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[DEN CS ' foar mins, 0 , , and .D.„4 ntire, the Pr r, Lke a 0 36 .:f Ipwa w r d oot l anti j, 1g va rie d plent9 co t sem •is are % l e o f the •• t r the 40: fi t e f t , the n within tb the . 1 - 4 .j ° ' Canal' daily. gre et he grew 0 3 GUS .FLD 13° bl 13115- . - . .' etb er , !og or , isi e 31a9 be rate. .5 ,„ a t h , e Tres .111:5 busine' of Field' I. l e -rosi l ;;, iost , p roo c° a l ', [ LerY, °r 2an aber s ' t distance bui‘t Bs, f"'' , the 8111 ell, or St ..... ~ ~ N C 1 'Regent, ern or. of Or April 2, 1844. illsaratur 3otirrs. THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1836, AND E MPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. William Brown, Sir Thoma Brancker. E sq. s Adam Hodgson, Esq. DIRECTORS. Richard-.....____ Thomas Booth Esq., Chairman. Edwards, Esq ~ and George Holt, Esq., Deputy- THE chairmen, &c. &c. followi ng are amongst the advantages which this T h e _°taPany offers to the Public : zot I '.raest ample security, the liability of the Proprietors 1,4 oeing restricted by Clauses in Ire Policies, or (aor ta- e ' Premiums proportioned to the risk in all cases, as a a s _ . possible Promptitude and liberality in the settle- Izent of claim's. tII s N "RANCES against FIRE may be effected with well Company on Property of everyscription, as - te, In Foreign Countries as throughout the United - "ngdom. the whose Policies with this Company expire on _ e 25th instant, are respectfully reminded that, for their ‘,lwri security, they should renew them within fifteen days nom that date - 11() charge is m a d e f or th e P o li cy i n an y case. ab 4 le S t S er U m RANCES on LIVES will be granted on favour- Water -street, March SW 2 1 2 N , T 1874 . BOULT, Secretary. --____ NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. ;STABLISHED 1821. CAPITAL, £550,000. Rt. H on TRUS' Lord Wodeh Lord Lieutenant. ouse, Lord Walp. Lord Hasting ole s. ;TEES. Rt. Hon. the Earl of Orford. Sir Henry Jardine, Ent. ) Charles Savill Onley, Esq., &c. &c. DIRECTORS. A ~ i scard T. Booth, Esq., President. _Georgem n o r s : l lY Hudson, Esq., Vice-President. Isaac hn Harvey IslaJor- teward Es . General sq. Eward S ' q Jo Sir Robert Lewis Evans, Esq., M.D. Harvey, p' C.B. CharlesfEva:::cEsqs.q. T. Blakistone, Esq., R.N. der o Norvei h Esq. W. Martin Steppings, Esq. Timothy Steward, Esq. George-Durrant, Esq. THE Samuel Bignold, Ewe, Secretary. Public are respec t ertf Y reminded, that all Insu rances renewable in e LIVERPOOL AGENCY Zip the 25th day of I\l4 ^ nott, 1844, must be paid at t i; - ,, `-'„ffice, Exchange-street West, on or before the 9th fo-r3 the April next, or the Society will cease to be liable sums insured. ala i Proof of the public approbation of the principles , ta , conduct of this Company, it may be sufficient to 1. Le, that its business now exceeds FIFTY-EIGHT .IILLIONS. Pro s A gent. Pectuses may be had of Mr. R. L. MILLER, Tre asurers—The LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. BRITISH COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 35, CORATHILL, LONDON. Established in 1820. iNe°R.PoRATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. PATRONCAPITAL £600,000. i .,. —.lllB Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. DIRECTORS. Sir Robert Alexander, Bart. Sebastian G. Martinez,Esq Th. John ma. Benson Esq. Archbd. Fred.Paxton,Esq. Cattle ' Joh n c ex Y . Esq. Wm. Henry Porter, Esq.. George Esq. Denzil 1. Thomson, Esq. Green, E - q. E. Fern Alanagi;fi .Director—E. Fernie, Esq. Actuary—J. Goddard, Esq. ~ BittuditorT. Gorton, Esq. D. Grove, Esq. "Y cian— Septimus Wray, M.D., Salisbury-square, -Banke Fleet-street. THE essrs. Glyn Halifax, Mills, and Co. London Directors offer to ' the Public two modes of In- Profi surrB: ::,—the one securinc , a fixed amount without etanetni ttitisoniatnthiligattmei s r e u r i a e t t r e o t . f o alow participateA nnuali n Pr e m i u m —th e other, A' the profits on pay- At th e se , . , .. . of 4.,,, ~, p enniaL divisiorrtn December, 1835, a:Bonus .. .GU anion is. 10d . up on tile' premiums paid was declared gat the Insurers oilihe high Scale, and at theisecond sex ennial division up / tb December, 1841, another Bonus na wa iis rad seclald, a veraging £3O 14s. per Cent. on the Pre nces foruced one and seven years effected at very re_ doted rates. One-third of the Premiums on Insurances for first fithet seven of Life i s permitted to rema i n unpaid for the Years, and is then continued as a permanent loan it de sired. Persons going to any part of the world and all special r isks are insured at adequate premiums. Th e Co m pany's Policies are purchased at their full value. Claims are paid in three months after satisfactory Proof of death. Tables of Rates, with every information, will be given by the undernamed Agents. By order of the Board. EBENR. FERNIE, Managing Director. LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR LIVERPOOL. Joseph Cooper, Esq. Joshua Henshaw, Esq. James Johnson, E5q... . . William Geddes, Esq. Temple-place. MEDICAL REFEREE. T homas Blackburn, Esq., Camden-street. Ni e AGENTS. SSrB' AGENTS. and HADDEN, 1, Dale-street NAT lov AN — /TT IA LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE ' 111( AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. EMPO C,. WE apital, RED BY £5OO PARLIOOOAMENT. DIRECTORS. tll* T. LAtuiE NIURRAY, Esq., Chairman. rotson, M.D., F.R.S. George Lungley, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. bunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Auditors J oseph Thompson, Esq. Professo r Wheatstone, F.R.S. Professor G raves , A.M., F.R.S. Actuary —W. S. B. W oo dh ouse, E sq., F . R . A . S. Secretary —F. Ferguson Camroux, Esq. 1 7-" .superior ad vantages to t h ose Assured with this its D r i °e 'etV will be b est un d erstoo d b y a comparison of decj a n ,ciples and a reference to the last Annual Bonus M e - :eu on Policies of five years' standing, at the Society's eti ne o ._ i. 6 is the 10th of May, 1843. The report exhibited 4 8,,eg0 • d e • uY increase in its business, and a Bonus was . then Perciared, varying from 97 to 36 per cent. on Premiums, n addition to the Policy--17i per cent. in cash, or 10 cent, permanent reduction on all future premiums. EXAMPLES. ss;-s;---------____- Annual Bonus Cash Premium a %:- 6 . ko Sum Pre added. Bonus. Reci.uced. ki ;,, '4 mium. .......,_ ---- !837 4' .4 s. d. s. d. 4' s. d. 4' a. d. , 39 sg 1000 67 8 4 4' 132 14 6 58 19 9 919 4 ' B3B 114 56 3000 176 15 0 296 g 7 123 0 6 16 9 Z .r. - Polici es now Profits annua ll y divide. entered upon entitle. , sarticipate in next Annual Division. Two-thirds of, .' premiums paid can be b orrowed by the assured without loss of Policy. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. —The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto offered.—X2 12s. per annum (18, a week at 20, will at 65 give the Policy older an annuity of £l,4%etrieinlatBr.advantages at 50, of £47 16s. 6d., or £394 lls. , cash, or Policy 55 and 60. Two-third s turned in case of premature adneYar e, and ...thirds re- Prospectuses and last Annual Report forwarded post free on application. F. FERGUSON CAIVIROUX, Secretary. A GENTS. South Castle- Liverpool —JAMES IRVINE, E s q., 28, Street. and Lofthouse, and • „ Manchester—Messrs. Duffield whitworth, 12, Princess-street. R OYAL FARMERS' AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE INSTITUTION. EMPOWERED BY .SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL, £500,000. CONTRACTS FOR COALS FOR HER MAJES. TY'S MAIL STEAM PACKETS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, London, March 19th, 1844. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 4th of April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering at the undermentioned Stations, the following quantities of COALS, for the service of her Majesty's Mail Steam Packets, viz. : DOVER . ....3300 Tons. HOLYHEAD ..4400 Tons. KINGSTOWN 5OO Tons, But to be increased to 1000 if necessary. To be delivered within 12 months from the Ist of May next, in equal monthly proportions. And also for supplying at Weymouth, Jersey, Pem broke, Waterford, Liverpool, Port Patrick, and Donag hadee, for the like service, during the said period of twelve months, all such quantities c,f Coals as shall from time to time be demanded. The Coals for Donaghadee to be supplied by the Con. tractor for Port Patrick. The following are the descriptions of the Coals to be supplied, viz.:— At DOVER-2000- Tons to be Newcastle, Wallsend, Stewart's Wallsend, Nelson's, and Ravensworth's, and Buddle's West Hartley Collieries (Carr's and West), or Stanhope's Wallsend ; and the remaining 1300 Tons to be Betw's Merthyr, Graigola, Parson's Abbey Graigola, Bryndorway, Powell's Duffryn, LW<enneck, Resolven, Porthmawr Rock Vein, or Tre efar. At HOLYHEAD AND KT STOWN — Betw ' s Merthyr Graigola, Parson's Abbey raigola, Bryndorway, Powell's Duffryn, Llangenneck, solven, Porthmawr Rock Vein, Tredegar, Fordel Halbeath, Inverkeithing Great Coal, Elgin, Wallse , Troon, Ardrossan Fergus Hill, Perceton, Stevens 's Collieries, Rubly Heaton, Hastings Hartley, Hartley'" Collieries (Carr's and West), Nel son's, and Buddle's. and Ravensworth's, and Davison's West Hartley, Stewart's and Stanhope's Wallsend, Rushy Park, or Dalton. At WEYMOUTH AND JERSEY—WyIam, Rushy Park, Rubly Heaton, Hartley Collieries (Carr's and West,) Nelson's, and Buddle's, and Ravensworth's West Hartley, Stewart's and Stanhope's Wallsend. At PEMBROKE, WATERFORD, PORT PATRICK, AND DONAGHADEE—Troon, Ardrossan Fergus Hill, or Rushy Park. At LIVERPOOL—Rushy Park. Forms of the Tenders may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand, corner the words "Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at So merset-place, accompanied by a letter s'gned by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sun of £25 per cent. on the value for the due performance of the Contracts. OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON. HONORARY DIRECTORS. tte of Rutland, K.G. Earl of Stair. Earl e "rliedford. Viscount Torrington. War el. St anaford and iscoun, . Earl of ri V . t Campden. S tra . dbroke. Earl Howe • Earl Ducie Lord Rayleigh. Lor Feversham. I , Let Stanley, M.P. And Seventy-two other Members of Parliament and Geliffietnen. TIRE Proprietar of his Company exceeds 1960 in pp number Y pr i ' ll e share • of Publi avour this InstitntiOn has obtained of Y es thers appreciat . of its system by a numerous b o d y I nsure d ia t t very ki n ' A dof e Insurance, of Deferred and Imme be ~e,..&nouities, dof Endowments for Children, may aist-e'e°olPlishe at this O ffi ce on terms as low as is con tw.ith security. nen,Wend of Four per Cent. is now in course of p‘ay one Do shareholders in this office. A BONUS of holi" it u the profits on LIFE POLICIES held by Share th,_ e r, and effected since the Ist January, 1843, will be lit ,,fa at the end of every Five Years, by addition to the iLata!ured, or by reduction of premium. Vill , ailed Prospectuses may be obtained at the O ffi ce, or o.e, for!arded, post free upon application. low, ule Fire Departnaent, Insurances are effected at the k' A s t rates. The usual Commission to Solicitors.. Wei r, are appointed in all the Principal Towns in the r 'We , -O itct; li fe, u where Agents are not appointed, persons to 'y and desirous of being appointed, may apply W. SHAW, Managing Director. THOMAS BOYS' SECOND FINE ART DISTRIBUTION, 338 PRIZES—VALUE £4216, Including additional Prizes, in Pictures, to the amount of Five Hundred Guineas, to be chosen from any Exhibi tion, or Commissions given to Artists by the parties ol;ialning the Prizes. - MR. bOYS has the pleasure to announce, that the DRAWING FOR THE PRIZESin the PRESENT YEAR'S DISTRIBUTION will take place on the 30TH M AY NhXT ; and consists of 5729 SHARES, which are entitled to PRIZES to the amount of £4216. Any person pur chasing Engravings from Mr. Boys' extensive variety of Publications (among which are very eautiful and new Works) will also be entitled to rece . e Gratuitously One Share in this Distribution of Prize. r each Guinea'sworth of Engravings purchased. The ngravings and Tickets are delivered at the time of su scribing. Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be obtained on application to Mr. T. BOYK . II, Golden-square, and 221, Regent-street, London, de to any of his Agents;. where Specimens of the Eugrgirings may be seen, and Tickets qbtained, if early appli tion he made. LIST OF PRIZES : 2 of 500 Guineas making 1000 Guineas. 3 of 100 Guineas ~ 3of 50 Guineas .. — 150 Guineas. 6of 40 Guineas — 240 Guineas. 9of 25 Guineas .. 225 Guineas. 10 of 24 Guineas — 240 Guineas. 4of 20 Guineas 13 of 18 Guineas — 234 Guineas. 9of 16 Guineas 18 of 10 Guineas . . — 180 Guineas. 23 of 9 Guineas 207 Guineas. 29 of 7 Guineas — 203 Guineas. 25 of 5 Guineas — 125 Guineas. 136 of 4 Guineas -. 544 Guineas. 48 of 3.. Guineas . ....... 144 Guineas. Li Agents for verpool : .1. IL ISAAC, H. LACEY, Ross and NIGHTINGALE; Warrington: J. HADDOCKS • Man chester T. SOWLER ; Blackburn : .1. WALHDEN, Preston : L. CLARKE ; Birk en h ea d : J. LAW. NEW WORKS, SOLD BY WAREING WEBB, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE ENGLISH REVlEW,aN;;QtTiarterly Jour nal,." Part 1., price 6s. Contents :-1. The Knights Templars.-2. Sees of Bangor and St. Asaph.-3. The Agamemnon of yEschylus.-4. German Writers on the English Church.