The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
REDUCTION OF FARES.
THE Public are respectfully informed, that on and
after SATURDAY, the 2d November next, the follow-
ind will be the Passenger Fares between Liverpool and
Manchester :
First Class Fares
Second Class
Thi, d Class

6,4. Oa.
4s. Od.
2s. 641.

DAY TICKETS (not Transferable) to Manchester or
Liverpool and Back on the same day Ten Shillings,
equalling each way Five Shillings.
The Public are further informed that from and after
the same date there will be Two Third Class Trains per
Day, one in the Mottling and one in the Evening, from
each end of the line.

The Times of Departure will be published in. bills of
the day.

The Directors feel that some explanation is due to the
Shareholders upon the announcement of so large an ad-
ditional measure of accommodation, and so important a
reduction of-fares; within six months after the opening of
the Extension Line through Salford, upon which nearly
£250,000 have been expended, especially as the general
Scale of Fares on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
has never exceeded, and has generally been below that of
the nrincipal railways in England, including those in im-
mediate connexion with this district. _

The Directors are happy to be able to state that the
traffic accounts for the quarter just ended exhibit a very
gratifying increase over the corresponding quarter of last
year; a result, in part to be attributed to the Extension
Railway lately opened, forming a direct and continuous
line of communication with Yorkshire and the East Coast,
but in tart, also, to the general revival of trade, which the
Directors trust will be steady and permanent, giving in-
creased activity to the internal truffle of the country.
This favourable state of things has encouraged the
Directors to adopt a more decided course than they would
otherwise have been justified in doing; and they cheer-
fully recognize the broad and general principle that the
public may fairly claim to participate, from time to time,
by means of increased accommodation or reduced rates,
in the continued success of the company.
Moreover, they will not conceal from the Proprietors,
that in the present position of railway interests, with a
superabundance of unemployed capital and a specuLtive
spirit abroad, which, every day, conjures into shape and
promise new and rival projects, existing Hoes must be
prepared, even at some raoritice, to supply the public with
ample accommodation, on the most reasonable terms, if
they would maintain the ground which they have heretofore
occupied—each in its own locality.
For this purpose the outlay of additional capital must
be required, the return for which can be expected only
from an increase of traffic, consequent on the increased
prosperity of the country. But the Directors feel assured
that a deference to public opinion, exemplified by the
course of policy now recommended, will best enable them
to maintain a safe position, and to defeat, if need be, the
attempts of rival and hostile undertakings.
By order,
HENRY BOOTH, Manager.
Liverpool, 141/s October, 1844.

ST. HELEN'S & SOUTHPORT, WIGAN, RAIN-
FORD, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.
THE Public are respectfully informed that it is proposed
to CONSTRUCT a LINE of RAILWAY, with
the r quisite Branches, to accomplish toe following impor-
tant objects:—
First: To bring the extensive Coal Districts to the west
of Wtgan, comprising the Coal Fields of Winstenley, Bd.
Rainford. and Kirkby, into a cheap and easy cons-
muilicaiion with Liverpool, via the Liverpool and Man-
chester Railway.
Second: To effect a shorter and more direct communi-
cation b-tween Liverpool and the North, by the proposed
new Live, to Wigan.
Anil Third: By a Railway from St. Helen's, throngh
the Coalfields Of Bickerstaff and Lathom; to join the
Easton and Southport Railway at a place west of Rofford;
thereby affording to the Town of Ortnskirk a good railway
communication with Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, and
other places already connected by existing railways. be-
sides completing a railway commtwication between Man-
chester, Stockport, and the Manufacturing Districts as
well as between Wolverhampton, Birmingham and the
great Iron Districts, and the agreeable Watering-place of
SoUTIIPORT.

The peculiar advantage of the proposed scheme of Rail-
way is, that it will afford, at a comparatively small outlay,
(bv making ti,e of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway,
and by arrangements with St. Helen's Railway,) the
valuable option of several distinct modes of outlet for the
produce of the great Coal Field which it is proposed to
intersect, namely:
First: By the Liverpool and Manchester Line, to effect
a ditect railway communication with those towns.
"Second: By the St. Ilelen's and Runcorn-gap Railway,
to obtain a short and direct communication with the river
Mersey, either for export to Ireland, for the supply of the
Salt-works in Cheshire. or for the Steam-vessels which
,now sail from the river Mersey to all parts of the world.
And Third : In addition to a new railway communica-
tion from Edge-hill to the north end of the town, which
the Liverpool and Manchester Company have in contem-
plation, and will be prepared to execute as soon as the
trade of the port shall require increased accommodation,
a connexion will also be formed with the Leeds and Liver-
poet Canal, which the proposed Line will cross between
Ormskirk and Refford, by which a water conveyance to
the north end of Liverpool 'AM be effected.
By the proposed scheme. while ample facilities will be
afforded to the Proprietor to bring his Mineral Produce to
the general Market, existii g interests will be respecte.d,
and that waste of the national capital be avoided, which
must be sustained where a million of money is expended
to areomnlish mbiects which by more judicious arrange-
ments could be effected by a quarter of that sum.
To ensure the mo,t skilful, comprehensive, and at the
same time economical system of Lines and of Working, of
which the district is capable, the Promoters are happy to
announce that they have engaged the services of George
Stephenson, Esq:i who has consented to act as Principal
Engineer for the setting out and construction of the Line,
—in regard to which the interests of the Lauded Proprie-
tors of the country proposed to be traversed will as far as
possible be consulted.
Fut flier particulars, with the names of the Provisional
Committee, will shortly be pulAshed.
CLAY and SWIFT.
Liverpool, ith October, 1841.

