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WOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND
BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.)
Capital, 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/, 2s. per Share.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The great principle on which the projectors of this important
scheme have acted, is the establishment of a direct line of communi-
cation between B rmingham and Birkenhead, by the nearest possible
route, and at the smallest possible outlay. To effect this object, it is
proposed to make use either of the Grand Junction, or the Birming-
ham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway, as far as Wolverhamp-
ton, and thence to throw out a new line in as straight a direction as
possible to Chester, where a junction will be thrilled with the railway
already existing between that city and Birkenhead. A most impor-
tant saving of distance will thus be effected. -
It is obvious that such a scheme is fraught with consequences of
the highest possible import to the commercial in:erests of the respec-
tive districts. The growing prosperity of Birkenhead even now
demands a more direct communication with the Midland, Southern,
Western, and Eastern Counties ; and when her magnificent docks
shall Ise completed, and the town itself shall have arrived at Its des-
tint d greatness, this line will take a prominent position among the
most lucrative of these undertakings.
The Directors, therefore, conscious of the great traffic which will
flow from the densely populated termini, propose to construct this
line in as straight a direction as possible, and thereby secure the im-
mense through traffic which will resort to this railway for shortness
and expedition, frem the great manufacturing and agricultural dis=
tricts of South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire. Worces-
tershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Leicestershire, Nottingham-
shire, Northamptonshire, and in fact the whole of the Eastern
Counties, as well as from London and the important districts_to the
South, East, and West of the Metropolis.
Irrespective of the immense population of the termini, it is evident
that this projected line commends itself to the entire inhabitants of
the counties already referred to. The scheme also possesses this
further and great advantage—that it will, in reality, form a shorter
and more direct line to the neighbourhood of Liverpool and the dis-
trict adjacent, than any which has hitherto been protected ; and by
means of the contemplated line from Chester to Holyhead, it will
open the shortest possible route from London to Ireland, and thereby
avoid the delay and inconvenience of a protracted sea voyage. A
cursory inspection of the map of England and a reference to the
plan of this line will also show that the Trent Valley, London and
Birmingham, Birmingham and Gloucester, Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, as iv 11 as the projected Staffordshire and Shrop-
shire Railways, will necessarily be valuable tributaries to this Im-
portant lined railway.

The line to be constructed by this Company will commence at
Wolverhampton, and proceed through an agricultural district, by
way of Market Drayton to Chester, and although in its direct course
it may not pass through many towns of importance, the engineering
difficulties of every other route will be avoided, and powerful local in-
fluence brought into co-operation with this Company.
In the formation of this ine the extensive iron district of Lilies-
hall has been especially regarded ; and by means of the facilities of
transit afforded by this Company, the iron-masters ofSouth Stafford-
shire will be enabled to compete with the Scotch market, which they
have hitherto been unable to do in consequence of the heavy charges
fi.r freight.

The Provisional and Managing Committee are in the course of se-
lection, and will be published in a few days, with other particulars.
Applications for Shares to be made to Mr. W. S. Vardy, solicitor, 18,
Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square, London ; or Mr. John Smith or Mr.
C J. Noble, solicitors, Birmingham.

MANCHESTER, HU DDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via BARNS-
LEY AND DONCASTER.

