The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL DISTRICT
BANKING COMPANY.
THE DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six SHILLINGS
PER SHARE, for the Half-year ending 30th June last, will
be payable to the Shareholders, at the Head Bank and
Branches, on and after WEDNESDAY, the 14th of August.
The 'TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED, from
the date of this notice, till the 14th instant.
By order of the Board,
PHILIP THOMPSON.
Manchester, Ist August, 1814.

MOST IMPORTANT TO SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP-
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PATENT WINDLASSES.

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improvement in PATENT WINDLASSES, beg to
call the attention of those Gentlemen connected with
Shipping to the importance of supplying their Vessels
with a Patent purchase of some description or other. 'The
Prices are now within the compass of every Shipowner ;
and B. and R. have numerous testimonials and PROOFS
showing the great saving of Money from their adoption.
Also, Agents for Pow and FAUCUS' NIPPING LE-
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PATENT WINDLASSES REPAIRED.
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MANUFACTORY,
EAST SIDE UNION DOCK.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
► EIHE First GENERAL MEETING of this Company,
pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, will be held at
the Company's Office, 62, Moorgate-street, London, on
MONDAY, the 12th of August, at One o'clock precisely.
By order,
GEORGE KING, Secretary.
62, Mcorgale-street, July 30, 181-1.

EDINBURGH, LEITH, & GRANTON RAILWAY.
NOTICE.

THE Act of Parliament Oonstituting the Company
having received the Royal Assent, the Parties holding
the Scrip for the Branch Lines to LEITH and GRANTON
are requested forthwith to transmit their Scrip Certifi-
cates to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, 35,
Scotland-street, Edinburgh, in order that they may be
exchanged for Sealed Certificates, and registered in the
Company's Books.
By order of the Board of Directors,
A. G. FIELD, Secretary.
31st July, 1844.

MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE

RAILWAY.

THE Shareholders are requested to forward their Scrip
to the Company's Offices, Market-street, Bury, in
the county of Lancaster, on or before the 10th day of
August next, for Registration, and in order that the Scrip
may be exchanged for the Company's Certificates.
Shares in respect of which no application shall be made
before the said 10th day of August next, will be registered
in the name of the original Shareholders.
By order of the Directors,
JAMES SMITHELLS, Secretary.
Bury, 23d July, 1844.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the NEXT
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the
PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held, in
pursuance of the Act of Parliament, at the White Lion
Hotel, in the city of Bristol, on THURSDAY, the 22d
of August, at Twelve o'clock.
The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
FREDERICK RICKETTS, Chairman.
The Transfer Books will be closed on Monday, the 12th
of August, and not be reopened until after the said Ge-
neral Meeting, on the 22d of Aug, st.
By order of the Board of Directors,
J. B. BADHAM, Secretary.
Bristol, Office, 30, Broad-street,
24th July, 1844.

AT a stated HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET-
ING of the EDINBURGH, LEITH, and NEW-
HAVEN RAILWAY COMPANY, held within the
Office of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway
Company, on the 30th day of July, 1844.
ERSKINE DOUGLAS SANDFORD, Advocate, and

Sheriff of Kirkcudbright, Esquire, in the Chair.
The Secretary read the circular calling the meeting, and
the newspapers containing the same, and the minute of
last meeting was also read and approved.
The following report by the Directors was then sub-
mitted :

The Directors of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven
Railway, address their constituents for the last time in
that capacity, but they do so with a feeling of pleasure
which they have never before experienced during their
tenure of office. The name of the Company is now changed
by Act of Parliament:from " The Edinburgh, Leith, and
Newhaven Railway Company," to " The Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton Railway Company," and in taking
leave of the name, the Directors are happy to think that
they have also taken leave of the difficulties which so long
beset the concern and impeded its progress.
In their last report they informed you of the completion
of the drift-mine of the Scotland Street Tunnel, and they
have now to report that the first contract for a portion of
the tunnel itself has been entered into, and the works
thereon are in rapid progress. The ground at the Market-
street terminus of the line has also been conveyed formally
to the Company by the Town, and the price paid.
In pursuance of the powers conferred by the meeting of
shareholders of 29th July, 1841, the Directors lately bor-
rowed from the Scottish Union Insurance Company the
further sum of £13,000 on debenture, which, with the
sum of £20,000 formerly borrowed on debenture, under
authority of same meeting, made up the sum which the
Company were entitled to borrow under their acts of par-
ltament, other than that of 1844. This sum of £13,000 is
applied in payment of the balance due for property to
landowners on the original line, and of the works now in
operation for the completion of the tunnel.
The traffic on the line as opened is steadily on the in-
crease. For the last six months, as compared with the
previous six months, for example, there is an increase of
16,788 passengers, and for the present month of this year,
as compared with July of last year, there is an increase of
2440 passengers. The average number of passengers con-
veyed along the line weekly at present amounts to upwards
of 4000.

