railway Company
The Worshipful the Mayor of Boston
The Worshipful the Mayor of Grantham
Peter Arkwright, Esq., Willerslev Castle, Derbyshire
Charles Allcock, E-q., Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
Francis Sillies Alliott, Esq., Nottingham
Francis Braithwaite, Esq., Nottingham Park
Richard Bradley, Esq.. Grantham
John Bradley, Esq., Nottingham Park
Joseph Braithwaite, Esq., Standard Hill, Nottingham
George Beaumont, Esq , East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve, Manchester
E.T. Coke, Esq., Woodhouse Grove, near Mansfield,

Nottinghamshire
Charles Clarke, Esq., Matlock
William Cartledge, Esq. Nottingham
Chas. Chouler, Esq., Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, Steward
to the Right Hon. Digby Lord Middleton
William Cantrell, Esq., Wirksworth, Derbyshire
John Cruso, Esq., Leek, Staffordshire
Robert Creswell, Esq., lderidgehay, Derbyshire, one of
the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, London, Director of
the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and
Welsh Junction Railway Company
Timothy Chouler, Esq., Nottingham
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq , Sherwood Cottage, Bayswater
Joseph Dods, Esq., Donnington, Lincolnshire
John Downing, junior, Esq., Casthorpe, Lincolnshire
John Elsam, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
Booth Eddison, sq., Nottingham
John Fox, Esq , Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire
Smith Fussier, Esq., Nottingham
Francis Gie:eu Goodwin, Esq., Wigwell Grange, Derby-
shire
Thomas Gee, Esq., Banker, Boston
Charles Edmund Goodall, Esq., Normanton, Nottingham-
shire
John Godbor, Esq., Ilucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire
The Rev. G. J. Giradot, Catcolston, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Foster Gimson, Esq,, Nottingham
Francis Hall, Esq., Park Hall, Nottinghamshire
Robert Holden, Esq., Lucks Park, Derbyshire
Francis Hurt, Esq., A lderwasley, Derbyshire
Richard Hurt, Esq., Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Charles Vicars Hunter, Esq., Kilburne, Derbyshire
William Hannay, Esq., Nottingham
John Hardy, junior, Esq., Banker, Grantham
Lawrence Hall, Esq., Bratucote, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham
Lewis Heymann, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel Hollins, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Harvey, Esq.. Nottingham Park
• Robert Hand, Esq., Woolstliorpe Lodge, near Grantham,
Lincolnshire
John J•,mes Herbert, 'Esq., Grantham
• Richard Healey, Esq , Laugton, Lincolnshire
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 108, Strand, London
Daniel Jackson, Esq., Boston
Edmund Fillingharn King, Esq., Banker, Grantham
Thomas Keeley, Esq., Nottingham
John Lillie, Esq., Derby Ilouse, Manchester, Director of
the Trent Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Rail-
ways
William Little, Esq., Eye, near Peterborough
Thomas Marriott, Esq., Pappillon Hall, Leicestershire
James Nixon. Esq Beeston, Nottinghamshire
John Noble, Esq., Boston
William Ostler, Esq., Solicitor, Grantham
John Oldrid, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
George Parr, Esq., Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire
William Porter, Esq., Rochford Tower, Boston
William Fillingham Parr, Esq., Got h,ins, Nottinghamshire
William Parker, Esq., Hanthorpe House, Bourne, Lin-
colnshire
John Parr, Esq., Boston
Robert Palmer, Esq., Kennington, near London
Edward Radford, Esq., Tanslev Wood, Matlock
John Sherwin Sherwin, Esq., Bramcote, Nottinghamshire
The Rev. John Smith, Ahlacar Park, Derbyshire
John Simpson, Esq. Arnot Hill, Nottinghamshire
The Rev. John Storer, Rector of Hawksworth, Notting-
hamshire
Thomas Spalding, Esq., London
William Sills, Esq., Casthorpe, Lincolnshire
Kirke Swann, Esq., Nottingham
Samuel Beardsley Slater. Esq., Nottingham
John Swann, Esq., Nottingham
William Taylor, Esq., Ratcliffe Hall, Nottinghamshire
James Edward Tuxford, Esq., Magistrate, Boston
John M. Thomas, Esq., Boston
George Walker, Esq., Eastwood Hall, Nottinghamshire
Col. Thomas Wildman, Newstead Abbey, Nottingham.
shire
John Charles Williams, Esq , Lynn
Peter \Valthall, Esq., Dailey Dale, Derbyshire
Joseph Wass, Esq., the Villa Lea, near Nlatlock Bath,
Derbyshire, one of the Provisional Committee of the
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, Amber Gate, and Mid-
land Junction Railway
Joseph Wyles, Esq.. Grantham
Charles Wright, Esq., Alderman, Boston
Charles Wright, jun., Esq., Merchant, Boston
Lawrence \V yles, Esq-, Grantham
Nathaniel \Vedd, Esq., Merchant, Boston
William Watson, Esq , Daybrook, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Wise, Jun., Esq., Banker, Boston
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
W. F. N. Norton, Esquire, Chairman,
Thomas Bishop, Esquire, Vice-Chairman.
Francis Braithwaite, Esq. Joseph Paxton, Esq.
Richard Bradley, Esq. John Rawson, Esq.
John Fowler Burbidge, Esq. John Simpson, Esq.
Charles Clarke, E,,q. John Swann, Esq.
Sir James Duke, M.P. Col. Thomas Wildman
William Hannay, Esq. Joseph Wyles. Esq.
John Hardy, Esq. John Chas. Williams, Esq.
Herbert Ingram, Esq.
ENGINEER.
John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Nottingham
Messrs. Arkwright, Wirksworth
Messrs. Smith Payne, and Smith, London
Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Derby
Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., Manchester
Messrs. J. and J. C. Wright and Co., Nottingham
Messrs. Kewney and King, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy Grantham, Lin.
colnshire
Messrs. Garfit, Clavpons, and Co., Boston
Messrs. Henry and Thomas Gee and Co., Boston
Messrs. Moore and Robinson, Nottingham
S')LICITORS.
Messrs. Percy, Smith, and Percy, Nottingham
Philip Hnhbersty, Esq., Wirksworth
John Poore King, Esq., Grantham
Thomas White', Esq., Grantham
Messrs. Hopkins and Rice, Boston
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Bonner and Son, Solicitors, Spalding
Messrs. Smith and Wilkinson, Solicitors, Horbling
8 CRETARIES.
Mr. John Gough, Nottingham
Mr. Thomas Jackson, Nottingham

