The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

Offices of the CompatiE, 33, Gresham:street.

The Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway is a direct line from
London to Manchester, coming from London to Rugby, along the
London and Birmingham line, and proceeding from Rugby to Hinck-
ley through Market-Bosworth and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, to Derby,
thence to Ashbourne, by Leek to Macclesfield, and along the 3die.
clesfleld and Stockport, and Stockport and Manchester Railways, into
Mar. shester.
A branch to Buxton is in contemplation.
The principle of this railway is to obtain a direct through line be-
tween some of the most important districts in the kingdom with the
least possible amount of new railway, and, consequently, the smallest
expenditure of capital.
It will also establish the shortest direct communication between
Derby and London, Sheffield and London, and between all the towns
on the North Midland Railway and London.
The Manchester, Derby, and Rugby Railway, will open a direct
communication between Manchester and Derby, and will consider-
ably shorten the distance between Manchester and Nottingham and
Manchester and Leicester.
The line from Derby to Rugby will establish the direct communi-
cation from that town to London, which has been so long considered
desirable by the inhabitants.'
The same will apply to Sheffield, when the Sheffield and Chester-
field branch of the North Midland Railway is made.
The Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway, in connexion with
the Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport Rail-
way, forms a direct Manchester and Southampton line.
THE GREAT ADVANTAGES
Of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway, over the other pro-
jects into Manchester, among others, are—
First. That there are only seventy-flue miles of railway to he made
in place of one hundred and eighty-nine.
Second. '1 hat it is a more direct line from London to Manchester
than even the proposed direct lines.
Third. That it interferes with no existing railway property or
vested interests.
Fourth. That it passes through a District rich in manufactures,
agriculture, andanitierals, but which—more especially
as regards its
p
agricultural produce, and a convenient system
ro duce, to supply the of intercommunica-
tion for the conveyance of that agricultural
large manufacturing towns in the vicinity—has been hitherto left to-
tally without railway communication.
Fifth. That it passes through the towns in its route, instead of
avoiding them.
Sixth. That the whole line of railway from Rugby to Manchester
will be completed and in working order within ten months from the
passing of the Act of Parliament.
fievtintli. That the Maps, Plans, estimates, and other documents
required
Steriding orders of Parliament will be lodged with the
parish clerks, the clerks of tile peace for the counties, and the
Parliamentary offices, on the 10th of November next, being twenty
dayl
the &Both-Writ of shares s within the time required by the regulations of Parliament.
a preference will be given, to the ex
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tent of 10,000 shares, to the h
eiders of stock Li the London and Bir-
mingham Railway ; also, of 2,000 shares to the shareholders in the
Oxford, Southampton, arid Gosport Railway Company ; of 1,000
shares to the Oxtord and Rugby Railway Company ; and 2,000
shares to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company.
RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHESTER
RAILWAY.
N6tice is hereby given, that the last day for receiving applioations
was Friday the 19th, and in consaMenee of the great number re-
=OHO far ezeeedleg that to
allotted, no otherspossibly be
be can
noeiTrett.