The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

,MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY, by CHELTENH AM, MARLBOROUGH, and
ANDOVER.

Capital 1,500,0007. in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit I/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.

CHATabtex.—Sir John Barker Mill, Bart., Mottisfont Abbey, Herts
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.—James Walkinshaw, Esq., Old Park, Isle of

Wight -
The Right Hon. Lord Duncannon, M.P., Derby
Henry Combo Compton, Esq., M.P. South Hants, Manor House,
Lyndhurst
Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq., M.P., Manchester
Hon. Colonel George Anson, M.P. South Staffordshire, Chairman of
the Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction Railway
Hon. Captain Carnegie, R.N., M.P., Stafford, Chairman of the Trent
Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction Railway
Edmund Peel, Esq., Bone Hill, Fazeley, Chairman of the Trent
Valley Railway, and of tha Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union
Railway
P. M. Stewart, Esq., Renfrewshire, Chairman of the London and
Westminster Bank, and of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na-
vigation Company
Sir John Pirie, Bart , Alderman of London, Director of the Peninsular

and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Thomas Gishorne, Esq., 31. P , Nottingham, Chairman of the Isle of

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Wig ht Railway
W. It. Collett, Esq., M.P. Lincoln, Chairman of the Chester and
Holyhead Railway
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., London, Chairman of the Asturian Mining
Company
William Jackson, Esq., Birkenhead, Chairman of the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway
J. P. Westhead, Esq., Manchester, Chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway
Edward Tootsi. Esq., Manchester, Deputy Chairman of the Trent

Valley Railway
Robert Gardner, Esq„ Chasely Hall, Manchester, Director of the
Trent Valley Railway
Henry Tootal, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield, Deputy Chairman of the
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
Henry Newbery, Esq., Seedley Bank, Manchester, Deputy Chairman
of the West Lancashire Railway
David Waddingtpn, Esq., Manchester, Deputy Chairman of the Man-
chester and Birmingham Railway
William Atkinson, Esq., Weaste Lodge, Manchester
Sir John Simpson, York, Director of the York and North Midland

Railway
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the Manchester, Bux-
ton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway
James H. Wanklyn, Esq., Chumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director of
the Trent Valley Railway
James Athurton, Esq., Swinton Park, Manchester, Director of the

Commercial Association
William Atkins, Esq., Ashton Keys, Cheshire
John Ridgway, Esq., Cauldon Place, the Potteries, Director of the

North Staffordshire Railway
James Durham, tsq., Manchester, Director of the Shrewsbury and

Trent Talley Union Railway
George Sanders, Esq., Alverthorpe Hall, Wakefield, Director of the

Cambridge and Lincoln Railway
Charles Lyall, Esq., Westlyourne-terrace, Hyde-park Gardens, Director
of the Isle of Wight Railway
James Weld. Esq., Archer's Lodge, Hants, Magistrate for the county
Thomas Griffith, Esq., New-place House, Mayor of the borough of

Southampton
George May, Esq., Mayor of the borough of Marlborough
Stephen Brown, Esq., Alderman of the borough of Marlborough
John Gardiner, Esq., Alderman of the borough of Marlborough
H. Walter Parker. Esq., Highgate, Assistant Poor-law Commissioner
George Hunt, Esq., banker, member of the Town Council of

Southampton
William James Lefeuvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of

Southampton.
Joseph Lankester, Esq. 1 Members of the Town Council of South-
J. R. Stebbing, Esq. ampton
James Burt, Jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and

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Birkenhead Railway
William Richardson, Esq , York
Charles R. Jackson, Esq., Preston, Lancashire
Johnßarff, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York

Railway
Thomas Critchley, Esq., Manchester, Director of the North Stafford-
shire Railway
Thomas Travers Taylor, Esq., Southport, Director of the West Lan-
cashire Railway
John Hydo, Esq., Manchester
William Betts, Esq. Bevois Mount, Southampton, Director of the
Isle of Wight Railway
Sidney Smithers, Esq., Churcadale, Director of the Shrewsbury and
Trent Valley Union Railway
James Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Isle of Wight Railway
and Great Luxembourg Company
Edward H. Barwell, Esq., Mayer of Northampton, and Chairman
of the Committee of Management of the South Midland Railway
Company
Sails Schwabe, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway
Anthony Kington Baker, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway
George Tate, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway
Alexander Liebert, Esq., Greenheys, Manchester
Thomas Barge, jun., Esq., Manchester
Captain Parkinson, Polygon, Manchester, Managing Director of the
West Lancashire Railway
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Preston, Fleetwood,
and West Riding Junction Railway
J. Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Isle of Wight Railway
W. A. Shaw, Esq., Wycombe Lodge, Kensington, Director of the
London and York Railway.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
James Walkinshaw, Esq. Henry Newbery, Esq.
The Lord Duncannon, M.P. James H. Wanklyn, Esq.
Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P. James Durham, Esq.
Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P. James Burt, jun., Esq.
Henry Tootal, Esq. Joseph Paxton, Esq.
William James Lefcuvre, Esq. George Sanders, Esq.

