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London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

T of Ike Chester mad Man-

'honer Direct Railway
Rush Beaver, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnea Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
leseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
Captain Barney, R.N., Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Samuel Swann Brittale, Esq., Sheffield
harles 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. Boyce, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and
Vert of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouah
Robert Bran swell, 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
Lientenaat-Colonel Burslem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., 79, Mark-lane, London
11. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar
Louis !Wetland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road. St. John's-weed
Robert Beinen, Esq., Donnington House, fittow-ou-the-Wold, Glou-
conergliire
W. Bailey, Ewe., Wolverhampton
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Wor-
cester and Oxford Railway
•P. F. Cloesinan, Esq., Mincing-lane
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhail-street, Director of the Doyen aid
Cornwail Railway
R. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Sheldon Cradook, Esq., Leicester
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Beigraee-square
Edwin Cadman. Esq., Sheffield. Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Cliff, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
John Churchill, Eve, Bayswater. Director of the Manehester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endslelgh-street, Tavistock-square
(I. 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
'kennel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
James Dente Dovitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square,
Director of the North-Western Railway
George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton
George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
E. A. Yarrow, Esq., Newbury
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railway
v, B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
winker' Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square
John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great
Western Railway
. P. Finnstone, Esq., of Highfields, Wolverhampton
14eorge Firmstone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stourbridge
B. Graje Req., Newbury
Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester
jeseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
IL P. Gipps, Eeq., Montague-place, Bryanstone.square
William Gibb, F.sq. Manchester
John Gould, Esq., Irdwick, Manchester
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Taney House, Bedfordshire
neenuel Hattie!. Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, 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 Railway
W, H. llemby, Esq,Blackburn
;large Calvert Hollow], 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
dodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. Director of the Leeds
and Carlisle Railway
James Horne, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
John Hemming, Eeq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A, Hail, Eaq., Ashfieki House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
Jr. H. Meson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
occege Calvert Holland, Eeq., M.D., Sheffield
John Hyde, Esq., Manchester
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director Of the East and West
% England Railway
Jenklneon, Esq.. Marlborough-square, Sallbrd
George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol
V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park
I. Klnloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales Railway
John mill, Eye. Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles Kelson, Esq.. Telgnmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
„Railway
M. )Y. Lag, Esq., Amblicote Hall, Stortrbrldee
Relware Lomer, Esq., Southampton
Imam jechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate,
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Beaty Led Jard, Esq., Wood-street
Jobs Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Brookville, near Manchester
Joseph Liggine, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock
Company •
Ceeptainel. H Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
.Tames Lamb, Esq.. 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Trine.
Reading, and Basinstoke Railway
Monet Lovell, Esq., Bedford
P. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place. Regent's-park
Welfare Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph mennder. Esqe
• Ashford-house, Staines
John Maltese'''. Eeq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Iteeiway
W. Matins, Esq., elaneion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire gellwaY
William Robert Mesham, M.D., Redford
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., efelverton-hill, Leamington
It. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Ilornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
john Macfarlane, Esq.. Director of the Sheffield Railway
Thouias Maitland, Esq., Mallield, Manchester
James Marshall, Esq., Brinnuigton Mount, Stockport
Robert Millington, F.sq., Ordsall House, Retford,Nottinghonshire
G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury
_Nicholas M'Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, LIMN, and Hastings
Hallway
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman
of the York and Carlisle Railway
eaptain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and. Oriental
Steam Complain
Joseph Nader:, Esq., Dudley
'Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks. Manchester
James Ogden, Esq., 5f.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
Y. Oldfleld, Req., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver-
pool Railway
0, rge Parbury, Esq. Russell-square, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
A et v Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
V. 4,
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
Jelin 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,
end Bolton Railway
„eaves. Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Bletettd N. Philippe. Esq., shetned
John Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton
Ittehare Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
ae. M. Peoria, Esq.. South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
fitephea Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Farness
Railway
t' mhos Phillips, Esq.. Camberwell, Surrey
John Thomas Price, Esq.. Heald Grove, Manchester
111111/am Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester arid Car-
lin* Railway
Itichard Ricketts, Req., Bristol
gorge auulemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Tema. Bells, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton
Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital
'themes Robinson,
David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Malda Hill
Hartley sager, Esq.. Ball Grove, Coln., Yorkshire
Baneuel Sangster. Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pan
Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of ti.. East and West of England Junction
James k;haw, Esq., Salford
John emeesottom, Eeq., llarewood Lodge, Cheshire
William ewe bottom, 9q., Etheron-house, Cheshire
David Mazer, Esq.,. unodes, near Manchester
Charles Slocock, Esq.. Newbury
/Amend Slocock, Zwie Newbury
Christopher Shapitusel. Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
Joseph Stocks, Esq., sibteeten Hnll, near Halifax, Director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Dirt. tt Railway
3Y. Iwuheuse, Esq., Daventrer
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Gitairraan of the Richmond Railway
Walter Shinn), Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lyraineetoll, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. 11. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester
jueeph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Msac
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W. Tebbntt, Esq., Manchester
eyeeeph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Direeeeer of the
London and Brighton Railway
'Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire
Matdon a Souththew
West Esq.,ern 62,
Railway King willlameneeet, Direetor of the Lon_
nd
C new B. Tripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
Tbereese Parley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Mown
Rdward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Feetton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort Rouse,
Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
Zenjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
John ward, Bag. Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Mrs and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North
Kent Railway
Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waverley
Valley Railway
Daniel Watney, Esq., distiller, Wandsworth, Surrey
1. Wenniniiton, EST, Walsall
!Smith Willock, Esq., Birmingham
D. wills, Esq., Bristol
A. 11. Wylle. Esq•l Liverpool
siftingM. wavell. Esq., Halifax
Wahine, Esq., Forrest 11111, near Worksop

