The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS.

IMERSONS desirous of CONTRACTING for any part of
11 the WORKS required in the Erection of a WORK-
HOUSE, intended to be built near Prescot, Lancashire, may
see the Plans and Specifications at the Office of Messrs.
HEYES and PEMBERTON, Solicitors, Prescot, from the 12th
to the 23d March instant, where sealed and endorsed Ten-
ders, containing the names of two sufficient Sureties, for the
due performance of the Contract, must be delivered on or
before the last above-nr.ned date, addressed "To the Chair-
man of the Board of Guardians." The lowest Tender will
not necessarily be accepted. Any information relative to the
plans, &c., may be obtained on application at the Office of
Mr. WILLIAM CELSHAW, Architect, &c., Rumford-place,
Liverpool.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY.
TENDERS FOR LOANS ON DEBENTURE.
HE Directors of this Company arc ready to receive
T
TENDERS OF LOANS OF MONEY, on DEBEN-
TURES to be issued in conformity with the Act of Parlia-
ment, secured on their Undertaking, and on the Rents,
Rates, and Tolls arising therefrom, in sums of not less than
£2OO, for terms of three, five, seven, or ten years, on interest
at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly
at the Bank of Messrs. Glyn, Ha'Has, Mills, and Co.,
London.

The Tenders must express the sums and terms of rears,
and be addressed to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices,
in Prince's-street, London, or Broad-street, Bristol.
By order of the Board of Direc►ors,
J. B. BADHAM, Secretary.
Office, 30, Broad-street, Bristol.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY.
' ELEVENTH HALF-YEARLY MEETING.
AT the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of
this COMPANY, held at the WHITE LION Horr.L. in
the city of Bristol, on THURSDAY, the 3d March, 1842,
JAMES GIBBS, Esq. in the Chair.
It was unanimously Resolved,
Moved by EDWARD DIVETT, Esq., M.P., and seconded by
Dr. MILLER,
lst,—That the Corporate Seal of this Company be affixed
to the Register of Proprietors now produced.
Moved by Mr. Archdeacon FROUDE, and seconded by J. M.
GUTCH, Esq.,
2d,—That the Report of the Directors, now read, be re-
ceived and adopted, and that they be requested to send a copy
thereof to every Proprietor.
Moved by WILLIAM Tarim., and seconded by A. K.
BAKER, Esq.,
3d,—That Messrs. FREDERICK RICKETTS, W. D. WILLS,
WILLIAM MORGAN, and FRANCIS PARKER, betre-elected
Directors of this Company.
Moved by JOHN TYRRELL, Esq., and seconded by JOHN
BROWNE, Esq.
4th,—That the arrangement entered into with the Great
Western Railway Company for the settlement of the Rent
for the first year, under the Lease, be approved and confirmed,
and the same is accordingly approved and confirmed.
Moved by WILLIAM FIOLLISTER, Esq., and seconded by
THoMAs W. HILL, Esq.,
sth,—That the best Thanks of the Proprietors be given to
the Directors, for their able, zealous, and successful manage-
ment of the affairs of this company.
JAMES GIBBS, Chairman.
The Chairman having quitted the Chair,
It was Resolved by acclamation,
6th,—That the cordial Thanks of this Meeting be given
to JAMES Ginns, Esq., for his able anal judicious conduct
in the Chair.
And it was also Resolved by acclamation,
ith,—That the best Thanks of this Meeting be given to
J. B. Badham, Esq., the indefatigable Secretary of the Com-
pany, for his zeal and ability in promoting the interests of
this undertaking.