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

E. Kem Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
Messrs. Keary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Piddock, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth
John Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent -
Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough
Charles Talesley, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

THE MIDLAND, BARNSLEY, SHEFFIELD,
DEWSBURY, LEEDS, AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Managing
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, Director of the Direct
Western, J.P. for the East Riding, and Borough of Hull
John Broadhurst Tootal, Esq., the CHM, Wakefield
Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holdeniess-house, near Hull, De-
yuty Lieutenant, and J.P. for the East Riding, and for the Bo-
rough of Hull, Provisional Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway, &c.
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, Provisional Director of the Leeds
and Liverpool Direct Railway
William Gordon, Esq., M.D., Hull, Provisional Director of the Leeds
and Liverpool Direct Railway
George Wilson Addison, Esq., Bradford, Provisional Director of the

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West Yorkshire, and the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Its,
ways, &c. &c.
George Addison, jun., Esq., Provisional Director of the Leeds Direct
Railway
J. E. Sichil, Esq., merchant, Bradford, Provisional Director of the
Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and the Leeds, York, and Midland
Railways
John Dougell, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield
Edmund Eastwood, Esq., dyer, Rashcliffe, near Huddersfield
Richard Dransfield, Esq., Dalton, near Huddersfield, Provisional Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
John Allison, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Dransfield, Esq., Mold Green, Huddersfield, Provisional Di-
rector of the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction; and
the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railways
Albert Filling, Esq., merchant, Huddersfield
Joseph Norton, Esq., merchant, &c., Clayton West, near Hudders-
field, Provisional Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate ; Hud-
dersfield, Halifax, and Bradford ; Bristol and Dover; Keighley,
Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction ; and Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railways
Abraham Eastwcod, Esq., Raslicliffe House, Huddersfield, Auditor
and one of the Executive Committee of the Huddersfield and Shef-
field Junction Railway Company
John Richardson, Esq., Harrogate, Provisional Director of the Wake-
field and Harrogate ; and the East and West Yorkshire Rail-
ways, &c.
George Fearnley, Esq., M.D., Grove-house, Dewsbury
Henry Hemingway, sen., Esq., M.D., Dewsbury
Henry Hemingway, jan., Esq., M.D., Dewsbury
Paul Fletcher, Esq., Dewsbury
Thomas Hadfield Gloyne, Esq., Dewsbury
George Hall, Esq., merchant, Aldam's-house, Dewsbury
Thomas Newsome, Esq., merchant, Dewsbury
Mark Hirst, Esq., manufacturer, Dewsbury
J. J. Mallinson, Esq., Dewsbury
Joseph Acton, Esq., J.P., Wigan, Lancaster, Provisional Director of
the Manchester and Wigan, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Leeds,
York, and Midland Junction Railways
William Mann, Esq., Spell Mills, Cleckheaton, Provisional Director
of the Midland Lid Thirsk Railway; the Leeds, York, and Mid-
land Junction ; and the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railways
James Smith, Esq., M.D., Ossett
William Wood Wiseman, Esq., 3f.D., Ossett
George Mitchell, manufacturer, Ossett
Thomas Mitchell, Esq., manufacturer, Ossett
Francis Sykes, Esq., Liversedge, near Dewsbury, Provisional Direc-
tor of the Leeds and West Riding Junction, and the Leeds, York,
and Midland Railways
John Mitchell, senior, Esq., Ossett
Abraham Burnley, Esq., merchant, Batley, late Provisional Director
of the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway
Joseph Jubb, senior, Esq., merchant, Batley
George Sheard, Esq., merchaq, Batley, late Provisional Director of
the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway
Joseph Jubb, junior, Esq., manufacturer, Batley
Charles Day, Esq., Hirst House, Batley
John Burnley, Esq., manufacturer, Batley, Provisional Director of the
Midland and Thirsk Railway
Jacob Burnley, Esq., manufacturer, Batley, and Manchester
Samuel Burnley, Esq., manufacturer, Batley
Benjamin Senior, Esq., merchant, Batley, Provisional Director of
the West Riding Junction, and Midland and Thirsk Railways
Joseph Rowley, Esq., worsted spinner, Ossett-cum-Gawthorp, near
Dewsbury
William Rowley, Esq., Ossett
Thomas Hirst, Esq., Batley
James Geo. Atkinson, Esq., M.D., Wakefield, Provisional Director
of the Stockton, Northallerton, and Leeds Railway
Rev. G. A. Walker, Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, Provisional DI
rector of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway
Frederick Stokes, Esq., Wakefield
Foster Shaw, Esq., merchant, Huddersfield
Lewis Alexander Shepherd, Esq., ironfounder, Dewsbury
William Cardwell, Esq., ironfounder, Dewsbury
Mark Day, Esq., manufacturer, Batley Carr
John Lister, Esq., Thornhill

