The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

THE OASTLER TESTIMONIAL AND ANNUITY

FUND.
THE COMMITTEE appointed to forward the Collec-
tion of a FUND for the LIBERATION of Mr.
RICHARD OASTLER from PRISON, where he was
confined at the suit of Mr. Thornhill, regret exceed-
ingly that hitherto so little has been done in this
wealthy and proverbially constitutional and liberal town,
for this purpose. They now beg to state, that Mr.
Oastler has been liberated, through the liberality of twelve
individuals, who have become responsible for the required
Sum.

They annex a list of the Liverpool Subscriptions, at
present, and trust that the Friends of the " Altar, the
Throne, and the Cottage" will soon enable them to pub-
lish such a List as will convince the whole Kingdom that
Liverpool is still " the good Old Town." Subscriptions
in aid of this truly estimable object will be received at the
STANDARD, COURIER, and MAIL OFFICES, or by any
Member of the Committee.
Liverpool, 18th March, 1844.
COMMITTEE.
Mr. Richard Harbord
James Parker Mr.lThomas Smith
Joseph Harrison
R. H. Sherlock H. G. Harbord
I
T. Inman W. Wagstaff
H. Bentley I J. Payne.
ALREADY COLLECTED.
R. H. Sherlock, Esq....
Edmund Ward, Esq., Prescot 2 2 0
James Heyward), Esq....
Joseph Betteley, Esq.
James Parker, Esq. 1 1 0
Richard Harbord. Esq ...... .... 1 1 0
Rev. D. James....
An Enemy to Oppression ...... ...... 1 1 0
W. Birkett, Esq
John N. Wood, E5q.........
G. Beley, Esq 1 0 0
John Wilkinson, Esq.. • • 1 0 0
John Howard, Esq
Abraham Ward, Esq. 1 0 0
George Kendall, Esq. •• • • 1 0 0
John Ellison, Erq. 1 0 0
Collected in Commercial Hall
Ditto at the Rev. T. D.Gregg's Meeting 4 0 0
Robert Caldwell, Esq .. 1 0 0
Joseph Hopps, Esq.
Ten Workmen in R. Clay and Son's
Employment. . ......
Sundry small sums
Workmen at Railway Engine Yard.... 0 8 6
J. Games
R. A. Payne, Esq.
Thomas Inman, Esq

PROSPECTUS
OF THE

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE
RAILWAY,
VIA PAISLEY, JOHNSTONE. KILMARNOCK,
AYR, CUMNOCK, SANQUHAR, DUMFRIES,
AND ANNAN.

CAPITAL £1,300,000; SHARES £25 EACH.
DEPOSIT £1 ss.
No Subscriber liable beyond the Amount of his
Subscription.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Leadbeater, Esq., Chairman.
The Provost of Dumfries.
The Provost of Paisley.
Sir James Campbell.
James Monteath, Esq., of Stonebyres.
John Henderson, Esq., of Park.
Thomas D. Douglas, Esq.
John Miller, Esq., of Muirshiels.
John Wilson, Esq., of Dundyvan.
John Fleming, Esq., of Claremont.
James Douglas, Esq.
The Provost of Ayr.
The Provost of Kilmarnock.
Archibald Smith, Esq.
Robert Dykes, Esq.
William Brooks, Esq.
Andrew M`George, Esq.
George Stirling, Esq.
John Ross, Jun., Esq.
Alexander Brown, Esq.
BANKERS.

Glasgow—Union Bank of Scotland, and Western Bank
of Scotland.
Edinburgh— Do.
Manchester—Jones Loyd and Co.
ENGINEER.
John Miller, C. E., Edinburgh.
SOLICITORS.
Glasgow—Messrs. Bannatynes and Kirkwood,
16, Gordon-street, Glasgow.
London—Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall,

Do.

London.
INTERIM SECRETARY.
William Logie, 76, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow.
This Line is intended to connect London, Birmingham,
Manchester, and Liverpool with Glasgow, and the popu-
lous manufacturing and commercial towns and seaports
of the West of Ireland. The Route is the most favour-
able for the purpose proposed. Avoiding the high and
sterile district of country lying on the Scottish border, it
passes up the fertile and picturesque valley of the pith,
and enters the rich county of Ayr, where it joins the Line
of Railway which already connects with each other the
thriving towns and sea-ports of Glasgow, Paisley,
Greenock, Port-Glasgow, Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Ar-
drossan, Troon, and Avr.
The length of new Line to be made, in continuation of
the Western English trunk Lines terminating at Carlisle,
is ninety-two miles. From the surveys taken some years
ago, Mr. Miller, the Engineer of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway, has assured the Provisional Committee,
that the engineering facilities are great, and that looking
to the economical system recently adopted on such works,
and the diminished price of materials, not more than
£13,000 per mile will be requisite for its construction.
The Landowners on the Line are, so far as yet applied
to, very favourable to its execution.
From estimates of traffic laid before the Parliamentary
Commissioners in 1811, the nett revenue may be expected
to yield 8 per cent. on the proposed capital of £1,300,000.
Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be al-
lowed on Calls, after the Act of Parliament is obtained,
from the date of their being paid till the Line is opened,
which is
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inaperiod not exceeding
twoA Deposit
yearst
of from
cent. or £2 10s. per Share is re-
quired by the standing orders of the House of Commons,
one-half of which must be paid on the Shares being allot-
ted, and the other half at such time as shall be fixed by
the Provisional Committee. Subscribers will also require
to sign the usual Parliamentary Contract when required.
Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, may be
made in Liverpool to MATHEW WOTHERSPOON, Esq.,
Sharebroker, there, from whom also copies of the Pro-
spectus, containing full details, may be got.
Glasgow, 15th March, 1844.

To the Provisional Committee of the Glasgow. Dumfries,
and Carlisle Railway.
I request that you will allot to me Shares, of
Twenty-five Pounds each, in this Railway, on the terms
mentioned in the Prospectus; and I hereby bind myself
to pay the Deposit, and to sign the Contract of Copart-
nery and Parliamentary undertaking, in respect of such
number of Shares as may be allotted to me.
I am. Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
(Address) (Name)
(Date)