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OPENING OF THE GREENWICH RAILWAY.
BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, Marquee, Tent,
and Rick-Cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke-street, Southwark,
has the Canvass which was used on the above occasion, consisting
of several thousand yards, to dispose of as Second-hand, suitable for
Rick-Cloths, Waggon, Coach, Barge-Cloths, and other coverings;
it is in good preservation, and will be sold at a reduced price.
Netting and Bunting for Fruit Trees. Orders perpost addressed
to 2„ 1)okt-street, Southwark., -

JRESTOYand WYRE DOCK COMPANY,
fiv the Construction of Docks ind•Wirihoustis in Wyre Har4
boor, Lancashire. • • •
Capital £106,00() in shilies'of..£so each.
Deposit £2 105. per shire. '
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.,
(Until Act of Incorporation be.obtained. ) •
P. HESKETH FLEETWOOD, Esil 31. P , Chairman.

Arthur Browne ElAiston, Esq. John Lave, Esq. '
hew- Beanie, Est..' ~..... -' G. ltractintaiih; ' Esq..__.
John Henry Carige, Esq. Thomas Pitt, Esq.
Sir George Drinkwater William Taylor, Esq.
Samuel Horrocks, jun., Es.q. George Walter, Esq.
Frederick Kemp, Esq. John Yates, Esq.
Thomas John Knowlys, Esq. Dr. Henry Young.
Bankers—Messrs. Spooners, Attwood, and Co., London ; Messrs,
Lawe, Hudson, and Lawe, Preston.
Engineer—George Landmann, Esq., C.E.
Superintendent--Captain Edward Smith, R.N.
...

Secretary—Owen T. Alger. Esq.
Agents :—London—F. S. Stokes, Esq., 5, Tokenhouse-yard
Messrs. Seldon and Johnson, shipbrokers, 24, Threadneedle.
street. Preston--James Holland, Esq., Liverpool—kfseph
King, Esq., Exchange-buildings. Manchester— Cardwell,
Esq., 1, Marsden-street. Great Yarmouth—Thomas Pitt,
jun., Esq.

Company's Temporary Offices, 82, Cornhill.
The present Company has been formed for the purpose of esta-
blishing Docks at the harbour of Wyre, which is situate about 32
miles north of Liverpool, on the Lancashire coast, and its prospects
are based on the following incontrovertible facts.
1. That the harbour of Wyre is safe, easy of access, within corn.
modious, and perfectly sheltered from . every wind, and possessing
the facilities of ingress and exit, with a sufficient depth of water for
ships of the largest tonnage.
2. The Harbour dueS being almost nominal, the advantages pre-
sented to foreign vessels in this respect, as also the reduced charge
for pilotage and insurance, are, it is presumed, sufficiently obvious
to secure its recommendation in preference to other harbours upon
this coast.
3. The ready access to Manchester, Bolton, Blackburn, Wigan,
Preston, and the other manufacturing districts of Lancashire, now
improving by the construction of intermediate railways, one t 2
Preston having been commenced, and others being in rapid pro-
gress or in contemplation.
4. The locality and soil are peculiarly adapted by nature for the
construction of docks, and the present undertaking will be completed
at a much smaller outlay than any other work of a similar descrip-
tion, the land being obtained upon the most advantageous terms,
and the greater portion of the usually heavy expenses attending ex-
cavation in this instance being altogether avoided.
In confirmation of the facilities of this harbour, the following ex-
tract from the report of Captain Belcher, who had been sent down
by the Lords of the Admiralty to survey and report upon it, and
which survey was completed in October last, is inserted. - Captain
Belcher, after recommending two or three trivial alterations in the
Channel, and which the Harbour Company are now carrying into
execution, states :—" Wyre would then offer one fair long leading
mark from sea entirely independent of buoys, be totally indepen-
dent of pilots, and a moderate proportion of intelligence would only
be required from the masters of vessels seeking shelter therein.
The fair 10 feet channel (meaning at the very lowest low water
spring tides) being once established, and the traffic ascertained, it
will then be time to consider whether the prospects of increasing
trade and resulting revenue will warrant the further deepening to
18 feet, which I am satisfied could easily be effected by the steam-
dredge, a machine almost indispensable to the maintenance of our
harbours ;"—and his report is equally favourable as to its' being
readily made a harbour of refuge.
The site of the proposed docks will be immediately adjoining the
the terminus of the railway, and goods brought by ships may be
lifted out of their holds and placed on the railway train without
the expense of carting any other labour, or advantage which no other
commercial port Enjoys ; and the construction or the docks will -be
such as a afford every requisite accommodation for the largest
ships employed in foreign trade, as also for the warehousing and
bonding of goods, merchancise, timber, deals, Fec.
The rapidly increasing commerce of Liverpool most fully justifies
the establishment of another seaport on the same coast, affording
the accommodation of docks ; for the great influx of shipping
during these last few years into Liverpool has increased the ton-
nage of ships engaged in the foreign trade to such an extent that
while during the last year Liverpool has an entry of nearly 800,000
tons, London has only about 900,000 tons ; and the same rapid in-
crease has taken place in the coasting trade—that of London being
1,147,452 tons, exclusive of colliers, and at Liverpool 1,141,740
tons during the same period..
The extent of the present traffic in this district (without enter-
ing into any details) may be readily conceived when we find that in
Preston alone there are from 50,000 to 60,000 spindles at work, and
that that town, with the surrounding neighbourhood, contains a po-
pulation of 360,000, according to the census of 1831, which must
have greatly increased since that time, as it appears that in Preston
alone there ....ere, in 1835 and 1836rabout 14 new factories, and
1,600 new houses built, and building is still going on to a great
extent.

