The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

THECHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
HALF-YEARLY •ORDINARY_ MEETING of
COMPANY will be held, at the Company's Office, 61, '"rgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th of Fehrua-
rY, at One o'clock precisely.
u
._BY order, GEORGE KING, Secretary.
street, 29th January, 1846.

N0r...7)i ER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the AD-
p. JOURNED HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PRO-
rrnORS of this COMPANY will be held, at the Clarendon
s, South John-street, Liverpool, on TUESDAY, the l'ith
Report of Februa7 next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to receive the
,ePort of the, `onim ittee appointed at the Meeting of Proprie-
".B held on the 29th instant, and for the usual purposes.
Birkenhead, W 6 30th January,1% I. JACKSON, Chairman.
184.

81)INBURGH,LEITH,ANDGRANTON RAILWAY.
JeDp NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 'I'ECIAL
~ENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the
pA,,,RGH, LEITH, and GRANTON RAILWAY COM-
iNY is to be held, within the Company's Office, on SATUR-
-11113-44i the 21st instant, at One o'clock, when the heads of agree: N 0.,,,! ars arranged between the Directors of the Edinburgh and
Edile Raihvay, with the view to an amalgamation with the
ihens urgh, Leith, and Granton Railway, will be submitted to
hareholders for their consideration and approval.
ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Secretary.
8, 416ereromby-place, Edinburgh, 2d February, 1846.

TO pri {ADVERTISEMENT.
EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
have read a letter of Mr. Macgregor Laird's,
azai:e.sPecting a statement which he thought proper to make
Sh "s‘ Me at the Meeting of the Chester and Birkenhead
2,tarti
uhitoilrtlllers, over which I- had the honour to preside, on the
he h .
c srge first,—That I purchased land, knowing that
r
the,extension line of the Chester and Birkenhead Company was
s.macle through it.
,enY It, distinctly and broadly.
the ?0 I, and the surveyor appointed by me, fixed
~lue of my land when it was purchased for the Company.
less thnY it. Before the board I told them that I should not take
vmu FOUR POUNDS per yard, because adjoining lan.d was
nY Mr. Cole at FOUR rouxus per yard, and I considered
as god.
stit,,inuseifttirpulblrienshleydi.not to Mr. Macgregor Laird, but to the
whi7ve the world to judge whether the obvious malignity
nr°lllPtB the charge be capable of staining my character,
tehrt° unspotted, by the accusation of corruptly administer-
great trust confided to me.
,!natever may appear from the same quarter, or on the same
"biect, I shall not again notice.
23irkenbead, February 4th, 1846

I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
WILLIAM JACKSON

LADIES' CHARITY
GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the
itiiRII.ISTEES and SUBSCRIBERS to the LADIES' CHA-
404ifvill be holden in the Board-room of the Blue Coat
o'cloci4l, on 'WEDNESDAY next, the 11th instant, at One
officer' P•y, to receive the Report for the past year, to Elect
op therco.Committees, and to transact the General Business

Treasurer The 14"*P001 Feb. 4, 1846.
;
add Legacy
ruerceerileer
dtuoritigacknowledge the following Donations
the past year :
DONATIONS.

JAMES BOLD, President

nyrom Corri(
rs. T. , •
prown
~,`",,rs• Wm. Dixon
p4'loB. Carson, Esq.
ines Bold, Esg
4M:Boratien of .Liverpool
ti••Headlam, Esq
M`Gregor
•r ri",l, per Rev: J, Wilkinsqon
. Ratone.
r•s Gracehb Berry-street
Ball Ticket, per Mrs. Nicol
Th LEGACY . late Richard Bla Grantham, per Cha
Ckhlie and Ezekielin G. Varenne, Esqrs.s ,
.t 200,. less duty X2O

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