TEI E above Company formed by an amalgamation of
the Nottingham. Erevtash Valley, Amber Gate, and
Manchester, the Nottingh,m, Vale of Belvoir, and Gran-
tham, and the Nottingham and Boston Railways, is in-
tended to carry out the original object of those Companies
with an extension to Spalding. The Directors have the
sAtisfaction to state that by arrangements now made, this
Company will have the powerful aid and co-operation of
the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction
Railway Company, the Lynn and Ely Railway Company,
and Lynn and Dereham Railway Company. The Com-
mittee congratulate the Shareholders upon this accession,
which while it affords a mutually beneficial interchange
of traffic and a facility in carrying out the objects of this
undertaking, insures that unity of interest which is the
best guarantee of permanent success.
They have also effected an amalgamation of interests
with the Canals in the District, upon terms not only be-
neficial to the Shareholders of this Company in a pecu-
niary point of view, but upon such as will secure to this
Company the influence of nearly every Nobleman and
Gentleman through whose property the line will pass.
The treaty %Well has been pending with the Midland
Railway, the Directors are happy to state, will shortly be
satisfactorily concluded upon terms, which they feel as-
sured, will receive the full approbation of the Shareholders
of this Company.
The Directors are now in a position to go to Parlia-
ment as a united and most influential body, for the pur-
pose of making a direct and integral line of Railway from
the terminus of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midlands Junction Railway at Amber Gate, by Notting-
ham and Grantham to Roston and Spalding. At Spald-
ing it is proposed to form a junction with the line of the
Ely Company projected from Wi
Lynn and sbeach to
Spalding.
Thus the scheme as now developed becomes one of
national character—it effects by the most direct practice.-
ble route the Junction of Boston, Spalding, Lynn, Wis.
beach, Norwich, Great Yarmouth and the whole of the
Eastern and South Eastern part of the kingdom with
Liverpool, Manchester, and the great manufacturing Di..
tricts of Lancashire and Cheshire, and the great Coal
and Iron Districts of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and
Staffordshire.
The Town and environs of Nottingham alone contain
a population of upwards of 100,000 persons extensively
employed in the Cotton, Silk, and Lace manufacture;
and this line by its connexion with the proposed Nlanches-
: cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Rail-

