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means of a tunnel and an inclined plane. The new line 

 stopped short of the river Irwell at the Manchester end, 

 by which the objections grounded on an illegal interrup- 

 tion to the canal or river traffic were in some measure 

 removed. With reference to the use of the locomotive 

 engine, the promoters, remembering with what effect 

 the objections to it had been urged by the opponents 

 of the bill, intimated, in their second prospectus, that 

 " as a guarantee of their good faith towards the public 

 they will not require any clause empowering them to 

 use it ; or they will submit to such restrictions in the 

 employment of it as Parliament may impose, for the 

 satisfaction and ample protection both of proprietors on 

 the line of road and of the public at large." 



It was found that the capital required to form the 

 line of railway, as laid out by the Messrs. Rennie, 

 was considerably beyond the amount of Stephenson's 

 estimate, and it became a question with the Committee 

 in what way the new capital should be raised. A pro- 

 posal was made to the Marquis of Stafford, who was 

 principally interested in the Duke of Bridge water's 



Canal, to become a shareholder in the railwav. A 



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similar proposal, it will be remembered, had at an earlier 

 period been made to Mr. Bradshaw, the trustee for the 

 property ; but his answer was " all or none," and the 

 negotiation was Broken off. The /Marquis of Stafford, 

 however, now met the projectors of the railway in a 

 more conciliatory spirit ; and it was ultimately agreed 

 that he should become a subscriber to the extent of a 

 thousand shares. 



The survey of the new line having been completed, i 

 the plans were deposited, the standing orders duly com- j 

 plied with, and the bill went before Parliament. The \ 

 same counsel appeared for the promoters, but the exa- 

 mination of witnesses was not nearly so protracted as 

 on the previous occasion. Mr. Erie and Mr. Harrison 

 led the case of the opposition. The bill went into Com- 



