The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

July 8, 184

_
THE BLACKBURN, CHORLEY, & NORTH
UNION JUNCTION RAILWAY.
REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY PURSUANT TO 7 AND 8
VICT, C. 110.
CAPITAL, £250,000, in 10,000 SHARES of £25 each.
DEPOSIT, £1 7e. 6d. per SHARE,

PROSPECTUS OF THE „AO;
DUBLIN AND ARMAGH INLAND i'

COMPANY,
(PROVISIONALLY REGISTEREP9L 04
For Carrying out the Line recommended by r'iw
meat Railway Commissioners.

PROVISIONAL COMMTTEE.
Henry Hawarden Fazakeriey, Esq., I
Gillibrand Hall, near
Chorley.
William Standish Standish, Esq., Duxbury Park, near
Chorley.
William Marshall, Esq., Penwortham Hall, near Preston.
Theodore Ratbbone, Esq., Liverpool, Chairman of the
North Union Railway Company.
Jonathan Peel, Esq., Accrington House, near Blackburn.
Daniel Hornby, Esq., Rakes Hall, near Blackpool.
James Brandwood, Esq., Turncroft House, Darwen, near
Blackburn, Provisional Director of the Blackburn, Dar-
wen, and Bolton Railway.
William Brooks, Esq., Whalley, Provisional Director of
the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction
Railway.
Walton Bulcock, Esq., Cabin End, near Blackburn.
Ephraim Cocker, Esq., White Coppice, near Chorley.
Thomas Dutton, Esq., Blackburn.
Thomas Eccles, Esq., Lower Darwen, near Blackburn,
Provisional Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, and the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North West-
ern Junction Railways.
The Rev. John Fisher, Incumbent of Heapy, near Chorley
James Foulds, Esq., Trawden House, near Colne, Provi-
sional Director of the Clitheroe Junction Railway.
henry Hargreaves, Esq., Beardwood, near Blackburn.
John Heys, Esq., Gorse Hall, near Chorley.
John Knowles, Esq., Burnley.
John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, near Wigan.
Lord Massey, Esq„ Hawks House, near Burnley.
John Moore, Esq., Burnley.
Edward Morris, Esq., Chorley.
Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan.
Robert Park, Esq., Withnell Hall, near Blackburn.
John Park, Esq., 011erton Hall, near Blackburn.
William Pendlebury, Esq., Heapey, near Chorley.
Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, near Blackburn, Provi-
sional Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
and the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western
Junction Railways.
Richard Smethurst, jun., Esq., Chorley.
Eccles Shorrock, Esq., Darwen, near Blackburn, Provi-
sional Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
and the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western
Junction Railways.
William Turner, Esq., Flaxmoss House, near Haslingden,
Provisional Director of the Clitheroe Junction Railway.
James Wallwork, Esq., Chorley.
Leonard Wilkinson, Esq., Blackburn, Provisional Direc-
tor of the Blackburn,Clitheroe, and North Western
Junction Railway.
John Sutcliffe Whitham, Esq., Burnley.
Charles Wood, Esq., Chorley.
John Wright, Esq., Brinscall Hall, near Chorley.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER-IN-CIIIEF.
Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.A.S., M.R.I.A.
ACTING ENGINEER.
John Watson, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks, Cunliffe, and Co.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Ainsworth and Sons Blackburn.
Mr. Frederick C. Hulton, Princess-, street, Manchester
T'

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No Shareholder to be liable beyond the tol
os-
Subscription.

