The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

Ratlwaty Company,

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares, of
25/. each, in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same,
or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the
regulations of the company. also to sign the necessary legal docu-
ments, and to pay, when required, the deposit thereof of 11. 7s. 6d.
per share.

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Profession (If any) and Professional residence in full.
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Waned. ........

31IDLAND, BARNSLEY, 'DEWSBURY,
LEEDS, AND BRADFORD, RAILWAY. -
Provisionally Registered. . •
The object of this Line is to make a slArt and direct communica-
tion
,between Bradford, Cleekheaton, Ileekmondwike, rind Dewsbury,
with Barniley, Sheffield, and all intermediate places to London. By
the present route front London, the Sheffield-and Itarnaley passengers
and goods are brought by way of Normatiton, a distance of 12% miles
from Barnsley, and then either by Leeds to liradfoV, a. distance of
at least 20 miles, or by the Leeds and Manchester Line to Brigliortse,
a distance of at least 20 miles, naking the total distance from Barnsley
to Bradford,' by 'Leeds, 32 Inilcs, and by the Manchester line, 42
miles-. 1 The distance • from Dewahary to 'Barnsley-; by. the present
'Railway, is 22 miles. The ',promoters of this line propose to,ctim-
meriee this Railway by a junction with the North Midland line, at a
point below Barnsley, to Barnsley. and from thence in a direct course
to Dewsbury, reserving to themselves the power of making .the line
to Bradford through the Cleckheaton Valley, provided the West
Riding Junction and West Yorkshire amalgamated Companies do not
at the next session of Parliament apply to make that part of the line.
The line at Dewsbury-will make a junction with the Leeds and Dews-
bury Railway, West Riding Junction. and West Yorkshire
Amalgamated Scheme, and the present Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way, at or near a place called Thornhill Lees, making the distance, as
the crow flies, to be as follows
Barnsley to Bradford.. ..... ......... •••• • • • • 19 miles.
Barnsley to Dewsbury • ...... • . .•••• " • • • • 10
Barnsley to Leeds • • •• •••••• • • • • • . 19 „
This line will, therefore, effect the following saving in distances :
To Derby, London, &e. from Bradford, about.. 11 miles.
To Barnsley from Bradford
"To Sheffield from Bradford ••.• • • . 14 „
To Barnesley from Dewsbury .. ..
To Barnsley from Leeds ••• • ..
The proposed line,. In conjunction with the Leeds and Dewsbury,
West Riding Junction and West Yorkshire Railways, will bring, by
the shortest route, to the populous manufacturing districts between
Barnsley, Dewsbury, and Bradford, the traffic from Leicester, Derby,
London, &c.
This Railway will also open one of the richest coal districts in the
kingdom.
If the present.llllll and Barnsley Junction Railway project should Le
obtained, this Railway will be- a direct line- to mil. And in conjunc-
tion with other projects:now before the public, will be a direct line,
from Sheffield, Barnaley, Dewsbury, &c., to the North.
When tlie survey is completed adetailed prospectus, with the names
of the -Provisional Corrimittee, will be published. The Capital re-
quired-for the uudertaking to be divided Into Shares of 201. each, and
two guineas deposit will then also be announced.
Applications for Shares may be made to Charles Robert Scholes,
Registered Solicitor to the Company, Dewsbury; or to Messrs. Sud-
low, Sons, and Torr, Solicitors, 20, Chancery-lane, London.

