The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

HE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS DIRECT RAIL-
WAY COMPANY,
VIA. WIGAN, BOLTON, BURY, ROCHDALE, AND HALI-
FAX, COMMENCING AT THE BURY TERMINUS OF THE
LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)

Capital £1,700,000, in 68,()80 Shares of £25 each.
Deposit £2 12, 6d. per,SMre, in compliance with the
Standing Wers of Parliament.

PR,O,IfiSIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Abbott, Eq., Halifax, Director of the West York=

shire Railway.
William Ackroyd, Esq. Worsted Mills, Otley, Director
of the East and West J unction Railway.
William Ackroyd, Esq., Worsted Spinner and Manufac-
turer, Wheatleys, Birkenshaw, near Leeds.
Thomas Ackroyd, Esq., Worsted Spinner and Manufac-
turer, Upper House, Birkenshaw, near Leeds, Director
of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Junction

Hallway.
Joseph Acton, Esq., J„P„, Wigan, Director of the Man-

chester and Wi,,an Railway:
George Addison, Esq., Worsted Spinner, Hall Field,

Bradford. -
William Ainsworth, jun., Esq., Cotton Spinner, Wigan,
Director of the Manchester and Wigan ltailway.
William Alexander, Esq., M.D., Halifax.
Henry Ambler, Esq., Worsted Spinner and Manufac-
turer, Watkinson-hall, near Halifax, Director of the

West Yorkshire Railway.
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S.. F.S.A., Rue-
land-hall, Lancashire, and Regent's Park, London,
Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway,

and of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway.
Joseph Armitage, Esq., J.P., Manes Bridge-house, near
Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax,

and Bradford Union Railway.
Henry Arrowsmith, Esq., Cotton Spinner and Manufac-
turer. Astley. near Wigan, Director of the Manchester
and Wigan Railway.
William Ascroft, Esq., Cotton Spinner, The Willows,

Bury.
John Thomas Walshman Aspinall, Esq., Mytton-hall,
near Clitheroe, Director of the Clitberoe Junction Rail-
way, and the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North

of England Union Railway.
J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Flax Spinner, Elmwood-house,
Leeds, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway.
John Atkinson, Esq., Wool Stapler, Bradford, Director
of the West Yorksire Railway.
Edward Atkinson, Esq., Worsted Spinner, Spen-house,
Gotnersall and Cleckheaton, near Leeds.
Joseph Austin' Esq., Wool Merchant, Headingley-hill,
near Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway.
Joseph Bates, jun., Merchant, Liverpool.
John Bagshaw, Esq., London, Director of the Eastern
Counties Railway, and of the Northern and Eastern

Railway.
John M. Barstow, Esq., Templethorp, and Nunthorp,
near Leeds, Director of the East and West Yorkshire
Railway, and of the Leeds and York Railway.
Thomas Beaumont, Esq., Bradford, Provisional Director

of the West Yorkshir; Railway.
George Beaumont. Esq., Prospect-place, Halifax, Direc-
tor of the East and West of England Junction Railway.
Samuel Bateman, Esq., Croft House, near Bradt,rd.
John Beaumont, Esq . Grove Cottage, Dalton, near
Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield Halifax, and

Brandon UniOn Railway
W. Gillison Bell, Esq., Melling-hall, Lancaster,_Direc-
tor, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of
England Union Railway.
John Bennett, Esq., Belgrave-terrace, Huddersfield.
Christopher Bentham, Esq. Merchant, Liverpool, Direc-
tor of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway.
James Thomas Bourne, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool, Di-
rector of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North
of ngland Union Railway.
HenrY Smith Bright, Esq., Merchant, Hull, Director of

thWHull and Selby Railway.
Jeremiah Sharp Browne, Esq., Halifax.
George Brown, Esq., Spinner and Manufacturer, Brad-

fora.
William Brocklelitust, Esq., Colthurst, near Clitherop,
Director of the Clitheroe Junction Railway, and of the
Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England
Union Rajiv ay
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James Brook, gig., Woolstapler, Liverpool.
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director, of
the Manchester and Wigan Railway, and of the Liver-
__ pool, Preston, and North j.inionßadway.
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W. Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield:Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester Railway, and of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield Railway.

The Honourable Howe Browne, London, Chairman of
the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and
Welsh Junction Railway, and of the East and West
of England Junction Railway.

Thomas-Burnley, Esq., Worsted Manufacturer, Pollard-
hall, Goinersall, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds and
West Riding Junction Railway.

