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

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
HE HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of
this COMPANY will be held, at the Company's Office, 61-"orgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th of Februa..,
...
at One o'clock precisely.
By order
61 Mao t t
e-s street

GEORGE KING, Secretary
29th January, 1846.

NCHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the AD-
JOURNED MEING of the PRO-
01ETORS of this H
COMPANY wiIIALF-YEARLY be E
helTd, at the Clarendon
zooms, outh ohn-street, Liverpool, on TUES DAY, the 17th
r_Y of FeSbruaryJ next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to receive the
port of the Committee appointed at the Meeting of Proprie-
tors held on the 29th instant, and for the usual purposes.
WM. JACKSON, Chairman.
Birkenhead, 30th January, 1846.
RnINBURGH,LEITILANDGRANTON RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a :=.PECIAL
GENERAL the of the
EDINBURGH LEITH, anMEETING dof GRANTOSHAREHOLDERS N RAILWAY COM-
ANY is to be held, within the Company's Office, on SATUR-
I"Al, the 21st instant, at One o'clock, when the headsi of tio•ree-
t!ent, as arranged between the Directors of the Edinburgh'and
tnFthern Railway with the view to an amalgamation with the
tKlinburgh, Leith, 'and Granton Railway, will be submitted to
the Shareholders for their consideration and approval.
8, Abercromb ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Secretary.
y-place, Edinburgh, 2d February, 1846.

[ADVERTISEMENT.
STO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVER OOL STANDARD.
IR,---I have read a letter of Mr. Macgregor Laird's,
respecting a statement which he thought proper to make
ehaahist me at the Meeting of the Chester and Birkenhead
reholders, over which 1 had the honour to preside, on the
29th ultimo.
thTe he charge
linefir,—T I purchased land, knowing that
to be made
of the Chester and Birkenhead Company was
e made through it.
I deny it, distinctly and broadly.
th Nec°44/Y —That I, and the surveyor appointed by me, fixed
value of' my land when it was purchased for the Company.
,_ deny it. Before the board I told them that I should not take
!ess than FOUR POUNDS per yard because adjoining land was
valued bygood Mr:
Cole at FOUR POUNDS per yard, and I considered
vanene as
_, nUs far I reply not to Mr. Macgregor Laird, but to the
.tatement published.
wl leave the world to judge whether obvious malig-mty
hitherto
Prompts the charge be capable ofstaining my character,
b„"uerto unspotted, by the accusation of corruptly administer-
-",.",he great trust confided to me.
.vnatever may appear from the- same quarter, or on the same
"uoiect, I shall not again notice. _

I am-, Sir, your obedient Servant,

WILLIAM 'JACKSON,

Birkenhead, February 4th, 1846.

THELADIES' CHARITY.
GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the
ii,„_TRUSTEES and SUBSCRIBERS to the LADIES' CHA-
if IY, will be holden in the Board-room of the Blue Coat
t4Pital, on WEDNESDAY next, the I Ith instant, at One
osii°Ck, P.M., to receive the Report for the past year, to Elect
of eel's an
Chari Committees, and to transact the General Business
the . _ .

JAMES BOLD, President,

m-rldfverPool, Feb. 4, 1846.
mire Treasurer begs to acknowledge the following Donations
Legacy received during the past year:—

DONATIONS,

Mrs. Byrom Corric
Mrs. T. 8r0wn....
Mrs. Wm. Dixon
Thos. Carson, Esq.
James Bold, Esq.
Corporation of Liverpool
T. D. Readlam, Esq
Mrs. W. M'Gree.tor
A Friend, per Rev. J, Wilkinson
Mrs. Rathbone.
Mr, Grace, Berry-street
A Ball Ticket, per Mrs. Nicol

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LEGACY.
The late Richard Irlam Grantham, per Chas,
• Oddie and Ezekiel G. Varenne, Esqrs.,
#2OO, less duty ~t2O