The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD .HSNCTION
RAILWAY.

CAPIT tL, .£600,000, ITV 12,000 SHARES OF £5O
EACH; DEPOSIT. £2 15s. PER shi4RE.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right HonourAble the Earl of Yarborough.
Lord Worsley. M.P. for Lincolnshire, and Chairman of
the Grimsby Haven Company.
The 'layor of Grimsby.
Edward lieneage, Esq. M.P. for Grimsby.
John Parker, Esq., M.P., Chairmen of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company.
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester. Directors of the
Michael Ellison, Esq., Sheffield. Sheffield and
Joseph St. John Yates, Esq., Man- Manchester
ebester. Railway.
Sir John Nelthorpe, Bart., Scawby Hall, Lincolnshire.
S'r Robert Sheffield, Bart.. Burton. Lincolnshire.
John Artaerstein, Esq., Weeting Hall, Brandon, Suffolk.
Avseough Boucherett, Esq., Willingham. Lincolnshire.
.f. G. Corbett, Esq., Elaham, Lincolnshire.
G. F. tleneage, Esq., Hainton, Lincolnshire.
• The Rer. C. J. Barnard, Bigbe, Lincolnshire.
Alfred Arthur Wallace, E,41., Healing, Grimsby.
Richard Thornld. Esq., Weebby, near Grie,shy.
W. D. Field, Esq., Ulceby Grange, Lincolnshire.
George Skipworth, Esq.. Moortown Hill, Lncolns'iire.
G. H. Vernon, Esq., M.P., The Grove, near-)
• Retrord.
T. A. Ward, Esq., Town Regent of Sheffield. Directors
James Dixon, Ear. Page Hall, Sheffield. of the
Mr. Alderman WoJdcroft, Bennett Grange, Sheffield &
Sheffield. >- Lincoln-
G. C. Hotand, Esq., M D., Sheffield. I shire
Wm. Frederic Dixon, Esq., Birley House, Junction
Sheffield. Railway.
James Wall, Esq., Attercliffe, Sheffield.
Abraham Howe, Esq., Broadfield, Sheffield.
George Walker, Esq., o,gathorpe, Sheffield.
Colonel Dalton, Sleningford Park.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER.
John Fowler, Esq., Mem. Inst. C.E.
BANKERS.

The Sheffield and Retford Bank. Sheffield and Retford.
Messrs. Smith, and Co., Grimsby, Lincoln,
Gainsborougb, Brigg, Caistor, and Market Rosen.
The Union Bank of Manchester, Manchester.
The !Loyal Bank, Liverpool.
The London and Westminster Datil:, London.

SECRETARY.
Lieut.-Col. liumfrey, F.R A.S.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messre. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates.

Messrs. Haywood, Brantley. and Gsinsford, and Messrs.
Smith and Hinde, Sheffield.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Mr. George Babb, Great Grimsby.
Messrs. Marris and Smith, Csistor.
Mr. Thomas Rhodes, Market Rasen.
Messrs. Nicholson, Hett, and Freer, Glanford Brigg.

!THIS Railway, by continuing the Sheffield and
Liu-
colnshire Line from Gainsborough to Great Grimsby,
will compl,te, from Sea to Sea, from Liverpool on the
Western, to Grimsby o❑ the Eastern Coast, that direct
East and West main trunk Line, which the Liverpool
and Manchester, the Sheffield and Manchester, and the
Shrffie!d and Lincolnshire Junction Railways, extend
eastward as far as Gainaborough, and will furnish to most
important Manufacturing and Agricultural Districts, the
double advantage of rapid communica'ion with each other,
and easy access to a near, cheap, and safe Port on the
Eastern Coast.

An arrangement has been entered into, of the most
satisfactory character, with the Grimsby Haven Company,
by which they undertake to apply for extended powers in
the next Session of Parliament, to improve the Dock
accommodation at Great Grimsby, so as to make it very
complete, and capable of receiving first-class Steamers
and other large Vessels engaged in the Continental and
Foreign trade ; and the convenience afforded by the pro-
posed extensive Wharfs, and the Railway and Dock to-
gether, for the export and import of goods, will be second
t none in the king,:om. Mr. RENDFL, the eminent En-
gineer, is now occupied, on behalf of the Grimsby Haven
Company,in completing their part of the above arrangment.
Great Grimsby being situated at the mouth of the
Humber, Vessels entering its Dock will save at least one
tide in time, and avoid the risk, cost, and delay of a dan-
gerous river navigation; the dues are considerably lower
than at Hull ; and, besides the shorter voyage and sefcr
and cheaper port, the distance inland by rail both to Shcf•
field and to all the large Towns in the Midland Counties,
wi:l be less from Grimsby than from Hull. The imparts
and exports, therefore, to and from these '('owns, and also
a fair proportion of the Manchester Continental Trade,
rim/ coAdently be calculated to travel upon this line of
Railway.
To Passengers, the advantage wil! he still more re-
markable, as a person will ordinarily be able to land at
Grimsby, and reach Sheffield before he could have landed
at any other Port on :he Humber.
This Railway, from the Port of Grimsby, by communi-
eating with the Southern Line to London, will also form
by .far the quickest route for the Mails from Hamburgh
and the Baltic to London.