-5. Lord John Russell's Trans lation of Dante's Francesca da Ramini.-6. Wordsworth's Theophilus Anglicanus.-7. The Chinese War.—Notices of New Books.—Foreign and Colonial Ecclesiastical Intelligence, and Correspondence —Missions to the Heathen. ARCHBOLD'S BANKRUPTCY LAWS. A new Edition, (the Tenth,) greatly etilarged, with Orders o f the Court, New Forms EFFECT of an Forms, in the SUGAR DUTIES on the Condition of the People of England and the Negro Race considered. By MACGREGOR LAIRD, Esq. THE LAW LIST, for 1844. ROUSE'S MORTGAGE PRECEDNTS. BOOK OF COSTS in the Q. 8., C. P., and Exche quer, M'CULLOCH'S COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY, New Edition. CHEFFINS'S MAP of the RAILWAYS in England and Scotland. A new edition, delineating all the Lines at present opened, and those which are in progress, with distances between the towns, &c. Mounted on linen, and in case for pocket, nrice 2s. 6d. REID'S (Dr.) ILLUSTRATIONS of the THEORY and PRACTICE of VENTILATION, and on Warm ing, Lighting, &c. ; with 320 Engravings. M' BOOKS, STATIONERY, and PAPER on the most advantageous terms for Exportation. fiROSSE & METGE, Wholesale ALE and PORTER MERCHANTS, 33. WATER-STREET, Liverpool. LIST OF PRICES : IN WOOD. IN BOTTLE—PER DOZEN. Hf. Brl. Qr. Brl. Qaarts. Pints. Dublin Porter ..255. 13s. 6d. DublirrPOrter.. 4s. 6d. 2s. 6d. Drogheda Ale .. 2.55. 13s 6d. Drokheda Ale.. 4s. 6d. 2s. 6d. Ditto Plain Ale.. 20s. 11s. 6d Scotch Ale ....6s. Od. 3s. Od. Scotch Ale ....Ms. —e Burton Ale .... 6s. Od. 3s. Od. Burton Ale ....28s. East India Ale..6s. Od. 3s. (d. East India Ale ..288. l Al'oa Table Beer2s.lod. Trueman, Hanbury, an Co.'s London Double 1 6s. 6d. 3s. 6d. i r Stout Porter __ PAYMENT—CASH. A liberal Allowance to the Trade. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, ESTABLISHED IN 1836, AND INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID-UP CAPITAL £1,000,000 STERLING. London Office, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bi shopsgate-street. Establishments at Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, and Quebec, in CANADA ; St. John and Fredericton, in NEW BRUNSWICK; Halifax, in NOVA SCOTIA; St. John's, in NEWFOUNDLAND. Agents at NEW YORK, Messrs. Richard Bell, William M'Lachlan, and Thomas G. Simpson, Dorr's Buildings, Ha n over-street. .•. . _ _ Drafts on the Colonies and on the United States, with approved endorsements, are purchased on terms which may be known on application,' addressed to the Secretary. In like manner, Bills are collected at maturity, Dividends on Stock payable in the'United States or in the Colonies are received, and other descriptions of Banking Agency are transacted. Credits on the several Establishments in the Colonies, and on the Agents at New York, are granted upon pay ment of the amount at the London Office, and will be paid on presentation, together with the current premium of Exchange on Bills, at the customary nuance, without any charge. Parties in the Country may obtain such Letters of Credit in the course of post, by forwar , ling a Bank Order for the amount, free of postage, to the Secretary, at the London Office. Similar Credits on the Colonial Establishments of this Bank, and on its agents at New York, are granted at all the Branches of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, of The National Bank of Scotland, and of The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. GEORGE DE B. ATTWOOD, Secretary. London, 7, St. Helen's-place, Ist March, 1844. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY, FROM CARLISLE TO EDINBURGH & GLASGOW, BEING THE LINE RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONERS. CAPITAL, £1,800,000, in 36,000 SHARES of .£soeach PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord BELHAVEN, Chairman. Lieut.. Col. G RA HAM, of Mossknow, Deputy-Chairman. The Most Noble the Marquis of Queensberry. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cathcart, K.C.B• , K.S.W. The Right Hon. Lord Aber crom b y . The Right Hon. Lord Elphinstone, G.C.H. The Right Hon. Lord Torphichen. Sir William Jardine, of Applegarth, Bart. Sir Windham Carmichael Anstruther,of Carmichael, Bart. Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm. Sir John Kirkland, of Climpy. Sir James Grant, the Hill, Carlisle. The Lord Provost of Glasgow. The Dean of Guild of Glasgow. The Convener of the Trades-house, Glasgow. The Lo.d Provost of P,erth. The Provost of Lanark. The Provost of Anderston, of Glasgow. The Provost of Calton, Glisgow. The Chairman of the Grand Junction Railway Company, J. Moss, Esq. The Chairman of the North Union Railway Company, T. W. Rathbone, Esq. The Chairman of the Lancaster and Preston Railway Company, George Burrow, Esq. The Chairman of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway Company, James Brancker, Esq. The Deputy-Chairman of the Lancaster and Carlisle • Railway Company, John Wakefield, Esq. The Chairman of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Company, Mark Sprot, Esq. The Chairman and Directors of the Wishaw and Colt ness Railway Company. The Chairman and Directors of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Company. John Dixon, Esq., of Knells. Carlisle. Philip Henry Howard, Esq., M.P., Corby Castle, Carlisle. G. H. Head, Esq., of Rickerby House, Carlisle. C. Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal. J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annandale, M.P. William Lockhart, Esq., of Milton Lochart, M.P. James Oswald, Esq., of Auchencruivep, A. D. W. B. Cochrane, Esq., of 1.4E0031130011, M.P. \ Thomas Houldswortb, Esq., of Coltness. M.P. William Forbes, Esq., of Cllander, M.P. John Dennistoun ' Esq,, M.P. John Campbell Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont, M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Mark Philips, Esq., M.P. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Colonel B. Elphinstone. J. Fullarton Elphinstone, Esq., Monkland. Robert Garnett, Esq., of Wyreside, Lancashire. Johnston Douglas, Esq., of Lockerby. Wellwood Maxwell, Esq.,'of Munshes. Charles Stewart. Esq., of Hillside. J. Wightrnan, Esq., of Courance. David Dickson, Esq., of Hartree. Colonel Macdonald, of Powder Hall. Richard Mackenzie, Esq., of Dolphinton. Robert Monteith, Esq., of Carstairs. William Forbes, Esq., of Medwin. Thomson Carmichael, Esq., of Eastend. Robert Steuart, Esq., of Carfin. Archibald Campbell, Esq., of Blythswood. James Ewing, Esq., of Levenside. Henry Houldsworth, Esq., of Cranstounhill. William Dixon, Esq., of Govan. John Tennant, Esq., of Saint Rollox. Alexander Dennistoun, Esq., of Golfbill. Robert Findlay, Esq., of Easterhill. Robert Bartholomew, Esq., Glasgow. A. E. Lockhart. Esq., Borthwick Brae. Laurence Robertson, Fsq., Glasgow. Henry Brock, Esq., Glasgow. Alexander Hastie, Esq., Glasgow. C. M. Barstow, Esq., Edinburgh. Richard Paterson, Esq., of Blackheath. John Masterman, jun., Esq., London. ENGINEERS. Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. E. Errington, Esq., Member of the Inst. C.E. SECRETARY. Lieut.-Colonel Humfrev. Associate of the Inst. C.E. Contrarts. LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE. ►rHE SELECT VESTRY beg to inform BUILDERS and others purposing to offer TENDERS for the A LTE RATI ONSof the LIVE RPOOL WORKHOUSE that the Specifications and Quantities of the intended Building will not be completed for delivery, nor the Plans ready for inspection, on the 2d 'April, as advertised ; but due notice will be given , by future advertisement when the same will be ready, and by what date the Tenders must be sent in. _ _ By order, NATHAN LITHERLAND, Secretary. Select Vestry Room, 29th March, 1844. LIVERPOOL NORTHERN HOSPITAL. TO BUILDERS. PERSONS desirous of CONTRACTING for the se Fe ral WORKS required in the erection of the intended new NORTHERN HOSPITAL in Great Howard-street, may see the Plans and Specifications at my Offices, in Castle-street, from MONDAY, the 15th, to SATURDAY, the 20th April instant, inclusive. They are requested to send sealed TENDERS, addressed to "The Building Committee," to the Hospital, on or_before the MONDAY following, stating separately the amount of Tender for each Department of Work. The lowest Tender will not necessarily he taken. By order of the Committee, EDWARD WELSH, Architect. 7, Castle-street, Liverpool, April 1841844. BIRKENHEAD AND CLAUGHTON-CUM GRANGE. PERSONS desirous of CONTRACTING for the WHOLE of the WORKS required in the EREC TION.of SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, may see the Plans and Specifications of the same on application to the Ge neral Superintendent, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, be tween the hours of Ten and Three o'Cclock. The Ten ders to be delivered, sealed, on or before THURSDAY, the 4th of April, at Twelve o'clock, addressed to the Chair man of the Health Committee, and'marked "Tender for Slaughter-houses." The Parties tendering to give the names of two respec table householders, who will become security for the due performance of their Contract. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. JOSEPH MALLABY, Clerk to the Commissioners. Town-hall, Birkenhead, 29th March, 1844. NOTICE TO FOUNDERS, CONTRACTORS, FOR HEATING APPARATUS, &c. NEW PRISON, BELFAST. PERSONS desirous of Contracting for PUTTING-UP a very extensive RANGE of PIPES, BOILERS, &c., for HEATING the New Prison at Belfast, may see the Plans and Specifications relating thereto, at the office of Mr. Lanyon, Belfast. And Persons desirous of Contracting for Supplying 700 LOCKS for the same Building, may see the Patterns of the same at Mr. Lanyon's office. Tenders for each of the above Works to be forwarded on or before Wednesday, the 10th of April next, to JOHN COATES, Clerk to the Commissioners, Carrickfergus. 13M March, 1844. SHANNON COMMISSION. Act 2d and 3d Vic. chap. 61. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER SHANNON are ready to receive TENDERS for the REMOVAL of the undermentioned SHOALS in the RIVER SHANNON, situated in the counties Leitrim and Roscommon. JAMESTOWN DISTRICT. Cube Yards. 1. KILBRIDE DEER PARK.... 5,000 2. DOYLE'S ISLAND 3. CORNACOROO .. 20,000 4. INNISHMUCKER lO,OOO 5. GROSE'S ISLAND 10,000 6. CORRIOLAS POINT l,OOO 7. HARTLEY 8. POUT 9. LEITRIM The above quantities in cube yards are merely approxi mating quantities, and the Commigsioners do not bind themselves to them, as the work will be measured from the sections. Any persons desirous of Contracting for the removal of one or more Shoals may send in a distinct Tender for each. The prices in the schedule to be properly and legibly written in words : any deviation in this particular will cause the Tender to which it is attached to be rejected. Security for the due performance of the works will be required, and parties tendering to be prepared with the names of their proposed sureties. The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. The above works to be completed in two years from the date of signing the contract deed. Scaled Tenders, addressed to the Secretary, Shannon Commission Office, Dublin, to be delivered on or before the 12th day of April next, at Twelve o'clock Noon, after which day and hour none will be received. By order, EDWARD HORNSBY, Secretary. Dublin, 29th March, 1814. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. lu Vublirations. • FORSYTH ON COMPOSITION. Second Edition. This day is published, in Bvo, price 95., boards, A TREATISE ON THE LAW RELATING TO COMPOSITION WITH CREDITORS, with an Appendix containing Precedents of Pleadings and Deeds. By WILLIAM FORSYTH, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. London: WILLIAM BENNING and Co., Law Book sellers, (late Saunders and Benning,) 43, Fleet-street. This day is published, price One Shilling, No. IV.—APRIL, 1844. THE CHRISTIAN MOTHER'S MAGAZINE, Edited by Mrs. MILNER, Author of the " Life of Dean Milner," " The Christian Mother," " Historical Sketches," &c. 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T MARGARET SNOW, at present and for upwards 1, of eight years past residing at No. 8, Denison-street, in the parish of Liverpool, and county of Lancaster, and being a boarding-house keeper, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I intend to present a Petition to the Com missioner of the Court of Bankruptcy, of the Liverpool District, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate; and effects, and to be protected from all Process, upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects, for payment of my just And-lawful debts; and I HEREBY FURTHER GL.VE NOTICE, that the time , when the matter of the-said Petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the - London Gazette ' and in the Liverpool Standard ,newspaper, one month, at the least, after the date hereof. As witness my hand, this twenty first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, - - . . MARGARET SNOW. Wm. DAVENPORT, Attorney, Liverpool. EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. LAND AT SIXPENCE AND ONE SHILLING PER ACRE, AND NO TAXES. All those who propose to emigrate will do well to enlist under the banners of a good landlord, in a genial. healthy climate, and with prospects of independence nowhere else so cheering and so certain. Mr. George Robins's terri.: tory consists of 43,000 Acres of Land, and not far from several ports. and contiguous to the sea. It is to be di vided into Farms suitable to the views of.the rich, the in dustrious, and the poorer