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CAPITAL, £1,000,000, IN 40,000 SsAuss of
DEPOSIT, £1 7s. 6d.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. COOOI
Lord Rossmore, Lord Lieutenant of the
Monaghan
Colonel Rawdon, M.P. for Armagh, Great
street, May Fair uerra At
11"
Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardlev
The Honourable Henry St. John, 20,
Piccadilly
Richard Edward Arden, Esq., 4, Bedford-no
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Brighton
Wm. Paton, Esq., J.P., Armagh
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square thOCAI
Captain Lewis, J.P., Deputy-Lieutenant oi
of Monaghan
John Humphreys, Esq., J.P., Miltovvn-bou poen
James Reade, Esq., 13, Lowe; Berkeley-street'
square • teal°
t
Edward W Bond, Esq., J.P., Deputy-Lieu '
00 ville, County of Armagh Comma Rev. Pooley Shuldham Henry, 13.1).f d
of the National Board of Education, an ga
Bequests in Ireland
Benjamin Oliveira, F.R.S., Esq., 8, upper 11Ydev
street
Lee M'Kinstry, Esq., J.P., Armagh k treat
Matthew Wyatt, Esq., 1, Upper Hyde par—fottl
Captain Rogers, Cloveneden, County of Arm
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Surrey
Charles Wm. Spitler' Esq., Portman-square
George Scott, Esq., Armagh trol
Charles Forster, Esq., Temple Thomas Meyer Carvick, Esq., Moat Mount'
Middlesex
Francis Evans, Esq., Dublin Caol
John Porter Harris, Esq., J p As bOrt'
Armagh
James Vickers, Es, Nlrk-lae Corn°
Christopher W. Poq.phama, Esq , n
Trevarnut
Rev. H. Fowler, Manchester-square.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT'
Lord Rossmore, Chairman.
Colonel Rawdon, M.P.
Honourable Henry St. John
W. Paton, Esq., J.P.
Richard E. Arden, Esq.
C. W. Spicer, Esq.
Captain Lewis, J.P., D.L.
John Stewart, Esq.
George Scott, Esq.
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S'
T. M. Carvick, Esq,
Richard Heaviside, Esq.
E. W. Bond, Esq., J.P.
James Vickers, Esq.
John Malleson, Esq.
Rev. H. Fowler.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir John Rennie.

