The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-08 00:00:00

lOttblis MoDitO.

T a MEETING of the COAL and IRON-NIASTERS,
held at the HOTEL, DUDLEY, on FRIDAY, the 12thf
o
A~February, 18.36; to take into Consideration a proposed NEW
LINE of CANAL from BIRMINGHAM to LONDON,
MICHAEL GRAZEBROOK. Esq., in the Cbair,
Mr. Dc'GDALE HOUGHTON attended and laid before the
Meeting a Plan of a Line of Canal proposed to be made
between the Stratford-on.Avou Canal and the Regent's
Canal at London ; and it appearing from Statements made
to the Meeting, that besides the great advantage of avoid-
ing the passage of 124 locks, the proposed Hite would effect
a saving between Birmingham and London by Canal Con-
veyance of 35 miles—that the Reduction or Saving in the
height of Iron to London by such line would amount, ac-
cording to the calculation of experienced Carriers, to full
Fifty per cent. on the present charge—that in res ct to
Coal and Coke the advantages would be equally at, and
that the Saving in the freight of Manufactured oods and
General Merchandise from Birmingham to 4ondon, and
vice versa, would amount to Twenty Shill t per lon
ItesoLyzo,
That it appears to this Meeting that the sed Canal would
afford the best and most direct line of Water Communication
practicable between the Midland District and the MetrOpolis,
and by the couimunicatioo it would open with other Canals,:
would be the means of establishing, via Birmingham and Wol-
verhampton. a line of Canal Conveyance between London aped
Manchester and Liverpool decidedly superior to that now ex-
isting; that such ComMunication Would benefit in a highly im-
portant degree the Mining Districts of Staffordshire, Worces-
tershire, and Shropshire, and be productive of immense advan-
tages to the Manufacturing, Commercial, and Agricultural In-
terests of the kingdom at large.
That the Subscribers to the Survey of the proposed-Canal be
requested to convene a Meeting of those desirous of promoting
the undertaking, for the purpose of forming a Company, and
taking all necessary in .asures preparatory to applying to Par-
liament for powers to carry the plan into effect.
MICHAEL GRAZEBROOK, Chairman.
Per pro. The EARL of LICHFIELD—SAML. GEORGE,
Bentley Iron Works.
FRANCIS, DOWNING, Dudley.
W. H. SPARROW and Co., Bilston Iron Works.
PHILIP WILLIAMS and SONS, Wednesbury Oak
Iron Works.
G. and E. THORNEYCROFT, Shrubbery and Bradley
Iron Works.
.M. and W. GRAZEBROOK, Netherton Irou Works,
near Dudley.,
• JOHN BA R K ER, Chillington Iron. Works.
JAMES FOSTER, Stourbridge Iron Works.
'GEORGE JONES, Coselv Iron Works.
WM. WARD, .Priesttields" Iron Works.
JAMES, BATSON, Great Bridge Iron Works.
• EDW. DI.XON, Horselev
SAML. DAWES, Bush Varna Colliery.
.For Sir 11.. D. C. ST. PAUL, Bart.—Rtcrto. BRADLY,
Willingsworth Iron Works.
BRADLEY, BARROWS, and HALL, Bloomfield Iron
Works.
WALTER WILLIAMS, Albion Iron Works, West
Bromwich..
EDW. AMPHLETT, Horielev Colliery.
Per pro. W. and G. FIRMSTONE-11. C. FIRMSTONE,
Lays iron Works, Dudley.
JOHN ROUND, Hangs Collery, Wades, Tividale.
JAMES SPITTLE, Wednesbury Colliery.
TIPTON FURNACE CO., Tipton Furnaces—per C.
BIRCH.
CHARLES BIRCH and Co., Bilston Furnaces.
CHAVASSE and Co., Cutler's End Colliery.
CHAVASSE, MILLS, and CHAVASSE, Blister) Old
Colliery.
JOHN DUDLEY, Corbyn's Hall Iron Works. Per pro.
ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY—SAMUEL HOLLOWAY,
Square Field Colliery.
Per pro. BANNISTER, BANKS, and Co.—Geo. BAN-
NISTER.TividaIe Colliery.
RICHD HAINES, Copliall
JOHN TURTON FEREDAY, Oracles Colliery and
and Monmore Green Collieries.
BY DING and HUNT, Swan Colliery.
JOHN RYDING, Ball's Hill Collieries.
B BEST-for R. SMALL, J. H. SHEARS; and J.
TAYLOR, Comgreaves Iron Works.
THOS. and ISAAC BADGER.
PHILIP WILLIAMS and Co. Union Furnaces West
Bromwich.
GEORGE PARKER, Conygree Furnace, Tipton.
HOUGHTON and FOLEY, Furnace Colliery.
JOHN HOUGHTON, Whimsey Colliery, Oldburv.
HENRY Dowstmc--for BORDESLEY STEEL COM-..
PANY; Birmingham.
JOHN WHEELEY and Co. Brettell-lane Iron Works,
Stourbridge.
JOHN BAGNALL and SONS, Goldshill Iron Works,
• West Bromwich.
J • OHN and BENJ. GIBBONS, Corbyn's Hall and Level
, Iron Works, Dudley.
`EDWARD PAGE and SONS, Roway Iron Works,
~West Bromwich.
JOSEPH PARTRIDGE; Coal-master, Hill Top, West
Bromwich.
W. and J. MILLINGTON, Summer-hill Iron Works,
