The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

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NEXT PRESENTATION, IN WARWICKSHIRE.
TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT the NEXT
PRESENTATION , to the VICARAGE of BUD-
BROOKE, of the annual value of £489 18s. Bd., with a
prospect of early possessioyfhe present incumbent being
very infirm, and in his 76th ar.
The outgoings are very mall, and the population about
400.

The House adjoins the Churchyard, is dry and picturesque,
and the locality is singularly desirable, being within onemile
of the county town, and three of Leamington Spa.
For further particulars, and to treat, apply (if by letter,
post-paid,) to Messrs. DWARDS and VENOUR, Solicitor*,
Leamington.

Eo be het.

IN CHESHIRE.

TO be LET, with immediate possession, a FURNISH-
ED HOUSE, containing Entrance Hall, Dining,
Drawing, and other Rooms, Kifcben, Back Ditto, Butler's
and other Pantries, Scullery, Cellars, six Bed Rooms, a small
Room, and Dressing Ditto, three and two-stalled Stables,
Saddle Room, Coach-house, Cow-house, and other conveni-
ent Offices, Garden, Orchard, seven Acres of excellent Land,
and Seats in Church, within three miles of a good market
town, and the Game on some hundred acres of good Land.
Roads good.
For further particulars apply to Messrs. LEE and SONS,
Redbrook, Whitchurch, Salop; or to Mr. VAwDRY, Solici-
tor. Middlewich.

GREAT TITHES TO BE LET,.
MO be LET, by Proposal, at the House of Mrs. Bowker,
within Sefton, in the county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY,
the 10th day of August, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon,
subject to such conditions as shall be thin declared, all the
TITH ES of Wheat, Oats, Barley, Beans, and other great
Tithes, arising within the whole of Jhe extensive and highly
cultivated Parish of Sefton, in the county of Lancaster,
during the present year, in the following Lots, or such others
as may, at the time of Letting, be considered more convenient.
Lot 1.—.-The Tithes of the Township of Aintree.
„ 2.—The like of Great Crosby.
3.—The like of Little Crosby.
„ 4.—The like of Ince Blundell.
„ s.—The like of Litherland.
„ 6.—The Tithes in the Township of Lunt.
„ 7.—The like of Netherton.
„ B.—The like of Orrell and Ford.
„ 9.—The like of Sefton.
„ 10.—The.like of Thornton.
Together with the several Tithe Barns thereto belonging.
The Takers wilt be required to pay down a Deposit of £lO
per Cent. upon and in part of their Contracts, and to provide
sufficient security for the payment of the remainder, on such
day or days as shall be appointed at the time of Letting.
For further particulars, and for admeasurements applica-
tion may be made to Mr. JOSEPH BRADSHAW, of drosby, or
to Messrs. Go EST and Bi ncii A lA, Solicitors, Preston.
Preston, 26th July, 1838.

Eburation.

COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT,
• No. 7, HOUGHTON-STREET.

MR. and MRS. HEWITT having taken the Establish-
ment lately carried on Mrs. Holmes, No. 7,
Houghton-street, beg leave to iplforru their Friends and
Commercial Gentlemen, that, at a great expense, they have
refitted the Establishment with every article new, and from
the first houses, and hope, by unremitting attention and mo-
derate charges, to merit the favour of their Friends and Com-
mercial Gentlemen.

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
SCHOOLS AND LECTURES.

f HE various Schools attached to the Institution were re-
opened (after the holidays) on Monday, the 30th ult.
The Preparatory School, in connexion with the High
School of the Institution, and intended for the reception of
Pupils, not sufficiently prepared for the extensive Course of
Instruction given in the High School, wascommenced on the
30th nlt , under the superintendence of WILLIAM HARTS-
HORN, A.M. Terms, Six Guineas per Annum.
The Public Lectures ctfunnenced on Wednesday Evening,
the Ist of August, with a Course of Eight Lectures, by Ro-
BERT E. GRANT, M.D., F.R.S., Lond. and Edin., F.L.S. ,
F.G.S., &c., &c., Professor in the Royal Institution
of Great Britain and University College, London, on the
STRUCTURE and HISTORY of the ARTICULATED

an(IIII4SIS,UkUOUS CLASSES of ANIMALS.
Dr. GRANT will deliver the Third Lecture of the Course
To-morrow Evening, (Wednesday,) commencing at Half-
past Seven o'clock.

