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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-18 00:00:00

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ALES and SKETCHES, Historic44ind Domestic, by
I Mrs. D. CLARKE.
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London: LONGMAN and Liverpool: W. Gitap,EL,
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MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION
CANAL.
Capital, £500,000, in Shares of £5O each.
Deposit, £2 per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE:
WILLI AM LUPTON, Esq., Scarr Wheel House,l
JOHN HALL, Esq., West Bank,
DANEL BROADHURST, Esq., - I
G. S [EREDAY SMITH, Esq., }Manchester.
THOMAS DEANE, Esq.,
N -- KNIGHT, Es, Pendleton House. I

_4 ATHAN ...,,, r.Sq., _ ~
ELIAS CHADWICK, Esq., Swinton Hall,
JAMES SUTTON, Esq., Shardlow Hall, near Derby.
THOMAS R. TRUEMAN, Esq.. Mold Cotton Mills, Flintshire
JOHN LONG, Esq., Knutsford, Cheshire
THOMAS WRENCH NAYLOR, Esq., Middlewich,
WILLIAM HAZELDINE, Esq., Shrewsbury.

JOHN HORTON, Esq., Priors Lee Ha 11,2 Salop.
JOHN STANTON, Ea., Ellesmere,
THOMAS EDWARD WARD, Esq., Plaskynaston Iron Works,
Denbighshire.
SPENCER ROGERS, ESq,,Watlands, the Staffordshire Potteries.
GEORGE HOLYOAKE, Esq., Wolverhampton.
With power to add to their numbers.
Engineer.—W. A. Provis, Esq.
Bankers.—Messrs. Junes, Loyds, and Co., Manchester and

London ;
Sir F. L. H. Goodricke, Bart. and Co., Wolverhampton;
Messrs. Beck, Batons, and Co., Shrewsbury.
Solicitor.—T. L. Marriott, Esq.
PROSPECTUS.

TT is proposed to apply to Parliament, in the next session,
to incorporate a Company for the purpose of constructing
a Navigable Canal from the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal,
near Altrinchain, to the Middlewich Branch of the Ellesmere
and Chester Canal, near its junction with the Trent and
Mersey Canal, at Middlewich, in the county palatine of
Chester, to be called " THE MANCHESTER AND
BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION CANAL."

The proposed Canal will be sixteen miles in length, and
and forms the shortest side of a triangle; the existing route,
by the Bridgewater and the Grand Trunk Canals, forms the
other two sides, and these being together thirty-four miles in
length, it is obvious that the proposed Canal will effect a saving
of eighteen miles of distance. To this must be added the
important advantage of improved construction.
Among the principal objects to be attained by the forma-
tion of this Canal, are the following :
ht,—lt will complete the best and most direct Canal route
from Manchester to the Staffordshire Iron and Coal District,
and to Birmingham.

2ndly,-1t will afford an essential improvement (already
too long delayed) in the water communication between Man-
chester, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Eastern; Counties,
and London.

3rdlv,—lt will establish a direct line of Canal between
Manchester and the Mines, Quarries, lronworkS,and Agri-
cultural Districts of Shropshire and North. Wales.
40)1y,—It will open a much shorter Canal Navigation
between Manchester ana the City and Pbrt of Chester.

hly,—lt will give to the town of Knutsford, and the
highly productive agricultural part of Cheshire. through
which the Canal will run, the cheapest means of intercom-
munication, and of access to the Manchester Markets, and
Districts abounding iu Lime and Coal.
It is proposed that the Canal shall be constructed upon the
most unproved principles; and in reference to this object
Mr. Provis has laid down the line and formed his calculations.
Double towing paths throughout the whole line, walled
sides to the waterway, no contraction of the width of water-
way at bridges, and locks that can be passed in the shortest
time, are some of the intended improvements. These will
not only tend to lessen the cost of future repairs, and save
time and risk to the Carrier; but the Canal will be adapted
fot increased rates of speed either by horse or steam power.
In its direction the Canal will be nearly straight, and in
its levels there will he only the general.fall of the country.
It will avoid all parks and ornamental grounds, will pass
over land of only ordinary value, and be encumbered with
no physical difficulties.
• It is an extraordinary fact that no Canal has yet been
made for the accommodation •if Manchester in its southern
traffic, and consequently the trade has been compelled to
adopt the circuitous, dilatory, and expensive routes intended
for other purposes. The proposed Canal will remedy the
evil, and give to Manchester a direct communication with
the central and southern districts of the kingdom.