The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. (or LEEDS
WOLVERHAMPTON, a-ad DUDIEI) DIRECT It lILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 2,0(i0,000/., in 100,000 Shares of 20!. each.
Deposit, V. 2s. per Share.
rnovzsioNAL COMMITTEE.

The Right lion. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
The Right Hon. Lord Ingestrie, M.P.
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Hart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way, Ike.
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Di-
rector if the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Col. the lion Leicester Stanhope, Ashburnham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Eel., Uttoxcter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
Benwell, George. Esq , Uttoxcter, Director 'of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire .Tunction Railway
Murton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxcter, Three-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffurdsh:re, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway, &c.
Bright, Sellm, Em., Buxton
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lou-
don and Manchester Direct Railway
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton, Director of

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the Anchor Assurance Company
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction
Railway, &c.
Cooper, John Douglas, jun., Esq., Moline Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-

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ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Larnberhurst, Sussex, and Utioxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Woreestershiro Junction

Railway
Dalby, John, Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Dewhiirt, Richard, Esq., Apsley-house, Huddersfield, Director of the
Leeds and West Junction Railway, &c.
Earl), Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-

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shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Ellis, John, Esq., late M.P. for Newry
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq , liiggin Orange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Ralway
Garle, Samuel, Esq., Uttcx:ter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter
Gilpin, and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shim e, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbasion, Director of Lei-

tester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Hartshorne, Tho Mas, Esq., Silkmoor-house, near Staffora
Hatfield, Thomas. Esq., Rug:.ley, Director of the Derby-shire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Hill, John. Esq., Derby
Jones, the Rer. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire. Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall, .4.shhourse
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-
ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's

London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D.. Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,

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Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, ltegettec Park, Director

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of the Nation:4l Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons'
Life Assurance, &c.
Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandfleld-hall, I;ttoxeter, Direc-
torof the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction

Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
by-shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-

fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Star-

ford.shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
3leteyard, Horace, Wm.. Esq., Director of Remington's Londoi and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
31`31alion, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire

Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
3lellard, James, Esq., Itugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-

shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, Jolm, Esq., Eaton Dondale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the East
and West Junction Railway
Mathew, John 3fee, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway
Milner, William, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashboume
Marton, Joseph, Esq., Walsall, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Maskery, Thomas, Esq., Norbury, Derbyshire
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkimon, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, 1-lyde-park, Di-

Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Chelienhiun Rail-

way, &c.
Pulteney, Douglas Kinnaird, Captain, Director of the Nottingham
and Boston Railway, Parliament-street, London, &c., &c.
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoacter. Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates Cottage, Wakefield
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-

shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropro,., I,erbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
b3-shire, Stafford-hire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, and Staffordshire, Railway, &T.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Teen and Dove
Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and
West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
surance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the-Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, &e.
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq , Ashbourne
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &e.
Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, Su,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley
Welsh, Robert, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Keighley, Halifax,
and Huddersfield Junction Railway
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Teen, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolricli, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Galusho-
rough Railway.

ACTING COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS,

Chairman—The Right Hon. Earl of SHREWSBURY, Alton Towers,

Staffordshire

Vice-Chairman—Sir GEORGE WM. PRESCOTT, Bart., Theobalda,

Herts

Right Hon. Lord Ingestrie, M.P.,Brompton-park, and Ingestrie-hall,
Staffordshire
Sir Wm. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Colonel the Hon. Leicester Stanhope, Ashburnham-house, Chelsea
Hon. Capt. Douglas K. Pulteney, Parliament-street
Henry Arnold, Esq., Uttoketer
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield
John Robert Dalby, Esq., Ashbourne
Samuel Dawson, sen., Esq., Ashbourne
Robert Jas. Hartshorne, Esq., Ashbourne
Richard Wm. Johnson, Esq., Moorgate
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Regent's-park
Wm. King, Esq., 29, Moorgate-street
Nathaniel Cumberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Horace Meteyard, Esq., Chathfun-place, Blackfriars
Wm. Smith, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire
Major Wane', K.H., St. James's-square.
SWILL-Max—R. Shelton Mackenzie, D.C.L.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimadale, and Co., Cornhill, London
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 3:5, Moorgate-street, London
WiMinn Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., llttoxeter
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, I.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Egglngton, A., Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.

This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles is length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com-
munication between two of the most important manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
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This line Will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystwith, and with Port Dynnllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication betweelt Leeds
and Southampton. _ _

The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Callon Canal to a
point near Prestwocxl, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourne, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and llolmflrth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap conununica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen-
sive, the line from the Callon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell
country would have all entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very scarce,
and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire; and the route of this line would fur-
nish a cheap and good supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, aed 'Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large Profit.
There are large lead and slate quarries on the line whichlt only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them full work.
The coal is of a superior quality.
There are also extensive barytes and p7ailient;znorekrys atof Ashbourne,
Derbyshire
Croinford, and other places on the line.
Is the resort of vast numbers of tourists;
aaien: not to interfere with orl particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near D 0,,,,
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change its beautiful and romantic
tenitmursatenteerc.essaTrihley
atte a
therefore, whlch this line will allot,
lanax of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal COM panY, which this and other Hoes of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum ferination runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.
The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest,
Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its way to the 'Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
conununication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more that; ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequence. of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a junc-
tion to connect that town with Derby, and with the Derby and
Gainsborough and Midland Railways
Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 35,
WOrgateltreet, London, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,