The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

LIVERP'OO'L DOCKS.

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LOANS OF MONEY,
Tri tIE COMMITTEE' of the LIVERTOGI DOCKS
1 DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that. they: are willing to
receive LOANS of MONEY, on the security of the Bonds of the
Trustees of the Liverpool'DoCks, at the rate-of FOUR POUNDS
PER CENTUM per antium hit& ,f6iperiods of either Five
or Seven Years.
All letters to be addre to GEORGE WiTtrERS, Esq., Tres-
svrer of the Liverp ocks, Dock-office, Liverpool.
'By order.
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 20th November, 1845.

CONTRACTS FOR COALS. AND CANDLES.. ,
nice of Ordnance,l3th April, 1846.
THOSE Persons who may be desirous of CON-
TRACTING with the Principal Officers of the Ordnance,
to furnish, from the Ist of July next, to the 30th of June, 1847,
such Quantities of COALSund CANDLES as may from time to
time be required for. Barracks and Orelnance.Stations in Great'
Britain and the Channeltlslands, can receive particulars orthe
Contracts on applying at this Office between the hours of... Ten
and Four.
Tenders for supplYing either Coals,ot<raes must be sealed
up and marked "'Fender for Co ;" or Tender for Canilles,,,
and will be received at this ce, addressed to the Secretary
to the Board, on or sbefo EIDNESUAY, the 28th day of May
next, at any time duri hat day ; but no proposal, either for
Coals or Candles,. )e noticed unless made on, or annexed
toga printed particUlar, which must 'be duly filled up and the
prices inserted in words at length.
Tenders to he made for the several Barracks and Stations as
joined together in the particulars of Contract.
By order of the Board,
•11.. BYHAM, Secretary.

GREAT GRUkSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
EXTENSIONS No. 1. No. 2, No. 3, and HUMBER
FERRIES.

NOTICE FS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
MEETING•of the HOLDERS of SCRIP for QUARTER
SHARES and' EXTENSION SHARES of this COMPANY will
be held, at the TONTINE HOTEL, in SHEFFIELD, on' THURS-
DAY, the 14th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, when
copies of the several bills now depending in Parliament, one
entituled "A Bill for making certain new lines and deviations
in the Line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Rail-
way, and for constructing a branch therefrom to the town of
Caistor, all in the parts of Lindsey, in t tflfBtpof Lincoln,"
another entituled "A Bill for enabl" he Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction Railway Co any to make an extension
from the Market Rasen Br. iof the Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction Itailwa o communicate with the city of
Lincoln. and alsopefeh to the town of Barton-upon-Hum-
her, and other wor onnected therewith;" another entituled
" Bill to author' e the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction
Railway Company to make an extension from their line of
railway in the parish of Bole, to join the Nottingham, Newark,
and Lincoln Railway, in the parish of Averham, witka.branch
railway therefrom to the town of Newark-upon-Trent, all in the
county of Nottingham," and another, entitled " A Bill for
improving the'ferries across the River Humber, in connexion
with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,"
will be submitted for the consideration of such meeting, •in
pursuance of, the resolutions of both'Houses of Parliament.
The scrip, or bankers' receipt, must be produced at the
Meeting.
To facilitate and expedite business at the time of meeting, it
is requested that all Scripholders who can conveniently do so,
will present their scrip for 'examination at the Company's,
Offices between' Twelve and Two o'cli,ck, during three days
previous to the- meeting, and a 'ticket mill be delivered to the
holder in respect of the same.
Any Scripholders who cannot personally attend the Meeting,
but who wish the Chairman to vote in respect of their scrip,
may effect that by forwarding their scrip to the Secretary,pat
Sheffield, to the -Solicitors,. at No. 2, Great College-street,
Westminster, two days previous to the meeting.
WORSLEY, Chairman.
J. H. NUMFREY, Secretary.
Great Grimsby.and Sheffield Junction Railway Offices,
April 30, 1846.

