The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

TO THE MERCHANTS, OWNERS, AND PART-
OWNERS OF SHIPS AND OTHER PERSONS

DULY QUALIFIED TO VOTE FOR THE
ELECTION OF MERCHANTS OR

SHIPOWNERS TO FORM PART OF THE
DOCK COMMITTEE.
T THOMAS SANDS, Esquire, Mayor of the
13 Borough of Liverpool, in pursuance and by virtue of
the powers and authorities of the Act of Parliament passed
in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the further im-
provement of the Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool,
and for altering, extending, and amending the several Acts
relating thereto," DO HEREBY APPOINT a MEET-
ING of the MERCHANTS AND SHIPOWNERS of
LIVERPOOL, (duly qualified,) to be held on TUESDAY,
the 12th day of November instant, at the Committee-
room of the Dock-office, in Revenue-buildings, Canning-
place, in Liverpool aforesaid, between the hours of One
and Four of the clock in the Afternoon, for the ELEC-
TION, NOMINATION, and APPOINTMENT of
ONE MEMBER of the COMMITTEE for the AF-
FAIRS of the ESTATE of the TRUSTEES of the
LIVERPOOL DOCKS, to supply a Vacancy in the
said Committee, caused by the Election into the Council
of CHARLES STEWART MIDDLETON, Esquire, on the
Ist of November instant.
THOMAS SANDS, Mayor.
Town-hall, 2d November, 1844.

The Qualification of Members of the Committee, as
fixed by the Act, is as follows:
" A natural born subject of the United Kingdom of
Great Britai❑ and Ireland or a subject duly naturalised
according to law ; and who shall have resided in the Town
of Liverpool or the vicinity thereof for five years previous
to the day of Election ; and shall have paid rates and du-
ties to the amount of £5O on his individual account or as
agent for others residing not less than eight miles from
Liverpool, or £lOO, if paid by any House of Trade in
Liverpool in which he may be a Partner within the year
immediately preceding the Election."
The Qualification of Voters, as fixed by the Act, is as
follows :

" Merchants, Owners, Part-owners of Ships and other
Persons, being PrincipalF, inhabiting the Town of Liver-
pool or the vicinity thereof, or being Agents, living in
Liverpool or the vicinity thereof, for Principals residing
mare than eight miles from the said town, who have paid,
either as Principals or Agents:as aforesaid, rates and du-
ties to the amount of £lO within one year previous to the
Election."
And, from every Voter, one of the following decla-
rations, with his signature thereto, will be required at
the time of his voting, which must be by personal attend-
ance :
[ln the case of a Principal, above-described.]
" I do hereby declare, that I have paid, as a Principal,
inhabiting the Town of Liverpool or the vicinity thereof,
rates and duties, by the Liverpool Dock Act of 51 Geo.
3, c. 143, or the Dock Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 187, authorised to
be raised, levied, and collected, to the amount of Ten
Pounds within one year from the day of the date hereof,
and that I am thereby duly qualified to vote at the Elec-
tion of Ratepayers to serve as Members of the Dock Com-
mittee.
"'Witness my hand, this day of November, 1844."
[ln case of an Agent above-described.]
I do hereby declare, that I live in the Town of Liver-
pool or the vicinity thereof, and that I have paid, as an
Agent for a Principal residing more than eight miles from
the Town of Liverpool, rates and duties, by the Liver-
pool Dock Act of 51 Geo. 3, c. 143, or the Dock Act of 6
Geo. 4, c. 187, authorised to be raised, levied, and col-
lected, to the amount of Ten Pounds within one year from
the day of the date hereof, and that I am thereby duly
qualified to vote at the Election of Ratepayers to serve as
Members of the Dock Committee.
" Witness my band, this day of November, 1844."
Printed Copies of these Declarations may be obtained
at the Dock-office.

ROWLAND'S UNIQUE PREPARATIONS,

ABERDEEN RAILWAY

CAPITAL, £900,000, in SHARES of £5O EACH.
DEPOSIT, £1 PER SHARE.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Thomas Blaikie, Esq., Lord Provost of the City of Aber-
-.

