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

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, vu 'MACCLESFIELD.
_Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,000/., in 85,000 Shares of SOL Etch.
Deposit, 21. 2s. 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, Ext., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Joim Zirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
victor of t);ta Pealualgar and Oriental Steam Packet Com-
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NIEMi bes Hughes, Req. Alderman of the City of
IsendaMAgna ALP. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for
Ilaiito
James Henry Aftviood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Comhill
Sohn Itagelitaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq.. Director of the Bast and West of Eng-
land Junction
William Chadwick, Zags Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., Il`pper Thames-street
Rapt. George Probyn, Bryaneten-square
obert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
laid Railway
Josh. Underwood, Esq.. Director of the Commercial Bank of
London
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex
The Hon. Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-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., We,stbourne-street, Hyde-park
Sir John Hare, Langham-place
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oaf, rd, 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 Ashworth, No bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall
James Atty, Esq., Rugby
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnea Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Joseph Browue, Esq.' Bedford
Captain Barney, R.Ns Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalton, 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. Noyes, 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 Bursiem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport
John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreeve, 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 Boman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glou-
cestershire
W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lano
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, Belgrave-Square
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James CM, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 53, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-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 Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Capt. Farrington, RA., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
Z. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex 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
11. P. Gipps, Ewe, Moutague-place, Bryanstone -square
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Eigsbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Eaat and West of
England
W. H. Homby, 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 of England Rail-
way Company
W. Hayley, 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
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. 11. lligson, Esq., Manchester
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director
of the Lseds and Carlisle Railway
William J acomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England
George Jones, Esq., Rediand, Bristol
V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales
John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles Keleon, Esq. Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Esq.,
. William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
M. R. Kyrner, Esq., Hastings, Sussex
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
William Leehmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledger I, Esq., Wood-street
John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford
Joseph Liggins, Eeq., 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 Basnstoke Railway
Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Malins, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire Railway
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., ton-hlll, Leamington
R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
John Macfarlane. Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
G. 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 Peliatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
William Simpson Potter, Esq., "of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
reeter of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
James Paxton. Esq., Rugby
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priauls, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaveu and Furness
Railway
Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
Edwin Preston, Eel., Manchester
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railstay .
Richard Ricketts, Egg., Bristol
George ROngenlOnt, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton
Thomas Robinson, Eaq. Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital
David Roxburgh, Esq., 'Bloomfleld-road, Maids Hill
Hartlay Seger, Hall Grove, Comm, 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
Christopher Shapland, EX!. Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
W. Senhouse, Esq., Daventry
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
W. Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
E. Shawcross, Esq., Manchester
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. 11. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester
W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
J. Tinker, Esq., Manchester
Charles B. Flipp, 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, Esq., Beaufort house, Strand, Direetor of
the Richmond Rillway
R. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Fire and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North
Kent Railway
Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Wei-my
Valley Railway
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
W F• Kennington, Esq., Walsall
Major White, Ma Pall-mall
Smith Willoek, E'
W. D. Wills,
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LICIT'S—John Bethel, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.
That another and a more direct
s .41ine of railway the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester is
adopted. the question is, WI
The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di-
rect. route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete
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the direct commualcation with ns metropolis at a much l
exprojected London and Men.
diture of capital than by either of theess
Chester lines (Reminiton's and A h
eonstrosted being only 73, insesseso 170 to 1110 miles.urses), the actual distan an-
f ce to be
A careful preliminary survey has determined
railway to adopt nearly a straightune the promoters of this
an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 350,0001.
Rugby to macclestleid, s
the prossent perfected state of civil engineering,'oool. judicially applied in
of the execution of earth works, will prov
ehrtsi at the reduced cost
real economy, both to the Company Itself in thehe
end
a far
greater
the annual expense of working, and also, what is
saving effected in
of more
to the country in general, by accomplishing, at amportance,
much less cost, the
same end proposed by an entire and distinct
line from London to
Manchester.
These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
other parties who have also proposed to make a rail way 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 Pe rli am e n ta ry decision on the choice of the London and Brighton
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more
difficulties to overcomesafid 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.
fhould It No found necessary, arrangements have been Made by
which additional lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon-
don on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for.
This line also possesses the singular advantage of aftbrding the
Aorta* sag
_post direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
Gosport,Rirtandilth, sti testate presented by no other proposed

railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great
Weitern as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp-
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to
Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other rout e
and on this account the project has been warmly supported by th
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company.
The deviations from a perfectly straight line be ween Rugby and
Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or
valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no
engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly
interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market
Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek.
The Company has made arrangements with the North Londo
Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use.)
station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of Londmi,
at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost

-g importance to this line.
Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public
g mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded
El that a line that will attain such important results at so small an
outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and
without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet
". with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent
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investment for capital
o The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and
Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of
ti the shares.

The deeds will provide that ro call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent.

Interest on all Calls.

Application for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Office, 78, King William-street, City,
London, and the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton,
G, Wile,. and Su:ton, 22, Korth-side Royal Exchange, London, and
George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, 51,
King-street, Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings,
Liverpool; Messrs. Wellbeloved an 1 Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Ed-
wards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. B. Lane, Esq.,
Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Ker-
shaw, Esq., Huddersfield; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co.,
Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; and Joseph Clark, Esq.,
Southampton.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway Company, via Macclesfield.
I request that you will allot to me of 201. each in
the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same,
or any less number and will pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.

Dated the

day of 1845
Name
Address . • • . • • • • • • • •
Profession .• • • • • • • • •
Reference • • • • . • • • • •

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi-
neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and
have sitisfled the Committee that the country is perfectly practi-
cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to
state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute
the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus
putting the matter of time andmoney beyond a doubt.
REMINGTON'S LINE.
THE LONDON AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY.
Tile COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB-
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for
the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below:—
Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September
instant.
Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, tho 26th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of
September instant.
Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September
instant.
Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of
September instant.
Bedford—At the Company's Office in the 1112;h-street, on Thursday,
the 2d day of October next.
Uttoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli-
citor, en Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant.
Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So-
licitor; on Thursday, the 25th day of September instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
day, the 27th day of September instant.
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 29th day of September instant.
Macclesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May,
Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and
Wednesday, the Ist day of October next.
Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday,
the 23d day of September Instant.
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Hull—At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September
instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc-
tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October
next. By order,
H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.