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Oct. 15, 1844. lanttb. ST. CLEMENT'S SCHOOL, WINDSOR. -WANTED, at Christmas, a MISTRESS for the . GIRLS' SCHOOL. Salary, £35 per Annum, with Apartments. Coals, and Gas. She must be a Mem ber o f t h e Church of England, and able to give satisfactory references with respect to her piety and competency for the situation. Applto be made to the Rev. F. PARRY, No. 4, A -------- PERSON of exemplary steadiness, sound acquaint ance with Business and Book-keeping, and who WriteS a W good hand, is in WANT of a SITUATION, W as BOOK-KEEPER, AGENT, or confidential AR EHOUSEMAN, where fidelity and steadiness 'would be duly appreciated. Address Box C 59, Postoffice, Liverpool. lERPOOL LI BRA RY. 'WANTEDL, a V YOUTH, as ASSISTANT in the LIBRARY. Salary, X 25 per Annum. Sealed Proposals, with References and Testimonials, to be addressed to the President, on or before the 24th Instant. JOHN PERRIS, Librarian. 80ld -street. IivANTED, where another female servant is kept, a good SERVANT OF ALL WORK, about 27 or 30 years old, who understands Plain Cooking. The wages are liber a l, an d i t is hoped, there f ore, t h a t none b u t a tho rough good servant will apply. Also, a YOUTH, to take charge of a HORSE and PHAETON, and who will make himself generally useful about the House. Both should belong to the Church of England. No Irish or Welsh need apply. Address, Q.R• ' at the STANDARD-OFFICE. MONEY. THE Commissioners acti g in execution of the several Acts of P ar li ament for Improving the Township of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, are ready to receive PitOPOSA.LS fur the LOAN of FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS, at £4 per Cent. Interest, to be secured upon Mortgage of the Rates, Market Tolls, and other Property belongi ng to the Township, including the Woodside and Monk's Ferries. Proposals to be addressed to the Chairman of the Fi nance Committee, Treasurer's Office, Town-hall, Bir kenhead. By order, JOSH. MALLABY, Clerk to the Commissioners. Town-hall, Birkenhead, 28th September, 1844. *nsurante 13.ottreo. SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, constituted on the Principle of MUTUAL AS .(TRANCE, with the LOWEST . RATES consistent with SECURITY, and providing for an EQUITABLE DIVISION of the WHOLE PROFITS among the ASSURED. Annual Premium to Assure £lOO at Death. °• £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 18 2 1 6 2 610 214 9 35 9 No ENIRY MONEY CHARGED. Fun explanations and details will be found in the Re- Ports and Prospectuses, Ouch may be had on application to JAMES WATSON, Manager, Edinburgh; or to CHARLES MURRAY, Agent, 2, High-street, Exchange, Liverpool. Medical Officer.—Dr. Moffatt, 1, Abercromby-terrace. AGENTS. F. P. RICKA RDS, Commission Agent. Manchester. EDWARD LIAR RTSON. Solicitor, Preston. NAL FARMERS' AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE INSTITUTION. EMPOWERED DY 'SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL, £500,000. OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON. :HONORARY Thel)ll6 of Rutland, Esrl of Stamford and Warrington. Earl o f St radbrolle. Earl Ducie- Earl of Stair. And Seventy-two other Members of Parliament and Gentlemen. t r r n ii n ß umb P e r r o . prietary of this Company exceeds 1960 in The sh are ' 6 f P u bli c F avour this Institution has .ob aied, proves the appreciation of its-system by a numer ous body of 'insurers. a: Every kind of Life Insurance, of• Deferred andimsae- Ziate Annuities. and of Endowments for Children, may I.l ° a ccomplishe-d at this O ffi ce on terms as low as isoon sistent with security. A Dividend of Four per Cent. is now in course of pay ment to the shareholder• in this office. A BONUS of °fle- balf the profits on LIFE POLICIES held by Share holder , and effected since Ist January, 1843, will be V i en at the-end of every Five Years, in addition to the um a eaured, or by reduction of premium. In order to insure t he benefit of the first quiquennial division, 'Poli cies must be effected before the letlanuary, 1844. Det aileil'Prospectuses may be obtained at the • °See, or will be f orwar d e d , post f ree, upon app li cat i on. In the Fire Department, Insurances are effected at the lowest rates. The usual Commission to Solicitors. —Agents are app o i n t e d i n a ll th e "Principal Towns in the - Kingdom, sind where Agents are not appointed. persons In active'lif e , and desirous of being appointed, may apply to W. SHAW. Man ging Director. DIRECTORS. Viscount Torrington. Viscount Campden. Lord Rayleigh. Lord Feversham. Lord Stanley, M.P. THE MANCHESTER FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED MARCH, 1824. OFFICE, 98, KING-STREET MANCHESTER. DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES. THOMAS MARKLAND, Esq., Chairman. JAMES WOOD, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Barlow, E sq . Richard Hole Esq. John Brown, Es q . Wm. Marshall, Esq. Edmund Buckley, Esq., Joseph Peel, Esq. M.P. Richard Prest, Et , q. John Burton, Esq. Samuel Pullein, Esq. James Consterdine, Esq. John Reid, Esq. Thomas Fleming, Esq. Charles Smith, Esq. John Gould, Esq. J. B. Wanklyn, Esq. George Grundy, Esq. R. P. Wiloek, E , q• William Hall, Esq. Gilbert Winter, Esq. Thom as Hilton, Esq. Pras. R. H odgson, Esq. George Withington, Esq. BAN Sir Benjatnin Hey FRS. 'ood, Bart. and Co. FIRE DEPARTMENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all Fire Poli cies due at MICHAELMAS must be renewed within Aileen days from that date, or they become void and of 730 , 'ffect. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that the following Bo ilres and Di v id en d a re now payable at the Company's ouse. No. 98, King-street, Manchester; or by their 2.erpectire Agents. viz. : A Return Bonus of £lO per Cent. on all Fire Insurances i of force for two years preceding the 25th day of March .48t. Dividend of Interest of £5 per Cent. on the Shares of the Company, with A Bonus of £6 per Cent. in addition thereto for the aSt five years, being a present payment of .Zll ver Cent. uon each Share, and making an average interest thereon of Pw ards of £6 per Cent, per annum. 7, ItE FOLLOWING HKAMPLES OF SOME OF THE RETURNS „„1"W PAYABLE ON FIRE POLICIES WILL PEST EXHIBIT CL ADVANTAGES TO BE OBTAINED BY INSURING 111 THIS COMPANY :- ---______ - .ai a. 11,.1111 rel., A .- N_ of Term of NT oney Plait, NAME OF THE ASSURED. I Policy. Returned. ..—_,...z ... 4. s. d. 3 46 8 ' 835 Ormrod and Co, i years I ; 9 1g 2 .114 Callendar and Co. R ' 0 J. and J. Lees i 71.780 Rev W. Fl Bateson, M.A. 2.. I 6 16 0 49:, 17 J, T. Holdsworth, Esq. M.P.5 3 .. 141 15 1 47,,e W. Lowe. Esq. I 31 10 n 4, 3 4 John Darbyshire 4 .. I 15 16 8 4 , 911 5 .. 41 17 4 ,‘, J. Poole)* and Son $ 3.9. " 14 46 0 d n Esq 3 32 • Ke ' .. I 14 1 5 1 85 33 1 ---_______ Northern Banking Co II I n lE - r e , io ' a !ld th e Biti e4 01 LIFE DEPARTMENT. 3 9, a Bonus was declared of 31 per rent. on the ris received nn all Policies of four years' duration, following Table will explain the advantageous po all Life Insurers with this Company : RETURNS MADE ON LIFE POLICIES. Polley, At the option of the Assured N o Time in Snm Or Annual force. Insured. Bonus added. Premium Reduced ......____ ,_--- -- 916 --- --- 8. d. .€ s. d. 343 4 years 4000 214 18 S I gg 2 559 11 .. 5000 ;66 18 7 60 1 9 45. 8 .. 3000 336 1 9 22 410 40 10 .. 5000 698 5 3 57 510 368 14 .. 5000 832 11 3 55 1 11 1151 12 .. 4500 798 15 4 72 3 11 _ 160 a . . 2000 14d 10 0 8 12 5 4 years 11 8 lo 14 12 a la s. d. ..