The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-03 00:00:00

COMMITTEE 01

Stephen Hutchison, Esq.
Valentine Knight, Esq.
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq,

Daniel M`Mahon, Esq
BANKERs—The Union Bank of London.
• STANDING 'COUNSEL.
Charles Howard Viltitehurct, Esq., Q.C.
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A.
• ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, ESQ.
ACTING ENGINEER—RQbert Nicholson, Esq
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy,
Hibo
Galswoorthyrn, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely.
SECRETARY—SamneI Stanway, Esq.

The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Loughborough station en the Midland Counties line, and 'pro-
ceed through the Vale of Sheepshead, to Pegs Green Colliery,
near to the terminus of the Leicester and Swannington Rail-
leaf, and from thence through the coal-fields of Swannington
and Cole-Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will thence proceed across
the Moira Coal-field and through the rich agricultural districts of
Seal,CilftonCampville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby
Railway, which it will cross near to Elford Park Farm, and thence
traverse the Valley of the Tame until it reaches Alrewas, where it
will form a junction with the branch of the Trent Valley line new Is
progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South
StalTordshite line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by means
of one of the proposed lines it will afford communication with Blr-
iningham.

From Loughborough the line will be further continued to Asfordby,
on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, now in progress, and by
means of this latter line a direct intercourse wilt be opened with
Meltonllowbray and the various towns through which that route
•passes to Peterborough.
,By means of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrewas„ the
Grand Trunk reaches Colwich, and there meets the proposed North
Staffordshire line, nilich proceeds through the heart of the Potteries
to Newcastle-under-Lyne, Leek, and Macclesfield. By 'means also
of• the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro-
ceeds.through Rugeley to Stafford, thus completing its route, and
forming a connecting line between the Midland And Grand Junction
Ralways. This.branch of the nee was formerly surveyed by Mr.
Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that
no, engineering difficulties exist:. •
The second line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Derby station, and .taking the course of the Derby Canal proceed to
Chellaston, where there are extensive plaster-works, and thence
by Swarkestono to the river Trent, which it will cross near to
the ferry at Weston Cliffe' and so proce,'d to Kings Newton
and Melbourne. From the latter place it will pass by the
village of Wilson to Breedon-on-the-Hill, where there are extensive
liMe-works, and thence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicat-
ing by a branch line with the lead, lime, and coal works there ;
thence by the Lount Colliery, to ,Worthington Rough, where it will
follow the line of the Cole-Orton and Swannington Railway eutil its
junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs
Green Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Grand Trunk forms a junction with•the
proposed Nottingham and Birmingham, and with the. proposed Great
Manchester, Ittigby'," and Southampton Railways. Its Importance as
a fine for passengers is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a
complete junction between those two great thoroughfares, the Mid-
land and Grand Junction Railways, and by its branch from Derby t..
Ashby-de-la-Zouch another complete junction between the Great
Northern and Southern lines now in progress, thus opening a direct
line of communication to all parts of the kingdom.
As a line for traffic, the Grand Trunk will form the most direct
tmnsit to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire iron and
coal fields, to the Burton bfeweries, to .North and South Wales, and
Ireland to Scotland, and an parts of the north, and ti the eastern,
southern, and western parts of the eMpire. •It will also ,be ..the
nearest and most direct communication from the east to the pertli-
western manufacturing districts, as well as become the great route
from 'all parts of the kingdbm to the midland counties of England.
The mineral resources are of the very highest order. The Moira
coal-field is inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Harold
alone-comprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of 'seven feet,
with a super stratum of main coal to a depth ,of six feet. The sub-
stratum is yet to be worked. There are
.beds of Kennel and main
coal at Cole Orton of equal quality, though•not .of equal depth with
those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal ot Swatiningtotris un-
rivalled, being, in fact, the bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire'
coal strata. tis needless to describe the beneficial results which
must arise from this opening of the midland coal district to' the Lon-
don and southern markets.

At Staunton Harold and Calke.exist rich veins of lead ore, now In
full course of working.

, The propettietkotthe Breedon, Staunton NetrOld, and Ticknall limo
arc so well known to agriculturists and others, that an extension of
traffic for so valuable it commodity into m tre remote districts must
be•of the utmost importance to the practical farmer.
In approaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand
Trunk will fall in with most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser-
viceable for paving and building purposes, and for which a ready
market would be found along the line. The country also abounds
in gypsum, of which immense quantities are used' in Birming-
ham and elsewhere: these markets will thus 'become opewd for the
quarries at Chellaston.

A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware
of -Wooden Box and Geesley Potteries.
Until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs.will be. under
the control of the Committee of Management, to whom power-is
given to allot the shafes and apply the funds of the Company in
payment of all proper expenses in the formation of the Company and
•
otherwise.

rower will he applied for in the Act, and in. the meantime the
Committee of Management take power, to alter Or extend the lines,
to make branch lines, to abandon any part of the line, to raise addi-
tional capital, and to enter into arrangements with any other Com-
pany otit%inpanies;
Application for slimes must be made in the form annexedito the soli-
citors to Company, Messrs. Watts, Calsworthy, and; Galsworthy,
19, Ely.placc, Holborn, Loudon ; to the Secretary, at the .0111ces of
the Company, 3, Adelaide-place, LondOn-bridge ; and to the fol-
lowing „ • . . .

LOCAL SOLICITORS.
llesars, Keen, awl 'laud, Stafford • -
Thomas Bolton, Esq., Wolyerliampton

E. Kern JitrylkEsq., Hinckley
.-tresSts.lciary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
TlMmasPiddock, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
F. J. H*nel, Esq., Tamworth
'•". John Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Beauvoir Brock Esq., Loughborough
Charles 2rieslky, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

SHAKEBROKERS.
London—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street
_ Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change-alley
Mr. A. SYm, fokenhouse-yard
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead
_ _

Bristol=-Messrs. Tate and Nash
Leeds-Mr. James -Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronhelm
Messrs. Weatherburn and Jennings
Birmingham—Mr. J. R. Lone . •
NeWcitstle—Mr. W IV. Dickinson
Bradford—Mr. Willtan" Mason
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons
Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp
Wakefield,,-Mr. 8. H. Armitage
Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer
.Worcester—Mr. W. Miles
York—Messrs. Grayston and Erie .
Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Boardman
Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun.
Exeter—Messrs. H. Beaumont anti Co.
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square
Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes
Leicester—Messrs. Williams and Sunderland ; Messrs. Eaglefiebt

and Co
Weweastle-under-Lyne--Mr. Tomkinson.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Trunk Rail Way Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in
the above named railway, and I undertake to accept the same i r 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 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of . , 1845.
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