The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

Sept. 3, 1844. .IVERPOOL, OTMSKI[U AND PRESTON RAILWAY. WITH A BRANCH TO SOUTHPORT. CAPITAL, £6()0.000, in 24,000 Shores of £25 each ; DEPOSIT, £2 10s. per SHARE. Sir T PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. homas Hesketh B ar t., Ruffo r d-hall, Lancashire, Sir' hos. J. d e T ra ff or d , B ar t., T raf f or d -par k, Lancashire, Th io ; T n as Weld Blundell, Esq., Ince-hall, Lancashire. --e ""las Duckenfield Bold, Esq., Liverpool, a Director „„of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, Zilliam Board an Esq , Farrington.hall, Lancashire, .nobert Browne ' , Wavertree : road, Liverpool, 1 (winos Brandreth, Esq., Ormskirk, Preoerick W. Caldwell. Eq., Methnish, Argyleshire, and NyGolden-sqoare. Lond .n, • tv; i ;!,iam Cook, Esq., Kensington, Liverpool, j ""aat Dixon. Esq., of Govan, Glasgow, n a mes Nowell Ffarington Esq., Worden-hall, Lancashire, Esq.. 'M.P., Feniscowles, Lancashire, Fasberry E4lton, Liverpool, e'tcirge Gradwell, ' Esq., Preston, , pp, a ties Groves, Esq., Liverpool, Greenough, Esq., Southport, °tin Unwell Eso Beaumont-villa, Shepherds'-bush, Middl Henn Humber, Esq., Preston, 4st Harrison, Esq Southport, :itotnas Kershaw, Ormskirk and Southport, aoh„ D "'so❑E. More-hall, Lancashire, .q.. Clem ents Roycli, Esq., Mount Fall nee , Lancashire, IShairrnan of the Preston and Wyre Railway Company, "1- Gillibrand Unsworth, Etq., Manor-house, Lan _ cashire, IJaniel Waterhouse, Esq., Aigburth. Liverpool, (With power to add to their number.) • s T h ATessr.wyll . arns, ea n _con, Lab ou BANKES. cliere and Co., London, - Liverpool Commercial Bank, Liverpool, e Preston Banking Company, Preston. ENGINEERS. J nlte M'N e ill, L . L, D ., F.K.S. amies T hompson, Esq., F:R.S E., M.R.T.A. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. ke"rB' norrington, Hayward, and Eilicomhe, Perlis toent.s Y tr'eet. ju l b the f ,„ -onstructiTin of this RAILWAY a direct coin- G r p —nnication will made between Liverpool and the w).4,1• Northern Lines and a connection formed with the th u e i t of the mannfac . turing districts of Yorkshire, by and calackburn and Preston Railway, and the Lancashire York,; n hire Juction. This independent en t rance into Liverpool, from the north will Ire of great public advantage, limited as the town now-is to only one outlet by Railway. A Breach from the main tine, at. Ormskirk, will pro vide the means of cheap - and expeditious access to the rising:and much-frequented watering-plac e of Southport; and by a contemplated junction of this Branch with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, at Newton, the shortest and most direct route to Southport will be af forded from Manchester and the Midland counties. The proposed line has been surveyed by Sir John M'Neill and James Thompson, Esq., whose report is highly fa vourable. The terminus, in Liverpool, is at present in tended to be near the BorouAi Gaol, in Great Howard atreet, from which the litre will proceed to the west of Aintree Racecourse, by Maghull and Aughton, to the f'''n of Ormskirk, and from thence by Burscough, Ruf- Pvcl and Croston, to join the North Union Railway, at Ifarringtn, where a junction will be effected with the ulackburn aria Preston Railway. LA• lower :Line to the west of Scarisbrick has also been rryflred, pa ss i ng through a country singularly favourable na i h ,e,..,eonttructio n o f a ra il way, b ut l eav i ng out the xpect"mde, (from which a consider a bl e revenue may be to b e ed,) and the town of Ormskirk, which would have : t '''''-elleri by a Branch ; the direct line is, there will reeceefed Preferable; at thasame time, howeyT', both Plans f ot . n v :natu re consideration before depositing the The.,,Jartiament. Livot,„,'-','ent circuitous Railway communication between :e3tsrtpet, :airarliteddoPreston, and places to the north and north n by lines uriginaly projected for othrr teco es , B l arid the traffic is consequently subjected to un eteense. delay, and inconvenience, the only ex ata;'„""ite being by the Manchester and Liverpool Rail 'Onto Varkside, and thence to Preston by the North int fr 4 o,„"'',.l' v aY, a distance of 38i miles, usualy occupy 4-teston— `, 4 to 21 hours. The distance from' iverpoo . l to 'whi c h "Y the proposed direct line, is only 274 'miles, ofelev . rx ill be traversed in one hour, thus effecting asaviny T his miles, arid mare than one half the time. ttruct.2 togeth er w i th thegreatly diminished cost -of con ble dwn, will enabl e the Company to carry Passengers i n °° ds at such reduced rates as to ensure a conside ' 0 c r e a se c in the present tra ffi c. b e `; et Pondins advantages will be effected in the traffic te r between Liverpell and the towns of Blackburn Lancas rtocl. d k i, en dal, Penrith, Newcastle, Edinburgh,__ ex- tendint:isgow; and Companies having been formed for . 1411: .. ; '' tt il h e e ro l3 e i r e a y rd Prest , ,n Railway to Accring- Bing 1, a B e k it ' b r Colne, Skipton, Keighley, 4 contsjadford, and Leeds, these towns (all of which have 4 Vet able intercourse with Liver pool) will participate This !fine of the proposed routes line.. iieng ers f i ne will form the direct lc, Liverpool for pas eket. ;not Ireland andthe West of Scotland. by Steam- Yre itT l Pleetwood, inco n j uo ction with the Preston and T o th tway. R" °th e v aluable Cnal Fields of Bickerstaffe, Latho t tn, b r,L' aC eS. hitherto excluded from the benefi of eose c t L i s‘onit ttnteat i on, access w iti , b e vven by the pro eon4le, while the carriage of Coal will , form a source .ii dfin e4.44 t and increasing profit to the Company , e c ks, c`f a branch to connect with the Liverpool . ewe sip, the immediate vicinity of the terminus, Neat handi u e afforded for the shipment-of Coal and Met% Th e a r: eotoe t} P e n will, of noce.sity, from-its direct course, 'be thThe ~,Coottil route from ' Liv ' erpool to the North. to.o4branshie -ength of the Line to .be formed, including Oth e r te,,,ss Southport, is 324 miles, and the estimated cookiaeNt'factiort, including land, -stations, engines, and the e e ttly ;try outlay, is under ;C601,0G0, which nag : I, c elled on as suffiCient, from the favourablework s *4, lee u PtrY through which the Line passes,. and Comp an 'tis, ci t h ativ expensive or difficult engineering 25 shall .1; e- tefore, proposed that the Capital-of the ev e • aet,h,) with .t 6' 0 000 (divided into - 24,000 shares of e ` i r Pew ' I t increase it to £700,000 in the if ector s t be•ng deemed ero necessary or advisable by the tae d ent ter ° •'nuethe Line to Preston with an inde necessarnions v , ; and, to , provide for this contingency, P e o s r i t ia i tne in r- er ;P al l i rt i s a and sections will be made and de- A„ t pt. nee with the standing orders of : tile( te of amp - fr e evenue has been anade, basedlepon ex ie redip.'which it appears that, after making an Per Cent may for aecou — aY be . working expenvs t a dividend of 74 nt a ny or t an-ly anticipated, without taking into h u'm'ane of t b he. traffic which would accrue bynthe con -1,, earl easterlye .I.,arne !dreddy alluded to, from Blackburn, whieh woulddi otion, to or - tr . iwards Bradford and . La P"deß t of tla • be very considerable ; and also in ,dl,e,ster an L‘ttlirselaseill traffic, by the opening of the Y. 4tid its continuation to nibu A P t., Glasgow, senpdetacileuwsN:orth of Scotland. ~:tthoerbe information, ..,,Pplications for Pro, a nd for Shares, (in the:annexed 'for% P • • Provisional Committee, at their Offic e , No. B, rn E ntie to ' be alley, Exchange -street West, Liverpool ; xchange. hYTH and PRITCHARD.. Stock and Sl,are vet _o i Ere , Messrs. EWEN and A VIM, Share Brokers, 17Vincent -place, Gl asgow • Messrs. Tri i‘ oik e i s A s s rs C i t L0L .14, and • Sorrs,Broke rs , Manchester; l k~eßitooEs, Share Brokers, Leeds; Mr. Tues. robßroker, Preston ; Mr. Taos.. AsaroN„Sav re Bank, Ormskirk; and Messrs. H. Lo nci ll o i` ti E, Stock and Share Brokers, Moorgate-street, t. ''Se committee of the Liverpool, 'Orme gebtle k. and • Preston Railway. hereb reuest that you will allot me - Ih " X 25 earl the above proposed Railway ; and I ere bY told „ e ss e'rtke to pay the Deposits thereon, or any , x eute 7 r of Siires which may be allotted me, and tti , 4kgree,neile arliament, ry Contract and Subscribers I t when required to do so. 1 am, Gentlemen; Your obedient Servant, Name Description•------ .. _ Re.idence ----- I)aTe--- 4(p,ILIE JUNCTVIN RAILWAY.ES of £5O each. 