The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-15 00:00:00

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GREENOCK N.ND GLASGOW STEAMERS,
77k.- With Goods and Passergers,
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THREE .TEM A-WEE.I‘,
*l4 „..1.:,. 'lns CITY ~GLA.SGOW SYEA NI-PACKET
-,,...1^, COM PA.NY'S V iSSELS,
CITY OF GLASGOW (New. Steamer .Captain R. EWING,
VULCAN, Captain ,JGH BUY, .
JOHN WOOD, Captain CuLl FERGUSON,
Sail as under, froin the Clarence Dock, with or without
Pilots:—
•: The CITY, OF GLASGOW sailsTo-inortaow, (Saturday,)
the I.6fh instant, at Eight o'clock in the Evening. , !
The JOHN WOOD sails on TIJSDAY next, the 19th
instant, at. Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon.
Apply to DAVID .INVIVEIt and Co.,
, 3:1, Water-street.

Tr!: 'For DUBLIN-AN-D BELFAST.
THE CITY OP DUBLIN
C-+ STEAM-PACKET COIN PANY,
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INCORPORATED .B\ CT OF .
• The above - Company sail their. Vessels, with or without
Pilots,) tak;tig Goods and Passengers to t e following ports,
namely,
To DUB LIN: Daily.
For: BELFAST, the HIBERNIA, every WEDNESDAY,
from the Clarence Dock...

Apply, for Dublin Line, to
SAMUEL PERRY, 27,
for Belfast Line, to Water-street.
JOHN M'CAMMONand Co., •

The principle of this Company is that of attaching all Im-
porters and Exporters by a Division of the Profits amongthem,
after pa) meat of the Dividends—thus creating a community. of
interests between the Shippers and Shareholders—a principle
which will best guarantee to its Proprietors a certainty of their
Dividends, and to Shippers of all descriptions of Goods and
Live Sick the having a well supported Establishment of first-
class Steamers, avid the lowest.rate of Freight compatible with
due attention to their maintenance.

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Foreign Packets. •
THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPAN Y'S first-rate.and superior PACK-
*, is ETS leave the CUSTOM-HOUSE,,LON DON,
gites&':-;::- for—
HAMUURGH, (carrying his Majesty's Mails,) every Wed.
nesday, and Saturday, early in the AI r ing, returning every
Wednesday and Saturday.
ROT rgRDAM •and the RHINE, carrying his Majesty's
Mails,) every Wednesday and Saturda_y. Morning, at Seven
o'clock precisely, returning every Wednesday and Saturday
Morning. Reduced Pares—Chief Cabin, £2 2s.
ANTWERP and the RHINE, (with ,a;tiag of letters from
the Postoffice,) every Thursday Morning, at Eight precisely,
returning every Sun-day at the same hour. Reduced Fares—
Chief Cabin, £2 2s.
OSTEND and the RHINE, every Saturday Morning, re-
turning every Tuesday night.
CALAIS, every Sunday, Morning, returning every Wed-
nesday, Night.
BOULOGNE, every Wednesday Morning, returning every
Saturday Night.
For freight to Rotterdam and Antwerp apply to Messrs.
Dry Bt>i and KAHN, 4, Crescent, Minories; and on the other
stations to Mr. NotthisN, No. 1, Water-lane, Tower-street.
Berths may be'secured- at the Offices of the Company, 37, Re-
gent Circus, and 69, Lombard-street, and at 61, Charing-
cross, and 56, Haymarket.
Powerful Steam Packets may be engaged for Towing and
Excursions. CHAS. BESSELL, Secretary.
General Steam Navigation Company,
69. Lombard-street, and 37, Regent Circus. London.

• SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
AT a PUBLIC MEETING of MERC ANTS, MANU-
FACTURERS, and other INHAB 'ANTS of MAN-
CHESTER and the neighbourhood held the Yoax HOTEI,
in Manchester, on the sth January, 183 •
DAVID HARRISON, s in the Chair,
Mr. Vignoles's Report having bee ead,
It was moved by JOHN CHEETHAM, Esq., and seconded by
WM. SIDEBOTTONI, Esq.,
Ist. 'That it appears to this Meeting that a very eligible Line
of Communication by Railway between the Towns of Manches-
ter and Sheffield, with two short Branches to Glossop and to
Staley Bridge and Ashton-under-Lyne, may be effected with
great advantage to such Towns,_ and with every probability of a
lair return of Profit upon the. Capital required.
Moved by SIDEBOTTOM Esq., and seconded by JOHN
ASHTON, Esq, •
2d. That a Company be formed to carry.this:object into ef-
fect, with a Capital of £800,013Q to be raised in Shares of £lOO
each.
Mdved by E. L. SIDEBOTTOM, Esq., and seconded by JOHN
DALTON, Esq.,
3d. That David Harrison, Esq., Charles Hindley,
George Sidebottom, Esq., J. Sidebottom, Esq., W. SidebottOrn,
Esq., John Cheet ham, Esq,John Ashton; Esq. John Wood,
Esq., Benjamin Waterhouse, Esq., E. L. Sidebottom, Esq.,
Robert Shepley, Esq., Francis Sumner; Esq., Aaron Lees, Esq.,
and John Dalton, Esq , be-the Provisional Committee to the
Company at Manchester, with power to add to their number.
Moved by Wm. SIDEBOTTOM, Esq., and seconded by WM.
MALLALIEU, ESQ.,
4th. That the. Liverpool and Manchester. District Banking
Company be the Bankers at Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne,
and. Staley Bridge; and that MessrS: Hadfield and Grave, in
conjunction with Messrs. Parker: and Wells, of Sheffield, be the
Solicitors, • and Charles Vignoles, Esq., the Engineer to the
Company.
• Moved by the Rev. RICHARD
,PASNETT, and seconded by
CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., N,r.,
sth. That this Meeting approves of that portion of the Report
which contemplates a connexion with the prOposed Cheshire
Junction Railway, thereby enabling the Company to set down
Passengers in Store-street as well as by the main Line, to deli-
ver Goods and Passengers at the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway.
x Moved by WILLIAM WRIGHT, Esq., and seconded by WM.
/ MALLALIEU, Esq.,
6th. That these Resolutions be published at the discretion of
the Committee. DAVID HARRISON, Chairman..
A vote of Thanks was unanimously pissed to the Chairman,
moved by CHARLES II INDLity, Esq., -M.P., seconded by WM.
WRIC,HT, Esq.
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SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
AT a• PUBLIC MEETING of the .BANKERS, MER-
CHANTS, MAN UFACTURERS, and Others, IN-
HABITANTS off' the ToWn and Neighbourhood of SHEFI
FIELD, held on the 4th day of January, 1836, at the CUTLER'S
HALL, in Sheffield.
The Right Hon. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, in the Chair.
The report of CHAS. ViGi,ioLis, Esq,, upon a new line of
communication by a Railway from Sheffield to Manchester, was
read, and
It was resolved,—That it appears to this meeting that a very
eligible line..of communication between the towns of Sheffield
and Manchester, along the course of the /Rivers Don and
Etherow, with two short branches to Glosslip and to Stayley
Bridge and Ashton-under-Lyne, may
caapnidtal''ritehquired.
bp effected with great
,vry probability of a fair
aredtvuarnntaogreprtoofistuuchpotnowthnes,
'Moved by JOHN SPENCER, Esq.,:illaster Cutler, seconded by
Mr. JOHN WARD,
That, such a communication is of immense importance to the
town of Sheffield, since it will afford a direct, expeditious, an I
economical mode of conveyance not only for passengers butalso
for goods and merchandize to LiVerrol, and will, moreover,
render available to the manufacturing population of Sheffield,
as well as,of other towns on the line, an inexhaustible supply of
coal and other minerals.
• MoVed by.J. A. WARD, Esq.; seconded.by Mr. J. ELLIN,
. That a company be now formed . to, carry these objects into
effect with a capital of £BOO,OOO, to be raised in shares of £lOO
each.
Moved by Mr. THOS. LAYCOCK, seconded by Mr. Taos.
SMITH,
That the Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe, and Messrs. Hugh
Parker. Offiey Shore, Michael, Ellison, Samuel. Bailey, Edward
Smith, Bartholomew Hounslield, Samuel Hadfield. Thos. Ellin,
John Sykes Josh. Levick, jun; William Fredk. Dixon, Thor.l
Deakin, 'Thos. Smith~_ John, .1-fazlehurst, ;John ,Rodgers, John.
Spencer, Thos.. Asline Ward, John Sanderson, William But-.
eher, Henry Doncaster, Jnnathan Roebuck, and Thos. La:4'-
cock be the Provisional Committee of such Company at She
field, with power to add to their number.
Move'd by Mr. THOMAS ELLIN, seconded by Mr. JOHN
}1 A TLEHURST,
That Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co. be the Sheffield Bant-,
ers, and Messrs. Thos. James Parker and George Wells (in.
conjunction with Messrs. Hadfield and Grave, at Manchester,):
be the Solicitors, and that Charles Vignoles, Esq., be the En-
gineer to the Company. •
Moved by Mri, BENJAMIN SA YLE, seconded by Mr. THOMAS
DEAKIN.
That these Resoltitions be published at the discretion of the
Committee.

WH AlltNC LIFFE, chairman

That the thanks of this meeting be, given to L'ord Wharn-
cliffe for his services in the Chair, moved by HUGH PARKER,
Esq.. seconded by Mr. WILLIAM VICKERS.