The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-25 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

This undertaking is designed to supply the wants of an extensive
mineral and populous district, the local traffic of which alone is ad-
mitted to be sufficient to support a railway and amply remunerate the
shareholders ;
,the line will not only accomplish so desirable an ob-
ject, but it also possesses the advantage of forming a direct commu-
nication, by the shortest practicable route, (in connexion with exist-
ing and projected railways). between two of the most important
divisions of the kingdom. •
It is intended to commence by joining the Gra-il Junction
Railway at Stafford, and Proceed by. Uttoxeter, hocester and
Ashbourne, to a junction with the Midland Railway, the
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Railway, and the
Amber Gate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway,
at' the general terminus at Amber Gate ; a short branch from Wirks-
worth will connect the line with that town, and the important lime.
stone and mineral district connected with it. The line will e about
York, Leeds, Hull,
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es ion;. and by is conection with the Midland Railway at
Amber Gate, and the Derby and :rewe Railway at Uttoxeter, will
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of Slyteoffirkseldb and the north and,
north-eastern parts of England, to the salt districts of Cheshire, the
Potteries, Liverpool and North Wales, and by its junction at Stafford
with the Shropshire Union Railway, will be the nearest route from
those important districts to Shrewsbury and South %ales, and by the
Grand Junction Railway to the densely populated districts of South
' Staffordshire.
The district is destitute of water communication, and it is only
necessary to advert to a few of the prominent resources of the coun-
s.
try to shew the magnitude of. the local -traffic. •
dTi!teajrince of l O e4ofcota'
eonsurOption will be reduced nearly one half, as this line will home.
dlatelS communicate with the Derbyshire and Staffordshire coal fields.
The line will pass several valuable quarries of Derbyshire marble
which is extensively used lit all parts of the kingdom, and also nu-
merous lead smelting works anti rolling mills, rroducing large
Olslsonm sill
The cost of this indispensible article of
l parts "of the line is•very high, being carted
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quantities of pig and sheet lead. It will afford an inexhaustible
supply of lime for the highly cultivated land on the banks of the
Dove and Southward. It will open the Derbyshire mines to the
copper and zinc smelting works in the neighbourhood of Cheadle,
and will afford a direct communication with Sheffield for the articlei
manufactured at those works, which at present are carted to Derby,
a distance of more than twenty miles.
Already a large cattle traffic exists with the north, which will unques-
tionably be greatly augmented by the facilities of this railway ; large
importations of Scotch and Yorkshire cattle will be brought for fat-
tening on the luxuriant pastures of the Dove, taking in return to the
consuming districts, the corn, cheese, wool, and other produce of the
extensive and fertile agricultural district which is intersected by this
railway. It will bring the already large cheese and cattle fairs of
Uttoxcter and Ashbourne into greater importance."
The iron furnaces of South Staffordshire consume annually nearly
a million tons of limestone. It Is well known that the ironmasters
give a decided preference 'to the ffineatone of the South Peak, over
any other that has hitherto been tried ; the very great fusibility of
this stone rendering it peculiarly suitable as a flux for reducing the
stubborn iron ores of South Staffordshire, and were it not for the di-
latory and expensive means of transit, it would now ba used to the
total exclusion of all other kinds. The proximity of this railway to
the iron district, the fact of its entering the limestone range at its
most southern extremity, and the advantage of exeavating the stone
immediately on the line of rails, cannot but insure to it a very large
share of that enormous traffic, If it do not engross the whole.
The visitors to Dovedale and the Peak are already very numerous.
When this line and the :Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland
Junction Railway, open this romantic scenery to the industrious arti-
zans who chiefly compose the great hives of population with which
this railway will communicate, and make it easily accessible to this
class of persons at a trifling sacrifice both of time and money, the
revenue from this source alone during the summer months will be
found to be of no inconsiderable amount.
• , The projectors feel convinced that this railway contains the ele
m --
ents of great prosperity, and that as an investment it offers.mere
than ordinary security.
The landowners on the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the
Provisional Committee.
. Arrangements have been made with the Derby and Crewe Rail-
way
Company, who take a portion of the capital, and give the line
their support and co-operation.
The Committee of Management are fortunate In having secured
the valuable s.rvices of Mr. Locke,, as consulting engineer, and of',
Mr. Meeke, as resident engineer, who have assured. the Committee
that the plans and surveys: will be ready for application to Parlia-
ment the next session.
Applications Sir shares to be addressed to the Secretary or Solid
tors. Plans and prospectOses may be obtained from the Solicitors,
or from the following Brokers :—William Le Grand, Esq. Shorter's-
court, London ; Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby ; Mr. John Baken ell,
Uttoxeter; Mr. Samuel Grindrod, and Mr. C. P. Allen; Manchester;
hir.'later, Bradford ; Mr. Wesley, Burton-upon-Trent ; Mr: Dean,
Stoke-upon-Trent ; Messrs. West and Tennant, Leeds ; Mr. Eve-
rard, Huddersfield ; and Mr. Jones, Ashbourne.

