The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

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THE DIRECTORS of the CHESTER and BIR-
KENIIEAD RAILWAY intend, at the Special
Meeting of the Proprietors to be held at the Clarendon-
rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, on the 31st day of
December instant, to submit, before proceeding to busi-
ness, a Resolution that the Meeting be adjourned until
Tuesday the 14th day of January next, at Twelve o'clock
at noon, at the same place..
Important reasons induce the Directors to adopt this
course, as most conducive to the interests of the Com-
pany.
WILLIAM JACKSON, Chairman.
Birkenhead, 23rd December, 1844.

A T a MEETING of the WATCH COMMITTEE,
-CI held this 14th day of December, 1344,
PRPS ENT,
Alderman DAVID HODGSON, Chairman, &c. &c. &c.
Resolved,
That this Committee prohibit any one of the CON-
STABULARY FORCE from, either directly or indi-
rectly, asking for,or receiving "CH RISTMA S RoXF',R"
from any Person whateveronTraTii of INSTANT DIS-
MISSAL from the Servjce.
Resolved also, ,00'
That in ordepl'o give the greatest publicity to this
Resolution, it be advertised once in each of the Liverpool
Newspapers, and Notices thereof printed and posted up
at all the Po!ice Offices, Stations, and Bridewells, and
that the Superintendents be directed to read these Reso-
lutions in the presence of the whole Force.
Extracted from the Proceedings,
CAPES ASHLIN, secretary.

PORT OF LIVERPOOL.
NOTICE.
THE owners of and the masters and commanders em-
ployed on board the ships and vessels belonging to
persons residing at this port, are required to MEET at
twelve o'clock at noon, on FRIDAY, the 27th day of De-
cember instant, at the Underwriters' Committee Room,
Exchange-buildings, in Liverpool aforesaid, the day ap-
pointed by us, the undersigned, being owners and mas-
ters and commanders of atimsnd vessels belonging to
persons residing at this port; pursuant to an Act passed
in the fourth and fifth Jelin; of his late Majesty's reign,
intituled "An Act to amend an Act of the twentieth year
of his Majesty King George the Second, for the relief
and support of sick, maimed, and disabled Seamen, and
the Widow- td Children of
or drowned
Trustees
Monthly
and by vi
the Seam.
of December, 1844.

14th day

ROBERT' RANKIN.
J. NIELSON WOOD,
WM. POTTER.
GEO. KENDA LL,
JAMES TYRE R,
THO
Secretary of the Trust

WM. ROTEIERANI,
WM. R. SANDBACII,
JAMES IVPAULAY,
JAMES RITSON,
JAMES BECKETT.
FAS ALLEN,
!t; of the Seamen's Hospital.

WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTiON
RAILWAY,
(Provisionally Registered as required by the Act of 7
and 8 Victoria, Cali. 110.)

CAPITAL £350,000,
In 17,500 Shares of £2O each. Deposit £1 per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The EARL of LONSDALE. _ -
The EARL Of BURLINGTON. ,5,...'
Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.
William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P.
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Edward Stanley, Es ~,,4111.P.
Samuel Irton, Es - .P.
Alderman Thom on, M.P.
Major-General yndham, Cockermouth Castle.
Thomas Irwin, Esq., Calder Abbey.
F. L. B. Dykes, Esq., Chairman of the Maryport and
Carlisle Railway Company.
Matthew Plummer, Esq., Chairman of the Newcastle
and Carlisle Railway Company.
John Peile, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Whitehaven
Junction Railway Company.
Benjamin Curry, Esq., Palace-yard, Westminster.
Thomas Ainsworth, Esq., The Flash, Cleator.
John Wilson FlAcher, sq., Greysouthen.
Jos. Younphusband, Esq., Ellerslie, Gosforth.
Henry Jefferson, Esq., Whitehaven.
Peter Fisher, Esq., Whitehaven.
Samuel Lindow, sq., Cleator.
George Pew, Esq., R.N., Whitehaven.
Rowland Pennington, Esq., Whitehaven.
George litickham, Esq., Whitehaven.
Dickinson Birkett, Esq., Whitehaven.
James Clay, Esq., Bury-street, St. James's, London.
Stephen Phillips, Esq., 2, New Broad-street.
Richard Till, Esq., Guildhall-buildings.
With power t o add to their number.
ENGINEER.
George Stephenson, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Whitehaven Joint Stock Bank, Whitehaven.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London.
The London Joint Stock Bank, London.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Roy, Blunt, Johnstone, and Waltcn, Lothbury,
London.
Messrs. Armistead and Musgrave, Whitehaven.

