Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

-room—Peele's Coffee House, Fleet-street, London, E.O

" That the maintenance of the
source of revenue would be im
of Commons, June 21, 1858. -

Excise on Paper as a permanent
)olitic." -Resolution of the House

President.—The Right I
Vice-P

on. T. Milner Gibson, M.P.
'es idents.
Viscount Goderich, M.P.
S. Gurney, M.P.

Lord Ashley, 31.1)

A. S. Ayrtoii,l%l.l

E. Ball, M.P.
Hon. F. G. F. Berkeley, M.P.
Adam Black, M.P.
L. H. Bland, M.P. (Q.C.)
John Bright, M.P.

It. lianbitry, M.P.
11. Ingram, M.P.
W. II G. Langton, M.P.
J. Locke, M.P. (Q.C.)
W. A. Mackinnon, M.P.
D. Nicoll, M.P.

W. Brown, M.P.

Lord J. T.'Browne, M.P.
C. S. Butler, M.P.

Sir J. Paxton, M.P.
El. Pease, M.P.

I. Butt, M.P. (LL.D.)
C. Buxton, M.P.

J. Pi.kiniton, M.P.
Viscount Raynham, M.P.

lion C. H:Byng, M.P
J. Cheetham, M.P.

J. L. Ricardo, M.P.
J. A. Roebuck, M.P.(Q.C)

J. Clay, M.P

Baron L. N. ROthschild, IMP

Coningham, M.P.
Lord F. Conyngham, M.P.
C. Cowan, M.P.
W. Cox, M.P.
J. W. Crawford, M.P.
J. Crook, M.P.
Sir J. Duke, Bart., M.P.

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E. G. Salisbury, M.P.
H. W. Schneider, M.P.
W. Scholefield, M.P.
Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P.
H. B. Sheridan, M.P.
J. B. Smith, M.P.

T. S. Duncombe, M.P.
W. H. Dykes, M.P.
Sir U. Elton, Bart., M.P.
Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy

Colonel W. H. Sykes, M.P.
W. Tite, M.P.
Colonel C. K. J. Tynte, M.P.
J. White, M.P.

Evans, M.P.
J. C. Ewart, M.P,
W. Ewart, M.P.

11. W. Wickham, M.P.
W. Williams, M.P.
W. Wood, M.P.

W. J. Fox

J. Wyld,

A. VI. Young, M.P
ittee.—John Cassell.
Treasurer.—J. Francis.
Honorary Seeretary.-11. Vizetel!y.

C. Gavin 'M.P.
Chairman of Com

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Branch.
Assistant-Secretary and Collector

.—.T. Lincoln

ASSOCIATION FOR IRELAND.
Committee-room.—The Royal Irish Institution, Dublin
President.
The Right Hon. JOHN D. FITZGERALD, M.P., Q.C.
Vice-Presidents.

J. Bagwell, M.P. (D.L.) ( S. M'Curdy Greer, M.P
J. B. Beamish, M.P. I W. H. Gregory, M.P._

J. A. Blake, M.P.
L. H. Bland, M.P. (Q.C.)
G. Bowyer, M.P. (D.C.L.)
J. Brady, M.P. (M.D.)
Lord J. T. Browne, M.P.
I. Butt, M.P. (LL.D.)
F. M`Namara Caleut, M.P
W. H. Cogan, M.I
Lord F. Conyugha
M. E. Corbally, M
Serjeant Deasy, M.P.
J. T. Devereux, M.P
M. Dunne, M.P. (Q.C.)

Col. S. F. GrAille, M.P.
J. Hatehell, jun., M.P.
Sir R. Levinge, Bart., M.P
J. M'Cann, M.P.
A. M'Carthy, M.P.
E. M'Evoy, M.P.
Capt. W. 11. Magan, M.P.
J. F. Maguire, M.P.
P. M'Mahon, M.P.
Sir T. O'Brien, M.P.
P. O'Brien, M.P.
The O'Donohue, M.P.
Hon. G. L. Proby, M.P.

M.P.

