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Boston and Nottingham railway,with brioche* to GRANTHAM »mi NEV'ARK.Capital, is Shares of Jfhit each.Deposit jtfl lOs.per Share, to be paid into the hands of the bankers.Subscribers will not be answerable beyond the amount of their respective Shares.Deposit to be so subscribe 1 fa be available to the necessary ex-penses of the undertaking, making surveys, expenses of the Act of Parliament, Arc.Provisional Com.mittbb.J. Rawson, Esq., Mayor of Boston Augustus Duggan, Esq., Bostan John Oidrid, Esq., Boston Thomas Collta, Esq., Boston Mr. Charles Wright, Boston Mr. John WbeldaJe, Boston Mr. ttkard It.Dsmoa, Bwtw( Mr. John H. Thomas, Boston Mr. J. B. Topham, Keal Mr. John Klsam, Boston Mr. Joseph Wyles, Grantham Messrs. Lee and Duftteld, Gran-thatnSir. B. KenricV, Boston Mr. Richard 11 art, Boston Mr. John Pass, Boston Mr. Edward Jackson, Grantham Mr. \V, Wedd Tux ford, Button Mr. W. Beasley, Surflrel Mr. J. Fountain, Leake Mr. \V. Gilliat, Martin-BIr. J. S. Bailey,.Boston Sir. John Buntolt, Boston Mr. George Spurr, Boston Mr. \V. Simon.Is. Fishtolt Mr. Joseph Smith, Bsston Mr. S. E. II. Raymeut, BostuiiBIr. F. Man, Boston BIr. John Hobson, Boston Mr. W. Porter, Kyras Tourer Mr. Joseph Binder, Wrangle Mr. David Martin, WalnBset Mr. John Cols, WiiBIr. Edsyard Black, Benington Mr. Edward Duckett, Quarfring Mr. John Kirkbam, Hagnsby Mr. J. Bramley, Wild more Fen Mr. W. Weeks, Holland Fen BIr. John Coupland, Frieston Mr. Newell Dawson, Terry Booth Mr. W. J. Holt,Grantham Mr. John Hind, Grantham Mr. Thomas Burgess, Grantham BIr, Jewhtha Pacey, Boston Mr. John Salisbury, East Fen Mr. Hart Buck, Grantham Mr. F. Blaim, Grantham Mr. P. S. Curtois, I.angref Ferry Bir. John .Sharp, Boltin Mr, C. Litchford, Stainiby Mr.. W. Conpland, Frieston Mr. Thomas Green, BostonBanrkhs.Boston —Standard, Spalding, and Boston Joint Stock Company, and National Provincial Bank Newark—-Messrs. Godfrey, Godfrey, and Hutton, Bankets. Gravthax—Messrs. Holt and Kewney. .Nottingham—Northern and Central Hank ; Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank.P*i n mi no h s u—National Provincial Hank;St.kA^ORn—Messrs Peack, Handley, and Co.Louth—Lincolnshire and Lindsey Banking Company.Solicitor—Bir. Thomas Hopkins, Boston. Consulting Engivkkks,—Messrs. Rernie.A* tino Engineer—Mr. William Lewin.Ski rktahy—Bir. H. V. Alington, Boston. .PROSPECTUS.The great •superiority of railway communication with locomotive power is now so fully established, that there are few individuals to be found who do not subscribe to the opinion that such conveyances are necessary to enable all«parts of the kingdom to stand, as it were, on au equal footing, as it cartuot be denied that where such conveyances do exist, that that part of the country has a most decided advantage in all marketable articles over that which has neglected to take advantage of the great improvement that art and •cience row hold out and «o successfully accomplish.In introducing, however, any new line »f railway, a great many considerations suggest themselves beyond the mere advantage of placing one district of country on an equal footing with another; and amongst other considerations, such advantage* should beshown ns will at once convince the public that the proposed cvm-pany is not a mere stock-jobbing affair, but one that:cannot fail of being highly advantageous to the agricultural and trading interest, as well as a sale investment fur capitalThe great principle of railways should be the connecting of a consuming and manufacturing inland district with a seaport town and agricultural country, thus, in exchange, insuring u market lor foreign articles* ahd home produce, with a facility for exporting manufactured articles, Such is the case with this project, as It is obvious even to casual observers that Boston,being by the line only 4£ miles t rom Nottingham ; whilst all other seaport towns on the east coast are from 7B to I ait mile* distant , lathe natural seaport, for the whole of the Blidland Counties, whether for export or import to or from the Continent of Europe, whether from the