The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

BANKERS,

London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. Huddersfield—The
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Company.
Doncaster—Sir W. Cooke, Bart., and Co.

ENGINEERS.
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEER.—W. Billinton, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.-31essrs. Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield. .
Losuox AGENTs.—Messrs. Sudlow, Son.% and Torr, 20, Chancery-
lane.
PeituaitENTAßT AGENTS.— essrs. Sudlow and Klngdon, 6, New-
Palace-yard.

The object of the proposed line is to complete a direct chain of
railway communication between the Western and Eastern Coasts,
from Liverpool to great Grimsby.
It is intended as above stated to commence the line at Penistone
at the Junction of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manches-
ter, and the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railways, and to proceed in a
direct course south of and near to Barnsley, passing thence through
or near to the extensive and inexhaustible coal fields of Worsborough
Dale, Silkstone. Cawthorne, Darton, Bretton, Billingley, and others
in the Barnsley District, thence continuing in a direct line through
or near to Wombwell, Darfield (where it will cross the North Mid-
land Railway), Thurnscoe, Wath Swinton, Bolton, Mickleton, Berm-
borough, Mexborough, Conisborough, Sprotborough, Bentley, Don-
caster (where it will cross the London and York Railway), and
proceed through or near to Arrnthorpe, Cawtley, Brampton (with a
future branch to Thorne, and such further branches as may be
eventually determined upon), Auckley, Wroot (where it will enter the
Isle of txholme), and through or near to Maxey, Epworth, Belton,
Butterwick, Oweton, Messingham, and then terminate in a junction
with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway, at or near Glanford
Brigg, thus connecting, by the construction of a new line of railway
of tbrty-six miles in length, or thereabouts (the entire line required to
be made). The great manufacturing, mineral, and agricultural dis-
tricts of Lancashire and Yorkshire with Lincolnshire and the rapidly
improving port of Great Grimsby, so as to afford the products of the
several counties a most direct course of transit, thereby also greatly
racilitating the introduction of foreign merchandise, and by this
means perfecting the channel of communication between the Irish
Sea and the German Ocean.
The existing routes are very circuitous, so much so, that the pro-
posed line will effect a saving of about twenty miles, when compared
with the Manchester, and Leeds, and the Wakefield, Pontefract and
Goole Railways to Great Grimsby, and of about fifteen miles com-
pared with the Sheffield and Manchester, and the Great Grimsby
and Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways, and the relative distance
from other places will be proportionally- shortened.
Several schemes arc now before the public to connect, in the best
practicable manner, Keighly and Halifax with Huddersfield, so as to
effect a direct North and South communication. When this desidera-
tum shall be accomplished, the proposed new line, will, in addition to
the advantages before mentioned, form a grand direct railway com-
munication from Scotland and the Northern Counties, viA Hudders-
field, to the flourishing port of Great Grimsby, whilst the additional
traffic brought to bear upon the proposed line to and from the con-
templated new Staffordshire and Derbyshire Lines, by uniting with
the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway, at or near Holinfirth, must
considerably enhance the value of the undertaking.
Independent of the above, and of the superior advantages afforded
by the proposed line for the shipping of coal to the London and other
markets, a considerable augmentation of traffic may be expected
from the North Midland and the London and York Railways.
The important and agricultural town and neighbourhood of Don-
caster, hitherto comparatively isolated, for want of proper railway
accommodation, will, by the aid of the London and York Railway and
the proposed line, both passing through the town, be at once brought
in connexion with all the main railway arteries in the kingdom.
The value of the stock in the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction
Railway must necessarily be greatly increased by the proposed line,
whilst the facilities given for the transit of goods from Liverpool and
Manchester to Great Grimsby must eventually materially add to the
importance and benefit of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway.
The country through which the line will pass Is admirably adapted
for carrying out the design of the promoters. Nothing beyond ordi-
nary engineering difficulties is to be met with. A satisfactory survey
of the entire line, by the acting engineer, has already been made, and
the sections of the line are in course of preparation, so that there is
the utmost confidence that the scheme will be fully perfected in due
time for the approaching session of Parliament.

