The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-22 00:00:00

AT a MEET' NG of the SUBSCRIBEEIS
lately made of an intended LINE or
Stratford!on-Avon Canal to the Eegent's

_ a SURVEY
,r NAL.from the
al, Loudon, held
. lOih day of March,
~
_,and determine upon
purpose of making such

at Dee's Royal Hotel, Rif minghain:on t
1836, to receive the Report of such Stull
tbe establishment of a Company fur tb

Canal,
FRANCIS DOWNING, Esq., in the Chair,
a Plan and Survey of the Line of Canal having been laid be
fore this Meeting, and Statements having been made by which
it appears that, besides the advantage of avoiding the passage
of 129 Locks, the proposed Line would effect a saving be-
tween Birmingham and London by Canal conveyance of 361
miles; that the reduction or saving in the freight of iron to
London by such Line would amount, according to the calcula-
tion of experienced Carriers, to about 50 per cent. on the pre-
sent charge; that in respect to coal and coke the advantages
would be equally great; and that the saving in the freightof manufactured goods and general merchandize to and from
Bitmiogham and London may be reduced to about twenty
shillings per ton—
&sc'ced unanimously,
• I.—That in the opinion of this Meeting the proposed Canal
would afford the best and most direct line of water communica-
tion practicable between the Midland Disit int and the Metro-
polis, and by the communications it would open with other
Canals would be the means of establishing, by way of Birming-
ham and Wolverhampton, a line of Cau3l Conveyance between
London and Manchester and Liverpool decidediy superior to
that now existing; that such communication would belie& in a
_highly_, important degree the Mining Districts of Staffordshire,
Worcestershire, and Shropshire, and be productive of immense
advantages to the manufactul ins*, commercial, and agricultural
interests of the kingdom at large.
2.—That a Company be established for mak:ng the Proposed
Canal. and that it be called " The London and Birmingham
Canal;" and that the Capital shall be raised by 30,000 Shares
of 1:.100 each.
3.—That the following Prospectus now read be approved and
published:—
Prospectus of a Line of Nav:gation from Bienringham to Lon-
don, comniencing al toe Soatfo)d. on-Avon Canal, in Warwick-
shit and ending at the Regent's Canal, London, to tie called
" The London and Mt iningharn 'Canal." The great and
leading o.hje6s of the poposea undertaking e—
lst.—To eciect the cheapest and most di, ect p• acticable Line of
Water Coro munir ation between London and Dittningharn,and
the great Mining Districts of Sianidsbire,Woteesiershire, and
Shropshire.
2d.—'170 obtain, by the communication it will open with the
S,ratford, Woicesier, Birmingnatn, Birmingham and Liver-
pool, Ellesmeie and Cheste-, Treht and Mersey, and Bridge-
water Canals, the quickest, cheapest. and most convenient line
of Canal Conveyance between London, Bitminghana, Livet-
pool, ard Manchester.
3d.—To give the aad advantages of water convey-
ance to the valuable and eziensice districts through which the
proposed line of navigation io inteaded to be tai.er —districts
capable of great and rapid improvement, and to which nothing
can so maierially contribuie its a cheap and direct communica-
tion Iv it tribe Met ronotis and the g eat n-,aneacturing Towns of
Warwickshire and Staffoldsbire.
It must be evident that the proposed uneettaking embraces
objects of the highest national importance, and cannot fail to
produce great and almost incalculable advantages to the Agri-
cultural, Commercial, and Manufacturing interests of the
'Kingdom. The extraordinat v facility that tins line would give
to London and Liverpool, to the Manufacturers of Manchester,
Birmingham Wolverhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge, and Wal-
sall, and to lhd 14dpeietars of Mines and Works is the coun-
titsstrfs Siptaexoffiala,4
.Nitioir6crevies Worcester
,aßnidrini Salop,gha m a mustbend obyious to
Wolverhampton,the
tifiliOgreartboroughlate water coax mcnicatien
rpool, and as vessels would be, pass-
and the citiAotiottsgldineral 'dist, lets, would then be situated,
of the highest ad vantages.
about miditatt
toe inereased.faciliry:and dis-
ribtitaiheeineotlitinitilolyo:ibn:eotuabegt
pidjvatiotoivne,
04-letintlfettnCie of the propoied, undertaking is the „men_
ing of a.AtieSrpoedviinnnication.lietween the,Merropolis and the
Great/ChAlTfelds of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. In the
attainment of this object every inhabitant of London ought to
feel himself
intere
rktad,,•OPe,tience every cla,i{firrnishing addi-
tional proofs thatnothing but effective competition from the in-