Arrangements have been made for the delivery of the fol-
lowing Courses, viz:—
Eight Lectures, Analytical and Illustrative of some of
SHAKSPEARE'S PRINCIPAL TRAGIC CHARAC-
TERS, by C. R. PEMBERTON, Esq. of London.
Eight Lectures on CHEMISTRY, as applied to the Arts
and Manufactures of Great Britain, by ROBERT KA NE, M.D.
M.R.1.A., Professor of Chemistry in the Apothecaries' Hall,
Dublin.

Eight Lectures on ASTRONOMY, by JOHN WAr.us,
Esc., of London.
Eight Lectures on PAINTING, by B. R. HAYDON, Esq.
of London.

Four Lectures on ENGLISH VOCAL HARMONY,
with Illustrations, by EDWARD TAYLOR, Esq., Gresham
Professor of Music, London.
Annual Subscription, One Guinea. Ladies, Half-a-Guinea.
Apprentices, or Sons of Members, Five Shillings per
Annum. . _ _

Commencing from f4e date of Payment.
Non-Subsciibers, One Shilling each Lectulte.
A contribution of Ten Guineas or upwards to the " Build-
ing Fund" constitutes the Contributor a Life Member of the

Institution. -~~
WANTED, in the HIGH SCHOOL of-the Mechanics'
Institution, an ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT MASTER
in the English Department. He will be required to give
instructions in the English Lang cage, Elocution, Composi-
tion, History, Geography, and the Elements of Moral Phi-
-1-IVAIII t•ari47. Ura4nlT'sC HOOL, TWO ADDI-
TIONAL ASSISTANT MASTERS, capable of giving
instruction in Reading, Spelling, Derivation and Inflection of
Wi,rds, Grammatical Analyses of Simple Sentences, History,
Biography, Composition, Lessons on Objects of Nature and
Art, Geography, and Arithmetic. Salary £75 per annum.
Applications, accompanied by unexceptionable testimoni-
als as to character, abilities, attainments, and experience in
tuition, may be sent in, (post-paid,) addressed to the Secre-
tary, JOHN S. RADCLIFF.
Mechanics' Institution, August I, 1838.

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joieW.
THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL E -HIBITION.
91HE FOURTEENTH ANNUA 'XHIBITION of
1. the WORKS of MODERN ISTS, will OPEN
in August instant.. All Works of ainting, &C. sent for
Exhibition will be received at the Gallery, until SATURDAY,
the 11th of August, and must be addressed to the Secretary,
at the Exhibition Rooms, Church-street.

gAML. EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Academy of Painting, &c.
August 1, 1838.

ROYAL MANCHESTER INSTITUTLON.
TO ARTISTS, 4.c.
TN consequence of the Postponement of the Closing of the
London Exhibitions, the period for RECEIVING PIC-
TURES, STATUARY, &c., for the Exhibition of the
Works of Modern Artists, at this Institution, is EXTENDED
from the Ist to the 11th instant, beyond which time no con-
tributions will be admissible.

T. W. WINSTANLEY, Honorary Secretary.
Institution, Mosley-street, Ist August, 1838.

THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF--
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING, pursuant to the
Act of Parliament, will he held onjgfituasnAy, the 30th of
August, at Twelve o'clock precisely lit the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street.
-Bv order, HENRY AMSINCK, Secretary.
Office, 28, Moorgate•street, London, Aug. 2.

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.
TUNBRIDGE DIVISION, CONTRACT A.
91HE Directors will meet at the Office of the Company,
No. 10, Coleman-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 4th
day of September next, at Half-past One in the Afternoon
precisely, to receive TENDERS for the FAECUTION of
the WORKS comprised in this Contract#
The Earth Works consist of betwee,3oo,ooo and 400,000
cubic yards of Cuttings, to be carrieto embankmentsat the
average distance of one mile. The(tber portion of the Con-
tract will comprise certain Parish Road and Accommodation
Bridges, Culverts, and Drains, and the Fencing of the Line
of Railway lying between the Hastings Turnpike Road at
Tunbridge and the Public Road at Tudeley. The whole
will be Let by a schedule of prices to be tendered for all the
various kinds of Works as Measure 'Works.