class of society. He requires no rent for twelve months ; then he propose to let it for Sixpence an Acre only, for thr years ; and at a Shilling an Acre for as many years er as may be required. A man whose capital extend o £lOOO cannot fail to realise an independence at a rai ay pace ; and even £5OO is suf ficient to hold out at encouragement. There is no time now for delay This spring, that is in June, Scot land, England, an reland should furnish their quota of honest jolly agrit'ulturists, who will have great encou ragement from Mr. Robins, if their credentials be satis factory. The following is a succinct statement of the property : It is situ: , te in THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, not two degrees from the mouth of the Knvsna, a navi gable river for vessels of 400 tons, ten miles inland ; seventy miles from the port of Beaufort. and three hours' ride only from the beautiful district of Swartland. The Land is principally pasture, with a few thousand acres for corn and wine ; it is admirably adapted to depasture sheen, and the Merino Wool is highly appreciated in England. There are Vineyards, and the Cape Wine is very fine. The Madras Cavalry are entirely supplied from the Cape, as well as the Mauritius and St. Helena. Slabberts Poort it is called, a most improveable Estate, and in the hands of Englishmen, or more especially, a few FIRST-RATE be comeinvSaCluOaTblCe.El Its FARMERS wouldsoon is on the direct road to the f ron ti er , w h ere a profitable business might be carried on i n d e p en d ent of farming. It is near the ports of Massel Bay and River Knysna. The latter w ill probably soon be opened by the completion of a pro jected road from Beaufort district to it. Vessels of 400 tons hurthen can enter at all times, and take cargoes on board four miles up the river. There are at the Cape ENGLISH SHEEP FARMERS. with moderate capital, say from £lOOO to £3OOO each, who have, within the last two years, located themselves in the Colony ; and it is not a little gratifying to behold the fine flocks of well and cross-bred sheep, so abundantly scattered about ; a convincing proof that the grazing qua lities of the land are adapted for cattle as well as sheep. The wool flocks are fast increasinz in all parts of the Colony, and it is sail, from the frontiers alone, , ONE MILLION OF POUNDS. AT LEAST, WILL BE EXPORTED THIS YEAR. The Cape must soon FORCE ITSELF INTO NOTICE, for the investment of capital and introduction of labour, TIIE NEW TARIFF IS A MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE, and the time of its introduction most apropos. The Co. long will now export in large quantities Salt Provisions— Fat Oxen are produced there at £4, or id. per lb., the bile worth 20s. This is a brief outline of the advantages in perspective for men of character and small capital. The prospect is much more cheering than to Australia, where such rapid fortunes are being made. A printed Prospectus, giving an insight into all the ca pabilitie.: of this Property may be had, and principals will meet with great encouragement, by application to Mr. GEORGE ROBINS 'S Offices, Covent-garden, London. THE BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Act of Parliament. THE COURT of DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE to parties desirous of Emig. ating to the Eastern Townships of Canada, that in consequence of the very greatly increased demand for the Company's Lands, they will discontinue, from and after the 15th instant, the offer of a Free Passage to Purchasers of Fifty Acres, at is. 6d. per Acre—the price thenceforward on these terms being Ten Shillings Sterling per Acre. Persons desirous of information relative to the Lands of the Company, are requested to apply at their Office, No. 4, Barge Yard, Bucklersbury, London ; to Messrs. KENNETH DOWIE and Co., Agents at Liverpool; and to the following Banks. where Prospectuses may be had, and Deposits can be made : National Provincial Bank nfi Yorkshire Banking Comfiliny, Saddle worth Bankingr Company, West of England aria South Wales District Bank, Belfast Banking Company, Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Bank, And their Branches. ngland, As evidence of the superiority of the Eastern Town ships as a place of settlement, the Directors have pleasure in stating, that of 35,521 Acres sold in 1843, only 263 Acres have been returned to the Company, of which but fifty had been purchased in Great Britain under the pre sent system. By Order of the Court, A. T. GALT, Chief Clerk. London, lsi March, 1844. PROSPECTUS OF THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY, Via PAISLEY, JOHNSTONE, KILMARNOCK, AYR, CUM NOCK, SANQUHAR, DUMFRIES, and ANNAN. CAPITAL, £1,300,000 ; SHARES, £25 EACH. Deposit, £1 ss. No Subscriber liable beyond the amount of his Subscription. GOVERNOR. The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglintoun and Winton. DEPUTY GOVERNOR. The Right Hon. Lord James Stuart. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John Leadbetter,Esq., Chairman. The Right Hon. the Earl of Orkney, John Learmouth, Esq., Chairman of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Rail way Company, The Provost of Dumfries, The Provost of Paisley, Sir James Campbell, James Monteath, Esq., of Stonebyres, J. Henderson, Esq., of Park, Thomas D. Douglas, Esq., John Miller, Esq., of My shiels, John . Wilson, Esq., of Dun dyvan, John Fleming, Esq., of Claremont, James Douglas, Esq., The Provost of Ayr, The Provost of Kilmarnock, Archibald Smith, Esq., Robert Dykes, Esq., William etas, Esq., Andre 'George, Esq., Ge e Stirling, Esq., n Ross, Jun., Esq., lexander Brown, Esq., ANKERs. • Glasgow : Union Ba j neof Scotland - and, Western: Bank of Scotland. Edinburgh : Ditto, Ditto. Manchester: James Lloyd and Company. ENGINEER. John Miller, C.E., Edinburgh. SOLICITORS. Glasgow: Messrs. Bannatynes and Kirkwood, 16, Gor don-street, Glasgow. London: Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall, London. INTERIM SECRETARY. William Logie, 76, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow. THIS Line is intended to connect L on d on , Birming ham, Manchester, and Liverpool with Glasgow and the populous manufacturing and commercial towns and seaports of the West of Scotland. The route is the most favourable for the purpose proposed. Avoiding the high and sterile district of co un t ry l y i ng on the Scottish bor der, it passes up the fertile and picturesque valley of the Nitb, and enters the rich county of Ayr, where it joins the line of Railway which already connects with each other the thriving towns and seaports of Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock, Port Glasgow, Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Ar drossan, Troon, and Ayr. The length of new Line to be made, in continuation of the Western English trunk Lines terminating at Carlisle, is ninety-two miles. From the surveys taken some years ago, Mr. Miller, the e Engineer of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, has assured the Provisional Committee that the engineering facilities are great, and that, looking to the economical system recently adopted on such works, and the diminished price of materials, not more than £13,000 per mile will be required for its construction. The Landowners on the Line are, so far as yet applied to, very favourable to its execution. From estimates of traffic laid before the Parliamentary Commissioners in 1841, the nett revenue may be expe c t e d to yield 8 per cent. on the proposed capital of £1,300,000. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be allowed on Calls, after the Act of Parliament is obtained, from the date of their ,beirig, paid till the Line is o p ene d, per cent., or £2 10 s . per Sh are, is 'h twojeb' it is expected, will be within a period not exceed ing years from the passing of the A c t. A Deposit of 10 re quired by the standing orders of the House o f C ommons , one-half of which must be paid on the Shares being allot ted, and the other half at such ti me as s h a ll b e f i xed by the Provisional Committee. Subscribers will also require to sign the usual Parliamentary Contract when required. Applications for Shares may be made in Liverpool to M AT THEW NV OTHERSPOON,rOr SAMUEL WOODS, JO", Sharebrokers, there, from whom al so cop i es of the Plo spectus, containing full details, may be got. Glasgow, 15th March, 1844. TO JAMES A/MALL, ESQUIRE, CHAIRMAN OF THE GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY COMPANY. Caledonian Railway Office, 22, Parliament-street, Westminster, 23d March, 1844. SIR, —It is with great regret that the Provisional Com mittee of the Caledonian Railway feel themselves compelled, in consequence of the observations of certain Shareholders (one of them being also a share-broker) at the meeting of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, on the 20th instant, at which you presided, to come for ward and give the most unqualified contradiction to those statements. It never was the intention of this Committee to enter into controversy with the projectors of other lines. The question, as far as they are concerned, has been already decided by those most competent to judge between private interests and the benefit of the community, and that de cision having been ratified by the approbation of the pub lic, they would have been content to leave each project to rest on its own merits. When, however, unprecedented and unwarrantable at tacks are made on the promoters of an undertaking, and when it is sought to sustain these attacks by statements equally at variance with good feeling as with the ordinary usages of society, it becomes the duty of those against whom such assaults are directed to justify their conduct, and defend the interests of the parties for whom they are acting. In the present instance, the attention of the Committee has been directed to the observations made by two per sons at the meeting in question, as being not only un founded, but contrary t o th e f ac t. One of these parties is reported to have said, " he had been staggered when he saw the formidable arrey of names of Glasgow gentlemen in the Prospectus of the Caledonian Railway, but he was not a little surprised when he found that not one of these gentlemen were Shareholders, and he was convinced it would be found they had not given their sanction to their names being now published. The real state of the matter was, that about two years ago, when there was no pros pect of either a west or east-coast line being attempted, these gentlemen had agreed to allow their names to be used for the preliminary business of getting suiveys ; but now, when matters were entirely changed, he could not believe these respectable parties would longer allow the public to be deceived by their names being put forward." Another Shareholder " quite concurred" in these re marks, and observed, " that with respect to the apparently formidable array of names in the Provisional Committee of the Caledonian Railway, the Directors had seen several of them. niany of whom declared that their names had been given two or three years ago when the line was first spoken of. Some were astonished when they saw their names so announced, as they could not recollect their having been so given." With respect to these observations, as regard it in terest as Subscribers in the undertaking, th e mittee will simply remark, First, that the members of that Com mittee locally connected with Lanarkshire and Dumfries shire alone, have taken upwards of 1000 shares ; Secondly, that on first forming the Committee, a fund having already been subscribed at a public meeting of the County of La nark for preliminary expenses, it was left at the option of every one who approved of the underfaiking to become a Subscriber afterwards, if he wished to remain a member of the permanent directio, -Thirdly, that the Committee never did deceive the p 4 .ti c by a show of names of per sons not being Shar:..l. ders, and that so far from such being the fact, the e- mbers generally of the Provisional Committee, who 'e not official parties, have now either actually taken aces, or expressed their intention to do so; and that, ,ithout a single exception, the Committee have express authority from every nobleman and gentle man whose name appears on the list, such authority bay• ing been given in consequence of applications made since the 20th February last, and not, as stated at your meet ing, " two or thgoe years ago when the line was first pro posed." It was not the wish of the Committee of the Caledonian Railway to express any opinion on the merits of rival un dertakings, though the " Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle" line can only be regarded in the light of a scheme got up in opposition to the recommendation of the Go. rernment Commissioners, by comparatively a few inter ested parties, to serve their own ends. On this subject, however, as the speakers at your meeting have called in question the merits of the Caledonian Railway, the Com mittee feel called upon to make the following observa- dons: -- It will be seen, by drawing a line across the map of Scotland, ten miles south of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and referring to the:population tables, that to the northward of that line the population is about 2,000,000, and to the south, not above 370,000; or that the traffic of fully five: sixths of the population southwards to