The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-08 00:00:00

DNESDA Y EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1845.

THE GREAT HIBERNIAN CENTRAL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 2,000,000/., in 80,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription.
PROVISIONAL commirrme.
(With power to add to their number.)
The Right Hon. John Ladaveze Arabin, Lord Mayor of Dublin
The Most Noble the Marquis of Ormonde
The Right Hon. the Earl of Orkney
The Right Hon. the Earl of Limerick
The Right Hon. the Earl of Gosford
The Right Hon. Lor.l Rossmere, Lord-Lieutenant of the county of
Monaghan
The Right Hon. Lord Dunalllei
Colonel the Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Darner, M.P.
The Hon. Henry Walker
The Hon. F. A. Prittle
The Hon. George Handcock, Chairman of the Belfast and Bally-
mena Railway
Sir Thomas Barret Lennard, Bart.
Sir Anthony Weldon, Bart,
Sir Edward H. Walshe, hart.
Sir George Forster, Bart.
Sir Edmund Waller, Bart.
Thu '.
R
Gill, Esq., P.a,ilßw:cykland Abbey, Plymouth, Chairman
ortuas c
south Devon
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., D.L., and J.P. King's County,
Vice-Chairman of the Cork and Waterford, and Director of the
Midland Great Western Railway
Fit , Esq., P., French Park, Roscommon,
czhitaei
Irishh Great Western Railway
tan n
o French, Te ic
Sir James Murray, Merrion-square, Dublin
The Very Rev, ti e Dean of Ardfert
The Rev. the Dean of Itoss, Director of the Ulster Railway
cor Veryneiins O'Brien, Esq.,
Peter Kirk, Faq,
J. Goddard, L,(1., Chairman of the Ulster Railway
Willi/in Graham, Esq., Lisburn, Director of the UI ter Railway
Bohn D.L., Parkmount, Belfast, Director
of ti3le"Neoiriteh'ern Backing Company, and of the Belfast and Bal-
lymena Railway
John Thomson, Esq., Lows,..,
Belfast, Director of the Belfast
Banking Company, and of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway
John Hartigan, Esq., Belfast, Director of the Belfast and Bally.
mena Railway
James Hartley, Esq., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Company, London
William IlurnithreYs, Esq., D.L., and J.P., Ballyhaise..house,
Cavan
Thomas Harkness,
4 Stranraer, Member of Ur: Provisional
Committee of the British and Irish Union Railway
Abram Campbell, Stranraer, Director of the Provisional Commit-
tee of the British and Irish Union Railwa.;
Hugh Barton, Esq., Straffan, Kildare
William T. Osborne, Esq., Beechwore,, Tipperary
Charles Granby Burke, Faq., Dung:
John Ross Mahon, Esq., Dublin
Robert H. Kinahan, Esq , J Alderman, Dublin
Los,. P , hClln' LO:dord
Isaac M. D'Oliier, Esq., -Dublin, Director of the Bank of Ire-
land