The rich and productive districts through which it
pases, guarantee to this Line a large traffic in Corn and
Agricultural Produce, both NA, estward towards the Manu-
facturing Consumer, and Eastward for Shipment Coast-
wise, whilst the present prices of Coal at Grimsby, and
throughout North Lincolnshire. ensure a return traffic
in Coals and Coke from the Yorkshire Coal Field to all
phmes un or near the line of Railway, and at the same
time an important saving in cost to the inbabitantF.
Though forming a distinct and independent Company,
this Lire will have the active co-operation or the Directors
of the Sheffield and Manchester and Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire Junction Railways, to both of which, as well es to
the North and South Lines, it must act as a valuable
feeder; and as the most convenient and economical mode
of working the Line, power will be taken in the act to
lease it to the former Company, on terms to be mutually
agreed upon.
This Railway has also the important advantage of the
cordial approval and support of the principal Landed
Proprietors through whose Estates it will pass.
The Line will be peculiarly favourable throughout for
cheap construction, and, from the excellence of its gra-
dients, will be capable of being worked at as low a cost
as any in the kingdom. The traffic new passing along and
near it is ascertained to yield a remunerative return upon
the capital required ; and this Railway, combined with
the improvement of the Port of Grimsby, mita make the
whole length of rail from East to West cf the most im
portant national character, and embrace an extent of
Traffic in the highest degree advantageous both to the
Proprietors in the present Company, and to those who
have invested in either of the above Lines.
Applications for Shares to be address d to the Soucr-
Toils, or the SECRETARY, at Sheffield ; to any of the
LOCAL AGENTS ; or to the undermentioned Sbarebrokers :
--Mesta. JOSHUA HUTCHINSON and SoNS, Lothburv,
London ; Messrs. JOHNSTON and BRADLEY, and Mr. J.
B. Locxr, Manchester; and
Messrs. HENRY DAVIES and Co., Liverpool.

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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of Me Great Grimsby and

Sheffield .function Rai!way.
I request that you will allot me Shares in the
propoied GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION
ItArLwAY, on the terms mentioned in the Prospectus ;
and I agree to take all such Shares, or so many thereof as
may be allotted to me, and to tray the Deposit, and to
exeewe the Parliamer,tary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreemuit, when required so to do.

Name

Description
Ws;den(e

Date
Proprietors of Shpres in tic Sheffield, Ashton-under-
Lyre, and Nlanchustir Railway, or in the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Junction Rei!way, are rcquested to state the
fact of their being so on the face of their application.

NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY,

Completing tke Union of the Counties of Nottingham
and Derby wi//i West Yorkshire, Laneasthire, and

