The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-15 00:00:00

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., In 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester ands ,
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John riric, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com- g
pany '
a.
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of g
London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late lligh Sheriff for ,C:7l
Slants c "
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square (7,
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Ilag,shaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern t 8 r.
. Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and West of Eng- 0
land Junction C
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway 15 7
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street sos
Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston•square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- 0
land Railway a))
Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London,
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
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office
Charles Anstey, Esq., Rugby
The Rev. J. Harvey, Astworth, Nes bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-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 Carshalten, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Ausirian Railway Company
&linnet Swann Drifted!' , 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, aid Chairman of the Direct Western Railway
George Borrett, Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colonel Burstein, North Mints
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
Boning,
11. Esq., LL.D., Gosport
enanenester
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
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, Belgrave-square
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank. Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the :Manchester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
George Dawson, Esq., Norfolk-street, Sheffield
Colonel Geo. Disbrow, Chester-place, London
John Fawcett. Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great
Western Railway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
E. S. Farrow, Esq.. Newbury
W. S. Fitzwilllam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railway
F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
11. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone-square
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq. Turvey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad douse, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West ar.d Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England
H. H. Ilornhy, Esq ' Blackburn
George Calvert Holland, Esq., Sheffield
John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Ilteldon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way Company
James Horne, 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., Ashfleld House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick llewltt, Esq. Clapham, Surrey
William .Taeomb, Esq.:Huddersfield, Director of the East and Watt
of England
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales
John Krill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction railway
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street
.John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
monet Railway
James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock
Company
G. 11. Leekie, Esq., Richmond
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford
John Matteson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Malin., Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffinelshire Railway
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centro Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
R. F. Mullet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Colcford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leedi, late Mayor of
Norwich
William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
William Nicholson, 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, Esq., `of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
B. Price, Esq., Rugby
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Philips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Ral,way
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Rickett, Esq.
George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
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, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companie.
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
W. Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Charles B. Tripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park
Thomas Farley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Mallon
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq , Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond R ilway
B. 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 Waveney
Valley Railway
George Young, Esq., Denmark-hill, Surrey
(With power to add to their number).
BANNERS—Messrs. Masterman and Co., London.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster
Brackstone Baker, Esq.
SoLiclTOß—John /Sethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.
That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between
the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is
now fully admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be
adopted.
The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di-
rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen-
diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Men-
Chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be
conetrated Wins =l7 73, izitioul of 170 td 180 mike.