€ s. d. 214 18 S g g 2 ;66 18 7 60 1 9 336 1 9 22 410 698 5 3 57 510 832 11 3 55 1 11 798 15 4 72 3 11 146 19 0 8 12 5 674 16 2 3 1 ) 14 4 2000 5,00 Th e and t , n ext Division of Profits will take place in 1849. ° f th ue : ir ee D ire c tors beg to announce that as alt Life Policies tim e, " C ompany, of four years' duration previous to that peri o d • entitled to participate in the division, the present 'especial,' P a rticularly eligible for persons entering ; and 40.` 8° Jo' young lives. and y, n i" are appointed in the principal towns and places, 81 9 r rate s of for th e hirectors will be happy to receive applications agencies. premium and all other particulars please to a ppY to any of the Company's Agents, or to HERBERT SPRING, Secretary. A 0 FINTS: Liverpool.... Mr. RIC i ARD DAWSON, and alley, Exchange -street West i ___.,„, ~,, ~ Messrs. JAS. and THOS. LEW ii`a t ` i° ' Exchange , Castle -street. Iliritenheact .. Vacant. . lr mrkirk., • Mrs. Elizabeth Weaver, Grocer. ~,,rnsliirk.. • • Mr. Richard Harkness. St, .... Messrs. H. awl S. Procter. 2t• Helens .. Mr. Richard Prides. ...,,241h00rt.... Mr. Samuel Newsham, Solicitor. ..,..W:irrington ..Mr. John Stretch, Bank. wigan ..... Mr, John Acton. ST. HELEN'S & SOUTHPORT, WIGAN, RAIN FORD, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. THE Public are respectfully informed that arrangements hare been made with the Liverpool and Manchester and North Union Rail - ay Companies to CONSTRUCT a LINE of RAILWAY, with the r quisite Branches, to accomplish the following important objects:— First: To bring the extensive Coal Districts to the west of Wigan, comprising the Coal Fields of Winstanley, Bil linge, Ruinford, and Kirkby, into a cheap and easy com munication with Liverpool, via the Liverpool and Man chester Railway. Second: To effect a shorter and more direct communi cation between Liverpool and the North, by the proposed new Line, to Wigan. And Third: By a Railway from St. Helen's, through the Coalfields of Biekerstaff -and Lathom, to join the Easton and Southport Railway at a place west of Ruffurd; thereby affording to the Town of Orinskirk a good railway communication with Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, and other places already connected by existing railways, be. sides completing a railway.communicat ion between Man chester, Stockport, and the Manufacturing Districts as well as between Wolverhampton, Birmingham -and the great Iron Districts, and the agreeable 'Wateriirg-place of SOUTHPORT. The peculiar advantage ofthe proposed scheme of Rail way is, that it will afford, ataa comparatively small outlay, (by making u•c of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and by arrangements with St. Helen's Railway,) the valuable option of several distinct modes of nutlet for the produce of the great 'Coal Field which it is proposed to intersect, namely:: First: By the ... Liverpool and Manchester Line, to effect a direct railway-communication with those towns. Second: By the St.llcleti's and Runcorn gap Railway, to obtain a short and direct communication with the river Mersey, either for export to Ireland, for the supply of the Salt-works in Cheshire, or fur the Steam-vessels which now sail from the river Mersey to all parts of the world. And Third:: In addition to a new railway communica tion from Edge-hill to 'the north end of the town, which the Liverpool and Manchester Cotnpatrythave in contem plation, and will -be prepared to execute -as soon as the trade of the port shall -require increased accommodation, a connexion will also be formed a ith the ;Leeds and-Liver pool Canal, which the proposed Line willd cross between Ormskirk and Roiford, by which a water conveyance to the north end Of Liverpool will be effected. By the proposed scheme, while ample facilities will , be afforded to the Proprietor to bring his Mineral Productoto the general Market, -existing interests will be respected, and that waste of the national capitalire avoided, vitich must be sustained where a million of money is expended to accomplish objects which by more ,jodicious arrange ments could be effected by a quarter of that sum. To ensue the most skilful, comprehensive, and at the same time economical system of Linesand of Working, of which the district is-capable, the Promoters are happrto announce that they have engaged the services of Geolge Stephenson, Esq., who has consented to act as Principal Engineer for the setting out and construction of thetLine, —in regard to which-the interests of the Landed. Propri etors of the country proposed to be traversed will as far as possible be consulted. Fu. thee particulars, with the names of the Provisional Committee, will shortly be published. CLAY and SWIFT. Liverpool, Viz Oclo3er, 1844. PROSPECTCB , OF THE BOLTON, WIGAN, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. CAPITAL, £800,000; in 16,000 Shares,of £5O each. Deposit £4 per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The EARL OF BALCARRAS, Sir THONAS BRANCKER, Liverpool. MEYRIC BANKE€, Wiustanley Hall. JOHN CnosTowALTE, Liverpool. JAMES BRANCKER, , Liverpool. WILLIAM STUART Liverpool. JOHN WodmocK, Bank House, Wigan. HENRY SHAw. Land:Gate, Ashton, Wigan. WILLIAM PEACE, Haigh, Wigan. TuomAs TEBAY, Winstanley. JAMES HOTIIWELL .BARNES, Summerfield, sear. Bollon• ROBERT STUART, Manchester. WILLIAM DUNLOP, Edinburgh. With power to add to their number, ENGINEERS: SIR JOHN MACNEILL, L L D., F.R.S.; and JAMES THOMSON, F.R.S.E., M SOLICITORS : HENRY GASKELL, Wigan. S. 1). DARBISUIRE, Manchester. BANKERS : The ROY AL BANK of LIVERPOOL. WOODCOCK and SONS, Wigan. HE proposed Railway wiil.commence near the Bolton Terminus of the Manchester and Bolton Railway, or iby a Junction with the Bolton and Preston Railway., about three miles from Bolton, as may hereafter be ,de termined noon, and will pass through Dean liurnforth, Lostock, Westhoughton, and As :l, intersecting the portant Coal Fields of that neighbourhood, to Wigan, where it crosses the North Union Railway. The Line then proceeds through the heart of the great Coal District of Lancashire, taking the route of Pember ton, Winstanley, Upholland, Billinge, Rainford, Mos brough., Kirkby, and Knowsley, and passes through Wal ton and Bootle, terminating in immediate contiguity with the North Docks in Liverpool. The above sketch of the proposed Line will at once sug gest the various and important objects which its construc tion is calculated to attain. The large and rapidly-in creasing Towns of Belton and Wigan, with their populous neighbourhoodQ, will acquire a direct Railway communi cation with each other, and with Liverpool (the latter town and intermediate district with Manchester also), in the advantages of which the Town of Bury and the exten sive Manufacturing District on the Line of the Bury and Rossendale Railway, and its projected exteneions into Yorkshire will participate. The Towns of Chorley and Preston, and the District to the north of Wigan, will at the same time obtain a shorter and more convenient Rail way connection with Liverpool. The opening of the inexhaustible Mines of exee!lent Coal and Cannel, which lie to the extent of several miles on each side of the Line for nearly 5- 6ths of its entire length, and the greater portion of which has hitherto, for want of the means of transit, been unavailable to the pub. lie, may, bowever, be considered as one . of the princip a l objects of the present undertaking. It i s impossible to estimate too highly the extent or the importance, in a commercial point of view, whether for home consumption or for exportation, of the Mineral riches which will be thus brought into the Market. The very large supplies of Coal already forwarded from a limited portion