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London, England, 1845-07-30 00:00:00

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LONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT
DEPENDENT RAILWAY.
At a numerous and most influential Meeting, held at the Red Lion
Inn. in Leek, on Thursdy, the 24th day of July instant,
JOHN SQUIRE, Ewa., in the Chair,
It was moved by CHARLES HEATON, Esq., seconded by JosnUA
• Batman, Esq., and Resolved unanimously—
That this meeting has heard with great satisfaction the explana-
tionsmi given by the. Gentlemen deputed by the London Committee- of
Rengton's London and Manchester Direct Line, and receives with
confidence the assurance given of their intention to carry the scheme
into Parliament
It wsla also moved by WrLLuat 3ILLMVI, ESCI4SCCOHded b 7 ISAAC
FlAxlitoxt), Esq., and Resolved unanimously—
That the Intended line will confei greater advantage on the town
of Leek, tlian any other line which has hitherto been submitted
to consideration.
It was also moved by WILLIAM CRITCHROW, Esq., seconded by
Na•ritAx-DavExrotiT, Esq.' and Resolved unanimously—
That It therefore deserves, and shall receive, all the loeal support
which can be obtained by the, influence or exertions of the gentle-
men present. •
It was else moved by Jona Baornit, Esq., seconded by JosIAH
Rama, Esq., and Resolved unanimously—
That the foregoing resolutions be advertised m the London and
Provincial papers.
It Was. also, moved by JAMES Auer; Esq., seconded by JOHN
Russm.i.,,Esq„ and Resolved unanimously—
Thqt the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman for his
conduct in the Chair. - -By order, '
. • H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.

REMINGTON'S LINE.
LONDON . AND . MANCHESTER DIRECT
INDEPENDENT RAI LWAYorith a BRANCH through the
STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES te.elt EWE.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices of the Company, 29, 3toorgate-street, London ; Righ-street.

• 'Bedford; and St. Antes-Square, Manchester.
Capital, 5,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 501. each. '
Deposit, 21. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. "
• (With power to add to their number.)
Ainsworth, David, Esq., Manchester
Armitage, Mr. Alderman Elkauah, Manchester
Arnold, Henry and Son, Uttoxeter
Baker and Eastwood, Cheapside, London
Barnard, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford
Barnett, William, En., Macclesfield
Bauer. Abraham, Esq., King William-street, London
Booth, John,.Esq, 3faccieslield
Iloulton, H. D.,-Esq., Putnoe-house, Bedfordshire
Brooks, Sir. Alderman John, Manchester
Brawn, T., 'Esq., agent to the Right Hon. Earl de Grey
Browne, Joseph, En„-Alderman of Bedford
Browne, Thomas, Esq., Warkworth, Northumberland
Browne, W. K., Esq., Goldington House, Bedford
Bidlock, Thomas. En., 'Macclesfield
Burgess, John, Esq , lioroughreeve of Manchester
Chaditlek, Edwin, En.. Stanhope-street, Hyde Park, Secretary to
the Poor-law commission
Clark-, Jeremiah, Esq.. Macclesfield
Chambers, 'William' Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshire
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Crawley, Samuel, En., Stockwood Park, Luton ,
Croft. Major Johh T. Regent-street, Loudon
H. •Esq.,!Wellingborough
Dawson, J. T., En., the Woodlands. Clapham, Bedfordshire
Dumelew, Clement, Esq., Bedford
Esdalle, James, Esq , Upper Bedford-place, London
Foster, Morgan N:, Esq., Brlckhill House, Bedford
Grant, Daniel, Esq.. Manchester
Grlinshawe, Rev. T.
