The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-05 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.

CIRENCESTER, SEPT. I.—Agreeably to a requisition,
signed by the Right Hon. the Earl Bathurst and two
hundred of the most respectable inhabitants of this town
and neighbourhood, a public meeting, convened by the
II igh Steward, was held on Saturday last, fur the pur-
pose of affording them an opportunity of expressing
their sentiments en the importance of the projected Man-
chester and S:mthampton Railway ; and a more respect-
able meeting was never held in Cirencester. Among the
company Here Earl Bathurst, E. Hopkinson, Esq, High
Sheriff of the county ; Sir T. Tancred, Bart., J. W.
Lyon, Esq., F. Cripps, Esq., W. Dent, Esq., of Sudeley
Castle ; Raymond Cripps, Esq., &c. James Walkin-
shaw, Esq., and Joseph Lankester, Esq., attended as a
deputation from the' Company.
Mr. WALKINSHAW, in a very clear and Perspi-
cuous manner, laid before the meeting the plans
of the Company, and the advantages likely
to arise from the projected railway. In the
course of his address, he paid a high, but deserved
compliment to Earl Bathurst. His Lordship (said Mr.
Walkinshaw) has assured us, with all that absence of
personal or selfish considerations, for which he is so re-
markable, that although the line should go through his
park, however inconvenient it might be, and however op-
posed to all his early associations, still he would not allow
any private feeling of his own to interfere with the
course of such a great public advantage.
Mr. Walkinshaw was followed by Mr. LANHESTER
who also spoke with great clearness and ability.
A number of resolutions were then proposed and se-
conded by different gentlemen, and carried unanimously.
Before the meeting separated, Earl BATHURST said,
—" I may take the liberty of mentioning what some of
you may know, but which may not be unsatisfactory to
Mr. Bowley and others to learn, that a part of the pro-
posed scheme (the Northern) was twice proposed by me
to influential persons connected with the Great Western
Railway, but without success. I proposed it by letter to
an authority of the Company before the Great Western
made the line to Kemble, and I proposed it orally the
Ay it was opened and completed. Neither of my pro-
positions, however, met with any decided support ; and'
think it is our duty to assist those who offer us what is
most useful."—Derizes Gazette.

MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE.
This railwaycommences in the township of Clifton, by a
junction with the Manch,-ster and Bolton Railway, op-
posite the point where the Patricroft and Clifton Branch
of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway will commence,
at the distance of about four and a half miles from
Manchester ; it then proceeds along the district of Out-
wood, and adjacent to the large village of Ringley, and
continues by alternate cuttings and embankments
through the most populous portion of the extensive ma-
nufacturing township of Pilkington, which, at the date
of the last census, contained 11,186 inhabitants. On
the northern border of this township, where it adjoins
the parish of Radcliffe, and near the point where the
railway crosses the river Ira ell, is situate the populous
village of Radcliff.; Bridge, and its equally flourishing
adjunct named mand-lane ; these united places contain a
p .pulation of upwards of 5,000. Within the village and the
itnmediat.; localities around, there are eight cotton ma-
nuftetories, enty-one nankeen manufactories, nine
cheek and gingham manufactories, eight dye-works, five
calico printing-works, five beaching establishments, and
t•vo collieries. On quitting Radcliffe-bridge, the rail-
way crosses a rich agricultural district, and shortly
afterwards the line past es over one of the principal
streets of the large and increasing town of Bury. The
population of the borough of Bury in 1841, was 25,912.
The number of cotton-mills in the town and neighbour-
h 0,41 is about forty, woollen ten. calico printing concerns
five, and machine-making works six, exclusive of seve-
ral collieries in the immediate vicinity. In a central
situation adjacent to the main streets of the town, this
railway will form a junction with the Bolton, 'Wigan,
and Liverpool line, or, as it is frequently designated, the
Liverpool and Bury Railway, which will bestow on the
place most important and advantageous facilities of ac-
cess to Bolton, Liverpool, and the north.—Bradshaw's
Gazcite.

MAIDSTONE AND ASHFORD.

During the last week the surveyors of the South-
Eastern Company have been measuring and taking levels
for the direct line which they propose to make between
London and this town, with a continuation to Ashford.
The line, it is said, will come through Mr. Smithe's
timber-wharf in the West borough, cross the Medway
almost exactly in the line of the river Len, along the
course of which it will continue all through the town,
thus avoiding much interference with valuable property.
The station, it is said, will be in the gardens at the back
of the Swan Inn, with a handsome opening to the High-
street, for which purpose the remov2l of several houses
facing the Kent Fire•ofpice will be necessary. This is
what is said—what will be done is another thing.—
Maid.stone Journal.