'C' 44 L .£400.0400, in 8,000 •-,--TATTRE,I3I'. The 1i. 6 1-t p 00.040 , in comm: and Sent°4l.Bart. Sir wi'i .onourable Lord Belhaven CtirMiCha , - f Sir Henryitnearrnicel_ Bart. Si r , _. Seton Steuart of Allantou, The ritin Kitklan of clytups• t of Glasgow. Jag.i3r°4,• janies Lumsden, Lord Proc °s of Ha i m r` °i " drs ti r % % s q. , of 1-1011andbusb, Provost ~ ,hristonhe(t---., Pro:ost of Lanark. Middleton Lodge. ,l'athal,, Qalt.4uarshe, F,N.. ..., . ' 4, oe s ii .t.vensou, Esq., of Brmdwuci. 'lton. C. M. it.'7"e, ttlq., of Brownlee. . . 1 ..,Lieut...(; 4 ,4tri°741•, Edinburgh. 'illiarn 1t(4,.% "" 41 ,, s 'acrt, of Alossknow. .11exander ti°.4' msg., of Lauchcm., .„ Ale xatich•r Cam1„."000, Esq., of Golfffili- Willim G,ln.,„l''e„ll. Esq, of Bedli• - John William k Cr,:,,,,L4'„."-Ati• of Oatlands. p r '- c-.., .u. , sc i ... ' r ~,, F 3 e, h.,,,,., /-.) , , 0 ipiushey. lietiry'Brock,lB drarnock House. f• G. Kidston, pL j :„' , pker, Glasgow. w .itataes ranker , Escii.: mleeree,h_tttit, Glasgow. `‘,ltien Ewing, EEri , 14,..e?ant, Grf.ellt, ~..-enant; Greenock. ... ENGINEER Joseph London. Al q., eseguiet Graha me, SCRETARY. Vincent- st reet, Glasgow. Es q., St. Geo!. . kte extwfurd, E. qs,tsrtott6eorge. eis,... , PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Weenie, 'tehibald Giahltine, Mom:relic, and , . . ...t he ei,,,i ~,- It ANKERS. . Glasgow. street, Glasgow. rl), pluestlale zianking Company. The Cinbtirgli and Glasgow Bank. '''''' r ndon. 111 'ndort and We t i ster Bank .• • • —o- 0/. essrs.Mos 6En n - Lirerti° s and Company .......... Tilts l i , --- of great .... Edinburgh. ~ ndertakinz embraces s-lveral objeicts n exin, ”ite utility whether viewed separatc y ,LIII--hl'ir:!' eleh ;rile • by s t ' i rst .rdaCe; rtle establishment of a Railwa t Y ) , t . e vtelligli9't direct route, froM the City of Gia'g in or in eon the d!',Populous, and rapidly.increasini community,7:7Mother well, Victs adjoining to Hamilton, Bothwell, wor k s in that 11,hawton, and the various coal and iron , Part or the country • Rail -44 ttle 6eCOlld place, 'a direct and uninterrupted way Communication between the City of Glasgow and the inexhaustible fields of coal and other minerals, lying in the lower valley of the Clyde, as well as those traversed by the W show and Coliness Railway, the Wilseoton Railway, and other communicating Lines; In tha third Mace, a union between the Caledonian Railway and the City. of Glasgow, possessing the Ter minus at. that city, suggested by the Royal Commis sioners appointed to report on the best means of Railway communication between England and Scotland ; and In the fourth place, a Junction of all those Lines with the existing Railway leading from Glasgow to the sea ports of Greenock and Port Glasgow, so as to form one continuous and unbroken Line to the south of Scotland and all parts of England. The Provisional Committee have been induced to state, in the fist place, the local objects to be attained, because these objects have long b:-en the subject of public consi deration, and, of themselves, afford the certainty of an ample return for the expense to be incurred, without re ference to any Line of Railway not yet formed ; and also because they ought not to he lost sight of in the prospect of a Junction with the Caledonian Line; and of a con nection between that Line and the Railway to Greenock and Port Glasgow. An examination of the Sketch of the proposed Lines will show how the objects in view are to be attained. The Polloc and Govan Railway, which has been already constructed and is open to the public, is a line of three miles in length, commencing at the Harbour of Glasgow, and terminating at the Royal Burgh of Ruther glen ; and it is intended to be incorporated in the present undertaking. With this view the Provisional Committee have ac quired a right to the Polloc and Govan Railway, by an agreement of Sale conditional on an Act being obtained fur the Clydesdale Junction Line, at a price (to be taken in stock) which will afford an ample return to the New Company ; and it is part of the agreement that the price (while it shall in no event exceed the stipulated sum) shall be subject to review by Mr. Locke, the Engineer to this undertaking, who may reduce it to such an amount as he may think reasonable. The Provisional Committee have also concluded an agreement for such station ground as may be required, at a price to be fixed by arbitration. From the terminus of the Polloc and Govan Railway at Rutherglen, it is intended that the main line shall run eastward to Hamilton; and that a Branch shall be forined to join the Wishaw and Coltness Railway at Motherwell. By means of the last. mentioned Railway the communica tion with the Caledonian Line will be completed ; but if the terms demanded by the Wishaw and Coltness Com pany, for such accommodation, should render it necessary or desirable, the proposed Line can be extended, at a small expense, so as to join the Caledonian without the intervention of any part of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway ; and the Provisional Committee contemplate the possibility, though not the probability, of such an ex tension as a part of the present undertaking. The projected works, including the price of the Polloc and Govan Railway, and an ample allowance for Stations, are etvimated to ..cost £400,000, which is proposed to be the Capital of the Company; but in order to provide for, the possible extension of the. Line as above explained, and for some highly profitable additions in the sh , pe of short side Branches, which this Railway admits of, the Provisional Committee recommend that power should be reserved to increase the Capital to £500,000, if needful, — the existing Shareholders having a preference to the' ad ditional stock. The Provisional Committee have taken great pains to ascertain, with accuracy, the returns which may be ex pected from the Traffic on the proposed Railway; and after 'allowing for every contingency, and deducting from the gross receipts 40 per cent. for working expenses, the results show a net profit on the Capital, of nearly 9 per cent. per annum, exclusive of the great additional traffic toAich may be anticipated from the . Caledonian Line. The C‘nunittee have concluded an Agreement with . the Pro viiional Committee of the Caledonian Company, upon terms advantageous to both undertakings; and they hare no doubt, that, from the comparative shortness of the Clydesdale line, and the superiority of its Terminus, the greater part, if not the whole, of the Western traffic of the Caledonian will pass along it. The Committee have also ascertained that the Works may be completed within eighteen months after the Act of Parliament shall have been obtained. The Shares will he £5O each, and it will he •a provision of the Act of Incorpoiation that no Subscriber shall be liable for more than the amount of his subscription. A deposit of 10 per cent., or £5 per Share, to be paid at the time of Allotment; and Subscribers mill have to exe cute the Parliamentary Deed on receiving their Scrip. Of the proposed Capital upwards of 3000 Shares have already beeataken up, by I•arties locally iuterested. Application for Shores to be made in the form annexed, addressed to .the Secretary, or to nervy Francis, Esq , 57, Threadneedle-'trees, London; Messrs. FORSYTH and PRITCHARD, Liverpool; or 'Mr. J. B. Locke, Manchester; from any of whom Prospectuses and Plans may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Clydesdale Junction Railway. Dale 1844. GENTLEMEN,- I wish to become a Subscriber for Shares in this Undertaking, of '£so ,per Share, the deposit upon which, or on any less number of Shares that may be allotted tome, I agree to pay; and I also to undertake to sign the necessary Deeds, whenrequired so to do. I am,Uentletnen, Your obedient Servant, Name------ - Address AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL TABLE. CAPTAIN PIDDING'S HOWCIUMS MIXTURE TEA is an admixture of4o rare Black Teas, produced on as many different plantations, each Tea differing from the rest, and possessing a flavour, a fragrance, or