The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-30 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS,

The main line of this important undertaking will commence at the
abrupt termination of the Macclesfield branch of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway at Macclesfield, and proceed thence in an
almost direct line to a point on the Trent Valley Railway near to
Atiierstone, and about fifteen miles north-west of Rugby.
It will therefore embrace in its course the towns of Leek, Cheadle,
Tean, Uttoxeter, Tutbury, and Burton-upon-Trent, the coal-fields
and Potteries of Swadlincote and Gresley, and the baths and coal-
fields of Moira, the whole of which wealthy and important tract of
country (with the exception of the town of Burton) is wholly destitute
of railway accommodation.
From Tean it is intended to construct a branch through the Ste-
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fordshire Potteries by way of Longton, Lane End, Stoke-upon-Trent.
and Newcastle-under-Lyne, to Crewe and Nantwich, uniting at
Crewe with the numerous railways centering there, and joining at
Nantwich the railway about to be formed by the conversion of the
Ellesmere and Chester, and Birmingham and Liverpool Junction
Canals.

It is also intended to construct a branch from the main line, at or
near Tutbury to Derby.

Such is the project, comprising the beet parts of the old and well-
known " Manchester South Union" Scheme, which, in the year 1836,
elicited from a Committee of the House of Commons the most un-
qualified expressions of approval, and which an inspection of the map
of the country will show to be highly desirable, indeed almost indis-
pensable for the public interest.

It will open a shorter communication from Manchester, Stockport,
and Maccicsficld, to London (by Rugby), and from Derby (and the
towns northward) to London, than any othar line now before the
public.

It will unite Manchester with Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, and
the whole of the Midland and Eastern Counties.
It will afford to Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, and Burton-upon-
Trent, the most direct communication with the Staffordshire Potteries,
Crewe, Chester, Runcorn, Liverpool, and the new Docks at Birken-
head, as well as with North Wales and Ireland.

By its means the towns of Leak, Cheadle, Teen, tTttoxeter, Tut-
bury, and the surrounding country, will receive, for the first time, the
benefits of railway communication, and the rich and extensive coal
fields of Biddulph, Poynton, Adlington, Cheadle, Gresley, Stradlin-
cote; and Moira, will be opened to the whole kingdom.

The traffic must necessarily be immense, and the returns highly
remunerative.

Thus the Committee are enabled to bring forward a legitimate and
independent undertaking, having due regard to a profitable invest-
ment of capital, as well as to the interest and accommodation of the
public.

The Committee desire to add, that in presenting, in its present
shape, their complete and comprehensive scheme independently of
any ether Railway not actually formed, or now under the consideration
of Parliament, they are not influenced by a wish to supplant other
parties who may have a legitimate claim to a portion of the ground
they propose to occupy, but simply by a desire to form a shorter com-
munication between the great towns of Lancashire, Cheshire, and
Staffordshire, and the Metropolis and the Midland and Eastern Coun-
ties, and to secure to a great district yet unopened, that Railway accom-
modation which its wealth and importance demand, whatever may be
the fate of other projects which may have in view the partial or im-
perfect attainment of somewhat similar objects.
Powers will be taken in the Act ro allow interest at the rate of 41.
per cent. per annum on all deposits and calls until the opening of the
Line.

Applications tor Shares may be addressed to the Solicitors ; or to
the font wing Sharebrokers, viz.:—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Co.,
Messrs. Barry and Co., or Mr. D. B. Major, London; Messrs. Earp
and Son, Derby ; Messrs. Scholes and Horsfall, Messrs. Fletcher and
Sheep, or Mr. John Greaves. Liverpool ; Messrs. T. Cardwell and
Sans, Manchester; Messrs. Hartley and Ingham, Leeds; Mr.
Tatham, Nottingham ; and Mr. Charles Townsend, Chester.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MARES.
To the Provision Committee of the Tean and Dove Valley and

Eastern and Western Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares in this
undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any portion thereof,
subject to the provisions of the Subscribers' Agreement ; and I Mr-
ther agree to execute the same and any other Agreement or Deeds,
and to pay the Deposit when required.
Dated this day of 1845.

Name. .......
Ree1dence..........
Occupation ........
Reference..........