Messrs. Burnley, Firth, and Co., Woollen Manufacturers,
Little Gomersall, near Leeds.

Johnson Atkinson Bushfield, Esq., Bradford.
Robert S. Butterfield, Esq., Woolstapler, Sidney-place,

Bradford. _
William Caldwell, Esq., Corn-merchant, Ince Hall
Wigan, Alderman of Wigan.
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq„ J.P., Hull.

Hanamel De Castro, Esq. London.
Thomas Clayton, Esq., Esq.,
Bradford.
Edward Collinson, Esq., Worsted-spinner, Chapel House,

Grassington, near Skipton.
James Cheeseborougb, Esq., Woolstapler, Horton lane,

Bradford.
William Croudson, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Batik
Cottage, Wigaa.
John Croudson, EscL, Town Clerk of Wigan.

James Cummings, Esq., Flax-spinner, Preston, and Carr
Hill, Kirkham.

John Darlington, Esq., Shipley Hall, Bradford, Director
of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union

Railway.
John Dewhurst, Es., Marsh House, Preston, Director of

the Preston and Wyre Railway.
John Alcuck Dixon, Esq., Burnley.
Duckitt, Esq., of the Yorkshire Banking Com-
pany, Bradford.
William D ougl as, Esq , Stuff-merchant, Bradford, Director
of the Bradford, 'Wakefield, and Midland Railway.
Jonathan Dickenson, Esq., Stuff-manufacturer, Seacroft
Lodge, near Lccds. _ _

Thomris Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's
Wood, London, Director of the London and Exeter

Direct Railway.
Francis Duffield, Esq., Bolton House, near Bradford, and
of the Bowling Ironworks.

NV illiam Driftieid, Esq., Knaresborough, Director of the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway, and of the East and West
Yorkshire Jun, tion Railway.

Richard Dransti,ld, Esq., Dalton, near Huddersfield.
Thomas Dutton, Esq., Blackburn, Director of the Black
burn, Chorley, and North Union Railway.
John Ellershaw, Esq., Merchant; Seacroft, near Leeds.
Thomas Eastham, Esq., Kirkby Lonsdale.
John Edwards, Esq., Chester.
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Lieutenant Colonef Elriugton, Wyndham-place, London.
Thomas England, Esq., Headingley, near Leeds, Director
of the Leeds and York Railway.
John Fawcett, Eq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of
the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway.
Thomas Fisher, Esq., jßipon.

John Forster, Esq., Worsted-spinner and Manufacturer,
Sand Beds, Clayton Height, near Bradford.
14,4 Gardner, Esq., Merchant, Manchester, Director of
the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and. Cheshire Junction
Railway.
William Gatliff, Esq., Merchant, Leeds, Director of the
West Yorksli,re Railway.
Joseph Gill, E-q., Merchant, Potter Newton Mount, near
Leeds, Director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction
Railway.

W. Gordini, Esq., M.D.. F.L.S., Hull.
Edward Grace, Esq., J.P., Leeds, Director of the Leeds

and Thirsk Rail Way, and of the- East and West York-
shire Railway.

W. Gresham, Esq., Alderman of Lincoln.
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director
of the Leicester and Birmingham Railway, and of the
London and ht anehester Direct Independent Railway.
A. Fowden Haliburton, Esq., Whitley, near Wigan.
Joshua Hall, Esq., Woolstapler, Bradford.
John Hanson, Esq., Worsted-maunfacturer, Wilsden,
near Bradford.
George Hammond, Esq., Flax-spinner, Bridge Field-
place, Leeds.
Thomas A. Hanson, Esq., Stuff-merchant, Bradford. _ _

Sir Joh❑ Hare, Langham:place: Director of the

London and .Manchester Direct Independent Railway.
John William Harden, Esq., J.P., Birkenhead, Director
of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction

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Railway. .
John Harrison, Esq., Banker, Bell Wood, Ripon.
Thomas Harrison, Hsq., Merchant, Moss House, Maghull,
Liverpool.
William Harrison,.Esq., Gargrave, near Skipton.
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Thomas Hartley, Esq.. Otley Mills, Otley, Director of
the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway. •
Thomas Heelis, Esq., Skipton Castle, Skipton, Director
of the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway, and

of the Lancashire and Yorkshire North-eastern Rail-

way.
Robert Herries, Esq., Flax-spinner, East-street, Leeds.
Christopher Hindle, Esq., Higher Croft, near Blackburn.
William Hirst, Jun., Esq., Cloth-merchant, Croft House,