P.
ACTING ENGINEER. , Lit,
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Henry L. Lindsay, Esq., C.E., M. , ro.,
-1E Line now projected is intended to complete the BANKERS IN LONDON. and r
chain of Railway communication between Yorkshire Messrs. DenisonLoHmebyawrodo.sdt,reKeet.nuard°' a
and the Port of Liverpool. Commencing at the joint ter-
n hes'
minus of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton the Black- BANKERS IN IRELRN--• OC.-
burn, Burnley, and Accrington, and the Blaclburn, Cli-
-3
theme, and North Western Junction Railways, in Black-
burn, and running in almost a direct course and through STANDING COUNSEL IN ENGLlk'fienCP
BPraonvkinocfi Provincial
Irelandß ank of
oldre itsl a Ireland
Branches., and i ts 13::
4.
so
a country possessing unusual facilities for the, construe- William Johnson Neale, Esq., 5, King 9
tion of a Railway, it will pass near the town of Chorley, Temple.
and terminate by a junction with the North Union Rail-
JO
way at the most favourable point. A glance at the Map Joseph Napier, Esq., (~•C• be
will show that this, taken in connection with the Bury, SOLICITORS IN LONDON• , licioc
Wigan, and Liverpool Railway, and the lines already re- Messrs. Ogle and Younghusband, 4, Gres" Aillf'
STANDING COUNSEL IN IRELcA.ND.
ferred to, will constitute the nearest and most direct route street. ores' 1
to Liverpool from the East of Scotland, Yorkshire, and Wm. Parsons, Esq., 34, Half Moon-street, . 101
,ilai
the populous and increasing towns of Burnley, Clitheroe, SOLICITOR IN IRELAND. you
Accrington, Blackburn, and Chorley. Viewed in this John. Coming, Esq., 12. Hardwicke-place'
light, as an integral p3rtion of an extensive line of com-
munication The Mall, Armagh.
0195,5,
between densely populated districts, the Rail- PARLIA,MENRARY AGENT. ~.. JO
way now submitted to the public must be looked upon in C. F. Waddy, Esq., 103, Jermyn-street,
an advantageous light, and must necessarily command a SECRETARY IN LONDON•
considerable amount of through traffic, both in Passen- Wm. Cowell, Esq.
Dpblj4•
gars and Merchandize, the nett revenue resulting from SECRETARY IN IRELAND.
„lace,
which will afford to the Shareholders a profitable return Thomas E. Wright, Esq., 12, Hardwicke-r
on the capital to be embarked.
The local advantages which may be expected to result
cled t 0 t
from the formation of this Railway are considerable. In rrHE proposed Line of Railway
OFFICES.—L__3, Charin
is iota instefferxo
cross• 0 coo;
addition to the great accommodation which will he afford. 1 raence at the Cto of Dublin, and to te,rtatse 'ln's&
ed to the extensive Cotton Mills in Livesey, Withnell, I magh, where it will form a junction wit" g ce'osiqe
Heapey, and White Coppice, and to the Print Works at ; Northern Lines now projected, or in course irtil Peo t''
Brinsoall, a direct and immediate route will be established I tion • of which Armagh, both from its
,„,eenheco° ~,0
between the large Mercantile Towns of Blackburn and ' and 'from the ascertained course of trait"' cfr
aniullifs't'
Chorley, the inhabitants of which, for a long period, have natural point of convergence. • c., lac he
be In to Y fr
been virtually excluded from all communication with each , The terminus at Armaghwill thus
other, by the present most difficult and tedious mode of ' with the Ulster Railway, extending eastwardnser 0!0{
transit. The resources of the district, which, owing to with the Newry and Enniskillen Line, con worto
the circumstance now alluded to, hare been comparatively north-east and north-west of Ireland ; and "by lad iIP
closed to the present time, will thus be developed, and, I Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush RailwaY'apene he
from the facility of communication afforded by the pro- which a direct inland communication will be - to
,i'd
posed Railway, the local traffic will doubtless be materi- that fine harbour on the northern coast. err + txr?
11- I's 0
ally increased.
The projected Line will pass through, ~,,rica, gret,
Agreement
xnnaelddycerubret tegaeNa
An important element in estimating the local advantages following towns, viz. :—Finglas, Lucan, -`,.ticioapog,o
of the undertaking, as well as its general prospects of suc- Slane, Kells, Collom, Arciee, Louth, CB' OlOinete;ly
cess, is the cordial feeling manifested in its favour by the , Castleblaney, Ballybay, Keady, Monsgbenr; tit il d'c'ti
landowners and manufacturers on the line—a fact fully I Middletown, and Caledon, together with s'-'°lletepi
corroborated by the list of influential members of whom' other smaller towns; and could be easily, oet-illt ova,/
the Provisional Committee is composed. the important towns of Clones Newblis, C„e 000'00119
The country through which the proposed Railway is in- naclov, Omagh, and many others, and vd,." tuteVSetd,
tended to pass has been carefully surveyed • the gradients in its entire length, a distance of 85sirlo' srxcll4;
are most favourable, and the works will be light and exe- being identical with that surveyed bY
Liberty is reserved to the Committee to deviate from
cuted at a moderate expense.
the proposed route, or extend the line as they may deem I liamentary Report of 1838, in comparis°",, Cardtl9lG
Suinodneerrst,haenddirsetrcotinognl
yo
recommended theve rn m ebnytthßeani3l:, jn:ltibthd:oiettli
_, .
expedient.
Lines then under their consideration, sa leas, 111°`
Subscribers will not be liable to any further call before affording the greatest accommodation at o%oe
~ii
the Act is obtained, and powers will be applied for to limit and as best adapted to stimulate the industry - $9"O
fOliti t
the responsibility of each Shareholder to the amount of the resources of the country." rive 009 otr
his subscription, and allow interest at £4 per cent. per The advantages which the public must de ripe iP 0
. • uoll to tb
annum on the deposit and calls from the time of payment ,an undertaking are so manifest, that It is or ee i.
Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed
until the opening of the line.
form to the SOLICITOR; ; Mr. BOARDAIAN, Mr. G. Y. Line now under consideration and that us , vciP fir to
Boma, or Mr. Jowl RATCLIFFE, Blackburn • Mr. nated the " Coast Line." It is rather th`id hemp.
teontteerioinvitdoioaulsenogotmhepnaerdisoenosu,mieoratthioisn
roefsptehoeru,ab,lleytotTeooristellje