Tipton.
BLACKWELL and JONES, Russell's Hall Iron Works,
near Dudley.
BLACKWELL, JONES, and .OAKES, Buffer), Iron
Works, near Dudley.
RICHARD SMITH, Mineral Surveyor West BrOmwich.
JOSEPH HADLEY, Srnethwick hron Works.
JAMES ROBERTS, Iron-founder, West Bromwich,
Heath.
BENJAMIN HUNT, Sheepwash Iron Works, Tipton.
JOHN HENRY BATE—for the EAGLE FURNACE
COMPANY, Great Bridge.
J. RoarreseN—for BIRMINGHAM COAL COMPAN Y,
Toll End.
jOHN'RUSSELL, Sparrow's Forge, near Wednesbury,
WM. JOHNSON-for the HORSELEI COAL and IRON
COMPANY, Tipton.
For the Tat:gyms and EXECUTORS of THOMAS BLOIS
PRICE; Bilston Brook and West Bromwich Iron
Works—WM. To mKY.S.
HowAs SOLIS et,O SON, Tividale Iron Works.
FRANCIS FINCH, Great Bridge New Colliery.
THOS. DAVIS, Ridgacre and Crook Hay Collieries.
West 'Bromwich.
SAMUEL BILL, Coal-master, West Bromwich.
JOHN.TILDASLEY. Aston Junction Forge, Birming-
ham.
'THOM AS MORR 'S, W !dnesbury and Tipton Collieries.
THOMAS NOCK, Grea. Ocker Hill Colliery.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL,
CAPITA.L, THREE MILLIONS.
IN SHARES or .£lOO EACH: £2.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Chairman—Francis Downing, Esq,
Badger, Thomas, Es Dudley. .
/"./
parker, John, Esq.,: Wolverhampton.
-or
Bradley, Richard, Esq., Tipton.
Bullock. Edwin, Esq., West Bromwich.
Cotterill, Thomas, Esq., Birmingham.
Chance, Robert Lucas, Esq , Sinethwick.
Chance, William, Esq., Bit mingham.
Dixon, Edward. Esq,. Dudley.
Foster, James, Esq., Stourbridge.
Finch, Francis, Esq., Great Barr.
Gresley, Richard, Esq., Meriden.
Glout, Joseph, Esq., London.
Griffith, John, Esq., Alreston.
Hawker, Thomas; Esq., M.P., Himley.
Haines, Richard, Esq., Westßrourwicts.
Hunt, Thomas Yate, Esq., Brades.
Moilliet, John Lewis, Esq., Birininghte.
Mason, James, Esq., Birmingham.
Molineux. C. Henry, Esq., Dudley.
Robins, William, Esq., Stourbridge.
Ryland, Samuel, Esq. Warwick.
Richards, Theoehilus, Esq., Birmingham,
Round, John, Esq., Sedgeley.
Scott, Robert, Esq., Birmingham.
Sparrow, W. Hanhury, Esq., Wolverhampton,.
Scholefield, Joshua, Esq., M.P., Birmingham.
Smith, Richard, Esq., London.
Williams, Walter, Esq., Handsworth.
Williams, Philip, Esq.. Tipton.
Webb, John, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent.
With power to add to their number.
Sot.tcurons.—Nessrs. Ingleby and Wragge, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, 7, Great
Winchester-street, London ; Messrs. Wilson, Bell, and
Steward, 35, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
BNOINEIRS.—James Walker, L & E., London ;
John Thomas, Esq., London.
Suavavort.—Mr. Dugdale Houghton, Birmingham.
BANKERS.—Messrs. Taylors and. Lloyds, Messrs. Molliet and
Son, Birmingham; Birmingham Banking Company; Messrs.
Dixon, Dalton, and Co., Dudley; Alessrs;;Hankey and Co.,
7, Fenchurch-street, Loiriun SaPte,Baubury,
Muspratt, and Cu., 77, I,,,inbafd-street, London...
L--The Act or Parliament will provide that no person shall be
responsible beyond the amount of his Shares.
i.—Deposit of :2 per Share to be paid, and nis farther call will
ke made until the Act Ito obtained.
3.—The ifePOsit.irlialThe-arairraittr'Orrhe necessary expanse* of-
the undertaking.
4.—lnterest at the rate of 3i per cent. will be allowed ;on the
calls, until the completion of the Canal.
s.—Cetus will be made after the, Act is obtained,AtlidEoy,
payments of f.:6 3s. per Share.
114 r.
13RUSPECTUS of a Line of Navigation from ,Birtni4llll-
3 to London* commencing at the Stratford-onAY,i'D •VII 19;
in Warwickshire, and rutting at the Itegent'a
to be called .‘ The LONDON and BIRMINO, AM CANAL
NAVIGATION."
Tl.e great and leading objects of the proposed undertaking
aro—
Ist.---To effect the cheapest and most direct practicable Line
of Water Communication between London and Birmingham,
and the great Mining districts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire,
and Shropshire.
2d.—To obtain, by the communication it will open with the
Regent, Stratford, Worcester, Birmingham, Birmingham and
Liverpool, Ellesmere and Chester, Tient and Mersey, and
Bridgwater Canals, the quickest, cheapest, and mist convenient
line or Canat Conveyance between London, Birmingham, Li-
verpool, and Manchester. Also by a junction with the Oxford
Canal at Banbury, au improved communication to the City of
Oxford.

