The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

Charleslte 13racebridge, Esq., Chairman.
William Atkinson Gardner, Esq., Vice-Chairman.
Sir William li. Pearson, Edward Middleton, Esq.,
Knight, William Wilberforce Pear-
John George Norburv, Esq., son, Esq.,
Thomas Macauley, Esq., John Wilkes Daniel, Esq.,
Samuel Haines, Esq., William Henry Law, Eiq.

STANDING COUNSEL.
W. 'l'. S. Daniel, Esq., Lincoln's Inn.
SOLICITOR.
S S. Baxter, Esq., Atherstone.
ENGINEER.
Charles Vignoles, Esq.. F.R.S.A.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
James Drewry. Esq., Burton upon-Trent.
Robert Sills, Esq., Aslaby.de-la-Zouch.
Messrs. Smith and Pilgrim, Hiuthley.
Messrs. Craddock and Son, Nuneaton.
Messrs. Dewcs and Sons, Coventry.
Messrs. Toiler, Leicester.
Messrs. Spencer and Rollings, Birmingham.
BANKERS.

Loadon—Messrs. Glyn Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lom-
bard-street.
Manchester—Messrs. Junes, Loyd, and Co.
Liverpool—Bank of Liverpool.
Derby—Messrs. W. S. Evans.
Burton-upon-Trent—Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne
Leicester—Leicestershire Banking Company, (and at
Atherstone, Ashby-de.la-Z,Juch, Market-
Bosworth, and Hinckley:.
Coventry—Coventry union Banking Company.
Nuneaton—Messrs. Craddock and Bull.
SECRETARY.
Charles William Hunter, Esq.

PROSPECTUS.
THE principle of this important Railway Scheme is an
Extension of the North Staffordshire Railway, from
Uttoxeter southward, through Burton-upon-Trent, by
Swadlingcote, Gresley, and Moira, to Ashby-de-la-Zuuch,
Market-Bosworth, and Hinckley, uniting, in the direction
of Leicester, with the proposed Leicester and Bedford,
and South Midland Railways, and south of Hinckley, with
the Midland Railway at or near Ullesthorpe. The main
objects of the scheme are :
L To secure the best practicable direct Line from Lon-
don to Manchester and Liverpool.
2. To provide the best and most complete railway com-
munication for the important mining, manufacturing,
commercial, and landed interests of the extensive district
yet untraversed by railways, which lies between Uttoxeter
on the north, and Leicester on the south.
The line of the proposed Railway takes the most direct
practicable route from Manchester, to a point near Hinck-
ley, from which it opens two communications with Lon-
don—one by the Midland Railway to Rugby, and thence
by the London and Birmingham Railway—the other by
the Leicester and Bedford, or South Midland Railway,
through Market Harborough to Bedford and Hitchin, and
thence by the London and York Railway. Thus combi-
ning the advantage, never before attempted, of the most
direct route, with the choice of two approaches to London
—a result attained by the promotion rather than the sacri-
fice or injury of any existing Railway interest.
In this scheme the public interest has been the sole con-
sideration. and it is confidently expected that public sup-
port will follow.
1 n the adaptation of this scheme to the local interests of
the district, for the first time opened by it, the same prin.
ciple h.is been the guide.
It opens fairly and fully the great Coal-fields of Moira,
Swadlincote, and Swannington. It traverses the Pottery
district of Swadlincote, Newhall, Gresley, and the neigh-
bourhood; it provides most ample accommodation for the
increased and rapidly-increasing trading and manufactu-
ring interests of Leicester and Burton-upon-Trent, and
their neighbourhoods. It approaches as near as practica-
ble to every town in the district of Hinckley, Market.
Bosworth, Ashby-de-la-Zotich, (with its celebrated baths,)
Button, and Tutbury. It interferes with no residential or
ornamental property, and the support of many of the most
influential landholders is already secured in its favour.
The " Midland Union" also connects itself with the
Leicester and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford, and
Bit wingbain Railways, and by this connection opens the
most direct and complete eastern and western communi-
cation yet projected:
By means of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Railway, and the various other Railways in East Anglia,
an easy and direct communication is opened between
Burton-upon-Trent, and the Corn-producing counties of
Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
By means of the Coventry Branch of the Leicester and
Birmingham Railway, and the direct access to Rugby,
secured by the proposed junction with the Midland
Railway, the most advantageous opportunities are afforded
to the Moira, Swadlincote, and other Collieries of the
district, for sending Coals to Leamington, Warwick, and
the southern markets.
By means of the short diverging Line to the Trent
Valley Railway, at Atherstone, the communication
between Leicester and Tamworth is fully provided for.
Upon a careful examination of the details of this scheme,
to which public attention is earnestly invited, its ad-
vantages will be found to be such as not only to supersede
the necessity of a direct independent Line from London
to Manchester, but to secure to the important local
interests of the district traversed by it, more comp le and
beneficial accommodation than any direct and independent
Line could, by reason of its more extended objects and
interests, afford to give.
Forms of Application for Shares, copies of the Pros-
ectus, and a Map of the Line, may be obtained from
S. S. BAITER, Esq., Solicitor, Atherstone, and at 41,
Chancery-lane, London; from the Local Solicitors;
from Messrs. LAURENCE, CAZENOYE, and PEARCE,
Bartholomew lane, London; from Messrs. CARDWELL
and Sows, Manchester; from Mr. JOHN COOXE, 3, Cross-
street Manchester,. from Messrs. LLOYD and PRICE,
25, Castle-street, Liverpool; from Messrs. WELLBELOVED
and OASTLER, Leeds; from Mr. W. H. COLLIS, Bir-
iningharn ; from Mr. Joirw THOMAS HOLLAND, Coventry,
and from Messrs. BROWN and CLARK, Coventry; from
Messrs. PAYNE and FREER, Leicester, and Mr. G.
EAGILESPIELD, Leicester; from Mr. WESLEY, Burton-
upon-Trent; from Messrs. HALL, BROTHERS and Co.,
Cheltenham; Messrs. EARP and Sow, Derby, Messrs.
EYRE add SHAW, Derby; and Messrs. DARBY and
HODSON, Burton-upon-'Trent.

MIDLAN I) UN lON AND BURTON-ON-IREN'
ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCI-WAYI, AND LEICESTER,
RAIL._

An. SHAH ES io the above
after TUESDAY, September

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talC. W. II UNTER, Secretary.
,125th Sept., 1515.

WO further Application.
Line ,ca ii be recei,-
30th Thsta 13.

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