TRAPPES, Chorley; Messrs. M'LEAN and DINWOODIE, Provisional Committee that the project sh0;0 cl'i bet
Manchester; Mr. GILLow, Liverpool; Mr. DIXON, on its own distinct merits, confident that.,l biro,
Burnley ; Mr. WREN, Preston ; Mr. GORTON, Bolton • public support will thus rest on a solid has's., itiel.iiisio,
d J 4 1' x
Messrs. KNowLEo and COOKE, Bradford and Leeds ; In regard to the merits of the proP°se f the or
Or Mr. FRANCE, Leeds.
Ry/101u0wFillAaPIPloLtICmAeTION FOR SHARES.
'---- CallotmhOmistysiocnoeurlsd, nwohtobteimads dspuocaekd
otfhiatniathtsiat:ird oA.hleoil.:
0;0!
minous report:—
To the Provisional Committee of the Blackburn, Chorley, " A Railway from Dublin by Navan and e, elic; et:11,4
A 0 I
and North Union Junction Railway. Belfast would, in the first part of its otigte- its oir
Shares in the above Navan all the traffic from that town, augmllen's tO
when required so to do.
g. on the terms mentioned in the Prospectus; tributions from Viinia, Kens, and Ennis , trod ,00,
rt 01, Lis
allotted
dtatkoemsou.c
thoSphaayretsh,
eo rdepositany less
enrue
omob,
ander th
taot
fargoami n
Bfaelllfai ns t a), Armagh(p.ls.) with theco u rse ° ' .0P er
------- Signature of Applicant. Ale o ,„,,o, p,
gukaretilFelsnhiete Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Again, in reference to the passenger tral•i• WS 1° fre
r thel 01‘" W
the Commissioners, in the same part o. wo „, t
----- Date of Application. an r 304 06
-------- Reference.
proper adition. Ipareass.,t,heir conviction that "such a Line,,orfeAcyo,ide,r,brf
------ Profession, Business, or other respect, possess advantages over almost '
ies..., col- 5 .
.--_-----___ Residence.
PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. Nor were the opinions, thus emphat io bie 4,t1),
the Commissioners, formed on slight
,°!,,st ts_ or 05
grounds ; for, by reference to the statist..",'lt.o.ooctio.o6o
pended to their report,—tables which wer.ve, ioclideOlolf
elaborate care and based on an extensi, nt e 0 5011 toe
CHESTER, MIDLAND, AND GREAT facts,—it will be seen that they had abunv"lloo,,ooo9
GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY, justify them in recommending the propose% rely 00
00
(VIA ROTHERHAM.) to prove most beneficial to the public, an
able tr.tte!
rel it
CAPITAL, £BOO,OOO, in 32,000 SHARES of £25 each. to Shareholders. nrobcow thee
DEPOSIT, £l7B. 6d. per Share. In framing their calculations as to the. 1:al ijs al
lostoci tO r tit,
PROVISIONAL4OMMITTEE. both in goods and passengers, the Pro ree the es
John Wood, Esq., Glossop, Derbyshire have adopted the invaluable tables refe
.410 so or
Vincent Corbett, Esq., Outhwaite Hall, Wortley
Richard Surtees, Esq., Wortley
assumed
th
the
safest
cost
oguide.
its ag tide of
Thomas Chambers, Esq., Chapeltown i so as to give the least favourable comn:on, 0 i'oo er
J. B. Greaves, Esq., Ecclesfield
dertaking,—a course which, in their oPin' blic 001501
J. G. Clarke, Esq„ Masbro Hall ,
of P° 0° Cu tiP
cure to the present project an am( unt ,t 00 bbeS eq
George Knowles, Esq., Ironmaster
and support that could be claimed for :, on ails ci Ike
C. S. R. Sandford, Esq., North Field House inferior ground. The calculations, epee rer„aate,i 1',,,
John Hall, Esq., Kiveton Park strWucittihonsairnt iitiasrenc!°"rort%ttif°osC;
show that the Line in question would 3''',, estl"; a?'810'
wer- e 0 *lO
W. P. England, Esq., Huddersfield
to those of the Cashel Line, which duc ,t o i
James Yates, Esq., Effingham Works rate much below what it is likely to Pr°:„ that ,004
John Nightingale, Esq., Greave of the Feoffees of Ro- inferred from the fact, that the shares '' wittpicli
therham
now at a high premium. , hie, e, •' os,
John Aldred, Esq., Rotherham
B. Badger, Esq., Rotherham.
not be expected on the Dublin and A the e pr 43 „
E. J. Heseltine, Esq., Rotherham traverses a country abounding with all ' iisvoY 'ool,o'
Thomas Wheatley, Esq. South Grove If such are the results on the Casbrenilsvgh ;eisileotfect)
John Haywood, Esq., Rotherham
The richness and fertility of its soil—tu,.`or rte A 0,,,,ve ,
contribute to the utility and success ot,.r cast 901.0ticitoll
R. C. Hoyle, Esq., Aughton Hall
its agricultural produce—and the extent' ,erels.',teoo,
0011' Is
James Hodgson, sq., Rotherham Mills turing resources, combined with the u; ;t of thriljeoJ
J. Gunier, Esq., 10, Albert-road, Ragent's-park, London industrious habits, and enterprising sPir. sr. °' ow' t 9"
John Brown, Esq., Ironmaster, Masbrough
William Owen, Esq., Phoenix Iron Works ' EL'E tb" so
the
tha.. „,, ,5 to
C. Sandford, Esq., Phoenix Iron Works taangdesc,roiowsdpeirdeptohpouoloatmiomnit—totehewseit,hi'd allletSt -CoPe.rf °ed
in recommending the proposed Line tO,cratitH faco!,,eo,o
Wm. Hull, Esq., Royds Moor, near Penistone encouragement which, on the strictests:oo, ~tioti:ifieoo
(With power to add to their number.) lieve it will be found to deserve. Ina ~.sticoted
Sic
ENGINEER.
John Braithwaite, Esq,
It'beclie°stnaioel I: iPttL4l.4sll6
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. the public, and endeavouring to ob v e
otolofingoutrheseythreeClyomiomsiottbeme
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ton ,
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11,
, ver. th
G. H. Lang, Esq. of parliament.
SOLICITORS.
W. F. Hoyle and I. L. Coward, Rotherham.
in tl' e v 14'
SECRETARY. session.
made, at 0 A AO'
Mr. Francis Parker, Rotherham. Applications for Shares may be
BANKERS. meet ewsiulirvbeeysmhaadveetboeoeonmael 1
bperfeopraereparii
a; e- a t
ei efo,,,iiopiOdo!
Sheffield and Rotherham Bank
Messrs. Barclay and Co., Lombard-street, London sfo3r,mc,htaortiohge Scorloicsisto;rsAietsogrtsh.e
FORD, Stock Brokers, College Greofl
shore. sto totij
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester HUGH MUNRO and Co., Stock anu,,. EstiPll, 9 ;
IN-, 00
Messrs. Beckett and d
C 0.,. Lee de George-street, Edinburgh ; J. JARD
,Esor, .01' St 0,
Yorkshire Banking Company, Bradford Share Broker Glasgow ; JAMES JAM' CARP,rsiP(eSoii,
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. and Share liroker, Leeds ; Messcs• vois's , %At
SONS, Manchester Messrs. J. and J • sync 0
,P66l°),
and Share Brokers, Newcastle-uOnsoolovnloe
' SCHULTZ and CARR, STOCK ANDAfer, °OA"
LIVERPOOL ; Mr. JAMES BUTCH__ LSE,
Mr. HERVEY, Halifax ; and WILLIAM
''" l
,Arls"
and Sharebroker, Cheltenham. LS
Ae corEe
at aTroi epos
cti,
0-01..0orsi„koe iii4iii