A. M. M'Moran, sq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-patk-square,
London, Direct or of the East and West Junction Railway
John W. Fitzi.,,,tr;ck, Esq., Lisduff, Queen's County
Charles Dor.,e, Esq., Newton Park, Dublin
Michael Furnell, Esq., D.L., and J.P., Caber Elly Castle,
ThPmas Lloyd, Esq., D.L., and J.P., Beechmount, Limerick
`..sr. Cope Cocr.ier, Esq., D.L., J.P., Cooper Hill, Queen's
County
Samuel Garnett, Esq., J.P., Arch-hall, Meath
Henry Thompson, Esq., Dublin
Robert H. Stubber, Esq., D.L. and J.P., Moyne, Queen's County
Major Wm. Thompson, J.P., Hollywood Rath, Dublin
Edward Wilmot Chetwode, Esq., J.P., Woodbrook, Queen's
County
Fulk Greville, Esq.. Granard, Longford
Richard Greville, Esq., Granard, Longford
J. West, Esq , Capet-street, Dublin
Thomas Gresham, Esq., Rainey Park, Dublin, Director of the
Drsghesia and Belfast Junction Railways
Michael Andrews, Esq., Ardoyne, Belfast
S. Robert B. Eratt, Esq., Mount Louise, Monagan, D.L. and J.P.
Edward Galwey, Esq., Limerick
Henry Rsan, Esq., J P., Killers, Kilkenny
Henry Lloyd, E.g., J.P., Butler.house, Kilkenny
Timothy O'Brien, Esq., Crescent, Limerick
George Garvey, Esq , J.P., Thornvale, King's County
Isaac English, Esq , Dublin
Leonard Thornhill, Esq., Monkstown, Dublin
Alexander 11I'Donuall, Esq., J. P., Stranraer, Agent for the Union
Bank of Scotland
George L'Estrange, Esq., Dublin Castle
Michael Head Drought, Esq.. J.P., Harristown, Queen's County
J
Thos. Birmingham, Esq., J.P., Carromana, Galway
Robert White. Esq., J.P., Old-park, Queen's County
Edward Waller, Esq., J.P., Finos-house, Tipperary
Thomas G. Stoney, Esq„ J.P., Kyle-park, Tipperary
Henry White, Esq., J. P., Charleville, Queen's County
Philip Read, Esq , J. P., the Wood Parks, Galway
J. R. Price, Esq., J P., Westfield Farm, Queen's County
Benjamin L. Lefloy, Esq., J.P., Cardenton•honse, Limerick
D. M. Maunsell, Esq., J.P., Ballymullen.house, Limerick
Henry Smith,Esq., Kilmartin, Queen's County
Charles Cambie, Esq., J. P., Castletown, Tipperary
Christopher Harkness, Esq., Craigs Cottage, Dumfries
John Wetherell, Esq., Parsonstown, King's County
James Killinger, Esq., Dublin
William Moore, Esq., Dublin
Daniel Henry Ferrell, Esq , J.P., Beechwood, Roscommon
Robert William Low, J.P., Johnstonmore, Dublin
Richard Bourne, Esq., Tcrremroe, Dublin.
ENGINEERS.
Thomas Rhodes, Esq, C.E, M.1.C.E., and Samuel
Nicholson, Esq., C.E.
PROVISIONAL SECRETARY.
William Hamilton, Esq., Roundvrood, Queen's County, and 42,
Upper Sackville.street, Dublin.
SOLICITORF.
Messrs. Robert Hamilton and Co., Upper Sackyille-street, Dublin,
and Messrs. Maltby, Beecheroft, and Robinson, 04, Old Broad.
street, London.

PAVIA Alt ANTARY AIINNT.
William Bryden, Esq., 4 New Palace-yard, Westminster.
London Offices of the Company, 19, Moorgate-strcet.

It is proposed to form a railway, frUrit the south to the north of
Ireland, commencing at Lime' ick and ending at Clones, a distance
of 122 miles, with a branch from Parsonstown, through Roscrea,
to Templemore, of 18 miles. This railway will proceed north..
wards by Killaloe, Nenagh, Cloughjordan, Shinrone, Parsonstown,
Banagher, Shannon Harbour, Athlone, Ballymahon, Kenagh, Long-
ford, Granard, Arvagh, Cavan, and Ballyhaise, to Cones, at which
point it will meet the traffic supplied by the Belfast and Bally.
mena, the Ulster, the Newry and Enniskillen, the Dundalk and
Enniskillen, and the Coleraine, Londonderry and Enniskillen Rail.
ways, thus concentrating, in its northern terminus, the intercourse
of all the lines in that important portion of the country; and on
the south, being in direct communication with the various existing
and projected lines to Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Tralee, &c.,
it will bring the two extremes of the kingdom into immediate con.
nexion, effectually open up the interior of the country, and neces-
sarily tend to de telop its almost bidden resources, while the fact
of the line crossing
the direction of all the channels of communi-
cation from cast to west of the country, without competing with
any of them, forms a singular and strikingly advantageous feature
in the undertaking.

