The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY SPECULATIONS,

Just Published, in Quarto, price only 35., or, Postage Free, 45.,
GILBERT'S ALPHABETICAL LIST of SHARE-
HOLDERS in RAILWAYS of £2OOO and upwards, with
the SURNAME, CHRISTIAN NAME, and RESIDENCE IN
FULL of each Speculator. The very great importance of the

facts contained in this work have prompted its pu
Me cheapest possible form; accuracy may be relied on, as IT IS
COPIED VERBATIM FROM THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS IN THI
POSSESSION OF GOVERNMENT
London : JAMES GILBERT

blication in

By order,
Dock-office,l7th August, 1846.

several Closes or Parcels

Meols, and

upttraLion in L., _ -its'
Safes security, where all others must bnrn their contents.
From the numerous cases of actual Fires in which they have
' been tested, out of the 20,000 in use in the manufacturing and
49, Paternoster-row, and sold by commercial districts, the following contrasted evidence is sub-
of whom may be had. in fivo. 1 nutted to all owners of Books and Documentary Property:—

Birkenhead, Junt

" DEAR SIR,—We have much pleasure in beaiing unqualified
testimony to the efficiency and Important advantages of Mil-

Fire. After the destructive Fire at our offices, this morning,
the books and papers deposited in Milners' Safe, purchased
from you, were found to be entirely uninjured •by fire, whilst

beside it, were completely- destroyed. We will accordingly
thank you to supply us with another Safe of the same size
(No. 4) and description, immediately.

Sir, your obedient servants,
J. and W. WALKER,
. _ _

"Mr. JAMES LAW, Stationer, Birke;liead." ---
Works, 50 A, Lord-street, 47 to 45, Cable-street, and 15, Soutb
din-street, Liverpool ; London Depdt, 47 A, Moorgate-street.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
TO MASTER PORTERS

THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS
give the following NOTICE, viz. :

That on and after the 27th day of September, 1846, the
Cargo of every Vessel from any foreign part entering and using
any of the Liverpool Docks or Basins (on the Quays of which
no warehouses are erected), must be received, weighed, and
loaded off by one set of Porters only, who :must be in the P..-
and under th ,iree

u. _...don and orders of one Master Porter.
And every Master Porter, before be shall be capable of un-
d rtaking or receiving, weighing, and loading off the Cargo of
any such Vessel OMB Plrarinta f!1 the r ivarrtn;cl rrvatPPS a

Bond, with two sufficient sureties in ibeTenaf sum of
for paying or satisfying the Owners or Consigness of the Goods
so received, weighed, or loaded off, the amount of any loss,
damage, and injury which may be occasioned to such Goods
during the receiving, weighing, or loading off the same. And
any Person acting as Master Porter without having _given such
Bond, as aforesaid, will forfeit a sum not exceeding 50 for
every such offence.
Every Master Porter desiring. to be employed in discharging
Cargoes of Ships, is requested to furnish the Committee,' by
letter, addressed to the Secretary, with his name and address,
together with the names and addresses of their proposed next.
ties, not later than Tuesday, the First day of September e)-.
Any further information may be obtained from the Stly-etarY-

secretarY_

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under the
authority of an Act of Parliament passed in the fifty-fifth
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third,
for enabling' spiritual persons to exchange their rarsonage
Houses or Glebe Lands, and for other purposes, as altered by
another Act Of Parliament passed in the sixth year of the reign
of his late Majesty King George ther-- -

lending tug
rendering more effectuil the said first-mentioned Act.
FIRST,—AII that FARM-HOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS, FOLD,
and GARDEN, together with the nine several Closes or Parcels
of LAND, formerly part of Ranniker Moss, situate in the Town-
ship and Parish of Halsall, in the county of Lancaster, and
containing ten acres three roods and thirty perches, or therea-
bouts, and now in the occupation of Robert Buck, which said
Hereditaments and Premises are bounded on the south-easterly
side thereof by a road leading from the Village of tiaisall to the
Township of Birkdale, in the said county; on the north-east-
erly and south-westerly sides severally by occupation roads re-
spectively leading from the before-mentioned road; and on the
north-easterly side by lands belonging to Charles Scarisbrick,
of Scarisbrick Hall, in the said County, Esquire.
SRCONDLY,—AII that Close or Parcel of LAND, situate in•the
Township and Parish of Halsall aforesaid, containing two roods
and sixteen perches, statute measure, and in the occupation of
the said Robert Buck, which said Close of Land is bounded on
the north-easterly side by the occupation road before-men-
tioned, as bounding the south-westerly side of the Heredits-
ments and Premises first before described; and on the north-
westerly and south-easterly sides severally by lands belonging
to the said Charles Scarisbrick.

Tit IRDLY,—AII those three Closes or Parcels of LAND, situ-
ate in the Township and Parish of Halsall aforesaid, containing
together five acres one rood and eight perches, statute measure,
and in the occupation of the said Robert Buck, which said se-
veral Closes of Land are bounded on the south-easterly and
north-easterly sides severally by the said road leading from the
Village of Halsall to the said Township of Birkdale ; on the
south-westerly side thereof by the said occupation road before
mentioned as bounding on the north-easterly side of the first
before-described Hereditaments and Premises, and on the
north-westerly side thereof by Lands belonging to the said
Charles Scarisbrick.

,L,N.L•
FOURTHLY.—AII those Four several Closes or Parcels of
LAND, situate in the Township and Parish of Halsall aforesaid,
containing together Six Acres, Three Roods, and Sixteen
Perches, statute measure, and in the occupation of the said
Robert Buck, which said Closes of Land are bounded on the
east by an occupation road communicating with the said road,
leading from the village of Halsall to the said Township of
Birkdale, and on the north, south, and west sides respectively
by Lands belonging to the said Charles Scarisbrick.
FIFTHLY,—AII those Two Closes or Parcels of LAND, situate
and being in the Township and Parish of Halsall aforesaid, and
known by the name of the Steel Crofts, containing together
Nine Acres and Ten Perches, statute measure, and in the occtl•
nation of the Reverend Richard Leigh? rector of the said Pa-
rish and Parish Church of Halsall, which said Closes of Land&
are bounded on all sides by Lands belonging to the said Charles
Scarisbrick.

SIXTHLY All that Butt of LAND, situate in the Township
and Parish of Halsall aforesaid, and being uninclosed and
forming part of a Field krtown by the name of the Broad Field,
containme One Rood and Tw.nt.,..‘,.. u.....,- , .. -

..... an., i nnity-seven rercnes, statute mea-
sure, and in the occupation of John Longton, which said Hutt
of Land is bounded on the north-easterly and south-westerly
ends thereof, severally, by occupation roadg_ and nn thp north'

he remainder of the saii;

Glebe Lands belonging to the Parish ChX;cl7 of laallafore-
said, which, together with all the rights, easements, and ap-
purtenances to the same respectively belonging, are, with the
consent of the Lord Bishop of Chester, intended to be con-
veyed by the said Rector of the said Church to the said Chadds
Scarisbrick, his heirs, and assigns, or as he shall direct in
and exchange for : _

Ft RST,-All that Close or Parcel of LAND situate and being
in the township and parish of Halsall aforesaid, containing
Two Acres One Rood and Thirty-five Perches, statute measure;
and in the occupation of the said Rector, which said Close 01
Land is bounded on the north-westerly side by Glebe Lan P 4

belonging to the said Parish Church of Halsall, .;.1-0n- the
south-easterly and south-westerly and north-easterly sides re-
spectively, by lands belonging to the said Charles Scarisbrick•

SECONDLY All those two or I'arcels of LAND, for-
merly consisting of one Close, but one of which the said Rector
has recently divided from the residue thereof, and planted,
situate and being in the township and parish of Halsall afore-
said,containing, together, Four Acres Two Rnoriq ~na Three

• •-•.
Per Ches, statut-imeasure, and in the occupations ofILL the said
Rector, which said Closes of Land adjoin each other, and are
bounded on the north-westerly side by the highwayleadinf
from the village of Halsall to the township of Scarisbrick an
North Meols, in the said county, on the south-easterly side
.
thereof by the said last-mentioned Glebe Lands, on the south
westerly side thereof by other part of the Glebe Lands belong:
ing to the said Parish Church of Henn, which form the Ole
den and Pleasure Grounds to the Rectory or Parsonage-hou_
of the parish of Halsall aforesaid, and on the north-easterl7
side by an occupation road.

THIRDLY.—AII those several COTTAGES and BUILDING
with parts of the GARDENS at the back, and the ROADS 1:k
the front thereof, respectively, and also a small CLOSE ,
the
LAND adjoining on the north-easterly side thereof to .I',
churchyard of the said parish church, all which said beredllls
ments and premises are situate in the said township And
parish, and containing in the whole one acre, one rood, an
h
eight perches statute measure, and are bounded on the noP-
by the line of an intended road, commencing at a point onlebe
south side of the road from Liverpool to Halsall, about 1174,,e
yards west of the Scarisbrick Arms Public-house, and runni„
from thence north-eastwardly to the said road leading from ."

