The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

March, 5, 1844.

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BUENOS AYRES, MONTE VIDEO, AND
AFFAIRS IN THE RIVER PLATE.
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MEsq.
Wu. BLACKWOOD and Sorts, 22, Pall all, London,
and 45, George-street, Edinburgh.

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OTICE,IS
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, EVERTON.
HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
PENv"I\I4,BAL MEETING of the OWNERS of
y of
Eve Sin the Church of St. George, in the Township of
Count rton, in the Parish of Walton•on-the-Hill, in the
Lancaster, will be heIdFRIDAY, the 15th
clay of March instant, at Three o'clock in the afternoon,
at the Office of Messrs. CARSON and ELLIS, Solicitors,
Na arned's-buildings North, Smreiting-street.
By order of the Committee,
—_______ C. S. MIDDLETON, Chairman.

PARIS A` D) STRASBURG RAILWAY.

TOTAL CAPITAL, Fr. 60,000,000.
To be divided into 120,000 Shares of 500 francs each.
An amount not exceeding a moiety of the same, to be
raised in England, in 420 Shares.

.`,DONT
LIAm COMMITTEE. PARIS COMMITTEE.
c Alder Man, M.P.
TEromPsort, Esq. Le COMTE de MOLE, Presi-
dent, Pair de France.
1141"-xs BARRY BALD- Le MARECHAL COMTE
41N6E(1., M.P. GERARD, Pair de France.
LiverkoSTHWAITE, Esq, Mons. de CREVANDIER,
Ny
POol . Pai de rance.
LL/Am
SAMPSON,Esq., . ETIENNE,F Pair de
n onsr Maon.
T. M France.
wEGUELIN, .ES Mons. MAGNIER de A,Lt.
Cl.,i-
-on. SONNEUVE, Depute du
w• KENNARD, Esq., Bas Rhin.
London. Mons. GANNERON, Ban •
quier, Depute, de la Seine.
Mons. d e L'ESPEE, Depute,
de la Meurthe.
Mona. ETIENNE, fils, De-
pute de la Meuse.
N LONDON.
Sir CLAUDE SCOTT, Bart.,
and Co.
' LIVERPOOL.
D and BULLINS..
IN PARIS.
'N, et Compagnie.

