The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-02 00:00:00

GOVERNESS.

IXTANTED, a LADY of about forty years of age, a
Vl' Member of the Church of England, highly-accom-
plished, Musical, and of an amiable disposition, as OVER-
NESS in the Family of a Cleigyman. Salary frogs. 280 to
£lOO per Annum.

WANTED,
SITUATIONS in SCHOOLS, for several YOUNG MEN,
well-qualified in various departments.
A BOYS' DAY SCHOOL,
to be SOLD, for the Value of the Furniture, about £4OO.
A LADIES' DAY SCHOOL,
to be Transferred, at a Moderate Premium, and doing very
well. Rent moderate.

Apply to Mr. JOSEPH CRISP, Clerical, Medical, and
School Agency Office, 20, Slater-street, Liverpool.
(One interest.)

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
TENDERS FOR LOANS.

91HE Directors are prepared to Grant MORTGAGES
under the powers of their Act of Parliament, for
LOANS of MONEY in sums of not less than £2OO each,
and for periods of three, five, or seven years, at the option
of the lender. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum
will be paid half-yearly, for which interest warrants will be
given for the period agreed on, payable at the Company's
Bankers in London, Manchester, or Sheffield.
Further information may be obtained at the Company's
Offices in Manchester or Sheffield ; at the Office of T. J.
Parker, Esq., Sheffield ; Messrs. Bagshaw and Stevenson,
Manchester ; or Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Wetherall,
Temple, London.—By order,
JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary.
Manchester, 27th April, 1842.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.

THE Directors are now ready to receive-TENDERS for
the following WORKS :
CONTRACT No. 6, OR DINTING VALE VIADUCT CON-
TRACT.—To commence at the termination of the Gamesley
Contract, in a field No. 226 on the plan, in the parish of
Glossop, and to terminate in the field No. 209 on the plan,
in the said parish; the length of the viaduct being 484 yards
or thereabouts.

CONTRACT No. 7, OR LONG ENDA LE CONTRACT.—TO
commence at the termination of the Dinting Vale Viaduct
Contract, and to terminate in a field No. 2 on the Plan in
the Parish of Glossop, near to the entrance of the Summit
Tunnel ; the length being six miles and 73 chains or there-
abouts.

--These Contracts to comprise the whole of the Works
necessary for the completion of the lengths of the Railway
herein mentioned, including the ballasting and laying of the
permanent road, except the rails and chairs, which will be,
found by the company. The contract is also to include the
maintenance of the works for twelve months after their
entire completion.—Plans, sections, specifications, and draft
forms of contract may be seen on application to the Secretary,
at the Railway Office, 15, Piccadilly, Manchester, on and
after Monday, the 29th instant.
Sealed tenders, addressed to the Secretary, and endorsed
" Tenders for Works," to be sent in on or before Monday,
the 19th September next, after which day no tender will be
received.

Printed forms of tender may be obtained at the office,
and no others will be attended to.--The Directors will not
consider themselves bound to accept the lowest offer.—By
order of the Board,

JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary.
Manchester, 15. Picadilly, 25th August. 1842.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER:LYNE, AND
MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT,
May sth 1837.
CAPITAL, £700,000, IN 7,000 SHARES OF £lOO EACH.
AT the HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS, held at the CUTLERS' HALL, Sheffield,
on the 31st of August, 1842 :
MICHAEL ELLISON, Esq., in the Chair,
It was resolved,
Moved by Mr. T. A. WARD ; seconded by Mr. J.
JOHNSON,
I. That the Directors' Report, together with that of the
Engineer, as now read to the meeting, be received and
adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the Sharehold-
ers.

Moved by Mr. KENYON PARKER; seconded by Mr.
IRONSIDE,
2. That the Abstract of Accounts now submitted be ap-
proved and distributed as the Shareholders.
Moved by Mr. SAMUEL BUTCHER; seconded by Mr.
WILLIAM HOYLAND,
3. That the Declaration of Forfeiture made by the Direc-
tors of the following Shares, being in number 1419, be now
confirmed; and that they be authorised and directed to dis-
pose of the same Shares by sale or otherwise, as provided by
the Acts of Parliament relating to this Company, for such
prices and on such conditions as they may think fit.—[The
shares were then reported by their progressive numbers.]
Moved by Mr. KENYON PARKER ; seconded by Mr.
IRONSIDE,
4. That the Bye-laws and Regulations passed at a Meet-
ing of the Directors on the first day of December last, for
the management of the traffic on the Railway, and which
have already received the approval of the Lords of the Com-
mittee of the Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Planta-
tions, be now confirmed, and sealed with the Company's
seal.

Moved by Mr. KENYON PARKER ; seconded by Mr.
IRONSIDE,
5. That the Bye-laws and Regulations now produced, for
the government of the Officers and Servants of the Com-
pany, be now approved and passed ; and that the Corporate
Seal be affixed thereto.
MICHAEL ELLISON, CHAIRMAN.
Moved by Mr. KENYON PARKER ; seconded by Mr.
S. BUTCHER,
6. That the best thanks of the Meeting are due to the
Chairman, for the able and impartial manner in which he
has filled the chair.