The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-25 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW-
CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management, in consequence of negotiations .of
Importance to the interests of this Company being still pending, have
been obliged to defer the issue of the letters of allotment for a few
days. By order,
W. 11. INGRAM, Secretary.
22, Parliament-street, London, Aug. 22, 1845.

CHESTER and MANCHESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
With a Branch to Birkenhead.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Colonel the Hon. LEICESTER STANHOPE, Ashburnham House,
London, Chairman
Major JOHN' T. CROFT, Regent-street, London, Deputy Chairman
David Ainsworth, Esq., Manchester
Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbnry, Manchester •
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester, and Glyn Garth, Anglesey
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
James Farish, Esq., Lancaster-place, London
Major Ford, of Bodlondet, Carnarvonshire
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Hamner, Bear-place, Berks, and 7, Devon-
shire-place, London
Fraser B. Renshaw, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square,
London, a Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction Railway
Captain Sir John it. Hilton, R.N., Isle of Wight
J. Harney Higson, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, 8.E.F.R.5., Director of the College
of Civil Engineers
T. D. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, London
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, London, Director of the
National Provincial Bank of Ireland
W. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Com-
pany
George Peter Milts, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's, and
Cauldwell Priory, Bedford -
Horace W. MeteyardrEsq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Upper Hyde Park-street, London, a
Director of the •Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction
Railway
James Orrell, Esq., Cuicheth Hall, Kenyon
James Ogden, F,sq., M.D., Manchester
David Price, Esq., Manchester
Major James Waller, K.H., St. James's-square
C. J. S. Walker, Esq., Longford, near Manchester
Sir George William Prescott' Bart., of Theobalds, Herts..
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., London
National Provincial Bank of England, Manchester
SOLICITORS.
London—Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moorgate-
street.
Manchester—Messrs. Higson and Robinson, Cross-street R. B. B.
Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-street.
LOCAL AGENT—Chester—John Walker, Esq.

The promoters of this Railway, encouraged by the favourable sup-
port which has been given to the project, and in compliance with
various recommendations they have received, ha-. 13 determined upon
the addition of a branch to Birkenhead, which, although it will
manifestly tend to the advantage of the Shareholders and the public,
will be attended with comparatively little additional outlay. The
project will still retain its chief characteristic of a direct railway,
and by its connexion, near Warrington, with the Grand Junction
Company, is sufficiently comprehensive, without resorting to a corn-
plicated system of branch lines, or materially conflicting with the in-
terests of existipg companies. _ . .

The line will commence at the city of Chester, and proceed by way
of Trafttird, FrOdsham, and Preston Brook, to Warrington, thence
by Lynun and Stretford direct to Manchester. From a point on the
main line, near Frodsbam, a branch will be taken to join the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway, so as to unite Manchester in the most
direct manner possible, with the docks now being formed at Bir-
kenhead.

As Manchester, from its geographical position, is the centre of rail-
way communication between Scotland and the most populous dis-
tricts of England, so Chester, from a like cause, is the great centre of
railway communication between the capitals of Ireland and of Eng-
land. _To coimect these two points by a direct and independent line
of railway must, therefore, be of the utmost importance, not only in
a local point of view, but to the whole commercial intercourse of the
country.

This line will he the most direct route, by Holyhead, to Ireland,
and will be, in .all respects, by far the preferable channel of inter-
course and transit between Ireland and the great manufacturing dis-
tricts of England. By the railways connecting Chester with Wrex-
ham, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Gloucester, and South Wales,
this will be the nearest route from Manchester to the south-
western parts of England, and to the minerals of Monmouth and
Glamorganshire The communication with Bristol, Gloucester, and
Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the map, it will
be seen that a very considerable distance will be saved by this line,
as compared with the present circuitous routes by Crewe and by
Birkenhead; the former being 52 miles, and the latter 46 miles,
while the proposed line is only 34 miles, saving in the one case 18
miles, and in the other 12 miles, besides the serious inconvenience, loss
of time, and expense of passing through Liverpool, and crossing the
water at that plaee.

