The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-10 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.

CiiAIBMAN—W. HUGHES HUGHES„Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c.,
Alderman
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—JOSEPH BROWN, Esq.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart. Charles George Knox, Esq
G. N. Wright, M.A. William Law, Esq.
William Bean, Esq. Stephen Lewis, Esq.
Richard Carpenter, Esq. William Shaw, Esq.
John Church 11, Esq. Robert Watkins, Esq.
F. J. Hall, Esq. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq
Frederick Hewitt, Esq.

BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank, Lothbury
Derby—The Derby and Derbyshire Bank
Rochdale—Messrs. Clement Royds and Son
Blackburn—The Manchester and Liverpool Banking Company.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Sir John Macneill, LL.D. and F.R.S.
James Thompson, Esq., F.R.S.E. and M.R.I.A.
ENGINEERS.
William B. Prichard, Esq., C.E.
William Thomson, Esq., C.E.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—MeSSTS. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coat
SOLICITOR—MiII Terrell, Esq.,
AGENTS 30. Basinghall-street,Lonclon es,
LOCAL .
J. Cressy Hall, Esq., Alfreton, Derbyshire
George Henry Richardson Cox, Esq., Spondon, Derbyshire
SECRETARY—Stillingfleet Locker, Esq.

Assuming the northern terminus of the Erewash Railway
as its origin, this line will pass through localities totally un-
provided with railway accommodation, into the populous ma-
, and the Hu&
nutecturing districts of Lancashire. It will continua the
station of the
important line from which it borrows the prefix of its name,
from Alfreton, in Derbyshire, where it will be a recipient of
traffic from the Cromford Canal—communicating with the Codnor
anye
near
will
to bteh:ttt
Rochdaler sect
ironworks--along the Dinting Vale, and, obeying the course of the
river Dement, enter Yorkshire, in the vicinity of Saddleworth. In
its course, it will pass through or near to Matlock, Ashbuurne, Glos-
sop, Mottram, Ilyfield, and Duckenfleld, In reaching Which Point, the
Manchester and Leeds Railway'. .
r Manchesterfieid
Canalan Sheffielddßaitw ay Ra i
passed,Railway
It is unnecessary to state here the character of the country from
Rochdale to Blackburn : it will be sufficient to observe, that it is the
seat of those manufactures to which England owes her accumulating
wealth. The line will proceed thence through or near to Whitworth
and Rossendale, and fall into the East Lancashire Railway, in the
vicinity of Ilaslingden.
A branch will be thrown out of the trunk line, from the Junction
with the East Lancashire line near Haslingden, by Low-Moor iron-
works and Bacup, to Todmorden.
The Erewash Extension will be the only direct route from the
centre manufactu ~
centre of Derbyshire to the great ring towns and chief
seaports of Lancashire. It will traverse a valley district adorned
with the most picturesque scenery, and, at the same time, rich in
mineral produce. It wi 1 commanieftn, laterally, with several trunk
lines ofrailway, and will be fed by no less than /lye working canals—
the Cromford—the Manchester and Shdlldd—the Huddersfield—the
Manchester and Leeds—and the Liverpool and Blackburn.
To the multiplication of advantages which intersecting railways
and lines of still-water navigation are compelled to afford, the throw-
ing out of branches from the line itself in so many directions will add
still further powers of accommodation, and, when the dense popula-
tion in the localities traversed is considered, there is every reason to
conclude that an ample remuneration for vested capital will be ob-
tained. -
By tbllowing the course of rivers, wilob, in ibis inatfuce, fail in