Baltic or Hamburg, or the more Northern Ports of Rut-sia, aa also for all London gnods that may be consumed in the interiar; and that Nottingham and the reighbouiing towns of Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, BJans-tiild, c. (now all approximated by railways., are the natural markets for the immense agricultural produce of the whole of the country surrounding Boston.Having thua shown the great advantage of the termini of the Boston and Nottingham Bailway, the one being an excellent aud the nearest seaport town, surrounded by a most fertile country, and the other an immensely populous and manufacturing district, at the same time joining nearly every Railway now laid down, vte. with the Northern Liurg, communicating at once with the whole of the ForjrshJrc markets—the Midland Counties Line, connecting Derby, Leicester—the Derby Junction, running direct to Birmingham— N »rth Union, pnulug from Burton-or.-Trent,: to Manchester, and tlie Grand Junction Line, passing to Blanchester and Liverpool, and thus forming at once a direct communication across the kingdom—it is evident that the whole of the Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, De by, Leicester, Nottingham, and Leeds goods that are now consumed by that part of the kingdom lying east, south-east, and north-east of Nottingham must pass for a shorter or greater distance along the line. Such being the case, it is impossible to doubt there being an ample return for capital invested, as it is satisfactorily established that one half of the charge* per ton ptfr mile, by the existing conveyances, will yield a large prutit on the transit of good-1, Ike., by the Railway. The returns of the traffic, and consumption of the country through which the tine passes, art* now being made out; and what have already been obtained show a large per cenUge, after allowing for every possible annual expense, although it may safely be averred that wx one-third of the whole has yet been collected, and no allowance whatever has been made for the Increase of traffic or passengers. Seaborne goods from London and abroad, and all agricultural produue, could be delivered from the port or town of Boston to Sleaford in 1$ hour, to Grantham in 3 hours, to Newark 34 hours, and to Nottingham in 44 hours; and passengers, fish, parcels, aud light goods aiul loads could be can led to aud from the above places In had the time above mentioned, vis., in i of an hour to Sleatord, 1$ hour to Grantham, 1J hour to Newark, and in ‘Ji hmira to Nottingham.Themain line of the Boston and Nottiagham Railway will pass from Boston, on or near the South Forty-foot Drain, to Heckington aud Sleaford, along the valley to Broud water, Aucaster, Willoughby, Marsloo, Forston (with branches to Grnnthuin and Newark), through Staunton, Flowrbun/.Thoroton, Bingham, Ratcliff, Ferre-polnt,u Nottingham.Provisional Committees are now forming in the several counties and towns interested in the undertaking ; and in the mean time applications for shares, c., maybe made personally, or by letter (post pAid), to Messrs. Dyson and Hall, Parliamentary agents, 43, Parliament street, London ; J. Walter Healey, K#q , Nottingham ; .Mr. J. Wrighton, broker, Birmingham ; Bir. Charles Kirk, .Sleaford ; Bir. William Wagslatt, Grantham-, Messrs. Pye and Waite, Louth, Bir. Robert t apart), Newark ; and to any of the above-named Bankers, Solicitor, and Secretary. „Boston, June JU.Tlt;1 Tit K PROVISIONAL t'O.M M1TTKK OP THE VqTTIVUIIAM A VII BOtfTON KAtLWAT.Grntlemkn—1 request to become a subscriber for shares In this und. rtaking ; and agree to take such shares as shall be allotted to me, and to pay the deposits thereon, lu conformity with the prospectus, dated 2Fth June, Id3f», and to execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers’ agreement, as and when 1 shall recei ve not ice so to do.I am, Gentlemen, Ac.The Christian and surname, with date and address, to be signed by the applicant. __OIRMINGHAM and DERBY -JUNCTION
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Fri, Oct 14, 1836
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