SOLICITORS.
James Wheeler, Esq., Manchester.
Messrs. Deacon and Long, Southampton
Messrs. T. B. and W. Merriman, Marlborough.
ENGINEERS.
Robert Stephenson, Esq.
George P. Bidder, Esq.
SECRETART—John Whseler, Esq.
BANKERS.
In Manchester—William Jones, Loyds and Co.
Manchester and Salford Bank
In Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
In Southampton—Messrs. Maddison and Pearce
Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and Atherley
The Hampshire Banking Company
The National Provincial Bank
In Marlborough—Messrs. Ward, Merrimans, and Hillier
In London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.

The London and WestMinstei Bank.

The purpose of this undertaking is to provide for Manchester and
the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire a
direct access to Southampton, now the mail port to the Channel /g-
-lands, the West Indies, Mexico, Turkey, Egypt, the whole of Asia
Minor, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, the Greek Islands, and the numerous
other ports and Islands of the Mediteranean ; to Persia, the East
Indies, and China, to which vast and Increasing markets the port of
Southampton is becoming the outlet for British manufactures from
the north.
The postal communication is now effected by the circuitous route
of London, and is necessarily subject to delay there, whereas on the
completion of this railway, Southampton must necessarily become a
far better point than London for the distributing of foreign letters.
The merchandise shipped for foreign stations from Southampton is,
in like manner, subject to delay, and to the inconvenience and added
cost of cartage through the Metropolis, and transference from one
railway to another.
These evils are sensibly felt, as well at Southampton as by the
general commercial interests of the country. The Collector of her
Majesty's Customs at the port of Southampton stated, before recent
Parliamentary Committees, that the exports from Southampton, of
which in 1832 the declared value was only 62,1631., will this year
exceed three millions sterling—that upwards of 40,000 persons em-
bark and disembark to foreign ports there annually, and that 671
voyages were made by steam -packets from the port last year—that
the trade consists generally of exports of manufactures from the nor-
thern districts—Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Wolverhamp-
ton, Dudley, &c.—that there is also a considerable import trade of
fruits, and of raw materials for manufactures, such as raw silk and
dye stuffs, which are sent to the north. If a direct line were formed
(the Collector stated), he had no doubt the exports would rise in one
year to ten millions sterling; and he added that the advantages of
transmission, by a direct line, of the mails to and from Southampton
and the North, which now go round by London, would be very
great, especially in the case of Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, &ci
Whilst, however, as is thus officially admitted, a Railway corn-
*Ong the line of direct communication is calculated extensively to
promote great commercial and public interests, it will also benefit
and assist essentially :the local requirements of the districts tra-
versed. The line is intended to commence at a point in convenient
connexion with the Public Quays and the Docks at Southampton,
and to proceed by Redbridge, Romsey, Stockbridge, Andover, Lud-
gershall, Marlborough, Swindon, Cricklade, and Cirencester to Chel-
tenham, there joining the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway ;
thus opening up Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln, Derby, Sheffield,
Leeds, and York, the Iron Districts and the Potteries of Staffordshire,
Manchester, and the manufacturing districts, Liverpool and the
West of Scotland, and by existing and projected routes, Chester,
Birkenhead, Holyhead, and Ireland—bringing into connexion the
Irish Sea and the English Channel.

Excluding the termini and their adjacent towns, a railway along
this route will accommodate a local population of about 300,000 per-
sons, mainly employed in agricultural pursuits, and will also have
within its range the important manufacturing districts of Glouces-
tershire.

To these localities, to which seaborne coal is now imported at a very
heavy cost, Leicestershire and Staffordshire coal may be conveyed
by railway at a considerably reduced price,
The Iron of Staffordshire, and the wares of Birmingham and the
Potteries, will have the benefit of a new port, and a new market will
be opened for the salt of the Droitwich mines—objects, the necessity
of which has this year been strongly pressed upon Parliament.
Stone, lime, tiles, slates, grain, wool, cattle—and all the requirements
and production of a rich and fertile agricultural district will also pass
along the line.
The traffic by coach in the direction of Southampton, Salisbury,
Andover, Marlborough, Swindon, Cirencester, Cheltenham, and
remoter places, is very considerable, notwithstanding that exist-
ing railways have for the time diverted mach of it from
its natural channels. There can be no doubt, however, that whilst
the intercourse between the rich counties of Hants, Dorset, Wilts
and Gloucester, on the one hand, and Staffordshire, Leicestershire,
Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
the West of Scotland on the other, is already abundant, the commu-
nication from North to South, as well for the purposes of commerce as
of pleasure, must be greatly promoted by the formation of a Railway,
especially in connexion with the coast lines of Railway running East
and West from Southampton,—on the one hand, through Dorset -
shire, and on the other by Portsmouth to Brighton, Hastings, and
Dover. A further advantage to the enterprise and commerce of the
country will be found in the favourable character of the port of
Southampton and the low rates on shipping and cargoes—those on
the shipping amounting in no instance to more than threepence per
ton register, and five shillings per vessel boomage, and on the ear-
-1 goes to three shillings and fourpence per ton export charge at the
docks, and, if shipped at the public quays, to a similar moderate de-
mand. No charge at either place of shipment will be incurred for
cartage or lighterage, and the trains stopping in immediate proximity
to the docks, quays, and wharfs, can have their various burdens run
by tram-roads directly alongside the vessels.

The attractions of the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, ren-
dered accessible as they are likely to be by the construction o f rail-