importance of this Market-street ground to the interests
of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton line. The whole
area of ground acquired by the Newhaven Company at
Market-street did not much exceed two acres ; and in this
space the whole works and apparatus necessary for traffic,
passengers station, booking-office, carriages and engine-
sheds, and other requisite accommodations, had to be con-

centrated. The portion of the ground scheduled by the
North British amounted to no less than 1784 square yards,
leaving for the purposes of your line not more than 4834
square yards ; while your reporters, relying upon the ab-
solute possession of the property by the Newhaven Com-
pany, and upon the opinion of their engineer, who consi-
dered it sufficient for the purposes of their terminus, had
not scheduled any of the contiguous property in their bill,
and were consequently without the means of obtaining
ground for the purpose, should the North British Railway
succeed in depriving them of that which had been already
acquired. The point, therefore, just came to this, that
the North British must either agree to a protecting clause
in their bill, as related to the property of' the Newhaven.
Company, or your Railway was rendered utterly useless,
—being in the position of a line without a terminus.
There could be no hesitation, therefore, in the co srse
to be pursued. But, anxious to avoid the expense of op-
posing the North British Bill in committee, your reporters
made a proposition to the promoters of that bill previous
to the sitting of their committee. This proposal was, that
the rails of the North British should be allowed to come
up as far as the city weigh-house, and no farther, and
that the interests of your line should be protected by a
clause introduced into their bill to that effect. This pro-
posal, which permitted the North British rails to come
through a portion of the ground belonging to the Newha-
ven line, and, as will be immediately seen, as far as there
was the least necessity for their coming, was notwith-
standing uncompromisingly rejected, and your reporters
had no alternative but to appear by counsel and agents in
the North British Committee, for the purpose of swing
your line from annihilation.
The committee on the North British Railway bill lasted
for a period of no fewer than seven days, but your report-
ers had the satisfaction of proving out of the mouths of
the witnesses for the bill, the reasonableness of their de-
mands. A clause protective of your linterests was given
by the committee, but although this clause was more strin-
gent than the voluntary proposal at first made by your
reporters to the promoters of the North British line, yet
from other circumstances, which subsequently came to
their knowledge, it was not considered by your advisers as
sufficient; and your reporters had ultimately the satisfac-
tion of getting this clause amended in another place, in
such a way and manner as to be completely satisfactory,
and to have the effect of excluding the North British rails
from the ground of the Newhaven Company altogether.
The next thing which remained for your reporters was,
to come to an arrangement with the Edinburgh and Glas-
gow Railway, in regard to the terminus ground which
they also had inserted powers in their extension bill, to
take. It must be well known to you, that the termini of
the three lines of the North British, Edinburgh, and Glas-
gow, and Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railways, are to
be united at a point in Market-street, upon or close to
the Newhaven Company's ground. Without crossing that
ground nearly through its centre, the rails of the two first
great railways cannot meet, while the effect of that cross-
ing or disruption of the Newhaven terminus ground is to
injure it most materially, or,.in the opinion of some, to
destroy it entirely. It became, therefore, a matter of diffi-
culty with your reporters how to shape their course be-
fore the committee of the house. On the one hand, they
had the advantage of possessing a portion of ground not
more than sufficient for their own purposes, and indis-
pensable for the junction of their opponents,—an argu-
ment much relied upon by some of your own shareholders,
and much pressed upon your reporters by them, as likely
to prevail with the committee of the house. On the other
hand, they had the opinion of the first practical men of
business in every department, whom they consulted, for-
tified by that of their own counsel and agents, that no
committee would ever agree to prevent the junction of
these two great railways, owing to the accidental position
of the Newhaven terminus, or would permit your com-
pany to fix the terms upon which such junction should be
allowed; and that all your reporters could reasonably de-
mand or would obtain would be compensation in ground
and otherwise, for the portion of the Newhaven terminus,
required by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway for the
purposes of their new terminus, and their junction with
the North British.

After much consideration, your reporters came to the
resolution of resting their case upon the principle last
mentioned, and being quite as desirous of avoiding the ex-
pense of a contest with the Edinburgh and Glasgow as
they had previously been with the North British Railway,
they made various proposals of settlement, both verbally
and in writing, to the promoters of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Extension Bill, founded on the principle of com-
pensation, and of conceding the junction of the two great
lines. Not one of these proposals, however, was accepted
by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, whose propo-
sals in return were utterly inadmissible, and your report-
era were therefore again most reluctantly compelled to
watch the progress of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Exten-
sion Bill through committee. The result in this commit-
tee, however, was not less favourable than that which took
place in the struggle with the North British, and you will
find, on reference to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Exten-
sion Act, that the interests of the Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton Railway have been most carefully and success-
fully guarded. In exchange for that part of their termi-
nus, which they have ceded to the Edinburgh and Glasgow
for the purpose of their terminus and junction with the
North British, they are to receivs foot for foot to the east-
ward of their terminus from the Edinburgh and Glasgow,
who have scheduled all the conterminous ground, and are
to acquire and convey the same to your company at their
own expense. Provision is also made for the claims which
your company may have for compensation, from the
change which thus occurs in the shape and form of your
depilt, and the presumed increase of expense in working
thereby occasioned ; and in the very probable event of
your company requiring an increased area for their depot,
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company are farther obliged
to employ the compulsory powers of their act, if required
by you, in acquiring such necessary additions, In short,
your reporters are fortunately enabled to state, that the
patrimonial interests of your line have received no damage
in the late collision with its two powerful neighbours,--a
collision which, to say the least, was attended with no or-
dinary hazard.
_

For an explanation of the proceedings which took place
in parliament in obtaining the bill of the Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton Railway, the Directors beg to refer
to the accompanying report of the provisional committee
appointed by the promoters of that measure ; and, in con-
clusion, they have only farther respectfully to take leave
of their former constituents, and to congratulate them on
their altered prospects.
It was then moved and carried unanimously, that the
report now read be approved and printed, and the meet-
ing declared the borrowing of the sums on debenture to be
necessary and expedient, and approved of the whole pro-
ceedings of the directors thereanent. The chairman then
stated that the following gentlemen fell to leave the direc-
tion of the company by rotation, viz :
Henry Inglis, Esq., Deputy-Chairman,
Joseph 111` Gregor, Esq.,
Alex. Robertson, Esq.
That the number of Directors by the new act is limited
to seven, and in order to supply the foregoing vacancies,
and to make up the board to the number allowed by the
act, it was moved, and unanimously agreed to, that the
following gentlemen be elected directors, viz. :
Joseph M`Gregor, Esq.,
Alexander Robertson, Esq., of Eldin,
Sir William Dunbar, Baronet,
Alexander Jamieson, Esa., of Heriothill, and
David Thom, Esq., merchant, Leith,
and that Sir William Dunbar be appointed deputy-chair-
man in the room of Mr. Inglis.
The chairman further stated, that several of the Share-
holders of the New Stork had intimated a desire to pay
up the whole amount subscribed by them at once; that
the advantage of this plan had been found to be very great
upon several lines of railway now in successful operation,
and that the directors were authorized by the Act 6 and 7
Will. IV., cap. 131, sec. 47, to accept of such payments
in advance, and to allow five per cent. interest on the same.
The meeting approved of this suggestion, and authorised
the directors to accept of such payments in advance as
they might think proper. and to allow five per cent. in-
terest on such advances as might be made, over and above
the calls made upon the stock at the time.
The thanks of the meeting were then moved to the Di-
rectors of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway
Company, fcr the manner in which they had performed
their arduous duties, and brought them to a successful
conclusion.
Mr. Grainger, the engineer, stated, that having exa-
mined the tenders of the contractors for the Granton
branch, he was happy to be able to state that, notwith-
standing that the price of the land had turned out higher
than had been originally estimated, this branch line would
in all probability be completed under the original esti-
mate.