of this important District, and by the very circuitous Canal Con veyance to Liverpool and the Manufacturing Towns in 'Lancashire, may afford some idea of the extent of traffic which will be the result of opening up the whole Coal Field by a direct Railway communication, and which must constitute such Railway the " Stockton ar d Darlington" of the West. The importance of this element of the scheme is enhanced by the immediate connection of the Line with the Docks of Liverpool, thus affording the most convenient means of Shipping Coals and Coke to Ireland, where the consumption of both these articles is rapidly increasing, and to the Continent. The vicinity to the North Docks will also facilitate, in a great degree, the Conveyance of Raw Produce and Manufactured Goods to and from the Manufacturing Districts on the Line of the proposed R a il way , an d o f those in connection with it, and will offer th e grea t est conven i ences f or t h e importa tion and transmission, into the interior of Lancashire, of Cattle and Live Stock. Taking into consideratio n the l arg e population which will be thus benefitted, the increasing facilities of inter course which public co nven i eree d eman d s , th e i m mense Commercial resources of the District, the consumption of Raw Produce, and the equ i va l ent re t urn o f M anu f ac t ure d Goods which the proposed Railway will at once foster and supply, the Committee conceive that an imperative case is made out for the construction of the Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railwny. The p ro j ec t e d Li ne i s a b out 27 m il es in length, end it is estimated that the cost of its construc tion, including the purchase of Land, and ample allow ance for contingencies, will not exceed £BOO,OOO. It is THE CHESTER, STOCKPORT, & MANCHESTER RAILWAY, (THE CHESTER AND WARRINGTON JUNC TION RAILWAY EXTENDED.) Capital, £600,000, in 30,000 Shares of £2O each. Deposit, £2 per Share. PROVISION AL DIRECTORS. William Wanklyn, Esq , Duncan-lodge, Salford. John Holford, Esq., Rusholme-hall, near Manchester. Lot Gardiner, Esq., Ordsall-cottage, Salford. William Evans, Esq., Crumpsall-grove, Manchester. Cephas Howard, Esq., Brinnington-hall, Mayor of Stockport. Sir Ralph eendlebury, Knight, Mersey-bank,l Aldermen Alfred Orrell, Esq., West Bank•house, of William Andrew, Esq., Stockport, JJJ Stockport William Hayes, Esq., Frodsham. John Rigby Pickering, Esq., Frodsham. William Pickering, Esq., Frodsham. John Rogers, Esq., Chester. Witk power to add to their number. ENGINEER. George Watson Buck, Esq. SURVEYORS. Messrs. Nevins and Lawton, SOLICITORS. John Neccall, Esq., Manchester. Finchett Maddock, Esq., Chester. Messrs. Coppock and Woollain, Stockport. Messrs. Wagstaff, Son, and Marsh, Warrington. SECRETARY. James Bradshaw, Esq. BANKERS. Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., and Co., - Manchester and Liverpool. MBE Prospectus of the Chester and Warrington Junction Railway stated, that the Line was projected for the following important purposes;— I.—To connect, I:Fy a continuous Line of Railway, and by a much shorter route than at present exists, Manches ter, Leeds. Bolton, Preston, and the other populous Towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Chester and Holyhead and Chester and Wrexham Railways, now in the course of formation. At present there is no direct Railway communicatiiin. 2.—To reduce the Railway distance between Manches ter and the intended Docks at Birkenhead. from 6 miles to 51 miles, a very importaut saving, when it is considered that Birkenhead will be a most convenient Port for the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. 3.—To reduce:the Railway distance between Manches ter and Chester, from 52 miles -to 38 miles, and between Warrington and °Chester, from 45 miles to 18 miles. 4.—To form -a direct communication at Preston-brook with the Bridgewater Canal, and so afford to the 'lnhabi tants of Manchester a very expeditious, and, at the same time, a cheaper means of conveyance to Chesterand North Wales than cantbe obtained in any other manner. In consequence of the earnest representations of several large Subscribers of the Chester and Warrington Junction Railway, the Directors have determined to extend the line direct to Altrincham, and from thence to Stockport, by which means the following 'important advantages will'be gained, in addition to those secured by the original plan: I. Joining .rthe intended " - South Junction Line from Altrincham to Manchester, the route from Chester to Manchester will be further , reduced to 34 miles, and the distance from Manchester to I3irkenhead t 047 2. It will give a most valuable communication to the towns of Stockport, Ashton.under-Lune, Dukinfield, and Stalevbridge, containing, altogether, a population of 175,000, placing these towns on the highroad from the northeast of England to Holyhead, and bringing agri cultural protlace direct to - their markets. Thus, on the south, the line will communicate with Birkenhead, Holyhead, Chester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, and the Mineral Districts of North Wales; and, on the float), with Manchester, Stockport, Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Ashton under-Lyne,. Dukinfield, Staleybridge, Bolton, and Preston. A.glance at the map will at once show how very valuable, in a national point of view, such a communication will be, nut only as regards the Pas senger Traffic, but as affording to Ireland, Wales, and the southwest provinces of England the means of ex changing their agricultural and mineral produce for the manufactures of Yorkshire and Lancashire. iLime and Coal will be brought from Derbyshire and Lancashire into R To a o hil o e length . t Cheshire, at vcry reduced prices, thus affordktg a great boon to the farmers. It would be difficult to point out a lin e% o o o f rone f lin countryemoreo inmiles wantfavourableonof ly, a sn t u o dc ht t h h e e formation esti mat eof aO o accommodatio n . f will cover the whole expense. The traffic on that part of the line which has been taken shows a nett profit of ten per cent., and it is calculated that the whole line will average about that amount. The applications for Shares in the Chester and War rington Junction Railway will be.eonsidered applicable to the present undertaking unless the applicants expressly dissent. In consequence of the great number of applications for Shares in the Chester and Warrington Junction Railway, .only a short time will be allowed to elapse before the allot ment of Shares in the present undertaking will be made. A Deposit of £2 per share to be paid on the Allotment ,of Shares, and it is intended to apply for powers to enable the Shareholders to receive interest on their deposits after the rate of £4 per cent. per annum. Application for Shares may be made, in the annexed form, to any of the Solicitors, or to-the following Share brokers :—Messrs. CARDWELL and SONS, Manchester; Mr. HARRISON, Chester ; Mr. JOHN SMITH, Leeds ; Messrs. COLLINSON and FLINT, Hull; Mr. JAMES SE • NIOR. Sheffield ; Mr. W. W. DICKINSON, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Mr, W. MAYSON, Bradford; or Mr. JOHN HOUGHTON BRANCKER, Liverpool. FOR3/1 OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Chester, Stockport, and Man- chester Railv;a I request that you will allot to me such number of Shares not exceeding , as you may see fit, and I agree to take •the same upon the terms and conditions of the Prospectus, and to execute the Subscriber's Agree ment and Parliamentary Contract when required. Dated the day , 1844. Name of Applicant Business Residence BIRKENHEAD, MANCHESTER, & CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. CAPITAL. £1,000,000; SHARES, £5O EACH. DEPOSIT, £5 PER SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Joseph Bailey, Esq., M.P. W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company. William Jackson, Esq., Chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company. Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M.P. John Laird, Esq., 1 Directors of the Chester and William Potter, Esq., Brkenhead Railway William Laird, Eeq., Company. Robert Barbour, Esq.,} Manchester. Robert Gardner, Esq., David Harrison, Esq., J. Cheetham, Esq., }Staleybridge. J. Leech, Esq., James Turner, Esc], Marcus F. Brownrigg, Esq., Liverpool. Augustus Radcliffe, Esq., .JJJ Joseph Travis Clay, Esq., Huddersfield. J. W. Harden, Esq., Rock Ferry, Cheshire. ENGINEER. James M. Rendel, Esq., F.R.S. SOLICITOR. Joseph Mallaby, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., London. Messrs. Brooke, Cunliffe, and Co., Manchester. Union Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Dixons and Wardell, Chester. THE SHARES in this Company having been alloted and the arrangements completed for applying to Par liament in the next session, the Committee beg to an nounce the course which the Line will take. The Railway will join the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, by a branch near Bebbington, for the Birkenhead traffic, and by a branch near Chester for the Shropshire, Welsh, and Irish traffic. These branches will unite near Elton, and the Line then be continued to Frodsham, and Preston Brook, (where it will cross the Grand Junction Railway and form a junction with it,) and thence to Man chester by way of Altringham, from which place a branch will be carried to Stockport. At Manchester a Junction will be formed with the Manch, ster and Leeds Railway. After the most mature deliberation, the Committee have determined upon the Plan thus indicated as the one most practicable in details and most effective to accomplish the great objects for which the Line was designed. WM. JACKSON, Chairman to the Committee. Company's Office, Birkenhead, 10th October, 1844. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. proposed, however, that the Provisional Committee shall have power to increase the Capital to £900,000, in the event of its being deemed advisable to make Branches to the Coal Fields or otherwise. The Committee have suffi ciently investigated the question of Traffic, to satisfy themselves that the return to the Sharebolders for the Ca pital expended will be a highly remunerative one. The Projectors of the measure have hitherto met with so much friendly attention and assurance of support from Proprietors of Land on the Line, as to induce them to be lieve that they shall not meet with serious opposition from any but those who are anxious for monopoly. Applications for Shares, in the following form, to be addressed to either of the Solicitors, from whom, or from Messrs. PARSONS and TOWNLEY, Sharebrokers, 3, Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; Mr. JOHN HOUGHTON BRANCRER., Sharebroker, High-street, Liverpool; or from Messrs. RAILTON and SON, and Messrs. CARD WELL and SONS, Sharebrokers, Manchester, Prospec tuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be ob tained. CHESTER, STOCKPORT, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. --- THE Public are respectfully informed, that applica tions for Shares in the above Company cannot be received after TUESDAY, the 22d instant. JOHN NEWALL, Solicitor. Manchester, 11th October, 1844. Station of the Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, and the Blackburn and Preston Railways, at Blackburn, shall pass through the several townships of Blackburn, Lower Darwen, Over Darwen, Entwisle, Turton, Tonge with-Haulgh, and Little Bolton, comprising, with the town of. Great. Bolton, according to the last Parliamentary Census taken in 1841, a population of 105,550 persons. To individuals acquainted with the town of Blackburn, in the Cotton Manufactories of which it is estimated that 1,800 horse-power is employed,—with the large manufac turing districts of Lower Darwen and Over Darwen, em ploying upwards of 850 horse-power, and the extensive Coal Fields and Slate and Flag Quarries in those districts, —and with the Stone Quarries and Printing and Bleach ing Establishments in Edgeworth and Turton, it is un necessary to point out the great importance of the pro jected Line, considered in reference to the advantages which must result to the public from a direct communi cation by Railway, 23 miles in length, with the town of Manchester. The importance of the Undertaking is much increased when it is remembered that the construc tion of a Railway between the towns of Bolton and Li verpool is in contemplation, and that by a Junction of this with the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, a direct route, 40 miles in length, will be formed between Blackburn and the town of Liverpool. The Line now projected will be 13 miles long, the cost of which, including the expense of Engines and Carriages, and every possible contingent outlay, has been estimated by men of talent and experience at £243,600. The Traffic has been carefully taken under the super intendence of a competent Agent employed for the pur pose, by whom the following Summary, in the accuracy of which the Committee repose every confidence, has been furnished, shewing that a net return of upwards of 8 per cent. on the outlay may be expected to be realised by the Shareholders : Passengers at the present rate of travelling, and allowing for increase an equal amount £17,000 Merchandise and Minerals Cattle, Parcels, and Mails . 33,870 Deduct 40 per Cent. for working expenses.. 13,548 £20,322 • Applications for Shares, in the under-mentioned form, to be made to Messrs. ROBINSON and HULTON, Solici tors, Blackburn, on or before the 17th day of October instant, on which day the Allotment will take place. Blackburn, 2711 September, 1844. TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE BLACKBURN, DARWEN, AND BOLTON RAILWAY. I request that you will allot me Shares in the above Undertaking, on the terms mentioned in the Pro spectus, and I agree to take such Shares, or so many as may be allotted to 'ne, to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required so to do. Name Residence Profession or Trade Date FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway. SHARES £5O EACH.—DEPOSIT £4 PER SHARE. I request you will allot to me such number of Shares in the above undertaking (not exceeding ) as you may see fit, and I agree to take the same upon the terms of the Prospectus, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and the Parlia mentary Contract when required. Dated the day of 1844. Name of Applicant Description - -- -- Residence BLACKBURN, DARWEN, AND BOLTON RAILWAY. CAPITAL £250,000, in SHARES of £25 each. DEPOSIT, £2 per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John Fowden Hindle, Esq., Woodfold Park, High Sheriff of the County of Lancaster. John Hornby, Esq., M.P. for Blackburn. John Ashworth, Esq., Birtenshaw. Thomas Appleton, Esq., Turton Stephen Blair, Esq., Bolton. John Brandwood, Esq., Darwen. James Brandwood, Esq., Darwen. Robert Burton, Esq., Bolton. Charles Edmonston, Esq., Darwen. James Greenway, Esq.. Darwen Bank. Peter Richard Hoare, Esq., Turton. William Henry Hornby, Esq., Blackburn. Robert Hopwood, Esq.. Blackburn. William Ford Hutton, Esq., Hutton Park, Bolton. James Kay, Esq., Turton Tower. Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen. Harold Potter, Esq., Darwen. Adam Roxburgh, Esq., Entwisle. Thomas Scowcroft, Esq., Bradshaw. Eccles Shorrock, Esq., Darwen. E. H. Sumner, Esq., Bolton. William Wilson, E'q., Preston. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Com- pan y. CONSULTING ENGINEER. ACTING ENGINEER. Mr. John Watson. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Robinson and Hulton, Blackburn. THIS projected Line is intended to connect the large manufacturing town of Blackburn. and the populous and increasing townships of Lower Darwen, Over Dar wen, and Turton, with the important town of Bolton, and at the latter Terminus to form a Junction with the Manchester and Bolton Railway, by which a continuous and unbroken Railway communication will be established between Blackburn and Manchester. It is proposei . t . h4 the Line, commencing at the Joint GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY. CAPIT4L, Z-600.00(1, IN 12,000 SHARES OF £5O EACH; DEPOSIT, £2 15s. PER SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Honourable the Earl of Yarborough. Lord Worsley, M.P. for Lincolnshire, and Chairman of the Grimsby Haven Company. The Mayor of Grimsby. Edward ileneage, Esq., M.P. for Grimsby. John Parker, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company. Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester. Directors of the Michael Ellison, Esq., Sheffield. Sheffield and Joseph St. John Yates, Esq.., Man- Manchester chester. Railway. Sir John Nelthorce, Bart., Scawhy Hall, Lincolnshire. Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart., Barton, Lincolnshire. John Angerstein, Esq., Wectine: Hall, Brandon, Suffolk. Ayscough'Boucherett, Esq., Willingham. Lincolnshire. J. G. Corbett, Esq., Elsham, Lincolnshire. G. 'F. tieneage, Esq., Hainton, Lincolnshire. . . fießev. C. J. Barnard, Bigbv, Lincolnshire. Alfred Arthur Wallace, Esq., Healing, Grimsby. Richard Thorold. Esq., Weelsby, near Grimsby. W. Field, Esq., Ulceby Grange, Lincolnshire. George Skipworth, Esq., Moortown Hill, Lincolnshire. G. 'll. Vernon, Esq., M.P., The Grove, near") Retford. T. A. Ward, Esq., Townßcgent of Sheffield. Directors Junes Dixon, Esq., Page 'Hall, Sheffield. 1 of the Mr. Alderman Woodcroft, Bennett Grange, I Sheffield & Sheffield. Lincoln- G. C. Roland, Esq., M Sheffield. I shire Wm. Frederic Dixon, .Esq., Birley House, Junction Sheffield. I Railway. James Wall, Esq., Attercliffe, Sheffield. Abraham Howe, Esq., Broadfield, Sheffield.) George Walker, Esq.-0-gathorpe, Sheffield. 'Colonel Dalton, Sleningford Park. With power to add to their number. 'ENGINEER. John Fowler,%sq., Mem. Inst. C.E. LEANKERS. The Sheffield and Retford Bank, Sheffield.and Retford. Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co., Grimsby, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Brieg, Caistor, and Market Rasen. The Union Bank of Manchester, Manchester. The Royal Bank, Liverpool. The London and Westminster Bank, London. SECRETARY. Lieut.-Col. Humfrey, P.R. A.S. PARLIA4TENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Haywood, Bromley, and Gainsford, and Messrs. Smith and Hinde, Sheffield. LOCAL AGENTS. Mr. George Babb, Great Grimsby. Messrs. Marris and Smith, Caistor. Mr. Thomas Rhodes, Market Rasen. Messrs. Nicholson, Hett, and Freet, 7 Gllanford Brigg. PHIS Railway, by continuing the Sheffield and Lin colnshire Line from Gainsborough to Great Grimsby, will complete, from Sea to Sea, from Liverpool on the Western, to Grimsby on the Eastern Coast, that direct East and West main trunk Line, which the Liverpool and Manchester, the Sheffield and Manchester, and the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railways, extend eastward as far as Gainsborough, and will furnish to most important Manufacturing and Agricultural Districts, the double advantage of rapid communication with each other, and easy access to a near, cheap, and safe Port on the Eastern Coast. An Arrangement has been entered into, of the most satisfactory cbaracter, withthe Grimsby Haven Company, by which they undertake to apply for extended powers in the next Session of Parliament, to improve the Dock accommodation at Great Grimsby, so as to make it very complete, and capable of receiving first-class Steamers and other large Vessels engaged in the Continental and Foreign. trade ; and the convenience afforded by the pro posed extensive Wharfs, and the Railway and Dock to gether, for the export and import of goods, will be second to none in the kingdom. Mr. Itswner., the eminent En gineer, is now occupied, on behalf of the Grimsby Haven Corn pany,in completing their part of the above arrangment. Great Grimsby being situated at the mouth of the Humber, Vessels entering its Dock will save at least one tide in time, and avoid the risk, cost, and delay of a dan gerous river navigation; the dues are considerably lower than at Hull.; and, besides the shorter voyage and safer and cheaper port, the distance inland by rail both to Shef• field and to all the large Towns in the Midland Counties, wil be less from Grimsby than from Hull. The imports and exports, therefore, to and from these Towns, and also a fair proportion of the Manchester Continental Trade, may confidently be calculated to travel upon this line of Railway. To Passengers, the advantage wil! be still more re markable, as a person will ordinarily be able to land at Grimsby, and reach Sheffield before he could have landed at any other Port on the Humber. This Railway, from the Port of Grimsby, by communi cating with the Southern Line to London, will also form by far the quickest route for the Mails from Hamburgh and the Baltic to London. The rich and productive districts through which it passes, guarantee to this Line a large traffic in Corn and Agricultural Produce, both W estward towards the Manu facturing Consumer, and Eastward for Shipment Coast wise, whilst the present prices of Coal at Grimsby, and throughout North Lincolnshire, ensure a return traffic in Coals and Coke from the Yorkshire Coal Field to all places on or near the line of Railway, and at the same time an important saving in cost to the inhabitants. _ _ Though forming a distinct and independent Company, this Lire will have the active co-operation of the Directors of the Sheffield and Manchester and Sheffield and Lincoln. shire Junction Railways, to both of which, as well as to the North and South Lines, it must act as a valuable feeder; and as the most convenient and economical mode of working the Line, power will be taken in the act to lease it to the former Company, on terms to be mutually agreed upon._ - This Railway has also the important advantage of the cordial approval and support of the principal Landed Proprietors through whose Estates it will pass. The Line will be peculiarly favourable throughout for cheap construction, and, from the excellence of its gra dients, will be capable of being worked at as low a cost as any in the kingdom. The traffic now passing along and near it is ascertained to yield a remunerative return upon the capital required ; and this Railway, combined with the improvement of the Port of Grimsby, must make the whole length of rail from East to West of the most im portant national character, and embrace an extent of Traffic in the highest degree advantageous both to the Proprietors in the present Company, and to those who have invested in either of the above Lines. Applications for Shares to be address d to the Souct- TORS, or the SECRETARY, at Sheffield ; to any of the LOCAL AGENTS ; or to the undermentioned Sharebrokers : —Mes-rs. JOSHUA HUTCHINSON and SONS, Lothburv, London ; Messrs. JOHNSTON and BRADLEY, and Mr. J. B. LocuE, Manchester; and Messrs. HENRY DAVIES and Co., Liverpool. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Great Grimsby and Sheffi,ld Junction Railway. I request that you will allot me Shares in the proposed GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY, on the terms mentioned in the Prospectus ; and I agree to take alt such Shares, or so many thereof as may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required so to do. Name Description Residence Date Proprietors of Shares in the Sheffield, Ashton•uuder. Lyne, and Manchester Railway, or in the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, are requested to state the fact of their being so on the face of their application. PROSPECTUS OF THE LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. CAPITAL, £500,000, in 10,000 SHARES of £5O each. DEPOSIT, £2 10s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Right Honourable the Earl of Charlemoni, Lieutenant of the County Tyrone. Right Honourable the Earl of Roden. Right Honourable the Earl of Wicklow, Lieutenant of the County Wicklow. Right Honourable the Earl of Erne, Lieutenant of the County Fermanagh. Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London. Sir Robert A. Ferguson, Bart., M.P., Lieutenant of the County Derry. Sir James Stewart, Bart., Fortstewart. Sir Edmund Heyes, Bart., NI.P. and D.L. Sir Robert Bateson, Bart., Castrues, J.P. Alderman Humphrey, M.P., Governor of the Honourable the Irish Society. The Honourable H. A. Cole, M.P. for Enniskillen. Rev.' John Grey Porter, Belleisle. Colonel Barton, Waterfoot, Pettigo, D.L. Wm. R. Collett, Esq., M.P., Wm. H. Thomas, Esq., Directors of the Chester m. E. Ferrara, Esq., and Holyhead Railway. John G. Frith, Esq., Ninian B. M'lntire, Esq., Clover-hill, Dublin. Conolly M`Causlanil Leaky, Esq., Londonderry. Hugh Lyle, Esq., Carnagarve, D.L. William Brown, Esq., Cumber-house. George Hoyte, Esq., Eden-1 1 more, Raheny, I Wm. Henry, Esq : , Mount- I . _ I Directors of joy-square, Dublin, Thomas Mooney, Esq., Kil- l the Dublin macud-house, Dublin, & Drogheda Richard Wright, Esq., Pem- Railway. broke-place, Dublin, Peter Eckersley, Esq., Hol lybrook-park, Dublin, Edward Atkinson, Esq., Carrie kbrennan house, Dublin, Directcr Dublin and Belfast Junction, John Stratton, Esq., Dundalk, William Hazlett, Esq., Mayor of Derry. William Macky, Esq., Derry. Patrick Gilmour, Esq., Derry. Andrew A. Watt, Esq., Derry. Hobert NI ‘lntire, Esq., Derry. James T. Macky. Esq., Derry. J. W. Johnston, Esq., William Leathern, Esq., Thornhill, Derry. John Munn, Esq., Derry. _ _ Robert Bona, E;ci., St. Columb's. William F. Wlntire, Esq., Derry. John Leathern, Esq., Derry. Oliver Bond, Esq., Pennyburn. Francis Rogan, Esq., M.D., Derry. Stewart Gordon, Esq., Derry. I Directors of the Enniskillen , and Dundalk Railway. Pitt Skipton, Esq., Secretary, Shipquay-street, Derry. Sir John Macneill, Engineer, LL.D.. F.R.S. SOLICITORS. rimothy Tyrrell, Esq., Guildhall, London, and Samuel Law Crawford, Londonderry. BANKERS. London.—Messrs. Hanbury, Taylor, and Lloyds. Liverpool.—The Bank of Liverpool. Manchester.—The Manchester and Salford Bank. IRISH BANKERS. The Bank of Ireland and its Branches. The Provincial Bank of Ireland and its Branches. Royal Bank, Dublin. Northern Bank, Belfast. Belfast Bank. Ulster Bank, and their:Branches. THE Act of Parliament will provide, that no person shall be accountable beyond the amount of the Shares , übscribed for. The services of the Provisional Committee are gratuitous, and their functions will cease as soon as Directors shall have been appointed under the Act incorporating the Company. The proposed Railway is intended to commence at the city of Londonderry, and pass through or near the follow ing towns and places :—Carrigany, St. Johnston, Stra bane, Lifford, Newtownstewart, Onagh, Dromore, Kil skerry, Trillick, an-61 Ballynamallard, and terminate at Enniskillen, being fifty-seven English miles. At Ennis killen this line will join the proposed Railway from thence to Dundalk, and thus form a direct communication from the northwest of Ireland to the east coast and to Dublin. A Branch Railway to Lough Swilly is contemplated, whic:i will join the above Line at Carrigans. This L;ne was surveyed, in 1836, by Mr. GEORGE STEPHENSON, and has recently been surveyed by Sir JOHN MACNEILL. Each has chosen the same district, and nearly the same ground, and, from the reports of both these eminent Engineers, the Line is so favourable that the natural surface a the ground will form a considerable part of the level of the intended Railway, the Line, in its entire length, not exhibiting any tunnels, viaducts, deep cuttings, or heavy embankments. The construction of the Railway will be particularly easy. Not only are the levels favourable, but the best materials are to be found close to the line throughout. The land to be purchased will not be expensive ; the public roads to be crossed and diverted will occasion very - little cost ; few bridges will be required for the length of line, and these can be cheaply erected. The estimate of the expense of the formation of the line, in 1836, (before Railroad-making was so generally under stood,) by Mr. George Stephenson, at £310,000 for a single line of rails is, perhaps, the best evidence that can be of fered of the very favourable character of the line ; and the recent report of Sir John Macneill most fully confirms the estimate of Mr. Stephenson. Indeed, had the same con fidence existed in 1836 which now prevails in England, as to the security of property in Ireland, this Railway would hare long since been inexistence. The prospects of remuneration to the promoters of this undertaking are unusually satisfactory. The country through which the line is to pass is fertile, and, in many places, well cultivated. It at present yields a large sup ply of cattle, corn, flour, butter, flax, and various other products to the exports of Derry, and the projected Rail way will speedily develope the resources of this already productive district. The population also is dense, and guarantees many advantages necessarily arising from the intercourse between populous districts. It may, there fore, be very fairly assumed, that the present traffic will be greatly augmented, and that the increased imports into this thickly-peopled country will much improve in com fort and health the labourer and artizan, give new energy to the whole working portion of the inhabitants, and thereby it.i.d to the improvement of their moral condition. The Traffic Returns for the present project are not yet completed ; but those made in 1836, with great care, are he:e set forth ; and as the trade has since then much in creased, this data may be safely adopted whereon to form an opinion of the estimated profits. The following calcu lations were made, in 1836, under the direction of Mr. Stephenson, from a detailed account of the existing traffic then taken:— £ s. d. Revenue from Passengers 24,226 4 0 Ditto Goods, Cattle, &c 30,423 6 8 54,649 10 8 To which add, for Mails & Parcels. 3,500 0 0 58,149 10 8 Deduct one-third for Expenses.... 19,383 3 6 Nett Revenue ..