31.—T0 give the facilities and advantages of water conveyance
to the valuable aud exteusive districts through which the pro-
posed line ,if navigation is intended tube taken—districts capable
of great and rapid improvement, and to which nothing can so
materially contribute as a cheap arid direct communication with
the tnetropolis
shirr, , _
_and . e great manu g the facturin 'towns of Warwick-
' a" t-4trordshire.
It must be evident
that the proposed undertaking embraces
objects of th&L,
n'AlOtist national importance, and cannot fail to
produce great.. itlniost,incalculable advantages to the Agri-
cultural, Co;,:
Kingdom. , • "al. and Manufacturing Interests of the
The ii extritord . •-'
Mary f,,,,
• ty that this Line would giVe to Lon-
don and Liverpool. tii the Manufacturers of Manchester, Bir-
mingham,. Wolvertc
, u'ull)too_. Dudley, Stourbridge and Walsall,,
- ,
and to the Proprietors of Ast4iinoes and 'Works in the counties of
Stafford, Worcester, and must lie obvious to the most
stiperficial observer.. liiroi'n% and Wok+ erha mpt un and_
the contiguouit'MgirneeartalihtisotiigicghtLaw:ouwid then be situated ahnni
,raidwayti.in . the .
a . Latl cornmithicat ion be,
tween ondou and Liverpout,
an ,:in tit a ,
unuteach direction,
tanebe4prodoclive
and, as Vessels. would; be passing incessantly n"
Manche'ter'''
the increased facility and despatch couldit,:odti.v
of the • highest .advantavDi,,, 711 e saving
posed route, ,41, . ‘40.: 44i,:4:14, nlll.o,,Unii thc, .leficks till g the Pr": 1
a red wed '
1)401 one huireirpt
,9,l4A4'tiriq-;uxlifjorrdyial44
, . .
One Brest feature of the proposed under taking t/Ts,;apeo-inii
of a cheap' Communication fietweem the Metropolis and the
Great Coal Fields of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. In the
vtainnient of this °blest every Inhabitant of Londtul ought to