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
VOTICE IS `HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
MEETING of the SCRIPHOLDERS of this COMPANY
will be held at the TONTINE HOTEL, in Sheffield, on THURS-
DAY, the 14th day of May next, at Two o'clock in:the Afternoon,
when a copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament, intituled
"A Bill for making.a Railway, from Sheffield to Gainsborough,
with Branches," will be submitted for the consideration of such
meeting, in pursuance of the resolutions of both Houses of
Parliament.
The Scrip or Bankers' Receipts m educed at the
Meeting.
To facilitate and expedite% • ess at the time of Meeting, it
is requested that all Seri ers who can conveniently do so
will present their Seri or examination at the Company's
Offices, between the urs of Twelve and Two o'clock,, during;
three days previous to the meeting, and a ticket will be deli-
vered to the holder in respect of the same. Any Scripholders
who cannot personally attend the meeting, Mit Who wish the
Chairman to vote in respect of their .Scrip, may effect that by
forwarding their Scrip to the Secretary, at Sheffield, or to the
Solicitors, at No. 2, Great College.-street, Westminster, two
days previous to the meeting.
J. J. SMITH, Chairman.
J. H. HIJMFREY, Secretary.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Offices.,
Sheffield, April 30, 1846.

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION
RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
MEETING of the SCRIPHOLDERS of this COMPANY
will be held at the TONTINE HoTim, in Sheffield,
i on THURS-
DAY, the 14th day of May next, at Four o'clock n the After-
noon, when a copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament,
entituled. "A Bill for making a Railway from the proposed
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway to the City of
Lincoln," will be submitted for the consider tion of such
Meeting, in pursuance of the resolntio s both Houses of
Parliament.
The Scrip or Bankers' Rece s must be produced at the
Meeting.
To facilitate and ex edit usiness at the time of Meeting, it
is requisite that all Ser. olders who can conveniently do so,
will present their p for examination at the Company's
Offices between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock, during
three days previous to the Meeting, and a ticket will be deli-
vered to the holder in respect of the same.
Any Scripholders who cannot possibly attend the Meeting,
but who wish the Chairman to vote in respect of their Scrip,
may effect that by forwarding their Scrip .to the Secretary, at
Sheffield, or to the Solicitors, at No. 2, Great College-street,
Westminster, two days previous to the Meeting.

•
J. J. SMITH, Chairman.
J. H. .HUMFREY, secretary.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire .Railway Offices,
Sheffield, 30th April, 1846.

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION
RAILWAY,
GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION
RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.

HE Seripholders in these Lines will probably feel
I interested in the following Correspondence:—
COPY.
Sheffield,27th April, 1816.
Sir,—Statements from at least one shareholder in the Shef-
field, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchesyf Railway Company
having appeared in the public papers . estioning the propriety
of the amalgamation already agree. . pon of that company with
the Sheffield and Lincolnshire .d the Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction Railway Co panies, and the Grimsby Docks,
we shall feel obliged by you abling us to state authoritatively
that the Directors of fir 'heifield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and
Manchester Railway C. • pany still adhere to the determination
of carrying that am !mation into effect.
We arff sir, your most obedient servants,
WORSLEY, Chairman of the Great Grimsby
and Sheffield . Junction Railway and
Grimsby Pock Company.
JOHN J. SMITH, Chairman of the Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Com-
.
any.
To John Parker, Esq., 11 P., Chairman of the Sheffield,
Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway
Company.

Cory.
Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, London, April 29, 1846.
Sir,—l am directed to forward you a copy of a resolution of
the board of directors of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and
Manchester Railway Company, passed at their meeting this
morning.
I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES MEADOWS, Secretary•.
John Jobson Smith, Esq.

A letter from Lord Worsley, the chairman of the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, and Grimsby Dock
Companies, and from John Jobson Smith, Esq., the chairman
of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Rrilway Company,
adverting to a disposition on the part of one or more of the
shareholders in the undertaking to disturb the proposed amal-
gamation of the companies and requesting an authoritative
declaration of the directors' views on the subject, having been
read,—
Resolved unanimously,—That the directors, adhering to the
opinion that the amalgamation, as agreed upon, is highly con-
ducive to the interest of thiscompany, they declare their deter-
mination to use every effort to carry the same into effect, and
their conviction is, that in so doins, they will receive the co-
operation of the great body of tlie §lipobolders.