Detailed prospectuses, with a plan, and forms of applications
for Shares, may be obtained on application to the Secretary, to the
Solicitors, or any of the principal Stock and Sharebrokers in the
kingdom, through any of whom applications may be transmitted,
and at the London Offices of the Company.

GREA T INDIAN PENINSULAR
RAILWAY COMPANY.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT.
CUAIRMAN—The Hon, John Stuart Wortley, M.P.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—W. J. Hamilton, Esq , M.P.
Frederick Ayrton, Esq., late of the East India Company's Service
Major General Briggs, many years employed in high political and
civil situations in India
Major Clayton, Bengal Cavalry
The Itii ht Hon. G. R. Dawson
J. G. Frith, Esq. (firm of Frith, Wallace, and Co.), Deputy-Chair.
man of the Enniskillen and Londonderry Railway
Captain Gresley, late in civil employ in the Niaam's eountry
William Gladstone, Esq , Arm of Thomson, Sonar, and Co.
James Briscoe Graham, Esq., late of Bombay
John Harvey, Esq., Commercial Bank of London
Swynfen Jervis, Esq., Director of the London and County Bank,

Lombard-street
John Peirse Kennard, Egg.
Robert W. Kennard, EN., Deputy. Chairman, Northern and FAO-

ern Railway Company
John Malleson, Esq., Director of the Armagh and Coleraine
Railway
Major Moore, late Military Secretary, Hyderabad
Richard Paterson, Esq., Chairman of the Northers and Eastern

Railway Company
William Ambrose Shaw, Esq., many years resident in India
Major-General TreWMAII, Madras Establishment
Melville Wilson, Dm., Director of the Alliance Assurance-office
T. Williamson, Esq., late Revenue Commissioner of the Decc.as
Bombay _ _ .

With power to add to their number.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE AT BOMBAY.

CIIAIRMAN-J. P. Willoughby, E q., Chief Secretary to Govern-
ment, and Provisional Member of Council.

DEPurr.CiLtiamast—R. NV. Crawford, Esq., firm of Remington,

Crawford, and Co.
Colonel Jervis, Chief Engineer, Bombay
Cur:etjee Cowasjee, Esq , merchant, Justice of the Peace, end
large landholder in Bombay and dalsette
S. S. Dickenson, Esq., barrister
Bomanjec Hormusjee, Esq., merchant, Justice of the Peace, and
large landholder in Bombay and Salsette
J. Smith, Esq., firm of Messrs. Nicol and Co.
J. H. Jackson, Esq., Civil Service, Commissioner of Sea Customs,
Bombay
Vikcajee Meerjee, Esq., many years farmer of the Government
Revenue, and also of the Hyderabad (Nizam's) Government dis-
tricts
H. 11. Glass, Etq., Civil Service, Collector of Customs, Bombay
Jugonathjee Sunkersett, Esq., Justice of the Peace, and Member
of the Boards of Conservancy and Education
Captain Swanson, Paymaster of the Army, Bombay
CursetJee Jemsetjee, Esq., firm of Sir Jemsetjee Jeejeebhoy, Sons,
and Co., and son of Sir Jemsetjee Jeejcebhoy
B. Spooner, Esq., Civil Service, Deputy Collector of Customs,
Bombay
Dadabhoy Pestonjee, Esq., firm of Dadabhoy and Muncherjee
Pcstonjec, Justice of the Peace, and a large landholder in
Bombay
G. Facie, Esq., firm •f INPVicar, Burn, and Co., Bcrn'my 1
(With power to add to their number.)
PROVISIONAL SECRETARY, BOMBAY.
Acton S. Ayrton, Eq., of the firm of Messrs Ayrton and Walker,

solicitors to the Company in Bombay
TRUSTILES IN BOMBAY—P. W. Legeyt, Esq., Civil Service, Judge
of the Suddur Adawlut ; Jeejeebhoy Dadiblioy, Esq., firm `.l.
Jeejeebhoy, Dadabhoy, Sons, and Co., R. Remington,
firm of Remington and Company
COISVLTING ENGINEEE—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
MANAGER—John Chapman, Esq.
BTANDING COUNSEL—Charles Buller, Esq., M.D.
STANDING COUNSEL IN BOIIBAY-.--W. Howard, Esq,
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. W!ii'e and Borrett,
Lincoln's Inn fields, Landon
Messrs. Ayrtou and Walker, Bombay

