The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

PRESENT

N. D. BOLD, Esq., LAWRENCE HEYWORTH, EN.,
WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., HENRY HOLMES, E•q.,
RICHARD HOUGHTON, Esq., STANLEY PERCIVAL, Esq.,
JOHN LATHAM, Esq., JOHN TWINAME, EQq., DANIEL
WILLINK, Esq.. CHARLES GROVES, Esq., JAMES M AC-
GREGOR, Esq., JAMES CAW♦ Esq., ROBERT BROWNE,
Esq., WILLIAM COOK, Esq., JAMES BUCHANAN,
Esq., RICHARD HAYNES, Esq., M. L. PRITCHARD,
Esq„ &c. &c. &c.
WILLIAM COOK, FSQ in the Chair,

Il was unanimously Resolved,
That the Proprietors now assembled are confirmed in
their opinion, by the information this-day received, that
a thorough change in the system of carrying Goods on
the South Eastern and Dover 'Railway is imperatively
called for, and they record their conviction that it would
be as much for the advantage of the Public as of the
Company that the South Eastern and Dover Proprietors
should themselves become carriers.

That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the net earn-
ings from traffic, from the ht October, 1843, cannot in
equity be charged with the interest on Capital then un-
productive, and therefore such net earnings. allowing for
the subsequent opening from Folkstone to Dover, arid of
the Bricklayers' Arms Branch, areapplicablefor adividend.
That the Proprietors present pledge themselves to sup-
port the Directors in all sound measures for the protec-
tion of the South Eastern and Dover Railway Company.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chair-
man.

GAINSBOROUGH. SHEFFIELD, AND CHES-
TERFIELD RAILWAY.
SHORT AND DIRECT LINE.
CAPITAL, £750,000, IN 15,000 SHARES OF £5O
EACH.
DEPOSIT, £3 PER SHARE.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Wm. Jno. Bagshawe, Esq., The Oaks, Sheffield.
Wilson Overend, Esq., Sheffield,
Benj. Burdekin, Esq., Sheffield.
Richard Bayley, Esq., Castle Dyke. Sheffield.
Thomas Creswick, Esq., Ecclesall Grange, Sheffield.
Henry Wilson, Esq., Westbrook, Sheffield.
Henry Hnuldsworth, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester
and Leeds Railway Company.
William Entwisle, Esq., M.P., Deputy- Chairman of the
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, and a Di-
rector of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway
Company.
Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, a Di-
rector of the Manchester and Leeds. and of the,
Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway Companies.
Leo Schuester, Esq., a Director of the Manchester and
Leeds, and of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston
Railway Companies.
Captain Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, Lancashire.
Thomas Clark, Esq., Mayor of Chesterfield.
Edward Humble, Esq., Renishaw, Derbyshire.
Samuel Butcher, Esq., Endcliffe, Sheffield.
Thomas Ellin, jun., Esq., Sheffield.
Henry Wilkinson, Esq.. Endcliffe flail, Sheffield.
Robert Younge, Esq., Greystones, Sheffield.
Roger Haywood, Esq.. Hooton Levet, Maltby.
Thomas Dyson, Esq., Braith well Manor House, Yorkshire.
Thomas Didsbury, Esq., Rotherham.
Charles Frederick Younge, Esq., Sheffield.
James Willis Dixon, Esq., Broom Lodge, Sheffield.
Henry Jubb. Esq., Broornhill, Sheffield.
John Sansom, Esq., Moor Lodge, Sheffield.
John Green, Esq., Neepsend, Sheffield.
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield.
Richard Ellison, Esq., Sudbrooke Holme, Lincoln,
Chairman of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston
Railway.
The Rev. H.W. Sibthorpe, Wasbingborough, Directors
Lincoln, of the
Edward Fowler, Esq., Lincoln, Wake-
T. M. Kevworth. Esq., Lincoln field,
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Lincoln,
I Col. Cracroft, Hackthorn Hall, Lincoln, & Boston
Weston Cracroft, Esq., Hackthorn, J Railway.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER.
William Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S.
BANKERS.
Sheffield The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking
Company ; the Sheffield and Retford
Bank.