strength, peculiar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro portions, they comprise all that is desirable4n Tea. This discovery was not the effect of chance, but.ef many great advantages united in one individual, and the result of numerous experiments and the most minute analysis. For another to produce the same result, he must possess equal skill, the same discrithinatirig taste, equal power of procuring the forty various Teas required r and know the exact proportions df each kind used—and though he may never once have visited China, he must have had equal opportunities of securing to himself, its productions : with one who,•like Captain Pidding, has spent years there in acquiring these advantages, and to whom alone How qua—years before his death—imparted at Canton, the secret of compounding his Mixture. Yet there are upwards of 500 retailers pretending to sell tea, they call " Howqua's Mixture"—each mixture dif fering from all the others. Now as there can be but ONE REAL " llowqua's Mixture," it follows that, as 500 dif ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. The 499 counterfeits are so-many evidences of the superiority Of the ONE .GEttictlNE. And it would be absurd to suppo se of that Captain •Pidding, with advan ta g es, the result E ight country, would be so-silly—even were it possible —as t o Voyages made to China , and live years spenti th at yield them up to• 500 others, or impart to them so valuable Et secret. The very greatoelebrity this Tea has acquired, having tempted man y unprincipled persons to give similar, or nearly i P ep l apnt D ya D a: l sn N rService, G n similar titles to their own fpurious mixtures, t o guard against such i m p osition, ,r Captain JOrchasers should-observe that " THE SIGNATURE THUS, 1-I H N on l O t u li rle O ab DE jo , m is on every genuin e Paek.ge. To those who drink Green Tea , Howqua's Small Leaf klunpowder," grown only on ,one estate, is recommended for it- le swtrheongstohmaendGerceoennoTmeya,aiinnd. as being the purest and most has appointed the u n d er Agents for po c rt a e p d th from China this District : GEORGE CARLYLE, Repository, 38 , BOLD -STREET, Agent for Liverpool. Accrington E. Bowker, Bookseller. Ditto W. Hutchinson, Stationer. Blackburn J. Parkinson, Chemist, Church-street. Bolton Burnley . T. Sotliffe, Bookseller, St. James-street. Chester T. Bowers and Son, Di uggists. Everton J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street. Knutsford Lancaster Manchester - squ re. Prescot .. W. Turner Kydd, Tea D e aler an d Groc er. a Preston Ditto W. Brodbelt, Provision Dealer. Ditto .. Ditto T. Knight, Waterloo Ilouse. Ditto , T. Wren, Auctioneer. Rochdale J. Booth, Chemist. Southport . ... S. Whitely, Wine Merchant. Wigan E; H. Burrnish, Chenii:st. For Agencies, Address, Captain Pidding, 22, College hill, London,. PICKING TH.E POCKET OF A YOUNG LADY.—yei: terday, afwell-elad boy, named Henry Cowan, was placed at th, bar of the Police-court, charged with having, on Saturday, picked the pocket of a young lady—Miss Vernon, from Ashton-in-Mackerfield. The prisoner— an old offender, who had been in gaol recently for three months, and had 13een committed four times—set up a deence that it was his own money which he had dropped accidentally by the way. lie was, of course, committed for trial. DANGEROUS ASSAULT WITH A PITCHFORK. — John Delap. was 'yesterday -charged at the Police-court with an assault upon Richard Bainbridge with a pitchfork. The assault was the result of a quarrel. Mr. Rushton said he could not lightly pass over the use of such deadly weapons even in the passion of the moment, and committed the prisoner far triai at the assizes, with an intimation that he might go at large on giving good bail —himself in £BO, and two sureties in £4O each. It was stated that the prisoner had hitherto borne a good cha racter. • OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. — At the Police-court, yesterday, a married woman, very poorly dressed, named Eli za b e th Aliport, was charged with having obtained under false pretencei a number of pairs of stays from Miss Eleanor Parr, who keeps a stay shop in Berry-street, an d b y w h om s h e h a d b een e mployed as forewoman. It a p peare d t h at over some wee k s past the prisoner had obtained the articles from her mistress on representing that patties whom she named, and who were all respectable females, wished to be supplied from the shop. She succeeded in this way in taking away pairs to the value of, it wa x stated, n:nFt guineas. Sos -I.;icicti was at hygth excited, a nd the fraud was disco vered. The prisoner -was apprehended, and was then in liquor. Ajost of the articles were found iu various pawn shops. The imsoner was committed for tr;ali for ~" ob taining," &c., with, however,l6ar.e to go Nit, 01 bail, her self in £4Q, u.O trip suretit%- in - X2O each. TEN POUNDS REWARD. TOLEN or STRAYED, f rom a Fi e ld a t Meanwood, 0 . near Leeds, on the Bth of August •last, a BAY HORSE, six years old, 1G hands high, has a white fore head, and a white place on his near hind leg, and is long in his hind quarters, with a switch tail. Whoever will bring the same to Mr. JOSEPEI BURROW, of Meanwood, or Mr. READ, Chief Constable, Leeds, will receive £lO Reward. A T an ADJOURNED MEETING of the LIVER POOL PROPRIETORS of the SOUTH-EAST ERN and DOVER RAILWAY, at the CLA.RENDON ROOMS, South John -street, on the 2d September, 18-11, PRESENT : N. D. BOLD, Esq., LAWRENCE Esq, WILLIAM Nicol., Esq., HENRY HOLMES, Esq., RICHARD HOUGHTON, Esq., STANLEY PERCIVAL, Esq., JOHN LATHAM, Esq., JOHN TWINAME, Esq., DANIEL WILLINE, Esq., CHARLES GROVES, Esq., J AMES MAC GREGOR, E. 41., JAMES CAW, ESq. 2 ROBERT BROWNE, Esq., WILLIAM COOK, Esq., JAMES BUCHANAN, Esq., RICHARD HAYNES, Esq., M. L. PRITCHARD, Esq„ &e. &e &e. WILLIAM COOK, ESQ. in the Chair, 11 teas unanimously Resolved, That the Proprietors now assembled are confirmed in their opinion, by the information this-day received, that a thorough change in the system of carrying Goods on the South Eastern and Dover Railway is imperatively called for, and they record their conviction that it would be as much for the advantage of the Public as of the Company that the South Eastern and Dover Proprietors should themselves become carriers. That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the net earn ings from traffic, from the Ist October, 1813, cannot in equity be charged with th e i n t eres t on Capital then un productive, and therefore such net earnings. allowing for the subsequent opening from Folkstone to Dover, and of the Bricklayers' Arms Branch, areapplicdblef r adividend. That the Proprietors present pledge themselves to sup port the Directors in all sound measures for the protec tion of the South Eastern and Dover Railway Company. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chair man. GAINSBOROUG - H. SHEFFIELD, AND CHES TERFIELD RAILWAY. SHORT AND DIRECT LINE. CAPITAL, £750,000, IN 15,000 SHARES OF £5O EACH. DEPOSIT, £3 PER SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Wm. Jno. Bagshewe, Esq., The Oaks, Sheffield. Wilson Overend, Esq., Sheffield. Benj. Burdekin, Esq., Sheffield. Bieherd Bayley, Esq., Cesile Dyke, Sheffield. Thomas Creswick, Esq., Ecclesall Grange, Sheffield. Henry Wilson, Esq., Westbrook, Sheffield. Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester ' and Leeds Railway Company. William Entwisle, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman of the - Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, and a Di rector of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway Company. Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, a Di rector of the Manchester and Leeds, and of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway Companies. Leo Schuester, Esq., a Director of the Manche ter and Leeds, and of the Wakefield, Lincoln, tinerßos:on Railway Companies. Captain Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, Lancashire. Thomas Clark,,Esq., Mayor of Chesterfield. EdWard Humble, Esq., Renishaw, Derbyshire. Sinnuel*Butcher, Esq:, Endcliffe, Sheffield. Thomas Ellin, jun., Esq., Sheffield. Henry Wilkinson, Esq., Endcliffe dell, Sheffield. Robert Younge, Esq., Greystones, Sheffield. • Roger Haywood, Esq., Hooton Levet, Maltby. Thomas Dyson, Esq.,Braith well Manor House,Yorkshire. Thomas Didsbury, Esq., Rotherham. Charles Frederick Younge, Esq., Sheffield. • James Willis Dixon, Esq., Broom Lodge, Sheffield. Henry Jubb. Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield. John Sansotn, Esq., Moor Lodge, Sheffield. John Green, Esq., Neepsend, Sheffield. John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield. Richard Ellison, Esq., Sudbrooke Holrne, Lincoln, Chairman of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway. The Rev. H. W. Sibthorpe, Washingborough, Directors Lincoln, of the Edward Fowler, Esq., Lincoln, Wake- T. M. Keywortla, Esq., Lincoln, field, Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln,- Lincoln, Col. Cracroft, Hackthorn Hall, Lincoln, &Boston Weston Cracroft, Esq., Hackthorn, J Railway. With power to add to their number. ENGINEER. William Cuhitt, Esq., F.R.S. BANKERS. Sheffield The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company ; the Sheffield and Retford Bank. Gain.earou • g } Messrs. Smith, Elli son, an d Co. Linco l ln ... Chesterfield The Chesterfield and Derbyshire Banking Company. Boston Messrs. Gee and Co. Bawtry The Yorkshire Banking Company. Manchester Messrs. Curiliffe, Brookes, and Co. London Messrs. Cunliffe, Brookes, and Co. ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; the London and Westminster Bank. THE object of this undertaking is to co n st ruc t th e mos t direct and perfect LINE OF RAILWAY from the Town and Pert of GAINSBOROUGH, through SHEF FIELD, to the Station of the Midland Railway at CHESTERFIELD, thereby effecting a mare expeditious and eeonomical communication between Gainsborough, 'Sheffield, and the Midland Coenties onthe one hand, and between Sheffield and the Metropolis on the other ; and, also, to bring-into immediate contact the whole of Lin colnshire and the Eastern Counties, with the important Manufacturing and Mineral Diatricts of Sheffield, Dron 'field, and Unstone. The Line will commence at Chesterfield, pass through the important Mineral Districts of Unstone and Dron field, through Sheffi-Id, and thence by Canklow, (where it passes over the Midland Railway,) Whiston, Maltby., Tickhill, and Bawtry, to Gainsborough, near which last named Town it will unite with the projected Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway, the promoters of which cordially sanction and approve of the present undertaking, constituting, as it will in conjunction with their Line, the best and most comprehensive system of Railway commu nication between the Agriculteteal Districts of Lincoln.. shire and the Eastern Counties, and the populous Mantl beTtweheenditshtoasnectewforo:ll:7;wilhhichshaiss facturing Towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The distance between Chesterfield and Sheffield (and 10 S u e u m t v i i a e e e a s s s s t b t r h o o tine a f :n g. y ; consequently a i l ow l uisl p i l a a bn c y e d s tei S ilri o sc u uL t i h tion . ue a s n b d ero h t tfo ti hr u em s l - )e e rre ff s e eT c n t o i tw n t g nela) a saving of nearly one-half of the whole distance in the existing Lines of Railway communication lyfests Gainsboroughbbeye several to v proposed Sheffield rioapl omslde st to w h ai unitelnl bb by u an n y de o r th t e h r irt L y rne ik : those Towns. In fact, no shorter Line can be had; moreover, it can not be surpassed, if equalled, by any other in the excel lency _of its gradients or the lightness of the works that will-be required in its construction. To the lehabitaets of and Owners of Property in Lin. colnshire, and the Eastern Counties generally, this Rail way is of paramount importance, as it will furnish to them, at a greatly diminished cost, an ample supply of Coal of the best quality fur all purposes, the Line passing for six'een miles of its length through a rich and almost inexhaustible Coal Field ; whilst to the Inhabitants of Gainsbormigh and Boston, in part'cular, it must prove highly advantageous, as furnishing (along with the Wake field, Lincoln, end Boston Line) an immense accession of business to the Shipping Interests of those Ports. It is almost superfluous to point out the great advan. tages of, and the necessity which exists for a rapid and cheap mode of transit between the agricultural and the manufacturing districts, which will be effected by this and the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway, in the most complete and effectual manner, as the Agriculturists of North Nottinghamshire. Lincolnshire, and of the Eastern Counties, will thus he able to transmit their produce at a teatly diminished Cost, direct t o th e consumers . Th e ine will traverse a District which is not immediately Provided with any navigable River or Canal, hence its freedom from the competition of. and interference with 'Water Conveyance, and it is entirely divested of all ob jections on the score of interfering with Parks and orna mental Grounds and Residences. The. Passenger traffic, which must necessarily come on thi s Lin-. will he great; this will be at once apparent when it is borne in mind that independently of all other conveyances. fourteen Daly Coaches are required to con duct the traffic:of the Disti ict, which this Railway will accommodate. The well-known and extensive Quarries of Roche Abbey and Wicker:l , y. are in immediate prexi rni-v to the Line ; the Stone of the former is universally allowed to surpass all other fcr Building purposes, in beauty and durability, whilst the latter furnish nearly all the Grinding Stones used in the Manufactories of Shef field and its Vicinity. The carriage of Live Stack will, of itself, form an im portant item in the traffic, inasmuch as at least 5000 head of Cattle and l€o,ooo sheep are annually sent from, the Eastern Districts to the market at Rotherham alone. From a careful estimate of traffic on data accurately taken, the Promoters feel themselves fully warranted in stating that a profit of at least £8 per Cent, will be realised on the proposed Capital, after allowing ~£4O per Cent. for working expenses. The deposit of £3 per Share is to be paid on the allot ment of Shares, and the liability of Subscribers will, of course, be limited by the Act of Parliament to the amount of their respective Shares. Applications for Shares in the Forms below given are requested to be made to Messrs. WILSON, YOUNGE, and PIERSON, or Mr. DIXON, Solicitors, Sheffield ; or to the following Sharebrokers :-Mr. Duncuff, Manchester ; Messrs. H. and G. Towgood, 33, 'Throgmorton-street, London; Messrs. WILLIAM ReYeroens and Soes, and Mr. JOHN HALL, Liverpool ; Messrs. H. and C. Beard. show, Leeds ; Meesrs. Moore and Gatliffe, Huddersfield ; Mr. James Harvey, Halifax ;. Messrs. Beaumont, Kenne dy, and I3inks, Bradford and Leeds ; or to Messrs. Cul linson and Flint, or Messrs. Trigg and Hodson, Hull. I ORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. I request you will secure to me Shared i n the Gainsborough,Slitt eld. and Chesterfield Railway, upon the Terms of the Prospectus. And I agree to take such Shares as may be allotted to me, and to pay the De posits upon the same, and execute the Parliamentary Con. tract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated 1844. Name, 'Residence. Trade or ProtP:'ikc To the p, ov4ional Committee of the Gaintibro', Sbeffitid, aad Chesterfield Railway. LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL & DOUGLAS NAVIGATION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GE NERAL. ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRIETORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to LIVERPOOL, and DOUGLAS NAVIGA TION, will be held, at the ADELPHI HOTEL, in LIVER POOL, in the county palatine of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, of September next, at El even o'Aock in the Forenoon,tlrie t h 2) i When and where the Propriet ors , by th emse l ves o are requested to atte n d. t e tlt e sr By order, SAMUEL HAILSTONE, Law Clerk. Bralford, Yorkshire, 29th August, 1844. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAIL WAY COMPANY, INCORPORATED BY ACl' OF PARLIAMENT. CA - LL OF THREE . POUNDS PER SHARE. NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance II of Resolution of the Board of Directors, the Pro prietors of sbares, of the New Stock, in this Company are hereby ,required to pay an Instalment of TH REE POUNDS sterling, on each of their respective Shares, on or before MONDAY, the 16th day of September next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers. Interest at the rate of 5. per cent per annum will be charged on all sums that remain unpaid after the 16th proximo. LONDON.