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London, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00


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CHEFS ,FOREST OF DEAN, AND )
. GLOUCES ON RAILWAY, — -
An extension of this line is under survey, til tin
heat of the mineral district of South Wales. The project has bus
regisre:.l.. ihll particulars of which will appear in a few days.
WILLIAM PROTHEROE, gearetary.

cruziben.
10, Old Jewry.

PRELIMINATI ANNOUNCEMENT.
DIRECT SHEFFIELD- AND MACCLES-
FIELD RAILWA'it
Forming Junctions with all the great andinv.ortant Railways in

Great Britain.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 600j0)/., In 30,000 Shares of 201. eadi;
p• posit 21. 21. per Share.

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Thii important lines commencing at .the terminus of the Man.
ehester and Sheffield Railway, in the populous manufacturing town
of Sheffield, will proceed in a direct course by or through Hope,
Hathersage, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Whaley (the greet
canal-port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the projected Man-
cheater and Macclesfield Railway, at Macclesfield, the total length ot'
the line being nearly thirty miles.
This junction stands in the very centre of the entire railway sys-
tem of England, and will complete the chain of railway communi-
cation between the river Humber, the towns of ibeffield and Mao-
*afield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wiches of Cheshire, the
Aty of Chester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, Bangor-Ferry, and the
Harbour of Holyhead. All the necessary arrangements are in pro-
p:Two to proceed to Parliament at the ensuing session.
A detailed prospectus, containing the names of an infinential Pro-
visional Committee, &c., will be published in a few days.
Meantime applications may be made to the Solicitors. Messrs.
;interns and Fry, 62, Mark-lane, London ; and (L A. Coleman, Esq..
I, New Inn, Strand. By order,
GEORGE F. HIRE, Sainsbury,

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY,
Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction Railways, with Branch Prom Ashby-de-la-Zouch to
Derby.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 29/. each.
Deposit, 2.1. 2s. per Share.
PEOVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir John Edmund De Beauvoir, Dart., Connaught-terrace, Hyde
Park
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Direster
of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Simpson Potter, Esq., 7, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Dl.-
rector of the Oxford, Gosport, and Southampton Railway
Andrew Spolidswoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the
Irish North Midland Railway
James Beech, Esq., the Shawe, Staffordshire, and Brandon Hall,

Warwickshire
Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace. Regent's Park,
Director of the Direct Western Railway
George Hammond Whaley, Esq., Pall-mall, Director of the Direct

Western Railway • •
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Divectur
• of the Dendre Valley Railway
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and Abirgavunkr
Railway
Hugh Henshell Williamson, Elk., Greenway Bank, Newcestle4Mcier-
' Lyne, Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, Tork.
and diidland Janction Railway
Stephen Hutchison, EN., London Gas Works, Vauxhall
Henry Cave Leaky, Esq. 5, St. James's-square, Director Of the
Great Welch Junction Esq.,
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-
shire Junction Railway
Daniel 31•Mahon, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyskirt!
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Mae-
fordsktre Junction Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Randle Andrews, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the
Shrewsbury and Grgld Junction Railway
William Griffiths, Esq., Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Herbert Broom, Esq., Kidderininster, and Essex-court, Temple
Caleb Norris, Req., Lancaster-Place, Strand, Director of the Exeter,
Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Hayes, Esq., South-fields, Leicester
Charles J. Mason, Esq., Fenton, Staffordshire Potberiee, Director of
the North Staffordshire Railway
Joss'Ot Henry, Esq., South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London,
HounslOW, and Western Railway
Edmund Gulsoll, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of MS Coveati7,
Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway
William B. Costello, Req., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director Of the
Direct London and Exeter Railway
Martin StUtly, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terraee, Regenti Park, Director
of the Direct Western, Dublin and Belfait, and LOndon and South
Essex Railways. -
Robert Bramwell, Req., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, 'North
Wales, and Cannon-street, Director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport and Portsmouth, and- Direct Western Railways.
Thomas Wynne, EN., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South
union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk Rouse, Upper Tutee-hill, Director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, aad South-Western Junction
Railways
Joseph Loadale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con-
ga' Hall, near Cheadle, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool
Digriet Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction
•
Railway
Alfred Brodie, tik;., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
Robert Chaplin, Esq., A.shby-de-la-Zouch
En. kahby-de-la-Zoucli
Edward Mammatt,
Ishby.4o-Jit-Zouch •
John Beavington, Esq.,
T. S. Kirkland, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zotich
Thomas Cantrell, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Mathew, Esq., Staunton Harold, Lessee of the Staunton
Harold Coal, Lead, and Lime Works
Joseph Rostock, Esq., Breedon-on-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon Ltme
Works
James Reeves, Esq., 150, Cheapside, Director of the Direct Louden
and Manchester Railway
Harvey Wyatt, :Esq., Acton-hill, Stafford, Director of the Trent
Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railways, and of the DadleY,
Madeley, Broesely, and Iron Bridge. Railway
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, WarKiek.
and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direet.
Railway
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, War.
wick, and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and IS
Inalnshitui
Direct Railway
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction CoastßailWay
Joseph Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge
Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
William Field, Esq., Rugeley, Staffordshire
Samuel Ginders, Esq., Ingestre, Staffordshire, Land Agent to Load.
Talbot
R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketehley Hall, near Hinckley, a Mule-
trate of the County, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and
Leicester Railway
Captain Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde Park-square
James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-hill, Director of the Bridgewater
and Minehead Railway
C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu utreet, Portman-wars
George Augustus M'Dermott, Esq., Chestertbn Hall, near NewcaStle-
under-Lyne
Wm. Tulloh Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Win. Clode Braddon, Esq, Regency-square, Brighton
George Penury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square, Director of
the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk-crescent, Hyde Park
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole-
raine Railway
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the London,
Bristol, and South Wales Railway, and Manchester and Rugby
Railway
BaNsEas—The Union Bank of London.
/STANDING cOrtteßL.
Charles Howard Whitehuret, Esq., Q.C.
J. dice Mathew, Esq., F.S.A.
ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
I SOLICITORS—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galaworthy, 19, Ely-
place, Holborn
SECRETARY—SamueI Stanway, Esq.