terior of 'the •kirikdbfli"cin insure to the 'householders of London
a regular atid'Steady :supply of Con tat moderate prices;Terhaps
it Is scarcely-trOsiihle for the most sanguine:mind to form an
adequate ccineetainn of the benefits that would:result from en-
abling thellitllnil Coal Proprietor to compete with the Nor-
thern Proprietor in Supplying;London with Coal. Monopoly
would he,rrilifferettimpossible, combination frhstrated, and free
and active Corripelition completely secured.
With a view to render this concei a as extensively useful as
possible, the rates of tonnage will be low, and thus command
that great Mass business which invariably follows moderate
Charges.
Manure and road materials will be permitted to pass at low
rates. Wharfs wilt be provided where the Canal will intersect
maitinhoroughrates, andevery encouragement be afforded to the
fee developement of the energies of the districts through which
the Canal will pass.
Tlreptoposed Navigation will possess all the improvements of
the best modern Oanals where tunneling is necessary; two
tunnels with a towing path under each will be mace; the sides
if the Canal will be walled, and the greatest of all modern im-
prevetnents, the double towing patty, will be carried throughout
the whole line.
Confident 'in the soperior cheapness and convenience of
water convelvbnee (particularly as regards raw materials and
heavy cluirnifdilias) the promoters of this undertaking have no
hesitation iii'stromitting,ttre:r plan to.the public, in the face of
the numerous Railways how in course of formation, every, day
in their 'judgment furhishiligiforther,,and satisfactory proof,
that though Railway convey-aunedir4 ire preferred for passen-
gers and light goods; that xeepii;sel dispatch and will bear high
rates of transit, the great bulk of thedtstrde of the country will
stilt be carried On through, th,elbsedialuArf cheap navigable com-
munications.. ;tl,) or. bnernimowi 1 .i=9')(l,
The calctitalliAshdiiitioliie pitapat? haing founded on indis-
putable data, the Plinnitiltert of tine measure hove no hesitation in
stating that the prnapeetcof I.etunnertition is:in the highest de-
gree enCouraging, and-that ifiduet consideiationbe given to the
merits or the proposedline, tulles great extent and simplicity of
its levels, to the supeliority it.will possess is respect to distance
and lockage, to the well ascertained fact that a full supply of
water can he provided, the "colielusion'will be fully warranted,
that is a short time after, its "completion this really grand inter-
nal communication, will yie!ri such a return as Will entitle it to
be classed amongst the most prodective and successful under-
takings of the kind in the kingdom.
4.--,That Messrs. Thomas Badger, John Barker, Richard
Bradley, Thomas Cotterill, T. R. Cobb, Robert Dices Chance,
William Chance. Francis Dpivoing, Edward Dixon, James
Foster, Francis Finch, Thomas Yate Hunt, Richard Haines,
Joseph Grout, Richard Grestey, John Griffith„ Joha Lewis
Moilliet, James Mason, Charles Berry Molineux, Samuel
R.vland, Bobert Scott, Theophilos Richards, John Bound,
William Danbury Sparrow, Joshua Scholetield, Richard Smith,
and Philip Williams. with power to edit to their number, be and
are hereby appointed 1'; ovisionai. Directors, with full powers to
establish the Compaity,,direct survey's, plans, and estimates of
the line of the proposed Canal, and to take all necessary steps
for obtaining an Act of incorporation in the next Session of
Parliament.
5. That Messrs. Ingleby and Wragge, of Birmingham, and
Messrs. Bar.endale, Tatham, Upton, sod Johnson, of 5, King's
Arms Yard, Coleman-street, London; and Mess's. Wilson,
Bell, and Steward, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, be and
are hereby appointed Solicitors to the Company.
6.—That James Walker, Esc,., and John Thomas, Esq., be
and are hereby appointeu Engineers to the Company.
7.—That Mr. Dugdale Houghton be and is hereby appointed
Surveyor to the Company.
B.—That Prlessts. Taylors and Lloyds, of Birmingham, the
Birmingham Bunking Company, and Messrs. Digon. Dalton,
and Co., of Dudley, be and ate hereby appointed Bankers.
9.—That until the completion of the Canal, interest at the
rate of 3i per cent. be allowed to the Subscribers on each call
from the time the same shall be paid.
TRANCES DOWNIIIG, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the Chair, and Edward Dixon,
Esq., being called to the same,
Resolved unanimoasly,—Tbat the best thanks of the Meeting
be and are hereby given to Francis Downing, Esq., for his
support of the undertaking and for his able conduct in I tie chair.
EDWD. DIXON.