Henry James Smith, Esq., merchant, Dewsbury
James Hemingway, Esq., merchant, Dewsbury
George Blakeicy, Esq., merchant and manufacturer, Dewsbury
Robert Blakelcy, Esq., merchant and manufacturer, Dewsbury
(With power
other Provisional Directors will bo added
from Barnsley and Sheffield, &e., &c.

RANKERS.
The Huddersfield Banking Company, Dewsbury and Huddersfield.
The West-Riding Union Banking Company, Dewsbury, Hudders-
field, and Wakefield.
The Leeds and West-Riding Banking Company, Leeds and Bradford.
MessrS. Smith, Payne, and Smith, London.
Messrs. NTastennan, and Co. London.
ENGINEER—Henry Emanual Scott, Esq.

SOLICITORS.
Charles Robert Scholes, Dewsbury
Henry Brodribb, 6, Child's-place, Temple, London.
LOCAL AGENT—W. C. Mence, Esq , solicitor, Barnsley.
'ARLIAIIENTART AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlow and Kingdon, 6, New
Palace-yard, Westminster.

The object of this line is to make a short and direct communication
between the populous manufacturing and iron and coal districts of
Bradford, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Batley, Dewsbury, Barns-
ley, and Sheffield, with the wool and agricultural districts of Lei-
cestershire, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Gainsborough, Lincoln, &c., and
the port of Boston.

The line will forM a junction with the West Yorkshire, the Leeds
and Dewsbury, and the Manchester and Leeds Railways, at or
near Dewsbury; and thence proceed by Darton to Barnsley, and
Wombwell, to or near to Wath-upon-Dearne, near Swinton ; where
it will join the North Midland Railway, and also meet the proposed
line to Doncaster, Bawtry, Gainsborough, and Lincoln ; and form a
communication by the existing lines with the port of B6Sten and the
south ; and by the projected Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway;
it will also form a direct line to Hull, and by the Leeds and Thirsk
Railway, a direct line to the north.

The line• will also be continued from Barnsley by Tankersley and
Chapeltown to Sheffield.
A branch will run to the various Ironworks and Colliery Rail-
ways, near Wentworth ; and another branch will run to the Silk-
stone Colliery Railways.

A direct line of communication will thus be formed between the
important manufacturing places of Bradford, Bierley, Cleckheaton,
Gomersall, Heckmondwike, Liversedge, Batley, Dewsbury, Ossett,
Thornhill, Darton, Barnsley, Ardsley, and Wombwell, to Wath-
upon-Des rne, Doncaster, Lincolnshire, the port of Boston, and the
south, and also to Sheffield ; affording the best possible accommoda-
tion to the rich iron and coal districts of Silkstonc, Worsborough,
Tankersley, Chapeltown, and Sheffield ; whilst the wools and raw
materials ased in the manufactures at Bradford, Pudsey, Earlsheaton,
eieckheaton, Batley, Heckmondwike, Dewsbury, and Barnsley, as
well as corn and cattle, will be received by the shortest and most di-
rect line of transit from Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire,
and the southern parts which supply these commodities, in exchange
for the manufactures, coals, and minerals of those districts.
It must be evident to every one, on looking at the map, that this
line is imperatively called for, as up to this period the only rail-
way communication for the supply of wool and other goods, and the
conveyance of passengers to Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Batley,
Cleckheaton, 13radfoni, and the intermediate places (each containing
a numerous manufacturing population), has been the North Midland
line by Normanton—a very circuitous route, as appears by the fol-
lowing statement of distances of those places :
Relative distances from Bradford and Dewsbury to Barnsley and
Sheffield, by the present route, and the proposed line :

From Bradford to Barnsley by Brighouse, and thence by Miles
the Leech and Manchester line, about ..
By the proposed line from -Ilmdfortt, via Cleekheaton and
Dewsbury, to Barnsley ..

