The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-19 00:00:00

Enouranct Niotirts,

WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, /
CI-11Ei' OFFICE, LIcETE2 .
riTHOSE Person who have heretdfore nstired With the Pro-
tector. Fire Office (which is a ut to discontinue its
Iliiitiess) are respntfully reqUested give .this Office that
preference, which .the return of luilf ihe pfofits td the AS:mired
entitles it to—a bengfit not generally to be derived.
LIVE INSURANCES are effected on the approved plan
of-giving to those Ittsiird a participatiOn in the dispoStifile sur-
plus Premiums, which maybe added as a Bonus_to the Sum
insUred,or applied in reduction of the future ANNUAL PAY-
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A Reduced Seale of Premiums and.: Conditions may be had 6
WHITEJIQUSE and SON, Agents,
12, Exclialige-buildings, Livetptiol.

ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS FOR
MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS, SMELTERS, &c,
On Tat; as DAY, the 28th day of January instant, at three o'clock
in the ajternoon, at the Fleece Inn, St. Helens, in the County
of Lancaster, the following Lots of Land, belonging to the
St.' Helen's 'and Runcorn Gap Railway Company, viz :,
Lot 1. A FIELD, or Close of LAND, in Widnes, adjoining
a House called the Vineyard. and situate on the
west side of the St. Helen's and' Runcorn Gap 1 ilway, bound-
ed on the north and. west by a lane called Brie • ouse-lane, lead-
ing to
Knowles,
Ferry, and on toe south nd belonging to
M. Knowles, and containing '2A. lit. '331 tatute Measure:
2. A FIELD, in Widnes, called the •eat Hey, separated
form Lot I by the Railway, bounded on the north by Brick-
house-lane, on the south by Land belonging to Mr. Knowles,
tihoengtresgttboy the Railway, and containing
oßnom,thsetnie,asutslitiy,Laannddobne the Trustees of the late Henry
9A. la. 39e. statute measure. . , •
3. A KIEL in Willies, called the Little .Bradley, situate
on the east side of the Railway, bounded on the north by Land
belonging to. Mr. Johnson, and on the east-and southby Brick-
house-lane, and containing 3a.. 3i. 301 e. statute measure. •
4. A FIELD, in Widnes, (torment two Fields,) situate on
the West side of the Railway, bounded on the north. by Land
belonging to the "frustees of the late Matthew Gregson, Esq.,
on the northwest by Land belonging to Sir Henry Bold Hogh-
ton, on the south by Land belonging to the Trustees of the late
Mr. William Ashton, and on the westby a lane leading to Ron-
corn Ferry, called Lugsdale's-lane, and containing 3a.3a. 23e.
• statute measure. • •• • •
Fl ELD, in Widues,.situate on the east side of the Rail-
, way, bounded on the northeast by a lane . called Page-lane,
which separates the said Eietd irons the estate of David Bellhouse,
Esq., and on the south by Land belonging to Mr. Johnson, and
containing.3A. I it. 2011'. statute. measure.
6. A FIELD. or
.piece of LAND, in Widnes. situate on the
east side of the Railway, at the Widnes Incline Plane, bounded
on the north and east by Land.helonging to J. S. Leigh, Esq.,
and on the south by other Laud belonging to the• Railway
Company, and containing la. Oa. Be. statute measure.
.7. A -Piece of LAND,. to Sutton, with five COTTAGES
thereon, situate on the east side of the Branch connecting the
St: Helen's and Runcorn Gap Lailway with the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, bounded on the north by Land belonging
to Miss Marsh, and on the east. by Laud belonging to Sir Hen-
ry Bold Hoghton, and containing 38i-e. statute measure..
8. FIELD, in Sutton, abuttin,on the Railway, at the paint
netir the Copper Works wheye ti7e.„Railway ()ranches off to St.
Helen's and the ,Broad Oak colliery, bounded on the northwest
by a Field belonging to the representatives of the late Mr. Bar-
ker, on the west by a field belonging to Miss Marsh, and on the
northeast by the Railway, and containing 3e. 32P. statute mea-
sure.
9. A FIELD, in Sutton, near the Copper Works, on the
Broad Oak Branch of the Railway, bounded on the north and
east by Land belonging to Mr. Johnson, on the west by the.
Railway, and on the south.by a public highway leading towards
Peasley.Cross, and containing 2e. 31P. statute measure.
10.- Another FIELD, in Sutton, situate on the east -side of
the Broad Oak Branch of the Railway, bounded On the north-
east by land belonging to-Mrs. Pemberton, and on, the southeast
by Land belonging to Mr. Johnson, and containing 2rl,
statute measure.
A Piece of LAND, in Sutton, situate ou the southside of
the Railway, and adjoining the public road, opposite the en-
trance to Sutton Lodge, and containiug 71e. statute measure.
1/. A Piece of LAND; adjoining 1115 St. Helen's Bridge, in
the township of Parr; bounded.on the south by the public road
leading from St. Helen'Sto Ashton. on the northwest by an oc-
ctiPation road, and on the east by the Railway, and containing
2a. 4i'. statute measure. ' • •
13. Another Piece of LAND, adjoining the St. Helen's
Bridge, bounded on the south by the public road leading from
St Helen's to Ashton, on the northeast-by Land belonging to
Mr. James Leigh, and on the. west by the Railway, and con-
taining la. Oa. SC. statute measure. •
14. A Piece of LAND, in Sutton, on the west side of the
Railway, adjoining Sutton Brook, containing 231 c. statute mea-
sure.
• The six first Lots are Cariyhold-of Inheritance, and the whole
of the others are Freehold. . • • •
Lot 7 will be sold in , one, or divided into several lots, as may
be found most desirable at the time of Sale.
,Lot 9 and 10 Will bn sold in one or. two Lots, as maybe
thought best at. the Sale, and a right of road from the public
Highway will he reserved along the Railway, to form a com-
murica.tion With Lot 10..
Widnes, The Soil of the Whole of the Land, in is of excellent
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the
erection and several of the Lots are admirably adapted for the
erectien of Villas.
Widnes is within. abput hall a ladle of .11nocorn,, and about
four miles from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, passen-
ger trains on tibia are daily met by trains to and from
Run-
corn, on the St. Helen's anti Runcorn Gap Line.
The St. Helen's and Runcorn. Gap Railway,, communicates
With the LiVerPOol and MancheSte? but it is principally
used foriransit of Coals from the•great coal-field, at St Helen's,
to a dock at its termination, communicating with the River
Mersey, opposite to Runcorn. whence- coals are taken by vessels
to LiverpooL.Northividi, Dublin, and various other parts of the
country. _ •
It is obvicins, therefore, that the whole of the above Lots. from
the facility of their communication, by the Railway, with the
coal-field, at St. Wien's, the River Mersey. and the Liverpool
and Manchester Railway, must be admirably adapted for the
.erection of Chemical Works, and Smelting Himses, dr any other
nieces of manufacture, in which the cost of fuel is a cousidera-
For further particulars apply :at St: Helen's, to PETER
OREENALL Esq!;.a.t.Widues,lp Tuotaas Kinn, Esq. ; at S,ut,
ton, to TA•fiEnSar.r.rthe Agent of the Railway
CoMperny; and at Liverpool,.to Mr. HARA1001) WANNER, Har-
rington Chambers, North John-street, or Mr. witm..Ey,
So-
licitor, ESChange-alleY'North, Oldhall-street, at whose Office
Plans of the'Land"ttay be seen.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
A TaMELTING of the INHABITANTS of the CITY of.
DURHAM held in the Town-hall on W&DNESDAN, the.
13th January, 1646, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the probable effect of the GREAT NORTH of ENGLAND
RAILWAY on the interests and Prosperity of the City of
DurhArn.