FORM OF APPLICATIO'q FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Staffordshire and North Mid-

land Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,--I request 3on win allot me " shares of 201.
each, in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to
pay the deposit thereon, or upon any lessnumber that maybe allotted
to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parl.l4lneutary Contract
athae•glecr:i 4.,7,r‘Q-ne.nt when required.
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STAFFORDSHIRE and NORTH MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES in
this undertaking can be received after MONDAY, the 27th inst.
By order, THOS. EXUARD:4O:Ts stO• Pre• it,*
I.3ttu6ss, We* 16, mi. . - . ..

OUTH MIDLAND, or LEICESTER,
1,7 NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, and HUNTINGDON
RAILWAY.

. . (Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
• -COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Midland Railway
Company, Chairman
EDMUND PEEL, Esq. director of the South 311
patty, Deputy-Chairman.
John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Leys, Leicester •
Sir Oswahl,Mosley,Bart.,Rolleston Hall, Burton-

upon-Trent
Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster
John Waddingbam, Esq., Leeds
William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester .
Edmund Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley •
Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.
Edward Harrison Barvvell, Esq., Northampton
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-
road,Hyde Park-gardens, Loudon
Josh. Knight, Esq., Leicester.

idland Railway Coni-

Diredors itf the
Midland Railway
Company

Directors of the
South Midland
Railway Company

Excorm.—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester
Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon; I, Gray's Inn-square, London
T. 13. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth.
• SECRETARY—George Newton Browne, Esq.
OFFICES—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester.
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REGIS IBATION OF SCRIP AND
- • PAYMENT OF ADD ITIO \l AL DEPOSIT.
Notice is hereby given, that the time for receiving Applications for
the Regis ry of the Scrip of the South Midland or Northampton and
Leicester Railway Company, in exchange for New Scrip in this
ComOdny i? extended until eATUILDAY, the 25th instant, and that on
or about TUESDAY, the 25th instant, a letter will be posted addresFed
to each of the registered Shareholders in this Company containl!!g
an authority for the bankers 'hereon named to receive the additional
deposit of 1/. per share (which bankers alone as authorised to give a
receipt for the same), on or before FRIDAY, the 7th day of November,
1845, and not afterwards.
The Deeds of this Company will Ile for signature at the. times
and places to be hereafter notified to the Shareholders.
By order, GEORGE Ili7DslON, Chairman.
GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Sec,
%lc 3,lldund Railway Statioi,, Leicester,
Oet9be; 20, MO,

CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES
IMMENSE SALE.

Only
O One Shilling per found ! 1 es; Candles, and their po-
sitive superiority is,establishe,l. Thousands consume them, and not
dissenting voles! They snuff themselves, are hard as alabaster,
pure as wax, and cheap as common tallow candles, is their true cha-
racter. " Their equal is unknown." " Their superior will never
come." Composite, and all such interior candles, aro defied. None
but Palace!Wax bear a semblance of equality.
To prevent Imposition, C. and Co. attach a Gold Label to every
packet, without which none ore genuine, at Clark's General -Oil
and Candle Lamp 'Depot, 447, West Strand. Please write down
address. The new light always burning for inspection. Licenses
granted to Country Agents.