It is confidently expected that this line will be the precursor of
another scheme, of no ordinary importance—namely, to render
'hester an efficient port for large vessels.
This subject was entertained by Sir John Rennie In 1835, and sub-
sequently, in the same year, by the late Mr. Chapman, who wrote an
able report upon the capabilities of the river Dee. It was again
nvestigated, in 1837, by Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Remington,
and the practicability of forming a good navigable channel for vessels
of large burden, together with docks at Chestsr, was then fully and
clearly established.
The entrance channel would commence at Dawpool. which Is easy
of access (and infinitely preferab'e, in point of access and safety, to
the (looks at Liverpool or Birkenhead), for vessels of large burden,
during eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps ; and the
till of the lock would ue sumulently low to admit vessels drawing 20
feet water to muter az -an Ltd...-. - -

This railway, therefore, in connexion with the proposed docks,
will render to Chester and Manchester incalculable advantages. To
the former it will restore the proper position natural to so important
a city ; to the latter it will give another outlet, by sea, to the ma-
nufacturing districts, free of the heavy port charges, dues, and
risks to which the produce is now subject. It has not been thought
advisable to combine the two objects in owe company at present,
but should it be found requisite, the two may hereafter be amalga-
mated.

Merits of no ordinary degree, therefore, may fairly be claimed for
this railway, whether taken in connexion with the proposed docks,
ores standing alone, combining as it does all the advantages of any
other lines, with this great addition, that it will be the high road to
the most convenient outport of Manchester, and will be quite inde-
pendent of any associations or influences that might tend to oppose
the growing desire for a means of direct and independent communi-
cation between Manchester and the port of Chester.
The line has been carefully examined. There are no difficult
earth-works to be encountered ; on the contrary it will be cheap,
and of easy formation. Power is reserved to the Committee to de-
viate from the proposed line in the vicinity of Manchester, should
ulterior arrangements render it expedient.
Applications for shares in the subjoined form, and for maps and
prospectuses to be made to the Solicitors, and to the following Share-
orokers :—Messrs. Showell and Son' 25,Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs.
Preece and Evans, 8, Cornhill ; and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26,
Austin-friars, London ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Mr. Locke,
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Thomas LeedS and Son; Henry Benton,
J. B. Lock, and Samuel Slater, Manchester ; 31,essrs. Neilsons,
Messrs. Healey, Mr. Crisp, and Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield; Messrs.
Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Mr. E. A. Armitage, Wake-
field; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York; Mr. Thomas Board-
man, Blackburn ; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. Francis
Stamp, . Hull ; Mr. L. Weatherburn, Huddersfield ; Mr. Wm.
Cronheina, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; •Mr.
Samuel Eyre. Derby ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr. Joseph
Clark, jun., Southampton • Mr. Join Thomas Holland, Coventry;
Mr. WillianiMason, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Messrs. Payne and Freer,
Leicester ; Mr.• Wm. Tomkinson, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Mr.
Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr. Lea, Cheltenham ; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester ; Messrs.
Read and Nicholson, Edinburgh; Messrs. Ross, Perth, N. 8.; and
Messrs. H. and W. A. Tassie, Glasgow.
Applications for shares must be accompanied by a reference to the
Solicitors of the Company, the sharebrokers, or some other respon-
sib:e person.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Chester and Manchester
' Direct Railway
Gentlemen' —I • request you to allot me Shares of 201. each
In the above Railway, and.l undertake to accept the same, or such
leia number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the Regula-
tions of the t °wally, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay,
when required, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name and Residence in fu11................
Profession and professional residence in full..
Reference ... ......... •. • • • • • , • •• • • • •

