The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Mbtic Ito Vito,

A TaMEETING of the COAL and IRON-MASTERS,
11-1. held at the HOTEL, DUDLEY, on FRIDAY, the 12th 01
February, 1836, to take into Consideration a proposed NEW
LINE of CANAL from BIRMINGHAM to LONDON,

MICHAEL GRAZEBROO Kl, Esq., in the Chair,
Mr. DUGuALE HOUGHTON attended and laid before the
Meeting a Plan of a Line of Canal proposed to be made
between the Stratford-on•Avun Canal 'and the Regent's
Canal'at London ; and it appearing from Statements made
to the Meeting, that besides the great adVantage of avoid-
ing the pissage of lf.l locks, the proposed li a would effect
a saving between Birmingham and Lumina( by Canal Con-
veyance of ail miles—that the Reducti or Saving in the
height of Iron to London by such line would amount, ac-
cording to the calculation of expel.' ced Carriers, to full
Fifty per cent. on the present cha e—that in respect to
Coal and Cake the advantages woo be equally great, and
that the Saving in the freight of Manufactured Goods and
General Merchandie from Biimingham to .London, and
vie:, versa, would amount to Twenty Shillings per ton—
RESOLVED,
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That it appears to. this Meeting that the-proposed Canal would
afford the best and most direct line of Water Communication
practicable between the Midland District and the Metropolis,
and by the communication it would open with other Ca wale,
would be the means 01 establishing, via Birmingham and Wol-
verhampton', a line of Canal Conveyance between London and
Manchester and Liverpool decidedly superior to that now ex-
istiug ; that such Communication would benefit in a highly im-
portant degree the Mining Districts of Staffordshire, Worces-
tershire, aud Shropshire, and be productive of immense advan-
tages to the Manufacturing, Commercial, and Agricultural In-
terests of the kingdom at large..
That the Subscribers to the Survey of the proposed Canal be
requested to convene a Meeting.of those desirous of promoting
the undertaking, for the purpose of forming a Company, and
taking all necessary twasures preparatory to applying to Par-
liament for powers to carry the-plan into effect.
MICHAEL GILAZEBROOK, Chairman.
Per pro. The EARL of LICHFIELD—SAML. GEORGE,
Bentley Iron Works.
FRANCIS DOWNING, Dudley.
• W. M. SPARROW and Co., Bilston Iron Works.
PHILIP WILLIAMS and SONS, WednesburY Oak
Iron Works.
G. and E. THORNEYCROFT, Shrubbery and Bradley
Iron Works.
M. and W. GRAZEBROOK,, Netherton Iron Works
near Dudley. •
JOHN BARKER, Chillington Iron Works. •
JAMES FOSTER, Stourbridge Iron Works.
GEORGE JONES, Coselv Iron Works.
WM. WARD, Priestfieldi Iron Works..
JAMES BATSON, Great Bridge Iron Works.
EDW. DIXON, Horselev Colliery.
SAML. DAWES, Bush Varm
For Sir H. D. C. ST. PAUL, Bart.—Mum. BRADLY,
Willingsworth Iron Works.
BRADLEY, BARROWS, and HALL, Bloomfield Iron
Works.
WALTER WILLIAMS, Albion Iron Works, West
• Bromwich.
EDW. AMPHLETT, Horseley Colliery.
-Per pro. W. iind G. FIRMSTONE—H.. C. FIRMSTONE,
Lays Iron Works, Dudley. -
JOHN ROUND, Hange Collery, Brades, Tividale.
JAMES SPITTLE. Wednesbury Colliery.
TIPTON FURNACE CO., Tipton Furnaces—per C.
BIRCH.
CHARLES BIRCH and Co.-, Bilston Furnaces.
CHAVASSE and Co., Cutler's End Colliery.
CHAVASSE, MILLS, and CHAVASSE, Bilston Old
Colliery.
JOHN DUDLEY, Corbyn's Hall Iron Works. Per pro.
ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY—SAMUEL HOLLOWAY,
Square Field Colliery.
Per pro. BANNISTER, BANKS, and Co.—GEO. BAN.
NISTEIt, Tividale Colliery.
RICHD HAINES, Dinh:ill Colliery.
JOHN TURTON FEREDAY, Brades Colliery and
and Monmore Green Collieries.
R Y DI NG and HUNT, Swan Colliery.
JOHN RYDING. Ball's Hill Collieries.
B BEST—for R. SMALL, J. H. SHEARS, and J.
TAYLOR, Ccrngreaves Iron Works.
THOS. and ISAAC BADGER.
PHILIP WILLIAMS and Cu. Union Furnaces West
Bromwich.
GEORGE PARKER, Conygree Furnace, Tipton.
HOUGHTON and FOLEY, Furnace CJlliery.
JOHN HOUGHTON, Whimsey Colliery, Oldbury.
HENRY. DOWNING—for BOItDESLEY STEEL COM-
PANY, BirMingham.
JOHN WHEELEY and Co. Brettell-lane Iron Works,
Stourbridge.
JOHN BAGNALL and SONS, Goldshill Iron Works,
West Bromwich.
, JOHN and BENJ. GIBBONS, Corbyn's Hall and Level
Iron Works, Dudley.
EDWARD PAGE and SONS, Roway Iron Works,
West Bromwich.
JOSEPH PARTRIDGE, Coal-master, Hill Top, West
Bromwich.
W. and J. MILLINGTON, Summer-hill Iron Works,
Tipton.
BLACKWELL and JONES, Russell's Hall Iron Works,
near Dudley.
BLACKWELL. JONES, and OAKES, Buffery Iron
Works, near Dudley.
RICHARD SMITH :Mineral Surveyor, West Bromwich.
JOSEPH HADLEY, Smethwick Iron Works.
JAMES ROBERTS, Iron-founder, West Bromwich,
Heath.
BENJAMIN HUNT, Sheepwash Iron Works, Tipton.
JOHN HENRY BATE—for the EAGLE FURNACE
COMPANY, Great Bridge.
J. ROBINSON—for BIRMINGHAM COAL COMPANY,
Toll-End.
JOHN RUSSELL, Sparrow's Forge, near Wednesbury,
Wm. JoriNsoN—for the HORSELEI COAL and IRON
COMPANY, Tipton.
For the TRUSTEES and EXECUTORS of THOMAS BLOIS
PRICE, Bilston Brook and West Bromwich Iron
Works—Wm. TOMKYS.
HOLLIS. SOLLY and SON, Tividale Iron Works.
FRANCIS FINCH. Great Bridge New Colliery.
THOS. DAVIS, Ridgacre and Crook Hay 'Collieries.
West Bromwich.
SAMUEL BILL, Coal-master, West Bromwich. -
JOHN TILDASLEY, Aston Junction Forge, Birming-
ham.
'THOMAS MORRIS, Wednesbury and Tipton Collieries.
• THOMAS NOCK, Great Ocker Hill Colliery.

