The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

Ti LiVERPOOL- STANDA%D.

county of Salo;

losepb B.
Sir Isaac
Bart.

hapman, Esq. Michael M'Chleery, Esq.
Lyon Goldsmid, Captain Alexander Nairne.
• Thomas M. Weguelin, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
AUDITORS.

Capt. Sir Edward Parry, R.N

Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq
NKERS.

Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thornton, and Co.
1-1 E progressive and rapid decline of the British
T
Whale Fisheries, and the simultaneous advance of those
of America, is fraught with considerations equally humiliating

and alarming. The first naval power in toe worm. now em-
ploys but 85 ships in this, the most enterprising branch of ma-
ritime commerce, whilst the latest returns show the number of

Whaling Ships from the United States to ne 7:35
It is believed that the causes of the decay of this important
trade have been satisfactorily traced, and that the British
Whale Fisheries may be restored, with eminent public advan-
tnge. combined with a highly satisfactory return on the capital

required 'for the undertaking. The Goiernruent has marked
its approval of the plan submitted to its consideration, by the
now unusual grant of a Royal Charter of Incorporation; and
.ho churns of thp rimmaav are. with (it is hoped not unreason-

tne sissies ui Luc ,umpaity duc, ••••—• \--
able) confidence offered to the public.
The,objects of the Company being national, and embracing
within their- scope the improvement of the moral and •social
condition of British seamen, the Directors are anxious, if p 05.41,10
.41,10 ri;‘,,Qt it of thp pharneter of a Metropolitan Associa-
_

smie, to (Lives,. lL ui Inc ...La,—
tion, and to secure for its efforts a general sympathy and 'con-
currence. . With this view, they are desirous of extending its
Proprietary and the sphere of its operations; and have accord-
ingly reserved for distribution, at the principal Outports, a
reasonable portion of the limited number of shares.
Prospectuses, with Forms of Applications for Shares, may be
obtained from Messrs. CHAPMAN, BOWMAN, and CO.,
Fenwick-chambers, by whom any further information that
may be renuired will be afforded, but no application can be re-

Liverpool, Novembei 18, 1846.
'OPENING OF THE SHREWSBURY AND
CHESTER RAILWAY.
9IHIS RAILWAY was OPENED, between RUA-
BON and CHESTER, to the Public, on WEDNESDAY, the
4th November instant.
Trains leave RITABON for CHESTER at 7h. 30m. ; 011. 35m.
; and at 12h. 30m. ; 4h. sm. ; and 6h. p.m.
Trains leave CHESTER for RUABON at ph. 30m., ,and'llb.
30m. a.m. ; and at 2h. 35m. ;
.511,10 m. ; and Sh. 15m. p.m.

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FARES
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first Class, 3s. ; Second Class, 28. 6d. ; Third Class, Is. sd,
Day Tickets from Chester and Ruabon Station :
First Class, 4s. 6d. ; Second Class, 3s. 9d.
Tinle Tables may be had at the principal Stations.
ROBERT ROY, Secretary.
'Chester, 7th November, 1846. •

AMBERGATF

NOTTINGHAM, AND_ BOSTON

AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY.

ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRA-
-111 ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS in the AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, and
BOSTON, and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY, will be
holden on FRIDAY, the 4th day of December next, at the
Exchange Hall. in the town of Nottingham, at Twelve O'clock
at Noon, for the purpose of authorizing the Chairman of the-
Directors to affix the Seal of the said Company to the Register
of Shareholders.

And also to authorize the said Chairman to affix the Seal of
the said Company to a Deed, for the purpose of ..releasing
:Messrs. John Ellis, George Byng Paget, and John Taylor from
the covenants entered into when they respectively signed the
Subscription Contract, and Io return the amount of Deposit
paid by them on the Shares for which they so subscribed.
By order, W. F. N. NORTON. Chairman.
JOHN GOUGH, Secretary. .
Company's Offices, Wheeler-gate, _Nottingham,
17th November, 1846. -
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the
CHESTER and BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY will
be held, at the Clarendon Rooms, in South John-street, Liver-
pool, on THURSDAY, the 3d day of December next, at Twelve
o'clock at Noon, for the purpose of assenting to or dissenting
from certain proposals for the sale of the said Railway, and the
other Property of the said Company, to the Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, or for the
amalganiation of the said two Companies, upon certain terms
and conditions to be then and there stated, and to come to such
resolutions thereupon, or in any way relative thereto, as.shall
'by such Meeting be deemed advisable. Dated the thirteenth
day of November, 1846.
By order of the Board of Directors,
JOSEPH MALLABY, Clerk to the Company.

