The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-08 00:00:00

BIGAMY.—On Tuesday,
by Mr. Rushton for trial at the assizes on a charge of bi-

provided in the Act, as one of t terms of the iimalganiation,
that two Classes of Shares s . be created, to be termed re-
spectively Class A shares a.. Class B shares. The latter Class
represents half the abo -mentioned Capital of £1,000,000,
(viz., .e 500,000,) requir • for constructing the line from Shrews-
bury to Wolverham .n ; and the Class A shares represent the
other half of that apital together with the additional sum of
£300,000 to be subscribed on account of that Class exclusively
towards the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley
Line. The position of the two classes of the Shareholders will
therefore be as follows :—assuming that (as it is presumed will
be the case) the holders of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,
and South Staffordshire
,Junction Scrip claim the shares to
• •••1 1 • .•

Wolverhamp-
-26.000,

deposit. The original number of Shrewsbury
ton, and South Staffordshire shares having been only
two of the new shares of .4"9 12s. 3d., making together .elO 48

6d., will be issued in respect of each one of those original shares
of £'2s, but not unless you forthwith send to me at_ this office

your ofiginal Scrip, with a request (in the annexed form) to be
registered for the above shares in the amalgamated company.
In exchange for your Scrip you will forthwith receive certifi-
cates for your new shares in the amalgamated company. It is
my duty particularly to point out to you the necessity of your
immediate attention to this matter.

And I have the honour to be,
Your very obedient Servant,
JAMES WHITNEY, Secretary

Wolverhampton,

November 3d. 1846.

*Since the above circular was published, the Directors have
ascertained fully the liabilities of the Company, the demands
against them being all obtained—and they have great pleasure
in stating that the amount is not so great as they anticipated.
They have also allotted the whole number of Shares remaining
in their hands at 2 10s. deposit, thus dividing those expenses
over a greater number of shares and adding a proportionate
sum to the balance in their Bankers' hands. They have, there-
fore, the satisfaction of informing you that instead of 12s. per
share, they are now in a position to pay over the sum of 14s, as
a deposit—and that from arrangements proposed to the Direc-
tors of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, they fully
anticipate the whole amount originally paid, viz., £lss. on the
Class B shares, will be ultimately given credit for in the books
of the amalgamated Company ; in any event, whatever sum the
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company take for expenses from
their deposits on Class A shares, the like amount will be cre-
dited to holders of Class B shares. _ _ _

10th of December next

FORM OF REQUEST.
Mr. JAMES WHITNEY, Secretary of Slirewt!lniry, Wolverhamp.

Mr. GEOROP

Gentlemen:

send you

KNOX, Secretary of Shrews]

) for so many intended Shares of

THE SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND SOUTH STAF-
FORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, in right of which
I am now entitled to Shares in the amalgamated
SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND SOUTH STAFFORD-
SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY AND SHREWSBURY
AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY, and I request you
will have me registered accordingly for the last-ment'

Shares, in the terms of the Circulir-signed by Mr. WHITNEY,
dated the 3d instant.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,

Address

November,,lB46.

Liomas Size was commit

The prisoner was married about four years ago to
- .
a woman named Laffey, at Cong, county of Mayo, Ire-
land, and again on the 20th November last, to Bridget
Riley, at St. John's Church, Liverpool, the former wife
being alive at the time of the second marriage.
PRESENTATION.—On Wednesday last the congregation
of St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney• street, pre-
sented to the Rev. John Tod Brown a handsome gold
chronometer, watch-guard, chain. and seal, along with
two elegant silver salvers

, in token of their esteem for
him, and their unfeigned regret at the termination of his

pastoral ministrations among them.
AN INCORRIGIBLE. —A woman named Mary Ashcroft
was brought up before Mr. Rushton on Thursday, on a
y conduct. Mr. Parkinson stated that
y-five times in custody during 1845 and
1846, for similar offences. The prisoner said she belonged
to Manchester, and directions were given that she should
be sent home.

charge c
she had

Smiioomric.—John M'Cubbin, the captain's servant
on board the steamer Britannia, was fined £5 by Mr.
Rushton on Thursday. (or one month's imprisonment in
default of payment) for attempting to smuggle cigars from
the vessel. The prisoner and others had made the cus-
tom-house officer drunk in order to get away cigars and
other articles. "

The requisition to Lord Lincoln, at Manchester, has
received the signatures of a very large number of the lead-
ing Whigs, as well as of Conservatives, although the num-
ber of
signatures attached is not so great as was stated.
An active canvass, it is said, will now be set on foot. The
leading members of both parties are merging all differ-
pees of opinion, in order to prevent Mr. Bright from be-
ing returned.
THE PoLicr.—The cause of the recent inquiry into the
religious tenets of the policemen, on which many observa-
tions have been made, is explained. It has been Mr.
Dowling's wish so to arrange the tours of the men, that
they shall be enabled to attend some place of worship on
Sunday, and having ascertained to what denominations
they respectively belong, he is laying his plans accordingly,
and is obtaining from the different church and chapel war-
dens promises that such as attend shall be accommodated
with sittings.
HIGHWAY BOARD THURF AX

,Sl2O. .-Mr. Duncan re-
ported that the tower at the water-works was now up to
within eight feet of the required height ;.that the slaters
were at work on the roof of the boiler house, which he
expected to have finished in the course of the present
week ; that the fixing of the pump work was advancing,
one being now down as deep as could be got until the
water was removed; and that the forming of the cooling
ponds was in an advanced state—one was ready for pitch-
ing, and the pipe laying connected was nearly complete.
A report was read fronm the sub-committee relative to
Mr. Santley, s letter in the Mercury.
. Mr. Santley ex-
pressed his regret to the committee at having acted so in-
discreetly as to make any insinuation against the Board,
which he deeply regretted, and he promised that it should
not occur again. He was called in, and reprimanded by
the Chairman.