The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-11 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COI,IMITTEE.

Lord Stephen Chichester, Ormead, Antrim, Ireland, and St. Alban's-
place, llegent's-park
The lion. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Mancht:ter andl
Birmingham Continuation liailway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park, Director
of the 3la nchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Masternian, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir Joint rifle, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Director
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London,
late M.P. for Oxford, and late high Sheriff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square'
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern

Rail way
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England

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Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq.; Director of the Commercial Bank of

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London,
B. W. Aplin, Esq., solicitor, of Banbury
Barnes Aut tin, Esq., brewer, of Banbury
Henry Breadwood, Esq., M.P., Whitehall
The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport
H. C. Burney, LL.D.. Gosport, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby Direct Railway
Lsuis Buckland, Esq , Avenue-road, Regent's Park
George Bovill, Esq., Millwall, Poplar
John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks
l. Berman, Esq., Donnington
James Brand, Esq., Tulse-bill
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
IV. Bevan, Esq.. 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
John Bloor, Esq., Tetbury, Director of the Derby, Gainshorough,
and Great Grimsby Junction, and ()tiler Railways •
Wm. Edward Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury
Samuel Swann Brittaiii, Esq., Sheffield
Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P., Whitehall
Josiah Brunt, Esq., Leek "
William Edward Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Blanbury
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western

Railway -
Thomas Chadwick, Esq, Bedford-lodge, Harlington
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
E. Chapman, Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway
J. Chapman, Esq., Leadenhal:-street, Director of the Devon and

Ccrnwall Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavlstock-squan, Direc-
tor of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester al:d
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Naylor Clayton, Esq., Kippax, near Pomfret, Yorkshire
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director et the Worcester and South Wales

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Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., M.D., Gainsborough
J. 1). Cooper, jun., Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Directorofthe Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction, mid the Nottingham, Bir-
mingham and County Junction
James Constantine, Esq., Manchester
P. W. Courtenay, Esq., Temple
Francis Critcblon, Esq., of Mayfield, Stafford
J. A. Dixon, Esq.. Barnley.

William Dredge;sq., Newbury
John Davenport, Esq., Westwood Hall. near Leek
James D. De Vitre, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
Samuel Davies, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Yeovil and
Dorchester, Exeter and Exmouth, and the Taw Vale Railways
Geo. Dunsons, Esq., near Sheffield
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
J. B. East, 99, Eaton-square, Pimlico
Air James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Edmund Alderson Fawcett, Esq., 1, lluggin-lane, Wood-street, and

of Derby
James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight Abbey, near Manchester
J. P. Firnestone, Esq.
H. V. Finiestone, Esq., Lass ironworks, Stourbridge
Colonel Fitch, Managing Director of the York and Lancashire
Frederick Solly Floor, Esq., St . John's-lodge, Alpha-road, Regent's-

Manchester-square, Director of the
parkTulloc
William h Fraser, -
Esq.,
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West of England, and Birmingham and

South Staffordshire Railways
William Halliday, Esq., merchant, Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director
of the Lichfield and Birmingham Railway
John Smith Hamp, Esq., near Burton
John Hamp, Esq , Calton Farm, near Burton
William Harrington, Esq., Woodvale House, West owes
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton

Railway
Trophimus Hodges, Esq., 65, Connaught-terrace, yde• park, Direc-
tor of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
James Home, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon-

don Railway Company
John Hen-Meg, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
John Madland, Esq., Banbury
J. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Great 3lanchester Railway
John Newington Hughes, Esq., Winchester.
John Humphrey, Esq., 31. P., Alderman of the City of London
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Jerdine, Esq., Piccadilly
Henry Judson, Esq., Richmond villa
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South

Wales Railway
W. Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaiie-place, Director of the Richmond Railway
Thomas Kidley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Great Western

Railway Company
John Kinlock, Esq., 21, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-gardens, Director
of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway, and the Great Britain Life
Assurance Company
Sir Gregory A. Lewin, 32, Upper Harley-street •
Captain J. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
J. D. Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Richmond