C HESTER and MANCHESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
With a Branch to Birkenhead.
(Provisionally Registered). '
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2a. per. Share.
COSIMITTRE OF SfANAGESIINT.
Colonel the Hon. LEICESTER STANHOPE, Ashburnham Howie,
London, Chairman
Major JOHN T: CROFT, Regent-street, Loridon, Deputy Chairman
David Ainsworth, Esq., Manchester
Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Manchester
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester, and Glyn Garth, Anglesey
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
James Far:Bh, Esq., Lancaster-place, London
Major Ford, of Bodlondet, Carnarvonshire
Lieut.-Colonel Henry lianmer, Bear-place, Berks. and 7, Devon-
shire-place, London
Fraser B. Henshaw, Esq.' Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square.
London, a Director of the Liverpool. Manchester. and Newcastle
Junction Railway
Captain Sir John R. Hilton, R.N., Isle of Wight
J. Harney Iligson Esq., merchant, Manchester
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinsen, 11.E.F.R.5., Director of the College
of Civil Engineers
T. D. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, London
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, London, Director of the
National Provincial Bank of Ireland
W. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Com-
pany
George Peter Llvius. Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's, and
Cauldwcll Priory, Bedford
Horace W. Meteyard, Esq., 8.C.L.. Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S.,Upper Hyde Park-street, London, a
Director of the Liverpool, anchester, and Newcastle Junction
ltailwAy
James Orrell, Esq., Culcheth Hall, Kenyon
James Ogden, Esq:, M.D., Manchester
David Price, I:opManchester
Major James NiCilrer, K.H., St, James's-square
C. J. S. Walker, Esq., Longford. near Manchester
Sir George William Preaoott, Bart., of Theobalds, Herts.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINBERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., London
National Provincial Bank of England, Manchester
SOLICITORS.
London—Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Ilutehinsian, 29, Moorgate-
street. -
Manchester—Messrs. Hlgson and Robinson, Cross-street R. B. B.
Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-street.
LOCAL AGENT—Chester—John Walker, Esq.

The promoters of this Railway, encouraged by the favourable sup-
port which has been given to the project, and in compliance with
various recommendations they have received, hare determined upon
the addition of A branch to Birkenhead, which, although it will
manifeatly tend to the advantage of the Shareholders and the public,
Will be attended with comparatively little additional outlay. The
project will still retain its chief characteristic of a direct railway,
and by its connexion, near Warrington, with the Grand Junction
Company, is sufficiently comprehensive, without resorting to a c..—
plicated system of branch lines, or materially confiietir.g
tercets of existing companies. ...a the in-
The line will commence at the otty of Chi''.
of Trafford, Frodabana, And Preston and proceed by way
by Lymnt And Stretford direr+ ' “rook, to Warrington, thence
Alain line, near Frod..- to Manchester. From a point on the
and Birkonhao ...am, a branch will be taken to join the Chester
direct - hallway, so as to unite Manchester in the most
—gamer possible, with the docks now being formed at Mr.
-.ahead.

As Manchester, from its geographical position, is the centre of rail-
way communication between Scotland and the most populous dis-
tricts of England, so Chester, from a like cause, is the great centre of
railway communication between the capitals of Ireland and of Eng-
land. To connect these two points by a direct and independent line
of railway must, therefore, be of the utmost importance, not only in
a local point of view, but to the whole commercial intercourse of the
country.

This line will be the most direct route, by Holyhead, to Ireland.
and will be, in all respects, by far the preferable channel of inter-
course and transit between Ireland and the great manufacturing dis-
tricts of England. By the railways connecting Cheater with Wrex-
ham, Osw-estry, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Gloucester, and South Wales,
this will be the nearest route from Manchester to the south-
western parts of England, and to the minerals of Monmouth and
Glamorganshiro. The communication with Bristol, Gloucester, and
Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the map, tt •ill
be seen that a very considerable distance will be saved by this line,
as compared with the present circuitous routes by Crewe and by
Birkenhead; the former being 52 miles, and the latter 4i miles,
while the proposed line is only 34 miles, saving In the one case 18
miles, and in the other 12 miles, besides the serious inconvenience, loss
of time, and expense of passing through Liverpool, and crossing the
water at that place.
It is confidently expected that this line will be the precursor of
another scheme, of no ordinary importance—namely, to render
'heater an efficient port for large vessels.
This subject was entertained by Sir John Bennie in 183.5, and sub-
sequently, in the same year, by the late Mr. Chapman, who wrote an
able report upon the capabilities of the river Dee. It was again
nvestigated, in 1837, by Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Remington,
and the practicability of forming a good navigable channel for vessels
of large burden, together with docks at Chtstsr, was then fully and
clearly established.
The entrance channel would commence at Dawpool. which is easy
of access (and infinitely preferab e, in point of access and safety, to
the docks at Liverpool or Birkenhead), for vessels of large burden,
during eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps ; and the
all of the lock would he sufficiently low to admit vessels drawing 20
feet water to enter at all tides.