(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord William Paget, Uxbridge House, London, M.P.
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire
Sir John P. Milbanke, Bart , Halidane Hall, Yorkshire
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Dorset-square
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London
The Mayor of Doncaster
William Brook, Esq., Gledholdt, Huddersfield, J.P.
John Sutcliffe, Esq' Huddersfield, J.P.
John Harpin, Esq., Birks House, Helmfirth, J.P.
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Rhoyd, Halifax, J.P.
The Rev. Richard Whitelock, M.A., Saddieworth, J.P.
James Lees, Nsq., Delph Lodge, Saddleworth, J.P.
William Alexander, Esq., Halifax, M.D., Director of the Midland and
Thirsk, and other Railways
James George Atkinson, Esq., Wakefield, M.D.
Richard Armitage, Esq., Fenny. Lodge, Huddersfield, timber merchant
Joseph Allin, Esq., Wakefield
John Allison, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Atkinson, Esq., Lake Lodge, Wakefield
William Green Armytage, Esq., Spring-gardens, Huddersfield
George Addison, Esq., Hall Field, Bradford
Spencer Cook Ashline, Esq., Sandtoft Grove, near Epworth
Thomas Ayre, Esq., Barnsley
Joseph Birl y, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster, late Mayor of Doncaster
The Rev. John Birkett, M.A., Laceby Rectory, near Brigg
John Berwick, Esq., Scawby-grove, near Brigg
William Bealby, Esq., Kelfield, near Epworth
William Charles Boden, Esq., Apsley Hall, Nottingham, Director of
the Nottingham and Bedford, and Nottingham and Gainsborough
Railways
Thomas Beaumont, Esq., Bradford, Deputy-Chairman of the Mid-
land and Thrisk Junction Railway
HoluMrth
Directorg of the Nottingham and
William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hall, near Ashton-under-Lyne
Georgeßenjam Bann,Bradshaw,nEsg.,
NEsq.,
Nottingham,il ,
Gainsborough Railways
John Fillinghouse Bishop. Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand
Union, Nottingham and Mansfield, and Nottingham and Gainsbo-
rough Railways
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle

Railway
Joseph Beaumont, jun., Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield
Griffith Briscoe, Esq., Doncaster
William Bent, Esq., Royd-house, Huddersfield, merchant
J.comhnes te BBetantes , tt,EEsq„ sq.,wßieinngreay Bank,ve-t Holmfirth
tarr ce,Hudderstield, merchant
Benjamin Beeley, Esq., Holmfirth
Richard Battye, Esq., Holmfirth, drysalter
John Bellingham, Esq., Wakefield
Joseph Brook, Esq., Stamp-office, Huddersfield
Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq., Pall-mall, London, Director of the
United Kingdom Assurance-office
Robert Blow, Esq., Grimsby, merchant
John Blow, Esq., Grimsby, merchant
William Cooper, Esq., Doncaster
Samuel Cartledge, Esq., Mapperley.' near Nottingham, Deputy-
Chairman of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
William Cartledge, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham
and Ambergate, Nottingham and Mansfield, Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
T. M. Carter, Woolgreaves, Wakefield
John Cowburn, Esq., Settle, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries,
and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
William James Clarke, Esq., Huddersfield
William Carter, Esq., Kirkburton, manufacturer
William Chambers, Esq., Doncaster, corn-factor
Henry Dalton, Esq., Hull and Grimsby, merchant
William Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort-
ley, Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway
Henry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield
William Dryden, Esq., Hull
Joseph Dransfield, Esq., Mold Green, Huddersfield, merchant
Richard Dransfield, Esq., West-place, Dalton, Huddersfield, mer-
chant, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the
Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Thomas Dyson. Esq., Wellhouse. Holinfirth. manufacturer
John Dent, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
John Dougill, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Director of the
Dover and Bristol Railway
Edward Dent; Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
George Dyson, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant
Richard Dewhirst, Esq., Apsley House, Huddersfield
Thomas Dowse, Esq., Skelmanthorpe, near Penistone
Isaac Dewhirst, Mount Pleasant, Ovendee, near Halifax, worsted