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I'KfishN r.
The Marquis of London-derry, L. Raisbeck, Esq., Stockton,
Lord Ravens.wort.h, . . G. W. Featherstonhotign, Esq.,
The. Hon. H. T. Liddell,' Sunderland,
Joseph Pease, Esq, M.P., Smithson Esq., Heigh-
W. C., Flatland, Esq., M.P., ington, •
The Hon. A. Tieyor,,M.P., W. 6.h01t0. , Esq„ Gainford,
W. Hutt, Esq., moito , Esq., Lambton,
Meynell, Juu., Esq., Yar J. N I u, Esq., Uhester-le-
mouth, Str , • •
Jahn Allan, Esq., Blackwell, J. P •e, Esq., Gateshead,
The Recorder or Newcastle, H . .1. Spearruau, Esq., Newton
'l'. Cookson, Esq., Hermitage, Hall,
J. Hodgson, Elswick, H. Pease, Esq.„ Darlington,
J. Cartwright, Esq., Norton, The Miqox Durham,
H. Stobart, 4sq., Etherhy, The Rev. Dr. (}illy,
Colonel Mills, E. Shepperdson, Esq.,
T. Fen w ick, Esq., Black Dean ,I W: Mills, Esq.,
W. T. Greenwell, Esq., Ford, J....tiregson, Esq.,
B. Flounders,.,Esq.,.Yarmouth, T. Wilkinson, Esq.,
A. Wilkinson Esq Coxlme., J Burrell, Esq.,
W. T. and G. Salim, Esq., W. Scrutou, Esq., Durham,
-Croxdale, ' • • &c. &c. &c..
THOMAS GREE'NWELL, Esq., I\laor, having been called
to the Chair,

It tratliesidt•ed.
On the Motion of John Burrell, Esq., seconded by Robert
Fleury Allen, Esq., • • . .
That the Inhabitants of the City of Durham having hitherto
experiencedtbe inconvenience and disadvantage resulting front
its inland position in this great commercial country, this Meet-
ing itiniiely impressed with. the. benefit which the prorited
Great North of England .Railway will confer upon it in afford-
ing an easy and expeditious. mode of communication. with ,the
different parts .of the Kingdom, and the greatest possible facility
in-tbe transit of Goods and Merchandise as affects the, City.
On the Motion of William Shields, Esq., seconded by Mr.
Alderman Hutchinson,.
'That the. Meet tug, regarding with satisfaetion.the benefits and
advantages which must accrue to the Inhabitants of' the
.City
from the- Railway .projeeted.aceording to the Plan lodged in the
Office of the Clerk of the Peace, are of opinion that any mete-
rial deviation of the Line•would deeply affect its interests.
Oui;the.Dlotion of John Henderson, Esq., seconded by Wm.
Green, Esq.,
That the Meeting, beine impressed with the manifest and
strikingbenefits which the City of Durham will .derive from the
execution of a public worker so important a character as that
of the Great North of England Railway, cannot but express
their entire concurrence in the measure, and their anxious de-
sire that the project may receive the encouragement and sup-
port of all those. who are interested in the prosperity and welfare
of Durham and the neighbourhood.
On the Motion of George Appleby, Esq., seconded by Anthony
Wilkinson, Esq.,
.That the Members for this City be requested to give the Mea-
sure their zealous suveort when it is before. Parliament.
(Signed) 1 HOMAS GREENWELL, Chairman.
The Mayor having vacated the Chair,
Qn the Motion of the Bey. Archdeacon Thorpe, seconded by
Edward Shepperdson, Esq.,
The Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to hini
for convening it, and for his conduct in the. Chair.