In order to give some idea of the probable and early returns
of thi' undertaking, it would appear that even supposing that only
50,000 tons were cleared at these docks during the year, the
amount of dock dues on such tonnage, at an average charge of only
9d. per ton (i. e. varying between 3d. and Is. 3d.) npon ships, and
2s. per ton (i.e. varying between ls. and 35.) upon merchandise,
being at the rate of one-half of the charges at other leading ports,
and calculating that only one-fourth of such tonnage should be
shipped outwards, the dockage would altogether amount to 8,1251.
per annum. To these must be added the important returns for
warehousing, which, calculating that only one-twentieth part of
the goods imported should be warehoused, would at the low
charge of 9d. per ton per week, amount to the sum of 4,8751.
per annum; also rental for ships, luggage, boxes, parcels, &c.,
which may be safely estimated, at a low calculation, at 2,0001.
per annum. The total returns, therefore, would stand thus, viz. :
Dock dues on 50,000 tons of shipping, at
9d. per ton ... £1,875 0 0
Ditto on ditto of merchandise, at 2s. ditto ... 5,000 0 0

Ditto on 12,500 tons of do., at do., exported 1,250 0 0
Warehousing of 2,500 tons of ditto, at 9d.
per week .. 4,875 0 0
Rental of ships' luggage, &c., about

Gross-Returns 15,000 0 0
Deduct wear and tear, management, &c. 5,000 0 0

Net profit ... lO,OOO 0 0
It will not be unimportant, however, to state, that the Docks
proposed will be capable of clearing and managinglso,ooo tons per
annum, which, according to the low average estimate before adopted
for the 50,000 tons, would return 45,000 per annum.
It is intended that the instalments, as they shall be respectively
paid, shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum,
payable half-yearly.
Half the capital required has been already subscribed for by the
Directors and their friends.

Observation having been made upon the smallness of the esti-
mate, the Directors deem it may be satisfactory to state publicly,
that upon a careful consideration of the same, they are quite confi-
dent that the estimated sum will be fully adequate for the comple-
tion of the works.
Applications for shares must be directed, post paid, to the Secre-
tary, or to either of the agents ; and the Directors will proceed,
from time to time, to appropriate the remaining 1,000 shares. as
they may deem expedient.

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