The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-28 00:00:00

REMINGTON'S LINE.
JONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT
.411 INDEPENDENT RAILWAY, with a BRANCH through the
STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES to CREWE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices of the Company, 29, Moorgate-street, London; High-street
Bedford ; and St. Ann's-square, Manchester.
Capital, 5,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit, 21. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
Ainsworth, David, Esq., Manchester
Armitage, Mr. Alderman Elkanah, Manchester
Arnold, Henry and Son, Utioxeter
Bakerlind Eastwbeid; Cheapside, London
Barnard, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford
Barnett, William, Esq., Macclesfield
Bauer, Abraham, Esq., King William-street, London
Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Boulton, H. D. Esq., Putnoe-house, Bedfordshire
Brooks, Mr. Alderman John, Manchester
Brown, T., Esq., agent to the Right Hon. Earl de Grey
Browne, Joseph, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
Browne, Thomas, Esq., Warkworth, Northumberland
Browne, W. K., Esq., Goldington House, Bedford
Bullock, Thomas, Esq., Macclesfield
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Chadwick, Edwin, Esq., Stanhope-street, Hyde Park, Secretary to
the Poor-law Commission
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield
Chambers, William, Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshire
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Crawley, Samuel, Esq., Stockwood Park, Luton
Croft, Major John T. •Regent-street, London
Dailey, D., Esq.., Wellingborough
Dawson, J. T., Esq., the Woodlands, Clapham, Bedfordshire
Dumelow, Clement, Esq., Bedford
Esdaile, James, Esq , Upper Bedford-place, London
Foster, Morgan N., Esq., Brickhill House, Bedford
Grant, Daniel, Esq., Manchester
Grimshawe, Rev. T. S., M.A., Biddenham Vicarage, Bedford
Grimshawe, Charles 8., Esq., Biddenham Villa
Gutch, John Matthew, Esq., banker, Worcester
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Hamer, S., Esq„ the General Post-office and Southampton-row,
Russell-square
Hare, Sir Jon, Langham-place
Harris, John, Esq., Springfield, Bedford
Hine, Richard, Esq., Macclesfield
Howard, John, Esq., Britannia Foundry, Bedford
Holford, John, Esq., Manchester
Hyne, Charles Wright, Esq., Bedford
Humphery, John, Esq., M.P., Alderman of London
Hurst, George, Esq., Bedford
Hutchinson, Lieut.:Colonel B. E., F.R.S., Director of the College of
Civil Engineers
Jespar, Samuel, Esq., Macclesfield
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, London
Johnson, Richard, jun., Esq., Moorgate, London
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Alton Vicarage, near Cheadle
Kay, John Cunliffe, Esq., Fairfield Hall, near Skipton, Yorkshire
Kilpin and Son, Bedford
Langley, H., Esq., Rakeway House, near Cheadle
Lee, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission
Lister, S. C., Esq., Manningham Hall, near Bradford
Midas, George Peter, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's, and
Caldwell Priory, Bedford
Livius, the Rev. H. S., Berkley-square, Bristol •
Mackay, Colonel, Ravensden Grange House, Bedford
Murray, T. L., Esq., 16, George-street, Hanover-square
Morley and Co., Bread-street, London
Norbury, John George, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone, and 9,
Great Cumberland-street, London
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clanville, Manchester
Oldham, David, Esq., Macclesfield
Orlebar, Richard Longuet, Esq., Hinwick House, Wellingborough
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter
Palgrave, Charles Frederick, Esq., Bedford
Palmer, William Fish, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
Pierpont, Matthew, Esq., Director of the Welsh Midland Railway
Pestell, William, Eeq., Bedford
Pilkingten, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttexeter
Potts, William, Esq , Macclesfield
Rathbone, James, Esq., Macclesfield
Rylands, John, Esq., Manchester
Sanders, John, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Scott and Co., Friday-street, London
Small, Nathaniel Wells, Esq , brewer, Bedford
Serrell, Dalton 'Jaskol], Esq., Tokenhonse-yard, London
Sharpe, George Henry, Esq., Bedford
Sherman, Edward, Esq., St. Marthfkle-Grand, London, Director of
the Louvain and Jemeppe Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derb
Skene, G. R., Esq., and C.S., ProprfaOilp f the " Bedford
Mercury," Bedford
Smart, William Lynn, Esq., Linden Hall, Woburn
Smith and Fry, Friday-street, London
Stansfleld, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Suliva,n, Geo. James, Esq., the late High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
Swanwick, -Thomas, Esq., M.D., Macclesfield
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Alderman of Bedford
Tapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford, and the Barns, Fenlake
Thorp, Robert, Esq., Bedford
Walker, John, Esq., Stand, near Manchester, Director of the West
London Railway
Waller, Major James, K.H., St James's-square
Ward, Chas. T. Esq., Luton 1100, Bedfordshire, and Clopton House,
Stratford-on-Avon
Wardle, Henry, Esq., Macclesfield
Warland, Henry, Esq., London and Macclesfield
Whilock, Smith, Esq., Birmingham
Williams, William, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Wright, William, Esq., Macclesfield