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Extension Bill was taken
up first in order by the committee upon the three lines,
and the consideration of this part of their duties occupied
five days. Your bill wss next, but its details had been
previously so much discussed, and so thoroughly under-
stood, that it passed through the committee in the course
of a very short time. The opposition to it also, which at
one time looked formidable, and had to be prepared for,
ultimately dwindled away. Some opposition and discus-
sion subsequently took place before the Committee in the
House of Lords, which had the effect of delaying its pro-
gress through parliament; but nothing of any material
consequence occurred, and your bill finally received the
Royal assent upon the 19th current.
It is also necessary to mention that, during the course
of these proceedings, your Committee had some important
discussions with his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, and
those acting for him, as to the terms upon which access to
his Grace's property and pier at Granton was to be given.
They have to state, that every point was arranged in the
most amicable manner, and they are bound to report to
you their strong sense f the handsome and liberal manner
in which their wishes were met by his Grace.
It has always been considered an object of the first im-
portance to complete the Granton branch with the least
possible delay, so as to secure the immediate returns from
the immense passenger traffic to and from that pier, a
traffic which must now be so greatly increased by the com-
pletion of the corresponding low-water pier t!tßurntis
land. This traffic, you will observe too, comes into
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ng
of
the tunnel between Scotland-street and
opera-
tion at once, even before the completion and o
-street.
And your reporters having fortunately come
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ble arrangement with the whole oft
on this branch, were enabled, without thelanded
a delay,ded proprietorsad
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for contracts for the works, which have now been taken
up to their satisfaction, and they state, upon the authority
of their engineer, that this branch may be opened for pas-
senger traffic within eleven months from this date.
The agents are proceeding actively with the acquisition
of the property on the Leith branch, and your reporters
state, wtth confidence, that a few weeks hence will see
this part of the business completed, when the works upon
this branch also will be immediately advertised for con-
tract. The completion of the Leith branch, and of the
Scotland-street tunnel, which is essential to its success
from the expected goods traffic to and from Leith, in con-
nection with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, will
be progressing simultaneously with the Edinburgh and
Glasgow extension, and will, they trust, be opened at the
same time.
In conclusion, it only remains for your reporters to con-
gratulate you on the prospects now before you. The whole
of the shares of your undertaking, which the Newhaven
directors were at first obliged to take up to a large extent,
have been subscribed for by parties of the highest respect-
ability; and on this score, you may challenge comparison
with the share-lists of any other railway company in the
empire. This circumstance, and the improved value of
the old stock, are sufficient evidence of the altered state
of public opinion in regard to your undertaking ; while
the traffic, which your reporters were enabled to prove
before the Committee of Parliament, was greater than that
stated in the original prospectus, and affords the best
ground for the confident expectation, that your returns
will shortly be inferior to none.
E. D. SANDFORD, Chairman.

E. O. SANDFORD, Chairman.
REPORT
by the Provisional Committee of the Edinburgh, Leith,
and Granton Railway, to the Shareholders in that under-
taking.
The Provisional Committe, appointed last year to carry
through the Bill for the formation of branch lines to
Leith and Granton from the Edinburgh and Newhaven
Railway, have great pleasure in reporting that that Bill
has now passed through both Houses of Parliament, and
has received the royal assent.
In the month of February last, the petition was pre- COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.--The opening of the
sented.to parliament for leave to bring in the bill. At splendid new organ on Friday evening, by the celebrated
this time, the necessary funds for the Granton line had Dr. Wesley, attracted a more numerous audience than we
been fully subscribed, and a certain surplus remained over have ever seen at the popular lectures of this institution.
to be applied towards the capital necessary for the forma- A variety of beautiful pieces, including a delicious over..
tion of the Leith branch. But as this surplus was not ture (" Jessonda") by Spohr, " The Harmonious Black..
sufficient to meet the proportion of capital required by the smith," by Handel, and several airs, fantasias, &c., by
standing orders of parliament to be subscribed before the the learned doctor, alike pleasing and scientific, were per-
petition could be entertained, the Directors of the New. formed during the evening, and elicited rapturous shouts
haven Railway took up the balance_ of the sum required of applause. Every one was so much pleased and satis-
and paid the necessary deposits thereon. The petition fled, that we think the directors would do well to give
was accordingly referred in the usual way to the House the subscribers another opportunity of listening to such
of Commons committee upon standing orders, and there- music. The secretary announced that Mr. Mott, the
after to a committee on the bill along with the bills for the eminengts(Lireocunteudsrodenayo)npbiaegnfyuomr.efnotarhsteteicms maker, would appear this
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commedncement of M. Hu-
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perform upon his
This Committee, however, owing to a variety of circurn- two novel instruments, " The Expressive Orchestral
stances, which it is unnecessary to detail, did not sit until Piano-forte," and " The Multum in Parvo." The Lon-
the 10th of May last; while in the interim, in the month don press says of the former instrument, that from its
of March last, a Committee of tie House of Commons strings, without the aid of wind, bow, or even friction
met for the consideration of the North British Railway upon them, are elicited the tones of the most delicate and
Bill. In this bill it was discovered by your reporters comprehensive expression pecul;ar to each instrument.
agents—no communication having been made to them from the soft sighing of the Eolian harp, to the varied
upon the subject by the promoters of the North British effect of a full orchestra. From the known professional
Railway—that a most valuable portion of the ground ac- abilities of Mr. Mott, who was the pianist of George IV.,
quired several years ago by the Newhaven Company for a treat may be expected.
their terminus at Market-street had been scheduled for Lieut. Lloyd Horton, of the 14th Light Dragoons, was
the purpose of being taken under their act. killed at Bombay, by the accidental discharge of a pocket
It is almost superfluous for your reporters to state the pistol, which he was playfully revolving in his hand.