,S., 31. A.,. Biddenham Vicarage, Bedford
Gritnshawe, Chaiies 8., En., Biddenham Villa •
Gutch, John MattheW, Esq., banker, Worcester •
Ikatnes, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
_ cester and Birmingham Railway
Russell-sqoare
Hamer, 8., Esq. the General Post-office and Southampton-row,
are, sir Jon; Langham-place
liarrk si • •
II " (.In, Esq., Springfield, Bedford
e, ltichard, Eso., Macclesfield
--°ll°wardrJohn En., Britannia Foundry, Bedford
!-!.°rd, Alm, Esq., Manchester
IlYne, Charles Wright, Esq., Bedford
Hurst,
umPher.Y. John; Esq., 31. P„ Alderman' of London
George, Esq., Bedford
Hutchinson, Lieut.-Colonel R. E., F.R.S., Director of the College of
Civil Engineers
Jes Par, Samuel, Esq., Macclesfield
John B.
Aldermary-churchyard,
London
Johnson,Richtual, jam., Esq.. Moorgate, London ..
Jones, the Rey. P.,.Alton Vicarage, near Cheadle
,)(ay, John Cutdiffe,"Esq., Fairfield Hall, near Skipton, Yorkshire
„TAR dl,;
and. Son, Bedford • •
-vAngley•L; Esq., Rakeway House, near Cheadle •
ee, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission
Lister, S. C., Esq., Manningham Hall, near Bradford
Limas, George. Peter, Esq., the Grove' House, St. Cuthbert's, and
.Caldwell Priory, Bedford
Livius, the Rev. H. S., Berkley-square, Bristol-
Mackay, Colohel. .Rayensden. Grange House, Bedford
Murray, T. L., Esq., 16, George-street, Hanover-square
Morley and Co., Bread-street, London
Norbury, John George, Esq:, Maneetter House, .Atherstone, and 9,
...Graaf Cumberland-street, London
'"°rria, Edward, Esq., Chtnville, Manchester
Oldhafn, David, Esq , 3facelestield
Oilebar, Richard Longnet, Esq., Hinwick House, Wellingborough
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter
Palmer,
Charles Frederick, Esq., Bedford
r William Fish, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
IlerPont. Matthew, Esq., Direetorof the Welsh Midland Railway
•Pilkin
Pestell, William, Loh, liedf"rd
gt.e, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Phillips, William,: Esq.. Springfield House, Uttoxeter
Potts, William, Esq , Macclesfield
Rathbone; James,- Esq., Macclesfield
Rylands, John, Esq., Manchester
Sanders, John, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford
SeOtt and Co., Friday-street, London
Small, Nathaniel Wells, En , brewer, Bedford
Seirell, Dalton Haskoll, Esq.. Tokenhouse-yard, London
altarife,George Henry, Esq., Bedford
Sherman, Edward, Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand, London, Director of
the Louvain and Jemeppe Railway •
--Pton, Robert, Esq., Scmpton, Derbyshire
Skene,G. R., Esq:, and C.S., Proprietor of the " Bedford
Mercury," Bedford
Smart, Willlani Lynn, Esq., Linden Hall, Woburn •
ith ilia Fry, Friday-street, London
Stansfield, John, Esq., Macclesfield
8411 van Geo. James, Esq
Tra ~ the late High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
Swanwick, Thomas, Esq., M.D., 31acciesfield
i,
Benjamin;. En., banker, Alderman of Bedford
Trapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford, and the Barns, Fenlake
Tho
r 1). Robert, Esq., Bedford •
R alker, John, Eaq, , Stand, near Manchester, Director of the West
...I4.llerando, n Railway.
Major James, K.H., St James's-square
ti'ard, Chas. Luton. Hoo, Bedfordshire,
:trat ford-on-Avon
__ •
and Clopton House,
ahirrole, Henry, Esq., Macclesfield
•
,and, Henry, Esq., London and Macclesfield
winin, Smith, Esq., Birmingham
Wright William, En., Royal Foun.lry, Bedlbrd
-" • William, Esq., Macclesfield

ACTING COMMITTEE OF RIANAGEMINT.
Col, th,, (With power to add to their number.)
sLitreetiett ..ro..rtotni: Leicester Stanho Ashburnham House, London
General Si John F te Fitzgerald, Bart., K.C.8., Montague.
