The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

ROYAL NORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY.
The undersigned Directors, in whom the management--of the
affairs of this company is now vested, deem it due to the Proprietors
to state, that measures are in progress which will put the immediate
and prospective advantages of this undertaking to the severest test.
Should the result be such as the Directors confidently anticipate,
the position of the Shareholders will be materially improved by the
co-operation of parties of the highest experience in railway affairs.
(Signed) WILLIAM R. COLLETT, Chairman.
WILLIAM JACKSON, Deputy Chairman.
JOSHUA WALMSLEY.
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United Peninsular Railway Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings,

22d Sept. 1'845,

THE GREAT NORTHERN and SOUTHERN
DIRECT RAILWAY FROM HUDDERSFIELD TO
DERBY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,500,0001. in 75,000 Shares of 207. each.
Deposit V. 2s. per Share, in compliance with the Standing Olden of
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Parliament.

RANKERS.
London-3fessrs. Masterman and Co.
Huddersfield—The West Riding Union Banking Company.
ENGINEERS.
Consulting Engineer—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
Acting Engineer—
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bature and Clay, and Mr. Robert B. Robinson, Huddersfield

LONDON AGENTI.
Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery-lane.

The object of this Railway is, in conjunction with the intended
Huddersfield, Halifax, and Keighley Railway, to connect in the most
direct line the important and increasing manufacturing towns of
Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford and Keighley with the Metropolis
and South of England, and at the same time complete the intended
chain of railway communication from Glasgow and the North, by
the shortest and most direct route, with London, and from the south
to Glasgow and other parts of Scotland.
It is intended to commence by ajunction with the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Railway (for which an Act of Parliament has already been
obtained), at or near Hohnfrith, and to proceed from thence through
the lastmentioned place to Woodhead, and across the Manchester
and Sheffield Railway there, thence to or near Athersage, Nether
Padley; Froggatt, Bubnell, Bakewell, Matlock, Cromford, and to
follow the course of the River Dement to its junction with the North
Midland Station near to Ambergate, and from thence to Belper or
Derby.
The line will be about 51 miles long, and the moat direct com-
munication that can be formed between Glasgow, Carlisle, Settle,
Skipton, Colne, Keighley, Halifax, Huddersfield (by means of the pro-
jected Railway), and the counties of Derby, Nottingham, Leicester,
Northampton, Bedford, and London.
It will open the extensive and celebrated stone quarries and coal
mines of West Yorkshire, and afford an inexhaustible supply of coal
and stone to the midland and southern counties, and at the same
time open fresh markets for the products of the celebrated I)erby-
shire mines, the cost of which, from the increased facilities of direct
transit to be afforded by this Railway will be materially lessened, and
at the same time the markets of the manufacturing towns of West
Yorkshire will be rendered infinitely more accessible for the corn,
wool, cheese, and other productions of the extensive and fertile agri-
cultural districts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and the south.
The present route from Huddersfield to Derby is very circuitous ;
It is contemplated that by the intended line a saving of sixteen miles
will be effected when compared, with the Manchester and Leeds, and
the North Midland.

The survey of the Hue has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in preparation.
There are no engineering difficulties in any part of the llne which
have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases, whilst by far the
greater portion of the southern part of the line will be constructed at
an unusually small expense.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
4/. per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference in the al-
lotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through
which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Huddersfield
and Sheffield, and Huddersfield, Halifax, and Keighley lines.
The names of a large and influential Committee, with a detailed
Prospectus, will shortly be published.
All communications relative to the Line, as also applications for
Shares (in the form below), accompanied by a satisfactory reference,
may be made and addressed to the Solicitors, at whose office every
necessary Information will be given.