C HESTER and MANCHESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
At a meeting of the Committee of Management .of this under-
taking, held this day, it was resolved that, in order to comply with
the standing orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is
expedient to reduce the amount of each share to 201., and to extend
the number to 50,000, and that the deposit required be 21. 2s. on each
share, and that, in consequence of this alteration in the amount and
number of shares and the deposit required, the period within which
shares must be applied for be extended to the 28th instant for the
London applications, and to the 30th instant for country applications.
By order,
A. BARRETT, Seeretary.
29. Moorgate-street, August 14, 1845

THE MIDLAND and EASTERN COUNTIES
RIILWA.Y, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON to
WORCESTER.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.)
Capital 1,500,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 11. 7s. Gd. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Alington, Rev. John, Little Barford, Bedfordshire, and Letchworth,

Hertfordshire
Booth, Williamson, Esq., Woodbury Hall, Cambridgeshire
Bunbury, G. 8., Esq., Leamington, a Director of the Warwick and

Cheltenham Railway
Burman, William, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
Carrington, John, Esq., St. Neots
Cochrane, lion. Horatio William Bernardo, Little Staughton
Cottle, J. M., Esq„ Leamington,l Directors of the Warwick and
Curtis, J. E. B. Esq., London, 5 Cheltenham Railway
Dabbs, Thomas William, Esq , The Newarke, Leicester
Day, John Hill, Esq , St. Neots
Day, Thomas, Esq., Wornditch, near Kimbolton
Ellgood, Thomas, Esq., St. Neots
Falconer, Robert, Esq., Goldington Hall, Bedfordshire
Gee, William, Esq., Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
Hewlett, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Northampton, a Director of the
South Midland Railway
Humbley, Captain, Waterloo Cottage, Eynesbury, near St. Neot s
Lauga, T. F. J., Esq., Brighton
Norris, Rev. Frederick, Little Gransden
Onslow, Denziil, Esq., Staughton House, near St. Neots
Page, Captain, Charlton House, Somerton, a Director of the Warwick
and Cheltenham Railway
Parker, Francis, Esq., Albion-place, Northampton, a Director of the
South Midland Railway
Simpson, Richard H., Esq., Long Stow Hall, Cambridgeshire
St. John, the Right Hon. Lord, Melchbourne Park, Bedfordshire
Sitmey, George Deane, Esq , Orford Ciuney, Huntingdonshire
Webb, Dr., Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge
Webb, Theodore' Vincent, Esq., Great Gratisden, Huntingdonshire
Wei stead, Benjamin, Esq., Kimbolton
Weistead, M., Esq., Stoneloy Hall, Kimbolton
, (With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
SOLICITORS.

John Chinery, Esq., Leamington, and 3, Church-court, Old Jewry
Londoll
Messrs. Day, St. Neots
Messrs. Harris and Sumpter, Cambridge
Messrs. Umbers and Sowdon, Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Jones, Esq., Alcester.

No further Applications for Shams in this Railway will be received
after Tuesday Next, the 26th of August instant, except from Land-
owners, or parties living in the country, or locally interested, who
must apply on or before Saturday, the 30th instant.
In the meantime applications for prospectuses and shares may be
made to the Solicitors, or to the following Sharebrokers, viz.:—
Messrs. P. W. Thomas and Son, 50, Threadneedle-street, London ;
Forsyth and Pritchard, or T. Crewdson, Liverpool; Johnstone and
Bradley, or S. W. Graves, Manchester ; E. Wilson, or W. Collis, Bir-
mingham; White and Son, Leamington ; George Edwards and Son, or
Luke Arnold, Bristol; W. Lee, or Hall Brothers and Co., Chelten-
ham ; Kirk and Co., or Scott and Co., Leeds ; John Doy, or Flint
and Tootal, Hull; Eaglesfield, Leicester; Freeman and Son,
Northampton ; John Langworthy, Exeter; Wm. Bolton, Stratford-
upon-Avon ; Wm. Miles, Worcester; Hugh .31unro and Co., Edin-
burgh; George Brown, Glasgow; Bruce and Byrnes, Dublin; Brown
and Clark, Coventry ; and Peet and Son, Nottingham.