way, will reduce the distance upwards of 70 miles from
that important Town to Manchester and Liverpool, as
compared with existing routes ; and will bring the East-
ern parts of Lincolnshire and Norfolk within a few hours
journey of those hives of industry and sources of wealth.
The line will pass through the extensive Nottingham-
shire and Derbyshire Coal f~ field, and by its junction with
the Midlands Railway at Amber Gate, ai.d its contiguity
to the Limestone and Gritstone quarries of Nottingham-
shire and Derbyshire, will afford an unlimited quantity
of Coal, Lime, and Building Stone to districts hitherto
only partially and expensively supplied with those im-
portant Articles.
By the cheap and expeditious transit provided by this
line, Coal will be reduced to at least one halt the average
price at which it usually sold in Lincolnshire, and when
that traffic is fully developed, the income to be derived
to the Company, and the benefit conferred on the public,
will be immense. Boston and Spalding, and the immediate
country connected with those important Towns, are
situated in the richest productive districts in the Kingdom.
The Corn and Cattle are consumed in the large manufac-
turing Towns in the Midland and Western Counties, and
the carriage of these to the consuming districts will alone
furnish a constant and certain source of revenue.
A very considerable amount of the vast Staple produce
of Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough,
Leicester, and
the neighkurhood, which is exported to Belgium, Hot-
land, Denmark, Germany, and all other parts of the
Baltic, is now conveyed by a circuitous and expensive
route to Hull and London for exportation ; whereas on
the completion of this line it will he transmitted direct to
the Eastern parts, and from thence shipped to those
Countries in much less time and at much less expense.
The Railway will also provide an easy and cheap access
from Nottingham and the Eastern tarots of England to
Alatlock, Buxton, Bakewell, Chatsworth, and Haddon,
and the romantic scenery of the Peak, and by opening
objects so rich in their attraction, will, beyond doubt,
command a large proportion of that pleasure travelling by
which existing lines have so much benefitted.
It will be thus seen that the proposed line contains all
the demi:Tits of a prolitk..ble Railway, it has a Sea Coast
and Sea Port Towns at ita Eastern Termini ; it unites the
richest and mo,t productive agricultural district of En-
gland with the great seats of manufacture and consump-
tion, it provides an outlet for the Coal and Minerals of
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire into districts at present
only partially and expensively supplied, and it connects
the East with the Midland and Western Counties by the
shortest practicable route.
The line having been now laid out is reported to be free
from engineering difficulties, and the cost of formation
much below the average as compared with other lines.
'I he Directors are happy to say that no Residential
Property is interfered with; and they have the assurance
of the Engineer that the surveys are nearly completed,
and that all the plans will be deposited in compliance with
the Standing Orders of Parliament, and from the talent
and well-known accuracy of the Engineer they have per-
fect confidence that such will be the case. The Directors
have reserved a portion of their capital for the landed
proprietnis and others locally interested.
Prospectuses mid Plans of the proposed Line may be
obtained from the Secretary.

TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF THE
BOROUGH OF GRANTHAM.
WE, the undersigned, respectfully request you to call
a MEETING of the Inhabitants of the Town and
Neighbourhood of GRANTHAM, and other Persons
interested, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the RAILWAYS projected from the West to the East,
passing through Grantham. Dated this-I9th day of Sep-
tember, 1815.
John Garnar Ric and Bradley
E. L. Hough 15.seph J. A. Brown
Robert Turner Samuel Hidge
John Hardwick George Healy
J. J. Herbert John Manners
Thomas Manners J. S. Wagetaffe, clerk
F. Musson Henry Thompson
J. Lelv Ostler Charles Miller
Mark Ward Robert Mather
Joseph Hancock W. Eaton
John Basker John Rippin
Forman Owen C. G. Gray
C. 11• Hoc ayck
.... Lawrence Wy les

Thomas Ekin George Draper
William Green Edward Wilks
W. Walkington Henry P‘arce
Robert Henry Johnston J. L. Gray
John Lane J. Chamberlain
Goat.les Lord George Brett
John Wilson Samuel King
John Hardy, junior John King
William Turner William Booth
Kewney and King Joseph Wyles
Fred. Malim Thomas Wyles
Richard Briggs F. P. Newcome
Thomas Burgess Joseph Hind.
Joseph Richards
In compliance with the above Requisition, I hereby ap-
poing a PUBLIC MEETING to be held at the Guild-
hall, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of September, at Twelve
o'clock at Noon. J. F. BURBIDGE, Mayor.
Grantham, September 20th, 1845.