—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane. Live n.popt.—Mesrs. Leylands and Bulling. EDINBURGH. - City of Glasgow Bank, Hanover-street. Holders of Scrip Certificates who have not yet lodged them to he registered, will please do so without delay, with the Secretary, at the Company's Office, 35, Scot land-street. By order of the Board of Directors, A. G. FIELD, Secretary. Edinburgh, 28th August, 1844. iinOurintre 3otires. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital, £500,000. EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. DIVISION OF PROFITS : rpliE steady success and increasing prosperity of the 1 Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to daclare a Second BONUS, averaging 69 percent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit Scale. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MARINERS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE _STREET EAST, LONDON-BRIDGE , CO, ARTHUR-STREET Assurances j on Lives and Survivorship., Grantinp Deferred Annuities, Effecting Endowments, Purcha• sing Reversions, Making Loans, and Receiving Depo- sits. SPECIALLY EMPOWERED BY ACT OP PARLIAMENT. Ten per Cent. of the Profits are ser aside as a Fund for Destitute arid Disabled Mat jeers. TRUSTEES. Admiral Sir Philip Henderson Durham, G.C.B. Joseph Somes, Esq. Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.B. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Capt. Lord Viscount Ingcstre, R.N., • C. 8., M.P. Capt. Thos. Dickinson, R.N. S:r George Rich. Joseph Bishop, E-q. Johri Warrick, E,;(1. Philip Baker, Esq. Edmund Turner Watts, George Lee, Esq. E•q. George Mann, Esq. j John Willis, Esq. AUDITORS. Donald Willie, E-q., 13. Fooks, Etq. PHYSICIAN. Sic James Eglinton Anderson, M.D., M.R.1.A., 11, New• Bu► lington-street. SOLICITOR. John Hayward, Esq.. 2, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Dartford, Kent. BANKERS.—Bank of England. SU.RGEONT. Charles Ilderton Croft, Eq., 22, Laurence Peuntney lathe. ItESIDENT MANAGER.—John Dawson, Esq. ADVANTAGES • ON Life Policies, half the premin m s ma y rema i n un paid for Seven Years, and then be continued as a permanent loan, if requ'red. _ Thus a Polley is obtained at half the usual rate, awl may be dropped, at any time, at half the usual sacrifice, or continued without flesh certificates, although the health be impaired. LIFE Policies may all be made WHOLE GLOBE ones. To those insuring tie lives of others this is often of conse. qurnce. seeing that the person whose life is insured may go out of Europe and cause a forfeiture of the policy. Interest is admitted in all policies on thelives of others. Every MARINER may now, if he will, derive advantage from this Institution, either by an Insurance upon his Life; the purchase of an annuity to commence at a period when age or incapacity unfits him for sea ; the Endow ment of Children ; by a Loan ; by depositing spare moneys at interest ; by means of a fund expressly for destitute or disabled Mariners. The word MARINER comprehends individuate of every rank and grade. whether of the Royal or Mercantile Nary, Members of the Coast Guard, Fish ermen, Pilots, or Boatnzen of Great Britain and Ireland. But INSURANCES at this office are not confined to Ma riners, INDIVIDUALS going voyages, or intending to set tle in distant or dangerous parts of the globe may insure their lives; as MILITARY MEN, MEDICAL PRACTI TIONERS, end CIVILIANS: SO ALL PERSONS, rending on shore, in England, or any where in Eu ro p e , are e li gible TABLES OF PREMlumsfor every kind of risk have been calCulated, and the rates made as low, in each case, /tsars compatible with the particular risk and the pecuniary safety of all paries. The Premiums on Policies to cover Voyages of every description and service, in every part of the globe, viz., with permission to go any and every where without for feiture, are lower than have ever hitherto been taken. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities deserve the serious consideration of till. H ow often does death over take men in the midst even of health end hope. How often are those most dear to. them, wives, children, pa rents, or other relations, thus deprived of all support. Full Prospectuses may be had at tie Chief Offices, it. Agents to the Company. London, or of the p. HA yEs and co., Pemberton•linildiniss, Fcnwick-Streit, Liverpool, LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH SCHOOL. Yesterday the foundation stone of St. Barnabas's Schools was laid by the Rev. Rector Brooks, on a large piece of ground adjacent to the church, and situated at the corner of Greenland-street and Flint-street. The ceremony was conducted with all the solemnity and im pressiveness becoming so interesting an occasion. A procession was formed about twelve o'clock, at the Church of England Schools in Cornwallis•strcet. In front walked the male and female children belonging to the Blue Coat School, headed by the juvenile band belonging' to that establishment. Next was borne a large and handsome white flag, surrounded with a light blue border, which was beautiful►y worked and painted for the occasion by a lady belonging to the congregation of St. Barnabas, Mrs. John Lawrence, the lady of the Churchwarden. On one side it represented Samuel in the attitude of prayer, with Christ's celebrated command underneath—" Feed my lambs." On the other side was an open Bible, with the Saviour's equally well-known remark of " Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not." Then followed the Rev. Hector Brooks and the Rev. Rector Campbell, the Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M, incumbent, and the Rev. Christopher A. Graham, curate of St. Barnabas's, the Rev. William Falloon, the Rev. Drummond Ander son, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. R. Davis, the Rev, F. Barker, and the Rev. Me-srs. Gibbons, Whiteley, Hig gins, Stewart, Cordeaux, Bold, Cowen, &c. A large body of the members of tl e congregation and subscribers t.) the undertaking brought up the rear, among whom we no ticed Richard Harbord, John Sothern, John Biittain, G. Barnsley, Thos. Rohin.on, Thos. Wilkinson, J. Munn, T. Clare, W. Mann, D. Clarke, E. Richards, J. F. Von Bach, R. Ramsey, J. Easton, C. H. Parnell, T. Green, Esers., the Churchwardens of St. Barnabas's. Thomas Wagstaff and John Lawrence, and the Build ing and General Committees. Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Houghton, the Churchwardens for the parish, also joined the procession. The procession, which was followed by crowds of persons, after having been formed in Corn wallis-street, proceeded along Pitt-street, Great George street, Great George-place, and down Greenland-street to the selected spot of ground, where an immense number of ladies had assembled, and were accommodated with seats on a raised platform, for the purpose of witnessing the in teresting ceremony. The day was one of the most beau tiful which could have b-en selected. The sun shone forth in all the brilliancy of his meridian splendour, and every countenance bore witness of inward joy, which was expe rienced at being present on so auspicious an occasion. On all sides union jacks were displayed, while, above all, was surmounted a large flair, on which wss emblazoned the spirit-stirring motto of " Church• and Queen." The erection of the schools will cost, we understand, £1.532, exclusive of the bind. for which the sum of £1,050 has been paid to Miss Morgan and Mrs. Sander son, the proprietors. The architect is Mr. Arthur Holme, who has gratuitously furnished the working drawings and other plans, and thus saved ti e committee an additional expense of at least £l5O, for which he is deserving of the warmest thanks of the committee, and the congregation generally. It is expected that the building will be com pleted by the Ist of February next; and as it will be the only church school for that exten'.ive and populous dis trict of the town, we hope that it will be as extenively useful as its most ardent patrons desire. It will be