the contiguous Mineral Districts would then be situated about
midway on the great thoroughfare water communication be-
tween London and Liverpool, and London and Manchester,
and, as Vessels would be passing incessantly in each'direction,
die increased facility and despatch could not hut be. productive
of the highest advantages. The saving in distance by the pro-
posed mute will be thirty-six miles, and the Locks will be•reduced
from one hundred and serenty-two to forty-eight. •
One great feature of the proposed undertaking is the opening
of a cheap Communication between the Metropolis and the
Great Coal Fields of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. In the
attainment of this object every Inhabitant of London ought to
reel himself interested, experience every day furnishing -addi-
tional proofs that nothing hut effective competition from the
interior of the kingdom can insure to the Householders of Lou-
don a regular and steady supply of Coal at moderate prices;
perhaps it is scarcely possible for the most sanguine mind to
form an adequate conception of the benefits that would result
fr un enah;ing the Midland Coal Proprietor to compete with the
Northern Proprietor in supplying London with Coal. Mono-
pp dy would be rendered impossible, combination frustrated, and
frce and active competition completely secured. By the, pro-
Rise(' route Staffordshire Coal can be delivered in the City
Basil at prices, varying in quality, from 15s. to 20s. per Ton.
With a view to render this concern as extensively useful as
possible, the Rates of Tonnage will be low, and thus command
that great mass of business which invariably follows moderate
charges.
Manure and Road Materials will be pertnitted to pass at low
rates. Wharfs will be provided where the Canal will intersect
main' thoroughfares, and every encouragement be afforded to
the tree developement of the energies of the Districts through
which the Canal will pass.
_ .

_ The proposed Navigation will possess all the improvements
of the best modern Canals; where tunnelling is necessary, two
tunnels, with a towing path under each, will be made; the sides
of the Canal will be walled; and the greatest of all modern im-
provements, the double towing path, will be carried' throughout
the whole Line-

Confident in the superior cheapness and convenience of Wa-
ter Conveyance. (particularly as regards raw materials and
heavy commodities,) the promoters of this undertaking have no
hesitation in submitting their plan to the public, in the face of
the numerous Railways now in course of formation, every day
in their judgment furnishing further and satisfactory proof that,.
though Railway Conveyance may be preferred for passengers
and light goods that require despatch, and will bear high rates
of transist, the great bulk of the trade of the country will still
be carried on through the medium of cheap navigable coin-
munications.

The calculations as to the revenue being founded on indispu-
table data, the promoters of the measure have no hesitation in
stating that the prospect of remuneration is in the highest de-
gree encouraging; and tout if due consideration be given to
the merits of the proposed Line, to the great extent and sim-
plicity of its levels, to the superiority it will possess in respect to
distance and lockage, to the well-ascertained fact that a full sup-
ply of water can be provided, the conclusion will be fully war-
ranted, that in a short time after its completion this really grand
internal communication will yield such a return as will entitle
it to be classed amongst the most productive and successful un-
dertakings of the kind in the kingdom. According to a mode-
rate estimate, full 'L'en per Cent. will be realized. By the
proposed route Goods will be delivered in London in thirty-two
hours, instead of seventy by the existing route. The saving in
Freight 20s. per Ton.
Applications for Shares to be made to the Solicitors, and to
Mr. GEORGE PALMER, 2. North Piazza, Royal Exchange, Lon-
don, according to the Form underneath, add no Shares will be
secured until the Deposit is paid.
London and Birmingham Canal.

Gentlemen, —I request that you will reserve and secure to me
Shares in this Company; and in consideration thereof I
agree to take the said Shares, and to pay the Deposit of £2, as
mentioned in the Prospectus.