Sir Ors
Henry l;-square.
Joh, Arnold,Mol Esq., Uttozeter
.!reurghess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
!.rr fia
Clarke, Req., London and Macclesfield
Major John T. Croft, Regent-street, London
James Esdaile, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, London
8 Hatner, Esq., the General Yost-office, and Southampton-row,
Russell-square, ,London
Sir John Bare, Longhorn-place, London
Richard Hine, Esq., Macclesfield
John ilolford, Esq., Manchester
Lieut.-rolonel Hutchinson, 8.E., F.R.S., Director of the College of
Civil Engineers
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, London
Richard Johnson, jun., Esq., Moorgate, London .
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the
National Provincial Bank of Ireland.
William Ring, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance
Company
George Peter Living; Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's and Cald-
well Priory, Bedford
Horace W. Meteyard; Esq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
plae •
Capt. c
Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, London
James Reade, Esq., Lower Berkeley-street, London
Major James Waller, K. 11., St. James's-square, London
Henry Wardle, Esq., Macclesfield
ZROINRIZS---SIX John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury ; Messrs. Barnard,
Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co. ; Manchester and Liver-
Idanchester— 'pool District Bank
Lire National Provincial Bank of England
rpl.Macclesfield, iManchester and Liverpool District Bank
&lanky
Redford—Thomas Barnard, Esq. ; Messrs. Trapp and Co.
SOLICITORS.
,Messes Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moorgate-street ;
Nv°ll Owens, Esq., 33, Moorgate-street, London
illiam Rogers, Esq., Bedford
• " R. Wilton, Esq., Moseley-street; ILB. B. Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-
street, Manchester

SECISITARY—henry WiniameS Matthews, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Leicester—Messrs. Brown and Palmer, solicitors
Uttoxeter—William Arnold, Esq.
Macclesfield—Messrs.
Mortimer Green, Esq.
alacclesfield—Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May, town-clerks
herby.
Th.Mosely, jun.,-Esq., solicitor and coroner
gt,,„ a*,enportant national undertaking was brought forward in the
of last rear, and. was suspended from want of sufficient time
bui''',`,nlitY with the standing orders of the. Houses of Parliament ;
fron7i g the period.that it existed, a very large number of entree
nnuential Ws were applied for, and it received eminent
Petal, Perso
It .support.
inn, Will Commence at King's-cross, near the north end of Gray's •
11. road, and pass round Muswell Hill, through or adjacent to
en', nitmet, Chipping Barnet, St. Alban's, Luton, Silsoe
Redford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough,
cie-,,Aer',_.-kshby-de-la-Zouch. Burton, Uttoxeter, Cheadle,. Leek,
betweenMac-
"einsStoekport, to Manchester; with a branch from the line
Pot Cheadle'and Uttoxeter, through Stoke and the Staffordshire
eries to Crewe.
01.`nis railway has not' been pillaged frtim the prospectuses of any
avner undertaking, nor have the labours of any other person been.
yll°Priated to eke out a fancy scheme. It was orkinally planned
thgb—,l,.' George Reinington In 1836, and in 1840 and 1841 this gentle-
eyed the ground, and took the sections between London and
INit ter, and periontdly inspeeted_tbe Valleys of the Dove,
.Der-
Chuntet, with -a view to obtain a great trunk line between
ef ttC"" imPortant. termini is the empire. Manchester, the centre
• Nit: great manufatturing_district; comprising the. towns of 'Bury,
and„n!,_ Rochdale, Ashton, Oldham, Macclesfield, Stocport,. &c ,
the.„- "lass of population, exceeding a million, actively' engaged in
taco Pursuits of manufacturing industry, will benefit- by every reduc-
. -1111•241' distance between itself and the metropolis, and requires a
alentensunication, not a route made Up of circuitous segments
Paili.lll undertakings already overworked, with a patch of new
• leutZbehveen, but by one continuousrailway„. . .
