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

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J. de Trafford, Bat t.,rfratford-park , Lancashire, Thomas Weld Blundell, Esq., Ince-hall, Lancashire, Nicholas Duckenfield Bold, Esq., Liverpool, a Director of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, William Boardman, Esq., Farrington-hall, Lancashire, Robert Browne, Esq., Wavertree-road, Liverpool, Thomas Brandreth, Esq., Ormskirk, Frederick W. Caldwell, Esq., Meshnish, Argyleshire, and Golden-square, London, William Cook; Esq., Kensington, Liverpool, William Dixon, Esq., of Govan, Glasgow, James N owe ll Ff ar i ngton, Esq., Worden-hall, Lancashire, W illiam Feilden, Esq.. M.P., Feniscowles, Lancashire, William Fosberry, Everton, Liverpool, George Gradwell, Esq.. Preston Charles G roves , Esq., Liverpool,' R u., 1 1 3 11 Greenough, Esq., Southport, 'dun Howell, Esq., Beaumont-villa, Shepherds'-bush, Middlesex, Jahn Humb er , Esq., P rest on, Henry Harrison, Esq., Southport, Thomas Kershaw, Esq., Ormskirk and Southport, J ohn Ros snn , E sq ., M ore -h a ll, L ancas hire, Clements Royds, Esq., Mount Fallinse, Lancashire, ~,Chairman of the Preston and Wyre Railway Company, Gillibrand Unsworth, Esq., Manor-house, Lan cashire, Daniel Waterhouse, Esq., Aigburth, Liverpool, (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co., London, The Liverpool Commercial Bank. Liverpool, The Preston Banking Company, Preston. Si a• ENGINEERS. J r M'Neill, L.L.D., F. R.S. ames Thompson, Esq., F.R.S. E., M.R.1..A PARLIAM ENTARY AGENTS. Dorrington, Hayward, and Ellicombe, Parlia- B..itent-st ree t. "Ir the construction of this RAILWAY a direct com- Grh.t°, Northern Whole of Lines, and a connection formed with the v., s 'a of the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, b e y Blackburn and Preston Railway, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Junction. This independent entrance into Liverpool, from the forth, will be of great public advantage, limited as the town now is to only one outlet by Railway. A. Branch from the main line, at Ormskirk, will pro vide the means of cheap a contemplated 'unctdoi;') rising and much-frequenttr access to the and by - watering. with the thisexpeditious iti: Branch ou w t i li t p h o t rt e ; Liverpool and Manchesterj Railway, at Newton, the shortest and most direct route to Southport will be af forded from M anc h ester and the I.lli4landcounties. 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 Borou2h Gaol, in Great Howard street, from which the line will proceed to the west of Aintree Racecourse, by Maghull and - Aughton, to the town of Ormskirk, and from thence by Butscough, Ruf i°rd and Croston, to join the North Union Railway, at P areington, where a junction will be effected with the Blackburn and Preston Railway. A. lower Line to the west of Scarisbrick has also been ; 111 "foYed, passing through a country singularly favourable rarathe construction of a railway, but leaving out the e ,`" x ° 1 Fields, (from which a considerable revenue may be tor et ed , ) and the town of Ormskirk, which would have fore!Pproached by a Branch ; the direct line is, there reueemed preferable; at the same time, however, both Plans /r i ve mature consideration before depositing the Th e pr Parliament. 14;esent circuitous Railway communication between ea t a t : r i P . ool aud Preston, and places to the north and north 's carried on by lines originally projected for other rila tes, and the traffic is consequently subjected to un tec.essa isti n exPense, delay, and inconvenience, the only ex • g route being by the Manchester and Liverpool Rail thfio la Parkside, and thence to Preston by the North ing f r o R ailway, a distance of 381 miles, usually occupy- P re c m 21 to 24 hours. The distance from Liverpool to , w ,..s! i on, h., Y t r aversed roosed direct line, is only 274 miles, will be in one hour, thus effecting a saving • eleven miles, and more than one half the time. stru l!, together with the greatly diminished cost of con esdro, will enable the Company to carry Passengers oods at such reduced rates as to ensure a considers- CO''''o in the present traffic. orre*ponding advantages will be effected in the traffic Lerwei,en Liverpool and the towns of Blackburn, Lances el`,endal, Carlisle, Penrith, Newcastle, Edinburgh, te n arasgaw ; and Companies having been ormed for ex >; - "log the Blackburn and Preston Railway to Acering- I°l3, Clitheroe, Burnley, Colne, Skipton, Keiztiley, Bing -447, Bradford, and Leeds, these towns (all of ahieh have ; co nsiderable intercourse with Lis et pool) will parCcipate 10 the benefits of the proposed direct line. l 'bia line will form the direct route to Liverpool for pas- Ds ,, let l era from I re l a nd and the West of Scotland, by Steam- Nrela to Fleetwood, in conjunction with the Preston and t r e Railway. sh r ta the valuable Coal Fields of Bickerstaffe, Lathom, fes°,°wav Ther places, hitherto excluded from the benefit of p s - "L communication, access will be given by the pro f Line, while the carriage of Coal will form a source .1 1 constant and increasing profit to the Company ; and, D o l e auo of a branch to connect with the Liverpool ti es s i • in the immediate vicinity of the terminus, Neill be afforded for the' shipment of Coal and Mer chandise The Linecomet, will, of necessity, from its direct course, be ll, ue mail route from Liverpool to the North. the h e .: whole length of the Line to be formed, including co st ,`, l , ll lch to Southport, is 321 miles, and the estimated oth er ui c onstructi on including land, stations , engines , and ilil "ces aarY outlay is under .£OO,OOO, which may be oi n tlY relied on a; sufficient, from the favourable na ve ab se t ue country through which the Line passes, and Company-; t e t.._ of any expensive or difficult engineering . 2 _, -- ••Pasy - .4. 0 therefore, proposed that the Capital of the Dentof 7 4 4 , be .