Gomersall, near Leeds.
Henry Hoghton, Esq., Deputy Lieutenant of the County
of Lancaster, Bold Hall, near Warrington, Director of
the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and
Welsh Junction Railway.
James Holdfor,h, Esq , Silk-spinner, J.P., Burley, near

Leeds. -
Joseph Dempsey Holdforth, Esq., Leeds and Cookridge,
Director of th• Wakefield, Bradford, and Midland
Junction Railway.
William Holdswortb, Esq., Stuff-merchant, Bradford,
Director of the West Yorkshire Railway.
W. B. Holdsworth, Esq., Flax-spinner, Larchfield•house,

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Leeds.
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director
of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway, of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway, and of the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Railway.
Thomas Holmes, Esq., West House, Halifax, Director of
the East and West of England Junction Railway.
W. B. Holroyd, Esq., Wool Stapler, Halifax.
William Henry Hornby, Esq., J. P. Blackburn, Chair-
man uf the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway,
and Director of the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North-
western Railway, and of the Manchester and Wigan
Railway.
Abraham Howe, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Railway, and of the Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Railway.
Edward Hunt, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool.
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., Alderman of
London, Director of the London and Greenwich
Railway.

George Hunron, Esq., Worsted Manufacturer, Wilsden,
near Bradford.
Richard Hutchinson, Esq., Merchant, (of the firm of W.
Gatliffe, Son, and Co,) Whitkirk, near Leeds.
R. E. Hyde, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool.
Thomas Ingleby, Esq., of Lawkland Hall, Settle, Director
of the Northwestern Railway, of the Clitheroe Junction
Railway, and of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great
North of England Railway.
James Inglis. M.D., Halifax.
John Jackson, Esq., Corn Factor. Alderman of Leeds,
Headingley Hill, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds

and York Railway.
William Thomas Jackson, Esq., Tadcaster, Director of
the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway.
Henry Jackson, Esq., Linen Manufacturer, Barnsley,
Director of the Wakefield, Bradford, and Midlands
Junction Railway.
William Jackson, Esq., Birkenhead, Chairman of the
Chester and Bi:kenbead Railway.
Boswell Middleton Jallaud, Esq., J. P., Deputy Lieute-
nant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Holderness
House, near Hull.
Charles Johnson, Esq., Cotton Spinner, Wigan, Director
of the Manchester and Wigan Railway.
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull.
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London.
John Kuowles, jun., Esq., Trafford Bank House, Man-
chester, Director of the East and West Yorkshire
Junction Railway.
Stephen Hartley Knowles, Esq., Cloth Manufacturer,
Tenlands, Gomersall, near Leeds.
Lionel William Knowles, Esq., West House, Gomersall,
near Leeds.
John Knowles, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Blackburn
Chorley, and North Union Railway.
Charles Knyvett, Esq., St. James' Place, London, and
Sunning, Berks, Director of the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Continuation and Welsh Junction Railway.
Joseph Lambert, Esq., Woollen Merchant, Leeds,
Director of the Leeds and York Railway.
James Lawrence, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool.
George La.k ton, Esq., Ditchleys, Essex, Director of the
South Midland Railway.
James Leming, Esq., Machine Maker, Bradford.
Samuel Cuncliffe Lister, Esq., Bradford, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway.
John Lupton, Esq., Worsted Spinner and Manufacturer,
Bradford.
John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, near Wigan, Director of
the Blackburn, Chorley, and North Union Railway.
Charles Lovatt, Esq., Northgate Hall, near Chesterfield,
Director of the East and West Yorkshire Junction
Railway.
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull.
Francis Edwin Macaulay, Esq., Halifax
Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman (and late Lord
Mayor) of London.
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn Square, London, and
Denver Hall, Norfolk.
Joseph Ogden March, Esq., Leeds, Director of the East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railway.
John Masterman, jun., Esq., Banker, London, Director
of the Northern and Eastern Railway.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Mexborough, Methley Park,
Yerkshire.
William Morley, Esq., Black Heath Park, London,
Director of the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire
Junction Railway.
Edward Morris, Esq., Chorley, Director of the Blackburn,
Chorley, and North Union Railway.
Christopher Morris, Esq., Alderman of Wigan.
Thomas Morris, Esq., I?airhurst Hall, Wigan, Director
of the Blackburn, Chorley, and North Union Railway,
and of the Manchester and Wigan Railway.
David William Nell, Esq., J. P. Leeds, Director of the
Leeds and Dewsbury Railway, of the Leeds and Thirsk
Railway, and Vice Chairman of the East and West
Yorkshire Junction Railway.
George Norton, Esq.. Clay ton West, Huddersfield, Di-
rector of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway.
Joseph Norton, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfield, Di-
rector of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford
Union Railway,' and of the Wakefield and Harrogate
Railway.
George Oxley, Esq., Stuff Merchant, Bradford, Director
of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway.
John Green Paley, Esq., J. P. Oatlands, Harrogate and
Bowling Iron Works near Bradford, Director of the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway, of the Northwestern Rail-
way, and of the East and West Yorkshire Junction
Railway.
John Cliuce Parker, Esq., Fair Oak House, Bowland,
near Preston. .

