The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-26 00:00:00

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway Company, via Macclesfield.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in
the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same,
or any less number and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.

Dated the

day of 1114 i
Name .............
Address . ..........
Profession ....• ••
Reference. • • • .. • • ••

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, vli 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.

r 1-111 E MANCHESTER AND RUGBY
,Jl_ DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD.
A certain portion of the shares in this Company will be apportioned
to the Scripholders In the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth Railway Company, and will be allotted among those gentle-
men who apply, and who produce their scrip between the 3d and 7th
day of October next, to the persons named below, when their names
and the number of their shares will be entered, and a proportionate
number of shares in this Company allotted to them, at 78, King
William-street, City ; or, at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; Messrs.
Sharp and Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, New-
bury ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, Winchester ; Messrs. Willis and Co.,
Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Mr. Land,
Bristol ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; Mr. Kershaw, Hud-
dersfield; Mr. Spencer, Halifax; Mr. Lemon, Bath ; Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Manchester.

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

11HE MANCHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD
CONTINUATION, AND MOLD, RHUABON, AND NORTH
WALES RAILWAY COMPANY ;
To be called, in future,

THE BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER, MOLD, RHUABON, AND
VALE OF LLANGOLLEN RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 600,0001., in 24,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Sir J. Hare, Director of the London and Windsor Railway Company
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London,
Chairman of the Erewash Valley Extension, of the Leek and Mans-

field, and of the Great Western, Southern, and Eastern Counties

Railway Companies
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeye, Manchester, Director of the Not-
tingham and Boston Railway Company
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house Edgbaston, Director of the Leices-
ter and Birmingham Railway Company
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey, Director of the Erewash

Valley Extension, and the Leek and Mansfield Railway Companies
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway Company
Samuel Kenrick, Esq., Wrexham
Charles Knyvett, Esq., St. James's-place, London
G. Lawton, Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, London, Director
of the South Midland Railway Company
William Morley, Esq., Blackheath Park, Director of the Bristol and
Liverpool Junction Railway Company
John Pickersgill, Esq., 31, Tavistock-square, London, Director of the
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway Company
Clement Roys, Esq., Rochdale, Chairman of the Preston and Wyre

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Railway Company
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Eastern Union

Railway Company
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Rail-
way Company
John Wheelton, Esq. (late Sheriff of London), Meopham Bank, Ton-
bridge, Kent, Director of Taw Vale Railway Company.

COMMITTEE
W. HUGHES HUGHES, Esq.,
Chair
WILLIAM MORLEY,
Sir John Hare
John Burgess, Esq.
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq.
Samuel Haines, Esq.
Frederick Hewitt, Esq.
C. H. Jones, Esq.
Charles Knyvett, Esq.

DF DIRECTION.
F.S.A., F.L.S., &c , Alderman,
rman.
Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
G. Lawton, Esq.
John Pickersgill, Esq.:
Clement Royds, Esq.
Joseph Shaw, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, Esq.
John Wheelton, Esq.