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SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTERIES,

AND CREWE RAILWAY.
TN.pursuance of the Resolution passed at the Meeting
of Shareholders, held at the Albion Hotel, Manchester, on
the 20th day of July lagt, by Which the Company was Dissolved,
/he Directors have determined to RETURN to the SHARE-
HOLDERS SEVENTEEN SHILLINGS and SIXPENCE PER
SHARE, and a further pro rata Division (if any) of any balance
.of the funds of the Company, which may remain after all
claims have been discharged.
Forms to enable Shareholders to receive the same may be had
on application to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company,
•in Leek. By order, It. Y. CLARKE, Secretary.
Leek, 218 f August, 18.46.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL AND GOOLE AND
DONCASTER RAILWAYS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP and
BANKERS' RECEIPTS in the SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL
AND GOOLE AND DONCASTER AMALGAMATED RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES will be held, at the London Tavern, in
Bishopsgate-street, in the city of London, on THURSDAY next.

k P.M.,

purposeof ieceiving-the Directors' Report.
By order, H. PARKER, Secretary
Dated this 20th day of August, 1846.
17, Park-street, Westminster.
N.B. No persons will be admitted, or, allowed to vote_ nnl

tee Seri]

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.
AT a MEETING of the EDINBURGH and GLAS-
GOW RAILWAY PROPRIETORS, held at the Claren-
don Rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, on TUESDAY, the

A. F. JONES, Esq., in the Chair,
RPanlntinna wpre mrnnosed_

the following
.adopted :
Moved by Mr. ROSSON, and seconded by Mr. Wm. Roots
"That this Meeting views with intense interest the import-
ant matter laid before it, and approves to the fullest extent the

proceedings of the Manchester. .eommittee."
Moved by Mr. WOTHERSPOON, and seconded by Mr. T
GILLow, _ _

"That this Meeting having no confidence in the present Di-
rection of the Company, and being fully •convinced •of the ne-

.cessity of a decided change therein, hereby pledges itself to
support in every possible way, the Manchester Committee in
their efforts to effect the same, and do appoint a Deputation to

co-operate with them at the ensuing General meeting, in was-
gow, on the I stAf September, and names the following Gentle-
men from Liverpool, Mr. Wotherspoon and Mr. Rodie, with
powers to add to their number."

Moved by Mr. NIGHTINGALE. and seconded by Mr. I

PEDRONE,
"That a Subscription be immediately entered into for the
purpose of defraying. the necessary expenses, not exceeding
Two Shillings and Sixpence per wole Share, and the other
Shares in proportion."
Moved by Mr. A. F. JONES, and seconded by Mr. RontE,
"That the best thanks of the Shareholders are due to the
Manchester Committee, for their unwearied perseverance in
bringing to light the terms of the amalgamation with the Ca-

nals, and for their determined and successful resistance in
Parliament to a measure fraught with such injurious conse-
quences to our Railway, as fully set forth in the lucid and va-
Report-which has been recently circulated by ilem."

Movedby Mr. EDMUND CosToN, and seconded by Mr
CH BETH A M,

"That. the thanks of this Meeting' are hereby presented to
Our excellent Chairman, for the irforward manner in
which he -has opened these proceed' nd for the urbanity
he has displayed."

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY
(From the Railway Record.)

IN Another part of our paper will be found the cir-
cular, to which we alluded last week, from a Committee of
the Proprietors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway formed
at Manchester, and a sketch of the proceedings of a meeting at
Liverpool, to oppose one of the most ruinous projects ever at-
tempted bv a Board of Directors.

That project was an application to Parliament for a Bill to
take several canals into Partnership with the Railway Com-
pany. One of these Cope, according to their own
evidence, was inn state of hopeless bankruptcy, having been
open fox twenty years before the railway was constructed; and
during the entire twenty years, when there was no railway to
compete with,this splendid project never paid Is. dividend to
the original proprietors ! my much less can profit be ex-
pected now, with a railway running by its side from end to
end, and with fares reduced (which they would have been by
the Amalgamation Bill) more than 50 per cent, though the
high tolls allowed to be charged by the old Bill gave no profit
whatever 1 So much for the prospects of this partnership with
the Union Canal. Well! but is there not something better
than this? "The next bargain surely will be more equitable !
Another Bill proposed to amalgamate the Forth and Clyde
Navigation with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The
dividend paid by the Forth and Clyde Company was 4 per cent.
per annum ; but it is proved by their own witness thin this 4
per cent. was by no means earned by the canal. The witness
says, " If competition had been carried on, the dividehd being
swept away, they would not have had sufficient funds to carry
on the work." At any rate, the days of competition at ruin-
ously low fares were drawing to a close ; and one may reason-
ably ask what had a Railway Company to fear from concerns
so utterly hopeless as these? Why, the Directors, through
their own witness, have furnished an answer, that is, that

per cent. per annl.
in.the railway was derived from othe
peitient. per annum from the carriar
But, it may be asked, were these
a desperate course, while they had an income or
per annum, independent of any goods at all, and with
crease of income last year of *22,000 over the previous yeas
even under the intensity of this much-feared competition=
may be.asked, we say, were they driven into.such a position
to be constrained to take these canals into partnership?
answer_one;"vßuld expect from any sane man would b

we of goods.
Directors driven into such

phatical

ied to take

The proprietors of the (
of any new ,stock create

le 'railway Company
h shares there are 2R

~,,,,yudy were
.tancenect at par, notwithOnding that the stock in the
y, at the time the provisiongt arrangement was made,
65 per cent. premium in the market 1 The effect of au