AT a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the
Town and Neighbourhood of GRANTHAM, and
of other persons interested, duly convened by the Mayor
in compliance with a requisition numerously signed, held
at the Guildhall, in Grantham, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th
of September, 1845, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the RAILWAYS passing from the West to
the East through Grantham,
JOHN FOWLER BURBIDGE, ESQ., MAYOR,
•
in the chair;
It was moved by Mr. MALIM, seconded by Mr. BUSHBY.
That this Meeting, considering ttlat the Grand Union
Railway Company having origifitilly projected their East
and West Main Trunk Line fbr the advantage of Gran-
tham, and the other Tow& of South Lincolnshire, are
entitled to the support or the inhabitants of Grantham.
Upon which the foll6wing amendment was moved by
Mr. LAWRENCE WYLES, and seconded by Mr. GARNAR,
That this meeting, having taken into consideration the
different Lines of Railway projected from the West to.
the East passing through Grantham, is of opinion that
the Amalgamated Line called "The Amber Gate, Not-
tingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway,
commencing at the Terminus of the Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway at Amber Gate,.
and going from thence, by Nottingham and Grantham,
to Spalding and Boston, is the best calculated to promote
'lie interests of this town and neighbourhood.
Which Amendment, having been put to the meeting,
. .

was declared, on a division, to be carried.
Moved by the Rev. WM,POTCHETT, Vicar of Gran

tham, seconded by Mr. THOMPSON, and
Resolved Unanimously,—That this Meeting is further
of opinion that the Amber Gate, Nottingham and Boston,
and Eastern Junction Railway, is especially entitled to
the support of the inhabitants of this District, inasmuch
as it has become united with the Grantham Canal Navi-
gation, from which the Town of Grantham has, for many
years past, derived great and important benefits ; and in-
asmuch as it has the full approval of the principal Landed
Proprietors of this neighboarhood.
Moved by Mr. E. KING, seconded by Mr. MILLER, and
Resolved Unanimously,—That a copy of these Resolu-
tions be forwarded to theMernhers for the Borough of
Grantham, and County of Lincoln, respectfully request-
ing them to give the above Railway their best support in
Parliament.
Moved by Mr. JOHNSTON, secondedby Mr. HEALY, and
Resolved Unanimously,—That a copy of These Re-
solutions be printed and published in the County Papers.
I. F. BURBIDGE, Mayor.
The Mayor having left the Chair,—Moved by Mr.
CATLETT, seconded by Mr. HERBERT, and
Resolved Unanimously,—That a vote of Thanks be
given to the Mayor, for his patient and impartial conduct
in the Chair.

WELSH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
AT a MEETING of the Landowners and Inhabitants
of LLANDOVERY, in support of the Welsh Mid-
land Railway, held this day, at the Castle Hotel, Llan-
dovery, at which Meeting a Devutatio_o_from the Welsh
Midland Railway Company attended,—
JAMES PALMER BUDD, ESQ. in the Chair.
Moved by Jolts; JONES, Esq.:, of Blaenos, seconded by
D. J. Lewis, Esq., of G4Car, and unanimously resolved,
That the course of tire Main Line.of the Welsh Mid-
land Railway from/ Brecon through Llandovery and
Carmarthen. as pointed out by the Directors, appears to
this Meet'ng to be well chosen, and has its warmest ap-
nroval, particularly as being calculated not only to supply
the wants of both the mineral and agricultural districts of
the counties of Brecon, Carmarthen, and Cardigan, not
provided for by any other proj,cted undertaking, but also
as being by far the roost direct and level route from Lon-
don and the manufacturing dis'ricts of Englind to the
South of Ireland ; and that this Meeting has the fullest
confidence in the Directors that they will carry out the
whole of tht, truly national undertaking.
Moved by D. L. HARRIS, Esq , seconded by STEPHEN
JONES, Esq., of Ystrad, and carried unanimously,
That the thanks of this Meeting be given to JAMES
PALMER BUDD, Esq., for his able conduct in the Chair.
Llandovery, September 17, 1845.