WEST LANCASHIRE, OR LIVERPOOL,
SOUTHPORT, AND PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Registered Provisionally.
Capital 300.0001., in 15,0001. of 201. each.
Deposit 11. 2s. per Share.
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Thomas Weld BluEndell.,, Eseseqw..
Henry Newbery, sg
Manchester and Birmingham, and the Trent Valley Railway Com-
pany, Deputy Cnairman
William Blundell, Esq., Crosby Hall, near Liverpool
Richard Formby, Esq., M.D., Liverpool
J. P. Westhead, Esq., Manchester, Chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway Company
Henry Harrison, Esq., J.P., Southport
James Longton, Esq., Southport
Thomas Travers Taylor, Esq., Southport
Robert Gardner, Esq., Preston and Manchester, Chairman of the
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Railway Company
Henry Tootal, Esq., Manchester, Deputy Chairman of the Manches-
cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway Company
James Durham, Esq., Manchester, Directors of the Manches-
Henry S. Chadwick, Esq., Man- ter and Birmingham
cheater, Railway Company
James Hibbert Wanklin, Esq., Crompsall House, Directors of the
Manchester, Trent Valley
William Higgins, Esq. Manchester Railway Como,.
John Ridgway, Esq., The Potteries, Staffordshire
James Atherton, Esq., Swinton House, Manchester
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester
Alexander Liebert, Esq., Greenheys, Manchester
John Hyde, Esq., Manchester
T. Houldsworth M'Connel, Esq., The Polygon, Ardwick, Manchester
John Lillie, Esq. Manchester
James Walkinsbaw, Esq., London
George Sanders, Esq., Alverthorpe Hall, Yorkshire
Captain Parkinson, The Polygon, Ardwick, Manchester
Peter Kennedy, Esq., Darcey Lever, near Bolton
Robert Alexander Kennedy, Esq., Manchester
John Barff, Esq., St. Jahn's, Wakefield
William Peacock, Esq., Denton L•dge
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth
John Barker, Esq., Pendleton
Robert S. Peel, Esq., Bonehill House, Fazeley
Ern:minas—Messrs. George and Robert Stephenson
SOLICITOR/I—Masers. Worthington and Hamilton, Manchester.

BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glynn, Ila'Ursa, Mills, and Co.
Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank

This line will commence at Liverpool, and run thence, by the
coast, through Litherland, Crosby, and Formby, to Southport, from
which latter place it will proceed to Preston ; thus combining the
twofold advantage of connecting Liverpool with Preston, and at the
same time opening a direct railway communication between each of
those towns and Southport.
In addition to these important objects, it is intended, by means of
a branch railway, to afford the shortest and best route from Man-
chester, Bolton, Wigan, and the adjoining manufacturing districts to
Southport, which the nature of the country will admit. This branch
will also be made to accommodate Ormskirk. .

The high character which Southport enjoys as a watering place is
sufficiently attested, as well by the unanimous voice of all medical
men acquainted with the locality, as by the mass of visitors which,
despite of the distance, and the present very difficult means of access,
annually flock to it from Manchester and other manufacturing
districts ; and if such be the case under the existing disadvantages,
it is obvious that the influx of visitors will be immensely increased
by the accomplishment of this project, which will bring Southport
within half an hour's distance from Liverpool and Preston, within
little more than an ho,r's distance from the dense population of
Manchester and its neighbourhood, and within easy access of the
wimerous and important districts with which those towns are con-
nected by means of other railways.
The through traffic upon the railway will also be very considerable,
and will be still fitrther increased by the opening of the numerous
projected railways to which Liverpool or Preston will form the com-
mon terminus.
The country through which the greater part of the line will pass
presents extraordinary facilities for the construction of a railway,
and it has been estimated that the expellee of the whole line, be-
tween Liverpool and Preston, will not exceed 8,0001. per mile.
Looking at the p, oject in the point of view above presented, and
taking into consideration the peculiar nature of the country which it
will traverse, the ease and cheapness of its construction, the support
extended to it by influential landowners, and the total absence of all
engineering difficulties, it is almost impossible to overvalue the im-
portance of this undertaking, or the advantages It presents as a means
of investment.
A certain number of Shares in the line will be reserved fbr the
Shareholders in railways immediately connected with it.
Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained from Messrs. Cardwell
and Sons, or Messrs. Green and Oldham, Sharebrokers, Manchester;
from Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull:; or from Messrs. R. B. Wat-
son and Co., Sharebrokers, Leeds ; and applications for Shares are
requested to be made, in the annexed form, to Messrs. Worthington
and Hamilton, Bond-street, Manchester, the Solicitors to the Com-
pany