This railway, therefore, in connexion with the proposed docks,
will render to Chester and Manchester incalculable advantages. To
the former it will restore the proper position natural to so important
a city ; to the latter it will give another outlet, by sea, to the tna-
nufacturing districts, free of the heavy port charges, dues, and
risks to which the produce is now subject. It has not been thought
advisable to combine the two objects in one company at present,
bat should it be found requisite, the two may hereafter be amalga-
Mated.
Merits of no ordinary degree, therefore, may fairly be claimed for
this railway, whether taken in connexion with the proposed docks,
eras standing alone, combining as it does all the advantages of any
other lines, with this great addition, that it will be the high road to
the most convenient outport of Manchester, and will be quite inde-
pendent of any associations or influences that might tend to oppose
the growing desire for a moans of direct and independent communi-
cation between Manchester and the port of Chester.
The line has been carefully examined. There are no difficult
earth-works to be encountered ; on the contrary it will be cheap.
and of easy formation. Power is reserved to the Committee to de-
viate from the proposed line in the vicinity of Manchester, should
ulterior arrangements render it expedient.
Applications lbr shares in the subjoined fbrm, and fbr maps and
prospectuses to be made to the Solicitors, and to the following Share-
orokers :—Messrs. Showell and Son, 25,Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs.
Preece and Evans, 5, Cornhill ; and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26,
Austin-ftiars, London ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Mr. Locke,
Messrs. A. Ifirchall and Co., Thomas Leeds and Son, Henry Benton.
J. B. Lock, and Samuel Slater, Manchester ; Messrs. Nelleons,
Messrs. Healey, Mr. Crisp, and Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield; Messrs.
IVellbeloved and °ostler, Leeds ; Mr. E. A. Armitage, Wake-
field ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. Thomas Board-
man, Blackburn ; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. Francis
Stamp, Hull ; Mr. L. Weatherburn, Huddersfield ; Mr. Win.
Cronheins, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; Mr.
Samuel Eyre, Derby ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr. Joeeph
Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. John Thomas Holland, Coventry ;
Mr. William Mason. Bradford, Yorkshire ; Messrs. Payne and Freer,
Leicester ; Mr. Wm. Tomklnson, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Mr.
Richard E. llMe, Macclesfield ; Mr. Lea, Cheltenham ; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester ; Messrs.
Read and Nicholson, Edinburgh; Messrs. Rose, Perth, N. 8.; and
Messrs. H. and W. A. Tante, Glasgow.
Applications for shares must be accompanied by a reference to the
Solicitors of the Company, the aharebrokers, or some other respon-
sible person.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Chester and Manchester
Direct Railway •
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 201. each
In the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or each
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the Regula-
tions 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.
Name and Residence in full ................
. Profession and professional residenze
•

CHESTER and MANCHESTER DIRECT
• RAILWAY.
At a meeting of the Committee
.of Management of this under-
taking, held this day, it was resolved that, in order to comply with
the standing orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is
expedient to reduce the amount of each share to 201., and to extend
the number to 50,000, and that the deposit required be V. 2s. on each
share, and that, in consequence of this alteration in the amount and
number of shares and the deposit required, the period within which
shares must be applied for be extended to the 28th instant for the
London applications, and to the Nth instant for country aPPlicat".•
By order,
A. BARRETT, Secretary.
29, Moorgate-street, August 14, 1845