Joseph Patsworth, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction
Railway, of the Manchester and Southampton Rail-
way, and of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway.
John Pickersgill, Esq., Tavistock Square, London, Di-
rector of the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway.
Henry Powell, Esq., Providence Green, Green Hammer-
ton, York, Director of the East and West Yorkshire
Junction Railway.
Thomas Baynes Preston, Esq., Skipton.
William Peel, Esq., Stuff Merchant, Westbrook House,
Bradford, Provisional Director of the West Yorkshire
Railway.
John Pratt, Esq., Oil Merchant, Bradford, and Halton
East, Craven.
Augustus Radcliffe, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool, Director
of the Birkenhead, Lancashire. and Cheshire Junction
Railway, and of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway.
John Ramsden, jun., Esq., Eastbrook, Halifax, Director
of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Junction
Railway.
Jeremiah Stansfield Rawson, Esq., Hazlewood House,
near Halifax, Director of the Manchester, Liverpool,
and Great North of England Railway Company.
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy Lieutenant of the West
Riding of Yorkshire, and J. P. Stoney Rhoyd, Halifax,
Director of Rosainers Great Northern of France Rail-
way, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of
England Union Railway, and of the National Bank of
Ireland.
'l'hnmas Ingram Rayner, Esq , Lilac Cottage, Biratal,
near Leeds, Provisional Director of the Leeds and
West Riding Junction Railway.
Thomas Redmayne, Esq., Taitlands, near Settle, Director
of the Northwestern Railway, of the Clitheroe Junction
Railway, and of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great
North of England Un on Railway.
John Ridgway, Esq., CauldiriaPlace, Staffordshire Potte-
ries, Director of the Trent Valley Railway.
William Robinson, Esq., Lancaster, Director of the
Northwestern Railway.
James Roberrs, Esq., Tarlton House, Burnley.
William Roberts, Esq., South Parade, Burnley.
Michael Rogerson, Esq., Bradford.
William Rothery, Esq., Stradford Place, London.
John Russell, Esq.. Stuff Merchant, Bradford, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax, andßradford Union Railwas-.
James Rennie, Esq., Stuff Merchant, Bradford, Director
of the West Yorkshire Railway.
E. W. R. Rudgard, Esq., Lincoln.
Samuel Simpson, Esq., Grennes, near Lancaster.
Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., Leeds, Director ofthe Leeds
and York Railway.
Joseph Smith, Esq., Smithville, Little Horton, Bradford.
William Smith, Esq., Alderman of Leeds, J. P. Burley,
near Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway,
and of the East and West Yorkshire Railway.
William Singleton, E 1.., Timber Nlerchant, Leeds.
Thomas Skelton, Esq., Highfield, Headingley, near
Leeds, Director of the East and West Yorkshire
Junction Railway.
John Steel, EN., Bradford.
S. E. Sichel, Esq., Merchant, Bradford.
John Sansom, Esq., Moor Lodge, near Sheffield.
John Slingsby, Esq., Cotton Spinner, Carlton, near
Skipton, and Bell Bush, near Conistone Celd, in Craven.
G. W, Smith, Est., Horbury Hall, near Sheffield.
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London,
Leyton House, Essex, Director of the Direct London
and Manchester Railway.
Captain Robert Stansfield, jun., The Breck, near Halifax.
George Stansfield, Esq.,' Ashfield House, Burnley.
James Stead, Esq., Woolstapler, Oak Field, Manning-
ham, near Bradford.
Maude Stead, Esq., Woolstapler, Belle Vue, near
Bradford.
Samuel Stead, Esq., Crow Trees, Gomersall, near Leeds.
Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hall, Halifax, Director of
the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway.
James Stewart, M.D., Wigan.
John Sutliffe, Esq., J.P., Huddersfield.
J. G. Sugden, Esq., Steeton Hall, Skipton, Director of
the East Lancashire and Airdale Junction Railway.
Edward Swaine, Esq., Merchant, Crow Trees, Gomersall,
near Leeds.
Joseph Swaine, Esq., Merchant, Brier Hall, Gomersall,
near Leeds.
John Swaine. Esq., Merchant, Mill House, Gomersall,
near Leeds.
Charles Swainson, Jun., Esq., Frenchwood, Fishwick,
near Preston.
Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of
the Manchester and Wigan Railway, and of the Liver-
pool, Preston, and North Union Railway.
Joshua Taylor, Esq., Cloth-merchant, Gomersall, near
Leeds, Director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction
Railway.
Henry Thomas, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Man-
chester, Sheffield. and Midland Junction Railway.
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street,Bedford-row, London,
Director of the London and Brighton Railway.
John Thompson, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of
the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway, and
of the Manchester and Wigan Railway.
Edward Pearson Tee, Esq., Linen-manufacturer, Barnsley.
James Thompson, Esq., Wray, Lancashire, Director of
the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Railway.
John Timm, Esq., Maltster, Sheffield.
George Greenwood Tetley, Esq., Stuff-merchant, Bradford,
Director of the West Yorkshire Railway.
Benjamin Thornton, Esq Woolstapler, Gomersall, near
Leeds.
Francis Thorp, Esq., Flax-spinner, Knaresborough, and
New York, near Pateley Bridge.
Joseph Underwood, Esq., London, Director of the Com-
mercial Bank of London.
James Upton, Esq., Cotton-spinner and Manufacturer,
Akay Lodge, near Sedburgh, and Goit Stock, Bingley.
Edward Denis de Vitre, Esq., Lancaster, Director of the
North-western Railway.
Charles Du ckitt Wade, Esq., Worsted-spinner and Manu-
facturer, Bradford.
John Wade, Esq., Spinner and Manufacturer, Bradford.
Mark Walker, Esq., Flax Spinner, East Street, Leeds.
John Walker, Esq., Bentley Lodge, Meanwood, near
Leeds. Director of the Leeds and York Railway.
Proctor Walker, Esq., Moor Park, Preston.
John Walker. Esq., Oakwell.
Sir Joshua Walmsley, Merchant, Liverpool, Director of
the Chester and Birkenhead Railway.
Thomas Ashline Ward, Esq., Town Regent, Sheffield,
Director of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
John Ward, Esq., Worsted Spinner, Bradford.
Thomas Wearing, Esq., Sedburgh, Lancashire.

