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London, England, 1845-07-26 00:00:00

Civil Engineers
Jespar, Samuel, Esq., Macclesfield
Johnson, D. T.. Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, Loudon
Johnson, Richard, jun., Esq., Moorgate, London
Jones, the Rev. J. P., lion Vicarage, near Cheadle
Kay, John Cunliffe, Esq., Fairfield Hall, near Skipton. Yorkshire
Kilpin and Son, Bedford
Langley, H., Esq., Rakeway House, near Cheadle
Lee, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission
Lister, S. C., Esq., Manningham Hall, near Bradford
Livius, George Peter, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert'a, and
Caldwell Priory, Bedford
Livius, the Rev. H. S., Berkley-square, Bristol
Mackay, Colonel, Ravensden Grange House, Bedford
Murray, T. L., Esq., IG, George-street, Hanover-square
Morley and Co., Bread-street, London
Norbury, John George, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone, and 9,

Greed' Cumberland-street, London
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clanville, Manchester
Oldham, David, Esq., Macclesfield
Orlebar, Richard Longuet, Esq., Hinwick House, Wellingborough
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter
Palgrave, Charles Frederick, Esq., Bedford
Palmer, William Fish, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
Pierpont, Matthew, Esq., Director of the Welsh Midland Railway
Pestell, William, Esq., Bedford
Pilkingten, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttexeter
Potts, William, Esq., Macclesfield
Rathbone, James, Esq., Macclesfield
Rylands; John, Esq., Manchester
Sanders, John, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Scott and Co., Friday-street, London
Small, Nathaniel Wells, Esq , brewer, Bedford
Serrell, Dalton Haskoll, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard, London
Sharpe, George Henry, Esq., Bedford
Sherman; Edward, Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand, London, Director of
the Louvain and Jemeppe Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire
Skene, G. R., Esq., F.R.M. and C.S., Proprietor Of the " Bedford
Mercury," Bcdtbrd
Smart, William Lynn, Esq., Linden Hall, Woburn
Smith and Fry, Friday-street, London
Stansfield, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Sulivan, Geo. James, Esq., the late Higlf Sheriff of Bedfordshire
Swanwlck, Thomas, Esq., M.D., Macclesfield
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Alderman of Bedford
Trapp, Thomas, Esq., anker, Bedford, and the Barns, Fenlake
Thorp, Robert, Esq., Bedford
Walker, John, Esq., Stand, near Manchester, Director of the West
London Railway
Ward, Chas.Walier'MajorT James,Luton
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Stratford-on-Avon and Cloptcai House,
Wardle, Henry, Esq., Macclesfield
Warland, Henry, Esq., London and Macclesfield
Whilock, Smith, Esq., Birmingham
Williams, William, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
Wright, William, Esq., Macclesfield

ACTING COMMITTEE OF MANAGICINIINT%
(With power to add to their number.)
Col. the lien. Leicester Stanhope,'Ashburpham House, London.
Lieut.-General Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, Bart., K.C.8., Montague-
street, Portman-square.
Henry Arnold, Esq., Uttoxeter
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., London and MaccleSfield
Major John T. Croft, Regent-street, London
James Esdaile, Esq., Upper Redford-place, London
S. Hamer, Esq., the General Post-office, and Southampton-row,
Russell-square, London
Sir John Hare, Longhorn-place, London
Richard Hine, Esq., Macclesfield
John Holford, Esq., Manchester
Lieut.-Colonel Hutchinson, 8.E., F.R.S., Director Of the College of
Civil Engineers
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Alderman-churchyard, London
Richard Johnson, jun., Esq., Moorgate, London
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the
National Provincial Bank of Ireland
William King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance
Company
George Peter Livius, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's and Cald-
well Priory, Bedford
Horace W. Meteyard, Esq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place
Capt. Douglas Kinnaird Pultency, Parliament-street, London
James Reade, Esq., Lower lierkeley-street, London
Major James Waller, K.IL, St. James's-square, London
Henry Wardle, Esq., Macclesfield
ENGINEESS—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq., C.E.

Dimsdale, apsacmts.
London—Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury ; Messrs. Barnard,
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co. ; Manchester and Liver-
and Co., Cornhill
Manchester-1 pool District Bank
National Provincial Bank of England
Liverpool,
Macclesfield, Manchester and Liyerpool District Bank
Hanley
Bedford—Thomas Barnard, Esq. ; Messrs. Trapp and Co.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Meergate-street
W.iTlollisinuooßwoegnotss,
,EEsqsq.,.,tetlourgate-street, London
B. 11. Wilson, Esq.,
street, Manchester
Moseley-street; RAI. B. Cobbett, Esq., Marsden.
SECRETARY—Henry WilliaMeS Matthews, En.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Leicester—Messrs. Brown and Palmer, solicitors
Uttoxeter—William Arnold, Esq.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—Edward Mortimer Green, Esq.
Macclesfield—Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May, town-ekrkeS
Derby—Henry Mosely, jun., Esq., solicitor and coroner
This important national undertaking was• brought forward in the
autumn of last year, and was suspended from want of suMelent time
to comply with the standing orders of the Houses
of
Parliament u;
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Burton, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Leek. Mac-
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Manchester, with a branch from the line
It will commence at King's-cross, near the north end of Gray's
cloakiillijut:thtto.axeter, through,Steke and the Staffordshire
Inn-road, and pass round Muswell Hill, through or adjacent to
Friern Barnet, Chipping Barnet, St. Alban' Luton, Silsoe, Ampt-
hill, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, market Horhorougu.
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scheme. prospectuses of any
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Leicester, and personally inspected the Valleys of the Dove, Der-
went, and Churnet, with a view to obtain a great trunk line between
the most important termini is the empire. Manchester, the centre
of the great manufacturing district, comprising the towns of Bury,
Bolton, Rochdale, Ashton, Oldham, Macclesfield, Stockport, &c ,
theand
pursuitsamass
of tu
direct communication, not a route made up of circuitous segments
of various undertakings already overworked, with a patch of new
railway
between, but by one continuous railway.
Public opinion, the sentiments of eminent states
population,sot fso tuti exceeding.uiudu str y
, a
will benefit by every reduc-
tion million, actively engaged it
tion of distance between itself and the metropolis, and requires a
men and engi-
neers, and the wants of the commercial world, have for some time
pointed out the necessity of a direct independent line. The circum-
stance alone of other lines in this direction being now advertised,
which have been announced si nee this undertaking originated, is .a
convincing proof of the feeling so generally entertained.
This is not all. Looking to the map of England, it will be per-
ceived that the nearest route to Edinburgh is through the very centre
of the kingdom, by Manchester; and, from the obstructions of the
Firths of Forth and Tay, Carlisle and Manchester must necessarily
be points in the intercommunication between London and Glasgow,
and the North and Northeast of Scotland. Whenever the Northern
railways are complete, a very great Passenger traffic, as well as the
goods at present brought by sea to Liverpool from Glasgow, will be
added to the present amount, and the necessity of greater expedition,
certainty, and accommodation, will be felt to be more pressing.
Already, from the vast increase of business, the Midland lines have
obtained an amount of goods and passenger carriage that has reached
the limits of safety.
If, then, from various causes, such as the continuous increasing
junction
traffic on the old lines—tile many new railways projected
and in formation—the approaching o f
ling completion of the Scottish and
Northern lines—the progression of railway communication in Ireland,
new and immense sources of traffic will be necessarily poured in on
lines indirect and inadequate to general accommodation ; there con
be no objection on public grounds to the construction of a direct line
between London and Manchester. On the contrary, every reason
for its energetic support.
From Leicester to Bedford and London, it will intersect a rich,
populous, and fertile country, at present without railway communi-
cation to London, while northwards of Leicester it will pass through
important nune
• ral and mining districts, and the coal and other natu-
ral productions of-Derbyshire and Staffordshire will be immediately
available for the population along the whole line.
From a point in the Teals Valley, near Cheadle, it is intended to
carry a branch railway through the Staffordshire Potteries to Crewe,
by way of Lane-end, Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Newcastle-under-
Lyne, Burslem, and Tonga% SO ea to form a junction
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