Plans and Specifications of the Works, with conditions ot
Tender and Contract, will be ready for inspection, and
printed forms of Tender. may be obtained, on and after the
31st instant, at the Office of the Company, and also at the
Office of the Resident Engineer at lunbridge, Mr. P. W.
Be It Low, who will afford any information on the spot. Any
further information may be obtained on application to Wni.
CUBITT, Esq., the Principal Engineer to the Company, at
his Office, No. 6, Great George-street, Westminster.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
Tender, nor will any Tender be admitted unless made in the
printed form of the Company, nor unless it be delivered at
the Office of the Company before one o'clock on the day of
meeting.
By order of the Directors,
J. S. YEATS, Sec.

Railway Qffi ce, 3d July, 1838.

METELLUS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
CAPITAL Two MILLIONS.
GOVERNOR,
His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh and Queensburv.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR,
The Right lion. Lord Belhaven and Stenton.
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTER,
John Campbell Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont. M.P.
HEAD OFFICE, 147. BUCHANAN-STREET, GLASGOW.
THE Quarterly Receipts for Insurances, falling due at
Lammas, (Ist Aug.) are.nowpady for delivery at the
Head Office, and by all the Company's Agents.
This Company effects insurances on Property in the East
and West Indies, America, and the Continent of Europe.
Farming Stock and Implements of Husbandry Insured
without Government Duty.
Insurances effected on Merbantile risks in Liverpool at very
moderate Premiums.
Floating Policies, lOs per cent. per annum: Warehouses
and Goods therein, at from 6s to 9s per cent. according to the
occupancy and hazard.
Agent for Liverpool, WILLIAM TARBET,
11, Exchange-buildings.

71CTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I, EDWARD
.1.11 CRANE, will not he Accountable for any •Debt or
Debts that my 'Wife, ELIZABETH CRANE, may Con-
tract froth the date hereof.—As.witness my band, this 6th day
of August, 1831. EDWARDCRANE,
Thorrias-place, Blak.street, Liverpool.
Witness—THOMAS CRANE.

THE creditors who have proved their debts, under a fiat
in bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against
WILLIAM KINGSWELL, of Liverpool, in the county of
Lancaster, cooper, and of Bootle, in the same county, com-
mon brewer, dealer and chapman, may receive a dividend of
the said bankrupt's estate and effects on application to Mr.
HENRY BELoE, Accountant, Park-lane, Liverpool, THIS
DAY, the 7th day of August instant, between the hours of
ten and two, and on any succeeding day, between the same
hours. FRODSHAM Solicitor.

AYRES,
(FROM LONDON
LATE BARBER AND PN,
BEGS most respectfully to call th ttention of the No-
bility, Gentry, and the Publt of Liverpool and its
Vicinity to his
CLOTH-NAPPED BEAVER HATS,
they being of a superior quality to any yet offered to the
Public, manufactured solely for him, and not to be procured
at any other House in England, the price of which is 3Us.
CASH. The above will be found a most desirable Article to
those Gentlemen to whom shortness of nap is a recommenda-
tion.
3, St. George's Crescent.

ICE CONSTANTLY ON SALE
AT
THOS. PORTER'S SALMON S,
No. 1, ST. JOHN'S FISH 14 KET,
AT ONE PENNY PER POUND.

rgIHOMAS DISMORE, SILVERSMITH, 35, BOLD
STREET, LIVEIiPOOI.
PLATE :
LONDON-MADE SPOONS and FOR at London
prices, namely, Fiddle pattern, 7s. 2 . per ounce ;
King's pattern, 7s. 44. per ounce. The wing are weights
recommended, but may be had lighter or eavier

FIDDLE PATTERN.
Oz. a. d. £ a. d.
12 Table elpoorr, 30 at 7 2 -0--
12 Dessert Ditto 20 .. 7 2 7 3 4
12 Table Forks 3O .. 7 • 2 ....I() 15 0
12 Dessert Ditto 21.) .. 7 2 .... 7 3 4
.
2 Gravy Spoons 10 . 7 2 .... 3 11 8
1 Soup Ladle lO .. 7 2 3 11 8
4 Sauce Ditto lO.. 7 8 ... 3 16 8
12 Tea Spoons lO .. 7 8 .... 3 16 8
1 Pair of Sugar Tongs
4 Salt Spoons
1 Fish Slice
Silver Tea and Coffee Services cud the best Silver-edged
Plated Goods, &c. &c. &c.
If for Exportation, a drawback of Is. 6cl. per Ounce on
Silver Goods.

NORTII UNION RAILWAY.
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING.
SIR THOMAS D. HESKETH, BART. IN THE CHAIR.