ACTING COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMINT.
(With power to add to their number.)
Col. the Hon. Leicester Stanhope, Ashburnham House, London
Lieut.-General Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, Bart., K.C.8., 111 ontague-
street, Portman-square.
Henry Arnold, Esq., TJttozeter
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Jeremiah Clarke, sq., London and Macclesfield
Major John T. Croft, Regent-street, London
James Esdaile, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, London
S. Hamer, Esq., the General Post-office, and Southampton-row,
Russell-square, London
Sir John Hare, Langham-place, London
Richard Hine, Esq., Macclesfield
John Holford, Esq., Manchester
Lieut.-Colonel Hutchinson, 8.E., F.R.S., Director of the College of
Civil Engineers
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, London
Richard Johnson, jun., Esq., Moorgate, London
John Joseph KeeneoEsq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the
National Provincial Bank of Ireland
William King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance
Company
George Peter Livius, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's and Cald-
well Priory, Bedford
Horace W. Meteyard, Esq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place
Capt. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, London
James Reade, Esq., Lower Berkeley-street, London
Major James Waller, K.H., St.. James's-square, London
Henry Wardle, Esq., Macclesfield
ENGINEERS-SIT John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq., C.E.
BANKEW4.
London—Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury ; Messrs. Barnard,
Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill •
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co. ; Manchester and Liver-
Manchester-4 pool District Bank ;
National Provincial Bank of England

Liverpool,
Macclesfield, Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
Hanley
Bedford—Thomas Barnard, Esq. ; Messrs. Trapp and Co.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moorgate-street ;
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Rogers, Esq., Bedford
R. H. Wilson, Esq., Moseley-street; R.B. B. Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-
street, Manchester
SzcanTAßY—Henry Williames Matthews, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Leicester—Messrs. Brown and Palmer, solicitors
Uttoxeter—Witham Arnold, Esq.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—Edward Mortimer Green, Esq.
Macclesfield—Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May, town-clerks
Derby—Henry Mosely, jun., Esq., solicitor and coroner
This Important national undertaking was brought forward in the
autumn of last year, and was suspended from want of sufficient time
to comply with the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament;
but, durlag the period that it existed, a very large number of shares
from influential persons were applied for, and it received eminent
public support. _
It will commence at King's-cross, near the north end of Gray's
Inn-road, and pass round Muswell Hill, through or adjacent to
Friern Barnet, Chipping Barnet, St. Alban's, Luton, Silsoe, Ampt-
hill, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Lei-
cester, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Burton, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Leek, Mac-
clesfield, and Stockport, to Manchester, with a branch from the line
between Cheadle and Uttoxeter, through Steke and the Staffordshire
Potteries to Crewe.
This railway has not been pillaged from the prospectuses of any
other undertaking, nor have the labours of any other person been
appropriated to eke out a fancy scheme. It was originally planned
by Mr. George Remington in 1836, and in 1840 and 1841 this gentle-
man surveyed the ground, and took the sections between London and
Leicester, and personally inspected the Valleys of the Dove, Der-
went, and Churnet, with a view to obtain a great trunk line between
the most important termini in the empire. Manchester, the centre
of the great manufacturing district, comprising the towns of Bury,
Bolton, Rochdale, Ashton, Oldham, Macclesfield, Stockport, &c ,
and a mass of population, exceeding a million, actively engaged in
the pursuits of manufacturing industry, will benefit by every reduc-
tion of distance between itself and the metropolis, and requires a
direct communication, not a route made up of circuitous segments
of various undertakings already overworked, with a patch of new
railway between, but by one continuous railway.
Public opinion, the sentiments of eminent statesmen and engi-
neers, and the wants of the commercial world, have for some time
pointed out the necessity of a direct independent line. The circum-
stance alone of other lines in this direction being now advertised,
which have been announced since this undertaking originated, is a
convincing proof of the feeling so generally entertained.
This is not all. Looking to the map of England, it will be per-
ceived that the nearest route to Edinburgh is through the very centre
of the kingdom, by Manchester; and, from the obstructions of the
Firths of Forth and Tay, Carlisle and Manchester must necessarily
be points in the intercommunication between London and Glasgow,
and the North and North-east of Scotland. Whenever the Northern
railways are complete, a very great passenger traffic, as well as the
goods at present brought by sea to Liverpool from Glasgow, will be
added to the present amount, and the necessity of greater expedition,
certainty, and accommodation, will be felt to be more pressing.
Already, from the vast increase of business, the Midland lines have
obtained an amount of goods and passenger carriage that has reached
the limits of safety.
If, then, from various causes, such
as the continuous increasing
traffic on the old lines—the junction of many new railways projected
and in formation—the approaching completion of the Scottish and
Northern lines—the progression of railway communication in Ireland,
new and immense sources of traffic will be necessarily poured in on
lines indirect and inadequate to general accommodation ; there can
be no objection on public grounds to the construction of a direct line
between London and Manchester. On the contrary, every reason
for its energetic support.
From Leicester to Bedford and London, it will intersect a rich,
populous, and fertile country, at present without railway communi-
cation to London, while northwards of Leicester it will pass through
important mineral and mining districts, and the coal and other natu-
ral productions of Derbyshire and Staffordshire will be immediately
available for the population along the whole line.
From a point in the Tean Valley, near Cheadle, it is intended to
carry a branch railway through the Staffordshire Potteries to Crewe,
by way of Lane-end, Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Newcastle-under-
Lyng, Bussiom, and Tan Stall, so as to term a jtmetion with the Grand