.feel himself interested, experience every day furnishing
Lionel proofs that nothing but effective competition from the
interior of the kingdom can insure to the Householders of Lon-
don a regular and steady supply of Coal at:moderate prices;
perhaps it is scarcely possible for the most sanguine mind to.
form an adequate conception of the ir-enelits that would result
from enabling the Midland Coal. Proprietor to compete wi. h the
Northern Proprietor in supplying London with Coal. Mono-
poly would be:rendered impossible, combination frustrated, and
free and active :competition completely secured. By the pro-
posed route Staffordshire Coal can be delivered the City
Basin at prices, varying in toality, from 15s. to 20s. per Ton.
With a view to. render this concern as extensively useful as
possible, the Rates of Tonnage will be low, and thus command
that great mass of business which invariably follows moderate
charges.

Manure and Road Materials will be permitted to pass at low
rates. Wharfs will be provided where the Canal will intersect
main thoroughfares, and every encouragement be afforded to
the free developement of the energies of the Districts through
which the Canal will pass.
The proposed Navigation will possess all the improvements
of the best modern Canals; where tunnelling is necessary, two
tunnels, with a towing path under each, will be made; the sides
of the Canal will be waited; and the greatest of all modern im-
provements, the double towing path, will be carried throughout
the whole Line
Confident in the superior cheapness and convenience of Wa-
ter Conveyance, (particularly as regards taw materials and
heavy commodities,) the promoters of this undertaking have no
hesitation in submitting their plan to the public, in the face of
the numerous Railways now in course of formation, every day
in their judgment furnishing further and satisfactory proof that,
though Railway Conveyance may be preferred for passengers
and light goods that require despatch, and will hear high rates
of transito, the great bulk of the trade of the country will stilt
he carried on through the medium of cheap navigable com-
munications.
The calculations as to the revenue being founded on indispu-
table data, the promoters of the measure have no hesitation in
stating that the prospect of remuneration is in the highest de-
gree encouraging; and that if flue consideration be given to
the merits of the proposed Line, to .the great extent and sim-
plicity of its levels, to the superiority it will possess in respect to
distance and lockage, to the well-ascertained fact that a full sup-
ply of water can be provided, the conclusion will be fatly war-
ranted, that in a short time after its completion this really grand
internal communication will yield sucn a return as will entitle
it to be classed amongst the most productive and successful un-
dertakings of the kind in the kingdom. According to a mode-
rate esqinate. full 'fen pet Cent, will be realized By the
proposed route Goods will be delivered in London in thirty-two
hours, instead of seventy by the existing route. The saving in
Freight 20s. per Ton.. .
Applications for Shares to be made to the Solicitors, and to
Mr. GEORGE PALMER. 2, North Piazza, Royal Eitchange, Lon-
don,. according to the Form underneath, add no Shares will be
secured until the Deposit is paid.

London and Birmingham Canal.

Gentlemen,-1 request that you will reserve and secure to me
----,--- Shares iu this Company; and in consideration thereof I
agree to take the said Shares, and to pay the Deposit of £2, as
mentioned in the Prospectus.