The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

To sail on the 201 h instant.
For NEW YORK,
The first-class coppered and copper-fastened Ame-
rican Ship HELEN,
Captain TIIADEUS B. SMITH'
Itegister 430 tons. The above ship is well kno n the trade
,
Bsa very superior conveyance for goods ; and •le particulars
tI freight, cabin passage, &C. apply to the Cap in, on board,
rrince's Dock ; to Mr. ANDREW TAYLOR •, or to
GALT, BARFF, and BENNETT.
/'reight, payable at 4 dollars 80 cents per pound sterling.
On SALE, 90 Tons of KENTLEDGE.
-_____ (One concern.)
- To sail on the 20th infant.
t For NEW ORLEANS,
),:si The American coppercd and copper. tened fast-
sailing Ship NORMAN ,
Captain S. HALL;
Nister 641 tons : Waterloo Dock. This vessel was built
le°' a Packet between New York and Havre, and has excel-
ot!lt accommodations for cabin passengers. For particulars
._saute, freight, &c. apply to Messrs. RAYNES, LUPTON,
acid Co. or .D., . , to GALT, BARFF, and BENNETT.
t-reight payable at 4 dollars 80 cents per pound sterling.
••-...1.....—__

U
For SALE,
4-ft7:-`, And now lying in the Canning Do and not yet
named,
A splendid new Liverpool-b RIG,
.131111iltOT;-the construction to sail fast and carry t
ag good cargo ;
is built of the very best materials, and under the inspe-
ti-t;;rl,, Lloyd's surveyors ; she is a beautiful model, and is
I)Z°le for general purposes. Length, 92 feet 6 inches ;
24,7" th, 24 feet 5 inches ; depth, 14 feet 6 inches. About
b o.ll.—For particulars apply to the Owner, on
°4lll, or to D. TONGE, Ship Valuer,
And Broker for the Sale of Ships, 7, Castle-street.

aeSTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.
Special General Meeting of the Shareholders of this
Ta„ Company, held, after due notice given, at the London
ero,.Bilhopsgate-street, on the 29th of September, 1840,
R Henry 'Bosanquet, Esq., in the Chair;
thee Port from the Directors, and Estimates of Tr con
lit Portion of the line between London and Colch er, an-
It led, having been read—
was, upon the motion of John Swift, Esq. o' iverpool,
!,eeonded by George William Boyd, Esq., f iverpool,
beattsolved unanimously, that Debentures o 86s 8d each,
witilllng interest at £5 per cent., and conver le into Shares
0,
_in three years, equivalent in value to the present Shares
1,25 each, should be issued.
jolee Resolutions for issuing these Debentures advertised
Ur
le newspapers.)_

'Pon the triotiol.l°.Of Thomas Mather Esq., of Liverpool, se-
:untied by John Copland, juu., Esq., of Chelmsford, _
392 salved, " That this Meeting do herby declare forfeited,
Shares_in this Company, numbered as follows :-
2371 t
3850 ° 4315 16426 to 16430 33259 to 33260 50273 to 5_ 03,,3,52
to 3889 16975 to 16979 42851 to 42855 50383 to :)1121i
,1082 to 4131 27620 to 27669 43577 to 43596 54787 to 5-1796
10161 to 15170 28370 to 28419 46065 to 46094
And this Meeti .
T°t•al ..
and when they thinki.tt,h.
r ow pany'sn
to the
party .07 itshees
said
i re forfeitedetor sat
ao r
edsi
,s os e pursuantas
get of Parliament.
fhe Chairman having left the Chair, the same having t_ake
n bY Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq., the Deputy, hair-
Man, it was resolved unanimously—
" That the thanks of this Meetin,g be given to the Chair-
Henrytail) Bosanquet, Esq., for the urbanity. and hnparie-
7itY with which he has presided over the business of tl
z.........teet'0g.,,

NASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SHARE-
HOLDERS of this COMPANY desiring to have ap-
propriated to them the
in the
convertible into
e;,.._,hares, mentioned in tlie following Resolutions passed
te;"uulously at the Special General Meeting of the Frop
11-,„8 of this Company, held on the 29th of September last,
11014 t give notice in writing of their intention to become the
to the
of such Debentures which notice must be addressed
11e Secret. •of the Eastern Counties Railway Grompany,
of Secretary
ocof
rstreet, Shoreditch, London, and dayued • the Office
t'a Company, pirorbefore the 24th tober.
11jQrder of the Board, !di
1)A. 13ULKELEpr, Secretary.
higbes ated the Ist October, 1840.
h unanimously passed at the General Meet-
Th he
'-qt ld at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on
~Y the 29th of September, 1840 :
;)f thth_at (subject and without prejwiteeTo the Resolutions
bro 4 k;ornpany at the Meeting held on the 26th day of Fe-
kee-TIY, 1839, or any thing done in pursuance thereof), so
kutho PI the sum of £533,333 (which the Company are
*ith axed to borrow) as bath not been borrowed, he forth-
‘illtie arrow ed, and taken up at interest on the credit of the
°I u on Mortgages or Debentures, of the amount
‘8 „•,,,
.13
• .66...• each.
trsot.u4t like Mortgages or Debentures he. issued and
reti,;:," (when and as occasion may, in the opinion and &s-
-id' :" of the Directors, for the time being, require), to the
114.:113,0unt of such part of the said sum of £533,333 as
leoril°,een already borrowed, may be hereafter paid off and
,u,itvre-,,-ea again ; and that the Directors for the time being
'Se lifter, at any time, and from time to time, to borrow
'....,U3e or any part thereof, again accordingly.
IN'llat to all such Debentures as aforesaid, the common
olf the Company be affixed.
4rith'l hat such new Debentures be numbered in regular
Nth metical provression, beginning with the number 1 and
bireitB with the number 64,000, and that each such Deb en-
N t
ed e distinguished by the number or numbers so to be ap-
same.
,eo4.l4aat the Proprietors of Shares in the capital stock of the
beerll:ll4 shall have the first option of taking such New
ltit 'Zu ; and that the same, or so many of them as shall be
Lh shall be appropriated to such of the Proprietors of
4tel,4”ves as shall, within three weeks after notice of the
kore Iltions of this meeting shall have been given, in one or
dditlewaPaper or newspapers published in the
.conties.of
'et es ex, Essex Suffolk and' Norfolk, give notice in writ-
e °l. th • - ' itch heir intention to take up such new Debentures ; and
lath 8„11,,eh Proprietor shall have and receive any number. of
140,.yebentures which he may by his said notice require,
;I) lial,u;ed that the number of such Debentures be sufficient
`htti-lafY and meet the claims of all Proprietors : but if not,
Arno „ such new Debentures shall be distributed rateably
!lett:lst the Proprietors who shall give notice as aforesaid,
ip thrthog to the number of shares held by them respectively,
r,,e Proportion of on of such Debentures for £8 6s. Bd.
ct of each share.e
Ati4tle',aat as to all such Debentures as shall not be appro-•
fore,, distributed, or disposed of, under or by virtue of the
thia6r,°ll3g Resolutions, it shall be lawful for the Directors of
!,;id `'utapany, for the time being (when and in such manner
gto"13011 such terms as they in their discretion shall, from
B. to time, think proper), and they are hereby authorised set
tititeMpowered to dispose thereof (for the benefit and at the
k't or the Company) to any Corporations or persons who
IQbe willing to become, and shall become, purchasers and
Ara
thereof.
ha That all the sums of money advanced to the said Cons-
ttris; on or in respect of the said Debentures, shall bear in-
-I,_‘)t th,"the rate of £5 per cent. per annum, from the time
r par nee or respective advances thereof, until the same
qd t-I, Off, or otherwise satisfied, as hereinafter mentioned;
vt•hZat such interest be payable, and paid at the Company's
140 half yearly, on the sth day of October, and fifth day
in each year.
th,„utt it shall be lawful for the Directors ofthe Company,
,01a„Ir discretion, but meeting the convenience of the share-
-4Jeb,"lB as far as is reasonably practicable, to include in one
theylliture so many of the said sums of £8 6s. Bd. each, as
,„4:8 6„11Qall think fit, the distinctive number of each sum of
‘'e,/iti0.,,5.,(1,. being, nevertheless, preserved as hereinbefore
vb. 41U(1.
titol,'"aat every person agreeing to advance to the said Com-
i„Lur of the said sums of £8 6s. Bd. shall pay the same
6' he -"unents as follows (or sooner, at his option, on terms
Zoter„erranged between him and the Directors of the said
~-11 tic:4 in their discretion), that is to say, the sum of £2
-"20., 29th of October next ; £2 on the 17th March, 1841 ;
et;abgerthe 18th of July, 1841, and £2 6s. Bd. on the 17th No-
ts' 1841.
914,t every person advancing any of the said sums of
rollisso.,ll`',;vadpsoannsduch Debenture as aforesaid shall be secured
s as Counsel shall advise), the option
.144,11 Perlon atinaneya-ntime before the sth day of October,
.ott, La have of and demand. fr.on! the said Company, in re-
p,t,e, thus sum of 18 bs. Bd. then paid up, a share
e,rett se,St in undertaking equal and equivalent, in all
`4)., order of the £25 shares now existing ; and this
ff,eorijitsupth and direct that the said Company shall
tt, ai,..61 create and issue such new sharetor shares upon
Ces_ ender and cancelment of the Deben ure or Deben-
-eel,' 11 respect of which such new share or shares shall have
14,414)1 etsioled aforesaid; and the new shares so created
074 ,11-„,) Dividends and for all other purposes,. be considered
"es miE the same as, and equally with, the now existing
et, 25 each.
6at 11 the event of any of the said instalments on any
Qs
-buries not being paid on or before the
a7sEeultaiwve.
c4Jortil.fixed.forthce pay.ndie&t thearneof, h
thereuponits to de-
tr,e'tteio
memorandum(byea•uteCtois of h
in e
the booksop wyherein an entry or
elf such
YuchDebenture shall have been made, as the Company's Company's Acts), that the power of convert-
QOt4re tock as hereinbefore mentioned the particular De-
sk,le arisur suto of .£8 6s. Bd. as to which such default shall
De-
same siZl.,ahall thenceforth cease al be at an end, and the
That ,stuen and thereupon accordingly be. at an end.
liot;°,11111,"0.11e of the new Debentures to be
beatissed under or
Of 8(1,0' the foregoinv resolutions shall ransferable
of he pro payment of all calls and interest due (at. the time
ftr'voi;_used transfer) upon the share or shares, in respect
ted ague Debenture or Debentures proposed to be trans-
, or were originally issued."