The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

Fite and Life Assurance Company, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester railways
Richard Lambert, esq. Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Di-
rector of the Cork and Fermoy Direct railway.
Ambrose Miller, esq. Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford-
place, Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Whit-
ney, and Cheltenham railway.
William Millington, esq., ironmaster, Summerhill works, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral railway.
William Holmes, esq. Inner Temple and Kentish Town.
William Simpson Potter, esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands
Junction railway.
Thomas Lamle Murray. esq. George-street. Hanover-square,
Director of Rosamels Great Northern railway, of the National
Bank of Ireland, and of the shropshire Mineral Railway
John Rawson, esq. Stoney Royd, near Halifax, Magistrate and
Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Di-
rector of the Manchester, Liverpool and Great North of Eng-
land Union railway, of the 'Shropshire Mineral railway, and of
the National Bank of Ireland.
Joseph Charles Ridge, esq. merchant, Manchester, Director of
the London, Holyhead, and Port Dynllaen railway.
William Law, esq. Woburn-place, Russell-square.
William Johnson Neale. esq. Temple
William Tomkinson Riley, esq. Millteld Works, Bilston, Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Joseph Bull, esq. Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot•
teries and Manchester and Liverpool, and of the Shropshire
h\,.._ Mineral Railways
- James stead, esq. Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool
4.4111. RATTLER. SAmsDERs and OTLEY, Con- and Leeds, and shropshire Mineral Railways
L, duit-street, London, and may be had of all the Samuel Tudor, esq. Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
Talters,
111114 ACTS FROM THE OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. William Wood, esq. M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop,
Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derh3 r.
144,,e author has a high perception of the ludicrous ; and shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
t),'°f the scenes are most provocative of laughter, it is Edward Edwards, esq. Ironbridge. Shropshire, Director of ti SI
fluently and ably written,—Metropolitan Magazine.
'1,1,8 el'
, Papers as the genuine periodicals produce.—Lite- Direct London and Holyhead, ;and of the Dudley, Madeley,ai d
Broseley Railways
:h wizette. Rev. Matthew Tatman Starkie, Rector of Rushbury, nets'
"(se Church Stretton, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railw y
bp% rY remarkable book of the Eugene Sue, and Ains- Rev. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle,Director of theShrop-
-114841e.— Tait's Magazine. shire Mineral Railway
_.
trta ~,,". Plates are equal to any that ever fell from the James Macmillan, esq. Manchester-buildings, Westminster
jets of either Croquill or Phiz. The author is deli- George Young, esq. Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Pot-
,Th.a man of talent.— Weekly Dispatch. teries
sWaiplhasAmmOwlltrelcity,g,
ewessq.qo.. Lon gton
qtt t",sltriter of this work appears to be of opinion, that
,tttle;ce hated, needs but to he seen. The author never id,,oens3.oSzratsl d h u , Lon gton
Directorae- °of stehe Nottingham and
JohnP
%tribe to draw a moral from the different interests he Gainsborough, and Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and
iYfe :a. —York Courant. Manchester Railways
William George, esq. Weston, near Much Wenlock
uNstrve not had such a jocular feast of laughter for
:the s'n'e, as that we have ',experienced by the perusal Thomas Goddard, esq. Bank-house, Longton,Staffordshire
ioll;unnk before us. The work ay fairly claim a place Thomas Ws eaver Lewty, esq. Wilden Iron Works, near Stour-
rtt,.._.standard literature by them ide of such "works as port, Director of the Dudley, Madelty, and Broseley Railway.
,jrne Pickle, Roderick Random.—Bedford Mercury. Joseph Thompson, esq. John-street, Bedford-row, London, Di-
Lio admirably written work—the hero a regular Rattler, rector of the London and Brighton, Newcastle, Durham, and
Osyr°f°ondly versed in the eyes of men, and wonder- Lancashire, a:.d Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation
ies.,,aequainted with the springs of the human heart.— Istailmwai3-iesatrell Dowse, esq. Chancery-lane, London
It L Examiner. George Cowen, esq. Dalston, near Carlisle, Director of the Lou_
, don and Holyhead Railway
NI; wriiten with great vigor and attention to effect
N„„eed with no slight degree of sarcasm and genuine John Johnson, esq. Derby, Director of the Shropshire Mineral
~",.--Liverpool Mail. Railway, and of the Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grims-
by Railway
141e-oe.awn
.safely pronounce it a most amusing work—the
William Dutton, esq. Tittensor Villa, Stone, Staffordshire, and
Ysterr, ritmg throughout is good and unembarrassed.— Ebury.street, Eaton-square, Director of the Direct London
Jillai'd Mail. and Holyhead Railway
47'hele of the work is remarkably well written, and Robert Foreman, esq. Abbot's Hill, Derby, Director of the Tenn
LeleecntlY the production of one moving in the first and Dove Valley Railway
,Rit.". Society, though by no means a stranger to the Joseph Gil.ham,.esq. Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
%1, of the lower' classes, which he really portrays with Shropshire Mineral Railway
Peter Wood, esq. merchant, Manchester, Director of the Shrop-
Aer`a.lof a perfect master.—Cumberland Pacquet. shire Mineral Railway
~tn,,t, are some passages in the deeper scenes, which George Swift, esq. Elford Hill, Ecclesball, Director of the Shrop-
rnern writers can equal. The knowledge of the shire Mineral Railway
Pt t' Which_ is displayed inevery page, proclaims the au- John Robertson, esq. St. Mary's-buildings, Glasgow
Noordoe, a mar, who has investigated causes, as well as A. W. B. Greville, esq. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Director
Ohs ":,eu effects.—Stockport Advertiser, oßtailtwheuGsreat Eastern and Western, and Barbadoes General
Dtt"ory is strange and interesting—a vein of merri- John Wright, esq. Derby, Director of the Staffordshire and
NO 6?,118 through the whole, and frequently bursts forth North Midland Counties Bailway
itits;',ll,iant flashes.—Nortkern Herald. James Fisher, esq, iron master, Bilston
6 tlit,4"B a great deal of humor of a peculiar sort, and Henry Turner, esq. Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
NO incident. The plates merit the highest praise, John Clemson, esq. Red Bank, Manchester
Barnett Joseph, eia. Liverpool
' 1,- iciee. general getting up of the work.—Liverpool
Robert Andrew Riddell, esq. Bryanston-street, Portman-square
Kew es. Tyne Hall, Ilford Hill
Itiloe.work fully shows the author's capability of writing John Ferguson. esq, Liverpool
I. hotrible, we must also do him the justice to say that William Cantrill, esq. Cliff-house, Wirksworth, Director of the
Inr,ta ~°k likewise abounds with the most racy wit and j Nottingham and London Direct, and of the Ambergate and
:.--Bristol Times. Nottingham railways
William Hurd Wood, esq. Ashbourne, Director of the Stafford-
Z`trheataere touches. .of broad humor which makes the
shire and North Midland Junction railway
killltil, 4 again, while there is sarcasm, and irony run-
.. John Earp. esq. Uttoxeter, Director of the Staffordshire and
Lighe.ough the whole, which show that the author had North Midland Junction railway
'Bt ,:,,erid in view, than that of affording mere amuse- Thomas Richardson, esq. Derby. Director of the Staffordshire
Of',--idafir Herald. and North Midland Junction railway
Niall'bevivid power of description, and force of imagi- ThNoomraths Vkm'aidlllraenrd. ejstqth.
cliteiolpnerra.
ilDwiraeyctor of the Staffordshire and
eht Possessed, by the author, the powerfully written ac-
Charles Walker, esq. Ellastone• Director of the Staffordshire and
'ber,: the death of Floy, is a fine example.—Manchester North Midland Junction railway
`Ills"4".
T. Bnrrought, esq. Derby, Director of the West Midland, and
romance but warm with life ; every character Derby and Gainsborough railway
lli,, teems to h'ave its existing prototype, evey linci- Johnathan Burton, egg. Carrington, near Nottingham, Director
i Isi.;' or resembles a reality.—Liverpool Standard. of the Grand Union and blidland Junction railways
Henry Cartwright, esq. Nottingham, Director of the Notting-
?4llllt !.?f the characters are living ; which, we have no
ham and Mansfield, and Shffiel and London Direct rail-
tly -Id cause a great sale of the work, if it has not al-
ways
Ns% achieved that enviable distinction.—Liverpool
1V,,q1. Samuel Wright Frear, esq. Derby, Director of the West Midland
