The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

LOANS OF MONEY,

ripHE COMMISSIONERS for the IMPROVEMENT
of WALLASEY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are
willing to RECEIVE LOANS of MONEY, on the security of the
Rates and Property vested ithent 11Y--viittie of the Wallasey
Improvement Act, at siteltilite of interest, and for such pe-
riods, as may be agreed upon.
By order, T. K. HASSALL,
Clerk to the Commissioners.
3, Old Church-yard,l2th March, 1846.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
LOANS OF MONEY.
THE .COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS
DO, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willing to
receive LOANS of MONEY, on the security of the Bonds•of the
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of FOUR POUNDS
PER CENTUM per annum interest, for periods of either Five
or Seven Years. - - -
All letterii to be addressekto-Ggito; WITHERS, Esq., Trea-
surer of the Liverpool Docn, Dock-office, Liverpool.
By order,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 20th November, 1845.

fro n trarts.

IRON ROOF.
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

rpHE Directors are ready to receive TENDERS of
j_ CONTRACT for the CONSTRUCTION of an IRON
ROOF, to cover part of their Coach Station at Edge-hill, com-
prising about 800 square yards of Ground.
The Drawings and Specification maybe seen at the office of
EDWARD WOODS, Esq., Engineer; Edge-hill Station.
The Tenders must be sent-to the Company's Offices on or be-
fore the 24th instant. .
HENRY BOOTH, Secretary.
Secretary's Office, Liverpool,
sth March, 1846.

BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY.
TO IRONFOUNDERS AND SMITHS.

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR RECEIVING TENDERS
FROM THE 16th TO THE 30th MARCH.
PARTIES disposed to TENDER for CAST and
WROUGHT IRON WORK,. in Columns, Girders, Roofs,
Doors, and other Work, required for the Warehouses about to
be built by the Birkenhead Dock Company, may inspect the
Drawings and Specifications at-tVe Office of the Company's
Engineer, 36, Hamilton-stymie, Birkenhead.
Sealed Tenders (in a Form That will be furnished) to be deli-
vered at the Dock-office, Argyle-street, Birkenhead, on the
Morning of MONDAY, the 30th of March, between the hours of
Ten and Twelve.
The Company do not engage to accept the lowest Tender.
MACGREGOR LAIRD, Secretary.
Birkenhead, 12M March, 1846.

PERSONS desirous of CONTRACTING for the
several WORKS required in the erection of the NEW
CHURCH, at Seacombe, may see the Drawings and Specifica-
tions at the Office of Mr. JonN HAv, Architect, St. George's-
chambers, where offers must be sent, under cover, addressed
"To the Chairman of the SeacobaChtirch Committee," on or
before the 28th instant, at,T..welVe o'clock Noon.
Provision will be made in the Contracts to suspend opera-
tions in the event of any "strike" amongst the Workmen.
St. George's-chambers, Cable-street, 14th March, 18.15.

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT HALL.
TO BUILDERS.
ESTIMATES WANTED, by the LIVERPOOL
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, for the ERECTION and
COMPLETION of a CONCERT HALL, at the corner of Myr-
tle-street and Hope-street.
The Plans and Specifications will lie for inspection at the
Office of Mr. JOHN CUNNINGHAM, Architect, No. 29, Seel-
street, from Monday next, the 23d, to Monday, the 30th instant,
where also Schedules of the quantities-of the different Works
can be obtained from Mr. Joit)L-KaAlkt, Civil Engineer, Sur-
veyor, &c., who will guarantee their correctness.
The Estimates to be_delivered at the Office of Messrs. Sun-
Low BROTHERS, Exchange-court, Exchange-street East, on or
before THURSDAY, the 2d April next, at Twelve o'clock at
Noon, sealed, andaddressed to WILLIAM SUDLOW, Honorary
Secretary, marked "Tender for Concert Hall."
N.B.—The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the
lowest Tender.

By order of the Building Committee,
WM. SUDLOW, Hon. Secretary.
16th March,lB46.

ARMY CONTRACTS.

Office of Ordnance' Pall 31all, 9th March, 1546.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all Persons
desirous of CONJRACTING to supply MEAT, BREAD,
OATS, and FORAGE, M Her Majesty's Land Forces (Bread and
Meat for the Foot Guards and tor the Household Cavalry ex-
cepted) in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the Cour-
ties of England severally, in Wales, in North Britain, in the
Isle of Man, and in the Channel Islands, for Hgvax MONTHS
from the Ist May next, inclusive.
That Proposals in Writing, addrersed to the Secretary to the
Board of Ordnance, sealed nyand marked on the outside
" Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at the Ordnance
Office, Pall Mall, on or-before WEDNESDAY, the first day of
April next, and Tenders may be delivered at any time during
that day.
The Correspondence relating to the Contracts for Commis-
sariat Supplies, cannot pass free from postage, and parties are
.t requested to take notice that these Contracts will be for Seven
Months, and that afterwards the Contracts will be for Six
Months, viz., from Ist December to 31st May, and from Ist
June to 30th November.

Persons who make Tenders, are desired not to use any Forms
but those which may be had upon application at the Office of
the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance in Pall Mall.
By order of the Board,
It. BYHAM, Secretary.

LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON
RAILWAY,

AND TIDE
LIVERPOOL AND PRESTON AND MANCHESTER AND
SOUTHPORT RAILWAYS.

