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?30R'PUGUES? LOAN for ?I,.500,00".-T1Ie HALF. - VEARL'?' DIVIDEND WARRANTS, iliac the let of December, ? 5 per cent. Honda of the above Loan. will be of Mea?ra. H..- Goidaehnddt and Ce. 5, cCtt5,?i5A53SeBL?bo?gate.?treet (in Wedneaday, the let of 10 and 2; and the holders are requested to leave the dividend warrants at theIr Office, with lists tnereof, in numerical order, at least one day lirevious to payment, for the porpose of examination. JTY of LONDONGENERAL PENSIONSOCIETY; ?J for the permanent Relief of Decayed Artisans. Mechanics, and their Widows....A SERMON In AID of the PUNIlS of this Institut inn wlii helirenehed at St. PauraChapel Clapitam TO.M OR ROW MORN. I'JcI, by the Rev. Wllf. BOiIl5O?VS. AlA ?iiutister tif the Chapel. flivine aervice WIll roinmeoce at a quarter before 11 o'clock. Nov. 20, 824. There tsre I33 Pe?ioncrs now DANIEl. RiiiIARDSON, Sec. this Punilsof this institution; the men receiving 75. and the women 55. per week for life. ?he ALLIANCE DRiTI54 and. I"OIIRION LWE and ?iltR ASSIJR. ANCE COMPANY. Capltai-e3.?o00 Steri log. Established by-Act of Psrlismettt. HOARD of DIRECTION. PRESKOENTS .iohn Irving, esq. M.P. N. M. Roth?cl,iid, csq. Francis flaring, I Samuel esq. MOses 2llenteliorc, esq. esq. Diltb:cvoRq. .broes Alexander, eaq. M.i'. Charles Rrcenwond. esq. O.H.Harnsnt egq. 3??meslieygnte,,?'r 0. esq. Aiebd. wden. ? I Johit lottes. esq. M.P. William ? Wot. Kn?, eag. ilstee.ld smith, eaq. T. A. Ctsrtls, ? II. M. Thorntt0t, esq. Prsncls Cressneli, req. Tltn,ni,s Wilson. req. AudItors, T. P. Hutton. esq. at.p. sines. ('at?opbvn. en?. Thomas Aiaster,usmi. e'q. Bunkers, Messrs. Smitit, Payne. and Smiths; Messrs. linare, ilarnelt, and Co. Actuary, Benjamin Gomperta. esq. F.iLS. Secretory. Andrew HamIlton, cig. PhysIcian, John R. flume, iii. 0. Curain-etreet. Connect, Lancelot Shad-well. esq. SolId t?r, .Toho M. Pearce. esq. Surreroc. Thomas Ailaso;t, es,1. Percy-street. tlcdfnrd.eqmtre. '?I-IE ytriociples njs,n ic'kich IId.e Comptcn?, is jhrmed are AL such AS to attired Perfect sentriry to the asst red, 'While it gives them a participatIon In the prolits. which ate tie be appruprittled at thee close of cccl, successIve period of !i years. The ettended business ot the best description, which Is forming, hitord? every Proliahiliry thet the returns to he made will he large, ;r, In other words. ttust the prentiltists to It. paid by the assured In a coslese 'if yeats tI-ill be otuch reditted iclow even the present me. derate rates. No charges crc made for Policies ot 3001. and upwards. l.,sses from lightning are made good. Parties by obtaIning rho settietoetet of a loss ito not. dined their right top,trilctpate in the profit., A. therel?y SN'. 1J IVFRPOQL and MANCE-IES'PER RAIL ROAI) COMPANY. CO?lMirTE?. Charles Lawrence, esq. (:i'airo,ar:. -thu Mess, esq. Robert C,lmrdstooe, Csq. !? Joseph Sandars. esq. Daputy Cirairoteit. Llster Ellis, esit. Thomas Thaw Brandreth, Isa5p l-lodg5on, flohert iSenson, A,,an, ttndg-.otr. ?l. II. flirley, I Joseph l-iurnbv, Kh?acpit hlirley, I Jo ho Ket-inedi', i-henry llss,th, I Weliwood Maxwell, -James Cropper. W iltinta Potter. John Ewy,rt. William Rathhone. Peter Esv?rt, Wililan, Rotherant, WIllIam flttruett, Johm, Kyle. IS ieb?rd ilarrison, Thomas Sharpe. Thomas licadlam, John Wiletmo, esqee. Bankers. Messrs. Moss, Rogers. and MosS. t.iverpatii. Solicitirra. Messrs. Prite cod Clay. PROSPECTUS. The f'o.nmittee of the Liverpool anti Maneiteeter P.aii Road Coot. pany think it ripht sit state concisely tlte ?routtds upon which they rest their claims to public encos,rageoient cod srrppert. The importance ton eommnercial crate, ofa safe