BANKERS•
Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co., London
Messrs. Arthur, Heywoods Sons,' and
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. London
Bank of Bombay, Bombay.' Co., Liver pool
AGENTS IN Bomasv---Messm Nicol and Co.
The Provisional Committee have the pleasure to inform the ap-
plicants for shares in this Company, that they have received by
the last Mail, from their reprecentatives in Bombay, advices of the
cordial co-operation there of the most influential parties, both
European and native, in carrying out the great objects which this
Company proposes to effect.
The prospectus of the Company has been approved and published
In Bombay, and the Committee s of the Bombay Great Eastern
Railway, and of the Indian Railway Association of Bombay, both
of local origin (the former established for snaking a railway from
Bombay to the foot of the (Maths, and the latter for promoting
railway communication with the interior of the peninsula upon a
more extended scale) have, with other influential parties,
formed themselves into a Local Provisional Committee, and are
taking active measures for the identification of the interests of
their respective Subscribers with those of the Great Indian Penin-
sular Railway Company.
It appearing also from the same advices that the portions of the

line to accommodate the great traffic connected with the staple
trade and port of Bombay are most urgently wanted, the Pro-
visionsl Committee have it in contemplation to secure the con-
struction of those portions at the earliest possible period. With
that object, and In accordance with their annnouncement of the
24th ofJuly last, stating that the allotment would take place after
the receipt of advices from India, they propose to commence by
the issue of 40,000 shares of the intended capital of the Company
(a like number being now in course of allocation in India), reset v.
ing the residue for future distriloution, with a preference to holders
of original shares.
Pursuant to this altered course of procedure, parties who have
already applied for shares are at liberty to withdraw their applica.
tions should they be so disposed, and to meet such contingency
the Provisional Committee will receive new applications until the
Bth of October inst., when they will proceed to the allotment of
the shares.

Forms of application for shares may be had from Messrs. White
and Borrett, the solicitors, 35, Lincoln's Inn.fields ; and L. M.
Simon, DA., stock and share-broker, 7, Wharnford-court, Throg-
morton street.

Applications must be accompanied by a reference either to
some member of the Provisional Committee, or to a banker, or to
the solicitors or broker.
Capi (1,00,0004, in 120,000 Shares, of 501. each.
Deposit, 21. 10s. per Share.
(Signed) JOHN STUART WORI LEY, Chairman.
Copies of portions of the advices from India above referred to
may be seen on application to
The Solicitors and Broker, London
Messrs. Nicol, Duckworth, am! Co., 1, Cook-street, Liverpool
J. Nicholson, Esq., 15, St. Ann's.squarc, Manchester
Messrs. Spurrier and Chaplin, SoliciV,rs, Birmingham

James Watson ,Esq., South Frede•jek-street. Glasgow
William Williams, Browne ani Ca., Leeds

