The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord George Paget, 'Uxbridge. house, London
Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, a Director
of the East India Company
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Di-
rector of the Reading and Reigate Railway Company
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne-hall, Ashbourne
Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., Ormaston-hall, Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Bart. Alga-house, Scarborough, Chairman of
the Hull and Barnsley Railway Company
Sir John Hansier,.Deputy-Lieutenant of Essex
The Mayor of Derby
John Parkinson, Esq., R.R S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park,
Director of tile Irish Great Western, and the Northampton, Ban-
bury, and Cheltenham Railways
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Hyde
Park, a Director of the Irish Great Western, and the Reading and
Reigate Railways
Thomas Bent, Esq., M.D., Derby, Director of the Derby, Gains-
borough, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway
James Clifford, Esq., Broughton House, Shardlow, Derbyshire
William Cox, Esq., Braiislord, Derbyshire
David Wileateroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Derbyshire
James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow Hall, Derbyshire
P. Wilmot, Esq., Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square
Major Thurston Pale, Ashbourne
Joseph Bridgett, Esq., Aldermanbury, London, Colney Hatch, near
Barnet, and Derby
Cecil Brook Boothby, Esq., Ashbourne Hall, Ashbourne, and Bolton-
street, Piccadilly
William Holt, Esq., Great Coram-street, and The Elms, Watford
A. G. Greaves, Esq., Derby
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoates Cottage, near Wakefield, Director of
the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland and Leeds, York and Mid-
land Junction Railway
Edward Maminatt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Samuel Simpson, Esq., of the Greaves, Lancaster, a Director of the
Li,erpool and Leeds Direct
Douglas Fox, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby, Gainsborough,
and Great lrimsby Junction Railway
George Robinson, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction Railway
Thomas 31*Turk, Esq. Hull, Director of the Hun and Barnsley Junc-
tion Railway
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq., Crown East,Worcestershire, Deputy Lieu-
tenant of the county of Worcester
Henry Brigstock, Esq., M.D., Derby, Director of the Derby, Uttoxe-
ter, and Stafford Railway
Joseph Lancelot Davenport, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby, Ut-
toxeter, and Stafford Railway
Frederick Fox, Esq., Melbourne, agent for Lord Melbourne
James Joseph Dolman, Esq., Melbourne, Derbyshire
John Earp, Esq., Melbourne, Derbyshire
Charles Holbrooke, Esq., Alvaston, near Derby, Director of the
Derby, Uttoxeter and Stafford, and of the Derby, Gainsborough,
Stafford, and Grimsby Railway
Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., Russell-square, London, Director of the
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction, and of the Grand
London and Dublin Approximation Railways
William Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square, Director of
the Grand London and Dublin Approximation, and of the South.
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways
William Chance, Esq., Spring-grove, Birmingham, Deputy-Chairman
of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway, Director of the Trent
Valley Midland, and of the Manchester and Southampton Junction
Railway
James Witham, Esq., Eaton-square
A. A. Fry, Esq., Temple
Thomas Geo. .Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, 3lecklenburgh-square,
Director of the Lynn, Wisbeach. and Peterborough Railway
John Hill, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staf-
ford Railway
Thomas Haimes, Esq., Melbourne, Derbyshire
Thomas Hensley, Esq., Melbourne, Derbyshire
Henry Orton, Esq., King's Newton, Derbyshire
George Vandeleur, Esq., King's Newton, Derbyshire
Mr. Samuel Robinson, Shaw House, Melbourne, Derbyshire
John Tewle, Esq., Borrowash Mills Derbyshire
George Wooten, Esq., Chelston, Derbyshire
James Hollingworth, Esq. Melbourne and Derby
Wellington Ross Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square
James Renshaw, Esq., West Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway„ and 3, White Hart-
court, Lomiard-street
A. Inderwick, Esq., Brompton, Middlesex
John Groom, Esq., Member of the Town Council, Northampton
James J. l‘PSwincy, Esq. Sandal View, near Wakefield, a Director
of tile Wakefield and Esq.,
Junction Railway
Richard Dransfield, Esq., West-place, Dalton, Huddersfield, a Director
of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and of the Keighley, Halifax,
and Huddersfield Junction Railway
Robert Doeksey Goodwin, Esq., Ashbourne
John Bainbrive.Storey, Esq., Lockington Hall, Leicestershire
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Great Surrey-street, a Director of
the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince Hall, Wigan, Alderman of the Borough
of Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, the
Staffordshire Potteries Railway, Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., Bedggelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western
John Campbell Dicker, Esq., New Hall, by Neston, Cheshire, Director
of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railway
John Curzon, Esq.' Derby
James Peet, Esq., Derby
William Taylor, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby, Gainsborough.
and Great Grimsby Junction Railway
Charles Milnes, Esq., Dale-house, Matlock, Derbyshire
Henry George Gascoyne, Esq., Lea-hall, Rugeley, Staffordshire
Perry Dicken, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
George Clark, Esq., Windham-lodge, Brighton, and Rnsholme Park,
Manchester, a agistrate
Jances Consterdine, Esq., Rosinhall, Manchester, a Magistrate
F. It. Hodgson, Esq., Oakey, near Manchester, Merchant
Edward Attolden, Esq., Aston-hall, Derby:
Henry Taylor, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct; the York and Lancaster; the Eastern, Western, and
Southern, or Ipswich and Southamp:on ; Reigate; the Halifax and
Huddersfield ; the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction;
the Staffordshire Potteries; the Dover and Bristol; and of the
Cheltenham and Oxford Railways
Captain T. Folliott Powell, Ashbourne
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, a Director of the York and Lancas-
ter and Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Keighley, Halifax,
and Huddersfield Junction Railway
Thurston Dale, jun., Esq., Ashbourne
John Douglas Cooper, Esq., Holm College, Ashbeurne
C. Kelly Cooper, Esq., Ashbourne
John Witham, sen., Esq., Ashbourne
Thomas J. Mountfort, Esq., Ashbourne
James Osborne, Esq , Ashbourne
Samuel Dawson, jun., Esq., Walton Bank, Ashbourne
John Smith, Esq., Barton House, Ashbourne
Thomas Smith, Esq., Blore Hall, Staffordshire
John Bloor. Esq., Tutbury
Samuel Fox, jun., Esq., Derby
John Smith, Esq., Middle Temple, and 2, Bury-street, St. James's,
London, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway
Joseph Peel, Esq., Singleton Brook, Manchester
Edward Lucas, Esq., Member of the Town-Council, Birmingham
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, a Director of the Leicester
and Birmingham, and London, Bristol, and South Wales Railway
John Osier, Esq., Hull, Member of the Provisional Committee of the
Hull and Barnsley Junction and Leeds and Carlisle Railway
C. Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Member of the Provisional Committee
of the Hull and Barnsley Junction and Leeds and Carlisle Railway
R. B. Childs, Esq., Swarkenstone Lowes, near Derby
(With power to add to their number).