and cheap mole of transit, for niercisandise from one parr ?f the country to another. Will i,c readily cekoowledgel. Tt,is re-?s the plea tipon toe llrst intro. dnetion of canals; it was for Site lobild ttdtaot5gc m and although the new mode of convevaites interfercil with existittg and inferior 5node?. and was opposed tp the feelings and prejt,dices of land. the greet principle of the pittlic good rrrev,.iietl, and expe. Cleoce has irterified the decislrin. It is 015,1, the same principle that rail roads are now ?ropoaed to he established san oteans of conveyance manifeaty artirerior til existitig IOn-lest P0ssessine Inoreover. - this reconimendatton over and ehr,ve Whit could have been claimed ii, favour of canals. namely. that the railroad scheme Itolde our to the rsuirlic not only a cheaper but far iii.,re expcditl,,r,5 conveyance titan any yet estab'ished. The Llvers,a?o1 and Manchester Rail lined is proposed to commeutec itear titti Prlnces flick. LIverpool. thence to Vartxhail.road, Site,, through Botitic Wsih.'i Fezakerisy. troxteth, Kirby, Knuweley. ?celestott?Wi-?,,i? '?tltt?ti, 1-isydock, Newton in Mackerileld, Golborn, Lowton. heigle, ?enoitigtoo. Astice. Irlam, Woraley. Eceles, Pendle. bury. Salfor4, Sistine, to tt,e neigitbourhood of the westerly end of WatetsatreSt Manelester; itt tite whole a dlstn;trc of about thirty. three nilica.' tiya reference to the plan It wilt be Itereciveli that the roati does tint ??roacit within ahoit it mile and it i.alf c,f tlit :caidet,ee tif the Eati ?'-i Sefton sod that It traverse, the Esri of l)rri.Vs pro;.erty, iteer tite barren mosses of Kirby and i-tmt,.wslev. p?t-ci,tg atrout two mites rtis. ta,ee? from the hail. to tteentiug upon tue lsr,?posed route. ths Coin- mittee have becn ;tnxht,rts. at cttlistderabie iltcnnven,enec anti expen-te, to select a lii-.,'. which ni:ty not tittly i.e eligilto considered itt itsctf, but toss- tic as lIttle e,?jectional,le as p-.?sihie, whit referertee to iltdi vi. ?5al an-I local interests. Theground itits been snrveyed by eminent er.gittccrs, t,ttd the isti- iiiased expense of a rail road etpt.ti tie ritost tmoyroved e,tnstr,trti,,n, lodiudiug tlte charge frir loca-nietive engines, r? lie empitived ott the lisp., and other citotingencies. is 41111,tltlOt. syitich onto tie proposed to raise in 4.0011 shares of 1001. inteb. - The totril quantity of merchandise passing herween Lis-erpotel and Manchester is estimated by the lowest -toirtnritat?r,mt at 1 .000 titus per ? The balk of this merebantlis,' is rt:rrtct.nr;e.l either is. ttte titike of ucidrewiter's Cantil or tite Mersey and un-el I Navitation. ily l.o?h sit these cnnvcyrtneea goettis Inust pass up the Itiver Merseyn distamice of 16 or 15 miles, sul-jeer to set mu, tlclays froni ci,mttrarv mmmdc, atid not unfrequently to actual loss or dai.tage front tempesruotis weathsr. The average length t,f pa-saice lr-? theac convryt,oecs, tncltsdii,g the cuso,mary de;erttion, f tite wharfs, may be taben at .36 hours, muter iT shorter, according to tile favtur'ti-.le Ir unr:s',,ir;,l,le state of the ?-inds nod tiles. The average charge open nicreliandlee for tile last 14 yeats bits- been about lSs. Per ton. by the Stojected rail road, the tr5nsit of merchandIse between Liverpool and Manchester wlll i.e etfected itt 4 mit a i,ottrs, end the ebsege to the merchant wIll be reduced aI,,,nt one third. Here titeti attli be aeepmplist,ed sit tinniense pecuniary astir.5 to the publIc, over and above what is perlISpa still utore mnpatnsrtr. the ecoutmy of time. Nor n;?;su we estiniate the value ol lila s.ivittg ti cesly be its ttomiltal antoutt'.t. ?tl?ethcr in tooney or itt tintst ito ill afford a stiturtlits to the protioctive industra' tif tltelcautitry. It will nyc '. e.s? ?. ? ti? tite nesS era air mo-c-tsouiati,,u. toe value ett,s tin itoettitee of which can be fully understood intl lty those whit set. aware it,iw seriously corn. merce nosy he iflipeded ity pet ty??trlt'ti.?t,?, and how ciintltiercial en- rarprise is enetnisgeil cud pt-gLi.