£6',10,000 (divided . in to 24.000 ,. shares of t r - - , of ip with power to increase it to X/00,000 in the Irect o i s l l acing deemed necessary or advisable by the " rec dent - continue the Line to Preston with an inde the n e e terminus; and, to provide for this contingency, posited ch a ry pla ns an d sec tions will be made and de ellarn compliance with the standing orders of An e „„ en ., t• - "no tr a mat sn — v.of revenue has been made, based upon ex unPle e, i ron] which it a•p ars that, after making an Per re ductio pe cet, n - f or working expenses, a dividend of 71 a ccount maY be fairly anticipated, without taking into till • 447 of the which would by the n Leeds tuit ion traffic - in an e u a Ur the Line already alluded to, from Blackburn, de pentle a t Which erly direction, to or towards Bradford and caster oandf thecainclirseleasendal would . be very considerable ; and also in- Rdin traffic, by the opening of the Z'an Glasgow. and tt Applications for Railway , and its continuation to Prospectuses North of Scotland. and for Shares. (in the annexed or other information, Provisional Committee, at their ")';`,,N to be made to the alley, Exchange -street West, Liverpool(''N", Exchange- H and PRITCHARD, Stock and sh I NI es rs. Pon- Brokers, SYTLi verpool; Messrs. M. EWEN and AULDaT,reate4Brokerp, cent-e Glasgow • Messrs. WELL and SoNs,Brokers, :Manchester ; messarsCALD nd RHODES, Shale Brokers, Leeds ; Mr. T H E O L s L YVitest, Broker, Preston ; Mr. Tues. Asnrosr, Say: lag& Bank, Ormskirk; and Messrs. C. and J. H. 1' CnAE, Stock and Share Brokers, Moorgate-street, 'London. To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston Railway. tGPMemen.-1 hereby request that you will allot me l'Q h a_res of X 25 each, in the above proposed Railway ; and I,. er ebY undertake to pay the Deposits thereon, or any ea:_nuuraber of Shares which may be allotted me, and to , A" te the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers " ee nleut when required to do so. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Name Description Residence ( .----.. 3 _ .............._ pate II f -050 each. - ) 4 a A OO SHARES 0 - CAPLIII ESDALE JUNCY t .£400.000, in '," ON RAILWAY. The it. toNA nd Stenton. S ir Wight liotr"blse Lord Belhaven a,.,. ..,. 1 ied4aourt! lA struther of uarmichael, Bart. 6lr ienr '''Uartnichae n L COMMITTEE. S ir Joh Th e il 11 Kirkland Y J. Scion Steuart of Allanton, Burt. ri i land of elvmpY• i,zatthsatopher of Hamilton. -'3 " r s h " ' E c!. ( l °f El 11 ndbush, Provost 4 3 4 , 1.13 ° l , 'James Lumsden, Lord Provost of Glasgow. Ch l.lGL s° l l. s" I , '', o a st of Lanark. —:.'..ir_s. Harvie, Esq. j a .._ il'el Stevenson Esq., of Braidwool Sall m q. a ' rsh r e o , ' Esq., Middleton Lo dg e. I,:jelVolt. l'"arstow, lis 'of Brownlee. -dsli., Edinburgh. 'Wil li 'l-;,lettel Graham of Mossknow. litex::11 rtobertott, Etc', of Lauchoo• AlexanZr Pennistun,Esn , of Golf hill. Willi n " `-' 4 %1)411 E sn ' ". f Betutty• illi%,- I.l"nour P' '" o ds J 'AM ft p,,,"'iPp en ' -.sq., of Oatian . Hen n , ; e, t En ' ts(l ,of Busbe. A. G' l roek, li' almarnock House. Robert str,„sq., Binl•er, Glasgow. James.Task-e-;:,59•• ' Merchant,' Gla,gow .. . Ewi ng, 0., Merchant, GreenocK. N., Merchant. Greenock. C SCRI TARP. :elsie:reastisdres.r Graham e, Al J oseph Lo arlE c r. : ge Crawfo r d ' 76: s q s O 9 e i s .r t o George-street, Glasgow. Esq., St. Vi ncen t-street, Glasgow. Archibald tl Y AGENTS. G Mo no eiff, and Weems. TheBANKERS. TThe he c.,lyclesdale Banking Company- . gid a Z o o t r y g . h. V4o,rnin_burgh and Glasgow "a" ...... j 2p:ido„. London and Westminster Bank Liverpool. Messrs, Moss and Company /NIS tndertaking embraces several objects nezioPubl!ic utility, whether dewed separately - or in con , n with eacbother. vytheelainiutithlAitsoh7t:t directort raocuet, e t, the from t establishment he ty o. o f fa Glasgowß ailofly greattbliye the riPctsPaada."' lt Vie' to am , on, ishavvton. and the various coalvl he r .and rapidly increasing community iu that part of the country ; 13aintidli ironel w an the second place, a aiirect and uninterrupted Rail 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 W4haw and Coltness Railway, the Wilsenton Railway, and other communicating Lines ; In the third place, 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 first place, the local objects to be attained, because these objects have long been 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 be 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 the public, is a line of three miles in length, commencing at the Harbour of Glasgow, and terminating at the Royal Burgh of Ruttier 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 for 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 formed to join the Wishaw and Coltness Railway at Motherwell. By means of the last-mentioned Railway the communica tion with the Caledohian 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, end an ample allowance for Stations, are estimated 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 shspe 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 which may be anticipated from the Caledonian Line. The Committee have concluded an Agreement with the Pro visional Committee of the Caledonian Company, upon terms advantageous to both undertakings; and they have 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 tragic 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 be £5O each, and it will be a provision of the Act of Incorporation 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 viii have to exe cute the Parliamentary Deed on receiving their Scrip. Of the proposed Capital upwards of 3000 Shares have already been taken up, by parties locally interested. Application for Sh , res to be made in the form annexed, addressed to the Secretary, or to Henry Francis, Esq., 57, Threadneedle-.treet, London ; Messrs. FORSYTH and PRITCHARD, Liverpool; or Mr. J. B. Locke, Manchester; from any of whom Prospectuses and Plana may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Clydesdale Junction Railway. Date 1844. GENTLEMEN, — I wish to become a Subscriber for Shares in this Undertaking, of £5O per Share. the deposit upon which, or on any less number of Shares that may be allotted to me, I agree to pay ; and I also to undertake to Sign the necessary De . eds,, when required so to do. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Name — Address, AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL TABLE. APTA I N PIDDING'S HOWQUA'S MIXTURE ‘J TEA is an admixture of 40 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 desirable in Tea. This discovery was not the effect of chance, but of 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 discriminating taste, equal power of procuring the forty various Teas required, and know the exact proportions of 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 " tlowqua's Mixture"—each mixture dif fering from all the others. Now as there can be but ONE REAL " Howqua'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 GENUINE. And it would be absurd to suppose that Captain Pidding, with advantages, the result of Eight Voyages made to China, and five years spent in that country, would be so silly—even were it possible —as to yield them up to 500 others, or impart to them so valuable a secret. The very great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having tempted many unprincipled persons to give similar, or nearly similar titles to their own spurious mixtures, to guard against such imposition, purchasers should observe that " THE SIGNATURE THUS," Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING, Honourable Company's Service, is on every genuine Paclo.ge. To those who drink Green Tea," Captain Pidding's s s rec S o m m a n ll ,e L nd e e a d f G fo u r n it p ‘ o s w t d re e n r,: t ' h g a r t o ld wn ec o o n ti l o y m o y n , a o ri n c e i , i d fal from n e p p d u idli r ir e ti)a s g t . and most whoesome GreenunderTea Agents i for m - has appointed th e e pa l ! so t ( Cr) tieingay a t e e q p u t 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 ...... G. J. French, Silk Mercer. Burnley T. Sutliffe, Bookseller, Si. - James-street. Chester T. Bowers and Son, Druggists. Everton J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street. Knutsford J. Williams, Draper. &e. Lancaster George Carruthers, Chemist, New-street. Manchester J. Ford & Co., Drapers, St. Ann's•square. Prescot W. Turner Kydd, Tea Dealer and Grocer. Preston Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Rochdale Southport Wigan For Agencies, Address, Captain Pidding, 22, College hill, London. PICKING THE POCKET OF A YOUNG LADY.—Yes terday, aiwell-clad boy, named Henry Cowan, was placed a t th „ bar of the Police-court, charged with having, on Saturday, picked the 'pocket of a young lady—Miss V erno n, from Ashton-in-Mackerfield. The prisoner— an old offender, who had been in gaol recently for three months, and had been committed four times—set up a defence that it was his own was,wc he had dropped accidentally by the way.' He of course, committed for trial. DANGEROUS ASSAULT WITH A PITCHFORK.—John Delap, was yester d ay 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 o ver the use of such deiffly weapons even in the passion of the moment, and committed the prisoner for trial at the assizes, with in intimation that he rnight 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 Goons.UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a married woman, very Poorly dressed, named Elizabeth Allport , w a s char g ed with having obtained under false pretences a number of pairs of stays from Miss Eleanor Parr, who keeps a stay shop in Berry-street, and by whom she had been employed as forewoman. It appeared that over some weeks past the prisoner bad obtained the articles from her mistress on representing, that patties whom she named, and who were all respectable fem a les, wished to be supplied from the shop. She succeeded in this. way in taking away pairs to the value of, it was stated, nine guineas. Sus picion was at length excited, and the fraud was disco prisoner w a s a ppr e hended, and wss then in yered. The liquor. Most of the articles were found in carious pawn shops. The. prisoner was comm i tte d f or t r i a l for " oh tairr.ng, &e., with, howeverdi Et , e to go out on bail, her self in £4O, and two sureties iu £2O each. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL N. CANAL & DOUGLAS NAVIGATIO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GE NERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of IROPRIETORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to LIVERPOOL, and DOUGLAS NAVIGA TION, will be held, at the ADELPHI HOTEL, in LIVER- Doi, in the county palatine of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, be 20th day of September next, at Eleven o',llock in the Drenoon, when and where the Proprietors, by themselves o their Proxies, are requested to attend. By order, SAMUEL HAILSTONE, Law Clerk. Bralford, Yorkshire, 29th August, 1844. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAIL WAY COMPANY, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CALL OF THREE POUNDS PER SHARE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of Resolution of the Board of Directors, the Pro yrietors of Slbares, 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. LIVERPOOL.—Me s srs. Leylands and Bullins. EDINBURGH. —City of Glasgow Bank, Elanover-street. Holders of Scrip Certificates who have not yet lodged them to he registered, will please do so without delay, vith the Secretary, at the, Company's Office, 33, Scot ,and-street. By order of the Board of Directors, A. G. FIELD, Secretary. Edinburgh, 28th August, 1844. iittsttrattrt gotirris. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital, £500,000. EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. DIVISION OF PROFITS : THE steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to daclare a Second BONUS, averaging 60 per cent, on the amounts invested on, each Policy effected on Profit Scale. TEN POUNDS REWARD. STOLEN or STRAYED,frOja Field at Meanwood, near Leeds, on the Bth of August last, a BAY HORSE, six years old, 16 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. JOSEPH BURROW, of Meanwood, or Mr. READ, Chief Constable, Leeds, will receive £lO Reward. AT an ADJOURNED MEETING of the LIVER POOL PROPRIETORS of the SOUTH-EAST ERN and DOVER RAILWAY, at the CLARENDON ROOMS, South John-street, on the 2d September, 1841, PRESENT N. D. BOLD, Esq., LAWRENCE HEYWORTH, EN., WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., HENRY HOLMES, E•q., RICHARD HOUGHTON, Esq., STANLEY PERCIVAL, Esq., JOHN LATHAM, Esq., JOHN TWINAME, EQq., DANIEL WILLINK, Esq.. CHARLES GROVES, Esq., JAMES M AC GREGOR, Esq., JAMES CAW ♦ Esq., ROBERT BROWNE, Esq., WILLIAM COOK, Esq., JAMES BUCHANAN, Esq., RICHARD HAYNES, Esq., M. L. PRITCHARD, Esq„ &c. &c. &c. WILLIAM COOK, FSQ in the Chair, Il was 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 ht October, 1843, cannot in equity be charged with the interest on Capital then un productive, and therefore such net earnings. allowing for the subsequent opening from Folkstone to Dover, arid of the Bricklayers' Arms Branch, areapplicablefor 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. GAINSBOROUGH. 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. Bagshawe, Esq., The Oaks, Sheffield. Wilson Overend, Esq., Sheffield, Benj. Burdekin, Esq., Sheffield. Richard Bayley, Esq., Castle Dyke. Sheffield. Thomas Creswick, Esq., Ecclesall Grange, Sheffield. Henry Wilson, Esq., Westbrook, Sheffield. Henry Hnuldsworth, 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 Manchester and Leeds, and of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway Companies. Captain Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, Lancashire. Thomas Clark, Esq., Mayor of Chesterfield. Edward Humble, Esq., Renishaw, Derbyshire. Samuel Butcher, Esq., Endcliffe, Sheffield. Thomas Ellin, jun., Esq., Sheffield. Henry Wilkinson, Esq.. Endcliffe flail, 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., Broornhill, Sheffield. John Sansom, Esq., Moor Lodge, Sheffield. John Green, Esq., Neepsend, Sheffield. John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield. Richard Ellison, Esq., Sudbrooke Holme, Lincoln, Chairman of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway. The Rev. H.W. Sibthorpe, Wasbingborough, Directors Lincoln, of the Edward Fowler, Esq., Lincoln, Wake- T. M. Kevworth. Esq., Lincoln field, Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Lincoln, I Col. Cracroft, Hackthorn Hall, Lincoln, & Boston Weston Cracroft, Esq., Hackthorn, J Railway. With power to add to their number. ENGINEER. William Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S. BANKERS. Sheffield The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company ; the Sheffield and Retford Bank. Gainsborougli Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co. Lincoln .... Chesterfield The Chesterfield and Derbyshire Banking Company. Boston Messrs. Gee and Co. Bawtry The Yorkshire Banking ... Company. Manchester Messrs. Cunliffe. Brookes, and Co. London Messrs. Cunliffe, Brookes, and Co. ; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; the London and Westminster Bank. IBE object of this undertaking is to construct the most direct and perfect LINE OF RAILWAY from the Town and Port of GAINSBOROUGH, through SHEF FIELD, to the Station of the Midland Railway at CHESTERFIELD, thereby effecting a more expeditious .and economical communication between Gaiti,borougta, Sheffield, and the Midland Counties on the one hand, and bete cen 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 Districts of Sheffield, Dron field, and Unstone. The Line will commence at Chesterfield, pass through the important Mineral Districts of Unstone and Dron field, through Sheffield, 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 Agricultuial Districts of Lincoln shire and the Eastern Counties, and the populous Manu facturing Towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The distance between Chesterfield and Sheffield (and consequently all places South and South West of the former Town) will by this Line be• 10 miles less than by the present tedious and circuitous route via Masbrough ; thus effecting a saving of nearly one-half of the whole distance in the existing Lines of Railway communication between those two Towns. The distance from Gainshorough to Sheffield will be under thirty miles, which is less by several miles than by any other Line which has yet been proposed to unite 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 le- required in its construction. To the Inhabitants 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 leugth through a rich and almost inexhaustible Coal Field; whilst to the Inhabitants of Gainsborough and Boston, in particular, it must prove highly advantageous, as furnishing (along with the Wake field, Lincoln, end Boston Line) an immense accession of business to the Shipping Intereste e of those Ports. It is almost superfluous to pant 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 be able to transmit their produce at a greatly diminished Cost, direct to the consumers. The Line 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 this Lin•.. will he great ; this will be at once apparent when it is borne in mind that independently of all other conveyances. fourteen Daily Coaches are required to con duct the traffic:of the District, which this Railway will accommodate. The well-known and extensive Quarries of Roche Abbey and Wickers:ley, etre in immediate prexi miey to the Line ; the Stone of the former is universally allowed to surpass all ether for 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 Steck will, of itself, form an im pot tent item in the traffic, inasmuch as at least 5000 head of Cattle and 100,000 sheep are annually sent ftom 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 Shari s in the Forms below given are requested to be made to Messrs. WILSON, YOUNGE, and p i ensoet, or Mr. DIXON, Solicitors, Sheffield; or to the following Sharebrokers Duncuff, Manchester ; Messrs. 