The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

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MANCHESTER and E.I.TGBY DIRECT
SI►ILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
J'rovisionallY Reidetered.) •
Capital, 1,700,0001., in 115,frio Shires of 201. gash.
Deposit, if. 9s. per Share.
PAtifISIoRAL cOillerrres.
t'he Hon. Howe .7srowne, Chairman of the Manchester and'
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pirie, Bart. Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com-
pany
'William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of
London, late M.P. -for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for
Hants
James Henry Attwood, Eaq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Comhill
John Bagshaw, Eaq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Browe, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng.
land Junction
11711111. in Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex
The Hon. Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgreve-square
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton
air William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman Of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, aonthampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
Sir William Young, Bart., Westbounae-street, Hyde-park
'Sir John Hare, Langham-place
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London —7
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis. Esq., of ROtherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Contra
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Lite Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Ast. worth, Nee bury
V. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall
James Atty, Esq., Rugby
ugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-plase, Belgraye-square,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport
yVtltiam Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshaltea, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Samuel Swarm Brittair, Esq., Sheffield
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
Wllliene Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
George Bunaand, Esq., Sussex.square, Hyde Park
William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Bradley, Esq., Director of the Sheffield and Manchester
Railway, and Chairman of the Direct Western Railway
George Borrett, Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colonel Brirslem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
H. Burney, Esq., Gosport
John Burgess, Esq., late Boronghreeve, Manchester
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
George Bevil', Esq., Poplar
Louis Buckiand, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, et. John's-wood
.4ort Beman. Ewe. Donninginn House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glou-
cestershire
W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
F. F. Clossmoe, Esq., Mincing-lane
John Chnonee, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and
Corh:e's.ll Railway
_B.'l, Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
!Award Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Manchester
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Bel:rave-square
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Cliff, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank. Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
Colonel George Dlsbrowe, Cheater-square, London
Jame -Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square,
Director of the North-Western Railway
. George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton
George Dawson, Esq. Sheffield
Iftobert Dunwoodie, Esq., Manchester
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury
W. S. FitzwiWam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railway
IP. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square
John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great
Western Railway
W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Gill; Esq., Leeds
H. P. Gipps, Ewe, Montague-place, Bryanstone -square
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, lilelfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad Mouse, Ealgsbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of tha East and West ar.d Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Eut and West of
England
W. H. Hornby, Esq., Blackburn
George Calvert Holland, Esq., Sheffield
John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way Company
W. Bayley, Esq., Manchester
Charles Haigh, Esq.' Manchester •
James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
John Hemming, Esq, North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Prederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. H. Meson, Esq., Manchester
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director
of the L eds and Carlisle Railway
Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of Englan I
George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol
Y. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales
John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
M. It. Kern, r, Ewe. Hastings, Sussex
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
'William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late
• Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledger f, Esq., Wood-street
Job' Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock
Company
G. IL Leckie, Esq., Richmond
Ste then Lewis, Earl., Director of the South Wales Railway
Jairi.:s Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring,
. Reading, and Bashestoke Railway
ii;~innel Lovell, Esq., Bedford
F. Valentine i.e.,. Eece„ Chester-place, Regent's-park
William Mills! EN,, Newbury
Joseph Me:anaer, Esq., Ashford
John a',Aneson, Req., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Pe'..tnsular Railway
W. Malin, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire Railway
.therge Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor or
Norwich
John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury
William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman
of the York and Carlisle Railway
Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Company
Joseph Naden, Esq., p-oeley
Edward Norris,.F.,:sq, Manchester
George Paris, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and
West o: England Railway
Ansley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
ThOMas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens; London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
William Simpson Potter, Esq., 701 Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaeen and Furness
Railway
Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
Edwin Preston, Eig., Manchester
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the It aneheeter and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol
George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton
Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital
David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, :Weida Hill
Hartley Sager, Hall Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Raster, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmurta Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Chrietopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
W. Senhouse, Esq.,
Daventry
T. Bridge Simpson,e,
Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
W. Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
E. Shawcross, Esq., Yianchester
John Stewart, Ran„ M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of Env'Aena Railway
T. H. Shep-Ati.a, Esq., Towcester
W. Tebts,ett, Esq., Manchester
Josee.li Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
d. Tinker, Esq., Manchester
Charles B. Flipp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Halton
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
John Ward, F.eq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Fire and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmere, Esq., Auatin•friars, Deputy Chairman of the North
Kent Railway
Thomao Wootiham, Esq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveney
Valley Railway
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall
Major White, 105, Pail-mall
Smith Willock, Esq., Birmingham
W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol
A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool
(With power to add to their number.)
BANEERS—Messrs. Masterman and Co., London.
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
• ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster
Brackstone Baker, Esq.
Moractios —John Bothell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.
That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between
th metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is
now f illy admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be
adopt el.
The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most (E-
-rect rot.te from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen-
diture or eapital than by either of the projected London and Man-
chester lines (Remington's and Ashurat's), the actual distance to be
constructed Wog only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles.
A careful prelhninary survey has determined the promoters of this
railway to adopt nearly a straightline from Rugby to Macclesfield, s
an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,0001. judicially applied in
the Present Perfected state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost
of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end a far greater
real economy, both to the Company itself in the saving effected in
the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance,
in general. by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the
to the country
same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from London to
Manchester.
These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
other parties who' have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby
to imaeriestudd, enewho, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue
valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country,
obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company.
The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the Len ion and Brighton
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more
dielculties-to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been
adopted by Parliament in preference to the many competing projects,
inn more prime sinuous direction, which were at that time supported
in the HOW I)7:Very influential parties.
arrangements have been made by
irrejealeClealtlalf°4nliudeinoecef rails be laid between Rugby and Lon-
doe on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northiVardiwill be abundantly provided for.
This line also possesses the singular aevantage of affording the
ghorteet and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
Geepoet, and Portemoutho a featur presented by no other propoSed