Railway
Captain J. P.Macdougal, late of Bengal Staff
Sir Wm. Magnay, Bart., Alderman of LOndon
William Morley, Esq., Blackhead-park, Deputy Chairman of the
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Robert Mutrie, Esq., merchant, 93, Watling-street,
John Matteson, Esq., Wimbledon, Surrey
G. Miller, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
N. M‘Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-Street, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
Wm. Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
James Ogden, Efe1.;31.:D.,-Salford, Director of the Chester ona Man-
chester Direct Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Uussell;square, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Apslcy Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway
Perks, solicitor, Burton-on-Trent
W. S. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Es::ex
W, S. Pother, Esq., Gresham Club
Frederick Ramsdell, Esq., Seymore House, Manchester, Director
of the Birkenhea I and Holyhead Junction Railway
W. H. Richardson, Esq., Chapel, Southampton
Captain Louis Augustus Robinson, Rolleson-villa, near Burton
Geo. Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq., Laura-place, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway, and the Keighley, Huddersfield and
Halifax Junction Railway
Major Charles F. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Direc-
3utojorrocf
hthaerlie,,sasTt. asnedlwW4,stotoftEhengilwan3dral Engineers,Jtinetion
of the East and West of England Railway
11. It. Seymour, Esq., 19, Montagu-place
Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon and Cornwall Railway Director
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Exeter,
Sydney, Esq., Alderman of the city of London
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Imo
Railway
The 11ev. John Sneyd, Ilasford Hall. near Leek
John Squire, Esq., Leek
Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pany, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., Hooton• hall, Cheshire
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Thomas Tomlinson, of Bradley Pastures, near Ashborne
Caleb Trotter, Esq., College-green, Gloucester
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorstin Hall, Mallon
John Vaughan, 26, Austin-friars
Rev. Richard Ward, Calton, near Leeds
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wands,‘ orth, Surrey, Distiller
William Walker, Esq., Lea Wood Mattock, Derbyshire
S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest Bill, near Worksop
C. D. W, Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Manchester"aY
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James Atkinson West, Esq., -Western-lodge, Durham, Director of
the Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railway
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort-house, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
W..lAVillVats,
Wilkinson,
nEsq
and Rugby Direct Railway
Andrew Jukes Worthington, Esq., Leek..
Esq.,baiik eDr,ir4e,c\t ‘oriraotefhTue, EDreirweasetoli rVoafltlehye
Edward Woolmer, Esq., Mayor of Exeter
(With power to add to their number).

RANIER&
Messrs. Masterman and Co., London
The Union Bank, Mantheoter
Somerran—John Rethell, Bsq., 78, King Wllliam-street, London.

CONSULTING ENGINEUR.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rica and Thomas Hopkins, M.1.C.E.;
and John Belcher, Esq.

SECRETARY.

This Company is formed for making a railway from Liverpool to
Derby, and will, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby
Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest
route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and
proceed along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to within a
short distane,e of the Whiston inclined Plane, and thence branch off,
Midlands alLidivoetrrerriailwa and Derby, and will
chain
in a south-easterly direction, through Warrington, Knutsford, and
Congleton to Leek (there joining the Manchester and Rugby Rail-
way), and from thence through 'Ashbourne to Derby. The whole
length of the proposed line will be about sixty-91x. miles: It will be
seen by reference to the Map that this important line of railway will
form the shortest route from:Liverpool to London, and effect a direct
.) open an unin-
terrupted route to the more eastern counties, and afford a complete
midland communication between the eastern and western parts of
the kingdom and the important intermediate manufacturing districts.
thence,
by communication
means The most important feature in this railway is that it forms the
o f
the
shortest road from Liverpool to iondon. The distance by it, with the .
Manchester and Rugby, and London and Birmingham, will be only
188 miles, whereas by the present route it is 210 miles, and by the
Trent Valley Railway 200'% miles ; effecting a saving of 22 miles in
one instance, and 12miles in the other.
%
And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between
Liverpool and Derby will be reduced by this line to about 74 miles,
thus decreasing the distance by any present existing railway, at least
46 miles ; an advantve which carries in itself the conviction of the
necessity there is for the proposed railway, 1n order to connect more
immediately two such Important towns, espoei,.„_
any when these towns
are but the foci, as it were, for other railways from still more distant
localities, as before adverted to.
The distance also from Manchester to Leek (where the proposed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway)
will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 26% miles,
making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby only 56%
miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi-
cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object
most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite eufficient to recom-
mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results.
But great as these results most certainly will be,
they are far out-
weighed by the very important consideration that, in conjunction
with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, it will also be the
most direct route from Liverpool to London.
The distance from Liverpool to Leek (the proposed point of junc-
tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles;
from Leek to RugbY, according to the line as proposed by the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London 83 miles ; thus Making the whole distance frem Liverpool to
London 188% miles, instead of 210, by the present route.
With regard to the traffic and other details connected with the
working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great
importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication
with each other, in order to convince the ihindsof all that the source
of revenue thus derived will boe Immense.
There are no eligineeringdillultles connected with the Conning of
the line.
The deeds will provide that no 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 alicallS• - .
Applications for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may
be made to the Secretary, at the offices, 28, Moorgate-street,
at Mr. Bethel's Offices, '7B, king William street, City, London;:
and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester, and the following Share-
: brokers:—Messrs. F. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North
Side, Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ;
Messrs. Balc:ay, AllseP, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Mac-
kenzie and Lawrence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese,
, 51, King-street, Manchester; Messrs. Marshall, Town-hall-baildings,
i Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds; Messrs. Edwards and Son,.
' and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol; J. R. Lane, Esq., Bin,rnoingl2%.:
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Kershaw,
Brothers,
-.:.
es and
derslield ; F. C. Spencer, Esei., Halifax; Messrs. Hall,l B
R. P. Lemon,
heltenham;
c0.,1 Seery Beaumont and Co., Exeter