deen, Chairman.
The Right Ilon. the Earl of Errol, K. T., Lord-Lieute-
nant of Aberdeenshire.
The Right Hon. the Lord Forbes.
The Right Hon. the Lord Panmure.
The Right Hon. the Lord Lovat.
The Right Hon. th 3 Lord James Hay.
Sir R. Dalrymple Horn Elpbinstone, Bart.
The Provost of Dundee.
The Provost of Arbroath.
The Provost of Montrose.
The Provost of Forfar.
The Provost of Brechin.
Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber-
deen.
George Duncan, Esq., M.P. for Dundee.
James Duff, Esq., M.P. for Banffshire.
John Adam, Esu., of Scobbacb.
William Adam, Esq., of Hanna.
Captain Barclay, of Ury and Allardice.
David Blaikie, Esq.
John Blaikie, Esq.. of Craigiebuckler.
major-General Byres, of Tonley.
Newell Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen.
Patrick Chalmers. Esq., of Auldbar.
Lewis Crombie, E=q , one of the Bailies of Aberdeen.
William F. L. Carnegie, Esq., of Spynie and Boysack.
Patrick Davidson, Esq., Aberdeen.
Robert Duff, Esq., of Cutter and Fetteres'so.
Thomas Abercromby Duff, Esq., of Haddo.
Duncan Davidson, EFq , of Tillychetly.
James Farquharson, Esq., of Invercauld.
James Farquhar, Esq., Hallgreeen, of Kincardineshire.
James Farquharsonn, Esq., Manufacturer, A uchinblae.
Colonel Fraser, of Inverallochy and Castle Fraser.
Robert Grant, Esq., of Tillyfour, Convener of Aberdeen-
shire.
Colonel Gordon, of Park, Convener of Banffshire.
Alexander Gibbon, Esq., of Johnston.
John Gordon, Esq., of Avochie.
Andrew Gammell Esq., of Drumtocbty Castle.
John Taylor Gordon, Esq., of Nethermuir.
James Hadden, jun., Esq.. of Aberdeen.
Frederick Holland, Esq., Aberdeen.
John Angus, Esq., City Clerk of Aberdeen.
William Innes, Esq., of Raemoor, Convener of Kin-
cardineshire.
Alexander Jopp, Esq., Aberdeen.
James Kilgour, Esq., Aberdeen.
Clemets Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen.
Alexander Morrison, Esq., of Bonny and Montblairy.
Isaac Macray. Esq., Mail-coach Contractor, Aberdeen.
John Morrice, Esq., of Kincardineshire, Merchant, Lon-
don.
David Balfour Ogilvie, Esq., of Tannadice.
Alexander Pirie, jun., Esq., Aberdeen.
Henry Paterson, Esq., Banker.
Colonel Turner, of Menie, C. 8., Royal Arillery.
Major George Thomson, C.B , Bengal Engineers, of

Fairley.
George Thomson,"jun., Esq., Aberdeen.
David Wylie, Esq., Banker, Aberdeen.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
The Union Bank of London.
ENGINEERS.

William Cuhitt, Esq., F. R. S., Great George-street,
London.
Alexander Gibb, Esq., Aberdeen.
PARLI AM ENTARY SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech. 65, Moorgate-
street ; and Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster, 1, Old
Palace-yard, Westminster.
IIHIS Railway will connect the North of Scotland with
all the proposed and present Railways in the South
and lead directly from Aberdeen to Edinburgh and Glas-
gow. Its length will be about 501 miles, and the distances
from Aberdeen to the foliowirtg important places will be
as follows : viz.,

MILES

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS.

GENTLEMEN,
SOM E one has publicly addressed you under the ano-
nymous signature of " Plain Dealer." From the
whole tenor of his letter, I think I am justified in stating
that he is not one of us, but a Caledonian Shareholder ;
and I challenge him to a disclosure of his real name. If
I am mistaken, and if he, notwithstanding, dislikes pub-
lishing his name and address, let him send them to our
Secretary, with his assurance as a gentleman, that he
wrote the letter in question, and I shall be satisfied. My
name and address are already communicated to the
Secretary.
I wish I could believe his statement, that the projected
Caledonian Railway would not injure the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway. But he admits that it is a parallel line
between the two termini at Edinburgh and Glasgow, only
ten miles longer than ours. Farther, he cannot deny
(although he is cautiously silent on the subject) that the
Caledonian and Scottish Central Lines will also afford an
independent rival communication, as short as ours, from
Glasgow to Stirling, and thence to the whole North of
Scotland. Such being the case, I think it requires no
argument to prove to you that these two undertakings, if
sanctioned by Parliament, would affect seriously the
prosperity of our undertaking. It seems to me quite un-
necessary for us to consult any neutral Engineer or Agent
on such a subject. Indeed, every Shareholder has now
the admitted facts before him, and can judge for himself.
I think, therefore, that " Plain Dealer," in place of writ-
ing an anonymous letter to you in the Newspapers would
have done better (if he really is one of our number) had
he attended the late Special General Meeting, and sup-
ported his friend Colonel Graham, the Chairman of the
Caledonian Line, who, although he holds only one share
in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, came to protest
against our proceedings.
Colonel Graham, when at our meeting, intimated his
intention, as he had no supporter there, to endeavour to
stir up opposition among you to the resolution of the
Special General Meeting, and I presume this letter of
" Plain Dealer" is the first advance of the forlorn hope.
The Chairman's circular to you, and the plan of the Rival
Lines which accompanied it, put matters, however, in too
clear a light to admit of your being misled by any such
attempt.
" Plain Dealer," like Colonel Graham, states that the
injury to be inflicted on our Railway is unintentional
If it were so, the fact would still be no consolation to us
for the loss of our money. But how do these gentlemen
reconcile the unintentional character of the injury with the
recent alteration on the point of divergence of the two
forks recommended by the Commissioners in 1841, the only
object of which evidently is to shorten the distance between
Edinburgh and Glasgow ?—or with this other fact which
has just now come to light, viz., that in the Parliamentary
Notices of the Caledonian Line, there is a branch intended
to cut off the apex of the triangle near Lanark, and there-
by still farther shorten the distance between Edinburgh
and Glasgow ? When the plans are deposited next month,
we shall probably find that theactual difference of distance
is even less than is now given out.
There already exist, besides the turnpike roads, two
great lines of communication between Edinburgh and
Glasgow—one by the Canals, and the other by Railway.
There is invested in these undertakings about three mil-
lions of money. They are perfect so far as frequency of
opportunities, speed, cheapness, and safety, are concerned.
In none of these respects is it even alleged that this new
undertaking will benefit the public ! There being, there-
fore, no advantage guaranteed to the public—there being
no possibility of gain to the promoters of this Caledonian
Railway (for there is not traffic to support the triple com-
petition), can it be expected that Parliament will ever
sanction such an unjust invasion of private property ?
It is superfluous to notice to you the statement of
" Plain Dealer," that there are some of those who are
officially connected with this Railway who are also pro-
moters of the proposed Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle
Line. The statement itself is exaggerated, but it is well
for us that it is even in part true, and I hope the effect of
the intimate union of the two undertakings will be a con
tinuance of the cordial co-operation of all parties against
the common enemy.
I beg, however, to state that I my-
self have no connexion whatever with the Glasgow, Duct-
fries, and Carlisle Line, or with any of the other under.
takings named in the preceding letter, excepting your
own. . .

I shall only notice in conclusion what " Plain Dealer"
has said as to the map circulated by our Chairman, show-
ing (as he says) an actual connexion between the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow and Ayrshire Railways. It does not
do so. On referring to it you will find that the " con-
nexion" is a dotted line, as-are all the other proposed
lines shown on the map. Tile Glasgow Junction Railway,
however, is meant to connect the termini of these two
lines, and will be before Parliament next session.

I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant.
SHAREHOLDER.

Glasgow, 23d October. 1844.

PAPIER MACREE.—When this material was
first in-
troduced to public notice, it was admired tor its exact
imitation of the most elaborate carvings in wood ; but so
rapidly has it risen to perfection and so beautifully deli-
cate. yet durable are many of the articles produced in it,
that it cannot now be compared to any thing that has pre.
ceded it. A most be utiful specimen of workmanship in this
material is now exhibiting at Mr. Key's, in 80ld-street.
It is a splendid Chimney Glass Frame, of foliage sur-
mounted by a basket of fruit—the graceful effect of which
cannot be described in limits of a paragraph.
CIGARS.—It will be ECTI by an advertisement in
another column, that in addition to the extensive tobacco
manufactory recently established by Messrs. W. Percival
and Son, in Dale-street, these enterprising gentlemen
have commenced manufacturing cigars. Extensive alte-
rations have been made in the premises, so as to facilitate
in every way the drying and seasoning ; and the specimens
we have seen are quite equal to most of the foreign manu-
facture. Nor can we see any reason why they should not
be, when they are produced from exactly similar material.
The greatest difference is in the price.
TRAIN'S LINE OF PACKETS.—A line of packets has
just been started between this port and Boston under this
titla, for which Messrs. Baring Brothers are the consig-
nees, The vessels selected are all first-class shits. Those
already advertised are the Dorchester, Captain Caldwell,
480 tons, the Governor Davies, Captain Neef, 700 tons,
the Pete, sburgb, Captain Frask, 810 sons, and a new ship
the Joshua Bates, The punctual sailing of these vessels
will be greatly felt by the public. And it is somewhat
astoniihing that a line of packets should not have before
been establisded to Boston, a city more noted for its en-
terprise and rapid increase of late years than any other
in America.
" Make way here," said a member of a republican de-
p
putation, " we are the representatives of the people."
" Make way yourself," shouted a sturdy fellow from the
throng, " we are the people themselves."