THE BIRKENHEAD,. LANCASHIRE, AND
CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRA-
I ORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of
the BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the
TOWN-HALL, Birkenhead, in the county of Chester,, on
THURSDAY, the Third day of December next, at Two o'clot.k
in the Afternoon, for the purpose of considering and deter-
mining upon certain proposals for the Purchase of the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway, and the Works connected therewith,
and other the Effects and Property of the Chester and Birken-
head Railway Company, or for the Amalgamation of the said
two Companies, upon the terms and conditions whia will be
submitted to the said Extraordinary Meeting; and also to
come to such Resolutions thereupon, or in any way relating
thereto, as shall to such Meeting seem advisable.
'Dated this day Thirteenth of November, 1846.

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By order of the Directors,
E. P. CHARLEWOOD, Secretary

BiRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRI

AND CHESHIRE

JUNCTION RAILWAY,

AND CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY
PURCHASE OR AMALGAMATION.
JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
intended to be made to Parliament, in the next Session,
for an Act or Acts of Parliament, to' alter, amend, explain, en-
large, and render more effectual, or to repeal some of the

Cheshire Junction Railway Act, 1846," and of the several Acts
relating to the
,Chester and Birkenhead Railway, passed re-
spectively in the seventh year of His late Majesty King William
the Fourth and the first of the reign of Her present Majesty,
anti inlthe third and fourth, and the eighth and nin.h years of
the reign of Her present Majesty.
And "?,•:urther Notice is hereby given, that it is intended by
the said Act or Acts, or some or one of them, to enable the
'Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company to demise and lease
for a term of years, or in perpetuity, or otherwise, to sell, dis-
pose of, and absolutely makeover to the said Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway and Works, or any of them, or any
part thereof, and all or any of the Property and Effects of the
said Company, and all or any of the powers, rights, and privi-
leges belonging to the said Chester and Birkenhead Railway
Company in connection therewith, or in relation thereunto,
and to enable the said. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway Company to accept and take such lease and
to purchase,•Accept, and enjoy the same Railway and Works,
and other Property and Effects, or any part thereof, and to
exercise such powers, rights, and privileges, or anTnr every of
them, and to amalganiate and consolidate the said Chester and
Birkenhead Railway with and into the said Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, and to dis'incorporate

and dissolve the said Chester and Birkenhead Railway Com-
pany, and to alter and vary the rates, tolls, and duties at pre-
sent demandabk, or recoverable, for the use of the said rail-
ways respectively, and to enable the said Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, or the said eon-
sondated Ompaay,ta levy and receive the same or otliff rates,
tolls, and duties imor upon, and in respect of, the said Chester
and. Birkenhead Railway and their Works, and to confirm and
legalize all contracts ;and agreements adopted or approval of,
or acted upon by ,or between the said Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction' Railway Company and the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway Company, or the Directors of either of the
said companies, end any other contracts or agreements which
may be made and executed, or be adopted or approved of, or
acted upon, by or between-the said Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction Railway Company and the Chester and Bir-
kenhead Railway Company, or the Directors of either of the
said Companies ; and to extend and make applicable to the
said Consolidated Company,, and all the property, works, mat-
ters, and things belonging thereto, or connected therewith, all
,sr any of the powers and provisions of the said " Birkenhead,
,Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Act, 1846."
And it is also intended by-the.said Act or Acts to enable the
London anti North-Western Railway Company to raise funds,
and out of their Corporate or Other funds to become interested
in the said lease or purchase, and to contribute to the purchase
of the Said Chester and Birkenhead Railway and undertaking,
or to,contribute or hold shares in the Company or undertaking
to be for. led by the amalgamation of the Chester and Birken-
and Bir' 'read, Lancashire,
_and Cheshire Junction

new.,
Railway Companies; and to enter into such contracts, gr-
rangenllll9
and agreements with the said Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Comtrany, and Chester
no either them, in refo-

