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TILE SITN, LONDON, TUESDAY IiVEMLNO SEPTEMBER 30 1845

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, Leaden
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter
Ditto Ditto, Ashbourne
Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley
Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby
Ripen—Messrs. Terry, Harrison and Co.
Bradford—The Leeds and West Riding Bank
Messrs. I. and Hamilton Richardson, solicitors, Leeds
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL, AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Eggiugton, A., Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J.. Esq., Walsall.
Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle
Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield and HOlinfirth
BROKERS.
Messrs. Hitching and Marshall, Leeds
Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds
Mr. Thomas Oskwith, Ripon
This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in 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 Rotherhatn in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
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 between Leeds
and Southampton,
The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Prestwood, 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 Holm-firth 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 communica-
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 Caldon 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 an 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, and Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into full work.
The coal is of a superior quality.
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists ; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
influx 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 company, which this and other lines of railway meeting a
Uttoxeter will remedy

The gypsum formation 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 Needvrood 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
communication to now markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficultiec. 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 mhabi-
tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a! 'ac-
tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
and Gainsborough and Midland Railways
Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 8.5,
Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
TJttoxeter ; and to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Preece and
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry
Wheeler, Worcester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver
pool ' • Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
Mr. William Crenhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle,
York"; Mr. E. 11. Armitage, Wakefield; Messrs. Kettering
and Marshall, Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ; Mr.
Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Messrs, Tate and Nash, Bi is-
tol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry; Messrs, Houghland
and Leese, Manchester; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester;
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell
and Sons, Sheffield; Mr. W. 11. Collls,Birmingham ; Mr.L. Weather.
sum, jun., Iluddersfleld ; Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield;
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Nieholson, Edinburgh;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow; Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, College-green, Dublin ; Mr. James Roes, Perth.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of NI. 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, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
required, the Deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share.
Dated this day cf , 184 .

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LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD,
and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER-
HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 28. per Share.
The Acting Committee of Direction have agreed: " that a Branch
Line from Ashbourne lo Derby be adopted by this Company, and
that the capital of the Company be increased from 1,700,0001. to
2,000,0001. for that purpose."
JOHN OWENS, Joint
WM. ARNOLD BAINBRIGHEsj Solicitors.
Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgete, Sept. 26, 1843.

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Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Harpin, John, Esq., Birk's-house., -Holmfirth
Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley,• Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire auction Railway, &c.
Hammond, :G., Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Harrison, John, Esq., Banker, Ripon, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Haywood, Richard Howard, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries
Iloldforth, Joseph Dempsey, Esq., of Burley, Leeds, Director of the
Leeds and Liverpool Railway
Herries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Hirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield
Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall, AshbOurne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Clies•
ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Jones, Edward, Esq., Windmill-place, Camberwell
Knight, Edward, Esq.' M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Kingdom, Wm. Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of
the Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, See.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons'
Life Assurance, &c.
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury
Laughton, Richard, Esq., Barrow-hill, Uttoxetee
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, 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, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall
Mason, Charles James, Esq.' Staffordshire Potteries
Mason, George Miles, Esq., Wetley Abbey, Ftaffordshire
Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
M`Mahon, 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
Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Musgrave, Simeon, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds, Director of the Thirsk
and Midland Junction
Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the East
and West Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
poorhouse, Joshua, Esq., Holmfirth
Maskery, Thomas, Esq., Norbury, Derbyshire
North, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfield
Norton, George, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersteld,Director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Direotor of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., P.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Ryde-park, DI-
Director of the Iforthampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-
way, &a.
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Roberts, Thomas, Esq.. Manchester
Robinson. John, Esq. Silcoates, Cottage, Wakefield
Roden, Thomas Clarke, Esq., Birmingham
Richardson, Joseph, Req., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
Railway
Sant, Edward, Esq. Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scroptcr, 4,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., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean 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
Sidney, Thomas, Esq.,. Alderman and Sheriff, City of London, Direc-
tor oftheLeeds and Liverpool Direct Railways
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.
Tibbits, Thomas, Esq., Norton Manor-house, Leicester
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, firc.
Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, &c,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley
Watts, William Royde, Esq., Birmingham
Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wiles, George, Esq., Thagerford-park, Berkshire
Williamson, Hugh Henshell, Esq., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire
Potteries
Williamson, Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Wooirich, 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
Wilkinson Jo'in, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
rough Railway.