REPORT OF THE PIRECTORS.
IN laying before the General Meeting of the proprietors an
account of their proceedings during the last year, the
directors have first to express 'their regret that t. 6 present
state of the works does not realise the expect on of their
entire completion at this time, confidently tertained by
the engineer and themselves up to the per of the last re-
port. The unusually long and severe sts of last winter
interrupted all progress whatever fo n altogether unex-
pected length of time, and these \Ter,- .ucceeded by such wet
inclement days and stormy nights a- sadeitoftenimpossible
to keep the men on the works, and even subsequently and
up to the present time almost tropical rains and storms have
repeatedly deluged the country, washing down the newly-
formed slopes, scouring out the fresh-laid ballasting, and by
keeping the heavy clay bottoMs of the deep excavations and
cuttings in a state of,constant puddle, greatly adding to the

difficulties of working.
The Directors, however, conceive that they only do justice
to their principal contractors, Messrs. Mullins and MgMahon,
in stating generally that notwithstanding the impediments
briefly explained, they have made great and highly creditable
exertions to keep the time to which they pledged and bound
themselves for the execution of the works in their hands, the
31st of July last, and that they e%press deep concern at their
want of success. On the first of their contracts, the Ribble,
crossing the valley south of Preston, the bottom of the deep
cutting through Venwortham was cleared about the latter
end of June, though slips in the slopes of the excavation
rendered this work extremely tedious; and the dressing off
of these slopes, and the ballasting and completing the per-
manent way is now proceeding very satisfactorily, and with
as much activity as the greatdemand for hands at this season
will allow,—the progress of this part of the work being ma-
terially assisted by a logomotive engine, provided by the
contractors, and used on the temporary lines. In noticing
the state of the Ribble Viaduct, the Directors only wish
they could bear as satisfactory testimony to its progress, as
they can to the excellence of the workmanship and to the
general appearance of strength and stability, which-charac-
terisetr the whole of this magnificent structure. Four arches,
however, of one hundred and twenty feet span are now
keyed, and confident expectations are held out by the en-
gineers that the fifth and last may be keyed by the end of
this month, and the spandrills and parapets are proceeding