-,-t by an adbefenee to prirtelities of rair t-nmpctition tintS free tradS? TIte Co:titnlttee are entire that It will not lintoediarele lie mtoder. stood t*y the pulitic itow tite proorletors of a rail road, eeqstieinysn lnv?sted capital of 406.0Oiii. Cati aliiird t?. carry goitds at so great a reduction upon the charge tit th? present water ,-nntpanies. lint rh-t problelt 15 easily solced. lr Is ii,; that the ware entopanies have itor been :ttile t,ieaci y goodson more reason?hle terms, but that, strong In the enjoyment of their monopoly, they have ttnt 'Ittught proper to do sit. Against tins tsttst ttrtuitrar-; exact ititis rb? pliblir have hititert., bad nit protectis.n. and agaInst the it-.definite etintinuaztce or recur. rence tif thees-Il thee have burt one sccuri'1'?t is etirsmsetitlnit that is Waritel; and the p?oof of this assereint, may be adduced from the fast, that shares in the Old Quay- 'avigatitin. .1 is hich the orlginitt cost was 7tiI. have been sold as flieb as I .2?'0I. ccci,. Out it i? no sitogetiter ottacciutiot of the exnrlllaI-ttrbargfs of rite 'rater tnrrters that a rail road is desirabla. The present canal esta. hiishwient, etc indeiltiete t,t the great arid inilispenmabie itlijeet to be tic. oomn?tished namely ,i lit. regolar end lituctimal ct,ti veystice of goals lit all periods cnd?easaitts. In sututner time there Is frcqmtemttly a deficiency nt ? tibuiging boats ti, Nt only its-If loadedand thus nceitsioninggrear Ineonvcnience situ i-Ia ; seitile in wIn tee the rare sotnetimnes locked itli with frosts Inc weeks ritgetttcr, to the manifest itindrance ofliusloess. Prom thlm.ee impeditnents a rail mo-id umould he altogether exetupt. There is still stiother ground nfobjeeri,en to the pecscm,rsystetim of etir- rises try eatuils. Oatneiy,tite pilferage. an evil for which there's seldont lideqitite re-i ress,atsd fur witich the privacy if so circuitous and dilatory a littssage eff.irds so orane facititle,. Whereas a etiriveycoce by railwa1?, effected in ti few Itritirs, rind whete every delay must be Secointred for, nitty be expected ttt p,tsscrstoneh, tuf I itO publIcity aol cottsetinent safety of tic Elngs bl?itteays. In addition to tlte transport tif coitla between l.ivcrpoctl antiS Mart. ehcarer. en lntipurtaiit l,rautcb of revenue may lie etreemed to result ii. the proprtemr, ..f thu oroicetsd road, front the t-onveranr,- of coils from iii., tub mines Itt ihe vIel rtit y of St. tIde, ?s hit id rati Sage stitch the water cort,panies do not pOssess, and witich from its intlis,rtanN. and extent, ms? prohiabj? etiabie the proprietors to tetitatte their rates of ,-arriage ri now coatemplated. These coals at nrc. sent pass tilming the Stnkcv.canal. anti d.iwn tile Merses lii I.i5'ctpouil a dietaries id alien t ult muse. Hy the raIl say, tile (I iSIltOce still I.e shtorlened one half, arid rite chat?e for trail-it vet y metaterlailr redticed. AltPutt ret the whIch- diffused benefits tim ite experled finns he pri. posed rail road niitstettpeeiaily 1.5 ennotersted, Ito iitetinslilceabIe rtd. vtsnceotettt itt site e,,mnseretal swr.spsrisy .?r Ieetaiid. Tite latent ener. s-lea r,f titat c.srmttes-, her ei,psi.ilitles as a nlaortfttet.tring power, will he developed tic beItt? britttght into easy comttact and coointurticati.tn wIth the m-anuifactiirtttg districts itt title kingd iii,;, WhIte