.. and Derby and Gaimsborough railways
I'llis admirer., the sentiment that pervades the work gene- Henry J. Atelier, esq. 10, Clifford's Inn
140n•c•verywhere we see virtue upheld and shown forth Samuel Griffiths, esq. Wolverhampton, Director of the Shrop-
li"el' beaus Bur and Suffolk Herald. shire Mining Company.
Hie ~t,
tginve volume is full of fun and adventure, and of Thomas Croom, esq. Manchester.
'te IS and shades of life, which ever closely approxi-
s, and • Joseph Whittaker, esq. Manchester.
+her intermingle.—Rochester Gazette. John Gilley Crewe Reade, esq. J.P., Wern, Northop, Flintshire.
littittai? is great vigor in some of the wilder scenes in William Nichols, esq .3, Inner Temple-lane.
ialleo' whilst in the home adventures of Raby, there John Mee Mathew, esq. Gray's-Inn-square, Director of the Di-
)l/4i• ranY and piquant humor.—Plymouth Times. rect Western railway.
Sls John Taylor. esq. Hoxton, Director of the Guernsey Railway
fist a new work extending to 644 pages, and dis- and Pier Company.
l',,he 'ouch talent.—Cheltenham Journal. William Clapp, esq. Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square.
L ate, Work is clearly written, with no inconsiderable Sir John Hare, Langham-place, Director of the London and
"AtlararLd knowledge of the 'world in its light as well as Manchester. railway
Geo. R. Harrison, esq. Harleyford-place, Kennington, Director
A her scenes.—Kentish Observer: of the Grand Trunk railway.
tithatt les of adventures, cleverly written, and displaying.
Alfred Brodie, esq. Upper Montague-street, Montague-square,
tila Power and knowledge of the world. The interest Director of he ran.d Trunk railway.
E. Kern Jervis, esq. Hinckley,
wkiearrative is well sustained.—Sunderland Times.
LtsYe Rattler is a strange clever tale, after the fashion C. Racers Harrison, esq. Upper Montague-street, Montag
1....0ht0rz Its getting up is a pattern for publishers.— square, Director of the Grand Trunk railway.
N. Gozette. Henry Brinton, esq. Kidderminster.
jiameshi-Blolnkies, esq. Kidderminster.mlfild
lion IS some humor and a good deal of sarcastic de-
th , but the author's forte lies in developing clever ThomasoseP Garreegro'reys,clesq.aireoenensmeste'r, Westbromich.
itt: the
going villains.—Cheltenharn Chronicle. EbroxivEntt-ix-enzar —Samuel Clegg, esq. C.E
is, t t: reader of such works, Raby Rattler will afford a
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, esq.
11113,'at• It is written, as we have said, in a most
Vikeleff-hand stvle.—Sheffield Mercury.
tserarrative, though long, is by no means tedious, en-
NI a_ 8 it is with numerous episodes, the whole of
ssier,e full of character and adventure.—Macclesfield
Litabi•
'44l„„attler is cleverly written, and rich in matter for
''s asirth,—Derbysnire Chronicle
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Pth(),,,, FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.
lt„.1, tIS MILNER and SON feel gratified in hay-
ylksi'r ‘o Communicate the following testimonial given
Wet th• Agent, Mr. Law, of Birkenhead, the more so
eettili being the fifth instance, within a short period,
r ils.being indebted to their manufactures for their
tli:lkering saved from destruction. The fire at Messrs.
ILStes„ (the extensive Builders) was of most intense
ot-a r, the offices being completely gutted, and it is
Sited
th that MILNER'S SAFE had- had the worst of it
Stled e circumstance of the brass nob of the door being
il:tjti lide
i,hilst those of the Irin Safe were not, although
Tit t• leg in the Iron Safe and Drawers was reduced to
t., k r.
XI k Sand S. would earnestly suggest to every one who
kkt:,ii,et of Books or Documents of value, to see this
N. quire into the circumstances, and think and act
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BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding & Co., Ciement's-lane, London
The London & County Bank, Lombard-street, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren & Co., Shrewsbury, & Market Drayton
The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnal
The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport, Gloucester,
and Manchester
Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster
Messrs. Farlcy, Lavender; and Co., Worcester
The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkes-
bury
The Liverpool and Manchester District Bank, Liverpool
Messrs. Alcock & Co., Hanley

