The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

AUTUMN EXCURSION.

LONDON AND BACK FOR TWENTY-ONE SHILLING&
A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the London and
North-Western Railway, Liverpool,
On SATURDAY next, the 7th Instant,
Offering a choice of Six or Sixteen Days ; and
On MONDAY next, the 9th Instant,
Offering a choice of Four or Fourteen Days ;At Six o'clock each Morning, and returning. from the Euston
Station, Euston-square, London, on the Eve:lines of
FRIDAY, the 13th Instant,
AND
the,23rel Instant.
At Half-past Six„..o'clock each Evening.
Fares to London and back':—Third Class.... L 1 is. Second
Class....
er -e1 10s. First Class.... £2 2s.
Tickets and furth information may be obtained at the
London and North-western Excursion Ticket Office, 19, Leigh-
street, Liverpool.

H. R. MARCUS, Manager and Conductor.

LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AND
DOUGLAS NAVIGATION.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
111 GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PRO-
PRIETORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to
LIVERPOOL and DOUGLAS NAVIGITION- will be held at
the Adelphi Hotel, in Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster,
on FRIDAY, the Twentieth day of September next, at Eleven
o'clock in the Forenoon, *ben and where the Proprietors, by
themselves or their proxies, are requested to attend.
By order; SAM. HAILSTONE,
"Law Clerk to the said Company of Proprietors.
Bradford, Yorkshire, 28th .4ugust, 1850.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN-
SHIRE RAILWAY,
4 T the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING
11_ of the PROPRIETORS of the MANCHESTER, SHEF
FIELD, and LINCOLN-SHIRE RAILWAY, held at the Ex-
change, in Manchester, on WEDNESDAY, the 2Sth day of
August, 1850, the Right Hon. the EARL of YARBOROUGH its
the Chair, the following Resolutions were passed :-
I.—That the Corporate Seal of the Company be affixed to the
Register of Shareholders, the Register of holders of Consoli-
dated Stock, and the Register of Annuitants under the Sheffield Canal Purchase Act, now produced.
2.—That the Report of the Directors and the Half-yearly
Statement of Accounts, now produced, be received and adopted.
3.—That a Dividend be now declared, at the guaranteed rate
of 73 per cent. per annum, on the Sheffield and Manchester
No. 1 Quarter Shares, for the haMyear ending the 30th day of
June last, but that payment-thereof be postponed until a day to
be app inted at a future Meeting of the Shareholders.
4.—That the 4 ic,letiOn of forfeiture made by the Directors
of the following res in the Company be now confirmed, and. that such Sh be Sold or otherwise Disposed of by the Direc-
rectors, in accordance with the Law. The resolution com-
prised— _ _

45 Sheffield and Manchester No. 1 Quarter Shares,
7 Sheffield and Manchester No. 2 Quarter Shares,
883 Sheffield-and Manchester Eighth Shares.
344 Great Grimsby and Sheffield .450 Shares.
333 Great Grimsby and Sheffield 30Shares.
371 Great Grimsby and Sheffield ‘el2 10s. Shares.
517 Sheffield and Lincolnshire .*'2s Shares.
42 Grimsby Dock Shares.

H, Cha n. Lord Yarborough having left the CnYARBOROUG
air, it was takeanirm by Mr.
Chapman, the Deputy-Cbairman, when it was moved, seconded,
and resolved unanimously-

That the best thanks

,ueeting be given to the noble
.gb, for his impartial, courteous, and
Ur to-day, and for the untiring zeal and
ie has devoted himself to the conduct of

ble conduct in the (
nerty with which h

H-IN CHAPMAN, in the Chai