11. and G. Tuwgood, 33, Throgmorton-street, London; Messrs. WILLIAM REYNOLDS end SoNs, and Mr. Joliet HALL, Liverpool ; Messrs. H. arid C. Beard. shaw, Leeds •, Messrs. Moore and Getliffe, Huddersfield ; Mr. James Harvey, Halifax ; Messrs. Beaumont, Kenne dy, and finks, Bradford and Leeds ; or to Messrs. Col boson and Flirt, or Messrs. Trigs; and Hodson, Hull. e ORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. I request you will secure to me Shares in the Gainsborough, Sheffield. and Chesterfield Railway, upon the Terms ef the Prospectus. And I aeree to 'she such Sharer as may be allotted to me, and to pay the De posits upon the same, and txecute the Parli amen t ary Con tract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated 1844. • Residence. Trade or Profession. To the pi oiisional Committee of the Gainsbru', Sheffield, and Chesterfield Railway. EXAMPLES. Sum the Permanentreduction 6 4 Bonus t ; Sum. •-• mt Bonus in 5 a added. of Borrow a, >. Cash. rr. Premium. on • Policy. e £ s. d. £s.d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. Go 1000 74 3 4 1837 170 9 377 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 1838 144 2 261 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 18.49 1! 616 0151 511 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 Lofthonse, and Whitworth, 12, Princess-street. WESTERN LIFE-ASSURANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 49, PARLIAMENT-STREET, WESTMINSTER. DIRECTORS. Henry Edgeworth Bicknell, :Esq., 28, Upper Bedford- place. William Cabell, Esq., Newington-place, Surrey. Thomas Somers Cocks, jun., Esq., Charing-cross. Geoff ge Henry Drew, Esq., Bermondsey. William Evans, Esq.. Millbank. William Freeman, Esq., Millbank-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, E.q., Millbank-street. George Kennet Pollodk, Esq., Great George-street, Westminster. James Lys Seeger, Esq., Milibank. John Bazley White, Esq., Millbank-street, and Swans- combe. Joseph Carter Wood, Esq.. Artillery-place, Westminster. PHYSICIAN. VFilliam Richard Basham, M.D. BANKERS. Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. J. L. Bicknell and J. C. Lethbridge. THE attention of the unassured portion of the ccm munity 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 thcrnoclyco and estricin g et other of ita prirmlar fpßtnrea, that of allowing the Assured (by Table 2) to have HALF THE ANNUAL PREMIUMS unpaid for seven years, will not be found undeserving public attention. Immediate and deferred ANNUITIES, and every de scription of Life Assurance business, undertaken by this Society. Prospectuses, and all other requisite information, will be furnished on application to E. T. RICHARDSON, Secretary, Or to the following Agents for the Society, viz. :•-- LIVERPOOI, Mr. JOHN SOTHERN, Castle-street. Mr. H. E. Ridgeway, Solicitor. Manchester .{ Mr.T. Houghland, Stock & Share Broker, office 51, King-street. Bolton Mr. Thomas Balshaw. Blackburn .. . Mr. James Bell, Solicitor. Lancaster .. . Mr. Thomas Johnson, Solicitor. Preston .. Rochdale .. . CHESHIRE. Macclesfield .. Mr. John James Osborne, Solicitor. DERBYSHIRE. Derby........ Mr. John Gadsby, Solicitor. NORTH WALES. Bangor .. Mr. lt. M. Griffiths, jun., Manager of the National Provincial Bank of England. MARINERS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ARTHUR-STREET EAST, LONDON -BRIDGE, For .Assurances on Lives and Survivorship', Granting Deferred Annuities, Effecting Endowments, Purcha sing Reversions, Making Loans, and Receiving Depo• sits. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY AT the HALF.YEARLY GENERAL MEETING o; this COMPANY, held at the White Lion Hotel, in the City of Bristol, on THURSDAY, the 22d of August, 1844, FREDERICK RICKETTS, ESQ. in the Chair, It was unanimously Resolved, Moved by T. W. HILL, Esq., and seconded by C. J. WUITTUCK, Esq., Ist,—That the Report of the Directors, now read, be received and adopted ; and that they be requested to send 3 copy thereof to every Proprietor. Moved by JOHN STONE, Esq., and seconded by RicuAnn BASTARD, Esq., 2d,—That a Dividend of £1 Bs. per Share, for the Half year ending the 6th of October next, be declared payable after the 30th of the same month, free of Income-tax. Moved by JOHN STONE, Esck,_and seconded by C. B. FRIPP, Esq., 3d,—That the Directors be and they are hereby em powered to obtain a Survey of the country, and take such ether 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 Weymouth, with a Branch from such intended Railway to Yeovil and Sherborne, and that they report hereon to Special General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Com pany, to be convened for this purpose. Moved by JOHN ALLEN, Esq., and seconded by Was. CROSS, Esq., 4th,—That the Directors be and they are hereby em powered to take all necessary nneasureq 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 TAYLOR, 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. Badham, Esq., for his able, untiring. and successful efforts in promoting the prosperity of the Bristol and Exeter R4ilway ; and that Frederick Ricketts, James Gibbs, and Francis Parker, Esqrs., be requested to form a Committee, with power to add to their number. Moved by JOHN SPARK, Esq., and seconded by ROBERT SCOTT, q., Gth,—That the best thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Directors for their able and zealous management of the affairs of this Company. Moved by W. MORTIMER, Esq., and seconded by FRE- DERICK RICKETTS, Esq., 7th,—That the warmest thanks of this Meeting be given to our Engineer, I. K. Brunel, Esq., for his very able services to the Compat.y. FREDERICK RICKETTS, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the Chair, II was Resolved by - aCclarnation, Btb,--That the cordial thanks of this Meetin g be given to Frederick Ricketts, Esq., for his able and judicious conduct iq the chair. SPECIALLY EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Ten per Cent. of the Profits are set aside as a Fund foi Destitute and Disabled Manners. 