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London, England, 1845-09-26 00:00:00

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
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,Provisionally Registered.)

Capital, 1,700,000/., in 85,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 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, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector of the Pennsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com-
pany

William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of
LoHanndon,ts late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, EN., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the Eat and West of Eng-
land Junction
William Chadwick, Esq.„, Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
Capt. George Prabyn, Bryanston..square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land 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, Ch ‘irman of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
Sir John Hare, Langham-place
The Mayor of Newbury, Director o the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis. Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centre
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Ast. worth, Nei bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq., £lmdou Hall
Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich
James Atty, Esq., Rugby
James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester
Henry Barlow, Esq., Hightield, Stockport
Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
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.., Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
S.lnuel Swann Brittair, , Esq., Sheffield
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester
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. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbary, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct West-
ern Railway
George Borrett, Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., 79, Mark-lane, London
H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport
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 Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glou.
cestershire
W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Wor-
cester and Oxford Railway
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., Leicester
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square
Edwin Cadman. pa., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Cliff, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manehester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer Lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-park,
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square,
Director of the North-Western Railway
George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton
George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield •
Richard Dyott, Esq., Frceford
John Alcock Dixon. Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
E. 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
J . P. Firmstone, Esq., of Hightields, Wolverhampton
George Firmstone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stourbridge
W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Mootague-place, Bryanstone agnare
William Gibb, Esq. Manchester
John Gould, Esq., Esq.,
Manchester
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West sad Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England Railway
W. H. Hornby, Esq.,Blackburn
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., 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
Joseph Haden, Esq., iron master, Dudley
David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway
T. Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park,Director of the Leeds
and Carlisle Railway
James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lou
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 llewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
John Hyde, Esq., Manchester
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
William Jenkinson, Esq. Marlborough-square, Salford
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 Railway
John Kull!, 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. W. King, Esq., Amblicote Hall, Stourbridge
Edward Lomerr Esq., Southampton
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate,
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., Brookville, near Manchester
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock
Company
Captainj. H Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Trigg,
Reading, and Basinstoke Railway
Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Malin, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of tin
South Staffordshire Railway
William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terrain=
Charles 31.-..nn, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
R. F. Musket, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
Thomas Markland, Esq., Maltleld, Manchester
James Marshall, Esq., Brinnnigton Mount, Stockport
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury
Nicholas M'Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
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
Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks. Manchester
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
P. °Meld, F.sq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver-
pool Railway
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
Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton Railway
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard N. Philipps, Esq., Sheffield
John Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Railway
Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
John Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol
George Rougemont, Esq. 9, Chester-terrace, 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, Esq.. Ball Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Samuel Sangster, Esq.,
Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pany
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
James Shaw, Esq., Salford
John Sidebottom, Esq., Harewood Lodge, Cheshire
William Sidebottom, Etheron-house, Cheshire
David Siltzer, Esq., Rhodes, near Manchester
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocock,
Christopher Gloucester, South Devon, sad EN., Newbury
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Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hull, near Halifax, Director of the
. Bsriendligeouse,
Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
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P. Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Simpson,Esq.l La gv.r t
Walter Shairp, Esg., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
John Stewart, Esq,, M.P. for L
gton, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. H. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester
W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Thompson, Esq.' John-street, Bedford-row,
London and Brighton Railway Director of the
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire
Matthew Uzielli, Esq., 62, King William-street, Director Lon-
don and South Western Railway of the Lon-
Charles B. Tripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Mahon
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
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
WValle . A. Will
Railsoway t 4,
--n, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waverley
y
Daniel Watney, tag., distiller, W
W. F. weimington,Wals
illandsworth, Surrey
Smith Willock, Esq., Birming.
W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol
A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool
Edmund M. Wa 11
ve—, Egg., Halifax
5, Watkins, En., Forrest near Worksop

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