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London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

rfur ANCHESTER -and ---RUGBY -DIRECT
LT .& I RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.

.provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., is 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The 'Hon. Howe . Browne, Chairman of the ➢fanchester and•

Blrmin,grtam Continuation Railway
John dittwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Plrie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com-
pany
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
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhlll
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway. •
Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and West of Eng-

land Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director 'of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the ComMercial Bank of

London • - _ .
William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex •
The Hon. Geo Browne, Lowndes-squiare, Belgrave-square
Sir Ge 6. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton
.31r-Williaan Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin,.Upper Harley-street, London
Sir John Hare, Laugham-place
The Mayo! of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and

Portsinciuth Railway
John Addis. Esq, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centra
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Ask.worth, Nei, bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C: Alston, Esq., Elmdon
Samuel tshton, Esq., Wood Hill. Prestwich
Jamcs.Atty, Esq:, Rugby
James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman'of the Borough of Manchester
Henry Ballow, Esq., Higlifleld, Stockport
Sanfuel Barton,. Esq., Didsbury, Director_ of the Chester and 3lan-
. chester Direct Railway
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Mancioester
Thomas nrittain, Esq., Manchester
William Vechnez Blac,. Esq., 19, Wilton-place,, Belgrave-square,
Directot of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
•Joseph Br,owne, Esq., 'Bedford
Captain Burney„R.N.,posport
William Bardgatt, EM.,' Old Broad-street and Carshalton, Surrey,
Directok of thelltalian and. Austrian Railway Company
Samuel Strand Brittair, Esq„ Sheffield
Charles Haker, Esq., Sonthamptun
Willfam Bland, Esq., Brikton, Director of the North Wales Railway
Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester
George Burnand, Esq, Sussex-square, ilyderark
William Bevan, Esq., 4a, Conduit-Street. Bond-street, Director of the
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North Wales Mineral Railway :
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place; London
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, BanburY, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Robert Bramwell, 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 Bprrett,"Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colone.l Burslem; North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baer, Esq., Mark-lane, London
H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., GOsport
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
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George Bpvill,Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar
Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. John's-wood
Robert Boman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glow•
cost ,hire
W. Bailey, __ Wolverhampton
Thomas Challis, Esq., A1,12-nisn of London, Director of the Wor-

tester and Oxford Railway
F. F. CloSsman, Esq., Mincing-lane
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and

Cornwill Railway
S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond

Railway
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Lapel-street, Be'grave-square
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western

Railway -
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank; Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Dlrectorof the Manchester and Bir-

minghttm Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square
G. Colquioun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales
Railway
James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester •
Joseph gran, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
William 'Dredge, Esq., Newbury
James Denis Devitre, Eiq., 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. S. Farrow, Eeq., Newbury
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and

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Suffolk Railway
r. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square
John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great

Western Railway
J. P. Fernistone, Esq., of Hightlelds, Wolverhampton
George Femistone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stourbridge
W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone -square
William Gibb, Esq., Manchester
John Gould, Esq., Ardwick, Manchester
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-squaro
Thomas. Charles Higgins, Esq., Tervey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of tits 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. Hornby, Esq„Blackburn
George Calvert Holland, 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
T. Hodges, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
James Horne, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon •
don Railway Company
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. 11. Iligson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
John Hyde, Esq., Manchester
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England
William Jeukinson, Esq., Marlborough-square, Salford
George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol
V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales Railway
John Knit!, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
M. W. King, Esq., Amblicote Hall, Stourbridge
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate,
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street
John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Brockville, near Manchester
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock
Company
Captain J. H Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring,
Reading, and Basinstoke Railway
Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park
Williaen Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Mans, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire Railway
William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
late Mayor of
JRo.hFn. Musket, Esq., sqEsq., iHreohirnfn-lane,
heHaandu,ConleefarordLeeds,
Norwich
John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
Thomas Mittkland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester
James Marshall, Esq., Brinnuigton Mount, Stockport
Robert Millington, ke sq., Ordsali House, Retford,Nottinghamshire
G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury
Nicholas 31`Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman
of the York and Carlisle Railway
Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Company
Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
P. Oldfield,.Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver-
pool Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Apsley Peliatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
, John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
I William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
Charles Fetter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwin,
and Bolton Railway
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard. N. Philipps, Esq., Sheffield
John Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Rai'way
Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol
George Rougemont, Esq. 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London junction Railway
Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton
Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital
David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, hlaida Hill
Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pany
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
James Shaw, Esq., Salford
John Sidebottom, Esq., Etheron-house, Cheshire
William Sidebottom, Esq, Etheron House, Cheshire
David Silzer, Esq., Rhodes, near Manchester
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hull, near Halifax, Director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
W. Senhonse, Esq., Daventry
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
E. Shawcross, Esq., Manchester
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. H. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester
W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire
Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Malton
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Fire 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
W. F. Went:ll'llton, Esq., Walsall
Smith Willock, Esq., Birmingham
W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol
A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool
Edmund 31. Wavell, Esq., Hallfn
WatkinkElq., rorrest 8111, near Worksop