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rence to such purchase or amalgamation, as they shall deem
expedient, aad as may be mutually agreed upon between the
said London and NOrth-Western Railway C,ompany, and Bin.
kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Com-
pany, and Chester and Birkenhead Rail Way Company, respec- .
tively.; and for Bich pnrposes to alter, amend, extern?, and
enlarge some of the powers and provisions of ,the several acts
folio
me to the London and North-Western Railway'
or some of them, (that is to say,)—Local and perconal Act *xi;
7aail 9thVict o ria, chapter 1.56, Local and personal fscts 9th and 10th
Victoria, ' chapters 67, 80, 82, '152, 182, 184, 193, 204, 231, 232,
233, It 4, 246; 261, 269, 3099 310,:_ 331; 339, 368, 369, and 396.
JJateol this Seventh day of November, One Thodsatid Eight
NlMdre4,3nd Forty-Six..
- • LLOYD and WALN, 1 golicitors for the Dia.
. - fQO,PII MALLAIIY,,

termitiatin gat Sansiime Fields,

near Lowes-

and County of the slime City, which said intended Railway and
works will pass from, in, through, or into, or will be situate
Within the several parishes, townships, extra-parochial, t.r other
places following.or some of them, that is to say,—TheStone Ward
Without, Holy Cross and Saint Giles, Abbey Fore,gate, Coleham,
Stunt
Trinity Coleham, Shrewsbury, Alktnond, Saint Mary
Saint Julian, Brace Meole otherwise Meole Brace. Sidt,.. 11.•

OULLUII .11111,
Sutton, Longner, Uckington, Berwick Mavison, Cronkhill,
Chilton, Emstrey, Atcham otherwise Attingham, Atcham other-
wise Attingham, Betton and Alkmere, Betton Strange, Little
Betton, Saint Chad, Betton Abbotts, Abbotts Betton, Great
Betton, Betton, Cross HoOses, Cantlop, Eaton Mascott, Bromn-

ton, Berrington, Berrington, Donniniton, Rushton, Norton,
Wroxeter, Eyton and Dayton, Wroxeter, Eaton Constantine,

sage, Belswardiiie, Garmston, Leighton, Leighton, Shineton,
Wyke and Bradley, Much Wenlock, Much Wenlock, Burnt
Houses, Buildwas Abbey and Lands,'Buildwas,'Benthall, Coal-
brookdale, Coalbrook, Ironbridge, Saint Luke Ironbrid,
C^-' Madeley. AT- The T

xialport, Jacktieit., ./arsh, _ tickles,
Severn Hall, Stanley, Coalmoor otherwise Colemere Burton,
Rowton, Swinney, Broseley, Broseley, Linley, Linley, Caughley,
Little Caughley, Barrow, Barrow, Norton, Stockton, Stockton.

Willey., Wiley, Astley Abhotts, Astley Abbotts, Astley,
ley Regis, Aston Eyres, Tasley, the Borough of Bridgnorth,
Bridgnorth, Saint Mary Magdalen Bridgnorth, St. Leonard
Bridgnorth, Oldbury, Oldbury, Eardington, Quatford, Borns-
ley, Mose, Wortlqld, Sutton Maddock, Dudmaston, Quatt

vein' Quitt Jervis, 'Qaatt, Sutton, Hampton otherwise Hemp_
tons Load, Chelmarsh, Chelmarsh, Alveley, Stanley, Netherton,
Highley otherwise Higley, Earnwood, Kinlet, Kinlet and
Dowles, Claverley, and Billingsley, in the county of Salop ;
Upper or Over Areley otherwise Upper or Over Arley in the
county of Stafford ; Eymore, Netherton, Henwick, Hatton,
Grimley, Astley, Areley Kings otherwise Lower Areley, Kibbes.

ford, Little Willey, Great Witley, Holt, Bewdley, BOrough of
Bewdley. Wribbenkall,. Blackstone, Hoarstone, Netherton,

minster, the Parish of Kidderminster, Burlish, Lickhill Moor-
hill, Mount Pleasant, Stourport, Lower Mitton otherwise
Lower Milton, Upper Mitton otherwise Upper Milton.