The number of Shares already subscribed for is very considerable,
and an early allotment may therefore be expected. An Influential
Provisional Committee is now forming, and the ne.mes of the gentle-
men composing it will shortly be publicly announced. In the mean-
time, further information may he obtained from the Solicitors, at
whose Offices Plans and Surveys of the Line are lodged for inspection,
and applications for Shares (in the form given below), accompanied
with satisfactory references, may also be addressed to them, to their
London Agents, or to the following Brokers: namely, Messrs.
Hill, Fawcett, and Hilt Threadneedle-street, London; David
Kinnear, Edinburgh; Lloyd and Price, Liverpool; Cardwell and
Sons, Manchester ; Welibeloved, and Co., Bell and Ledger, Leeds ;
Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; George Bowlby, Hull ; Charles Claye,
Halifax ; John Cragg Skipton ; F. G. and C. C. Crossly, 'Bradford ;
Henry Bellingham, Wakefield ; Geo. Tinker, Mohnflrth ; Wilson and
Hellawell, Wm. Moore and Co., John Gatliff and Co.; Fred. Turner
J. Casson, Chas. Fitton, J. H. Taylor, and Thoma s Parratt, Hud-
dersfield.
Huddersfield, Sept. 19, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company.
I request that you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in
the above undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any less
',umber that may be allotted to me, and also to pay the deposit of
2/. 2s. per Share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and
the Subscribers' agreement when required.
Dated day of , 1845
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LEICES FER. AND TEAN AND DOVE
VALLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Uxbridge
The Right Honourable Lord William Graham
The Right Honourable Lord Alfred Paget, M.P.
the Right Honourable Lord George Paget
Sir Richard Dobson, F.R.S., 47, Gloucester-place, Portman-square,
London
The Honourable Francis Curzon, Barrow Hall, Derby
The Honourable Frederick Byron
Edward Buller, Esq., M.P., Dilhorn Hall, Staffordshire
The Right Honourable Colonel George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P.,
6, Tilney-street, London
Major Berestord, M.P., 77, Pall-mall, London
George Dodd, Esq., M.P., Grosvenor-place, London
William Henry Gregory, Esq., M.P., 5, Cork-street, London
John Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., 10, New-street, Spring-gardens,
London, and Holne Park, Devon
William John Blake, Esq., 62, Portland-place, London
The Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourn Rectory
John Bott, Esq., Coton-hall, Staffordshire
Henry Barton, Esq . Rangemoor-house, Burton-on-Trent
Capt. C. Twisieton Graves, Army and Navy Club, London
Wm. Coare Brocklehurst, Esq., Hurdsfleld-house, Macclesfield
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford-hall, Lichfield
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.A.S., York-terrace,
Regent's-park, and Walney, Lancashire
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Chester-square, London
Joseph Hoare, Esq., banker, Hampstead, London
Willia-n J. Denne, Esq., 6, Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-square,
London
George Dixon, Esq., Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards, 97, Mount-
street, London
Edward Thomas Coke, Esq., Mansfield Wood-house
Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Hyde-hall, Stockport
Thomas Lando'', Esq., the Manor-house, Burton-on-Trent
William Sharp, Esq., Linden-hall, Lancaster
Thomas Webb, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsall-lodge, near Derby
Henry Meakin, Esq., Burton-on-Trent
Moses Cartwright, Esq., Stanton-house, Derbyshire
John T. Raworth, Esq., Leicester
George Boden, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington
Charles Berners Plestow, Rag., Watlington Hall, Lynn Regis, Nor-
folk, and Princes-street, Cavendish-square, London
James Valiance, Esq., 35, Cavendish-square, London, and Sitting-
bourne, Kent
Colonel Cheney, Gaddesley, near Leicester
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEERS.
Joseph Cubitt, Esq. J. F. Bateman, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. J. and J. Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent
G. H. R. Cox, Esq., Derby.
RANKERS.
London—Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.
Commercial Bank of London
Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch—The Leicester and Leicestershire
Banking Company
Burtou-on-Trent—The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourn Union
Bank.
SECRETARY—Joseph Richardson, Esq., Barton-on-Trent.

PROSPECTUS.
This short but important line of railway is intended to commence
at a point in the Tean and Dove Valley Railway, at or near to
Snareston, and to extend to Leicester.
It will thus furnish a link necessary for carrying on the traffic
brought to Leicester by means of the South Midlands, the Bedford,
and the Peterborough Railways (all of which terminate at or near
Leicester), to the Staffordshire Potteries and the great towns of Lan-
cashire and Cheshire, and complete an unbroken line of railway, by
the best and nearest practicable route, from the various important
railway terniini at Leicester to Manchester and Liverpool.
This great line of railway, it will be observed, traverses the finest
coal fields in the country, and embraces the towns of Burton-upon-
Trent, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Leek, Macclesfield, Lane End, Stoke-
upon-Trent, and Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the important and
rapidly-increasing potteries of Swadlincote and Greeley, as well as
those of Staffordshire.

An inspection of the map will &lair that the junction line now
iroposed is essential for the accommodation of the public, and it can-
lot fall to be exceedingly femunerative to the proprietors.
The undertaking has the cordial support of the Tean and Dove
,'alley Railway Company.
In the allotment of shares preference will be given to Shareholders
that Company, and to parties locally interested in the line.

The capit il of the Company will be 300,0001., divided into 15,000
shares of 201. each ; a deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid on al-
lotment, and each original subscriber must execute the usual Parlia-
mentary and Subscription Contract, or his shares will be forfeited.
Copies of the prospectus and map may be had from the Secretary
and Solicitors; and applications for shares must be made to the
Secretary only, accompanied by a reference to a member of the Pro-
vhiional Committee, a banker, or to one of the solicitors of the
Company.
Shareholders in the Tean and Dove Valley Railway who apply,
wilt please to state the number of *tares they hold in that Company.
•ESuton-tad-rent, Sept. 18, 1645.