spinner
John Dean, Esq., Spring-gardens, Manchester, merchant
Peter East, Esq., Wcst Carr-house, near Epworth
Joshua Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner
John Elliott, Esq., Town Head-house, Rochdale
Edward Ellis, Esq., Kirkburton, manufacturer
John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director .of the Liverpool and Leeds,
and KeighleY, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways
Joseph Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner
Mark nixie], Esq., Amcotts Lodge, Lincolnshire
Frederick Fisher, Esq., Westfield-house, Doncaster
J. L. Fernandez, Esq., Wakefield, Director of. the Wakefield and
Harrogate Railway
Charles Gervas, Esq.. Wrcot, near Epworth
Directors of the
Nottingham and
Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, merchant South Stafford-
George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, merchant, shire
N Junction,
and Nottingham
and Gainsbo-
rough Railways
Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction
Railways
A. G. Grcaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway
William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle,
and Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railways
Joseph Gill, Esq., Potternewton Mount, near Leeds, merchant, Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Keighley, Halifax, and
Huddersfield Railways
William Greenwood, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer
William Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer
Abraham Hirst, Esq., York House, Huddersfield, wool merchant
John Hannah, Esq., Finthorpe, Huddersfield, merchant, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway
Samuel Hall Esq., Doncaster, merchant
William Harrison, Esq., Stanningley, near Leeds, merchant
Edward Reigate, Esq., Sturton, near. Brigg
H. P. Harwood, Esq., Sheffield, &1.D., Director of the Wakefield and
Harrogate Railway
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Manchester,
Southampton, and Poole Railway -
John Hat dcastle, Esq., West Field House, Wakefield, Director of the
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Banking Company
Captain John L. Hulme, R.E., Director of the Yeovil and Dorchester,
and or the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway
Thomas Anderson Hanson, Esq.. stuff merchant, Bradford
Wm. Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, J.P.
John llorsfall, Esq., Wakefield
George Hinchliffe, Esq., Nab, IR.lmfirth, merchant
John Holdsworth, Esq., Shaw Lodge, Halifax. merchant
David Hinchcliff, Esq., Marble Hall, Holmflrth, merchant
Edward Lake llesp, Esq., Huddersfield
George Hirst, Esq., Digley Mills, Holmflrth, manufacturer
Joseph Hirst, Esq., Wilshaw Cottage, Meltham, woollen manufac-
turer
John ilaigh, Esq., Wood Royd House, near Huddersfield, coal mer-
chant, Director of tile Midland and Thirsk Railway
George Armitage Haigh, Esq., Gynn View, near Iluddeisfield, coal
merchant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway
Charles Hirst, Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield, woodstapler
Thomas Haigh, Esq., Royds Hall, near Huddersfield
William Hinckcliff, Esq., Holmflrth, merchant
John Haigh, Esq., Shelley Hill Top, near Penistone
William Haigh, Esq., Gynn Cottage, near Huddersfield, merchant
T. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Marton-house, neer Shipton, J.P., Di-
rector of the Clitheroe Junction, and Lancashire and North York-
shire Railways
James Ingliss, Esq.. Halifax, M.D., Director of the North and South
Junction, and London; Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railways
Thomas Ingleby, Esq., Lawkland-hall, near Settle, Director of the
Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, North Western, Clitheroe
Junction, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
Thomas Ibbetson, Esq., Bent's-house, Huddersfield
Thomas Iveson, Esq., Holmflrth
emide, merchant
iant merchant
Charles Jackson, Esq., Doncaster, banker
Thomas Johnson, Esq., Alderman of Doncaster
Joseph Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Junction Railway
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John Knowles, Jun., Esq., Trafford Bank-house, Manchester.
merchant
John Lancaster, Esq., Huddersfield
James Campey Laycock, Esq , Huddersfield
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Charles Locke, Esq., Snapethorpe House, Wakefield, Director of the
Wakefield and Harrogate Railway
Livingstone,LowenthaL
Esq.,Esq Huddersfield,nuddersneid, merchantwool
merchant
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Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Leeds and
Tork, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
William Lockwood, Esq., Spring Villa, Holmflrth, woollen manufac-
turer
Charles Lockwood, Esq., Doncaster
Edward
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Henry F. Lockwood, Esq., F.S.A., Hull
Edward Lancaster, Esq., Barnsley
Frederic Marsland, Esq., Birch-hall, near Manchester
Sidney Morehouse, Esq., Morecroft, Holmflrth. Director of the Hall-
fax, Huddersfield, and Bradford Railway
Joshua Moorhouse, Esq., Holmflrth, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
William Heywood Morris, Esq., Doncaster, merchant
Robert Milner, Esq., Doncaster
John Morley,3,iarsden E,
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.nasiutodfdte fall, near Crowle
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Rowland Hill M'Kenzie, Esq., M D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-
square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, Chelten-
ham, Oxford, and other Railways
lienry
Mellor, Esq.,
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Thomas Holmflrth, manufacturer
Joseph Moorhouse, Esq., Holmflrth
John Maw, Esq., Doncaster, Director of the Doncaster and Goole
Railway
William Micklesthwait, Esq., Keresforth, near Barnsley
Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham, Chairman of the Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway
John Nall, Esq., Ashby, near Brigg
Edward Nicholson, Esq., Doncaster
Robert Norfolk, Esq., Louth, Lincolnshire •
John Nowell, Esq. Farnley-wood, near Huddersfield
Thomas Nowell, Earl., Dalton, near Huddersfield, merchant
George Peel, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield, Director of the Wake-
field and Harrogate Railway
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-street, Russell-square, London
Albert Pilling, Esq., Wheat House, Huddersfield, merchant
Charles Pitchforth, Eact., Boothroyd Park, Halifax
Captain William Ra*son, Doncaster
Themas Redmaine, Esq., Taitlauds, near Settle, Director of the
North Western, Clitheroe Junction, and Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England RallwaYs
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Wakefield, Bradford, and Midland, and other Railways
George Robinson, Esq., Huddersfield Director et the