THE SHEFFIELD, WORTLEY, SILK-
STON, AND WAKEFIELD RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 50:6,0001. in '20,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. les. ficl. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
J. IV. R. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the
Leicee'.er and Bedford Railway
Willte.ia Alexander, Esq., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Liver-
vaeol and Leeds Direct, and the Midland and Think Railways
:/aseph Austin, Esq., Headingley Hill, Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and York Railways
W. P. Bradshaw, Esq.. Woodthorpe Hall, Sandal Magna, Wakefield
Charles Bamford, jun, Faq., Hull, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
William Broadhurst, Esq., Westfield-terrace, Sheffield
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Alexander Brown, Esq., Headingley, Leeds
Isaac Eurkill, Esq , Hightleid-cottege, Beestoo, Leeds
Wm. ClMOrtl, ley , nun, renreeter of the Lincolnshire and Eastern
Counties Railway
Rol t. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
liaway
Joseph Cleike, Esq., Shorburn, Ferrybridge
John Pristou Cutts, Esq., Sheffield
John IL Coates, Esq., Wakefield
John Alcoek Dixon, Esq , Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Director
of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Win. Dewsun, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough,
Lynn, Wisbeach, and Boston Railway
John Egginton, Esq., a Magistrate of the Borough of Hull
Thomas England, Esq., Headingley, Lees, Director of the West
Junction and the Leeds and York Railways
Robert John Ellershaw, Esq., Leeds
Ephraim Elsworth, Esq., Sandford.house, Eirkstall, near Leeds
George Earle, Esq , Hull
Jahn Fawcett, Esq., Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the Wake-
field and Harrogate Junction, the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
and the Direct Western Railways
Wm. Gresham, Esq., Alderman of the City of Lincoln
Augustus G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq., Potter Newton, near Leeds
Frederick Hattersley, Esq., West House, Bradford
Robert Herries, Esq., Leeds
Willlaln Wilkca Hill, Esq., Beesten, near Leeds
John Hall, Esq., Hull. Director of the York and Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
William Hutchinson, Esq , Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the
*teat Grimsby, Sheffield, the Potteries, and Grand Junction
Railway
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Wake.
field and Harrogate Junction, and the Direct Western Railways
J. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Martin.house, near Skipton, a Magis-
trate of the West Riding
Jelin Heird, Esq , Alderman of Nottingham, Director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
'homes Herbert, Esq., Alderman of Nottingham
'Thomas Holines, Esq., Hull
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
John Jackson, Esq., Alderman of Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and York Railways
Tliomes Jessop, Esq., Claremont-place, Sheffield
Sydney Jessop, Esq., Manchester
Cherles Locke, Esq., Shapethorne.house, Wakefield, Director of
the Wakefield and Harrogate Junction Railway
James Martin, Esq., Wakefield
James Joseph M'Swiney, Esq., Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Director
of the Wakefield and Harroga to Junction, the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester, and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
Hobert Mitchell, Esq., the Mouert, Sheffield
Joseph Ogdin March, Esq., Beeclt.grove, Leeds
George Peel, Esq., Horbury, n ear Wakefield, Director of the
Wakefield and Harrogate Junction, and the Bradford, Wake-
field, and Midland Railways
Sidney Roberts, Esq., Sheffield
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoatee Cottage, near Wakefild, Director of
the Bradford, Wakefield, &int Midland, and the Leeds, York,
and Midland Railways
E. W. Rudgard, Esq., Lincoln+
Edward Rook, Esq., King-stre et , Leeds
James Reffit, Esq., Leeds
Edward Spence, Esq., Tilwortiea, near Hull, Director of the York.
shire and Glasgow and thus Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick
Rail ways
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Sheriff. en d Alderman sf London
Edw. Sidebottom, Esq., Pied, rack-hall, Sandal Magna, Wakefield
Benjamin Smith, Esq., Ducki es Alton. lodge, near Chesterfield, Di-
rector of the North Derby sh ire Uniots, and the Sheffield, Dux,
ton, Leek, and Potteries R. Si Iway
Richard Scaly, Esq , Sandon-r is tee, Sheffield
William Starkey, Esq., Wak:eifield, Director of the Leeds, York
arti Midland Railways
Thomas Burdett Turton, Esq.,. Alderman of Sheffield
John Tall, Esq., Hull
John Taylor, Esq., Belle Vue. to rrace, Hull, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
George Tunes, Esq., Bagden Jodge, Clayton West, near Hudders-
field, Director of the Bristol: and Dove Railway
Joseph Turton, Esq., Brook-h f 11, Sheffield
Edward Vickers, Esq., Firs-hi rill, Sheffield
Benjamin Vickers, Esq., %Vest Cliffe, Sheffield
James Wall, Esq., Osgathon .-hills, Sheffield, a Director of the
Sheffield and Lincolnshire ti ailway
Joseph Wood, Esq., Sandal, near Wakefield, a Director of the
Wakefield and Harrogate fiunetion Railway
George Walker, Esq., Osgath *ollie Cottage, Sheffield
George Wall, Esq., Woodsidt r., Sheffield
Rev. George Atkinson Walk. ts', Alverthorpc, near Wakefield, Di-
rector of the Bradford, Wa Is efield, and Midland, the Leeds, York,
and Midland, and the Glout icster, Aberystwith, and Central Wales
Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machon 13 tnk, Sheffield, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
ENGINEER-IN.CIIIEF.—John