so as to be completed at the same time.
The Directors must state their opinion that on the next
contract, the Yarrow, Mr. Mackenzie has been guilty of in-
excusable delay and negligence in the performance of his en•
gagements, and though a considerable portion of the line,
viz. that part extending from Leyland to the north of the
Yarrow Valley, is completed and finished off, it is evident
that the whole of this contract, notwithstanding the unfas
vourable season, might have been completed had the work
been carried on with proper energy;, and, in consequence,
the Directors last mouth determined to put. in force the
powers of the contract against Mr. Mackenzie, in order to
compel, in this manner, a more speedy progress. This was
especially requisite as regards the timber viaduct over the
Yarrow Valley, which the fall of the culvert over that river
in October last has rendered necessary, and as it was ad-
mitted by the contractor himself that all the legal conse-
quences of this unfortunate occurrence strictly attached to
him, and the Directois notwithstanding deemed it advisable
and right to consent at once to a liberal and amicable settle-
ment with him, in the hope of securing, by his promised
activity and exertion, the completion of this contract at the
stipulated time, he is certainly not now entitled to any fur-
ther indulgence. The steps taken have already been effectual
where increased activity and progress were most wanted,
and the Directors will not fail to continue their best efforts,
and to employ the most decided measures, if needful, to pre-
vent any delay in the opening of the line arising from this
contract.
On the Douglas contract, looking at the quantity of work
to be done when it came into the hands of Messrs, Mullins
and M`Mahon, the Directors consider that the progress has
been on the whole good, although the late unfavourable sea-
son has of .course materially retarded these works, notwith-
standing the unwearied and persevering attention which has
been given to them. The masonry, with the exception of
the bridge over the Chorley turnpike road, of which the arch
is now turned, is nearly all finished, and the only work left
of any consequence is the bottom lift of the excavation near
this bridge, which a week or two of fine weather will enable
the contractors to run with ease into the embankment at
Chapel-lane bridge; when the whole of the permanent way
will be soon entirely completed.
A tedious and rather expensive operation has been going
forward on the line south of Wigan, viz., raising it for a con-
siderabl2AliwAttz‘the level requisite to effect the junction
se - • kiificpPrtss e
ire ia—dC
and without stopping or in any egre
in either passengers or goods. The double line of Railway
between Wigan and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway,
at Parkside has also been completed, with one trifling excep-
tion ; leaving only the sidings and the improved mode of
junction at this point to be finished, in accordance with the
plan agreed upon with that Company.
In conformity with the 12th section of the Act of Parlia-
ment, the Directors have cause to be formed and laid the
branch line to the important coal fields at New Springs in
the township of Aspull, and they are prepared to open it to
the public simultaneously with the main lines to Preston.
In concluding this account of the progress of the works
since the last annual meeting, the Directors must repeat the
expression of their great regret that it has not been found
practicable to secure the very large revenue which the pas-
senger traffic of this summer would have afforded; although
the probable delay is not nearly so great as has often, not to
say almost always, occurred in works of similar extent and
without the same grounds of excuse. They see no reason to
doubt the assurances they receive of such a rate of progress
in the little that is still left unfinished as-shall render it both
practicable and perfectly safe to open the whole line to Pres-
ton about the latter end of next month; and in order to 'se-
cure this object the proprietors may be assured that every
possible exertion will be made on their part and that of the
engineering department.
In every other respect the Directors will be fully prepared,
immediately on the completion of the Railway, with all that
is requisite for the most active proceedings in the Carrying
Departments.
As regards Passengers, their views have been cordially met
by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Company
and their able and experienced Treasurer; and a plan of
joint operations has been devised, by which all the incon-
venience and delay at present complained of at the Parkside
Junction, will be entirely removed, and the conveyance of
the passengers may be accomplished in a mode as complete
and efficient, as sa-fe and economical. Each Company shall,
it has been agreed, find the moving power on its own line,
(an arrangement the expediency and advantages of which
the Directors think experience will soon demonstrate) and
each Company will find its own proportion of the carriages;
all which will be conveyed uninterruptedly through between
Preston, Wigan, Liverpool, Manchester, and the regular
intermediate stopping places. In conformity with this ar-
rangement, contracts with builders in Lancaster and Pres-
ton were entered into during the past year, for an adequate
supply of first and second-class Railway Carriages, of the
most approved and complete description, and at the same
time the Liverpool and Manchester Company commenced
building their proportion exactly similar in plan and appear-
ance. Most of these, and the Horse-boxes and Lorries for
gentlemen's carriages, are now ready for delivery, and the
Directors are happy to be enabled to say that they cannot
speak too highly of the manner in which both sets of car-
riages have been executed, and that they will all, they be-
lieve, be found fully equal in workmanship and materials, as
well as appearance, to any that have yet been secured by
Railway Companies. The plan of Locomotive Engine
which was, atter a great deal of discussion and inquiry, at
length adopted by the Board, is the same in all respects as
that which is working so satisfactorily on the London and
Birmingham Railway • and all the machinery has been con-
structed, as it was for that Company, under the superintend-
ence and responsibility of their contractor for power, Mr.
Bury. In this most important department, also the Direc-
tors sincerely congratulate the Proprietors upon the effici-
ency and perfection of execution which has been thus secured;
Mr. Bury's reports stating that the whole of their ample sup-
ply of passenger-engines, which are all now nearly ready for
delivery, Lave been executed throughout in the most satisfac-
tory manner, and that no part of the machinery exhibits those
failures and imperfections which inevitably occurred at first,
from want of satlieient skill and experience on the part of some
of the manufacturers„ but which have occasioned so much no-
convenience and loss to all other Companies. Complete Sta-
tion Buildings, both at Preston and Wigan, with comfortable
and ample waiting-rooms, offices, and every other accommo-
dation for passengers; a large and substantial carriage-house;
and beildings for the repair and secure deposit of engines not
in use.—have been planned, and will most of them soon be
entirely completed; when arrangements are made fer at once
furnishing them in the most complete and efficient manner,
with all the requisite tools, implements, &c. The Directors
are in communication with the Liverpool and Manchester
Company relative to fixing upon the most convenient hours
to the public fur the departure of trains on the opening of the
entire line; when the time at present occupied in the journey
between Preston and Liverpool and Manchester will be at
once reduced to considerably less than one-half ; an hour and
a half being, the Directors anticipate, sufficient for their first-
class trains to perform it with uniform regularity and punctu-
ality- Arrangements are also completed with the leading Pro-
prietors of the North Coaches ; and as soon as the entire
()Inning of the London and Birmingham Railway (which will
probably take place about the same time as that of the North
Union Railway) shall have finally decided the hours of the
Railway travelling to and from the South, the Directors will
immediately confer with the Directors of the Grand Junction
Company, es to the best arrangements for an efficient com-
munication with their trains. 'Phis last-mentioned branch of
the North Union passenger
few week traffic, has been shown, by the
experience of the last re to be considerably larger in
amount and value, than the must Sanguine calculations had
anticipated. •
With regard to the conveyance of Goods, arraneements
have been made for placing this branch of the business, on a
scale of mutually equitable tolls, in the hands of an eaperi-
encefl carrier, Mr. Hargreaves, who hes provided himself with
a sufficient supply of engines, waggons, &c., to enable him to
carry it on very extensively, and of whose activity, and long_
established connexions, the Company will thus at once have
the benefit. In consequence of Mr. Harpy eaves' views of the
extent to which this branch of the traffic may be carried, his
conviction of which is sufficiently shown by his willingness to
become liable to heavy and increased warehouse rents, the
Directors have been induced to erect larger warehouses, both
at Preston and Wigan, than they had at one time contem-
plated, and complete and suitable arrangements for an exten-
sive goods traffic will be shortly ready at both these places.
Nothing but a conviction, founded upon experience, of the
good policy and ultimate economy in providing thus amply
and liberally for the carrying department in all its branches,
and of securing, at whatever expense it may require, the most
perfect and substantial execution of every part of the works
connected with Railways, would have induced the Directors
to incur any expense beyond the estimates (amounting in all
to .£480,000) for which they stated their expectation of com-
pleting and bringing into Operation the North Union Rail-
way and its branches, &c., a total length of twenty-five miles.
When, however, the Proprietors are informed that their Rail-
way, with all the arrangements and proviSions above men-
tioned, will still be completed for anexpended capital of little
more than half a million, for less than one-half the total cost
per mile of the Liverpool and Manchester and London and