ENGINEER-IN-CHILE.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and B. Birch, WestnAnder
Brackstone Baker, Esq.. C.E.

The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share.
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament it

obtained. and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per ceu,
Interest In all calls.

Application for detailed prospectus, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 7s, King William-street, City,
London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the followil,g
sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gt ibble, and Sutton, 22, North-
side Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ;
Messrs, Mackenzie and Laurence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Bareay,
Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Mr. William Marshall ; Messrs.
Houghiand and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester ; John Wills, Esq.,
Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an 1 Oastler,
Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ;
J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef-
field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; I'. C. Spencer, Esq.,
Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry
Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Joseph
Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint and Toots], Hull.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

r (SHE MANDIRE_
CHESTER vnd RUGBY CT
RAILWAY COMPANY. via MACCLESFIELD.

The Directors have the utmost satisfaction in announcing to the
public that their arrangements are approaching completion, and that
by the union of this Company with the projected Liverpool and
Derby Railway, their scheme is rendered the great Trunk Line of
the kingdom, forming beyond all possibility of competition the most
direct Line from Liverpool to London, as well as from !Manchester
to Londat, effecting this great object with less injury to important
existing Railway interests, than any other scheme that has already
been, or is capable of, being projected.

THE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY
DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY.
No further applications for Shares in this Company can be re-
ceived after 31oxnar, the 29th September instant.

THE LIVERPOOL and DERBY RAILWAY,
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.:
Capital 1,500,0001.. in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COSEMITSZIL.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and-
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Director
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company 4 “if
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London,
late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq.. Seymour-street, Portman-square g
George Adam, Esq.. White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern e •
Railway 0
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Junction e.. 71
William Chadwick, Esq.' Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- nE.
land Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq.. Director of the Commercial Bank of
London.
The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-squaro
Sir Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
Thomas challis. Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Colonel George Ditihrowe, Chester-square, London
Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport
George Bovill, Esq., Mlllwall, Poplar
John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
Samuel Swami Brittain, Esq., Sheffield
John Churchill, Esq-,-144yawater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 24, Endley-street
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and Wales Railway
E. Chapman. Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway
James I). De Vitra, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
James Fearnley, Esq" Longeight Abbey, near Manchester
Samuel Haines, Esq.. Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West and Birmingham South Stafford-
shire Railway
James Home, En., napham-common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway ColffanY
Wolifliaome
LHeealkfilideaybl ,
Bngham Railway
gEns2., merchant, Chad-oeney, Edgbaston, Director
Riehar..: Heaviside, Esq., Director pf the London and Brighton

Rail way
Willie.' Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of L I.4land Railway
Jer.tl ie, Esq., Piccadilly
Cherie, Kellen, Esg„ Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
Wes: of England Railway
T. Kuhl, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South
Wai Railway
W. Kn.at, EN., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway
Captaia J. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
J. D. ".owden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rlchinond
Rai: a- Ay
171111:v1i Morley, Esq„, Blackheath-park, Deputy Chairman of the
Ma.'"iwater and Birmingham Continuation Railway
'N., JEtireetor of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Rai' .vay
IT* M'-'-alll, Esq., 50, Parif‘vnent-street, Director of the Manchester
and iiugby Direct Railway
Win. _hash, Esq., Chairman of the Lewes, and 114Stillge
vay
Wu,. Nicholson, Esq., Director of the Manchester 11'A Rugby Direct
na 1 *ay
George Parbury, Esq.,ltussell-equare, Director of the East and West
ofiel; ellalgPlandtt,liaEsqllw.a,y
Aps Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. rhitlips, Esq., Direetor_o, fs„..th.eteWhr.tieterhraazniegent's park, Director and Furness Railway
Regent's Geo. I:ongemont, Esq., o
of the North London Junction Railway
T. Bridge, Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of
Railway the Richmond
John Stewart, Eel., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of th
London and Brighton Railway