England would be across that line; and, in fact, it is well known that more than nine-tenths of the intercourse of Scotland with Eng land is from the northern portion alluded to, because nearly all the commercial and manufacturing interests are comprehended in, and the whole resort of English tourists is to and beyond these two ci▪ ties. Looking to the expected comparative traffic by g oo d s, minerals, and agricultural produce , it must be noticed that the district of country embraced within the fo r k or branches of two adjoining lines to Edinburgh and Glas flaw comprehends by far the most valuable and e x t ens i ve ironworks in Scotland , causi▪ ng at this moment th e most rapid increase of wealth an d p o p ul ation; that it contains a boundless extent of cheap coal, and that the wh o e space from Lanark to Carlisle must be supplied with coal from the two extremities. They further observe that for forty miles south of Edinburgh and Glasgow, if opened up by Railway to car ry . itsproduce to thew cities, thi s coun t ry is capable of cultivation to a very great extent beyond its present limits. In corroborati▪ on of this, the Government Commissioners remark in their report, " We have had before us various statistical returns regardi ng t h e districts through which the seve ra l competing lines would pass, and as they are of an interesting nature, we have placed them in the Appendix to the Report; but we do not find that the results they give are such as to l ea d us to prefer any other line to that by Carlisle and Lockerby." The whole question, therefore, resolves itself into this: —'an attempt on the part of certain Shareholders in the Glasgow and Ayr, and the Edinbu rg h and Glasgow Rail ways, to carry the public and the citzens of those two places twenty miles round by K i l marnock on the one hand, or seventy miles round by Edinb urg h gn the ot h er, on their way to England, while it is fallaciously pretended that they will not be charged anything for this additional distance. If this were really the case, where would be RIVAL RAILWAYS BETWEEN CARLISLE AND GLASGOW. To the EDITOR of the "GLASGOW HERALD." SIR, —Will any of your readers, who p osses th e requi site information, have the goodness to answer the fol lowing questions ?- Ist. Is it true, as is currently reported, that, of the long array of respectable parties who appear as forming the Provisional Committee of the " Caledonian Railway," not one of those connected with Glasgow has taken, or means to take, a single Share in the undertaking? 2d. Is it true, as is currently reported, that the names of some of these parties were put down in the List with out their authority—while others were put down in con sequence of permission obtained two years ago, under different circumstances ? 3d. Is it true, as is currently reported, that some of the most influential of these parties have, since the publica tion of the Prospectus, withdrawn their names—deter mined not to allow themselves to be made the means of decoying others to subscribe to an michrtaking in which they themselves have taken no Shares, and of the merits of which, as compared with other Lines, they as yet know little or nothing ? 4th. Is it true that the plans of the " Caledonian" Line deposited last year, in terms of the standing orders of Parliament, passed over, not along the Wishaw and Colt ness Railway, and in place of reaching Glasgow by the Garnkirk Railway, as seems now contemplated, joined the Pollok and Govan Coal Railway—which passes down the surface of. West-street, and terminates on the surface of the Paisley Turnpike Road at Tradeston? sth. Is it true that the Table of comparative distances now published, with the Prospectus of the Caledonian Railway, refers entirely to the difference between the " Caledonian" and the " North Brit'sh" or East Coast Line, and makes no mention of the " Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle," or West Coast Line—and that the length of the Caledonian is stated as being the same as the Cen tral Line reported on by the Parliamentary Commission ers in 1842 ; while, if now brought over the Wilsontown, Wishaw and Coltness, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, and Garnkirk Mineral Lines (as is talked of), it will be much longer ? 6th. Is it true that these four mineral lines, over which in succession it is proposed to carry the whole English traffic with Glasgow, are many of them of a very imper fect construction—of only 4 feet 6 inches guage—crowded with coal and ironstone waggons—in some places having only a single line of rails—of a ;tilt - not exceeding 50 lbs. per lineal yard—cross' .everal important turn pike roads near Glasgow •. I e level—and having their terminus at Glasgow 1 ' eet at least above the general level .of the city ? 7th. Is it true, : • s reported to have been stated at the public meeting d not long ago at Lanark, that the ruling gradient of the Caledonian line will be 1 in 75, and that for many consecutive miles • and is it true that the length of new line to be made will be 112 miles (be sides the expenditure required for the alteration and com pletion of the Mineral Railways, while the ruling gradient of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Line, will be 1 in 130, and the length of new Line 92 miles ? Bth. Is it true that the natural summit of the Caledo nian Line is upwards of 1000 feet, and of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Line only 600 feet above the sea ? 9th. Is it true that the alleged subscription towards the Capital Stock of this undertaking, by the North of Eng land Railways, to the extent (as is said) of £600,000, is only in,expeelaney, and that in not one of these Compa nies have the Shareholders yet been called together to say whether they will, or will not, so subscribe ? Categorical answers to these plain questions will enable the public, especially at a distance, to understand whether this undertaking has the real support of the respectable parties in Scotland, under whose auspices it has been ushered before the public, and what confidence is to be placed in the vague statements of its merits contained in the Prospectus. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, VERITAS. Glasgow, 23rd March, 18-14 How MANY OF HIS SUBJECTS IS A KING WORTH?— This question is not answered, but attenip.ed in a petition of the knights, esquires, ministers, gentlemen, and free holders of the county of Lancaster, presented to Charles 1., May 2d, 1642. Alluding to that ill-fated monarch's determination to put down the rebellion in Ireland, the petitioners say :—" Finding your Majesty's late resolu tion for the expedition to threaten danger to your royal person, ar more worth than 10,000 of ;we therefore," &c. "do, in all humility, present and prostrate ourselves and supplications at your royal feet, beseeching your ma jesty to return to your great council" [the parliament,) &c.