ACTING COMMITTEE.
Jeremiah Filcher, Esq., Russell-square, London
John Parkinson, Esq., 80. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde park
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., 37, Upper Grosvei:or-street, Hyde..
park
The Mayor of Derby

Matthe; Plerpoint:Esq., Crown East, Worcestershire, Deputy-Lieut.

co. Worcester
Joseph Bridgett, Esq., Aldermanbury, London
William Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square

A A. Fry, Esq., Temple
Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square
A. Inderwick, Esq., Brompton, Middlesex
Sir Wm. Young, Bart., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashboume-hall, Ashboume

David Wheatero t, Esq., Dockland Hollow, i:erbyshire.

ENGlNEEft—Charles Blunt, Esq., C.E.
So',roma—Thomas Gibson Brewer, Esq., 13, Gray's Inn-square.
STANDING CouNsEL—William Holt, Esq., Chancery-lane.
COUNTRT SOLICITORS.
Derby—John Moss, Esq.
Manchester—Messrs. Crossley and Sudlow
Ashbourne—John Fox, Esq.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—Henry Minion Hawkesworth, Esq.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.—Thomas Baker, Esq., Spring-gardens.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co.
Derby—Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company

Ashiaourne,;--ine Barton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne Union Bank.

AGENTS.

London—Thomas G. Smith, Esq., 2, Warnford-eourt, Throgmorton-

street
Ashboume—Thomas Jones, Esq.
Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison

Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal

Liverpool—Messrs. J. B. and D. Neilson.
SEcarraans.—William Richard Scott, Esq. ; Horace Green, Eq.
Offices of the Company, 33, Gresham-street.

The Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway is a direct line from
London to Manchester, coming from London to Rugby, along the
London and Birmingham line, and proceeding from Rugby to Hinck-
ley through Market-Besworth and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, to Derby,
thence to Ashbourne,' by Leek to Macclesfield, and along the Mac-
clesfield and Stockport, and Stockport and Manchester Railways, into
Manchester.
A branch to Buxton is in contemplation.

The principle of this railway is to obtain a direct through line be-
tween some of the most important districts in the kingdom with the
least possible amount of new railway, and, consequently, the smallest
expenditure of capital.
It will also establish the shortest direct communication between
Derby and London, Sheffield and London, and between all the towns
on the North Midland Railway and London.
The Manchester, Derby, and Rugby Railway, will open a direct
communication between Manchester and Derby, and will consider-
ably shorten the distance between Manchester and Nottingham and
Manchester and Leicester.

The line from Derby to Rugby will establish the direct communi-
cation from that town to London, which has been so long considered
desirable by the inhabitants.
The same will apply to Sheffield, when the Sheffield and Chester-
field branch of the North Midland Railway is made.
The Rugby; Derby, and Manchester Railway, in connexion with
the Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport Rail-
way, forms a direct Manchester and Southampton line.

THE GREAT ADVANTAGES
Of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway, over the other pro-
jects into Manchester, among oth.rs, are—

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First. That there are only seventy-five miles of railway to be made
in place of one hundred and eighty-nine.

Second. That it is a more direct line from London to Manchester
than even the proposed direct lines.

Third. That it interferes with no existing railway property or
vested interests.

Fourth. That it passes through a District rich in manufactures,
agriculture, and minerals, but which—more especially as regards its
agricultural produce, and a convenient system of intercommunica-
tion for the conveyance of that agricultural produce, to supply the
large manufacturing towns in the vicinity--has been hitherto left to-
tally without railway communication.
Fifth. That it passes through the towns in its route, instead of
avoiding them.
Sixth. That the whole line of railway from Rugby to Manchester
will be completed and in working order within ten months from the
passing of the Act of Parliament.
Seventh. That the maps, plans, estimates, and other documents
required by the stending orders of Parliament will be lodged With the
parish clerks, the clerks of the peace for the counties, and the
Parliamentary offices, on the 10th of November next, being twenty
days within the time required by the regulations of Parliament.
In the allotment of shares a preference will be given, to the ex
tent of 10,000 shares, to the holders of stock in the LoAdon and Bir-
mingham Railway; also, of 2,000 shares to the shareholders in the
Oxtord, Southampton, and Gosport Railway Company ; of 1,000
shares to the Oxtord and Rugby Railway Company ; and 2,000
shares to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company.