The object of this undertaking is to connect the
Sheffield and Manchester, Huddersfield and Sheffield,
Midland, and Great Grimsby Railways, in fact, to open
the shortest and most direct communication between the
Eastern and Western Counties of England. It is pro-
posed to commence at Wortley, and run to the Midland
at or near Masbrough, affording an outlet North and
South, and thence forward to Gainsbrough.
A preference will be given in the Allotment of the
Shares to parties locally interested, and no Shares will be
appropriated except to parties who shall give a satisfactory
reference to a Banker, or a Member of the Committee.
Applications for Shares may be made to the Solicitors ;
to Mr. PARKER, Secretary ; or to the following Share.
brokers :—Messrs. DAVIES and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs.
CARDWELL and SONS, Manchester ; Mr. FIELD, or
Messrs. BARDWELL and SONS, Sheffield; Mr. MOORS,
Huddersfield ; Mr. MASON, Bradford ; Messrs. J. and
T. RHODES, Leeds; Messrs. CoLLlNsorr and FLINT,
Hull ; or Messrs. EAap and Sox, Derby ; from all of
whom detailed Prospectuses may be obtained.

FORM OF APPLICAT Dublin asc
To the Provisional Committee of eßailway Cos/want/.

£25 GENTLEMENoIIj , re' to
Storey
nretqhuee
abovest you
undertaking,will allot 133
and /oh earyelgeti:tielitilors il to
accept the same, or any less number that a ,ign
pg 4
to me, and to pay the deposit thereon,,anAgreel3ll./
liarnentary Contract and Subscribers A-a-°
required. .---------
Name in full-------
Residence ---------
Profession or Buffs//
Date ---.._ 7.1
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