The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

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Unquestionably the intelligent portion of the
public, of all classes, would bail the advent to
power of a soundly constitutional and Conserva-
tive Government with satisfaction, if not even with
delight. They perceive clearly t

at the country is

not safe in the hands of the present men, or of any
men who hod their principles; and that their policy
is more likely to be directed towards the infliction
of further injury than to provide a remedy for the
past. The attempted legislation of the last ses-

aeon was a
obstinate perverseness, quite m.
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BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE. AND CHESHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

On Saturday, a special meeting of the shareholders of
this undertaking was held at the Town-hall, Birkenhead,
"to take into consideration and determine upon an appli-
cation to parliament, in the ensuing session, for powers to
abandon a part of the line, to enable ;he company to make
a railway to form a connexion with the London and
North-Western Riilway, to make alterations in the levels
of the Chester branch. and of the mode of crossing Can-
ning-street. in Birkenhead, to extend the time for the
purchase of lands, to make alterations in the tolls and
rates authorized to be levied by the company, and to de-
crease the capital of the company, and also to consider
and determine on the several subjccts referred to in the
memorial transmitted to the directors by the shareholders
in the company."

The attendance was very numerous. Mr. Alderman
Bancroft was called to the chair, and Mr. W. Jackson,
iii. P., was present. The Secretary read a memorial from
some of the shareholders to the directors, praying chiefly
for a repeal of the Amalgamation Act. Mr. J. B. Lioyd
rend the notice to perliament for various purposes (already
advertised), and then the proposals, which the di rectors
submitted for approval, and which were published in our
last paper. The t hairman said the original memorial had
arrived. The names were numercus, the parties repre-
senting one-tenth of the whole capital of the company.
They were principally Cheshire Junction proprietors, and
the capital represented nominal; but that was suffi-
cient for the act.

The CHAIRMAN adverted to several items in the notice
that had been read. He thought it desirable to omit the
erection of the projected bridge at Birkenhead, to carry
Canning-street across the railway. It had become obvi-
ous that the line could not be carried throughout in its in-
tegrity, that was, from Birkenhead to ChesTer, and thence
to Stockport. The line, in fact, could net be carried fur-
ther than Moore with the money that could be raised by
calls upon the present register. £450,000 would be re-
qui red for that purpose alone. He felt assured that not

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upon it in all. Finding then.selves in this position, the di-
rectors had cast about for some scheme to get out of the
difficulty, and to enable them to accomplish what they
thought the importance of the united concern required ..to
he done ; that was, to make the line from Chester to
Moore, a distance of fifteen miles, and no further for the
present. The proposal 3 the directors submitted would, he
T 1 trusted, meet with the serious consideration of the share-

holders. He believed the scheme was calculated to ben(
fit all parties, and begged the adoption of the proposition
as they stood. The resolutio❑ was to the effect, " That

in the next ses,,ion, and take suc.h measures as they may
deem expedient to carry out the alteration of the com-
pany's works proposed in the notice ; and the reduction
and alteration of the capital as contained in the proposals
submitted."

Air. BROWN, banker, of Glasgow, said that at first he
had strong objections to the directors' proposals, but,
after a conference with the chairman, Le had seen their

a similar opinion
It was stated that the extension line to the docks had
cost the sum of £300,600, which had been incurred at the
unction Company ; that
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