The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-30 00:00:00

Y—Henry Willlames Matthews, Esq.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Leiter_, LOCAL
Brown and Palmer, solicitors
Otto 'fiesta.
Arnold, Esq.
iAshby-de-la-Zouch—Edward Mertimer Green, Esq.
ilacelesfleld—Afe.ssrs. Parrott, Colville, and May, town-clerks
Tht:rib3'—nenry Mosely, jun., Esq., solicitor and coroner
atitin„_•"iPortant national undertaking W2B brought forward in the
eo-'1 Of last year and was suspended from want of sufficient time
brit '2,131Y With 'ta din orders of the Houses of Parliament
iron% ,riag the period that itgexisted, a very large number of shares
D44l'^-diuential persons were applied for, and it received eminent
It PPort.
nnh- e°,lllllelleo at King's-cross, near the north end of Gray'S
r—u, and ass rnd Aluswell Hill, through or adjacent to
illteth,,arnet, &I
P round Muswell Hill, through or adjacent to
ChlPPing B -et, St. Alban's, Luton, Sllsoe, Lei-
Lt%ter —fcr, WellingPborough, Kettering, Market Harborough,
fleid Y-de-la-Zouch. Burton, Uttoxeter,. Cheadle, Leek, Mae-
Ve'f,A,Ml Stock t to Manchester, with a branch from the line
rts,4-3-t"necadireleulle..TrUltoxeter, through Stoke and the Staffordshire
other ora,allwaY has not been pillaged from the prospectuses of any
),-'l,rohn,rertaking nor have the labours of any other person been
h,"/ --aated to eke, out a fancy scheme. It was orif.lnall3: planned
Zir-ve„trVe Remington in 1836, and in 1840 and 1841 this gentl;
t-cester-P,el the ground, and took the sections between
IL3oonvdeonvaner.
ate'
personally inspected the Valleys of the .tween
oretno. Churnet, with a view to obtain a great trunk line between
1,410 wPortant a
termini la the empire. Manchester
he , the centre
iito,„teat manufacturing district, comprising e towns of Bury,_
lls h, Rochdale, Ashton, Oldham, Macclesfield, Stockport, &c ,
;488 of population, exceeding a million, actively engaged in
ts of manufacturing industry, will beneht by every reduc-
treet stance between itself and the metropolis, and requiresa
crraneco Inniunication not a route made up of circuitous segments
tallWay-tnndertakings' already overworked, with a patch of new
h -nnafin-`4l,(een, but by one continuous railway.
-eers, °Milton, the sentiments of eminent statesmen and enmgie-
Ik'intodancl the wants of the commercial world, hnve for some ti
ittanee nut the necessity of a direct independent 'line. The circum-,
!MI Olcne of other lines in this direction being now advert
vatirisonivalre been announced since this undertaking originated, ski
Tbf,,`'ng Proof of the feeling so generally entertained.
,?is not au. Looking to the map of England, it will be er-
cr untt the nearest route to Edinburgh is through the very centreP
„_rth,
~kcngdonl th b Manchester • and, from the obstructions of e
Point,
• Forth indyTay, Carlisle and Manchester must necessarily
u, the Intercommunication betwn London and Glasgow,
North and North-east of Scotland.ee Whenever the Northern
t00(1,-' are complete, a very great passenger traffic, as well es the
ceded Present brought by sea to Liverpool from Glasgow, will be
,rtan4)„the Present amount, and the necessity of greater expedition,
+treadaccommodation, will be felt to be more press' .g.
.tbtatn,,Y,; uorn the vast increase of business, the Midland lines have
41;1irit:tnoraninant of goods and passenger carriage that has reached
safety.
trail (7,, Lfrata various ses, such as the centinuons increasing
tie' leo ute old lines—the junction of manynew railways projected
•Norti; formation—the approaching completion of the Scottish and
new
aeflt lines—the Progression of railway communication in Ireland,
tines ,fd hninense sources of traffic will be necessarily poured in on
homidirect and inadequate to general accommodation ; there can
hetw.chiection on public grounds to the construction of a direct line
for llsen London and Manchester. On the contrary, every reason
Pro,"rgetic support.
Populous eicester to Bedford and London, it will intersect a rich,
tau°, and fertile country, at present without railway commun -
itnnorts London, while northwards of Leicester it will pass through
Proqut Mineral and mining districts, and the coal and other natu-
evailatailee_tions of Derbyshire and Staffordshire will be immediately
Prom Icr,the Population along the whole line.
terry a Point in the Teen Valley, near Cheadle, it is intended to waa branch railway through the Staffordshire Potteries to Crewe,
rwrka YZ Lane-end, Stoke-upon-Trent, Healey, Newcastle-under-
le..nk and Tnnstall, as to form a junction with tike Grand
Aot onl4taimay, and make this railway the best communicatidon,
and Lt,;'„ between London and Manchester, but also between Lon on
Atal:P°ol.
ell's m07,,!3: t L
Piakinc:tuhoceridnotial onli Persons connected with the Potteries have urged
YariondeLthlyaetrpweeitli. enable them to get directly and
Vourn:Tno years this large and influential district has been endea-
• reeder,g4Lo get a route to London ; every proposed scheme has been
• nagonlnbortive, either by its internal insignificance or bad ma-
% niotostar, and become a mere article for speculation without the re-
Ilad a.aPtation to the wants of this great industrial population.
beaarnY one of the many projected schemes succeeded, it would
mutt n
ectnParison for one moment in point of real soundness,
Tb,o Public benefit to the Potteries of the present undertaking.
part _ moidernen and gentlemen on the route have for the greater
ecoirmunpargantiainavel:
light.
support of the line, by !means, of
and the advance of railway science, the expense of formation
Pre„n"deedretild
~• tbton:,_tne intention of the promoters, without absolutely binding,
showa's'tives,, to adopt the atmospheric principle and broad gauge,
eeanolnicelit ", a approved, or to take any gauge ormeans that will be
D(rty m 'working and give high speed. Any ornamental pro-
ne line will, as far ossible, be respected.
joyltaifulnanh CO, tinder 177 miles will be accomplished in about three
doe ours
rtieyha exertion will be spared to complete the
`4lllln hottest Possible time.
6RW therefore be completely independent of other lines,