LIVERPOOL, PRESTON, AND NORTH UNION
JUNCTION RAILWAY, WITH BRANCHES TO
SOUTHPORT AND WIGAN.
NOTICE.
THE Committee will proceed-to the Allotment of
Shares in this Railwayccvlien they have completed
the necessary inquiries as-fo the responsibility of the dif-
ferent Applicants. _

•`-- By order,
BRABNER and HAIGH, solicitors,
Liverpool, 22d August, 1845.

RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHESTER
RAILWAY.
[PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.]
CAPITAL, £1,500,000, in 60,000 SHARES of £25
each. DEPOSIT, £1 7s. 6d. per Share.
PHE RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHESTER
1. RAILWAY is a Direct Line from London to Man-
chester, coming from London to Rugby along the London
and Birmingham Line, and proceeding from Rugby by
Hinckley through Market-Bosworth ,and Ashby-de-la-
Zouch, to Derby, thence to Ashbourne and Macclesfield,
and along the Macclesfield and. Stockport, and Stockport
and Manchester Railways, into Manchester.

Branches to Leake atid,Buxton are in contemplation.
The principle of thisrailway is to obtain a direct through
line between some of the most important districts in the
kingdom with the least possible amount of new railway,
and consequently the smallest expenditure of capital.
It will also establish the shortest direct communication
between Derby and London, Sheffield and London, and
between all the towns on the North Midland Railway and
London.

The Manchester, Derby, and Rugby Railway will open
a direct communication between Manchester and Derby,
and will considerably shorten the distance between Man-
chester and Nottingham and Manchester and Leicester.
The line from Derby to Rugby will establish the direct
communication from that town to London, which has
been so long considered desirable by the inhabitants.
Thr same will apply to Sheffield, when the Sheffield and
Chesterfield branch of the North Midland Railway is
made.