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 Ingestre, R.N. C. 8., M.P. Capt. Thos. Dickinson, R.N. Sir George Rich. Joseph Bi,hop, E:q. John Warrick, EN. Philip Baker, Esq. Edmund Turner Watts George Lee, Esq. Esq. George Mann, Esq. I John Willis, Esq. AUDITORS. Donald M'Rae, E:q., 13. Fooks, Esq. PHYSICIAN. Sir James Eglinton Anderson, M.D., 11, New Burlington street. SOLICITOR. John Hayward, Esq.. 2, Adelaide place, London-bridge and Dartford, Kent. BANBERS.—Bank of England. SURGEON. Charles Ilderton Croftt - i: - s - q - ., -. 2 - 2, Laurence Pountney lane. RESIDENT MANAGER. — John Dawson, Esq. ADVANTAGES ('AN Life Policies, half the premiums may remain un- J' paid for Seven Years, and then be continued as a permanent loan, if required. Thus a Policy is obtained at half the usual rate, am' may be dropped, at tiny time, at half the usual sacrifice, er continued without fresh certificates, although the healtb be impaired. LIFE Policies may all be made WHOLE GLOBE ones. Ti: those insuring the lives of others this is often of conse quence, seeing that the person whose life is insured ma) go out of Europe and cause a forfeiture of the policy. Interest is admitted in all policies on the lives of others. Every MARINER may now, if he will, derive advantage from this Institution, either by an Insurance upon hit Life; the purchase of an annuity to commence at a pet ioc when age or incapacity unfits him for sea; the Endow ment of Children ; by a Loan ; by depositing spare money' 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 Navy, Members of the Coast Guard, Fish ermen, Pilots, or Boatmen of Great Britain and II eland. But INSURANCES at this office are not confined to Ma riners, INDIVIDUALS going voyages, or intending to set• lie in distant or dangerous parts of the globe may insure their lives; as MILITARY MEN, MEDICAL PRACTI TIONERS, and CIVILIANS: SO ALL PERSONS, residing 011 shore, in England, or any where in Europe, are eligible TABLES OF PREMIUMSfor every kind of risk have been calculated, and the rates made as low, in each case, as art compatible with the particular risk and the pecuniary safety of all paries. The Premiums on Policies to cover Voyages of ever) description and service, in every part of the globe, viz., w ith permission to go any arid every where without for feiture, are lower than have ever hitherto been taken. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities deserve the serious consideration of all. How often does death over take men in the midst evep of health and Lope. Ilea often are those meat dear to them, wives, children, pa rents, or other relations, thus deprived of all support. Full Prospectuses may be had at the Chief Offices, L on don, or of the Agents to the Company. C. P. HAYES and Co., Pecubertontbuildings, Fenaick-street, 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-street. In front walked the male and female children belonging to the Blue Coat Schcol, 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 beautifully 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. Rector 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. Messrs. Gibbons, Whiteley, Hig gins, Stewart, Cordeaux, Bold, Cowen; &c. A large body of the members of tl e congregation and subscribers to the undertaking brought up the rear. among whom we no ticed Rchard Harhord, John Sothern, John B.ittain, G. Barnsley, Thos. Rohinson, 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, Esqrs.,&e., the Churchwardens of Sr. Barnabas's. Messrs. 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 been 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 flag, on which vv,s emblazoned the spirit-stirring motto of " Church and Queen." The erection of the schools will cost, we understand, £1,532, exclusive of the land. 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 tie 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 extensive and populous dis trict of the town, we hope that it will be as extenAvely useful as its most ardent patrons desire. It will be ca pable of accommodating no fewer than 700 children • and as 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. NOLAN took the silver trowel, manufac- Lured 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 I 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 children. Many re: sons concur to make you the fittest person upon whom this office should devolve; set it is not your high position as Rector of this important parish, and the respect and gratitude with which your name is regarded throughout, and beyond the extent of it ; nor yet the fact of your being a trustee of the church to which the schools are attached, and the kind and ready co-operation you have afforded at all times, in every matter affecting the interest of our church; there is a stronger motive even than any of these, which decided us at once upon asking the favour which you have granted, of coming amongst us, and presiding over the proceedings of this day. I mean. sir, this,—that ou have already sown the first eeeds of this undertaking, when in February, 1843, in conjunction with our dear friend and brother, your co-trustee, the Ilea. Huth M'Neile (whose absence from town we regret, while we gratefully remember his services on that and other occasions), you preached in St. Barnabas' Church, in behalf of the object that this day has advanced so fur towards its completion. No two names could more suitably be associated in any educational effort than his and yours. by whose means principally, supported as you were by, I b e li e ve, your respected colleague, and by