The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co.
The Commercial Bank, Lothbury.
SOLICITOR.
Francis William Mount, esq. 10, Lawrence Pountney-
Lane, London.
SECRETARY (PRO. TEM.)
Mr. James Oliver.
ENGINEER.
Samuel Hughes, esq. C.E.
ARCIII.TECT AND SURVEYOR.
Richard Cromwell Carpenter, esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Knutsford Henry Wright, esq.
Congleton John Wilson, esq.
Derby Messrs. Dunnicliff & Severne.

This Company has been formed for the purpose of con-
structing and maintaining a direct line of Railway be
Lveen the towns of Liverpool and Derby, by proceeding
from an independent terminus at Liverpool, or on the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, diverging in a direct
course to Warrington, Knutsford, thence to Congleton,
Leek, Ashbourne by Eirailsford and Langley, to Derby,
thus affording Railway accommodation (the want of which
has for some considerable time been most seriously felt)
to four large intermediate manufacturing Towns, and
completing a direct communication to Ireland, Liverpool,
and the north-west of England, from Nottingham, Grant-
ham, and the eastern perts of Boston, Lynn, and Yar-
mouth ; as also (in conjunction with the Midland Counties
Railway) from Leicester, Melton Mossbray, Oakham,
Stamford, Peterborough, Ely, Norwich, and Cambridge;
and forming, by the intended Churnet and Blythe Valley
Railway, the most direct line of communication between
Liverpool and London.
The importance of the different Towns through which
this Railway will pass, is sufficient to convince all parties
that on public grounds alone it is absolutely necessary;
and that the immense local traffic not only justifies but
demands its formation, independently of the great acces-
sion which must necessarily follow, from the advantages
which will be given to the several Towns and Ports above-
enumerated, and to the various Ports south-east of Derby,
in opening to them the grand Commercial DepOt and
Port of Liverpool.
The necessity of establishing the most direct Railway
communication between the Towns of Liverpool and
Derby is self-evident, from the fact of the enormous traffic
which at present exists under the most disadvantageous
circumstances; the nearest communication by Railway
being 120 miles, whilst, by the construction of the proposed
Line, the entire distance will be reduced to about 73 miles,
opening at the same time the shortest practicable route
between Liverpool, Manchester, and London.
It would be superfluous, in reference to a Line present-
ing so many extraordinary advantages, to encumber the
Prospectus with details of estimated traffic; for, lade
pendent of its possessing the great desideratum of direct-
ness, the present local trade, it is well known, will produce
a return that evidently must surpass that of any other
Scheme which has hitherto been projected.
It may further be mentioned, as worthy of consideration,
that the proposed Line, which must necessarily form a
"Great Trunk Line," interferes with no existing Railway,
presents no engineering difficulties, and requires no works
to cause any delay in its completion.
Power will be taken by the Act of Parliament to allow
interest, at the rate of £4 per cent. per annum, on all
calls until the opening of the Line ; and no Subscriber
will be answerable for more than the amount of his De-
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond his
Subscription.
Until an Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs of

the &;I)any will be under the direction and control of
the Committee of Management. Power will be applied
for in the Act—and, in the mean time, is hereby given to
the Committee of Management—to increase the propose:l
Capital, if necessary; to abandon any part of the L►ne;
to make Branch Lines, or enter into arrangements with
any other Company or Companies; and to nominate the
first Direc'ors of the Company. In the allotment of
Shares, a preference will be given to parties locally in-
terested, and Shareholders in the different Railways com-
municating with the Line.

Application for Prospectuses, Maps, and Shares in the
form subjoined, may be made to F. W. Mount, Esq. So-
licitor, 10, Lawrence Pountney Lane, London ; the Local
Agents; and the following Stock and Share-brokers (and
must be accompanied by a reference of known respecta-
bility):—London, Messrs. Peppercorne & Co. Old Broad-
street; Messrs. Lynd and Rickard, Bank Chambers.—
Liverpool, Messrs. JOSEPH KING and SON, and Messrs_
CAMERON, CAZENOVE, and TAUNTON.—Leeds, Messrs.
Hopps and Co.—Manchester, Messrs. Thomas Cardwell
and Sons.--Birmingham, Mr. W. 1-1. Collis, New-street.
Bradford, Messrs. R. and M. Scbolefield and Co.—Derby,
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw.—Hull, Mr. Edward Simpson.—
York, Messrs. Grayston and Earle.—Edinburgh, William
Cleland, Esq.