The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-19 00:00:00

Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed
railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great
Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp-
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to
Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route,
and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company.
The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and
3facclesfleld to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or
valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no
engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly
interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market
Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek.
The Company has made arrangements with the North London
Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their
station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London,
at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost
importance to this line.

Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public
mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded
that a line that will attain such important results at so small an
outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and
without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet
with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent
investment for capital
The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and
Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of
the shares.
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 in all calls.
Application for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Office, 78, King William-street, City,
London, and the followipg sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton,
G: ibble, and Sutton, 22, North-side Royal Exchange, London, and
George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ; Messrs. Honghland and Leese, 51,
King-street, Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings,
Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an l Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Ed-
wards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq.,
Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield; J. G. Ker-
shaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax ; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co.,
Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; and Joseph Clark, Esq.,
Southampton.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Dire*
Railway Company, via Macclesfield.
_ . .

I request that you will allot to me of 201. each in
the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same,
or any less number and will pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.

Dated the

day of 1845.
Name .• • • • • • • •
Address . ......... •
Profession . • ..... • •
Reference

AXANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
_kV A, RAILWAY, vii MACCLESFIELD.
The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi-
neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and
have satisfied the Committee that the country is perfectly practi-
cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to
state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute
the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus
putting the matter of time and money beyond a doubt.