ca pable of accommodating no fewer than 700 children • and .s it will consist of three stories, the first will be appro priated to the instruction of the infants, the second to the girl.. and the third to the boys. When the whole of the procession had arrived upon the ground, and everything was in readiness for proceed ing with the important business of the day, The Rev. Mr. Notart took ti!e silver trowel, manufac tured for the occasion from the hands of the senior church warden, and addressed the Rev. Rector Brooks, with pe culiar force and eloquence, in the following beautiful and appropriate terms. He said :—Mr. Senior Rector,—The =leasing task is assigned to me of congratulating you (for 1 know you feel it to be a matter of congratulation) upon he happy occasion for which we are assembled, as well as to thank you in the name of the congregation, committee, wardens, and minister of St. Barnabas' Church, for that ' act of kindness you are about to perform, in laying the first stone of our Sunday and daily male, female, and in fant schools, calculated to accommodate no less than 713 , hildren. Many re: sons concur to make you the fittest person upon whom this office should devolve ; vet it is not your high position as Rector of this important pariah, and the respect and gratitude with which your name is regarded hroughout, and beyond the extent of it; nor yet the fact ;if your being a trustee of the church to which the schools are attached, and the kind and ready co-operation you are afforded at all times, in every matter affecting the . nterest of our church ; there is a tronger motive even than any of these, which decided us at once upon asking the favour which you hare granted, of - comingamongst us, =ind presiding over the proceedings of this day. I mean. sir, this,—that you have already sown the first seeds of this undertaking, when in February, 1843, in conjunction , with our dear friend and brother, your co-trustee, the Rev. Ilmh M`Neile (whose absence from town we regret, while we gratefully remember his services on that and other oectiS'ons), you preached in St. Barnabas' Church, in behalf of the object that this day has advanced so far towards its completion. No two names could more suitably be associated in any educational effort than his and yours. by whose me a ls principally, supp or t e d as you were by. I believe, your respected colleague, an d b y a ll the brethren of the town, the battle of scriptural educa tion was fought and won, not merely for Liverpool, but for the entire of Pneland. In your presence it were pre .umptuous to insist upon the advali ages of scriptural edu cation in general, anu church education in particular; but o f this we are persuaded that the most effectual mode of ,ecuring the temporal interests of our children and adults . 8 by attending to their spiritual concerns first; the happiness even of this world is best promoted by teaching "the kingdom of God and his righteousness," trusting in the promise that "all ot h er t hi ngs w i ll b e added unto them." And the most effectual way of training up loyal subjects to a Protestant Sovereign, is by making them cordial and consistent, and enlightened members of a scrip. tural church. We are taught, sir, that it is a good and pleasant thing to be thankful; and it well becometh us to be thankful, for whom the Lord has done so much in the matter of these schools; he has raised tip friends and be nefactors for us too numerous to be mentioned in detail; but yet without being insensible to the kindness of those whose names we omit, there are some to whose generosity snd well directed zeal, we cannot forbear making more particular allusion. To the Reverend the Rector Camp. bell our thanks are due for the interest and sympathy he evinced towards us throughout, in the committee of the Church of England School Society and elsewhere. Mr. Edmund Molyneux and Mr. Charles Gr - .Nes are too well known in Liverpool as patrons and promoters of every .:oed work to require even the humble tribute of our thanks for their kindness to us, kindness, that we feel it to be as much out of our power to acknowledge, as to for get. It is only an act of simple justice (would that we were in a condition to do more) to Messrs. Arthur Samuel and James 1-lolme to acknowledge with deep thankfulness our sense of their gratuitous professional services, what li‘y have done already, furnishing the working plans, ..fications &c ., &c., and what they hare so kindly • peci consented to do until the work is complete, superintend ing, &c., &c.,—,ervices that, were they to be requited ac eorrlire to even a moderate scale of ordinary remuneration, would be underpaid at £l5O. I speak not of the estimable wardens and committee of management, for I include them with myself, in returning our thanks to you, sir, and Mr. Campbell, to the friends already named, and the generous public of this great town, by means of whose liberality this work of ours sands nctw on the point of a happy, mid, I trust, with Ged's blessing, auspici, us com mencement. May the Lord repay it tenfold .into their ewe besoms, and may they find their reward in the peace and b'essing that, we trust, this school will be the means of di,pensing throughout this neighbourhood. And now, s i r , in requesting rout . acccp`.ance cf this emblem of the effics you are galled upou to el:set:urge, permit trlc to add ' the humble tribute of my own personal ac'illowledeement of the kindness and courtesy experienced at your hands, ever since I had the privil-ge of being enrolled amo 'gst the honoured brethren of this town. You will look upon it with pleasure in after days, as recalling your own part in the wol kof to-day ; and you will look up frarn thankfulness to God, who bath led us through diffierthies and obstacles, and placed us now on the brink, we trust - , of a speedy completion. And now, sir, wishing you earnestly much peace and blessing, praying that you mny be abundantly endowed with that wisdom that comet,* down from above, in whose right hand ar? length if flays and happiness, and in her left hand riches and hog our; that you may be blessed in your own soul, in your Nieilv i & your people ; that your last days may be your best d 'rt.; that your declining years may give you a long fore: is!,e of that bliss and blessedness that is ensured for those that are God's dear chrldren through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, I comply with the request of our committee: and beg of you to take in hand the pleasing office von have so cheerfully consented to perform. And, `• now, may the God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole body, soul, and spirit may be preserved blameless until the day of the Lord Jesus." The trowel presented to the rector was of massive silver. and was executed by Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street, in a style of workmanship far surpassing anything ef the k4ad. we have ever before witnessed. It bore the followiog scription, neatly and elegantly engraved : " Presented to the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, A.M., Rector, on. the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of the sch. - .ols connexion with the Church of St. Barnabas, Liverpool, Sept. )1. MDCCCXLIV., Thos. Nolan. A.M , incumbent; Thos. W4staff, John Lawrence, churchwardens." The Rev. Rector BROOKS having accepted the trowel, replied to Mr. Nolan as follows :—I feel myself, in the first place, sir, bound to express my thanks for the very kind manner in which you have requested we to take upon myself the office tkis day assig n ed me . But, whtn you ask it as a favour, am sure I consider the obligation lies entirely upon the . other s'de. I look upon it as a high privilege—as a molt gratifying privilege—to have been employed in such al work as we are this day commencing, and to be - seltr Viris a person qualified to lay the first stone of a building which, I hope, will be the means of promoting both tlte i teMporal comforts and spiritual ad vantages of a large body of the population of this great town, and teaching the rising generation not only their duties in time, bur their hopes in eternity. Sir, I, like you, do neither think this the appropriate time, nor the fitting opportunity, to attempt to say anything upon the general subject of