hlitton otherwise Milton,. Pansington, Clareland, Tifton,
Charrick otherwise Cherrick, Lincombe, Redstone, Ast-
ley, Hampstall, Hartlebury, Shrawley,. Dunhampton, Par-
sonage, Powers, Boreley otherwise Worley, Lineholt, Hadley,
Acton Acton with Downhampton, Chatley, Brookhampton
with domhampton, Uphampton, Bennetts, Sychampton, Tapen-
hall, Northampton, Parsonage with Pavers, Half-way house,
Winnall, Omberslev, Hadley with Hay Elms, Mayeux with
Chatley, Tytchney nolt, Holt Fleet, Northampton' Rax, Old-
field, Mount Pleasant, Comhampton, Saint George, Barbourne,
Whistones otherwise Whitstones, Hawford, Bevere Green
otherwise Beverley Green, Northwick, Bevere otherwise •Bever-
ley, Astwood, Tollerdine, Lower Tapenhall, Upper Tapenhall,
Tapenhall otherwise Tappenhall, Smite, Claines, Whittington
otherwise Wittington, the Blockhouse otherwise Blockhouse
Fields otherwise Saint Paul, Saint Peter otherwise Saint Peter
the Great, Battenhall,. Upper Battenhall, Lower Battenhall,
Middle Battenhall, Grimley, Grimley cum Hallow, Hallow,
Saint John in Bedwardine otherwise Saint John, SainClement,
Henwick, and Saint Martin in the county of Worcester; the
Blockhouse otherwise the Blockhouse Fields otherwise Saint
Paul, Middle Battenhall, Lower Battenhall, Upper Battenhall,
Battenhall? Saint Peter otherwise Saint Peter the Great, All
Saints, Saint Andrew, Saint John in Bedwardine fitherwise
Saint John, Saint John in Bedwardine otherwise Saint John,
Saint Clement, Henwick, Saint Nicholas, the Butts, Pitchcroft
otherwise Pitchcroft Ham, Saint Martin, Saint Oswald, Saint
George, Barbourne, Whistones otherwise Whitstones, and
Claines, in the city of Worcester and county of the same city.
. _

Also a Railway diverging out of the said first-mentioned in-
tended Railway, at or near Benthall Edge, in the Parish •of
Benthall, in the said county. of Salop, and 'terminating by a
kuictiuti with the line of the said Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway, as at present authorized to be made, at or near to
Coalbrookdale, in the Parishes of Madeley and Dawley, or one
of them, and which said last-mentioned intended Railway and
other works connected therewith, will pass from, in, through,
into, or be senate, in the several parishes, townships, extra-
pardchial, and other places following, or some of them., that is
to say, Benthall, Ironbritige, St. Luke's Ironbridge, Burton,
Marsh, Jacktiehl, Madeley, Madeley, Coalport, Coalbrook,
Coalbrookdale, Dawley, Dawley Magna, Dawley Parva, and
Malin's Lee, in the County of Salop.
_ _

Also a Railway diverging out of -the said first-mentioned in-
tended Railway, in the 'Parish of Brosely, at or near The
Werps, and terminating by a junction with the line of tke
said Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, in the Parishes
of Madeley and Stirchley, or one of them, in the said County
of Salop, at or near the turnpike road from Hawley to
Madeley, and near to the Aqueduct House, and which said
last-mentioned intended Railway and other works connected
therewith, will pass from, in, through, into.,,or be situate in the
several parishes, townships, extra-parochial, and other places
following, or some of them, that is to say, Broseley, Broseley,
Ironbridge, Saint Luke's Ironbridge, Jadkfield, The Werps,
Swinney, Madeley, Madeley, Madeley Court, Madeley Wood,
Coalport, Norton, Houton, Burton, Marsh, Kemberton, Kem-
berton, Stirchley, Stirchley, Hawley, Hawley Magna, Hawley
Parva and Malin's Lee, in the County of Salop.
Also, a Railway diverging out of the said first-mentioned in-
tended Railway, at or near to Lower Mitton, in the Foreign-anti
Borough of Kidderminster, in the County of Worcester, and
terminating at or near the turnpike road from Kidderminster
to Droitwich in the Foreign of Kidderminster, in the -said
County of Worcester, and which said last-mentioned intended
Railway, and other works connected therewith, will pass.from,
in, through, into, or be situate in the several parishes, town-
ships, extra-parochial, and other- places, following, or some of
them, that is to say, Stourport, Lower Mitton, otherwise Lower
Milton, _Upper Mitton otherwise Upper Milton, Hartlebury,
Sutton, Oldnigton, Borough of Kidderminster, Foreign of Kid-
derminster, and Parish of Kidderminster, in the County of
Worcester.
Also a Railway. diverging out of the said first-mentioned in-
tended Railway, in the parish of Claines aforesaid, and termi-
nating at the line of the Oxford Worcester and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway, as at present authorised to be made, in the parish
of Claines aforesaid, in the County of the City of Worcester
and County of Worcester, or one of them, near the road from
Worcester to Portfields Farm and Warndon, and which said
last-mentioned intended Railway and other works connected
therewith, will pass, from, in, through, or into, or will be situ-
-ate wholly in the parish of Claines aforesaid.
And it is also intended by such Act to take power to stop up,
-alter or divert, temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and
other roads, and highways, railways, tramways, aqueducts,
canals, sewers, pipes, streains, and rivers, within the aforesaid
parishes, townships, and places, or any of them, which it may
be necessary so to stop up, alter, or divert, by reason of the
construction of the said intended Railways and works, or any
of them, and it is also intended, by such Act, to take powers

