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

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 connect 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 be 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, an
Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the Map, it-w"
be seen that a very considerable distance will be Saved by this 'hie,'
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 place.
It is confidently expected that this line will 'be the precursor of
another scheme, of no ordinary importance-7namely, to render
'heater 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
aflt,M,A.lgNsrla atiAlinximie.rd Mr. George Remington, •
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of large burden, together with docks at Chestsr, was then fully and
clearly established.
The entrance channel would commence at Dawpool, which is easy
access (and infinitely preferab'e, in point of access and safety, to
the docks at Liverpool or Birkenhead), for vessels of large burden,
during eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps ; and the
All of the lock would he sufficiently low to admit vessels drawing 20
feet water to enter at all tides.
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 one 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,
eras 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 moans of direct and independent conimuni-
cation between Manchester and the port of Chester.
The line has been careffilly 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. -Shewell 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 ; Messrs. Neilsons,
Messrs. Healey, Mr. Crisp, and Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, , Sheffield; Messrs.
•Wellbeloved and - Gastler, 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. Weatherbum, Huddersfield ; Mr. Wm.
Cronheita, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; Mr.
Samuel Eyre, Derby ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ; Mr. Joseph
Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. John Thomas Holland, Coventry;
Mr. William Mason, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Messrs. Payne and Freer,

Leicester ; Mr. Wm. Tomlinson, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Mr.
Richard E. Hine, Maccl6fleld ; 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. 'lassie, Glasgow.
ApOications for shares must be accompanied by a reference to the
Solicitors of the Cora,-,any, the sharebrokers, or some other respell-
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sibie 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 I underke to accept the same, or such
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the Regula-
tions of the ( ompany, 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 full ..... ........
Profession and professional residence in fbll..
Reference .... • • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • ,

CHESTER 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 25 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, Secretary.
29, Moorgate-street, August 14, 11145

THE MIDLAND and EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON to
WORCESTER.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital 1,500,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 1/. 7s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
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 Railsiay
Burman, William, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
Carrington, John, Esq., St. Neots
Cochrane, Hon. Horatio William Bernardo, Little Stoughton
Cottle, J. M., Esq„ Leamington, Directors of the Warwick and
Curtis, 8.,
J. E. Esq., London, 3 Cheltenham Railway
Dobbs, 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
Lange, T. F. J., Esq., Brighton
Norris, Rev. Frederick, Little Gransden
Onslow, Denzil, Esq., Stoughton 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 IL, Esq., Long Stow Hall, Cambridgeshire
St. John, tie Right Hon. Lord, Melchbourne Park, Bedfordshire
Stmey, George Deane, Esq., Offord Cluney, Huntingdonshire
Webb, Dr., Master of Clare Half, Cambridge
Webb, Theodore Vincent, Esq., Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire
Welstead, Benjamin, Esq., Kimbolton /
Welstead, M., Esq., Stoneley Hall, Kimbolton
(With power to add to their number.)
BANSERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., London.
SOLICITORS. _ _

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

No further Applications for Shares 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 Fli,,t
and Tootal, Hull; Eaglestleid, Leicester; Freeman and Son,
Northampton ; John Langworthy, Exeter ; Wm. Bolton, Stratford-
upon-Avon, Wm. Miles, Worcester; Hugh Munro and Co.; Edin-
burgh ; George Brown, Glasgow; Bruce and Symes, Dublin; Brown
and Clark, Coventry ; and Peet and Son, Nottlngbam.