Wright Rhodes, Esq., Springfield-hou,e, Kirkburton
Samuel Routledge, Esq., Huddersfield, dyer
J. W. Roberts, Esq., Farnley Tyas, near lluddersfiehl
The Rev. Thomas Skipworth,lton Rectory, near Epsworth
William Sklpworth, Esq.. South !Ws:II-house, near Brig;;
Robert Storrs, Esq., Doncaster
William Stockit, Esq., Doncaster

Bentley Shaw, Esq., Woocifieitiliouso, Huddersfield
William Shaw, Esq., Wentbridge, near Pontefract
Edmund Smith, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Yorkshire and
Glasgow Railway , -
William Statter, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wake-
fielti, and• Midlands, Wakefield and Harrogate, and York, Hull, and
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, York, and
Midlands, and Sheffield, Wortley, and Silkstone Railways
Matthew Sykes, Esq., Miln-row, near Huddersfield
William Shaw, Esq.,llottom-hall, near Huddersfield, merchant
Benjamin Ledger Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
Thomas Salkeld, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
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John Shaw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
William Shaw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
S. E. Sichel, Esq., Bradford, merchant, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpool. and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
Foster t,haw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant

James Shaw, Esq., Priest Royd House, Huddersfield, merchant
David Sykes, Esq., Marsh, near Huddersfield, merchant
David Smirthwaite, Esq., Wakefield
Robert Torr, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster

William Taylor, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union, and
Nottingham and Gainsborough Railways
William Turnbull, Esq., Huddersfield, M.D.
Edwin Unwin, Esq., Leavy Greave, Sheffield, Managing Director of
the Sheffield Gas Company
Henry Unwin, Esq., Orchard-place, Sheffield
Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract
John Batley Wrigley, Esq., Croft House, Netherton, near Huddersfield
Thomas Cockhill Wrigley, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
Robert Welsh, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant, Director of the Leeds
and West Rding Junction Railway
The Rev. Eldred Woodland, llohne-bridge Parsonage, near Holmflrth
George Hudswell Westerman, Esq., Sandal-grove, Wakefield. wool
merchant, Director of the Leed., York, and Midland Railway
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Belper, Director of the
Birmingham and Leicester, and other Railways
J. Webster, Esq., Doncaster
yrancis Wragg, Esq., Doncaster
Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale

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William Ward, Esq., Welton, near Hull, merchant
William Roden Watts, Esq., St. Phinip's-square, Birmingham, M.D.
Smith Wormald, Esq., Tipton-Grange, Beverley, Director of the Leeds
and York Railway
Edward Woolmer, Esq., Mayor of Exeter, Chairman of the Exeter
and Dorchester Railway
Wm. Walker, Esq., Longwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
Messrs. Arthur William Goodwin, 1
John Hutchinson,
Members of the Corpora-
Francis Ingrain,
Jonathan Allison, tion of Doncaster
J. Rogerson,
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
J. E. Morey, Esq., Mayor isf Don- Joshua Moorhouse, Esq.
caster Joseph Birley, Esq.
John Sutcliffe, Esq. Frederick Fisher, Esq.
John Harpin, Esq. W. B. Morris, Esq.
Abraham Hirst, Esq. Edmuni Smith, Esq.
John Hannah, Esq. Bentley Shaw, Esq.
Sidney Morehouse, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Huddersfield—The Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company
Doncaster—Sir IV. Cooke, Bart., and Co.
Wakefield—Messrs. Latham, Tew, and CO.
ENGINEERS.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—SIC John McNeill, L.L.D., F.A.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. Billington, Esq., C.E.
SoLiaTorts—Messrs. Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield.
LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Sucllow, Sons, and Torr,
20, Chancery-lane.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlow and Kingdon,
6, New Palace-yard.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Edward Sheardown, Esq., Doncaster
C. T. Mence, Esq., Barnsley
John Drainstield, Esq., Penistone
G. H. Capes, Esq., Epsworth
Robert Owaton, Esq., Brigg.
The object of the proposed undertaking is to complete a direct
chain of railway communication between the western and eastern
coasts ; and by means of the Liverpool and Manchester, and part of
the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railways, with
the contemplated new line of forty-six miles in length, or there-
abouts, passing immediately through the town of Doncaster, will
form ono grand trunk line direct from Liverpool to Great Grimsby.
It is intended to commence the present line at or near the junc-
tion of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway with the Sheffield,
Ashton-under-L} ne, and Manchester, near Penistone, in the West
Riding of Yorkshire. and to proceed in a direct eastern line through
or near the extensive and inexhaustible coal-fields of Silkatone, Dod-
worth, Worsbrough-dale, and others in the Barnsley distriet, thence
to the south of and near to the town of Barnsley, thence to continue
in a direct course through or near to Wombwell, Darfield (where it
will cross the Midland Railway), Billingley and its coal fields, Gold-
thorpe, Hickleton, Barnborough, Marr, and their extensive limestone
field, Cusworth, to the town of Doncaster, where it is intended to
cross the London and York Railway on the level, and thence
will proceed through or near to Armthorpe, Cautley, Brampton,
Wroot, where it will enter and cross the Isle of Axholme, and pass
through or near to the town of Epworth, Belton, East and West
Butterwick, Messingham Mill, Scawby, and then finally terminate
in a junction with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway, which
was sanctioned by the Legislature during the last session of Parlia-
ment, at or near to the town of Glanford Brigg, in the county of Lin-
coln ; thus connecting the great manufacturing, mineral, agricultu-
ral, and populous districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire with Lincoln-
shire and its rapidly improving port of Great Grimsby, so as to afford
the products of the several counties a most direct and speedy course
of transit ; thereby also greatly facilitating the introduction of fo-
reign merchandise, and by this means perfecting the channel of
communication between the Irish Sea and the German Ocean.
The existing routes from Manchester to Great Grimsby are very
circuitous ; so mach so, that the proposed line will effect a saving of
