The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-25 00:00:00

(With power to add to their number.)

This line of railway will commence near the Syston Station on the
Midland Counties line, and proceed near the Charnwood Forest, and
so as to take in the collieries of Bagworth, Ibstock, Whitwick, and
Sulb_ton, and proceed to Cole Orton mid Ashby-de-la-Zouch, thence
near Swadlincote, Griesly Potteries, and the course of the projected
Burton and Moria Canal to Burton-upon-Trent, whence, crossing the
Trent, it will skirt the Needwoed Forest near Tatenhill, llamstall,
Redware, Blithebury, and Colton, to the proposed junction of the
North Staffordshire Potteries line with the Trent Valley Railway at
Colwich, about four miles from Stafford.

A short branch from Burton up the Dove Valley, to join the Mac-
clesfield and Derby line between Burton and littoxeter, is contem-
plated, and, in the event of a line being carried from Manchester to
Derby by way of tittoxeter, the part of this line between Burton and
Leicester would complete, by its function with the projected Leicester
and Bedford Railway, a direct route from London to Manchester.
As an independent line, looking to its own local traffic as
a source of revenue, it traverses a country of extraordinary
mineral wealth, passing near the most southern coal field
in the kingdom accessible to London, from which is pro-
duced the finest quality of coal—Kennel coal, ironstone,
fire, and pot clay. Granite and limestone abound in that portion
of the line which skirts the Charnwood Forest to Ashby, and which
require increased facilities of conveyance ; to these it will afford a
transit as well as a market. Between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Bur-
ton-upon-Trent are the Great Breedon and Ticknall limeworks, and
the Swadlincote and Griesly Potteries. Also the extensive coal fields
of Ashby, Moira, Newhall, and Swadlincote, abounding in coal of the
best quality, which, by means of this railroad, will find its way into
the London market, a desideratum of very great advantage, and long
wished to be attained. To Burton it will convey the corn and barley
of Lincoln, Northampton, Norfolk, and the agricultural districts of
the east, as well as afford a ready conveyance to the produce of the
important breweries of Burton.

From Cambridge, Ely, Norwich, Yarmouth, Lynn, Peterborough,
and Lincoln, this will be the route to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire,
and Shropshire iron and coal fields, to the Burton breweries, to North
and South Wales, and Ireland. By means of the short line up the
Dove Valley, and its junction with the proposed :North Stafford-
shire Railway, this will be the most direct communication from the
east to the north-western manufacturing districts, and to Birken-
head by way of Crave and Chester ; indeed, it may be called the
key or trunk line of the central counties of England.
It is impossible to over-estimate the advantages of this railway as
a junction line. It will unite, near the Syston Station with the Mid-
land Counties and the proposed Cambridge, Peterborough and Melton
Mowbray lines, and the contemplated Bedford and Leicester Railway.
It will also for goods and passengers coming from the eastern coun-
ties (the destination of which may be Manchester, Liverpool, Wales,
or the north-west of England generally) avoid the angles and cir-
cuitous routes necessarily made at present either in going round by
Derby on the one hand or Rugby on the other.
On the west it will join at Colwich the Trent Valley and the pro-
posed North Staffordshire Potteries hue ; and at Stafford it will unite
with the lines for Liverpool, Manchester, the Potteries, Chester, Bir-
kenhead, and Holyhead.
The estimated profit from internal resources is expected to be very
great.

The town of Burton-on-Trent is a place of more importance as re-
garded the amount of its traffic than many places of four-fold size. It
is computed that about 50,0001. a-year is paid for carriage alone
and from tha town. Its extensive breweries are chiefly supplied with
barley from the country lying between Boston and Northampton.
The shipping ports for its beer are London and Liverpool, and these
towns, with Manchester, are the chief markets for its home trade.
Nearly two-thirds, therefore, of its whole manufactures, and of the
raw materials it draws from distant parts, would pass in one direc-
tion or another along this line of railway. Throughout the line there
is a great demand for lime and coal. The Pottery manufactories of
Griesly and Swadlincote would supply a large amount of traffic to the
line as well as the North Staffordshire Potteries to the eastern coun-
ties and ports.

In the allotment of shares local interests will be first considered.
No ornamental property appears to intersect the line, and many
of the landowners have given it their support.

ENGINEER-J. U. Rastrlck, C.E.
BANKERS.

London and County Bank, Lombard-street,

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The Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester, Ashby-de-la-
Zouch, and Atherstone.

Pares' Leicester Banking Company, Leicester.
The Burton, l'lttoxeter, and Ashbourne Banking Company, Burton-
upon-Trent, Uttexeter, and Ashbourne.

Messrs. Charles Har;ey and Son, Lane-end, Staffordshire Potteries.
Applications for prospectuses and shares must be made to the
Joint Solicitors, Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29,
Moorgate-street ; Messrs. Bass and Sweeting, Burton-upon-Trent;
Thomas Piddocke, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; or Messrs. George Earp
and Son, brokers, Derby ; r. William Eaglesfield, and Messrs.
Payne and Freer, Leicester.

Applications tor shares in the usual form will be attended to, if
accompanied by a respectable reference.