The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-23 00:00:00

CHESNEY

It was Resolved,

That in the opinion of this meeting ten hours each day
(Sundays excepted) are amply sufficient for transacting the
necessary business of the Shopkeeper, and the release from
further labour would greatly promote the moral, religious,
and social improvement of the assistants ; that the persons

now present pledge themselves cheerfully to submit to ally
trifling inconvenience that may arise from the proposed re-
laxation, and to support and encourage those tradesmen who
conform to the wishes of the I►►habitants, expressed through
the present meeting, publicly convened for the purpose.
That these Resolutions be sianed by the Mayor, on behalf
of the meeting, and be advertised in each of the public
journals, THOS. BOLTON, Mayor.

The Mayor having left the Chair,
On the motion of the Rev. F. BARKER, seconded by the

Rev. F. OULD,

The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to His
Worship, fur calling the meeting, and for his conduct in the
Chair.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND
MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
CALL FOR TENTH INSTALMENT.
THE Directors of this Company having resolved to make
a Call, under the provisions of the act of parliament, for
an Instalment of Ten Pounds per Share, NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, that the several Proprietors in the
Capital Stock of the said Company ate required to PAY the
said CALL or SUM of TEN POUNDS on each of their
respective Shares, on or before the 25th day of May next,
to one of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.:—
Sheffield.... Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co.
Manchester. The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank.
London ..
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. ; and
{ Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith.
Interest, after the rate of five per cent. per annum, will be
charged by the Bankers on all such sums as shall remain
unpaid after the said 25th day of May next, until payment
thereof.
The Directors take this opportunity of stating, that £5
per cent, per annum is allowed on all sums paid in advanc
By order of the Directors.
JOHN WHITELEY,
15, Piccadilly, Manchester, 14th April, 1841

Secretary

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.
EXTENSION LINE.
CALL OF £5 PER CENT., BEING £2 10s. PER SHARE.
BY virtue of the provisions of the Act of Parliament, the
Committee of Management of this Undertaking hereby
give Notice, that the Proprietors of Shares are required to
pay, on or before the Ist day' of May next, at one of the
undermentioned Banks, the sum of £2 10s. on each of their
respective Shares, viz. :
London Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.
Bristol Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co.
Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co.
Messrs. Stuckey's Banking Company.
The West of England and South Wales Dis-
trict Bank.
Gloucester The Gloucestershire Banking Company.
Manchester Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co.
GEORGE JONES,
Chairman of the Committee of Management.
ROBT. FLETCHER, Secretary.
Interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum will be
charged to all Proprietors who may remain in arrear for this
Call after the above-named Ist day of May.
This Instalment will make £2O per cent. on the Capital,
and when paid will entitle the Shareholders to Interest at
the rate of £4 per cent. per annum thereon ; payable half-
yearly at the Company's Offices, on the Ist May and the Ist
November.
Office, Exchange Buildings, Bristol,
sth April, 1841.

JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES
This day is published, price 25.,
THE LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO TI-11
CONSTITUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF AS
SURANCE, BANKING, AND OTHERJOINT-STOCI
COMPANIES. By SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the
Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company.
"This is a judicious pamphlet, well timed,
a man evidently conversant with the subject.'
" Will be read with much interest by all who arc concerned
in joint-stock companies."—Albion.
RIDGWAY, Piccadilly, London; and WEBB, Castle-
Liverpool

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