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London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, vii MACCLESFIELD.
.Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. sash.
Deposit, 21. 82s. per Share.
'PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Howe Browne, 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 s$
teeter Ririe. Bart. Alderman of the City of London, DI-
fit tt4o Pisalitsillar and Oriental Steam Packet Com-
nal 2 a's
1120gbee Plu,gbee, Req., Alderman of the City of
Loraling We M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for
Heats
James Henry Aitviood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square 8
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill re
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern '7s' g
Railway ,L6' a
iq
Joseph Brown, Lsq , DLPOSIOT of the Nast and West of Eng-
land Junction 0
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., Ulaper Thames-street 5
Robert
George Probyn, Bryansten-square
Robert Watkins, Esq.. Director of the East and West of Eng- 0E
laid Railway
Josh. Underwood, Esq.. Director of the Commercial Bank of 2:
London
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex
The Hon. Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowides-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton
Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-street, Hyde-park
Sir John Hare, Langham-place
Thomas Yells*, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton. and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centre
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire aid Life Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Ast worth, Net. bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall
James Atty, Esq.. Rugby
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnes Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-plaee, Beigrave-square,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshaltea, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Samuel Swann Brittair, , Esq., Sheffield
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
George Burnand, 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. Boyce, 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 Burslem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport
John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreelt, Manchester
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar
Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. John's-wood
Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Weld. Glou-
c ottershire
W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director Of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
S. J. Capper. Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Manchester
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, 13elgrave-Sqriaro
Edwin Cadman. Esq., 'Sheffield, Director or the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manehestefand Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 83, Endsleigh-street, Tavistoek-square
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Groseenor-street, Grosvenor-square,
Director of the North-Western Railway
George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton
George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield
Robert Dunwoodie, Esq., Manchester
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford
John Adcock 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. Fitzwiiliani, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Eatex and
Suffolk Railway
F. 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, Esq., Montagne-place, Bryanstor.e.square
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgsbaston, near Birmingharn:Y
Director of the East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford,-
shire Railways
Joseph Ilopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East 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 ef England

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
Frederiek. Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. H. Iligson, Esq., Manchester
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director
,of the L-teds and Carlisle Railway
William J acomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and Wsst
Or England
George Jones, Esq., Itedland, Bristol
Y. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the. North
Wale
Jonn Knill, Esq., Tlnuites-etievt, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles KeLeon, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
M. R. Kym(r, Esq., Hastings, Sussex
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledger!. Esq., Wood-street
John 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. H. Leckie, Esq.. Richmond
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring,
Reading, and Basinstoke Railway
Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford
John Matteson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Haling, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London. Dircotor of the
South Staffordshire Railway
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
R. V. Mashet, Esq., Birchiu-lane, an l Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
John Macfarlane. Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
Cl. 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., Dudley
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
William Simpson Potter, iEsq., :of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
Priaula, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,

Southampton
Stephea Phillips, ran., Director of the Whitehaveu and Furne.

Railway
Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
Edwin Preston, Esq., Manchester
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car.

lisle RaiMay
Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol
George ROUgSMORt, 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, Maids Hill
Hartley Sager, Hall Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers. Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Bristol, Director_ way of
c_ompthe_aniresistol and
Christopher Shapland, Esq.,
r ail
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall /
W. Senhouse, Esq., Daventry
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
W. Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Byde Park
E. Shawcross, Esq., Manchester
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for LyMillgtOD, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. H. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester
W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-Street Redford-row, Director of the
London and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Aven
J. Tinker, Esq., Manchester
Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Eeq , Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond R:ilway
B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay'
John Ward, Eeq., Machin Rank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Fire and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmore, Eeq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman Of the North
Kent Railway
Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveaey
Valley Railway
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
W• F. wennington, Esq., Walsall
Major White, 105, rail-mall
Smith Willock, Esq. Birmingham
n• Wills. Esq., Bristol
A. 11. Wylie, Esq.. Liverpool
nANat_nower to add to their number.)
..essrs.Masterman and CO., London.
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
me,ms. J. ±GTING ENGINEERS.
and Birch, Westminster
lirackstone Baker,Req.
RoLletTos—John Bothell, Esq„ 78. Ding William-street, London.
That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between
the metropolis arid the manufacturing districts arounth (
leabfeeatticlhiietestteer,bies
now fully admitteAl, and the question is,
adopted. which is
The above proposed railway will form the shortest and
Manchester, and will therefore cmo
reet route from London to Ma
the direct communication with the. metropolis
t at a much less emxlPeente
ost di-
d tore or capital than by either
rprojected London and Man:
clleAter lines (Remington's and Ashurse )t,ottliee actual distance to b. e
co.tstrunted being only 7s, instead of 170'
A. careful preliminary survey has determined t mil"(
ralltvay to adopt nearly a straightline from Rugby the
t promoters of this
an increased expenditure of 200,000 f. or o Macclesfield, s
the present perfected stabs of civil engineering, judicially
applied
in
of the execution of earth works, will ring, and atthe reduced cost
, prove in the end a far greater
real economy, both to. vi
the Company itself in the se
the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance,
elected in
to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the
same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from
Manchester. London to

These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
other parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby
to Macclesfield, but who, 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 London andßrighton
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more
difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been
adopted by Parliament in preference to the manycompeting projects,
In a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported
in the House by very influential parties.
Mhould It be found necessary, arrangements have been made by
which additional lines of ails will bo laid between Rugby and Lon-
don on the London and Rtrriningham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for.
This line also possesses the singular advantage of &Staling the
uoilt ro port direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
roktiniciatb, 4 r•Ature painted 07 no Other proposed I