MANCHES TER and RUGBY DIRECT ' Paul Ferdinand Willert, Esq.. Alderman of the Borough of Man-
R kILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. cheater
Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford House, Stretford'
.Provisionally Registered) Alderman of Manchester, and Director of the Chester and Man-
Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. cheater Railway
Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, Southampton
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. John Woodcock, Esq., banker, The Elms, Wigan, Director of the
Liverpool and Bury Railway
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Ins lion. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and-
John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapson, Northamptonshire
Birmingham Continuation Railway .e George Turner, Esq., Minton Hill, Director of the South Stafford,
John Inwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park • Oxford, and Southampton Railways
William Halliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Di-
HrJohn Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di- -
rector of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway
rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com- or Captain James Johnston, R.N., Director of the. Birmingham and
pang 3 Lichfield Railway
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of a
0 William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf-
London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff fer 2 fordshire Potteries Railway
Hantse Char:es Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Diretor of the Great Leeds
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-strut, Portman-square .OE' _ and London Railway
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill ffi ff. Williams Banks, Esq., Honey-lane Market, Director of the Great
deka Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern 4 3 Leeds and London Railway
'Rollaway
~..15 El Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield. Alderman of the City of London
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- ~.,041 Charles Higgins, Esq., Bedford, Director of the Manchester, Bedford,
land Junction •-• , and Cambridge Railway
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway i v The Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicestershire
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street ~. g John Gardner, Esq., Southampton, Provisional Director of the Bir-
Capt. George Prabyn, Bryanston-square 0 " mingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- E Edward Waddliove, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Reading,
laud Railway 2 Guildford, and Reigate Railways
Jnsh. Underwood, Esq , Director of the Commercial Bank of 8 Edward Welch, Esq., Leamington Provisional Directors of
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London
If illlam Langley Pope,
A William Hunter, Esq., Leamington the Rugby, Warwick,
Esq., Woodford, Essex Captain George James Hunter, Leamington and Worcester Rail-
The Hon. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington way
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square James Weld, Esq., Archers Lodge, Southampton
lilr Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton Charles Greatrex, Esq., J.P., Walsall
Sir William Winne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Ch airman of the William Halcomb, Esq., Poulton House, Marlborough
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Smathanapton, Cornelius Randall, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Sheffield and Portsmouth Railway Railway
Pir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London R. A. Thicknesse, Esq., Beech Hill, Wigan
Sir John Hare, Langham-place George Hunt, Esq., Southampton
The Mayor of Newbury, Director , the Oxford, Southampton. and Pierce Bevan, Esq , Frickleton Hall, near Wigan
Portsmouth Railway John Lamprey, Esq., Marchwood, Southampton John Addis. Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Ceutral Major-General Smith, •
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office James Fearnley, Esq., Longeight-abbey, near Manchester
The Rev. J. Harvey Ast worth, Nev. bury Joseph Brook Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield. Director of the Leeds
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham and Newbury Railway
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall (With power to add to their number.)
,• amnel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich
James Atty, Esq., Rugby BANWI.
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James B Messrs. astermam and Co., London.ancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester
Henry Barlow, Esq., Hlghfleld, Stockport The Union Bank, Manchester
Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director

Jo'i.t Bethell, Esq., King William-street, Landon.
31,-; ca. Joseph and William Heron, and Mesars. Higsoa and Roblus,
anchester

That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between
the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is
now ftilly admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be
ad' oted
The above proposed railway will ferns the shortest and most di-
rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen-
dit.ire of capital than by either of the projected London and Man-
chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be
co.lAtructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles.
A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this
ralway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby toMacclesfield, as
an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,000kjudiciously applied in
the present perfected state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost
of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end Sitar greater
real economy, both to the Company itself in the saving effected in
the annual expense of working, and also, what is of snore importance,
to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the
same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from London to
Manchester.
These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
ether parties who hare also proposed to make a railway from Rugby
to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue
valleys and to avoid the irregularities •f the face of the country,
obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company.
The Peril amentary 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 many competing projects,
in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported
in the House by very influential parties.
Should it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by
which addthenal lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon-
don on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for.
This line also possesses the singular advantage of. affording the
shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
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 Dldcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp-
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Minchester 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
Macclesfield 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

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mportance to this line.
Amidst the many railway projects that now "Occupy the public
mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily bo 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 intermits, 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.