The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-26 00:00:00

ATIIF,N/EUNI

MHE ANNUAL MEETING of-the PROPRIETORS of
I the ATH ENAEUM will be held in the. LiwtA tty, on
TUESDAY, the Tenth of July next, at Eleven o'clock in the
Forenoon.

Nutice has been olven that a Motion will then be made, the
object of which will be to
_rescind the following, Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting in July, 1836:
" That the News-room be closed on .Sundays from Half-past
Ten in the Forenoon to One o'clock, and that the Library he
not opened on Sundays until Five o'clock in the Afternoon."
The Meeting will also be called upon to consider the Report
of the Committee appointed at the General Meeting in April
last to procure plans for the improvement of the PremiSes, and
the adoption thereof.

HENRY LAWRENCE, President,

of fice of Commissioners of Compensation.
No. 25, Great Georye-street. Westminster, 22d June, 1838.
MAURITIUS.

NOTICE • IS,HEREBY GIVEN, that 115 Uncontested
...NI Claims (a List of the numbers of which may be seen at
this Office) Navin. been received from the Colony of Mauritius,
the Commissioners of Compensatirin will proceed to take the
same into consideration on WEDNESDAY. the 4th day of July
text, at Twelve o'cloil;- and that Certificates of the Awards
which shall he male upon that day will be deliverable on
SATURDAY, the 14th day Of July next.
By order of the Board,
• HENRY HILL, Secretary.

CHESTER .AND-BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY
MHE DIRECTORS OF THE CHESTER AND BIR-
I4NHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY have resolved to
call,,and.do. hereby for the Som of Five Pound's per Share,
to be paid by`the. Proprietors of the said Company, on or before
the 9th day. of. Julv. next; to the Norm/ AND SOUTH WALES
BANK, Liverpool; or to Messrs. DtxoNs and • WARDELL,
Chester. Dated the 28th day of May. 1838 —By older of the
Board.' JOSEPH MALLABY, Clerk to the Company.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.

THE DIRECTORS 'OF THE CHBSTER.AND BIR
'KENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY vvill•meet al
their OMee, No. 24. F.NIVICK-STREET. I iverDool. on MONDAY,
the 2d day of Jtily next, at Twelve o'chnk at noon preosely,
to receive TMN utsrt Tar the ntitowine Works:—

t'irst --Ti, SUTTON- CON'I'UACT, extending froth the
north side of Plyrnyard 'Brook, in the Township of Easthain, to
a Stakeabout seven chains north of the occupation lane, at the
southern boundary of the Township of Ledsham, being a dis-
tance otSmiles and 17 chains, or theieabouts.

Second.—The MOSTON CONTIZA.CT, extending from the
termination of the prec'editig contract to the north side of Brook.
street, Chester, being a distani:e of 4 miles awl 39 chains, or
thereabouts.

The Contracts to comprise the inaking of the Railway, with
all the Excavations, Embankments, Bi idges' Culverts, Fences,
GatPs, and Drains, and other Work,i, CoMplete, including the
Laying and Ballasting of the Permanent.' Way, and providing
all necessary •Materials f•rthe same, (except the Iron Rails.
Chairs, and Fastenicgs,) and to keep the whole of the Works
in goad repair for one year after completion.
A daft of the contract, with plans and specifications of the
works, will be ready for inspection at the Office of Mr. JOHN
DIXON. the resident Engineer of the Company, at the Town-
hall,. Birkenhead, on and after MONDAY, tire 18th day of June
next.

Printed forms of tenders may be had at the same place, and
no others will be attended to. The' tenders must be delivered
(sealed) at the Company's Office, N 0.24. Fenwick-street, Liver-
pool, on or before 141,isnAY, the 2,1 day of July. and the parties
tendering must attend the meeting at Twelve o'clock on the
dayfol-lowing.

The parties whose tenders are accepted will be required to
enter in!n a bond, with the sureties for the due performance of
the contract, in a penalty of not less than ten per cent, upon the
gross sum contracted for, and the names of the proposed sure-
ties are to be specified in the tender. .

The Directors will not hind themselves to accept the lowest
tender. WILLIAM DIXON, Chairman.
28th 3fay. 18.38.

YORK AND NOWT-1 MIDLAND RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the JULY HALF-
-111 YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of Proprietors of
Shares id the York and North Midland Railway Company will
he held, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Incorpo-
ration, in the Office of the said Company, in the City of York,
on FRIDAY, the 13th day of July next, at Twelve o'clock at
Noon precisely.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman and Deputy Chairthan
JAMES MEEK, S 'of the Board of Directors.
By order.
GEORGE BAKER. Clerk to the Company.
Yark and North Midland Railway Office,
York, 21st June, 1838.

E LIVERPOOL HOUSE AND LAN D COMPANY,
AND SAVINGS' FUND.
CAPITAL, £200.000. in £lO. SHA rms.
Bankers. —The Liverpool Banking Company.
Insurance Company,—The Liverpool.
Solicitors,—Messrs. Shackleton, Wright. and Hunter.
Surveyor,—Mr. Clarke Rampling.
The Provisional Committee beg to inform the Subscribers
that they are proceeding steadily to forth the Company accord-
ing !o the Prospectus, and that a large proportion of the Shares
intended for the first allotment are subscribed for, and that. their
original opinions, as to the returns to be obtained from the Ca-
pital, to be invested, as well as the security and stability of the
concern, are daily strengthened.
WILLIAM PARLOUR, Chairman.
Prospectuses and Application Forms may be had daily at the
Olbee of Mr. JAMES EACH, Sliaie Broker,
19 and 20, Arcade.

. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK
- • RAILWAY COMPANY.
XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF.
.1.14 -1 EARLY GENERAL MEETING of the YROPRIE•
TORS,of this COMPANY will he held. pursuant to Act o
Parliament. in the SHERIFF'S COPIIT HALL, Bank-street,
Greenock, on MONDAY, the 2d day of July next.
The Chair to be taken at One P.M. precisely.
ROBERT D. KER,
Chairman of the 3oard of Directors.
Greenock, 15th June, 1838.