Cheßhire,

'CAPITAL, .C 600,000, IN 24,600 SHARES OF .',X,25
EACH.—DEPosiT,.xI 10s. PER SHARE.
t PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
:E. V. Pz,'Burnell, Esq., Winkburti Hall.
J. E. Broadhurst, Esq , Crow Hill, Mansfield.
.J.•Branstoo. Esq., Newark.
Henry Brodhurst, Esq., Woodhouse Place.
JohmChambers, Esq., The Hirst.
E. T. Coke, Esq., Woodhouse Grove.
.John.Datlsley, EAq., Skegby Hall.
S,Foster,,,'Esq., Mansfield.
:Martin'Forniss, Esq., Mansfield.
. Wrn. Flint, •Esq.,- Halam.
R. T. Forster, Esq., Soothwell.
'T. S.•Godi-roy, E-q., Balderton.
J. Gilstrap, Esq.. Newark.
R. Greenhalgh, Esq., Carr Bank, Mansfield.
Robert Mansfield Woodhouse.
Getting, Esq Mansfield.
Vs illiam Hollins, Esq., Pleasley Yale.
.Jonathan.Hardcastle, Esq., Blidworth Dale.
Samuel l lurt, Esq., Mansfield.
Francisliall, Esq., Park Hall.
W. F. Handley, Esq., Newark.
‘Georgellutton, Esq., Carlton-on-Trent.
.J. Handley, Esq., Musktiarn Grange.
Wm. Bonldsworth, Esq., Farnsfield.
Charles Lindley, Fsq., Mansfield.
. Leacroft,.Esq., Sowhwell.
.J. J Marflett,.Esq., Winthorpe Grove.
The Mayor a Newark.
Col. Rolleston, M.P., Watnall Hall. •
George 'Robinson, Esq., Wiwhorpe Hall.
'Captain Pigot, R.N., Southwell.
Wm. Sabine, Esq. 4 Broomhill Grange.
James S,ltriond.;Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse.
Samuel Siddon, , West Bank, Mansfield.
Edmund Sykes, .Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse.
William Taylor. E“. 1.. Radcliff.
John Thorpe, Esq.. Newark.
Timmas Trebea, Esq.; Soutliwt!li,
Robert Watson, Esq„ Mansfield.
Wylde, Southwell.
J. C. WYlde, Southwell.
J. C. Williams, Eeq., M.D., Nottingham.
Robert Warrant', Es ii., Westi-Tire, Southwell.
J. J. Werge, Esq„ -Wondboro' Hall.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINCEB.
Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
SIMI, Yftrja.
Mr. George Sanderson.
13 A N

London and Manchester—Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co.
Sheffield—The Sheffield & Rotherham Flanking Company.
Mansfield and Chesterfield—Messrs. Robinson and Brod-
Must.
Chesterfield—The Chesterfield and Derbyshire Banking
Company.
Newark—Messrs. Handley and Co.. and Messrs. Godfrey
and Hutton.
Sluthwell—Messrs. Wylde and Co,
Nottingham—Messrs. 1. and C. Wright and Messrs.
Moore and Rp-dinson's BAoking Company.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. R. and R. Caparn, Newark.
Messrs. Parsons anti Henn, Mansfield,
LONDON AGENTS.
Messrs. Barter, Rose, anti Norton, 50, Mark-lane.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
Mr. E. B. Ulna _ _ _ _

PHIS Undertaking. commencing on the Banks ot the
Navigable River Trent at- Newark, passing through
the Towns of Southweil and Mansfield, and connecting it-
set'. at Chesterfield, with the existing and projected Mid-
land Railways, will form a continuous and direct commu-
nication between the Agricultural aed producing districts
of Nottinghamshire and the South Eastern parts of the
Kingdom on the one hand, and the large consuming
Towns and Districts of West Yorkshire, Lancashire,
Cheshire, and the Port of Liverpool on the other.
In the event of the proposed London and Yolk Line
being carried into effect, this Railway will also form the
connecting Ink between Manchester, Sheffield, and the
Metropolis, and wi afford, by means of the Londnn and
York Line, the short commurication from the Metro-
polis to these Mitt rtant
A careful examh:Ltion the Country through which
this Line will pass, by Eng nears of acknowledged emi-
nence, enables the err moters ro elate, thet it may be
constructed with facility, ,nd t t its character is such as
to justify a confidence that u must prove highly remune-
rative to the proprietary, taking into consideration the
great amount of Traffic, which must necessarily Bass along
it, whether as regards Pas!sengers, Merchandise, and
Agricultural Produce, or Nlinetals, inasmuch as the Dis-
trict is not provided with any means of Transit br ytind the
ordinary Turnpike Roads.
Twelve Daily Coaches are now required to convey the
Passenger Traffic thr;ugh the District which this Line
will accommodate, at once demonstrating its importance
and the necessity which exists for its construction.

This Line, intended to communicate with the existing
Mansfield and Pinston Railcar, at Mansfield, will form
the nearest and most direct route that can be mace Iktween
the Agricultural Districts to the East and Sonth-cast of
Newark and the great ce,,tral Coal Field of Derbyshire
and Nottingharmdiire, and thus enable the inhabirAnts of
those extensive Districts to supply themselves with Coals
of every quality at considerably less than two-thirds of the
uresent price.
The whole Count rv. N,qth and South, will, by this Rail-
way, and the others with which it will commur,ate, be
brought within easy reach of the well-kni,wn Quarries of
Building Stone with which the District of Mansfield and
Mansil,-Id Woodhouse abounds; as well as with the Lime
produced in that neighbourhood, so celehrated fur build-
ing and other purposes.
The Promoters are enabled, after a careful analysis of
the Traffic which will come upon this Line, to state that a
profit of at least i per cent. will be realized upon the
estimated capital of £600,000 after deducting 40 per cent.
for working expenses.
A Decost of £1 10s. pet Share trust he paid on the
allotment of shares, and the liability of subscribers will be
litnited by the Act of Parliament to the amount of their
respectiVe shares.
Power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at the
rate of £4 per Cent. per Annum on the DepositS, as well
es on all future calls, rout the date of each payment till
the opening of the whole Line, or until a Dividend be
declared. _

Asa considerable portion of the Shares are already ap-
plied• for, no application will be received after the sth
November nest, on which day the Committee will meet to
allot the Shares.

The. Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract will be ready for signature at the time the' deposits
are received, and a copy will lie f •r signature at one of the
Company's Bankers, at each of the following places :
London, Manchester, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Mansfield,
Sutithwell, Newaik, and Nottingham.
References aia be required from all applicants for
shares who are not known to some members of the Com-
mittee. the Solicikorr, or respectable Shurebrokees.

ApplPuiticni B..tares, in the Form below, are re-
quested to be made to the Solicitors, Messrs. It. and R.
CAPA RN. Newark, and Messrs. PARSONS and I3KNN,
Mansfield ; to Me-srs. BARKER, ROSE. and NORTON,
50, Hark-Imic, the London Agents ; or to the following
:—M r. WILKINSON, 8, St. Mildred's-court,
Poultry, London ; Mr. 1. W. SCOTT, 3, Bartholomew-
Line, London ; Mr. lIALL, 2, Mersey-street. Liverpool ;
Mr. J. DUNCUFT, Mandiestvr; Messrs. WARBURTON
and Co., Newcastle-npon-Tyne.
•FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

I request you will secure to me Shares in
the NEWAUK AND SIIIIFFIVLD RAILWAY, upon the
terms of the Prospectus. And I agree to take such
Shares as may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposits
upon the sao.e, and execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Suhi,cribers I:reels-tent when required ; and my re-
relerence, pursuant to the Pro,pectus, is to
Dated , 1844.
Name.
Residence.
Trade or Profession.
To the Provisional Committee of the Newark
and Sheffield Ra'lway; Mansfield.

SHREWSBURY AND WOLVERHAMPTON

RAILWAY.
THE Directors of the Grand Junction Railway, having
read the statement which has appeared in several
recent Newspapers. hearing the signature of Mr..Ormsby
Gure, Chairman of the Provisional Committee of a. pro-
posed Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, con-ider it
due to their Shareholders and themselves to offer the fol.
lowierz observations on that statement.

Referring then, in the first instance, to the charge made
in it, that the Grand Junction Company have claimed to
dictate to four great counties " what Railway and what
Railway only" they shall have, the Directors beg to
state, (though they might have hoped it would not have
been necessary for them to disclaim any such pretension
as regards any part of the country,) that not only have
they utver asserted or presumed to set up such a claim,
but that, as real eats the particular Railway now in ques-
tion, they did not even enter upon the consideration of it
until pressed so to do by parties at Shrewsbury. Upon
receipt of a requisition, in January last, they obtained
front their Shareholders at a public meeting full and ge-
neral authority to construct a Railway to connect Shrews_
1 ury with the Grand Junction Railway, and they had
various surveys made with a view to the discovery of the
brat Line; they soon found that, as regards the North,
(Manchester and Yorkshire for instance,) no point on their
Line further South than Stafford could be considered as
offering any considerable accommodation ; whilst, as re.
cards London and the East, they found that as the Tr, nt
Valley Railway would scorten the distance to London
nine miles, as compared with the existing route via W ol-
v erhampton and Birmingham, besides giving a direct
communication with Derbyshire and the East, Stafford
was clearly the best Terminus for the Railway from
Shrewsbury, upon public grounds; and at the same
time that a Line to that Terminus would be much chear
than any other which is attainable, and also be the most
promising as regards the prospect of traffic, because af-
lording improved communication with the North and the
aN will as the South.

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Accordingly tbeliirerlors made the necessary prepara-
tions for hi iking
the Stafford and Shrewsbury Line be.
fore Parliament next Session ; the Su, scription Litt was
filled, and the deposits paid, inhabitants of Shrewsbury
taking or.ne Shares.
To this point all that the Giand Junction Directors had
done was done at ti.e instance, and with the concurrezice,
of i;Jiabi,arits of ShrtwAury ; "dictation," tberefoie,
cannot surely ht. charged ac9iimt them, At a later date,
bow; eel-, aid (which it Material to mention) cfter tbe
puilieation of the resoluti.•ns of the Grand Junction Pro-
Prietors authorising their Directors to proceed with the
Line, certain Professional Gentlemen (for in the tint in•