every article of list asrisriSetteal iodn.try will cxp'rienee an Increased detitand icoto tite eheapnic's and facility 'With sehieli it seili I-c introdsteed I-mimi, rite ponulours counties of Lancaster and York. Wit-tever shrtrretts tite ti?e isf enris-syanta, nrecnieally diminishes the distattec, and whates-et Is saved In the esist of dtreiltee, Is a grilur to let-land. Its the present stare i'm trude ttt,di?f commercial ettterprire. d?ssp;ilclt tin less esceittittl tltart economy. ilercitandlac Is frequently brorusbt aproas the Atlantic front Neit Tirrlr ti Liverpoitl In 21 days; irlrile, airing to the varmoits cs-rIses of delay airove enuurtiertited, goods htse In sotne irtasanees been longer on titeir passage front Lisertittol tit SIan. chester. Out this reproach must tier be perperitat. Tie advance. nient In mechanical seleirce tenders it ttnnecessary t the good s-diSc cif the eoraoiutnity makes It imnlrOssible. i.et it tint, itotycyir. lie imagIned, thatwere Ett?i;o,ii ttt be tttrilv. tllter t.oitttmries itOitid Plilise in the otarel, tif I tsipr.ive.uerut. \pIttlclttion i,?ts been -?lule ott lsiu,1 of tlte Entpce,tr of Rrts?ir, ftr tiutideis sf the Ii,c'i-oti,tive ctrgtite; ansi other tif tue I>uuehtiec.tal ('.ovetnmcrtts have 1cm-it duly ahipriced 01 tite important sehentes for the facliltatitig of iniap d tratfit r;rtsv ttrtder dis- cnisAttnl.y the Iltitish publIc. itt tlre UnIted States if America also they are fully alive to the intportailt reslilts to lie anticipaled Iron, the Introdricrion iif rail roads; a fientlemmo, front the tiolted States having reectitly arrived in LIverpool, seitir whim it is a prinelpad shiect to collect the necessary in formation in order to the estttbli.sii. mint itt a ralisray, to connect the great rivers Pt,to?se stud OhIo. 'theta-imedlarcan,t Irroininent itri vantages tithe anticipated front the proposcri rail ro;,d are an immense peerurilary saving to the trading community as nell as increased facilirles to the geseral operations of commerce, arising our of that Iisrnctrteiltr nt;dldeapateh whIch is-ill attend the transit c,f merchandise lictirecit Liverpool and Marrehester. Bitt the ittitaleitanta at large of these populous tesvns will ecap their itull share of direct and Immediate irsitefit. tatals will be brittight to market in Ercisrer plenty, and at a rediteed pried alrd farndog pro- duce of variotis kinda seill find its wity fronti greacer distances and at more reasonable rates. To the landholders also, in the visittIty of tue line, the rail toad it-fiers minpiurtant advamitagc.s in extensIve markets for their mineral anti agrieuiturai prudttee, as well as in a facility of obtisirriog time and mammure at a cheap rate it, return. Moreover, as a cheap and cepedlrlin., timeatte of conveyance for travellers, the railway holds out the fair prospect of a public accommodation. the magititude amId Imitorrance -rf is-h I s-h cannot lie Imniedlately ascertained. The Committee ilo nor think it necesasri- to sItu-eli upriti probable atid enurtlmtgent ceurees of revenue to the proimrietors, ane of benefit tti the comlounity: but It is loipossible entirely to uiverlook the tendency of increrised economy and despatel, to extetid the cotnotercini isiter. Course, not ?toIv upon the immediate lltte of rind, bus diverging in ra. anideatlotisto the itorsb a,;d the south, and eapselaIhy towards the rich aild populona triwn if flolton; a eltoit branch lute liebug sufficient to hrin5 that extensive manufacturing tUstrict into rapid and dIrect coot. btuoteation -seith tlte Sealiort. noco isa Ortef view ofthe scheme lit si-hich the Liverpool and Man. cheater Rail Road Corn p any have embarked, end which, While it pro. nilees such isuanlyold advantages ni the IiubltO,the CommIttee feel eon. rident willcff,itd a fair and liberal return fur the capItal Invested by the proprietors. ChARLES LAWRENCE, Chairniar,. - l.lvcypool, Oct. 29, 1824. r?