all the brethren of the town, the battle of scriptural educa tion was fought and won, not merely for Live r p oo l, b u t for the entire of Fneland. In your presence it were pre -umptuous-to insist upon the advantages of scriptural edo. cation in general, atm church education in particular; but ~f this we are persuaded that the most effectual mode of securing the temporal interests of our children and adults .s 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 other things will be 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. Vire are taught, sir, that it is a good and pleasant thing to be thankful ; and it well becorneth us to be thankful, for whom the Lord has done so much in the matter of theft 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 ws omit, there are some to whose generosity and 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 Graves are too well known in Liverpool as patrons and promoters of every ~:ood 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 Holme to acknowledge with deep thankfulness our sense of their gratuitous professional services, what .hey have done already, furnishing the working plans, specifications, &c., &e., and what they have so kindly consented to do until the work is complete, superintend ing, &c., &c.,— , ervices that, were they to be requited ac cording 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 I;berality this work .of ours s'ands now on the point of a happy, and, I trust, with God's blessing, auspicieus com mencement. May the Lord repay it tenfold into their own bosoms, and may they find their reward in the peace and bessitig that, we trust, this school will be the means of dispensing throughout this neighbourhood. And now, sir, in requesting your acceptance of this emblem of the office you are called upon 'to discharge, permit me to add the humble tribute of my own personal ac'<nowledgement of the kindness and courtesy experienced at your hands. ever since I had the privilege of being enrolled amongst the honoured brethren of this town. You will look upon it with pleasure in after days, as recalling your own part in the work of to-day ; and you will look up from it wits thankfulness to God, who hath led us through difficulties 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 may be abundantly endowed with that wisdom that cometh down from above, in whose right hand are length of days and happiness, and in her lett hand riches and honour; that you may he blessed in your own soul, in your family, & your people; that your last days may be your best days; that your declining years may give you a long foretaste of that bliss and bh sseduess that is ensured for those that are God's dr ar children 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 roe 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 of the kind we have ever before witnessed. It bore the folloWing in 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 schools In ,connexion with the Church of St. Barnabas, Liverpool, Sept. MDCCCXLIV., Thos. Nolan, A.M , incumbent; Thos. Wagstaff, John Lawrence, churchwardens." The Rev. Rector Baooxs 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 me to take upon myself the office this day assigned me. But, when you ask . it as a favour, I am sure I c onsider the obligation lies entirely upon the oth er s id e . I l oo k u p on it a s a high privilege—as a most gr a tifyi ng p r i v il ege —t o have been employed in such a work as we are this day commencing, and to he selected as a person qualified to lay the first stone of a building which, I hove, will be the means of promoting beth thd 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, but 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 my opi nion, so finally settled, that it is almost useless to talk about education itself. The great object we ought all to have in view is to give it a right direction. Now, sir, you and I, and those friends whom I e 3 assembled around me, and, 1 hope I may say—indeed I believe I may say the great majority of the population of this country, 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 allow, 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 only wish 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, that theta is hardly a clergyman attached to the Establishes 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 instruc tion to those adults who are able to receive it at our hands from the pulpit ; but it is our bounden duty ,—ami 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 day ; but I can not do so without expressing my earnest congratulations to you, and to those who have been acting with you, on the way in which you have overcome difficulties, sur mounted obstacles, and, at last, have been put in the way of completing a "labour of love" of such great impor tance to 'this extensive and populous district. To you, sir, and to those gentlemen who hale so kindly acted with you, I consider the parish of Liverpool is eminently indebted. You have been pleased to mention a certain number of names, whom I am happy to recognise 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 longer detain you from the work of the day, but proceed now to perform the office which you have assigned me ; and I hurobly pray that the blessing of Almighty 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 yesterday, 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 the poor in the principles of the Christian religion, in accordance with the tenets of the Church of England. The foundation stone of these schools was laid on Monday, the Second of Sept., A.D , 1844, by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, A.M., Senior Rector of Liverpool; Thomas Nolan, A M., Incumbent of St. Barnabas' Church; Chris topher Alexander Graham, A. 8., Curate; Thomas Wagstaff, John Lawrence, Churchwardens; Arthur Hill Holme, Architect; Alex ander llule, Robert Anderson, Builders.