The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-04 00:00:00

BANKERS.

London— Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co.
Pontefract and Doncaster—Messrs. Leatham, Tew, and Co.
Worksop, Mansfield, and Nottingham—The Nottingham Banking

Company
Sheffield—The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company
ENGlNEnts—Sir John Macneill and James Thompson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
William Unwin, Esq.
William Bickley Esq.} Sheffield.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Deans, Dunlop, and Hops,
Fludyer-street, Westminster.

:ONORARY SEcazTsair-John Nathaniel Spellen, Director of the

Barbadoes Railway,

LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Thomson and Debenham, Salter's Hall,
St. Swithen's-lane, London.
LOCAL LAW AGENTS.
W. E. Carter, Esq., Pontefract
William Marratt, Esq., Doncaster
John Whall, Esq., Worksop
Arthur John Cursham, Esq., Mansfield.
Temporary Offices, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings.

This undertaking is projected by influential local interests to supply
the requirements of the above important district; and a reference to
the map will show that it will also complete the communication be-
tween York, Leeds, and the intermediate towns in the most direct
course with London. The surveys have been made by Sir John Mac-
neill-and James Thompson, Esq., and the country is found to be fa-
vourable to the construction of a railway, and to require nether tun-
nels nor heavy embankments ; and there is, perhaps, no line of such
importance which could be constructed at comparatively so small an
expense as the sum named in the estimate.
The length of the line will be but about thirty-nine miles ; and by
means of this short link, in connexion with existing projects from
Nottingham, a saving will be effected between Leeds and the metro-
polis exceeding thirty miles.
It will commence at the projeeted terminus of the Wakefield, Pon-
tefract, and Goole Railway, at Pontefract, and from thence proceed
through Doncaster, Tickhill, and Worksop, to the terminus of the
Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midland Counties Railway, at Mansfield ;
thereby completing, by means of the York and North Midland Rail-
way, the shortest route from York to Nottingham and London. It
will also, by the proposed extension line of the Wakefield, Pontefract.
and Goole, from the York and North Midland, near Met ley, form
the nearest line between Leeds, Nottingham, the Midland and South-
ern Counties, and by the Goole and Doncaster line, an uninterrupted
communication with Goole and the shipping ports of the Humber.
It will also form a means of communication with the several pro-
jected lines, to the rising port of Great Grimsby.
It is a remarkable feature in this line, that there is no competing
scheme, nor does it at an interfere with any ornamental or residen-
tial property.
It is not considered essential to enter into the details of traffic f the
♦alue of the lines in the district, in that respect, is a sufficient test of
its extent, in addition to which, the railway will become the recipient
of much of the northern traffic, arising from the numerous branches
with whiehit is connected.
A preference will be given in the allotment to the shareholders in
the adjacent lines.
Application for shares may be made in the usual form, to the Se-
cretary ; solicitors, Messrs. Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall,
London, and to the local agents and the following brokers :—London,
Taunton and Bush, Austin-friars ; Mr. H. Pritchett, 74, Old Broad-
street ; and Mr.T.C.:Munday, 17, Royal Exchange (eastern entrance);
Messrs. Price and Brown, Change-alley. Sheffield—George Randon,
Jun. Manchester—Messrs. Hope and Rostrum. Liverpool—Messrs.
Schultz and Carr. Leeds—Messrs. Ritlidale, Myers, and Ridsdale.
Hull—Messrs Wilkinson and Earl. Wakefield—Messrs. Ridedale
and Rogers ; and Nottingham —Mr. Wakefield.