Urpeth Rastrick, Esq., F.R.S.
14 ondon.
so L ICITORS.
Messrs. Upton a r .d Clapham, Leeds
Messrs. Smith a nd Wightman, Sheffield
B 14124K8R5.
London : Sir Richard Carr Gl 1-jin, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Leeds : Messrs. Beckett and t

Sheffield : Tins Sheffield and allamshire Banking Company
Wakefield : Messrs. Leatham, Tew, and Co.
Barnsley : The Wakefield and'. Barnsley Union Banking Company

SECIIETARY.- - Henry JulA, Esq,

The main line of this rai xay will be about fifteen miles in
length. Commencing at the Vortley Station, en the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway, it will p. u .s through the town of Silkstoil, and
near to Dodworth, accommc I ating the whole •f that valuable
mining district with the moat ready outlet for its celebrated coal to
all parts of the kingdom. It proceeds by Darton, Chapelthorpe,
and Sandal, to Wakefield, wh, n eit will join the Leeds and Man-
chester, and the newly project o d railways to Leeds and Harrogate,
and to Pontefract and Goole.

The inhabitants of Barnsls 7 will also be accommodated,by a
branch to that town, from the n lain line, giving them direct and
easy communication with the I ie eth and south.
The distance from Leeds to S teffield by this line, and its con-
nexions northwards, will be c r .ly thirty-two miles; by the present
louts it is thirty-eight miles. Tho distance from Wakefield to
Sheffield by this line will be on' tj • twenty-three miles ; it is now, by
way of Normanton, thirty-one t n iles ; and by way of Oakenshaw,
twenty-eight miles, between tv. and three of which are by otnni-
bus. 'Besides this saving of act sal distance, the tedious stoppages
at Masborough and Normanton, the delays of which are often equal
to twenty miles of travelling, w ill be avoided,
A careful survey has been n lade, by an experienced surveyor,
who reports that the line ft sum Wakefield to Silkston will
run with easy gradients nearly set the surface of the ground for
the greater part of the way; s rr .d that the only work of any mag-
nitude will be a tunnel, about hundred yards long, at Woolley.
common, which will occasion i I i the approach to it from Wake-
field an ascending gradient of 1 in HS. The works between
Silkston and Wortley are of a heavier character, but in no
part will the gradient be mo r e than 1 in I 13. The ruling
gradient will be about 1 in 180.-
This undertaking, its cents, 1 ion with other railways, is in-
tended to accomplish the follow: n g very important objects :—First,
a direct line of communication b etween London and Leeds, the
Northern Counties and Scotian d . Secondly, the opening of the
extensive and valuable coal.fieliii s of Silkston, Dodworth, Barns.
Icy, and the adjacent districts., to the manufacturing and other
towns of Yorkshire, the pox to of Hull, Selby, Goole, Great
Grimsby, and Boston, and also •to the Metropolis, and the Mid-
land, and Western counties. ' 1C hinny, the accommodation of the
inhabitants of the places tilt', nt gh which this railway will pass,
with those facilities of r ;oi 3veyance for passengers, of
which, from the almost et stirs absence of good roads,
as well as railways, they have hithertu been destitute.
An examination of the Map will show how well these objects
will be attained by means of thi 6 railway. At its northern termi-
nus, Wakefield, it will be cenne .ed with the Leeds and Manehes-
ter Railway, continued to the 1%. lidland and the lines extending
from it to the north and cast, s r th the projected Wakefield and
Harrogate and Wakefield and Li to ds lines (the latter a branch of
the Leeds and Dewsbury from Churwell), and through it with
the Leeds and Thirsk, the Leeds a nd Bradford, and other railways,
to the north-west and Scotland. And at Wortley, its southern
terminus, it will be connected wit h the Sheffield and Manchester
Railway, the projected Mancheste •r , Midland, arid Great Grimsby,
and the Sheffield and Lincolnshir e lines, the Sheffield and Great
Grimsby Railway, the projected S h. Add and Chesterfield Railway,
and the various new projects from t Ateflield to the northern parts of
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and the west.
The quantity of coal whic's ti its railway will make directly
accessible to all parts of the kink d en may be estimated from the
following statements given to evil tr. cc before a Committees of the
Blouse of Commons:—The twit it yip of Barnsley contains 2,010
acres of coal bed, Berughs 5,080 , acres, Dodworth, 6,q19 acres,
Silkston, 4,040 acres.
The (pant; its yof coal in the Silkston main
alone is thirty.seven millions
then • hundred and fourteen thou-
sand tons, an= the quantity likely t o be raised from the entire dis-
trict through which the railway wt 11 pass, is not less than seventy-
eight millions of tons.