-iHFJ.CONSOLS MINES.?For SALE, in COnsequence e,fareeem,r failure. ONE PIUNDRED Lao SHARES in tI-ti above ?.j, ?s. To any gentleman acquainted syith the advantages and growing Importance of this4?rtoperty, nod desirous uti a eafe and .ludi. dons invectotent, ivith the- most certainty lIt is fairly Iresomedi of realIzing immense profits-, sir who may wish to resIde its the romantic and mild cIliate of Cornwall as a director of a great and fioririahitig emancerts, With, other emiteent advamitages the present opportunIty of purchasia the ? regard to patronage, &e. g 'hove shares at a nioderate premium is such as seldom offeta. These mines have ? steam engine of the enormous post-er of near 800 houses nosa? nesria? finished erect. lug, and the capItal beIng ancple the shareholders dIvlulehltlf.yearl. 4-Sths of t.ie produce ofeopperand tin raIsed out the mInes. Apply by letter. pOst laid) to Ilicasra. Stuart arid Co. 06, Pall-mali. v?po- AUCTIONEERS, Appraisers, Cabinetmakers, anti Ji. - Others. - To be DISPOSED OF, by Mr. PARSONS, an old eata- bhiahued and deslralulysltulatc HOUSE and ShOP, in the ?enerah Forni- titre Line, In a populous market town, about 20 Otiles front London ott the malts road, The premises comprIse a large double front con anlenoneshor parlours, commodfoue show rooms, dinIng and bed in-osme, al-ge gardeiT The preecot returns are 1,2001. - per Isnoum and may he Increased to any exteob bye larger capital. The leae of' 7, 14, ordI yeion, itt tho how rent of 47i. per annum, intind. log the ftxtures, will he tatider 2001. The stock Optiottal, Sarisfac. to? reseesne will be lvesu to persons disposed to treat for the same. N. ?'. The concern trIll lie founil decerving the attentlo,, of any in. drte.rhous young-man desIrous of entering Into huslutess It being hire. stinsed ins, Juresenta valuable @portunlty of dmbar1dn?iu the attetion anilappraleing line, -aiad lit tite only shop In that part of the conmirry for a cnmt.uhderabl?dlsuance. Further particulars may he had of tue CttciIiiOC5fa&C.-lP? fled Lion-square: letters to be post pald? T/flATJRR ROYAL. DRURV.L,AAr. Adlp, r.HI. EVENING. DEl? F'REtSfC-UTZ. Adolph",Mr.T. Cooke; CaapHr, Mr. Horn; Linda, Miss Graddon; Rose, is,t Povnv. To coneinde with TtIE Nt ILLER's MAID. T1IEATTtr/9 i)yAL, CVEYRT-G(ARDRO.j THISarEVMr. N G DEft rREISCHUTZ. i Nn : Caspar ;,tlr. BenRiett, W7lllce1m', NlDr. ileatrmbi u, Bertha, ,tlfs Paton; Lena, Mlss Love. j T Whtch will he added, CLARI. 7'I,R 2T'R R SOYAI L, wArG L18H OPERA H1OUSRA?, Stratd. Mr.MAATF-WS will be found AT HOME THIS EVENINGR Aith TiE * OUTH!n13L DAYS OP .FR. MATHEWS. Part 111. STOItES. It sl resectfullY annonlseeid tVat in eonsequence of the inimense overfloW on Monlday evening, 'and the great number of appileatlons for one more iargornmance of the " Trip to Amnerica," MN. MatheWIs hns bee,, prevailed on to postpone bis departure, and to repeat thlat celebrated cntertaiTinent on Monday next beyond wvbiciere ntilg it "ill be Impossible to delay his jouriiey t btibbihi. A DEv TFfppn ,T TRE, Eslrand. TillS E.VENINI 81Will he prsenlited a new romantis spectacle in three actr, entitle VAL.IONDI- * r The Unihlalowed sepulehre. To} eonrieiue with an entirely new tarcienl burletta, entitIledTHE YOUNYG WIDOW or, A Lessen fo' Lovers. Doors open at lh, ard comnmenc .e ata quarter beftra 7. litlf-iriee at halAtsht t. C4' The publication of The Times commenced at Ci o'clock yetter- |lday morning, and fininhed at 8.