The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

JUNCTION RAILWAY,

On Saturday, in pursusl.,
ment, a meeting of the serip.: AH
,

tion Railway Company was heid

this town, for the purpose of submi'!:s:t'", .
ation a bill now pending in parliamen4.

for making a railway from Mold, in the col
to the Hooton station of the Chester andir~r~►,,.
Railway."

About a dozen of the meat substantial shrreholdeia
were present, including Edward Oakeley, Esq., Philip
Davies Cooke, Esq., John Wynne Eyton, Esq., Thomas
Jones Wilkinson, Esq., &c.
Mr. OAKELEY, Chairman of the Provisional Directors,
presided, and made an interesting statement, shewing the
prospects of the company to be highly favourable. He
said that the bill which they had met to consider had been
read a second time. The capital proposed to be raised was
£280,000, in 5,600 shares, and one call had been made—a
deposit of £2 15s. per share—which bad been paid on the
Thole of the shares. In consequence of a few of the al-
lottees not having paid their deposits, such shares had
been sold at a premium, the profit of which would go to
the cr,clit of the company. The prospects of the concern
were, in every respect, very promising. Independent of
the general traffic, the contiguity of the line to the Vale of
Clwyd afforded a certainty of great returns from parties
going on pleasure excursions from this and other localities.
The mineral traffic was of the best description. They
could supply coal to Birkenhead and its neighbourhood,
and to the steam-boats on the Mersey. They could also
supply excellent building-stone, limestone in a calcined
state, bricks, &c. ; and many circumstances would give an
advantage to the shareholders. It was gratifying to state
that the landowners throughout the line were almost una-
nimously in favour of the undertaking, including Sir Ste-
phen Glynne, the lord-lieutenant and member for the
county, who would have been present, at the meeting, but
was detained in London by his duties in Parliament. The
lord-lieutenant, the high sheriff, and the grand juries of the
counties of Denbigh and Flint, had petitioned in favour of
the bill. He concluded by saying, that if any gentleman
wished for further information, he would gladly supply it.
In reply to a question put by a Scripholder, the CHAIR-
MAN said that the parliamentary and other expenses so
far did not exceed 255. a share. He explained that the
utmost economy had been observed by the directors, but
that the parliamentary expenses were the same for a short
line like theirs (of about 14 miles) as of one much longer.
The expenses of the proposed Birkenhead and Llangollen
line (which had since fallen through) were much greater.
On the motion of Mr. WYNNE EYIoN, of Leeswood,
seconded by Mr. JONES WILKINSON, it was then
" Resolved unanimously,—That the shareholders pre-
sent having heard the statement of the Provisional
Directors, do hereby fully authorise them to proceed in
their application to Parliament for a bill to construct the
said railway, subject to such modifications or arrange-
ments as they (the directors) may deem expedient ; and
resolved unanimously. that the directors be empowered,
if they should deem it to the interest of the company, to
postpone further proceedings in parliament until the next
session."

Mr. COOKE said he believed their traffic table would
exhibit most favourable features. They could carry coal,
lime-stone, building-stone, brick, tiles, pottery, lead, &c.
at a cheap yet advantageous rate. There would be no
tunnel on the line. One had been in contemplation, but
it was decided that an inferior gradient at that point was
preferable. A tunnel would cost £lO,OOO, and the extra
expense of locomotives to work the gradient would be
about £lOOO a-year only, so that the latter was fixed
upon.

Mr. RIGBY (we believe), said he was now carrying
3,000 tons a-week from the district of the line—that he
was about to open three new coal-mines, and that the
whole of that traffic would fall into the line.
Mr. COOKE said the directors had no individual interest
in the line, beyond having property in the district. Their
chief object was, that the railway should open out the mi-
neral wealth of that valuable part of Wales. If formed, it
would also undoubtedly command a great traffic for plea-
sure parties, particularly on Saturdays, as they could
spend the Sunday in delightful and salubrious localities to
which it would convey them.

The scrips, which were of large amount, were then
noted and returned, and the meeting, which was marked
by the utmost unanimity, broke up.

THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION

the Protestant faith of their fathers. He exhorted those
around him to go and do likewise, that such a declaration
.e of the new orders of midis- might become general through the country. The next
Triers in the Mold J unc- parliament would make or mar England—the next parlia-
•hc Adelphi Hotel, in ment would either recover their lost ground or s,nd them
*o their consider.. further down the inclined plane of religious error ; but be
''.d " A hill it that Anti-Christ was about to prevail ; its temporal tri.
Flint, umph would be but the prelude of its everlasting over-
'd throw.

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' Mr. J. BATFMAN; in. proposing the next resolution,
`-d the testimony or Sir R. Peel. to allow that the
,Heaveno' f for Providence,tbe c one:shsitcohi:shad deprived
mygte,...st, ,n of the poor in Ireland of food, was the
a great p:IT"s-which had
punishment ° year, and for the ne.lect of the )...
.titionP of
been made last , -•.qt tant fell ° I also
es fellow-subjects. jects. It `was
1,500,000 of our Pr, R. Peel was last thrown out of
singular that when Sir ..„,,,,,,.
office by the late Whig gove...'"'"" it was by a majority
of 32, exactly the number of mt:.'nl)(:rs which, under the
Roman Catholic Relief Bill, the Prennij." had treacherously
admitted into the House of Commons. ..iglin, Sir R.
Peel had deceived his Protestant supporters, a;:`..! 'utak, he
was tottering to his fall, and when he fell, be trusted that
he would " fall like Lucifer, never to rise again."
The Rev. Mr. M'ILwAINE seconded the motion, and
the resolution, which was a protest against the principles
of the Maynooth grant and the public encouragement of
l'opery was then put and carried.
Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting.