The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE

Lord Rossmore, Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Monaghan
Colonel Rawdon, M.P. for Armagh, Great Stanhope-
street, May Fair
Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury. Herts
The Honourable Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street,
Piccadilly
Richard Edward Arden, Esq.. 4, Bedford-square
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Brighton
Wm. Paton, Esq., J.P., Armagh
John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square
Captain Lewis, J.P., Deputy-Lieutenant of the County
of Monaghan
John Humphreys, Esq., J.P., Miltown-house, Strabane
James Reade, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-
square
Edward. W. Bond, Esq., J.P., Deputy Lieutenant, Bond-
ville, County of Armagh
The Rev. Pooley Shuldham Henry, D.D., Commissioner
of the National Board of Education, and Charitable
Bequests in Ireland
Benjamin Oliveira, F.R.S., Esq., 8, Upper Hyde Patk-
street
Lee M'Kinstry, Esq., J.P., Armagh
Matthew Wyatt, Esq., 1, Upper Hyde Park-street
Captain Rogers, Cloveneden, County of Armagh
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Surrey
Charles Wm. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square
George Scott, Esq., Armagh
Charles Forster, Esq., Temple
Thomas Meyer Carvick, Esq., Moat Mount, Highwood,
Middlesex
Francis Evans, Esq., Dublin
John Porter Harris, Esq., J.P., Ashfort, County of
Armagh
James Vickers, Esq., Mark-lane
Christopher W. Popham, Esq., Trevarno, Cornwall
Rev. H. Fowler, Manchester-square.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Lord Rossmore, Chairman.
Colonel Rawdon, M P.
Honourable Henry St. John
W. Paton, Esq., J.P.
Richard E. Arden, Esq.
C. W. Spicer, Esq.
Captain Lewis, J.P., D.L.
John Stewart, Esq.
George Scott, Esq.
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S.
T. M. Carvick, Esq,
Richard Heaviside, Esq.
E. W. Bond, Esq., J.P.
James Vickers, Esq.
John Malleson, Esq.
Rev. H. Fowler.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir John Rennie.
ACTING ENGINEER.
Henry L. Lindsay, Esq., C.E., M.R.1.A., &c.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co.,
Lombard street.
BANKERS IN IRELAND.
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Provincial Bank of Ireland, and its Branches.
Bank of Ireland, and its Branches.
STANDING COUNSEL IN ENGLAND.
William Johnson Neale, Esq., 5, King's Bench Walk,
Temple.
STANDING COUNSEL IN IRELAND.
Joseph Napier, Esq„ Q.C.

SOLICITORS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Ogte and Younghusband, 4, Great Winchester-

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street. -
Wm. Parsons, Esq., 34, Half Moon-street, Piccadilly

SOLICITOR IN IRELXND.
John Cuming, Esq., 12. Hardwicke-place, Dublin, and
The Mall, Armagh.
_^ PARLIAMENRARY AGENT. GENT.

C. F. Waddy, Esq., 103, Jermyn-street, St. James's

SECRETARY IN LONDON.
Wm. Cowell, Esq.
SECRETARY IN IRELAND.
Thomas E. Wright, Esq., 12, Hardwicke-place, Dublin
OFFICES.-53, Charing-cross.

THE proposed Line of Railway is intended com-
mence at the C ty of Dublin, and to terminate at Ar-
magh, where it will form a junction with the different
Northern Lines now projected, or in course of construc-
tion; of which Armagh, both from its central position
and from the ascertained course of traffic, becomes the
natural point of convergence.
The terminus at Armagh will thus be in conjunction
with the Ulster Railway, extending eastward to Belfast,
with the Newry and Enniskillen Line, connecting the
north-east and north-west of Ireland ; and also with the
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway, by means of
which a direct inland communication will be opened up to
that fine harbour on the northern coast.
The projected Line will pass through, or near to, the
following towns, viz. :—Finglas, Lucan, Trim, Navan,
Slane, Kens, Collom, Ardee, Louth, Carrickmacross,
Castleblaney, Ballybay, Keady, Monaghan, Glasslough,
Middletown, and Caledon, together with about nineteen
other smaller towns; and' could be easily connected with
the important towns of Clones, Newblis, Coothill, Augh-
nacloy, Omagh, and many others, and will comprehend,
in its entire length, a distance of 85i statute miles
being identical with that surveyed by Sir John M'Neill,
under the direction of the Government Railway Commis-
sioners, and strongly recommended by them, in their Par-
liamentary Report of 1838, in comparison with other
Lines then under their consideration, as " capable of
affording the greatest accommodation at the least outlay',
and as best adapted to stimulate the industry and develope
the resources of the country."

-The advantages which the-public must derive from such
an undertaking are so manifest, that it is unnecessary to
enter into a lengthened enumeration of them, or to insti-
tute invidious comparisons,..in this respect, between the
Line now under consideration and that usually denomi-
nated the " Coast Line." it is rather the wish of the
Provisional Committee that the project should be viewed
on its own distinct merits, confident that its claims to
public support will thus rest on a solid basis.

- In regt;rel to the merits of the prOpn;;FLine, higher
authority could not be adduced than that of the Railway
Commissioners, who tkus speak of it in their able and
lu-
minous report :

"'A Railway from Dublin by Navan and Armagh: to
Belfast would, in the first part of its course, receive at
Navan all the traffic from that town, augmented by con-
tributions from Virginia, Dells, and Enniskillen ; it would
again fall in at Armagh with the course of trade to and
from Belfast." (p. 15.)
Again, in reference to the passenger traffic on this Line,
the Commissioners, in the same part of their Report,,ex-
press their conviction that "such a Line would, in this
respect, possess advantages over almost any other inolre-
land."

Nor were the opinions., thus emphatically recorded by
the Commissioners, formed on slight or inconsiderate
grounds ; for, by reference to the statistical tables ap-
pended to their report,—tables which were drawn up with
elaborate care and based on an extensive induction of
facts,—it will be seen that they had abundant evidence to
justify them in recommending the proposed Line as likely
to prove most beneficial:to the public, and remunerative
to Shareholders.

In framing their calculations as to the probable traffic
both in goods and passengers, the Provisional Committee
have adopted the invaluable tables referred to as their
surest and safest guide. With similar caution they have
assumed the cost of construction at its maximum amount,
so as to give the least favourable comulexion to the un-
dertaking,—a course which, in their opinion, ought to se-
cure to the present project an am unt of public confidence
and support that could be claimed for it on no other or
inferior ground. The calculations, even on these data,
show that the Line in question would yield returns equal
to those of the Cashel Line, which were estimated at a
rate much below what it is likely to produce, as may be
inferred from the fact, that the shares in that Line are
now at a high premium.

If such aTe the results on the Cashel Line, what may
not be expected on the Dublin and Armagh Line, which
traverses a country abounding with all the elements that
contribute to the utility and success of railway projects ?
The richness and fertility of its soil—the vast amount of
its agricultural produce—and the extent of its manufac-
turing resources, combined with the commercial activity,
industrious habits. and enterprising spirit of its intelligent
and crowded population,—these, and many other advan-
tages, inspire the committee with the fullest confidence
in recommending the proposed Line to that support and
en-ouragement which, on the strictest scrutiny, they be-
Here it will be found to deserve. In a word, to facts and
to figures the Committee appeal on statistical arguments
alone they rely in submitting the contemplated Line to
the public, and endeavouring to obtain for it the sanction
of parliament.
The Purveys have been all prepared, and every arrange-
ment will be made to come before Parliament in the next
session.

Applications for Shares may be made, in the following
form, to the Solicitors ; to the Secretaries, at the Offices,
53, Charing Cross; Messrs. LABERTOUCFI and STAF-
FORD, Stock Brokers, College Green, Dublin ; Messrs.
HUGH MUNRO and Co., Stock and Sharebrokers, 44,
George-street, Edinburgh ; J. JARDINE, Esq., Stock and
Share Broker, Glasgow; JAMES JAMIESON, Esq., Stock
and Share Broker, Leeds ; Messrs. CARDWELL and
SONS, Manchester; Messrs. J. and J. KIMPSTER, Stock
and Share Brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs.
SCHULTZ and CARR, STOCK AND SHARE BROKERS,
LIVERPOOL; Mr. JAMES BUTCH ART, Huddersfield;
Mr. HERVEY, Halifax; and WILLIAM LEE, Esq., Stock
and Sharebroker, Cheltenham.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Dublin and Armagh

Railway Company

GENTLEMEN,
I request you will allot me Shares of
£25 each in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to
accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted
tome, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Par-
liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.

Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business

Reference

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY NOTICE.
THE Public are informed that on and after the First
of July, a considerable REDUCTION will be made
in the RATES for CARRIAGE -of GOODS between
LIVERPOOL and LONDON.
By order, MARK HUISH, Secretary.
Liverpool, 26th June, 1845.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
SECOND CALL OF £8 on the NE TV £32 SHARES.
THE DIRECTORS of the LONDON and BIR-
MINGH AM RAILWAY COMPANY having
resolved that a SECOND INSTALMENT of £8 PER
SHARE, payable on or before the 10th July, 1815, should
be called for on the New £32 Shares of this Company, the
Proprietors of such Shares are hereby required to pay, on
or before the appointed day, to any one of the undermen-
tioned Bankers, the Sum of £8 on each of their respective
Shares, viz. :

London.—Messrs. Glyn and Co., 67, Lombard-street,
or at the Office "of the Railway Company, Euston
Station.

Birmingham.—Messrs. J. L. Moilliet and Son; or the
Birmingham Banking Company.
Liverpool.—The Bank of Liverpool.
Manchester.—Sir B. Heywood and Co.

The Bankers have been severally instructed to charge
Interest, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum (ac-
cording to the provisions of tie Act of Incorporotion) on
all sums which shall he tendered after the 10th July.
GEORGE CARR GLYN,
Chairman, of the Bcard
JOSEPH F. LEDSAM, of Directors.
Deputy Chairmar,
By order, R. CREED, Secretary.
Office, Euston Station, Gth June, 1845.

EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON
RAILWAY.

'VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the
EDINBURGH, LEITH, and GRANTON RAIL-
WAY COMPANY is to be held, within the Company's
Office, 8, Abercromby.place, Edinburgh, on THURSDAY,
the 17th July next, at Two o'clock Afternoon, in terms of
and for the purposes mentioned in the Acts.

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No Proprietor who is in arrear of any part of the Calls
is entitled to attend or vote.
By order of the Board,
ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Sec.
Edinburgh, 8, Abercromby-place,
24th June, 1845.

EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON
RAILWAY.
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NOTICE IS HEROII7 OWEN, that a SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLD-
ERS of the EDINBURGH, LEITH, and GRANTON
RAILWAY COMPANY will be held, within the Com-
pany's Office, 8, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, on
THURSDAY, the 17th July next, at Three o'clock After-
noon, for the purpose of authorizing the Directors to
Borrow such Sums of Money as may be necessary and
expedient, and to issue Additional Shares of the Com-
pany, in exercise of the powers contained in their several
Acts of Parliament.

No Proprietor who is in arrear of any part of the Calls
is entitled to attend or vote.

By order of the Board,
ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Secretary
Edinburgh, 8, Abercromby-place,
24114 June, 1845.