LONDONDERRY & ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.

CAPITAL, £500,000, in 10,000 SIIARES of £5O each.
Deposit, £2 103. per• Share.

PROVISIONAL, COMMITTEE.

Right Honourable the Earl of Charlemcnt, Lieutenant of
the County Tyrone.
Right Honourable the E,,rl of Roden.
Right Honourable the Earl of Wicklow, Lieutenant of
the County Wick low.
Right Honourable the Earl of Erne, Lieutenant of the
County Fermanagh.
Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London.
Sir Robert A. Ferguson, Bart., M.?., Lieutenant of the
County Derry.
Sir James Stewart, Bart., Fortstewart.
Sir Edmund llayes, Bart., M.P. and D.L.
Sir Robert Bateson, Bart., Castrues, J.P.
Alderman Humphrey, M.P., Governor of the Honourable
the Irish Society.
The Honourable H. A. Cole, M.P. for Enniskillen.
Rev. John Grey Porter, Belleisle.
Colonel Barton, Waterfoot, Pettigo, D.L.
William R. Corlett. Eq., ALP., London Provisional
William Edmund Ferrers, Esq. Committee of the
William H. Thomas, Esq., Dundalk and En-
John G. Frith, Esq., niskillen Railway.
Francis Macnaghttn, Esq.
George Tyrrell, Esq.
George Whitmore, Esq.
George Hoyte, Esq., Edenmorei Raheny.
'• William Henry, Esq., Miamtjoy-square, Dublin.
Thomas Mooney, Esq., Kilmacud house, Dublin.
' Richard Wright, Esq., Pembroke-place, Dublin.
Peter Eckersley, Esq., Hollybrook-park, Dublin.
' Edward Atkinson, Esq.. Carrickbrenuan-house, Dundalk.
John Stratton, Esq., Dundalk.
Ninian B. M•lntire, Esq., Clover-hill, Dublin.
Connolly M'Causland Lecky, Esq., Londonderry.
Hugh Lyle, Esq., earnagrave. D.L.
_William Brown, Esq., Cumber-house.
William Has'ett, Esq., Mayor of Derry.
William Mackay, Esq., Derry.
Patrick Gilmour, Esq., Derry.
Andrew A. Watt, Esq., Derry.
' Robert M'lnt re, Esq., Derry.
James T. Mackay, Esq., Derry.
J. W. Johnston,,Esq., Troy.
William Leathern, Esq., Thornhill, Derry.
John Munn, Esq., Derry.
Robert Bond, Esq., St. Columb's.
William F. M'lntire, Derry.
John Leathern, Esq.. Derry.
Oliver Bond, Esq., Pennybnrn.
Francis Rogan, Esq., M.D., Derry.
Stewart Gordon Esq., Derry.
Frederick, H. Hemming, Secretary to the London
Committee.
Pitt Skipton, Secretary to the Derry Committee.
Sir John Macneill, Engineer, LL.D., F.R.S.
SOLICITORS.
Timothy Tyrrell. Esq., Guildhall, London,
•
and
Samuel Law Crawford, Esq., Londonderry.
LONDON BANKERS.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.
IRISH BANKERS.
The Bank of Ireland and its Branches.
The Provincial Bank of Ireland, and its Branches.
Royal Dublin Bank.
Northern Bank Belfast,}
Belfast Bank, and their Branches.
Ulster Bank,

It is material to state, that on application to the Ho-
nourable the Irish Society, who have so much interest in
the fond upon which part of the Line is intended to be
made, they came to the following Resolution ; and there
is every reason to believe that they will eventually give
the land Without charge :
It was Resolved,
" That in the opinion of this Society, the construction
Of a Railway from Londonderry to Enniskillen will be
highly beneficial to the public, and also to the Estates
belonging to the Society. This Court is therefore disposed
to facilitate the formation of such a Line of Railway ; and
upon the production of the Plans and Sections thereof, to
give the subject its most deliberate and favourable consi-
deration."
Applications for Shares to be_ made at the Company's
Office, Moorgate-street Chambers, London; and to the
Provisional Committee, Londonderry.