The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-09 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

This line of railway, although only about twenty-eight talks in
length, is a most important one, as forming a connecting li uk to se-
veral existing lines, and across a district at present destitute. of such
accommodation.

It commences at the Thirsk station, on the Great North' of Eng-
land Railway, and proceeds in a direct line to Pickering, where it will
form ajunction with the York, Scarborough, Pickering, and VP hitby
lines. It is supported by the various Companies having lines of 'rail-
way running into Leeds and Thirsk, and by means of this proposed
line a distance of twenty-two miles will be saved between Thirnk and
Whitby. It would certainly be the grand route to Whitby, Stlarbo-
rough, and Burlington, and the immediate towns of Helmsley- and
Kirkby-Moorside, from all places west or north of Thirsk, the traffic
In which directions is already very extensive, and is daily on the
increase. It is certain, therefore, that a large income will result to
the shareholder.

The landowners on the line are few in number, and are friendly to
the project, which presents no great engineering difficulties.
Until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of the
proposed Company will be under the control of the Committe( s, of
whom five are to be a quorum.
Applications for shares must be made to the solicitors of the C orn-
pany, of whom prospectuses and forms of application may be .ob-
tained, accompanied by a reference, either to some member of ;the
Committee, one of the solicitors, or one of the following shut e-
brokers, viz. :
Messrs. Boyd, 4, New Bank-buildings
. . - .

Robert Johnston, 5, Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, London.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,

To the Committee of the Whitby, Pickering, Thirk, and Great Nortbt
of England Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 207..
each in the above undertaking, and I agree to pay the deposit on the,
same, or such number as you may appropriate to me, and to sign the
necessary deeds when required thereto.
Dated this day of
Name in full ..............
Place of Residence ................
Profession or Trade ..
Place of Business ................
Name of Referee .... ............
Address of Referee ..............
Usual Signature ..................

1845.

,rHE DIRECT LINCOLN, EAST RETFORDr
and SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Forming a direct communication from Yarmouth and Hull to Man—

chester and Liverpool.
(Provisionally Registered under 7 and 8 Vic., cap., 110.)
Capital, 600,0001., in 24,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Thomas Hagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South 3fidlands,

and Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railways
Thomas Sharpe, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midlands,
and Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railways
John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Cheltenham and Banbury, and
South Midlands Railways, Northamptonshire Banking CompallY,
and Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway
John Phipps, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northamptonshire
Banking Company, and Bedford and Cambridge, andNorthanaliton,
Lincoln, and Hull Railways
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the Lancaster and
York, and Great Munster Railways
The Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Edward Chichester, Eaton-place,
Eaton-square
John Bishop, Esq., F.R.S., Bernard-street, Russell-square
Captain Challener Ogle, Eaton-place, Eaton-square, Director of the
Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
Thomas Rogers, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool
and Derby, and Great Northern and Southern Railways
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Surrey, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting Railway, and the Direct Sheffield and Mac-
clesfield Railways
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Ddrector
of the York and Lancaster, and Great Minster Railways
Francis Parker, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Bedford and
Cambridge Railway
William Cotton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northern,
Eastern, and Western Junction Railway
Major Adair, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Northern
and Southern Connecting Railway, Goole and Doncaster, and
Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct
Manchester, and Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways
Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Surrey, Director of the Northern
and Southern Connecting Railway
Daniel Turton Johnston, Esq., Aldennary-churchyard, Director
of Remington's London and Manchester Railway
Jehn Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting Railway, and South Midland Railway
Daniel William Lucas, Esq., Mark-lane, City, and Crescent-lodge,
Stockwell-park, Surrey, Director of the Northern and Southern
Connecting Railway
Hon. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, Ashburnhath-house, Chelsea,
Chairman of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Rail-
way, and Director of the Northern, Eastern, and Western Junc-
tion Railway
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Rhoyd, Halifax, Deputy-Lieutenant of
Yorkshire
Richard Twis, Esq., 39, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Lincoln, and Hull Railway
J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq., Harley-place, Cavendish-square, Director
of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
George R. Paul, Esq., Strand,' and Worthing, Sussex, Director o
the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
William Gambier, Esq., Lacombe-park, Hertfordshire, Director of
the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension, and Northampton, Lin-
coln, and Hull Railways
Major William Snow, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square,
Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
Joseph R. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Hertfordshire
Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway
Joseph Wykes, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
and Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railways
George Evans, Esq., Melbury-terrace, Regent's-park
Samuel Adams, Esq., Colet-hall, Ware, Hertfordshire, Director of
the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
William Ayrton, Esq., Abbey-square, Chester, Director of the
Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
William Bastow, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Doncaster, and
Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
W. W. Pell, Esq., Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of
the Eastern Counties, and Northampton, Lincoln and Hull Railways
Walter Chamberlain, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Northern and
Southern Connecting Railway
J. It. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds
William Ekin, Esq., Cambridge
William Cromer, Esq., Barnes, Surrey, and Mincing-lane
John King, Esq., Glastonbury, and St. John's Wood, London, Di-
rector of the Somersetshire Midland Railway
Major-General Greenstreet, Northampton, Director of the Northamp-
ton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway
Jonathan D. Dow, Esq , Cornhill. and Streatham, Surrey
Edwin Pell, Esq., Sywell Hall, Northamptonshire, Director of the
Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway
John Woolston, Esq., Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Director
of the Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway
William Cathron, Esq., Weymouth-street, Portland-place
W. 11. Ravenhill, Esq., Pedwell-house, Worcestershire, Director of
the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
George , Murray Esq., Magistrate, Chichester, Director of the North-

ampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway
Thomas Stephens, Esq., 4, Lime-street-square, Director of the
Northern and Southern Connecting Railway
John Boane, Esq., Waltham Hall, Waltham Abbey

(With power to add to their number).
BANKERs—Messrs. Masterman and CO.
ENGINEER IN CHlEF—Joseph Locke, ESQ.. F.R.S.
ENGINEER—Joseph Lockwood, Esq.
Soucrroas—Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47, Eastcheap.
SECRETARY—CharIes William Bevan, Esq.

This line has for its object a direct communication between the
city of Lincoln and the populous and flourishing town of Sheffield,
and will also be the means of forming a complete line from Yarmouth
through Norwich to Manchester and Liverpool, thereby uniting the
two great ports of Yarmouth and Liverpool, whose commerce is
somewhat dissimilar, and, consequently, a reciprocal benefit must be
the result.
The distance from Lincoln to Sheffield by this line will be forty
miles only, whereas the nearest route by any projected line at pre-
sent cannot be less than sixty miles, thereby saving a distance of
twenty miles, as well as an:enormous unnecessary expense.
The immediate connexion between Yarmouth and Norwich, and all
intermediate towns and cities, together with the whole of the mann-
facturisag districts of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Lan-
cashire, will be highly beneficial.
The linc will commence "at Lincoln, at the junction of the projected
ralway from Lynn Regis to Lincoln, and proceeded from thence
across the country through East: Retford to Sheffield, and there
join the Sheffield and Manchester Railway. Should the projected
line from Macclesfield to Sheffield be carried into effect, it will
then add another important commercial town to those already ad-
verted to, and increase the traffic to vast extent.
A reference to the map will readily show the great importance

•and utility of such a line.
A more than usual revenue may he calculated upon in the goods
traffic from those great emporiums of commerce above alluded to,
without taking into consideration the immense passer ler traffic
which must necessarily arise upon so important a line of railway.
Every regard will be paid to local accommodation, and a close
scrutiny will convince those who arc aware of the exigencies of the
towns and districts embraced within the scope of the intended line,
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shares
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be
given to the land-
D IRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD locallythiotghneesnti7eli einterested,hmu allotments ao fe
as well as to the connecting
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for MACCLESFIELD
can for shares to be made to Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47,
Subscribers will be only liable to the extent of their deposits.
lines.
wfnt:epr siai
Preferencedaasit adioi i .
be received in town after SATURDAY next, the llth instant, nor from Eastchcap ; and also to Messrs. Peppercorn and Co., 2, Old Broad-
the country after MONDAY next, the 13th instant. street, London.
GEORGE F. MEC, Secretary.
_ ._

CHARLES WILLIAM BEVAN, Secretary.

London, Oct. 6, 1845,