The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

SoLiCnOtt.

Messrs Patterson, Haymes, and Hanbury, Leamington and Warwick
W. O. Hunt, Esq., and Charles Stevens, Esq., No. 10, Whitehall,

London
Messrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool.
In congratulating the Skarthoiders ou the issue of the late contest
in Parliament, the Committee of Management beg to announce that
active measures are be ng adopted to forward the surveys and plans,
and prepare for the ensiling session. The success of the Oxford and
Rugby Railway has confirmed the Directors in the view they enter-
tained waen they first brought to the notice of the public the merits
of a line direct from Birmingham to Oxford, and leaves little room
to doubt that Parliament will grant this important continuation, thus
connecting the whole north of the kingdom and Birmingham with

the south-western districts.
It is Intended to make the most convenient stations for the various
towns on the line that circumstances will admit, connecting the line
at Birmingham with that of the Grand Junction Company. By this
means an uninterrupted transit will be effected from Birmingham
through Oxford to every part of the South and to London.
Looking to the very peculiar position of this line, the cheapness
of Its construction, and the great traffic that must inevitably flow to
It front Its connecting and central situation, the Provisional Directors
have every confidence that the undertaking will be ono of more than,
ordinary profit to the proprietors.
By order of the Board.
449, West Strand, Aug. .3, 1845.

RAILROADS IN THE ISLE Oi• WIGHT
That the public may not be misled by ttc 'various statements
that have appeared in some of the public papers, and in the pro-
spectus of the Isle of Wight Railways, I 4in desired to state, that at a
General Meeting of the Landowners and Ratepayers of the island,
held at Newport, on the 26th of June last, resolutions were carried
declaring the opinion of the meeting to be adverse to the introduc-
tion of railways into the island, and that a committee of gentlemen
'vas at the same time appointed to watch the proceedings of the
railway projectors; and I am further directed by this Committee to
state, that not only will the scheme be opposed by the most influen-
tial landed proprietors through whose estates the railways would
pass, but that it is also intended to offer a vigorous public opposition
t the project in Parliament, should a Bill be sought for.

C. W. ESTCOERT,
Honorary Secretary to the Committee.

THE MACCLESFIELD and LICHFIELD, or
CIIURNET and BLYTiIE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Being the shortest possible ratite between London and Manchester,
in connexion with existirsg Railways.
7..-Tovisionally Registered.
Capital, t,250,000/. in 50,000 shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. &I. per share.
in coma:axe with the Standing Order of the House of Lords.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
_The 12.45.---ht Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth, Sandwell Park, Staffordshire
Right Hon. Lord Begot, Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire
The Hon. William Begot, M.P., St. James's-square Loudon
Sir E. D. Scott, Bart., Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire
H. F. Meynell Ingram, Esq., Hoarcross Hall, Staffordshire
John Newton Lane, Esq., King's Bromley Manor
William Drury Holden, Esq., Locko Park, Derbyshire
W. C. Townsend, Esq., Recorder of Macclesfield
R. B. Levett, Esq., Milford Hall, Lichfield
Matthew Gaunt, Esq., Highfield House, near Leek
John Sleigh, Esq., Leek
Samuel Phillips, Req., Leek
Thomas Osborne Bateman, Esq., Chaddesden Moor, Derby
T. Kirkpatrick Hall, Esq., Holly Bush, Staffordshire
Josiah Gaunt, Esq., Horton Hall, near Leek
Thomas George Lomax, Esq., Lichfield
J. L. Warren, Esq., Conseil Hall, and the Lodge, Market Drayton
Michael Tumor, Esq., Brereton, Rugeley
Edward Baylis, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, London.
Charles C. Higgins, Esq., Abbots Bromley
John Towgood, Esq., 64, Chancery-lane, London
James Heygate, Esq., M.D., Derby
James Palmer, Esq., the Close, Lichfield
Thomas Tumor, Esq., Abbots Bromley
Thomas Henry Baylis, Esq., Inner Temple, London
Thomas Finchet Maddock, Esq., Chester
Benjamin Shaw' Esq., Kilburn Priory
Robert Ronald, Esq., Derby
The Rev. James Rostock, Cliffe Park, Staffordshire
Thomas P. Bainbridge, Esq., Derby
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane, London
,L.hn Gaunt, Banker, Leek
John Challenor, Gentleman, Overton
Richard Cutting, Gentleman, Leek
Josiah Gaunt, sen.
Hugh Sleigh,
Miley Ellis„
John Russell,
Samuel Clowes,
Thomas Carr,
John Ward,
James Ridout,
Robert Hammersley, Silk Dyer, Leek
John Vernon, Cork Manufacturer, Uttoxeter
John Minors, Esq., Parks Cottage, Uttoxeter
Thomas Rowley, Esq., M.D., Lichfield
Randall Bradburne, Esq., Ediall House, Lichfield
Joseph Webb, Esq., Lichfield
William Butcher, Coach Manufacturer, Lichfield.

Silk Manufacturers, Leek

This line will commence at the terminus of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway at Macclesfield, and passing by the Rudyard
reservoir to Leek, will proceed by the Churnet Valley to Consall,
thence close to Cheadle, and Teen, and by Uttoxeter, Bagots Woods
and Abbots Bromley down the Blythe, to a point on the Trent Valley
Railway, near Lichfield, communicating there with .one of the pro-
posed lines from Dudley and Walsall.
A glance at the map will show that this will be the most direct
line for the London and Manchester traffic; uniting those two great
termini by the shortest practicable route in connexion with existing
railways. It will also completely accommodate the local traffic and
manufactures, and open several extensive coal fields and some thou-
sand acres of wood land far the supply of Manchester, the Potteries,
and other great marts of the kingdom. Together, too, with the pro-
posed line from Derby to Crewe, it will afford a transit from the
Eastern Counties and Derby to Manchester, and give every accom-
modation to the Potteries.

This line is, in Its principal features, much the same asthat already
approved of by the Board of Trade, and partially abandoned by the
Churnet Valley Company—will be scarcely 47 miles in length, and
passing through the centre of the district, does not interfere with the
Grand Junction, or any other existing railway. it is material to re-
mark, that it is even more direct than the Churnet Valley as formerly
projected to Tamworth, and is free from the formidable opposition of
the landed interest, and the engineering difficulties consequent on the
route by Rocester and Marchington. It must be observed also that
it Is the only railway which has been brought forward by, and is
under the control of, the landowners and manufacturers of the Churnet
and Blythe Valley districts.
The co-operation of most of the principal landowners, from near
Uttoxeter to near Lichfield, having been obtained, and there being
no competing lines projected through that district, this portion of the
line may be considered as secure.

CONSULTING ENGINEER—Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
Manchester—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and

Branches
Lichfield—Messrs. Palmer and Greene
Leek—Messrs. Fowler and Gaunts

Uttoxeter—Burton, Uttoxeter, and ♦shbonrne Union Bulk

Derby—Derby and Derbyshire, Banking Company
SECALTAIIT, ran TE3f.—Mr. Challinor, Solicitor, Leek.

Applications for Shares, accompanied by a Banker's or other re-
spectable reference, to be addressed to the Secretary, of whom and
the Sharebrokers, plans, prospectuses, and further particulars may be
obtained.

Shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham, Trent Valley, or
London and Birmingham Railway Companies, applying for Shares),
will be good enough to state they are ►uch Shareholders.
N.B. The names of the Solicitors &c „will shortly be published.