Birmingham Railways, the Directors think this small increase
of outlay will not be grudged or considered unwarranted. It
must also be borne in mind that not only is the traffic in pas-
sengers and merchandize of all descriptions thus fully and li-
berally provided for in Preston and Wigan, but that all the
costly complete stations and entrances into Liverpool and
Manchester, of this latter Railway are secured to the North
Union traffic on the fair and equitable terms agreed upon with
that Company, upon the system of mutual co-operation and
exchange which has been destribed.
Since the last general meeting of the Proprietors, the con-
tracts of the works of the Lancaster and Preston Junction

Railway have all been let, and measures taken to ensure a
speedy completion of this valuable ally, and important further
extension towards the north of the great westerly line of Rail-
was_r_o_pntinication between England_ and Scotland. Two
other sources of traffic, the Preston and Wyre, and the Long-
ridge Railways, also appear to be fast advancing towards com-
pletion, and when opened for public use cannot fail to prove
feeders to the North Union Railway. The act to give au-
thority to the arrangements made last year with the Bolton
and Preston Railway Company, and which agreement was
particularly described in the last report of this Company, has
now received the sanction of Parliament; having been at
length rendered by that Company strictly conformable in its
provisions to the terms of this agreement, which was very far
from being the case when in the form in which it was first in-
troduced into the House of Commons and printed. It au-
thorises a line of Railway between Bolton, Chorley, and
Euston upon the North Union Railway; andit provides this
Company in a very satisfactory manner with a Railway com-
munication with the Lancaster Canal north of the Ribble
Valley ; an arrangement of great importance previously to
the completion of the Lancaster Railway, and which appears
likely to lead ultimately to the whole of the north and south
traffic, both bp Canal and Railway, passing. over a certain
Portion of the North Union Line, and of course contributing
an important addition to its income.
Having thus called attention to the varied and certain
sources of valuable traffic from which the income of the North
Union Railway will be derived, and to the further, improve-
ment in its prospects during the past year, the Directors think
it necessary to repeat the opinion they have always entertained
and so often already expressed on this subject ;—as its cor-
rectness will now be ascertained in a very few weeks by the
surest of all tests, that of actual experience of the capabilities
and resourses of this important undertaking.
A balance sheet, made up to the 30th of June last, and au-
dited by two of the Directors, laid on the table, in conform-
ity with the 154th section of the Act of Parliament.
THOMAS 13_ HESKETH, Chairman.
Liverpool, 3rd Angust, 1838.