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London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

THE LEEDS, .HUDDERSPIELD, SHIT-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE DIRECT RAIL-

(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,700,0001., in 68,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. • _

The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,

Hyde-park Gardens
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoaeter, Director of Remington's London and

Manchester Railway
Askey, John, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Murton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter

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Earp, Esq., Uttoxeter
Hadfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Director of the Leiceeter and Birmingham

Railway, Chad-house, Edgbaston
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford
Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandfleld-hall, Uttozeter
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle
Lasetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter
Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle
Metoyard, Horaee, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley
Mellard, Jamas, Esq., Rugeley
Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire
Mathew, John Mee, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner
Milner, William, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter
Pulteney, Douglas, Kinnaird, Capt., Director of the Nottingham and
Boston Railway, Parliament-street, London
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter

Shipton, Robert, Esq., Seropton, Derbyshire
Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire

Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire

Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove
Valey Railway
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex
Spires, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London
Woolrich Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter

Wood, Charles, Esq.., Tittoseter
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dhnsdale, and Co.. Cornhill, London
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.

ENGINEERS.

George Reining Con, Esq., C.E.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Egg,ington, A., Esq., Lichfield

James J. oreen, isq., Walsall
This line of railway, which is about Sixty-live miles in length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxetcr (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com-
munication between two of the most import.tnt manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire and Sheffield,
and Rotherham in Yorkshire; the South Staffordshire portion in-
cluding Dudley, Tipton, Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and Wolver-
hampton. •

This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Reath, Swansea, Llaneily, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberys_twith, and with Porthdynllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds
and Southampton.

The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourns, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holinfirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join tie Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.

Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and. Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen-
sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and liakewell
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The
Ironstone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very
scarce, and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same
scarcity exists in South Staffordshire; and the route of this line
would furnish a od supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, sad Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into fall work.
The coal is of a superior quality.
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of Valt Ilinnbcril of tourists ; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure.

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Ironstone is not so abundant in the South, as in North Stafford-
shire, and Vag tittAtititiell are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and ex-
print* Canal company, which this and other lines of railway meet-
ing at Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.
The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest.
Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000 acres,
Chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a like objection-
able route ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineerino•6
difficulties. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.

Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 35,
Moorgate-street, London; and, William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
Uttoxeter ; and to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Preece and
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, Worcester ; Mr. Thomas
•Henry
Wheeler,. Worcester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., loiverpc,ol; Mr. Morris Rey-