Pits racy be sunk close by the r ailway, and will require only
an engine to lift the coals perpendi4 i daily, and pour them into the
trucks.

In addition to this, an opportul will be afforded of turning
to better account a bed of iron-sto: 71 underlying a space of 5,080
acres.

The construction of this railway • would so cheapen the transit
of coal to York, Hull, and all int, ti mediate towns to the north
and east, and westward to Gloss(); 7, Ashton, Manchester, Stock-
port, and other towns in Cheshire, that the owners of this valu-
able mineral would be able success. !V lly to compete with those of
Durham and Lancashire.
The inexhaustible mineral trier, C which will thus be developed
—the means which this railway will rt fford of improved transit be.
tween Leeds end Sheffield, so long a d esideratum O. the inhabitants
of there, the two largest towns in Y. n kshire—the opening of direct
railway communication with Barnsl, ry , from which that important
manufacturing town has hither :o keen excluded—its con-
nexiost with the line project eel to Harrogate, whither
so m any thousands of visitors annually resort in pur-
suit of health and pleasure, CI institute a summary of

advantages which cannot fail to recommend this project to 1
public favour and support. It is calculated that the traffic in
minerals alone will yield a lucrative return to the Shareholders;
while the extraordinary increase of travelling which every ad-
ditional facility creates, and the surprising influx of trade which
every new railway brings to the district through which it passes,
adding largely to the profits of the undertaking, render it pro-
bable tint the advantages which will actually be realised by this
project will exceed the most sanguine expectations of its pre.
looters.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the subjoined form,
to the Solicitors ; and also to Messrs, Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey,
Messrs. Smith and Perfect, Messrs. John Everard Upton, Share-
brokers, Leeds; Messrs. Ridsdale and Rogers, Sharebrokers,
Wakefield; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Mr. George Eadon, jun.,
and Mr. John May, Sharebrokers, Sheffield ; Messrs. C. Wilkin-
son and Earle, Sharebrokers, Hull; and Messrs. Peet and Son,
Sharebrokers, Nottingham,
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

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To the Provisional Committee of the Sheffield, Wortley, Silkston,

and Wakcfield Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you to allot to me shares •f
25/. each in the above-named Company, and I undertake to accept
the same, or such less number as you may appropriate to me, sub.
jest to the regulations of the Company, to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement, and to pay,
when required, the deposit of 2/ 12s. 6d. per share.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name (in full) ... .
Profession, trade, or occupation ...
Residence (in full)
ea of business (if any)
Name and address of Referee
Date .

