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THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE or LEEDS,
WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLE t DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Weetbourne-stroet,

Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthorp, Knt., Hull and Alga-house Scarborough, Di-
rector
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion
Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
Bright. &Um. Esq., Buxton
Murton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershlt e Junction
Bradißanewy,aySeptimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Railway
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction
Railway, &c.
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Hohne Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Teen and Dove
Talley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Delh3'. Jo:in, Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston. Ashbourne
Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq.„ Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Raifway .
Garle. Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter
Gilpin, and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugelcy, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire,
and 'Worcestershire Junction Railway, Bt.c.
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Stafforlshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall Ashbourne
Johnson,D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-
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tet and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington)

London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight, Edward, Esq., 3i.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regen'ts Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemason's
Life Assurance, &C.
Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandfleld-hall, Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Recevray House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury
Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, Johu, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
Mathew, John Mee, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Miner, William, Esq., lean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Marton, Joseph, Esq., Walsall, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Maskery, Thomas, sq., Norbury, Derbyshire
Orion, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, Di-
rector of the Northampton, Banbury, end Cheltenham Rail-
way, &c.
Pulteney, Douglas, Kinnaird, Capt., Parliament-street, London, Di-
rector of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter. Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates Cottage, Wakefield
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, D rector of the Derbyshire, Stafford
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Were, Msg., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and
West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
surance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire Railway, &c.
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq., Ashbourne
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and west Junction Railway, ike.
Waller, Major, Kai , St. Jameles-equare, Director of the Chester and
L Manchester Railway, Ike,
Welter, James Smith, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tenn, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshice, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne
Wright, Thomas. Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Galnsbo-
rough Railway.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
ENGINEERS.
Sir John 'Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esfe, Dudley
Eggiugton, A. Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.
This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, Is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (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 important manufacturing and
mining districts in England, via., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bileton, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
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, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystwith, 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 Ashbourn. thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holmfirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Think. 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 etpen-
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 Bakewell
Country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone 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 fur-
nish a cheap and gcod 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, asd 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 fhll 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 vast numbers of tourists ; and reirticular 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.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company,
which this and other lines of railway meeting 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.
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a junc-
tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
and Gainsbarough and Midland Railways
The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest
Banks, Ballots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; 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 era not more than ordinary engineering
es
diculti. , In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
inteffinded 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., 3.5,
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., Liverpool; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler,
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
TorkrS.MEYre
Ij,urn Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
Mr.
Cronhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle,
JEo.seHph. Armitage,
jun.,
.Wstefithanteldp;
te3nlr.. James
meaata Stokes, Chelten-
ham ; Mr. r'
Messrs. Beanmonst.a'ndLangworthy, Exeter Tate r
; and
Mr. Nash,Thomes
Hz istol ;
Cardwell a•
Sandford, Exeter; J.
and Leese, Manchester ;Coventry;ll
and
Sons,3lessr s,
m talnoeuhgeheitaen
Messrs.d
Holland,
rdr
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., stanch
and Sons, Sheffield ; Mr. W. H. Collis,
; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell
Weather-
burn, jun., Huddersfield ; Messrs. Ev' eriarrrednagham ; Mr.L.
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Iludderefield ;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow . Metersni Edinburgh;
and Stafford, College-green, Dublin ; Mr. Andrew Milligan,
Milligan, Birken-
head.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Iludderstleld, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 201. eaeh
In the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
required. the Deposit thereon of V. 2s. per Share,
Datad this day cf , 184
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