The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-16 00:00:00

WEILIMINARY ANNOUNCIIMENT.
T" NUN:MESTER, HUDDERSFOLD,
BAP L.EY, and GOOLE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
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(Provisionally Registered.)

The Legislattl. re having, during the recent session, sanctioned the
making of a raiA way from Huddersfield to Manchester, the long-de-
Sited object of 00.3:ling a direct line' of railway communication, from
Manchester 1:40 the Port of Goole, paatsing through the Saddieworth
and Marsden Y:l7leys, now presents User!,
To accomplfgo this object, it is proposed So make a railway, coup
niefleing at or mla‘r the Station at IluddersfiCiN of the Huddersfield
and Manchester Vailway, proceeding through the Kirkbtirton and
AheHey Valleys, :nisi thence by way of, or near, Iltrnsley, to Goole.
By th, proposed railway, and the intended lluddc,"iiheld and Man-
chester Railway, there would be then established olte continucras
line of railnsnys between the Irish Sea and the German Neal], pass.
ing througlt Atanclaester, and connecting the two ports of 'Liverpool
and Goole; atql also several important anti populous manut::cturing
districts would have the benefit of railivay communication, for N,-hich
no provision ha s yet been made by any existing Company, or pi 0-
posed by arty Sc bents now before the public.
pass through or near several of the most ex-
The proptmcd line would cross the North Midland Railway at or
near Cud wOrth Station, opening a direct communication southwards.
liel;?rualtded coal -fields in Yorkshire ; and the other part
The Po rtiott of the line between Huddersfield and the North MiA-
'*
is -oc"l'sild afford increased means of attaining tile valuable
The cenliflry ei:rough which the line wool I pass generally is of a
lot el
lat:nnntlshi the lime
031(.1 liare: "ttiottingley.
favourable OW= tar, and presenting few (if any) engineering (Ml-
eultie.s ; but a sOry ey is now being made, and, when completed, a
of landowners, merchants. manufacturers,
and others locally Ilterested, will be published. In the meantime
communicates% may 1:70 made to
detailedco, Committee,
nsAing with the names of a most influential Provisional
WILLIAM JACOMB, Esq.,
Solicitor, Huddqrsileld.

NORTii LANCASHIRE and CRAVEN FJRE
Atle LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
7* 0001., in 37.500 Shares of 201. each.
(Provisionally liegletered pnrsnant to the 7th and fith Vic , C. 110.)
idered strange, but such is the fact, that in
It has loCZibtfein con):
the large and important diPtricts of North Lancashire. and Craven,
which may be termed prnvlnces, or almost counties, in themselves,
no public Fire and Life ASSOTaBee Company has yet been established,
although comprising property :V.Cvery description of hazard to an al-
most incalculable amount. - . _

It is therefore proposed to four 'Z a Society or Company, to be
called the NORTH LANCASHIRE :ud CRAVEN ASS(JR tNCE
COMPANY, under the provisions of the above Act, which will give
to the public all the benefits of a mutual ,isSurance Company, and
secure to the Shareholders a reasonable amount sqf profit.

The Company Will be organised, and its rules aid regulations de-
fined, by a deed of settlement, to be made pursuant to the Act re-
ferred to, and proper measures will be taken for the pthiaose of re-
stricting the liability of each Shareholder to the amount of his or her
subscription respectively.
By the Act above referred to for the registration of Insurance CA.m-
panies,...not more than ten shillings per cent. is allowed to be cah'ed
for until the 11111 registration of the Company ; consequently a deposit
of two shillings per share only will be called for on the allotment.
A prospectus, with the names of the Provisional Committee, and
form of application for shares, will be issued in a few days.
ALCOCK and DIXON, Burnloy, Joint Solicitors.
HALL and BALDWIN, Clitheroe,
1845.

August 2,

LANCASHIRE and NORTH YORKSHIRE
RAILWAY.
The Provisional Directors beg tb give notice that the SHARE
LIST IS NOW CLOSED, and that they will proceed to allot the
shares so soon as the requisite inquiries as to the applicants for shares
shall have been made.
The Directors have further to state that negotiations are now in
progress with powerful existing Railway Companies, which will very
materially enhance the importance of this Rile, while at the same time
a corresponding diminution will take place in the number of shares
to be allotted to the public.
HENRY ALCOCK,
CHARLES CARR,
EDWARD and R. W. BENNETT,B°llcitors.
WILLIAM HARPER,
Manchester, August 14, 1845.