• • 20

Being a saving of ..
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From Dewsbury, Batley, &e., by the present route to Barnsley
about •• .• •• •• ••• •• ••
By the proposed line •• •• •• .• •• ••

Being a saving on 23 miles of no less than .. .. 12
The present distance to Sheffield from Bradford Is about 51 miles ;
by the proposed line it will he 31,—0r a saving of 20 miles.
From Dewsbury by the present route Sheffield is distant 40 miles ;
by the proposed line it will be 21,—0r a saving of 19 miles.
The same observations, as to saving of distance, apply to London
and all intermediate places ; and it is important to observe that either
by the present North Midland line, or by the projected London and
York Railway, this proposed line will be the shortest and most direct
route from Bradford, Dewsbury, &c., to London.

It may also be noticed, that from Swinton to Leeds by this project
and the Leeds and Dewsbury line, the distance is much less than by
way of Normanton.

The following table, taken from the Parliamentary Census of 1841,
will give sonic idea of. the populous Districts through which the line
passes :

POPULATION OF PLACES (IN 1841), ON THE LINE OF ROAD.
,radford parish .. •• .... 105,257 Earlsheaton Soothill .... .4,453

,radford 34,560 :Ossett ........ „
lerley .. •• .. • • 9,512 Thornhill parish ..

Atdsey • • ...... 10,002 Dante parish •••. • . • , 3,583
Cleekheaton ............ 4,299,Silkstone palish ... 18,559
Gemersall .•••••• • .. • • • • 8,030 'Barnsley .. .••• .. • • 12,310
lleckmondwike ••..• • .. 3,537 Ardsley •. • • 2,320
Liyersedge .... •••• • • • 5,988 Wombwell .. .. • • 1,169
Batley ...... ••. • • ... • • 7,076 Wath-upon-Deanie •
pa-
Dewsbury parish 23,806' risk • -

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Dewsbury .... •• •. •• 10,600 Sheffield .... •• •• ••
The traffic through this district is immense.

A careful survey of the line and branches has been made by the
engineer, and the scheme will be submitted to Parliament at the ap-
proaching session.

Power is reserved to continue the line northward to Bradford, if
the Company should think fit.

Provisions will be inserted in the Act of Parliament to allow Inte-
rest at 4 per cent. on the deposits and calls, from the passing of the
Act, until the opening of the railway ; and for limiting the share-
holders liability to the amount of their subscriptions.
Power will also be applied fc-: in the Act (and in the meantime is
reserved to the Managing Committee), to abandon or alter any part of
the line, and to make branches; and also to enter into any arrange-
ments with any other company or companies.
A liberal portion of the shares will be reserved for the landowners
and others having local Interests; and such companies as this line
may form junctions with, or with %thorn this Company may be con-
nected.

Applications for shares (in the form given below), and for pro-
spectuses, may be made to the Solicitors, and also to Mr. Charles
Dyson, Sharebroker, Boar-lane, Leeds ; Messrs. Wilson and Hella-
well, Sharebrokers, Huddersfield ; and Mr. John Brooke, Broker,
Dewsbury.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield,
Pewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each
in the above Company ; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any lass number, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon,
and to. execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment when required.
Dated this day of

1845.

Name in full ••••• • • • • .............
Occupation .. ••..••• • • • • • ..........
Place of Business • • ..
Place of Residence •
Name of Referee in full.. • .
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Place of Business ..
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SIIAREBROKERS.
London—Messrs. 11111, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street
Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change-alley
Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhousc-yard
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash
Leeds-31r. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronhelm
Messrs. Weatherburn and Jennings
Birmingham-31r. J. R. Lane
Newcastle—Mr. W. W. Dickinson
Bradferd—Mr. William Mason
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons
Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp
Wakefleld-31r. S. H. Armitage
Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer
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Worcester—Mr. W. Miles
York—Messrs. Grayston and Erie
Blackburn-31r. Thomas Boardman
Southampton-31r. Joseph Clark, jim.
Exeter-31essrs. H. Beaumont and Co.
Edinburgh-31r. Charles Cooper, 30, St. Andrew's-equare
Cheltenham-31r. James Stokes
Leicester—Messrs. Williams and Sunderland ; Messrs. Eagle tidt I
and Co
Newcastle-under-Lyne-L-Mr. Tomkinson.
FORM Or APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Trunk Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 20/. each in
the above named railway, and I undertake to accept the same 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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Residence in full.. .. . ..... ......... .
Profession and Professional Residence in full ......
Reference ..................

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the List for receiving Shares
will be cloud on the following days, viz. :—for London, SATURDAY,
October 4th, for the Country, Mounety, October 6th.
By order,
3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. S. STANWAY, Secretary,