Utters opinion, the sentiments of eminent statesmen and engt-
Point' the wants of the commercial world, have for some time
atanceed out the necessity. of a direct independent line. The circum-
R hiefo'#°ne of other lines in this direction being now advertised,
semi ",ave been announced since this-Undertaking originated, is:a
Thlnselleif Proof of the feeling so generally entertained.
PPlvm net all, Looking too the map. of England, it will be per-
t!. th mat the nearest route to Edinburgh is through the very centre
.Pirthet, Of Forth
by 3fancheser ; and, from the obstructions of the
be and Tay,. Carlisle and Manchester must necessarily
and tbtts in the intercommunication between. London and Glasgow,
raih,,:seNorth and North.east of Scotland. Whenever the Northern
er.,343s are complete, a very great passenger traffic, as well as the
nd 41 Present brought by sea to Liverpool from Glasgow, will be
the Present amount; ani
the necessity of greater expedition,
a▪ ireij.s•Y* and accomrnodation. will bc felt to be More pressing.
cdtt-„,..". 'from the vast increase of business, the Midland lines have
the an amount of goods and passenger carriage that has reached
I. M ita of safety.
irik;hhea, ttom various causes, such as the continuous increasing
aAd• in°,,,n,___the old lines—the junctioa of many new railways projected
4Aorthe—“nation----the approaching completion of the Scottish and
ow 7,)leca—the progression of railway communication in Ireland,
• !hies in,„inlmense sources of traffic will be necessarily poured in on.
411, „,"k":Feet and inadequate to general accommodation ; there can
rkTrirteen.,erignedtiCns
betwe—leetien on public grounds to the construction of a direct line
auipipdoMrtan. cheater. On the oontrary, every reason,
Doptd,_Leicester to Bedtbrd 'and London, it will intersect a rich,
eat4orinis. and fertile country, at present without railway communi-
itut,,,,2 London, while northwards of Leicester it will pass through
Pil p,.„l"ut mineral and mining districts, and the coal and other natu-
avti;: to of Derbyshire and Staffordshire will be immediately
krZ_l for the population along te whole line.
a point in the Teats Valleyh, near Cheadle, it is intended to
41 branch railway through the Staffordshire Potteries to Crewe,
_of Lane-end, - Stoke-upon-Trent, Neweastle-nnder-
, ierk"i7gem, and Tanstall. els as to
railway
a junotion with the Grand
flit „_, h Railway, and make this railway the best communication,
g,,,,,1;TY between London and Manchester, but also between London
ape Pes the o
n
Intlential persons connected with the' Poteries have urged
WY one that will enable them to get directly and
r.ornsY to London and Liverpool.
•
vetuin„v , ell Years this large.and influential district has belts endea- •
set 4 route to London ; every proposed scheme has been
we'd. and bp,..
abortive, either by its internal insignificance or bad ma-
snotme a mere article for speculation without the re-
H„,;
__adePtation to the wants of this great industrial population.
hot 1;473: one of the many projected schemes succeeded, it would
• Utiliy, ~ne eomParison for one moment in point of real soundness,
1'44 li'',."„n, Diabile benefit to the Potteries of the present undertaking.
Den end gentlemen en the route 'have for the greater
`shigt l'Leseil their uaqualiffett support •of the line, by 'means, of
*lb • '''"l ante of railway mimeo, the expense of formation
71,uctered comparatively
th_lt is the the promoters, without absolutely binding
• ,s.enseb,,"
'"iessia to adopt the titnesPherle principle and broad gauge,
economic," ue aDOEOT(4I, or to take any gauge or means this I
pro-.
14.,,,,rt3' w°ritill and wive high speed. Any ornamental
e line will, as far q.a poppets, hi respected.
a.T,__dietance
Jot r;_!_ttri hours, and no exertion Will be
under 177 miles, will be itegginillighod in about three
Ji the shortest possible time,
114 e will therefore be ppm I t sPiife4 tO -P9Mplete the
p e inaepen lent of other linen,
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