£38.766 7 2 from the Trunk line, the cost of which is estimated at £400,000. _ _ The foregoing calculations were made at very moderate rates of carriage, and only thepielcipal articles of Export and Import taken. Various minor articles, the aggregate amount of which would be inconsiderable, have not been noticed, nor has anything been put clown for the internal trade between town and town and the districts of country adjacent to the line. The important article of Coal fa large quantity of which now goes into the interior) has also been omitted, because it is hoped, that on the opening of the Line, a complete change will take place in this trade, and that Derry and the other towns will draw their sup plies from the veins of Coal known to exist in the County e ca se whichth at article cannot matusptreysieenitd be a large esti_ Tyrone. e ue to the R a il way, it th e e h mated with any degree of certainty. Although credit was taken, in 1836, for the usual increase of the then existing traffic on the items taken into account, yet there is no one acquainted with the country through which the Line will pass who must not feel that the increase consequent on the opening of the Railway is likely to be beyond former precedent. A great portion of the Lands within the in fluence of the Line are now not half cultivated ; the mi neral resources of the country are locked up for want of the means of distribution ; there exists, on the edge of the proposed Line, immense unemployed Water-power, avail able in the driest seasons, which is likely to be the means of giving employment to an increased population ; and, at the terminus, there is the populous and thriving town of Enniskillen. situated at the junction of Upper and Lower Lough Erne, having districts thus connected with it as extensive as those from which Derry at present de rives its exports, although it has, hitherto, done little i n the Corn, Flax, or Provision Trade, the long land carriage to the shipping port being too expensive for such heavy articles. It may, on the whole, then, be fairly assumed that there will be a great increase of both Expo is and Imports, hav ing regard to the present means of a quick and easy com munication with England and Scotland, through the Port of Londonderry, from which first class steamers ply regu larly to Liverpool, Glasgow, and Fleetwood. To the above must be added the expected advantages to be derived from the branch proposed to be speedily made to the Lough Swilly, as it will open a considerable por tion of the County of Donegal, possessing great natural resources, and make provision for an extensive traffic which exists between the City of Londonderry and the coun t r y West of that Lough, cont a i n i ng a popu l a tion of about 100.000 inhabitants, most of whom have been obliged to carry on their intercourse with Derry by inconvenient and circuitous routes. In addition to this, a new and e x * tensive traffic in Passengers over the whole Line to En niskillen, not hitherto calculated on, is expected to arise from this Branch by the inhabitants of the inland coun ties resorting to several desirable sea -bathing places on the shores of Swiily. _ _ As the Trunk Line has been laid down, other Branches to the westward are likely to be made, and afford consi. derab!e tributary streams of traffic. The proposed Line from Enniskillen to Dundalk will form the connecting link between Derry and Dublin, as already stated; and further connexion and advantage will result from a Line of Railway, now under survey, from Derry to Coleraine, under the auspices of influential parties in London. It is important not to lose sight of the fact, that of two Lines of equal length, leading from Enniskillen, one to Dundalk and the other to Derry, surveyed by the same engineer, the latter can be completed for £2OOO per mile less than the former, owing to the peculiarly favourable nature of the country in an engineering point of view. The saving therefore in the Derry Line will be £114,000; and, in addition, it may be observed, that the port of Derry is one of the most commodious and the least ex pensive in the empire, possessing an extensive trade, fo reign and colonial, especially with America, and every desirable facility for intercourse with England and Scot land, particularly with the latter country, for which it is more conveniently situated than any other port in Ireland, except Belfast. When it is, therefore, considered that the opening of this Line must bring a large portion of the trade of En niskillen, and the entire of Omagh, Newtown, Stewart, and Strabane, with the districts adjacent to those towns, to Derry (Strabane being the largest corn market in the northwest of Ireland) ; that, with the existence of an ex tensive water power (already referred to), there is con joined an industrious and orderly population, accustomed to manufacturing pursuits ; that to the westward there are facilities of opening several tributary railways, from which sources alone an improved traffic is to be expected;' and, finally, that the proposed railway is likely not to have any rival mode of conveyance to compete with, th e re are, perhaps, few lines in Ireland which hold out greater hope than this for the improvement of the country, or for the advantage of those individuals who may select it for the investment of capital. It is material to state that, on application to Honour able the Irish Society, who have so much interest in the land upon which part of the line is intended to be made, they came to the following resolution; and there is every reason to believe that they will eventually give the land without charge B was resolved,—" That, in the opinion of this society, the construction of a Railway from Londonderry to En niskillen will be highly beneficial to the public, and also to the estates belonging to the society. This court is, therefore, disposed to facilitate the formation of such a Line of Railway ; and, upon the production of the plens and sections thereof, to give the subject its most deliberate and favourable consideration." Application for Shares to be made at the Company's Office, Moorgate-street-buildings, London; the Provi sional Committee, Londonderry; Messrs. J. RAILTON and SON, Exchange-arcade, Manchester; or Mr. S. WOODS, jun., 3, India-buildings, Liverpool. ATTEMPT' TO SHOOT A LANDING SURVEYOR. On Saturday afternoon last, great sensation was exci ted, in the first instance, in the neighbourhood of the Prince's Dock, by a rumour (which speedily took wing elsewhere) that apparently a cold-blooded attempt had been made, by an individual who had formerly belonged to the Customs, in this town, to shoot a highly respected officer in the same department of her Majesty's service, in open day, at the south end of the dock named. It is to be regretted that this rumour proved to be well founded, by the evidence of the facts taken yesterday in the Police.. court, before Mr. Rushton. What available plea may re main to be put forth in behalf of the unhappy prisoner, for this attempt instantly to deprive of life an esteemed member of society, while in the exercise of his legitimate functions, and suspecting no such assault, we have, of course, no means of divining; nor is it our part to offer even a suggestion on that point,—though, for the honour of human nature, we would fain hope that the offender laboured under mental aberration at the time. We shall therefore best serve the ends of justice by furnishing the whole of the evidence, as it was proved in this preliminary investigation of the case, without offering any comment. On the bench, along with Mr. Rushton, sat Sir Joshua Walensley, and the court, as might be expected, was greatlycrowded. Mr. Brooke, solicitor for the Customs, conducted the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, Joseph M`Gaffey, is a stLall sized, and apparently some what emaciated man, of about 40 years of age. The pro secutor, Mr. John William Arkle, is a tallish stout man, stated to be about thirty•five years of age. Mr. Brooke called Mr. Edward Jones, who, being sworn, said :—I am a weigher in the Customs. On Saturday afternoon