THE object of the proposed Undertaking is the con-
struction of a Railway from the Town and Port of
Whitehaven, in Cumberland, to join the Furness Railway
in North Lancashire, now in progress of formation, and
eventually to extend the same by way of Ulverston to
Lancaster.
The proposed Line will be nearly Thirty-two Miles in
length, commencing at Whitehaven, to which Town a
continuous line of Railway communication from New-
castle, Carlisle, and Marypert is nearly completed, and
extending from Whitehaven Southwards by way of Saint
Bees, Netherto vn, Gcsforth, Drigg, Ravenglass, Bootle,
Whitbeck, aid Whicham, to Millom, and thence across
the Estuary of the Duddon, forming a Junction with the
Furness Railway, near Ireleth, and thence by the latter
Railway to the Shipping Ports of Piel and Barrow, with
a Branch to Ulverston. The Steam Boats from Furness
to Fleetwood will furnish a direct communication with
all the great Railways in England.
The Railway will p.iss through a Country rich in Agri-
cultural and Mineral Productions, the district being sin-
gularly favourably for its construction • affording a cheap
and easy transit to good Markets, and to one of the best
and safest Harbours in the North of England; and by
means of it the great Coal District around Whitehaven,
which is only second in importance to the Newcastle and
Sunderland Collieries, will be made available for manu-
facturing and other purposes throughout the whole extent
of the Line where Coals are now extravagantly dear.
It is proposed to purchase land sufficient for a double
Line of Railway, and to construct the bridges accordingly;
but until the traffic is fully developed, to lay down a sin-
gle line only : and Mr. Stephenson has satisfied the Com-
mittee that the cost will not exceed the sum of £lO,OOO
per mile.
The existing Traffic has been carefully taken at dif-
ferent Stations between Whitehaven and Ulverston by
experienced local parties ; and from their returns it ap-
pears that the following is a very moderate Estimate of
the income likely to accrue to the Railway from such
Traffic, viz. :
Passengers
£10,760
Add the usual railway increase... • 10,760
Coal, Lime, Slate, Iron Ore, Mer-
chandize, &c..

12,358

Deduct One-third, the usual a1£33,878
£33,878
lowance for Working Expenses..

11,292,

Leaves
Being a Return of nearly Six and a Half per Cent.
upon the proposed Capital of £350,000.
This return has been made without any calculation of
the large addition certain to be made to the traffic by the
transit of Passengers and Goods from Scotland into Cum-
berland and Lancashire, as well as from the Furness
Railway, connected as that Line is with the extensive
Iron Mines and Slate Quarries of the Duke of Buccleuch
and the Earl of Burlington, a portion of the products
whereof will naturally be drawn upon this Line for Ship-
ment at Whitehaven, to Scotland, and the North of
Ireland.
The Promoters of this undertaking have the satisfac-
tion of announcing that it is honoured with the sanction,
and has the promise of cordial support, from all the
Noble Owners of those large Mineral Estates previously
referred to, and from the principal Landowners along the
Line. And they have also the gratification of being as-
sured of the entire co-operation of the several Railway
Companies of which this Line forms the connecting Link
between West Cumberland and the great Manufacturing
Districts of 14'ngland and Scotland.
The preliminary measures, have been taken to secure an
Act of Parliament in the ensuing session, and as the dis-
trict to be traversed is almost a continual level, there is
every reason, under Mr. Stephenson's superintendence,
to rely on the speedy completion of the Work.
It is proposed to raise the required capital in 17,500
Shares, of £2O each. A Deposit of £1 per Share is re-
quired to be paid prior to the Bill going before Parliament,
in compliance with the Standing Orders, but no further
Call will be made until the Act of Parliament is obtained ;
after which Three Months' interval will elapse between the
Calls, none of which will exceed £3 per Share.
The Bill will contain all usual and proper Provisions
for limiting the liability of each Shareholder to the
amount of his Shares only.
Prospectuses to be had of, and application for Shares
to be made to Mr. JOHN MEYER, Secretary, pro tern.,
3, Guildhall-buildings, London ; to the respective solici-
tors in London or Whitehaven; to any member of the
Provisional Committee ; or to
WILLIAM DOWSON and SON,
8, Goree-piazza, Liverpool.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisiona Committee of the
Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,

me I request that you will allct
Shares, of £2O each, in
the Capital of the proposed Whitehaven and Furness
Junction Railway ; and I hereby undertato accet the
same, or such lesser number of Shares ask may be allotted
to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the sub-
scribers' agreement and Parliamentary Contract, when
required,
Dated this

Day of 184
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Reference.

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ws and Children of such as shall be killed, slain,
!d in the Merchants' Serwjee._, fo, other ta-
to nominate and appoint' Irtridila
for Receiving, Collecting, and A:. :461
Money or Duties payable at this Port, under
rtne of the said Act, and for the management of
'en's Hospital at this Port.—Dated this 14th day