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

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIR
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
IProvisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1 700 000/ , in 85,000 Shares of 201. sash.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share-
PROVISIONAL CO3LICITTER.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
Park-lane, Hyde Park
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John Attwood, Esq., M.P.,
Nichols-lane, Lombard-street, banker
John Wasterman, Esq., N
sir jot, rule Bart., Amerman of the City of London, Di- CD
Pgpiseruar and Oriental Steam racket Com- d'
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. AV; gig uss Eughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of 1:"
LoalsoA, lee ni.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for V
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James Homy Altetood. Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
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George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Comhill
Dolan Basianaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern '4„.
Railway
JOseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- '
land Junction
William Chadwick, req., Chairman of the Richmond Railway te,
William Henry Forman, Esq., ilt..per Thames-street
apt. George Probyn, Bryanstonssquare
Robert Watkins, Esq.. Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Josh. Underwood. Esq" Director of the Commercial Bank of
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London A
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex
The Hon. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Bie Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndee-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., Westbourne-street, Hyde-park .
Sir John Hare, Langham-place
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London —7"..
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis. Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centro
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Ashworth, Nev bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq. Birmingham
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W. C. Alston, Esq., inden Hall
James Atty, Esq., Rugby
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnea Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-Square,
Director of the Italian and Allatrian Railway Company
Joseph Browne, Esq., Redford
Captain Barney, R.N., Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-Street and Carshaltiet. Stirrer,
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. Boyer, 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 Burslem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq.' Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
B. Barney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport
John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreele, 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-lima
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaidevlace, 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., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
Colonel George Diebrowe, 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, sq., Manchester
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Ifailway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes. Isle of Wight
Z. S. Farrow Esq., Newbury
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Eaci., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railway
P. 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
H. P. GIPPs, Esq., 3lontague-place, Bryanstone -Ware
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham
Director of the East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford.
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England
W. H. Hornby, 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 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., Ashileld House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
William Jaeomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England
George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol
V. Clarke ICemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park
J. Kinioeh, Esq.. Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales
John Kr", 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
M. R. Kymer, Esq., Hastings, Sussex
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-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq. Crescent, Salford
Joseph Liggins, Lg., 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 Basinstoke Railway
Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Meander, Esq., Ashford
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Malin,. 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. Wolverton-hill, 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 Nub, 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 Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq.,' Manchester
William Simpson Potter, iiEsq., :of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
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
Railway
Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
Edwin Preston, Esq., Manchester
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol
George Rougemunt,Chester-terrace, Esq., 9, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton
Thomas Robinson, Esq.' Charles-street, Middlesex HOspital
'David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maida Hill
Hartley Sager, Hall Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
Charles Sloeoek, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slooock, Esq., Newbury
Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
W. Senhonse, Esq., Daventry
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
W. Shairp, Esq., ussex-gardens, Hyde Park
E. Shawcross' Esq., Manchester
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lyralngton, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. H. 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-Aeon
J. Tinker, Esq., Manchester
Charles B. Frlpp, Esq., Bristol, Director Of the Jersey Railway
J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park
Thomas Valley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
B. U. 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 Woodhain, Esq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the YarmoUth and Waveaey
Talley Railway
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall
Major White, 105, Pall-mall
Smith Willock, Esq., Birmingham
W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol
11 Wylie, Esq., Liverpool
(With power to add to their number.)
BAntima—Measrs. 3fasterman and CO., London.
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. .7. B. and E. Birch, Westminster
Braekstone Raker, Egg ROLICITOR—John Bethel,•
That another and a more q King William-street, London.
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 beet line to be
adopted.
The abSie proposed railway will form the shortest and most di-
rect route from London to Manchester,
the
direct communication with lila nieft!opanoidiswiatilatilineurechr°Tleese°B emxpi
itehcted London and Man-
)l.ente.
diture of capital than by either of the
actualii distance to be
cheater lines (Remington's and Aslitirst
ionstrunted being only 73, instead of 170 to 15e0
°more of this
A careful sfreliminary survey has determined ru
railway to adopt nearly a straight lino from Rub
an increased expenditure of 200,000/. or 360,0001 Tutdlcikitaaccily
the presontperfected state of civil engineeringhrtdheat the redspoke, e
uced co appliec
st
encl a far greater
of the execution of earth works, will prove
real economy, both to the Company itself in the
the annual expense of working, and also, what is of smavoing effected
in
to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a mucftelimP°rtanee'
teas cost, the
same end proposed by an entire and distinct llue from London to
Manchester.
These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
other parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugbyy
is Ifacciestield, 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 Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more
difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been
adopted by Parliament in preference to the manycompating projects,
in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported
in the House by very influential parties

should it he 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
tzsultle northward. will be abundantly provided for.
This line also possesses the singular advantage of afbrdin,g the
. moat direst mite from Manchester to Southampton,
• UCCiri, Porttmontb, a nature presented by no other proposed