education; and, indeed, it is a subject which has been so frequently discussed, and, in try opi nion, so finally settled, that it is almost useless to talk about education itself. The great object . we ought all tar have in view is to give it a right direction. Now, sir, you and I, and those friends whom I ,e - t assembled around me, and, 1 hope I may say—indeed 1 believe I may say' the great majority of the population of this county y, feel that they can-find the right direction within the pale of the Established Church.' They do consider that the Established Church of this country is founded upon pure and scrip tural principles—that it is her object to inculcate those principles to as great an extent as her means will allo w , and that her only regret is, that the population has in creased in such a rapid manner that those means have been crippled far beyond what her own wishes'would de sire. lam one of those who believe that places of wor ship, even when they are multiplied—and 1 ouly wilti they were multiplied to a far greater extent—are incom plete, unless they have a school attached to them;. and it is one of the happiest results of the way in which educa tion has been made the general subject of discussion, Colt there is hardly a clergyman attached to the Establit-letit Church who does not think it as incumbent upon . him to have a school as a place of worship itself. Why, sir, we are taught that we should instruct the whole population of Christ's church. We are not to confine that ihstrua tion to those adults who are able to receive it at our hands from the pulpit; but it is our bounden duty —and we are met in the performance of that duty,—after having gathered the sheep into the fold, to look also to the lambs —that we endeavour to bring them up in true Christian principles—that we endeavour to instil such principles into their minds as may lead them to fill the different sta tions of life with credit to themselves, and benefit and ad vantage to those around them, and that. a just, honest and sincere discharge of the duties which they owe to their God, to their Saviour, to their neighbours, and all those with whom they are bound by social obli gations, is the best way to secure their happiness . and comfort here, and to lead them at last to that rest which is reserved for the people of God. sir, I have before said that I had the greatest possible pleasure in performing the office assigned me this nay ; but I can not do so without expressing my earnest congratulations to you, and to those who have bean acting with you, on the way in which you have overcome difficulties, SUP mounted obstacles, and, at last, have been put in the way of completing a " labour of love " of such great impor tance to this ext-nsive and populous district. To you, sir, and to those gentlemen who h ave so ki n dl y actl with you, I consider the parish of Liverpool is eminently indebted. You have been pleased to mention a c , rtain number of names, whom I am happy to recoanise as al ways taking the lead in every work intended to promote the kingdom of God on earth; and it is peculiarly grati fying to think that their example should find so many followers in this populous town. Sir, I shall not 'miter detain you from the work of the day, but proceed now to perform the office which you have assigned me; and I humbly pray that the blessing of AlmLhty God, which has accompanied it hitherto, may bring it to a final ter mination, and that it may for ever tend to promote his righteous work upon earth! A bottle containing the STANDARD of last Tuesday, the Mail of last Saturday, and the Albion of yeA , rday, together with several of the present coins of the realm, was then placed under the foundation. So also was a. brass plate, bearing the following inscription . - - " St. Barnabas' Schools, for the education of the children of lig poor in the principles of the Christian religion, in accordance wilt the tenets of the Church of England. The foun(lathin stone these schools was laid on Monday, the Second of , erit_, Ai) 184 A, by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, A.M., Senior Rect o r o f L i verpoc 4 Thomas Nolan, A M., Incumbent of St. Barnahas' Church: Mrisii toplier Alexander Graham, A. 8., Curate; Thomas Waos:ulT, John Law'rence, Churchwardens; Arthur Hill Ilolme. Arehtteet; Ales ander Rule, Robert Anderson, Builders.' And all thy'Cliildata shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be the prase of Illy liv. 13." The Rector having then laid the stone, striking it attFe four corners with the mallet, and utiog all the alley customary ce remonies. The Rev. Mr. NOLAN of f ered up the -following •prayrr, composed for the occasion : Almighty G,,d, the Fathe r of our Lord Jesus Christ, 0 thou In finite and eternal Spirit proceeding from the Father and the SoR, in thy name, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, three persons and i God, we commence this great undertaking: thy blessing we involt that thou would' s t p revent us with thy most gracious favour, an) further us with thy continual help. Gracious God and Father its) acknowledge with humble thankfulness thy goodness and merav which bath followed u s hi t h erto i n this work : cram that as it/I now formally begun, so it may also be continued and ended in thy name, and ever tend to promote thy glory : out of the mouths oT babes and sucklings vouchsafe to perfect praise in this place: grant that many children may be taught to know thee here, in the Gos pel of thy dear Son, to know thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent Merciful Saviour, suffer little child ren to approach thee here, ant thou Spirit of Holiness 'descend upon them from on high, that many from oat of these intended schools, from generation to generation, may be finally accepted of God, being washed. justified, and sanctified by the name of t Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. Here, 0 God, we ask - 6 blessing upon all that shall be engagel in the future working of these schools: bleSs, we beseech, the masters and monitors, tiio teachers and children that are to' assemble in this house: Wasp also our friends and supporters, those' especi, 1 y who have be, friended us hitherto, through whose bounty and a rah, owing to thy goodness, we hye Latin ena bl e d to a d vance thus far, Bless, () Heavenly Father, we humbly beseech thee our s.tvereign Ladg Queen Victoria, her consort, and her children, endue them wit thy grace, and make her a blessing to this kingdom: Prosper, God, all the Institutions, civil and religious, at home and e a h broz} of our beloved land: Bless also, we pray thee, our beloved .... u r rr preserve her front every taint of error, keep her as til anil ground of the truth amongst us Bless her Bishops, Priests, 1a righteousness Deacons, ese especially truth, ()in. and makeop : th endue o chosen n y ministers i,ople i 0 with yfia.i defend her from her enemies : "destroy her not for a blessing is ita her: strengthen her stakes and enlarge her borders, that her Sow, may go forth through the land; ' come ye children hearlif,-n unlit me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.'" Bless the de brethren and friends assembled with us here to-day, especially th: dear servant who has just now commenced this good work : saVt us from accident or injury, even to its completion. Mark us wilt • thy blessing that our hearts may rejoice, when we give glory. to th#Se where alone the praise and the glory is due: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, 0, prosper thou our handy-work thyough Jesus Christ our only mediator and advocate, our hope ant true:c our strength, and our Redeemer. Thy mercy, gracious Father, vii entreat, thy Spirit we invoke, upon the death and merits of thY dear son is our only reliance: his words also we adopt, when tan Say as be bath taught us—Our Father, &c. The Rector then pronounced the blessing; and the children of the Blue School, who had opened t he proceed ings of the day, by singing the hymn Commencing with the lines-- • , "Let children hear the mighty deeds, Which God performed of old," closed the ceremony by also sing 4: hymn of " Lord of H eaven, and e of ocean, Hear us from thy bright de." The Blue School hand then struck up the Nationat Anthem ; .and the who!e of the children prcceedfd to the residence of the Mayor, at Aiaburth, where they had been previously invited by his Worship, and where they par took of his kind hospitality. H is Worship was unavoial ably prevented from being present at the ceremony. The vast assemblage of spectators separated at the same time, half-past one o'clock. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTI. 1.7..--We beg to refer our revil ers to the advertisement of toithcolfai, lectures, which will be found extremely interesting. This evening., the celebrated Mont;ornery will terminate his course, and will notice the most eminent of our Bri tab poets, a list of whom is given in tie adve•tieen est. I Mr. Hinklin's• lectures we h ,ve beard much , n a.- , The sulj , et is as interestng as his manner of tr ating t judicious. Mr. Charles Kenable's readings will, io cb prove t Tully attractive here as in London,:where f shio able audiences crowded Ellis's Rooms to hear them. though the sum charged ,for admittance to each reading . was half-a-guinea to each person. Miss WHITNALL'S GRAND CONCERT ON FRIEPAIr NEXT.—We are sure the public m ust b e thankful for this opportunity of hearing the eelebrat.d spirited effort of Miss: Whilnall to afford them anothct Tuesday last, • singers alio, on deNhted us at the Amphitheatre. The programme, on this o ccas i on, is a well select - cc! one and embraces several gems of musical corepcsiron, ' Mies Whitnall herself making an addition to the list cf vocal ists, and intersprrcing- their Italian with a little homily English music. In the first act she gives a new si written expressly for her by Samuel - Lover; and in the second, besides a duet with Lablache and a parr in a con, eerted piece, the beautiful Scotch balled " Bonnie Prit , es Charlie." Miss Chris , iana Weller will perforM "A grand fantasia on the piano-forte, width to thoSe who irate slot beard ihat young lady's delightful playing, we need n, any will be worth their attentlawe; and of which we t•a.7 to those who have not bad that pleasure, gn nn l enjoy on Friday evening. We have no doubt the house will Lei j crammed, arid would advise our friends to apply eat ly for tickCtst if they want to have a seat. EXAMPLES. . - Sum the b., c Sum. Permanent Assured al in < a . added. of Borrow ,g. Bonus l3 °""' reduction may a, Y. Cash. rt: Premium. on Policy. £ te s. d. .e s. d. .£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6 , 1000 74 3 4 1837 170 9 377 5 1 I 2 3 g 346 2 3 1838 144 2 2164 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 1839,1.6 16 0,51 S 11 7 11 9 247 4 5 The division of Profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. This Institution offers many important and substantial advantages with respect to both Life Assurances and De ferred Annuities. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid, (see table ;) also, the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assur ances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMBOUX, Secretary. _ AGENTS. Liverpool—JAMES IRVINE , Esq., 28, South Castle street. Manchester—Messrs. Duffield and Lofthouse, and Whitworth, 12, Princess-street. WESTERN LIFE-ASSURANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 49, PARLIAMENT-STREET, WESTMINSTER, DIRECTORS. Henry Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq., 28, Upper Bedford. place. William Cabal, Esq., Newington-place, Surrey. Thomas Somers Cocks, jun., Esq., Charing-cross. Geoige Henry Drew, Esq., Bermondsey. William Evans, Esq.. Millbank. William Freeman, Esq., Millbanit-street. Francis Fuller, Esq., Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, (London,) and Croydon. Joseph Henry Goodhart, Esq., Upper Tooting. James Hunt, Esq., Whitehall. John Arscott Lethbridge, Esq., Greenwich Hospital. Edmund Lucas, Esq.. Millbs-street. George Kennet Pollock, Esq., Great George-street, Westminster. James Lys Seager, Esq., Milbank. John Bazley White, Esq., Millbank-street, and Swans- corn be. Joseph Carter Wood, Esq., Artillery-place, Westminster. PHYSICIAN. William Richard Basbam, M.D. BANKERS. Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, anti Co. isOLICITORS. Messrs. J. L. Bicknell and J. C. Lethbridge. T HE attention of the unassure d port i on of the crm rnunity cannot be too pointedly drawn to the unusual advantages offered to the Public by THIS SOCIETY over those of many others, as it enables all classes to effect LIFE ASSURANCES in the manner most convenient to themselves; and amonest other of its popular features, that of allowing the Assured (bv Table 2) to leave HALF THE ANNUAL PREMIUMS unpaid for seven years, will not be found undeserving public attention. Immediate and deferred ANNUITIES, and every de. seription of Life Assurance business, undertaken by this Society. Prospectuses, and all other requisite information, will be furnished on application to ....---- a •E. T. RICHARDSON, Secretary, Or to the following Agents for the Society, viz. :--• LIVERPOOL Mr. JOHN SOTHERN, Castle-street. Mr. H. E. Ridgeway, Solicitor. Manchester . Mr. T. Houghland, Stock & Sh ar e Brok er , { office 51, King -street. Bolton Mr. Thomas Balshaw. Blackburn .. Mr. James Bell, Solicitor. Lancaster .. Mr. Thomas Johnson, Solicitor. Preston Rochdale .. CHESHIRE. Matclesfield .. Mr. John Junes Osborne, Solicitor. DERBYSHIRE Derly.. Mr. John Gadsby, Solicitor. NORTH WALES. Banger Mr. lt. M. Griffiths, jun., Manage r o fth e • National Provincial Bank of England. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY AT the HALF.YEARLY GENERAL MEETING o ; this COMPANY, held at the White Lion 1 - lotel, in rile City of Bristol, on THURSDAY, the 22d of August, 184:1, _ FREDERICK RICKETTS, Esct. in the Chair, It was unanimously Resolved, Moved by I'. W. HILL, Esq., and seconded by C. .1 WHITTUCKVEsq., Ist,—That the Report of the Directors, now read, be received and adopted ; and that t hey be requested to send t copy thereof to every Proprietor. Moved by JOHN STONE, Esq., and seconded by RICHARD BASTARD, Esq•. . . 2d,—That a Dividend of Bs. per Share, for the Half year ending the 601,1..petob:r next., be declared payable after the 30z h of the month, free of Income-tax. Moved by Jonsi STONE, Esq., and seconded by C. B. FRIPP 7 Esq ., . . . 3d.—That the Directors be and they are hereby em powered to obtain a Survey of the country, and take such ther preliminary measures as they may find necessary, or deem expedient, for an application to Parliament, in the next session, for a Bill or Bills for making a Railway from the main line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, between Bridgwater and Taunton, to Bridport, Dorchester, and Weym iuth, tvi , h a Branch from such intended Railway to Yeovil and Sherborne, and that they report hereon to Special General Me .ting of the Shareholders of the Com pany, to be convened for this purpose. Moved by JOHN ALLEN, Esq., and seconded by Wm. Canss, Esq., . . 4t13;--That the Directors be and they are hereby em powered to take all necessary measures for applying to Parliament, in the next session, for a Bill for making a Branch Railway from the main line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway to the Town of Tiverton. Moved by the Rev. JAMES MYLo a, and seconded by J. P. BARTRUM, Esq., sth,—That a Committee be formed for the purpose of conducting a Subscription, as a testimonial of our grati tude to our Secretary, J. B. Badhatn, Esq., for his able, untiring. and successful efforts in promoting the prosperity of the Bristol and Exeter It ilway ; and that Frederick Ricketts, James Gibbs, and Francis Parker; Esqrs., be reqUeAed to form a Committee, with power to add to their number. Moved by JOHN SPARK, Esq., and seconded by ROBERT SCOTT, E.sq., 6th,—That the best thanks of the Proprietori be given to the Directors for their able and zealous management of the afftirs of this Company. Moved by W. MORTIMER, Esq., and seconded by FRE DERICK RICKETTS. ESQ., 7th,—That tha warmest thanks of this Meeting be given to our Engineer, I. K. Brunel, Esq., for his very able services to the Company. FREDERICK RICKETTS, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the Chair, It was Resolved by acclamation, Bth,--Tbat the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to Frederick Ricketts, Esq., for his able and judicious conduct in the chair. hi o ! tic' tive