last I was at the Prince's Dock Depot, and saw the prisoner leaning against the counter in the searcher's office. I went up to him and asked him how he was. He made me no answer, but asked me where was Mr. Arkle. I told him he had gone under the shed of the Prince's Dock. He said that would do, and I saw him go to the shed. (The prisoner declined to ask the witness any questions.) Mr. John William Arkle, being called, said :—I am a searcher in the Customs, and also act as Landing Sur veyor. I have known the prisoner as a weigher in the Customs for about nine years. Four or five months ago he was dismissed. I was his superior officer, end had oc casion to report him for drunkenness. An investigation took place before the Inspector, and I attended as a wit ness to prefer the charge. The prisoner was present, and lie rd all that passed. This was about four months ago. He was dismissed in consequence of the report against him being proved. He held no office in the Customs after this. I was on Saturday last acting as Landing Surveyor. At three o'clock, I lett the shed, on the east side, and met the prisoner, who was on its west side, nearest the dock. He came towards me, and I think that he saw me. He turned suddenly round, came under the shed and crossed it, to within a few yards of me. He stopped me, and held a pistol opposite to me. He presented the pistol at my person, and I saw the muzzle towards me. I observed him take it from his person, and heard the usual noise of (as we understood him to say) the snapping of a lock. He pulled the trigger, I think, twice. At the second tiwse he pulled it, I called out to a person near,—" Don't you see he is going to shoot me !" This person seized him. About halt' a minute had elapsed from his stopping me. Wilson, a Custom-house officer, came up into the hut, and I told him what had happened. He went out, and returned with the pistol in his hand. Two police-officers came to my assistance. One of them examined the pistol, and found it to be loaded. Charles Has A ,a,e l w . ernin in t s: a i n .t i eo d e ew r : — no s r p: reesaaf four er t aos mieighnutes itacesed. I r s t i : h w . ee i n th a t d e e t t s o C s mt u ( h a s re s - . sd to tea m ptoe s dt . :n)o l o andthVt then n eil Arkle calling out loudly. I sprang out of the and asked the latter what was the matter. He (Mr. A.). said " Do you not see he is attempting to shoot me,—•.o and get the pistol from him." I ran to the door and saw the prisoner struggling in the arms of a man who bad hold of him behind with his arms. The prisoner had a pistol in his right hand, and said to me—" I will give the pistol to you, Charley." I took it ; it was at full cock • there was no percussion cap on it. I west for the police officers,. and left the prisoner in the charge of Mr. Bodill, the superintendent. At the depot I probed the pistol with a small iron rod, and found it deeply loaded. In about twenty minutes after the prisoner was taken in charge I returned to the dock, and on the very spot where the - prisoner had stood, I found a percussion cap (produced.) It was bruised as if it had been bruised by being trodden upon. It appears to have been too large for the nipple. I said to the prisoner " How could You think of shooting at such a nice man as Mr. Arkle," and he said " Such fellows deserve shooting." This was said in presence of the police officer in the hut. The prisoner, who again declined to ask any questions, here remarked that with regard to the last expressions said to have been used by him, he had no recollection of them whatever. Mr. John Scholfield, agent to a dyer, said : I saw.the prisoner at the time in question approaching the shed. He appeared to be fumbling with something in his hand, which I afterwards found was a pistol. I saw him after wards present it at Mr. Arkle. He altered his position and followed that of the pistol, and followed the gentle men as he retreated. Mt. Arkle cried out to me " He-is going to shoot me—try to sicze him." I immediately got hold of him by both arms. He attempted to get loose, and cried " Let go," but when I got hold of hint I held him fast until he was placed in the hands of the police. William Bodill, superintendent of the lockers at the Prince's Dock, said,—while I was passing I saw the a p i r i i d so w ne e r nt and to ahsesilsats.t w l itt a ie sk ss ed tog th et e he p r riso l ne h r e — a a o n e ,alarmhow came you to do it ?" He said he was mad—he was de ranged; that Mr. Arkle made him do it, for he had taken away his bread from him. I saw the pistol, which was handed over to Messrs. Williams and Powell, gunsmiths, South Castle -street. The assistant in the shop tried to draw the charge, but could not. It was a foreign-made pistol. Witness described the mode of discharging it, as it appears by the next evidence. William Summers, assistant at Messrs. - Williams and Co's., gun arid pistol makers, said—The Let witness and two police officers came, between three and four o'clock on Saturday afternoon to the shep. One of them pro duced a pistol, which he requested should be unloaded. I got a rod with a worm, but found the charge so firm. that I could draw up only small portions of lead. It was a French-made pistol of common description. I found no wadding. I got a percussion cap and placed it on the nipple. The nipple was shorter than that of an English pistol, and an ordinary cap was likely to drop off, if not put on with great care. The cap I put en was too large, and got split. When I lifted the cock it fell off. I put it on aga'n, and fired it at an cak board in the yard. The pistol went off, and the tall entered the oak board, indent ing it about a quer t , r-of-an-incb. There were no previous marks in the board. The ball was flattened on the side that struck the board. It rebounded, and struck me on the stomach, and I saw it fall. I picked it up, and gave it into the charge of a police officer. Dock at the time of the occurrence corroborated what had Thomas Moorey, police officer, who was at the Prince-a been stated as to the occurrence there, as stated by his brother officer and others. He then said—On going to Bridewell, prisoner said be was very sorry for what had taker place. We put no questions to him, and cautiot el him that whatever he might say would come out before the magistrate and be used against him. When first taken be said he was mad, and afterwards made ether ex pressions, but I am not sure of the precise words, as there was a crowd and much confusion at the time. He said in going up to Bridewell, he was sorry that what he had done bad not taken effect; and on being again cautioned repeated the expression, adding that he hoped I and the other officer would not say anything about it. Mr. RUSHTON (who had noted down all the evidence as it proceeded) asked the prisoner if he had any question to ask, or if he wished any to be asked through him, at this stage of the proceedings—adding that he would have another opportunity—(when the depositions formally taken, were read.) The prisoner answered in the simple negative, and the magistrate stated that he must be committed for trial at the ASSiZES. It is somewhat remarkable that the officer (above named) who arrested the prisoner was the same individual who, several years ag o , a pp re h en d e d Norman Welch, for shooting Mr. Southgate, landing surveyor, in the 014 Customhouse-yard. Welsh effecter' "- --- afterwards executed at Lancaster. THI IRON TRADE.—Circulars the first houses in the trade announ, prices of iron, viz. :—Bar iron 20s ed his piirpose, and_mis OVA Ih7 ' s. 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