about twenty miles, when compared with the Manchester and Leeds,
the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and the proposed Goole and
Great Grimsby Railways ; and of about fifteen miles compared with
the Sheffield and Maneliester, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Railways, and the relative distances from other
places will be proportionally shortened ; even from Sheffield, via the
Midland, with a branch from Swinton, on to the proposed line, the
distance would be less by five or six miles than by the Sheffield and
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Lincolnshire, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield lines. The saving
of distance is most material, when it is considered that the proposed
shorter and more direct line will, in addition, accommodate the
towns of Barnsley, Doncaster, Epworth, and Brigg, and afford ex-
tended markets for their staple commodities.
To show the advantage of this line of transit, wools and other
merchandise landed at the port of Great Grimsby, and forwarded by
the proposed line of railway, would be delivered in the manufacturing,
districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire before they could be landed at
Hull, and the great less of time, and the dangerous navigation of
the river to Goole, besides the extra expense, would be thus entirely
obviated, and passengers by this line, in conjunction with the steam-
packets from New Holland to Hull, would also be conveyed from
Manchester and other places, in less time than by any other route.
Several railway schemes are now before the public, to connect, in
the best practicable manner, Keighley, Halifax, and Bradford, with
Huddersfield ; and there are also the contemplated lines from Ash-
ford-under-Lyne to Stockport, and from Chester by Manchester, the
latter by means of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway, with
a branch to Birkenhead. When these desiderata shall be accom-
plished, the proposed line will open facilities for the shipment of
merchandise at Great Grimsby, from Manchester, Huddersfield,
Halifax, and the places northwards, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stayley-
bridge, Hyde, Stockport, Chester, Birkenhead, Liverpool, and the in-
termediate places to Germany, Holland, Belgium, the Baltic, and
the north of Europe; added to which the increased traffic brought
to bear upon the proposed line to and from the contemplated new
Staffordshire and Derbyshire lines, by uniting with the Huddersfield
and Sheffield Railway at or near Holmlirth, must considerably en-
hance the value of the undertaking.
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Independently of the above, andof the superior advantages af-
forded by the proposed hne for the chipping of coal from the rich
coal fields of Silkstone and Barnsley to the London and other mar-
kets, a considerable augmentation of passengers and traffic may be
expected from the Midland and the London and York Railways ; and
particular benefit will be rendered to the agricultural districts o
Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Lincolnshire, by the opening of the ex-
tensive limestone districts in the neighbourhood of Doncaster,
through which the line is intended to pass ; and by the cheap transit
of corn and cattle to the manufacturing districts of Sheffield, Rother-
ham, Wakefield, Leeds, Huddersfield, and Manchester, the im-
mense agricultural produce of Lincolnshire (including the Isle of
Axholme), together with that of Doncaster, being by this project
thrown open to the great consumers of the west.
Again, from the recent reduction of the duty on Baltic timber,
there is no doubt the consumption of that article (superseding the
inferior Canadian timber) will be greatly increased in Lancashire and
Cheshire. From coal, lime, and timber, therefore, a large and very
remunerative traffic may justly be calculated upon ; and even the
internal resources of tht country through which the line will pass,
in coal and lime alone, would be sufficient to justify the present
undertaking,