Till's SHEuTI ELI), WORTLEY, SI LKSTON,
and WAKEFIELD RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that n• further APPLICATIONS for
SHARES in this COMPANY can be received after THURSDAY,
the 9th day of October instant, immediately after which the al.
lotment will take place.

By Order,

HENRY JUBB, Secretary.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
HULL, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND
DIRECT RAILWAY, via GOOLE, THORNE, DON.
CASTER, ROTHERHAM, AND MASBRO'.
(Registered Provisionally )
Capital, 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 2.0 i. each.
Deposit, 2/. is. per share.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Pease and Liddells, Hull.
Messrs. Leathern, Tew, and Co., Wakefield.
CONSULTINO ENGINEER.
Ammo ENGINEER—WAIiam Billington, Esq., C. F.

John Thorney, Esq., Edward Stdebottom, Esq., Hull.
William R. Bakewell, Esq., G. D. Barker, Esq., Wakefield,
SECHETAIM—WiIIiam Tante, Esq., Wakefield.

L9NDON AGUNTS—Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery

lane.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Me!WIS. Sudlow and Kingeon, 6, New

Palace-yard, London.

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The object of this line is to form the nearest possible route from
Hull to Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Rotherham, iyarnsley,
and other places, in connexion with the Midland Railway and its
Extensions.

The line is intended to commence at a junction with the Hull
and Seiby Railway at or near Gilberdyke, and from thence con-
tinue in a direct live through or near Linton, Bela,ize, Laxtou,
Skelton, Goole, Thorne, Fishlake, Bramwith, Hatfield, Armthorp,
Doncaster, Sprotboro', (and its extensive Limestone Fields) Co-
nisbro', Hooton, Rotherham, and to join the Midland Railway at
Maebro'.

The following are some of the advantages this line possesses :
It will, by a junction with the proposed Manchester, Huddersfield,
and Great Grimsby Railway, at Doncaster, effect a saving between
Hull and Manchester, and between Hull and Liverpool, of about
forty miles, over any existing route.
It will form a junction upon a level with the proposed London
and York at Doncaster, and thus open the shortest route from the
termini of these projected lines to London and Edinburgh, and
also the most direct route to Chesterfield, Nottingham, Derby,
and Birmingham.
It will form a direct route from Hull to Sheffield through
Goole, Thorne, and Doncaster.
It will form a direct line from Hull to Barnsley, and the inex-
haustible coal-fields of S.lkstone, Worsbro' Cawthorne, Bretton,
Bkllingley, Barugh, and also to the limestone fields in the neigh-
bourhood of Doncaster, which will be of great benefit to the agri-
cultural districts of Lincolnshire and the East and North Ridings
of Yorkshire,

It will, by.the saving of distance and of stoppage, accelerate the
mails between Hull and Sheffield, and Hull and Manchester, at
least two hours.
The whole of the country has been carefully surveyed, and the
report of the engineer is exceedingly satisfactory.
No engineering difficulties exist, nor will any ornamental or re-
sidential property be interfered with, and the line is comparatively
a straight one.
The c.st of construction is very much below the average, owing

to its being a surface line nearly the whole distance, and the im•
moose traffic that will pass over it must render it highly remune•
rative to the shareholders.

An influential provisional committee is now forming, and the
names of the gentlemen comprising it will be shortly announced.
In the meantime, further information may be obtained from the
solicitors ; and application for shares, in the form given below, ac-
companied with satisfactory references, may also be addressed to the
solicitors, the Secretary, or the following brokers:—Hull---Messrs.
Flint and Tootal ; Mr. George Bowlby. Leeds—Mr. It. Binney ;
Messrs. Watson, Tootal, and Barff ; and Messrs. J. France and
Co. Wakefield—Mr. Thomas Nightingale, and Mr. Charles Clap
ham.