for the purchase of lands and houses, by compulsion or agree-
ment, for the purposes thereof, and for levying tolls, rates, and
duties in respect thereof, and to grant certain exemptiohs from
suebtolls, rates, and duties. And it is further intended by
`such Act, vary or extinguish all existing rights or privileges
in any manner connected with the lands proposed to be pur•
chased or taken for the purposes of the said undertaking, or
which would in any manner impede or interfere with the con-
struction, maintenance, or
.use thereof, and to confer other
rights or privileges._ _

And NOtice is-hereby further given, that maps, plans, and
sections, of the said intended Railways, and works, and 'of the
lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together
with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of
the actual,or reputed owners, and lessees, and of the occupiers
of such lands, will be deposited, on or before the 30th day of
November, in the present year, with the Clerk of the Peace of
the CouKty.of Worcester, at his otlice in the City of Worcester;
with the Clerk of the Peace of the City of Worcester, and
County of the.sarne City, at his Office, in the said City. of Wor-
cester with:the Clerk of the Peace of the County of Stafford, at
his Office in Stafford ; with the Clerk of the Peace of the County
of S&op, at his Office in Shrewsbury : and that" a copy of so
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lates to each of the parishes, in, or through which the said in-
tended Railways and works are intended to be made, will be
deposited on or before the said 30th day of November, with the
Parish Clerks of those Parishes respectively at their respective
residences.
And it is further !proposed, by the said intended Act, to en-
able the said Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company
to purchase, or take on lease, "The Shropshire Canal Navi
" gation," or some part or parts thereof, together with all or any
of the lands, buildmgs, property, rights, and powers, of the
Company of, Proprietors of the Shropshire Canal Navigation,
and of any Persons or Corporations (if any) interested
therein, and to enable the said last-mentioned Company,
and such Persons or Corporations, to sell or let and to transfer
the same accordingly and to dissolve the said last-mentioned
Company.
And for the several • S rforesaid, it is intended by the
.said proposed Act to elm, enlarge, or repeal, as far as
may be necessary, some 44 the powers and- provisions of the
following Acts of 'Parliament, namely:--The Acts relating to
the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Navigation, passed respec-
tively in the Bth year of the reign of His late Majesty King
George the Fourth ; in the 11th year of the reign of 11is said late
Majesty King George the Fourth; in the Ist year of the reign
of Her present Majesty; in the sth year of the reign of .11er
said present -Majesty; and in the Bth year of the reign of -Her
said present Majesty; and in the Session held in the 9th and
10th pars of the reign of her said present Majesty ; the Act
relating to the said Shropshire Canal Navigation, passed in the
28th yesnof the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third ;

the Act relating to the Shrewslaul, Canal Navigation, passes
in the 33d year of the' reign of Ilis said late Majesty King
George the Third ; and the several arts relating to the Montgo-
meryshire Gagal, or Eastern Branch ,of the said Montgomery-

shire Canal, rA*.z.,,
the reign of His late Majesty Ring George the Third, and in
the 2nd year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the
Fourth; and the several Acts relating to the Western Branch
of the Montgornervrhire Canal, passed respedively in the 55th
year of the.reign of His late Majesty King George the Third,
and in the 4th year of ate reign of his late Majesty King Wil
ham the Fourth.
Dated this 4th day of November, 1846.
PARKER, HAYES, BARNWELL, and TWiDEN',
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• •1 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Lonagn,
• . porms and BROW/NT; Chester.
' SLATER and NEEIAS,; Manchester,
JAMES WHEELER, Manchester.
HENRY HEANE, Newport.
I,OXDALE and PEELE, Shrewsbury.