The impo-itant agricultural town of Doncaster, hitherto compara-
tively isolated and its market crippled for want of proper railway
communication, will, by the proposed fine, become the principal
corn mart for the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and
Cheshire ; and also, with the aid of the London and York Railway,
both lines passing direct through the town, be at once brought in
elinnexion with all the main railway arteries in the Kingdom.
Doncaster has long felt the want and desirableness of a direct west
communication, and this Is the only line hitherto projected that is
essentially calculated to serve the interests of that town,
The value of the stock in all the above-mentioned lines to which
a favourable reference has been made, must necessarily be greatly
enhanced by the proposed line, whilst the increased facilities given
for the transit of goods from Liverpool and Manchester, and from
Huddersfield, northwards, and other manufacturing and agricultural
places, to Great Grimsby, must especially most materially add to the
Importance and benefit of the Sheffield and Manchester and the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railways.
The large manufacturing district of Holmfirth will receive the ut-
most advantage from a constant and cheap supply of coal, whilst
the agricultural portion of that district, equally with Lincolnshire,
will prove a ready market for the valuable limestone in the
neighbourhood of Doncaster.
The country through which the line will pass is well adapted for
carrying out the design of the promoters, and a great portion of the
land will be greatly improved by the construction of this line of
railway.

Nothing beyond ordinary engineering difficulties is to be met with.
A very satisfactory survey of the entire line, by the acting engineer,
has already been made, and the necessary sections are nearly com-
pleted, so as to leave no doubt that the scheme will be fully perfected
in due time for the approaching session of Parliament.
The line, for about three-fourths of its whole length, is nearly level.
The whole tunnelling required will only be about 1,800 yards. The
prevailing gradient is about 1 in 380, and very favourable for work-
ing of locomotive power.
The navigation of the river Trent will not be interfered with, nor
the residence of any nobleman or gentlemen, and very little altera-
tion will be required in any drains or Turnpike roads.
The expense of constructing the line, it is considered, will be less
Ilea* the engineer's estimate.

The success attending the project has been unexampled since its
first very recent announcement, and before even the names of the
Provisional Committee appeared, many times the number of Shares
required have been subscribed for ; the Committee do not, therefore, feel
justified in continuing the application of shares open beyond a very
limited time. In the allotment of shares, a preference will be given
to parties locally interested in the line.
The promoters have it in contemplation, at a future time, to form
some very desireable branches in connection with their main line,
for which purpose power will be reserved to raise increased capital
to meet the requirements.
The favourable opinions se generally expressed as to the eligibility
of the line, and its perfect adaptation to the wants of the important
district which it will traverse, together with tile gratifying assurances
of support received from parties locally interested, leave no room to
doubt of the success of the undertaking. And, unlike many railway
schemes of the present day, this undertaking has no really competing
line to contend with, inasmuch as it extends from point to point en
ground neither pre-oceupled nor contemplated by any other Com-
pany ; and is, unquestionably what it purports to be, the most direct
route possible from west to east. ♦ reference to the Map will at once
conclusively establish this fact.
Power will be applied for in the Act, to allow interest at the rate
of 41. per cent. per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon
the further calls, until the line shall be completed.
Prospectuses with plans of the line, and any further information,
may be obtained on application, at the offices of the solicitors, and
of their London and local agents ; and applications for shares (for a
limited time only), in the form annexed, accompanied with satisfac-
tory references, may also be addressed to them, or to any of the
following Brokers, viz.—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett and Hill, Thread-
needle-street, London ; David Kinnear, Edinburgh ; Lloyd and
Price, Liverpool; Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; I. N. Balme,
Gloucester ; Wellbeloved and Go., Bell and Ledger, Leeds ; Garton
and Wright, Sheffield ; J. Crawshaw, Doncaster ; J. Tee, Jun.,
Barnsley ; George Bowlby, Hull ; Charles Claye, Halifax ; John
Cragg, Skipton ; John Gibbons, Settle ; F. Q. and C. C. Crossley,
Bradford ; Henry Bellingham, Wakefield ; George Tinker, Holm-
firth ; Wilson and Heilawell, William Moore and Co., John Gatliff
and Co., Fred. Turner, B. Casson, Chas. Fitton, J. H. Taylor, and
Thomas Parratt and Co., Huddersfield.
Huddersfield, 30th September, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, lludderfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company.

I request that you will allot to me
shares of 20/.each in the
above undertaking ; and I agree to accept the same, or any less
number 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 Subscribers' Agreement, when required.
Dated the day of l 845:
Name (in full). • • • • . • • • .
Trade or Profession ... •

MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Registered provisionally.)
Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the immense
nnmber of Applications for Shares already received, no further Ap-
plications will be entertained, except from landowners, after
SATURDAY, the Ilth day of October instant.
FLOYD and BOOTH, Solicitors.

Huddersfield, Ist October, 1845,

_E XETER, DORCHESTER., AND WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to inform the public that the
shares in this Company are now in course of allotment, and that they
(the Committee) intend issuing the Letters and Allotments as soon as
the requisite examination has taken place into the application for
shares. By order,
FRANCIS CREW, Secretary.

Oct. 2, 1245.