—Such was the adulatory style of addressing a monarch a few months before half his. subjects were in open rebel lion or revolution. DESPERATE REMEDY FOR A DESPERATE DISEASE.-- They tell a good story of Dr. Rand. He was called on to visit a hypochondriac patient, who fancied she had swal lowed a mouse. On entering the room, the ladyexclaimed, " Dear doctor !I am glad to see you—l, am in such dis tress—such pain ! Oh, doctor, I have swallowed a mouse !" " Swallowed—nonsense,', replied the doctor, in his mild and pleasant manner. Oh, no, doctor," said the patient, "it is not nonsense—it is a mouse—a live mouse; he ran down my throat when I was asleep, with my mouth open, and I feel him now, creeping about my stomach, and trying to gnaw out. Oh, doctor, do pre scribe something that will cure me in a m inute." "What is it, doctor, what is it ?-I'll take anything you order." " Well, then, my dear madam, swallow a cat —lf that don't cure.you, nothing will." the advantage to either of the rival Companies of having the traffic pass so many miles round by their respective lines _ . As regards the town of Dumfries, the Committee of the Caledonian Railway have already made it a part of their instruttions to*their engineer to provide a branch to that town, which will have the effect of bringing it, by upwards of sxity miles, nearer to Edinburgh, and at least five miles nearer to Glasgow, than by the projected Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle Railway. The town of Kilmarnock is already provided with Railway communication, and there is certainly nothing in the barren and hilly district be tween it and Dumfries to repay, by any local traffic, the cost of making a Railway up the valley of the Nith. It is evident, therefore, that both Edinburgh and Glas gow will be best served by the Caledonian line. Dumfries would, comparatively, be injured by the Ayrshire line, which would pass through it, whereas if it be made the terminus of a branch to the Caledonian, it will draw all the population and traffic of the surrounding country to itself, If diminution of distance and consequent sav i ng of time and expente induce travelling, the Caledonian line is the best. If economy of construction and of working be beneficial to the public, then the line attended with least expense, combining both streams of traffic to Edin burgh and Glasgow, leading by the most direct route to Sterling, Perth, and all the North of Scotland, and giving the greatest amount of accommodation to the public in general, however it may be at variance with the private interests of rival lines, is the one which should be prefer red. And that line undeniably is the Caledonian. In conclusion, the Committee are convinced that, how ever the prospects of the Ayrshire, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways may be apparently identified with evtren'e Eastern or Western Lines, that which has the power of drawing to itself the whole traffic of East, West, North and South, in spite of all the efforts of rival com petitors, is sure, in the end, to succeed; and that line is the one recommended by the Government Commission ers, after the fullest inquiry, and on the most minute in— vestigation of all the evidence submitted to them by the promoters of the various schemes, and whose decision was by none more courted than by the very parties who are now opposing it by all the means in their power. Looking at the circular hereto annexed, everyone must perceive that the meeting at which you presided is a part of a crusade against all projects, however beneficial they may be to the public, which are supposed to interfere in any way with the interests of the Glasgow and Ayr, or Glasgow and Edinburgh Railways, and that such meetings are held for the purpose of dissernminating, in an irre sponsibly way, whatever statements Shareholders may make against the Government line of Railway. The Pro visional Committee have deemed it due to themselves thus to notice and expose the first of these unjustifiabie attempts ; but, in future, they will leave the public to deal with them as they may think they merit. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, Signed by order of the Committee, J. H. HUMFREY, Secretary. (Copy of Circular alluded to.) TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Office, Glasgow, 181 h March, 1814. SIR —I am instructed by the Board of Directors to forward the subjoined extract of a resolution, passed by them this day, on the subject of the several projected lines of communication between England and Scotland. The Directors feel it to be their duty, not merely to guard your interests in the internal arrangements of the line committed to their charge, but to discountenance any external projects that may seem to threaten its prosperity, and to support such as promise to be beneficial to it; and they are anxious that you should be alive to the bearings of the various projected lines on the prospects of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway, and be able to aid the board in their exertions for your benefit. They would urge on you strongly, the advantage of the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway, of your showing every encouragement to the East and West Coast lines, viz.: the " North Bri tish," and the " Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle," and of your doing everything in your power to discountenance the " Scottish or Central Union," and the Caledonian Railways," the latter of which will be highly injurious to your interests. • The Directors have the less hesitation in making this communication, as, from their local and personal know ledge, they feel satisfied that the interests of the public of Scotland are, in this instance, identified with those of your Railway. I am, Sir, your most obedient srrvant, (Signed,) H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary. At a Meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Ca ledonian Railway, on Saturday, the 23d of March, 1844, there were present, Messrs. J. J. Hope Johnstone, M.P. for Dumfries shire. William Lockhart. M.P. for Lanarkshire. David Dickson, of Hartree, Robert Monteith, of Carstairs, Being a quorum, Resolved,—" In consequence of certain statements re . - ported in the Railway Times of this day, as having been made at a Meeting, at Glasgow, of the Ayr Railway Com pany, on the 20th instant, that the letter, of which the above is a copy, be sent to the Chairman of that meeting, and published in the Railway Times and other papers!! sq. Esq. Esa. asS• cent.