SOLICITORS.
Ineleby Thomas Miller, esq. 3, Abehurch-lane, London
Edmund Garbett, esq. Wellington, Salop
William Brinton, esq., Kidderminster
Gilbert Brown, esq. Shiffnal and Stafford

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Jones & Walrnesley, Parliament-street

LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry Hime, esq. Liverpool.
William Burdett, esq. Manchester.
John Brampton. esq. Worcester.
Charles G. Brown, esq. Bilston.
Thomas Griffin, c•sq. Shelton,Staffordshire Potteries,
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, csq. Newport.
William Harding, esq. Burslem.
Henry Vickers, esq. Solicitor, Bridgnorth.

EECEETARV

James Stevens, esq.
Temporary Offices, 3, Abchurch-lane, London

ita Birkenhead, June 2, 1845.
rite Sitt,—We have much pleasure in bearing unqua-
4irti
ony to the efficiency and important advarsta-
et ILNE.R's FIRE-RESISTING SAFES and BOXES,
C',, ti! accident from Fire.
o,ookne destructive Fire at our Offices this morning,
)1?`4,114,4% and Papers deposited in the MILNER's SAFE
Ire from von, were found to be entirely uninjured
tte; whilst those contained in a strong Iron Safe and
olev ~
as'tancling beside it, were completely destroyed.
`aer aocordingly thank you to supply us with
.Itlia'tk,FE of the same size (No. 4) and description
mediate ,y

This line of railway will commence at the junction of the
Manchester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and
Grand Junction railways, at Crewe, in the county of
Chester, and proceed from thence through or near the
towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and Shiffnal, in
Shropshire, thence -through the flourishing town of Kid-
derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the
Bristol railway at Gloucester. By this means it will form
the most direct route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool.
Hull. and Chester, to the important ports of Gloucester
and Bristol ; indeed, the most direct line from the north
of England to the Bristol Channel. It will, also, in con-
junction with the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and
Swansea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Hereford railways, form
the most advantageous route from Swansea and the iron
districts of South Wales, to Liverpool, Manchester, and
Hull

Your obedient servants,
J. and W. WALKER
JAMES LA TV, Stationer, Birkenhead.

qko
,qtt tkiPATENT FIRE-RESISTING (by combined I
and evaporation) BOOK-SAFES, DEED
Yitg .4.1 e DocumENT Box, and Gunpowder Magazine
tid SHOW BOOMS, 47 to 53, Cable-street, and 56
pmt
Iliatreet, Liverpool, where parties are invited to in-
capable of resisti_ng. from e tc?
!lours Fire, and to see them being constructed
NOk,
0,1-1 WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY, from
EWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, pass-
k't
toe ;owns Of MARKET-DRAYTON,
KIDDERMINSTER, WORCESTER, WORCESTER, AND
\VII.yRy with a BRANCH FROM NEWPORT
ydtt forming the shortest and most
te the F°rnmunication between Liverpool, Manchester,
1111,: No thern Parts of England, and Gloucester and
'lB4 Channel.