J. Ennis, M.P. . .
Capt. J. Esmonde, M.P.

F. W. Russell, M.P.
C. Tottenham, M.P.

W. Fagan, M.P.
C. S. Fortescue, M.P.
0. D. J. Grace, M.P.

L. Waldron, M.P. -
Col. H. White, M. P

Chairman of Committee

Dr. John Gray

Tieastmer

Honorary Secret

j J. Cameron.
Bankers— The loyal Bank, Foster-place.
lssi,stant Secretary and Collector—F. Nowla

ASSOCIATION FOR SCOTLAND.
Committee Room-75, Princes-street, Edinburgh

President.
WALTER BUCHANAN, ➢i.P

Sir David Biewster, Principal of Charles Lawsim,Chairician of the
the University of St, Andrew's. Edinburgh Chamber of Com-
C. Cowan, M.P. merce.
E. H. J. Craufurd, M.P. Thomas de Quincey,
W. Ewart, M.P. Rev. C. Rogers (L.L.D.).
H. E. C. Ewing, M.P. Bailie Russel , Edinburgh
Councillor Fyfe, Edinburgh. Col. W. IL Sykes, M.P
Professor Gibson
Chair
Banker

e e - William Chainbers.
The National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh
J. Knox.

rt of Com

Treasurer and

s for the English Association to be addressed
assistant Secretary and Collector, Peele's
treet, London, E.C.

*.• All communicatic

to Mr. John Lincol
Coilee House, Fleet

(PROSPECTUS.)

T"

MERSEY GRAVING DOCK COMPANY
(LIMITED).
Capital £BO,OOO in 1,600 shares of £5O each.
Deposit of £lO per share.

DIRECTORS.
John Palmer Palmer, Esq., Chairman.
Francis Anderson Clint, Esq., Deputy Chairman

James Beazley, Esq.,
George Robert Clover, Esq.,

I William Donald Ryrie, Esq.,
Joseph Younghusband, Esq.

BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of Liverpool.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Carson Ellis & Field, Talbot-chambers, Fenwick-street,
Liverpool.
AUDITORS.

Messrs. Harmood Banner and son, North John-street, Liverpool

SECRETARY PRO TEM.
Mr. Harwood W. Banner

The Mersey Grava;r;Ci.eonpany (Limited), has been incor-
porated under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Acts
1856-1857. The objects of the Company are the Building, and
more especially the Repairing, of Wood and Iron Ships, of every
description; and with these objects in view, negotiations have
been enterd into with Messrs. Clover and Boyle. and Mr. William
Ashley Clayton, for the purchase from them, of their several leases
of the extensive Graving Docks and Yards at Birkenhead, held by
them under the Corporation of Liverpool, and also of the Tenant-
interest of Messrs. Clover and Bowie in premises in Baffin-street,
and /Etna-street, Liverpool, and of all plant, machinery, and stock
in Birkenhead and Liverpool, belonging to the above parties and
of the goodwills of their business; and Messrs. Clover and itoyle
and Mr. Clayton, are now willing to transfer the same upon terms
which appear to the Directors very advantageous to the Company.
The Corporation of Liverpool (the lessors of the premises at Birken-
head), will give their consent to the tranfer of the leases.
The above Graving Docks, lying between Monks' Ferry and
Woodside Ferry, afford great advantages, and are sufficiently capa-
cious to accommodate at one time from 9,000 to 10,000 tons of ship-
ping for repairs. They contain over 30,000 square yards of land,
of which 14,000 yards are dock and water space.
• " "

he Buildings-form a massive pile of stone and brick building,
300 feet long by N feet wide, and comprise lofts, rigging-rooms,
and workshops for joiners, blockmakers, smiths, andbodermakers.
There are also engine houses, foremen's cottages, and stables on
the premises. The stock on the premises is very large, comprising
an ample supply of materials necessary for the trade.
The average rentals are under 2s per square yard, including cost
f warehouses and workshops.

The dues charged owships entering these docks, are thos,
by the Mersey Docks and-Tlarbour Board.

There is little or no tidal current in the ricer between Woodside
and Monks' Ferries, and experience has proved that the largdst
shipt can be easily docked and undocked at these yards in all
weathers. . _ .

The premises in Baffin-street and /Etna-street, in Liverpool,
where Messrs. Clover and Royle have for many
.years corned on an
extensive business in repairing ships, will, it is considered by the
Directors, be a valuable adjunct to the undertaking.
The Company being essentially a ship•repairing company, and
the profits divisible amongst the shareholders, shipowners becom-
ing shareholders will receive, in the dividends, a per centage of the
money expended in their own vessels, whilst the work will be
efficiently and economically done. •

It is contemplated that under the supervision of the Directors the
practical management of the business of. the company shall be con-
ducted by Mr. Clayton and Mr. Joseph Royle.
. The Directors having made the most carefnl inquiry into the
nature of the business, the capabilities of the docks and yards, and
the estimated profits, anticipate a remunerative yearly dividend
upon the capital of the Company and the fact that many extensive
shipowners have already taken shares, is a guarantee that the Com-
pany may at all times reasonably expect a steady and increasing
business

Applications for sh,
to Harmood W. Bann
or before the 31st of J

nnexed form, must be addressed
treet, Liverpool, or

, 24, North John-
-1R59.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.