BANKERS
Messrs. DENISON, HEY-I.
'WOOD, KENNARDS, & CO. I
BANKERS IN
Messrs. LEYLANI
BANKERS
Messrs. GANNERO

TRB limited GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
Investment of British Capital in the
Francebeen
attendedc witho bothai success and profit.s Theh proposal,
the
therefore, to establish a Railway Communicationdeparture
betwe7
French Capital and Strasburg, the point
to
and from Germany, must command public attention
-tit:a confidence ; more particularly when it can be she Nn
at Peculiar facilities are afforded by the French anent,Go.vern-
and that those risks and expenses will be obviated,
!vhh, to so
in Englan great an extent, affect similar undertakings
BENEFITS.PECULIAR TO FRENCH RAILWAY INVEST-
Conformably toltazay9frbovnaerometath LmENOTthe 11th June, 1842, the
have resolved on the formation of a
Paris to Strasburg. It is necessary to state
_a_rq, by the terms of that law, the land will he purchased,
rta the earthworks, tunnels, bridges, stations, B(c., will
ue executed
risks °V the Government, at their own expense and
r, A Lease of the line for working will he made to the
irollusepiany, whose investment will be limited to the ballast-
the road, the supplying and laying down of the
my ' and providing the engines, carriages, &c. The
-c-01Tion of this Lease, the duration of the grant, the
ofdMatter " working, and the tariff of rates will be the
r a SPecial Law.
COMPARATIVE ABSENCE OF RISK..
All the advantages of Railway Investment will be thus
seabed to the Shagreholder without those risks involved
In the
Purchase of land, and errors in the estimate of
cost, which
takin
s have so frequently occurred in similar under-
willgsln England. The only object of consideration
asev be the conditions to be obtained from the French
-1' ernment for the working o(athe line, and there are
sufficient data to convince the Provisional Directors that
favourable terms will be granted to the proposed Company.
•
RATIFICATION or THE.LEASE.
Negotiations have already been entered into for a Lease,
_and it will be the endeavour of the Provisional Directors
to secure its immediate confirmation by the Government,
icit they have
the' every reason to anticipate will be ratified
wl.
arisEaiv, duringpresent Session of the French Ch am-
!,
~,,.. It will be ii‘fP°o.TANcE OF THE
perceived that the Line now proposed, from
LINE.
Paris to Strasburg,passing through Meaux, Chalons and
?Vancy,mustestablish an internal communication travers-
nig the richest and must industrious provinces of France,
and commercially uniting England, by the port of llavre
and the French Metropolis, with Austria, Bavaria, the
province of Alsace,Switzerland,
' asaatiufacturing
Rhine; bringing into readier and closer intercourse not
only -Frglice and Germany, but Great Britain and the
: whole continent ; the city of Strasburg bring already the
'sloint of departure for travellers from and to the Germanic
Provinces, and the point to which the national Railways
tq Germany are intended to converge.
ItROURCES OF THE COUNTRY TO BE TRAVERSED—
PROBABLE EXTENT OF TRAFFIC.
..I),'N° dollbt can exist as to the great extent of traffic to
Re Etnticipated from the construction of this line. The
' at °I M. Correard, an eminent Civil Engineer, which.
.., enee,i)mePosited at the Office of the Company for refe; .•
nre.,,t Ittna bheen obtained, and in this it is announced that
ila`ncrinr-c;ll,ral, commercial, and manufacturing resources
~,.;inr,easr:
tivihoa.:lses bordering, or within easy distance of the
di '' Beine those
of fifteen of the richest provinces in France.
•,leUrthe eine et Oise, Seine et Marne, Aisne, Ar..
Ville, Aube, Haute-Marne, Meuse, Moselle,
Mills'lh alio' r,l'!g", Haute-Saone, Haut-Rhin, and Bas-
air'iles'ilindilfa-ctiallF. hi forests, mines,. collieries, iron works,
yv,„ illitUral , les, as well as in rich vineyards and various
—"en of wh Protheteuyetcioonnss.umAe:l of these provinces import
Produce to
~at
and have abundant surplus
Fr eansia4;2l)rt• The intermediate traffic on this route
aee „ e to be greater than in any other part o
French' le total annual trade being estimated at 100,000
tons
betvvec;
a_ s between Strasburg and Paris, while that
eirobracc_ nct I:,inong the various localities enume,rated.,
N do
anont six .n. le this amount. The total population is
pus 320 orathens and a quarter, and the total land reve-
'whole kingdom °ooof. or £l9 800 000, double that of the
of 'Beigium: '
I'llEl.lx/iv ,
The a, —..RY CONDITIONS OF INVESTMENT.
L 8 60,000.00"Ili.r_of capital intended to be raised, at present.
Bankers
endw h.p'sl-,,}10rrec£2,400,000, in nearly equal parts in
Paymeiit of -.ranee.
.The deposit to be 50fs., or £2; on
kers of the c arn
of she eipts will be granted by the respective
ny, to be exchanged for certificates
shall at
contract
cwaileindriarly CoPallpan. y's office in London, when the
beau be ratified. The remaining instalments
called for at intervals of not less than three
them iti°nths, at the rate of £2 each, the firq enot to be called for sooner than three months after
Passing of the law constituting the Company. After
fiacitht ePsycn of the amount due in respect of his Shares,
payable Shareholder
to
o
bearer.
INTEREST the option of receiving certi-
oa instalments
TheI?:ZTEREST AND PROFIT ON INSTALMENTS.
..,`he.. will bear interest at 4 per cent. from
ate of the passing of the Law, until the Company
shall be in full operation; and such Shareholders as may
Pay their calls in London will be entitled to any profit
accruing from the assumed exchange at 25fs. per £l.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITIES.
The privileges of a Societe Anonyme will be secured to
the Company by a Royal Ordinance, which will limit
the liabilities of the Proprietors to the amount of their
subscriptions, as in the incorporated railways of England,
and the statutes of the Paris and Rouen, and Rouen and
Havre Railway, which have been proved to work well,
will be, as far as practicable, adopted in the constitution
of the Company.
MANAGEMENT OP THE COMPANY.
The executive management of the Company will be
conducted by a Board of Directors sitting in Paris, at-
tended by an English resident Director, and their pro-
ceedings will be regularly communicated to the English
Directors, who will have the privilege of voting by proxy.
An Office will be established in London for the transfer
of Shares, the payment of Dividends, and the furnishing
of information to the Proprietors, i

APROPRIATION OF .
After the opening of the line, the profits,PROFITS at each declar-
ation of dividend, will be thus appropriated :—an allow-
ance of £5OOO per annum to be made to the Directors,
including the remuneration of the English resident
Director, and after payment of dividend to the Share-
holders of five per cent, one per cent will be reserved as
Sinking fund ; or, instead of this allowance of £5OOO,
the Directors may, at their option, claim one twentieth
2f the remainder, after the above dividend and reservation.
wthe surplus to be again divided into twentieths ; eighteen
eotieths to be apportioned to the Shareholders, and the
pbllaining two twentieths to the Projectors.
-.ovlsrox IN CASE OF NO CONSTITUTION OF THE
COMPANY.
rl3osit
tbe event of the Company not being constituted, the
money will be returned to tbe subscribers w
`'eCtluction, but without interest, the Projectors, inithout that
Ise, bearing all expenses.
POWER AND RESPONSIBITY OF THE DIRECTORS.
is obvious that in such an undertaking as the present,
be Power should be given to the Directors, and it must
term_
sc derstood that the Subscribers are bound by such
suhne the Dii ectors may accept on their behalf, but the
bir ribers may rest assured that in all negotiations the
of tareueiceora will a strict regard for the general interest
Ah b°4 they present.
E . ENGINEER. •
the En r,l.glish Engineer of eminence will be appointed by
reluiregillissh Directors as soon as they are in a position to
Apoi APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. Ibittee, cations for Shares, addressed to the London Com-
tcrar, t,c, be made to Mr. WM. INKERSOLE, at the Tem-
‘.h'illee of the Company, 27„knstin Friars ; to
teatrril!l/18:1:-Asntvrek'N aryl
a.ee,StraANDERSON,
' Solicitors, 2, Adelphi-
e Londonest
m; i andns
te
rt c,) Mr. WM. tIDGES, 6,