The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
railway at Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral railway
and the Trent Valley Union at the thriving town of New-
port. It will form a junction with the two latter railways
at Newport whereby persons and luggage may be conveyed
to Stafford, Derby, the Midland Counties, Staffordshire
Potteries, Sheffield, and Hull •, and, in addition to the
carriage of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Wor-
cester, and Kidderminster, to Manchester, Liverpool, the
whole of the North of England, and Scotland, will secure
a large passenger traffic in the district through which it
passes. A branch will be made from Newport to the
important town of Wellington.
The proposed railway will be about 87 miles in length,
and between the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester,
will save in distance at least 20 miles, and the journey can
be accomplished at the present rate of travelling, in about
two hours_ This project as a junction line connects itself
with some of the most important railways in the kingdom.
It also skirts the large extensive, and densely populated
Iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its
course pastes through a rich agricultural country. It
must, therefore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient
traffic to pay a high rate of interest on the capital re-
quired.
There are no engineering difficulties in the country
through which the line is intended to pass, the whole
being nearly on a level ; and on reference to the map of
country, taken from the Ordnance survey, which accom-
panies the Prospectus, the line will appear straight, and
will at the same time show the superior advantages it
possesses, and that it cannot be surpassed by any existing
or projected lines, between the same termini.
It will not interfere with any ornamental property, and
no tunnelling will be required.
Application is intended to be made in the ensuing ses-
sion of Parliament for a direct line of railway (of which
a survey has been made) from Southampton to Kidder-
minster, and by which a ready communication will be af-
forded to the most southern ports of England.
The liabilities of the shareholders will be limited to the
amount of their subscriptions, and interest will be allowed
on the deposits and further calls, from the date of the
several payments to the opening of the line.
Prospectuses, with Maps and Forms of Application for
Shares, can be had from the Secretary, on application at
the temporary offices of the Company, 3, Abchurch-lane,
London ; from the Solicitors and Local Agents; also
from the following Brokers, viz.:—Messrs. Lyon, 2, Bir-
chin-lane, and Messrs. Franchi and Henesey, 27, Change-
alley, Cornhill, London ; Mr. ANDREW MILLIGAN, 2,
Lord-street, Birkenhead ; Mr. E. H. Collis, Birming-
ham ; Mr. W. WHITMORE ST. GEORGE, and Mr. E. S.
BOULT, India Buiidings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Sohmes and
Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds; Mr.
Wm. Miles, Worcester; and Messrs. Green and Oldham,
Manchester ' • to whom applications for Shares may be
addressed. It will be necessary that reference be made
to a Banker, Solicitor, or person of responsibility.

PROVISIONALLY ;tEGISTERED

'll4l, £1,250.000, in/62,500 Shares of X2O each.
it Deposit,X2 2s. per Share,
accordance witK the standing orders of the House of
/ Lords.)

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littt 41, .PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
etennir, hart., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
yon e East India Company.
kt,'tt;4,!!lble Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-
a>•li,i.eltehall, Chairman of the York and Lancaster rail-
tittli44trk
e oothby, bart. Ashbouln Hall, Derbyshire, Director
Y'l4eryx,l3 Derby, Y, and Manchester railway.
t ebb. hart. Pall Mall, director of the York and Lan-
ar
t klway
zkk-, Pall Mall, Director of the South Midland, and
&en and Banbury railways.
ero,"arles Lester, Whitton Hall, Shropshire, Magistrate
pBi''sbire, and Director of the Shropshire Mineral rail.
44' i"O'L'e(l. Tutbnry, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafford-
-,,etbt,','ries and Manchester and Liverpool railway, and of
Ltttc7o,cerld Manchester and Shropshire Mineral railway.
ce,e,Norbury, esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone, Di-
Allah '"e .Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral
910 6
tZke esq. Macclesfield and London, Director of the
1.011)% -den' and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral

1'741•4t
'4 rabo
o.l_llof th,, • esq. Cornhill. London, and Rayne,.Essex, Di-
+lo.o.4ll' London and County Bank, of the National Loan
vt!:Nct ;Ince Company, and of the Direct London and
th,
„NI 'laid Kemp, esq. Abchurch-lane, London, Director
hardkitr,lt,,:_ternlsford and Bury railway.
33addeley, esq. Newport, Salop, Director of the
'derß "Drierkl railway.
tt Cochrane, Jun., esq. Ironmaster, Holly Hall
t D Y. Director of the Dudley, Madelcy, and Broseley
lt,ttt,
~1.14 t 'th°,
~Ord,rinier..esq. Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, Di-
"ll4 '4 aropshire Mineral railway
e Park-place Villa, Maida Hill, London, direc-
'4lavi,:i_ort and Holyhead railway.
"cl. Managing Director of the Royal Farmers'