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS
of ORMSKIRK, held in the Towri-HALL, on WEDNES-
DAY, the I lth day.of March, 1846, convened by the Constable,
in compliance with a Requisition from a Committee appointed
by the Inhabitants to guard the interests of the Town so far as
they might be affected by the Railway projects before Parliament,
The CONSTABLE of the TOWN in the Chair.
The Secretary of the Committeehaving presented a Report to
the Meeting of their proceedings during the last Session of Par-
liament, and urging the superior advantages offered by the
Liverpool, Onnskirk. and Preston' over that of the Liverpool
and Preston and Manchester and Southport to Ormskirk and
the neighbourhood, with a recommendation-to oppose the Li-
verpool and Preston and Manchester and Southport in every
stage in its progress through Parliament, as being detrimental
to the interests of the Town and,,,Ntighbourhood,
It was proposed by Mr. STONER, seconded by Mr. BAXEN-
DALE, and carried unanimously, "That the Report of the Com-
mittee, now read, be adopted by this Meeting. '
Also moved by HUGH OWEN, Esq., seconded by THOMAS
BRANDRETH, Esq., and resolved unanimously, " That the
Committee of last year be reappointed, and conceiving as the
Meeting does the success of the main lines from Melling to Fa-
rington, and from Wigan to Southport, of the Liverpool and
Preston and Manchester and Southport so vitally objectionable
to the welfare of the Town and Neighbourhood, that they be
empowered by this Meeting to oppose the bill in every stage,
both in the House of Commons and the House of Lords."

It was also proposed, and carried unanimously, " That the
Constable be added to the Committee."

Also moved by JAS. PALMER, Esq., seconded by LAWRENCE
WRIGHT, Esq., and carried unanimously, "That the Petition
now read be adopted, and signed by the Chairman and Com-
mittee, on behalf of the Meeting, and forwarded for presenta-
tion to the House of Commons without delay."
(Signed) WILLIAM EVANS, Constable.
The Constable having left the chair, the thanks of the Meet-
ing was voted to him for his conduct in the chair, as also to the
Committee, for their attention to the interests of the Town.
The following is the Petition agreed to.:—
To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KING-
DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT

ASSEMBLED.
The humble Petition of the Constable and Inhabitants of the
Town of Ormskirk, in the county of Lancaster, in Public
Meeting assembled,
SHOWETH,
That the population of the town of Ormskirk now approaches
to 5,000, and that of the parish to 15,000.
That Ormskirk is the capital of a rich agricultural district,
and the only market town within a radius of thirteen miles.
That Railway communicating with Liverpool and Southport,
as also Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Bolton, Manchester, and
the manufacturing districts, is of imperative importance to
your Petitioners, for the more ready and speedy interchange of
merchandize and agricultural produce.
That Ormskirk possesses the elements of great manufacturing
prosperity, and only awaits a communication with those towns
to render it inferior to few in Lancashire.

That two bills have been presented to your honourable house,
offering Railway communication to Ormskirk, as appears by
the plans deposited under the order of your honourable house,
namely, the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, and the Liver-
pool and PreStoll and Manchester and Southport Railways.
That the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway offers the
most efficient communication by means of the main line to Li-
verpool, Preston, Blackburn, and Burnley, and by the branches
to Wigan, Bolton, Rochdale, Manchester, and Southport, and
other towns of great importance to your Petitioners.
That the Main Line from Melling to Farington, of the Liver-
pool and Preston and Manchester and Southport, is longer in
point of distance between the termini, and avoids a large
amount of population, and the routes proposed not so well
adapted for the general traffic of the town of Ormskirk, as the
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, and 'n other respects from
the diversity of interests under which it is constituted, not so
well calculated to meet the wants of the district.

That the portion of the main line from Wigan to Southport,
of the Liverpool and Preston 'and Manchester and Southport,
in miles in length, intersects the main line from Melling to
Farington, at a aistance of three miles from Ormskirk, without
any apparent object but diverting the traffic through an unna-
tural channel, and that, too, at an expense far beyond what the
necessities of the termini require ; and at the same time depri-
ving your Petitioners of the benefit of railway communication
with one of the most valuable coal fields in Lancashire*

That the Railway,
granted and Preston Branch joining
the Ormskirk extension of the Liverpool and Bury
granted in the last session of Parliament, passing through Orin-
skirk to Southport, only 101 miles in length, will not only more
generally and efficiently accommodate Southport one of the ter-
mini, but the town of Onnskirk, from whence the supplies for
the consumption of Southport are principally procured, besides
opening the coal fields before alluded to, from whence Onnskirk
and Southport have hitherto been supplied with coals.
That your Petitioners conceive that theirinterests and that of
the public will be greatly injured by the spirit of monopoly
which appears to have instigated the promoters of the Liver-
pool and Preston and Manchester and Southport in projecting
their Scheme ; and will, moreover, be, as your Petitioners con-
ceive, entirely ruinous to them, and highly disadvantageous to
the public, should your Honourable House approve of the inter-
section of the main line as contemplated by that company.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray. that they may be
heard by themselves, their counsel, agents and witnesses, be-
fore the Committee to whom the said bill is referred against the
Preamble of the Bill for making certatn Railways and Branches
therefrom, all in the county of Lancaster, to be . galled the Li-
verpool Enid Preston and Manchester and Southport Railway,
and against all such clauses and provisions of the .sc.dd Biil as
affect their rights and interests, and that the said Bill may not
be passed into a Law as it now stands, or they may have such
other relief in the premises as to your jionotaolle Bow eball
seem meet.
. And your petitioners will ever pray.