The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-15 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS

Sir Charles Robert Tempest, Bart., Broughton Hall, near
Skipton.
Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., Duckenfield Lodge, near
Ashton-under-Lvne.
Charles Standish, Esq., M.P., Stapdisicrtear Wigan.
William Aleard, Esq., Warrington, Director of the St.
Helen's Railway.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Courthay, -near Liverpool,
Deputy Chairman of the Grand Junction Railway.
Gilbert Greenall Sa., Walton Hall,.near Warrington,
Director of St. Helen's Railway.
William Hal ,:Esq., Grappenhalt Hall, near Warrington,
Director of the Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and
D,reham Railways.
Ilichard Harrison, Esq., Warrington.
Llenry Charles Lacy, Eq., Kenyon lionse, near War-
rington, Director of the Lynn and Ely, Ely and Hun—
tingdon, and Lynn and Dereharn Railways
Thomas Moss, Esq., Otterspool, near Liv
of the Grand Junction Railway.
Lewin Mozley, Esq., Liverpool, Director.-of the Grand
:Junction Railway.
Thomas Parr, Esq., Grappenhalt Heyes,,,n
ton, Director of ie St. Helen's Railway.
Joseph Peirin, Esq,, Warrington.
John Slack, Esq., Bowden Hall, near Chaper-on-le-Frith
James Stanton, Esq., Greenfield House, near Warrington
William Stubs, E,q, The Elms, near Warrington.
Jahn White, E,q., Park Hall, near Hayfield,i.Derbyshiro

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Joseph Locke, Esq.
S.(ILIC [TORS.
Messrs. Wagstaff, -Son, and Marsh, Warrir;gton
BJ-NKERS.

Messrs.,Parr, Lyon, and Greenall, Warrington..; Messrs.
Moss and Co., Livecpoal,; the Manchester and:Liverpool
District _Banking Company, Stockport; and Messrs. Cur-
ries and'Co., and Messrs. Barc;ay and Co., London.

THE object of this Railway is to provide the bvst and
most direct communication between Stockport and
Warrington, and thence to Liverpool. which latter object
will be effected by means of this Railway in conjunction
with the extension cf their line about to he made by the
Grand Junction Railway Como,any from Warrington.
At Stockport the Line will communicate with the Man-
chester and Birmingham Railway and the Branch from
Stockport to 'Ashton, th,reby affording to the manufactu-
ring population of Stock port and its vicinity, and to all the
densely populated District intersected by the Sheffield
and Manchester Railway, the most,direct approach to Li-
verpool.

There will be a Junction near Altrincham with the
Manchester South. Junction and Altrincham Railway.
Arrangements have been made with the Board of the
St. Helen's Railway Company which will enhance the
.value of the t roposed line, and negotiations are in pro-
gress for giving to Cheiter and Birkenhead an excellent
communication.

The Grand Junction Railway Company have agreed to
provide a portion of the capital, and to peomore the for-
mation of this line by every means in their power.
This Line will follow the Valley of the Mersey. and
presents no engineering difficulties ; the gradients are ex.
tremely good ; the works Are unusually light.; little or
no ornamental or valuable property will be interfered
with, and the project is strongly assisted by local influ-
ence.

Applications for Shares must be made on or before the
22d instant, in the form at the foot of this prospectus, to
any of the undermentioned parties, viz., Messrs. GEnvEs
and DRINKWATER, Sharebraerk, Liverpool ; Messrs.
BRADLEY, FORD. and PARK, Sbarehrokers, Manches-
ter; STEPHEN CANNON, Esq., Sharebroker, 26, Token..
house-yard, London; Jonx BOOTHROYD, Esq., Solici-
tor, Stockport; or Messrs. WAGSTAFF, Sox, and
MARSH, Solicitors, Warrington.
Warrington, ith July, 1845.

FORA! OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Directors of the Warrington and
Stockport Railway.
GENTLEMEN,—I request that you will allot me
Shares of 1:20 each in this undertaking, and I agree to
accept the saw e or any smaller number that may be allot-
ted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the
Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required. _ _

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Milne in full--
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