Gainsborougli
Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co. Lincoln ....
Chesterfield The Chesterfield and Derbyshire Banking
Company.
Boston Messrs. Gee and Co.
Bawtry The Yorkshire Banking... Company.
Manchester Messrs. Cunliffe. Brookes, and Co.
London Messrs. Cunliffe, Brookes, and Co. ;
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; the
London and Westminster Bank.
IBE object of this undertaking is to construct the most
direct and perfect LINE OF RAILWAY from the
Town and Port of GAINSBOROUGH, through SHEF-
FIELD, to the Station of the Midland Railway at
CHESTERFIELD, thereby effecting a more expeditious
.and economical communication between Gaiti,borougta,
Sheffield, and the Midland Counties on the one hand, and
bete cen Sheffield and the Metropolis. on the Other ; and,
also, to bring into immediate contact the whole of Lin-
colnshire and the Eastern Counties, with the important
'Manufacturing and Mineral Districts of Sheffield, Dron-
field, and Unstone.
The Line will commence at Chesterfield, pass through
the important Mineral Districts of Unstone and Dron-
field, through Sheffield, and thence by Canklow, (where
it passes over the Midland Railway,) Whiston, Maltby,
Tickhill, and Bawtry, to Gainsborough, near which last-
named Town it will unite with the projected Wakefield,
Lincoln, and Boston Railway, the promoters of which
cordially sanction and approve of the present undertaking,
constituting, as it will in conjunction with their Line, the
best and most comprehensive system of Railway commu-
nication between the Agricultuial Districts of Lincoln-
shire and the Eastern Counties, and the populous Manu-
facturing Towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
The distance between Chesterfield and Sheffield (and
consequently all places South and South West of the
former Town) will by this Line be• 10 miles less than by
the present tedious and circuitous route via Masbrough ;
thus effecting a saving of nearly one-half of the whole
distance in the existing Lines of Railway communication
between those two Towns.
The distance from Gainshorough to Sheffield will be
under thirty miles, which is less by several miles than by
any other Line which has yet been proposed to unite
those Towns.
In fact, no shorter Line can be had ; moreover, it can-
not be surpassed, if equalled, by any other in the excel-
lency of its gradients or the lightness of the works that
will le- required in its construction.
To the Inhabitants of and Owners of Property in Lin-
colnshire, and the Eastern Counties generally, this Rail-
way is of paramount importance, as it will furnish to
them, at a greatly diminished cost, an ample supply of
Coal of the best quality fur all purposes, the Line passing
for six,een miles of its leugth through a rich and almost
inexhaustible Coal Field; whilst to the Inhabitants of
Gainsborough and Boston, in particular, it must prove
highly advantageous, as furnishing (along with the Wake-
field, Lincoln, end Boston Line) an immense accession of
business to the Shipping Interesteeof those Ports.
It is almost superfluous to pant out the great advan-
tages of, and the necessity which exists for a rapid and
cheap mode of transit between the agricultural and the
manufacturing districts, which will be effected by this and
the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway, in the most
complete and effectual manner, as the Agriculturists of
North Nottinghamshire. Lincolnshire, and of the Eastern
Counties, will thus be able to transmit their produce at a
greatly diminished Cost, direct to the consumers. The
Line will traverse a District which is not immediately
provided with any navigable River or Canal, hence its
freedom from the competition of and interference with
Water Conveyance, and it is entirely divested of all ob-
jections on the score of interfering with Parks and orna-
mental Grounds and Residences.
The Passenger traffic, which must necessarily come on
this Lin•.. will he great ; this will be at once apparent
when it is borne in mind that independently of all other
conveyances. fourteen Daily Coaches are required to con-
duct the traffic:of the District, which this Railway will
accommodate. The well-known and extensive Quarries
of Roche Abbey and Wickers:ley, etre in immediate prexi-
miey to the Line ; the Stone of the former is universally
allowed to surpass all ether for Building purposes, in
beauty and durability, whilst the latter furnish nearly all
the Grinding Stones used in the Manufactories of Shef-
field and its Vicinity.
The carriage of Live Steck will, of itself, form an im-
pot tent item in the traffic, inasmuch as at least 5000 head
of Cattle and 100,000 sheep are annually sent ftom the
Eastern Districts to the market at Rotherham alone.
From a careful estimate of traffic on data accurately taken,
the Promoters feel themselves fully warranted in stating
that a profit of at least £8 per Cent, will be realised on
the proposed Capital, after allowing £4O per Cent. for
working expenses.
The deposit of £3 per Share is to be paid on the allot-
ment of Shares, and the liability of Subscribers will, of
course, be limited by the Act of Parliament to the amount
of their respective Shares.
Applications for Shari s in the Forms below given are
requested to be made to Messrs. WILSON, YOUNGE, and
piensoet, or Mr. DIXON, Solicitors, Sheffield; or to the
following Sharebrokers Duncuff, Manchester ;
Messrs. 11. and G. Tuwgood, 33, Throgmorton-street,
London; Messrs. WILLIAM REYNOLDS end SoNs, and
Mr. Joliet HALL, Liverpool ; Messrs. H. arid C. Beard.
shaw, Leeds •, Messrs. Moore and Getliffe, Huddersfield ;
Mr. James Harvey, Halifax ; Messrs. Beaumont, Kenne-
dy, and finks, Bradford and Leeds ; or to Messrs. Col-
boson and Flirt, or Messrs. Trigs; and Hodson, Hull.
e ORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
I request you will secure to me Shares
in the Gainsborough, Sheffield. and Chesterfield Railway,
upon the Terms ef the Prospectus. And I aeree to 'she
such Sharer as may be allotted to me, and to pay the De-
posits upon the same, and txecute the Parliamentary Con-
tract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated 1844.
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Residence.
Trade or Profession.
To the pi oiisional Committee of the Gainsbru',
Sheffield, and Chesterfield Railway.