--' And all thy Children shall be taught of the Lord ar.d great shall be the peace of thy Children.'—lsaiah lie. 13." The Rector having then laid the stone, striking it at the four corners with the mallet, and using all the other customary ceremonies. The Rev. Mr. NOLAN offered up the following praym, composed for the occasion : Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 0 thou in finite and eternal Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son, in thy name, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, three p ersons an d o p; God, we commence this great undertaking: thy blessing we invoke, that thou would'st prevent us with thy most gracious favour, arid further us with thy continual help. Gracious God and Father vie acknowledge with humble tbankftilness thy goodness and mercy, which hath followed us hitherto in this work : grant that as it f* 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 of 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 Jestts Christ whom. thou hest sent Merciful Saviour, suffer little child ren to approach thee here, and thou Spirit of Holiness descend upon them from on high, that many from out of these intended schools, from generation to generation, may be finally accepted et God, being washed. justified, and sanctified by the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. Here, t t God, we . ask. 4 blessing upon all that shall be engaged in the future working a these schools: bless, we beseech, the masters and monitors, the teachers and children that are to assemble in this house: Weis also our friends and supporters, those especially who have be friended us hitherto, through whose bounty and z?al, owing to thy goodness, we hye teen enabled to advance thus far, Bless, 0 . Heavenly Father, we humbly beseech thee our Sovereign Lady • Queen Victoria. her consort, and her children, endue them with thy grace, and make her a blessing to this kingdom: Prosper, 0 God, all the Institutions, civil and religious, at home and abroad, of our beloved land: Bless also, we pray thee, our beloved chorea.: preserve her from every taint of error, keep her as a pillai and ground of the truth amongst us Bless her Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, especially our own Bishop: endue thy ministers with righteousness and truth, and make thy .chosen people joyful.: defend her from her enemies : " destroy her not for a blessing is in her strengthen her stakes and enlarge her borders, that her sound may go forth through the land; come ye children hearken mite me, 1 will teach you the fear of the Lord.' " Bless the dear brethren and friends assembled with us here to day, especially thy dear servant who has : just now commenced this good work : Sale us from accident or injury, even to its completion. Mark us with thy blessing that our hearts may rejoice, when we give glory to thee where alone niigti.i shtno the u oo pratesthe unrlyn a ne n lde d edei mat oegir.l.oarnyllihs advocate, l ' m ue e : r prosper cy ogu.ar, iho t o l ti t 4 o e u la. lantite Father, * i s ]: of our hands upon us, 0, prosper thou our handy-work through d j ou es r u s s tre C entre a sont, tihsy ourSpiritn o we invoke,inee: his upo wordso the d i e d a s t o h w a e nd ad m op e t t , it w s h o e f n t dear y relia say as he bath taught us—Our Father, &c. The Rector then pronounced the blessing; and the children of the Blue 'chool, who had opened the proceed ings of the day, by si ng i ng th e h ymn commenc i ng w ith the lines— • • ..Let children hear the mighty deeds, Which God performed of old," closed the ceremony by also singing a hymn of " Lord of Fleaven, and earth of ocean, Hear us from thy bright abode." The Blue School band then struck up the National Anthem ; and the who!c of the children proceeded to the residence of the Mayor. at Aigburth, where they had been previously invited by his Worship, and where they par took of his kind hospitality. His Worship was unavoill ably prevented from being present at the ceremony. The vast assemblage of spectators separated at the same time, half-past one o'clock. COLLEGIATE INSTITITI I w.--We beg to refer our rer4- ers to the adveetisement of torthcomm., lectures, which will be found extremely interesting. This evening . , the celebrated Montgomery will terminate Ins course, and will notice the most eminent of our Bri isk poets, a list of whom is given in the iidveitisen ent. t f Mr. Hirklin's lectures we h re heard much ;n ! , ca'. , .. The sul j:ct is as interesting AA his manner of tr , sting 't g judicious. Mr. Charles Kemble's readings will, o b prove gnally attractive here as in London,:wbere f ship c able audiences crowded Ellis's Rooms to hear thew, though the sum ehsrged for admittance to each reading was half-a-guinea to each person. Miss WEI ITN A I.L'S GRAND CONCERT ON FRIDAY N EXT. — We are sure the public must be thankful for this spirited effort of Miss: Wbitnall to afford them another opportunity of hearing the celebrat'd singers Who, on Tuesday last, delighted us at the Amphitheatre. The programme, on this occasion, is a well selected one, and embraces several gems of musical composition, Miss Whitnall herself making an addition to' the list of vocal— ists, and interspercing their Italian with a little homely English music. In the first act she g ives a new song, written exp ress ly f or h er by S amue l Lover; and in the second, besides a duet a ith Lablache end a tart in a con certed piece, the beautiful Sewer) hailed " Bonnie Prince Charlie." Miss Chi istiana Weller will perform a grand fantasia on the piano -forte, which to those who have not ! heard that young lady's delightful playing, we need not say will be worth their attendance, and of which we say to those who have not bed that pleasure, go ant on Friday evening. We have no doubt t140,1,1:1X0 c ramtned, and would adtige our friends to 7 4 ;4.L‘ t ickets, if they want to have a seat. /If/ > vi,T 4 " fai( ~4 - 0 10 2 1 4" 4 ) - 34 1 a 41 4 6 o ,lPU sl r' S 100(1