The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Loughborough station on the Midland Counties line, and pro-
ceed through the Vale of Sheepshead. to Pegs Green Colliery,
near to the terminus of the Leicester and Bwannington Rail-
was, 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 district. of
Seal, CliftonCampville and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby
Railway, which it will cross sear 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 how in
progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South
Staffordshhe line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by mesna
of one of the proposed lines it will afford commtudcation with Str•
*gingham.
By means of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrowas the
Grand Trunk reaches Colwich, and there meets the proposed North
Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potteries
to Newcastle-under-Line, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also
of the same Trent Valley line at Alrewsul the Grand Trunk pro•
ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford, thus completing its route, and
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Janata:l
Railways. This branch of the line 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 conanenee at the
Derby station, and taking the course of the Derby Canal proceed to
Chellaston, where there are extensive plaster-works, And thence
by Swark.estone to the river Trent, which it will cross nes: to
the ferry at Weston Cliffe, and so proceed to Kings NewWU
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
folio* the line of the Cole-Orton and Swannington Railway instil its
junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs-
given Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Aeby-de-la-Zouch the Grand Trunk forms a junction with the,
proposed Iti,:lingham and Birmingham, and with the proposed Great
Manchester, Rug::::+, and Southampton Railways. Its importance as
a line for passe:lsere is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a
complete junction between chose two great thoroughfares, the Mid-
land and Grand Junction RailweT.sr and by its branch from Derby to
Ashby-de-la-Zouch another complet: )unction between the Great
Northern and Southern lines now in proCess+ thus oleo a direct
line of communication to all parts of the klnga9m.
As a line for traffic, the Grand Trunk will wrm the most direct
transit to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire iron and
coal fields, to the Burton breweries, to North and South Waled, "d
Ireland to Scotland, and all parts of the north, and to the
eastern.
southern, and western parts of the empire.
The mineral resources are of the very highest order. The Met
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coal-field is inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Darold.
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 net of equal depth with
those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal at Swannington is un-
rivalled, being, in fact, the bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire
coal strata. It is 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, 110 w In
fhll course of working.
The properties of the Breedon, Staunton Harold, and Ticknall lime
are so well known to agriculturists and others, that an extension of
traffic for so valuable a commodity into mare remote districts must
be of the utmost importance to the practical farmer.
In appioaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand
Trunk will fall in with most valuable quarries of millstcrne grit, ter-
v iceable for paving and building purposes, and for. which a reedy
market would be found along the line. The country also sbounde
in gypsum, of which immense quantities arc used in Sinn
ham and elsewhere : these markets will thus become opened-for the
quarries at Chellaston.
ofAwnoezeanndßoexxtaenosdiveGrojeustlieeyt willpotwairsieso be opened for the earthenware.
Until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the atonlwrh° pill
ower it
the control of the Committee of Managemen.• of the company in
given to allot the shares and apply the ids
of the Company and
payment of all proper expenses in the formation
otherwise.
power. art of the line, to raise PoNv
to make branch lines, to abandon any P
Committeeev‘.l.llf
mbeanaapgpelilaiedentfotraikne the Act,w aaintdorinorthextend
tuhernmpethrige:
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tionalpoy,ocracp,itioapl,aaot to enter Into arrangements with any other Cony
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solicitors to
worthy, 19, Ely-place, Holborn, London ;to the Secretary, at the
offices of the Company, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; and to
the following

LOCAL SOLICITOII.S.
Messrs, Keen and Hand, Stafford
Thomas Bolton, Esq., WolverhamptOn
E. Kern Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
Messrs. Keary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Piddock, Esq., Ashby-de-]a-touch
F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth
John Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough
Charles filriesley, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

SUAREBROYCZES.
London—Messrs. 11111, Fawcett, and 11111, Threadne4
Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change-alley
Mr. A. Gym, Tokenhouse-yard
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash
Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronhelm

Messrs. Weatnerburn and Jennings
Birmingham—Mr. J. H. Lane
Newcastle—• Mr. W. W. Dickinson
Bradford—Mr. William Mason
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and SODS
Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp
Wakefield—Mr. H. Armitage
Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer
Worcester—Mr. W. Milos
York—Messrs. Grayston and Eris
Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Boardman '
Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun.
Exeter—Messrs. H. Beaumont and Co.
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Aatdreitos4quars
Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes
Leicester—Messrs.llianir and liandatiana S 101111,
and Co.