The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-01 00:00:00

THE MACCLESFIELD and LICHFIELD, or
CHURNET and BLYTIIE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Being the shortest possible route between London and Manchester,
in connexion with existing Railways.
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Provisionally Registered.
Capital, 1,250,0001. in 50,000 shares of 251. each. •
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per share,
In compliance with the Standing Order of the House of Lords.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
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The Right Hon. the Earl of lYaWnmutii:f.:ltWdell Park, Staffordshire
The Right Hon. Lord Bagot, Blithfleld Hall, Staffordshire
The Hon. William Bagot, M.P., St. James's-square, London
Sir E. D. Scott, Bart., Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire
H. C. Meynell Ingram, Esq., Hoarcross Hall, Staffordshire
John Newton Lane, Esq., King's Bromley Manor
William Drury Holden, Esq., Locke Park, Derbyshire
W. C. Townsend, Esq., Recorder of Macclesfield
R. B. Levett, Esq., Milford Hall, Lichfield
Matthew Gaunt, sq., Highlield House, near Leek
John Sleigh, Esq., Leek
Samuel Phillips, Esq., Leek
Thomas Osborne Bateman, Esq., Chaddesden Moor, Derby
T. Kirkpatrick Hall, Esq., Holly Bush, Staffordshire, Director and
Deputy Chairman of the Provisional Committee of the Derby arid
Crewe Railway Company
Josiah Gaunt, Esq., Horton Hall, near Leek
Thomas George Lomax, Esq., Lichfield
J. L. Warren, Esq., Consall Hall, and the Lodge, Market Drayton
Michael Tumor, Esq., Brereton, Rugeley
Edward Baylis, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, London.
Charles C. Higgins, Esq., Abbots Bromley
John Towgoed, Esq., 64, Chancery-lane, London
James Heygate, Esq., M.D., Derby
James Palmer, Esq., the Close, Lichfield
Thomas Tumor, Esq., Abbots Bromley
Thomas Henry Baylis, Esq., Inner Temple, London
Thomas Finchet Maddock, Esq., Chester
Benjamin Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, near London
Robert Ronald, Esq., Derby
The Rev. James Bostock, Cliffe Park, Staffordshire
Thomas P. Bainbrigge, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and

Crewe Railway Company _
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abehurch-lane, London
Henry Francis Gitiborne, Esq., Derby
John Gaunt, Banker, Leek
John Challenor, Gentleman, Overton
Richard Cutting, Gentleman, Leek
Josiah Gaunt, sen
Hugh Sleigh,
Lilley Ellis„
John Russell,
Samuel Clowes,
Thomas Carr,
John Ward,
James Ridout,
Robert Hammersley, Silk Dyer, Leek
John Vernon, Cork Manufacturer, Uttoxeter
John Minors, Esq., Parks Cottage, Uttoxeter
Thomas Rowley, Esq., M.D., Lichfield
Randall Bradburne, Esq., Ediall House, Lichfield
Joseph Webb, Esq., Lichfield
William Butcher, Coach Manufacturer, ichfield.

Silk. Manufacturers, Leek

This line will commence at the terminus of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway at Macclesfield, and passing by the Rudyard
reservoir to Leek, will proceed by the Churnet Valley to Consall,
thence close to Cheadle, and Tean, and by littoxeter, Bagots Woods
and Abbots Bromley down the Blythe, to a point on the Trent Valley
Railway, near Lichfield, communicating there with one of the pro-
posed lines from Dudley and Walsall.
A glance at the map will show that this will be the most direst
line for the London and Manchester traffic; uniting those two great
termini by the shortest practicable route in connexion with existing
railways. It will also completely accommodate the local traffic and
manufactures, and open several extensive coal fields and some thou-
sand acres of wood land for the supply of Manchester, the Potteries,
and other great marts of the kingdom. Together, too, with the pro-
posed line from Derby to Crewe, it will afford a transit from the
Eastern Counties and Derby to Manchester, and give every accom-
modation to the Potteries.

This line is, in its principal features, much the same as that already
approved of by the Board of Trade, and partially abandoned by the
Churnet Valley Company—will be scarcely 47 miles in length, and
passing through the centre of the district, does not interfere with the
Grand Junction, or any other existing railway. It is material to re-
mark, that it is even more direct than the Churnet Valley as formerly
projected to Tamworth, and is free from the formidable opposition of
the landed Interest, and the engineering difficulties consequent on the
route by Rocester and Marchisgton. It must be observed also that
it is the only railway which has been brought forward by, and is
under the control of, the landowners and manufacturers of the,Churnet
and Blythe Valley districts.

The co-operation of most of the principal landowners, from near
Uttoxeter to near Lichfield, having been obtained, and there being
no competing lines projected through that district, this portion of the
line may be considered as secure.
ENGINEER—Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
Manchester—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and

Branches
Lichfield—Messrs. Palmer and Greene
Leek—Messrs. Fowler and Gaunts
Uttoxeter—Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne Union Bank

Derby—Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company
Sumnitorans—Alessrs. H. and G. Towgood, 33, Throgmorton-
street, London.
SECRETARY, PRO TEM.—Mr. Challinor, Solicitor, Leek.
Applications for Shares, accompanied by a Banker's or other re-
spectable reference, to be addressed to the Secretary. of whom, and
the Sharehrokers, plans, prospectuses, and further particulars may be
obtained.

Shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham, Trent Valley,
London and Birmingham, or Derby and Crewe Railway Companies,
applying for Shares, will be good enough to state they are such Share-
holders.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Macclesfield and Lich-
field, or Churnet and Blythe Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen—l request you to allot me Shares of 251. each,
'tithe above railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or such
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company, anti to sign the necessary deeds, and pay the de-
posit thereon of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share when required.
ame in full ••••• • • • • ....
Trade or Profession .
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