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Toilet any-Plea any ref 5 and 1 1 :de, t coma Arong; l ter in arYhf GoL, Liverf a 0 ant, .80 8 of Temise; e o ,use A 0 I - 211 0 , 1 ' IBA-u• I B r evier9 , 6 1-10U S ie TrIOVIC.F Porter, oganY se, to, Fel l a/ ,11 0, Fett modes , o d o Sofas Sideb o / 0 nd Loo J,,,,sbto Hall . I 'l4o l. hairs, es . l insteropFf .r Fire- s, a Sz• tP o t i nt i vises, °Or' -lane , )Tllo'. ' Preefiseg; -der ° ter C ll ; f l et 3g SVre,; -e 8 ; Shed, an d oti t7 Isig tt lock ~n o,e f by P r ':l9 iect to of a ll or 'TY, CI VELDl'str AcrD4'es' r 0 4 04 e u r, e ar if t the ,e4i viel Cli t ' 4 o ile, r o v ree ihre, v `, DD Ittalitty u'tin tpi t ier o p )r 0 ) „s 410'4 ino _ enV e loe l ' he Liver nd le e' a o At t.. tine- Loo tit t J , et, anteb. LAND WANTED WANTED to PURCHASE, about 500 Yards of FREEHOLD LAND, to be situated between Great Crosshall-street and Sir Thomas's-buildings. Offers, naming the situation and price, to be addressed, in writing, to X.Y.Z., STANDARD-OFFICE. STEAMERS WANTED, TO BUILDERS OF IRON OR WOOD STEAM BOATS. THE COUNCIL of the BOROUGH of LIVER POOL are desirous of obtaining Two efficient STEAMERS for working the BIRKENHEAD FERRY. Parties willing to Contract for the Building of Two STEAM BOATS for the above Perry, must furnish the Council with Tenders for the Building and Completing, in every respect, ready for the Station, Two STEAMERS, of 60 horse power each. The Tenders to be accompanied by Plans, Models, and Spe cifications of Vessels of suitable Tonnage, Length, Beam, and other proportions for such power. The Vessels to be con structed to steer each end. The Tenders 'and particulars to be delivered at the Surveyor's Office, Town-hall, before Twelve o'clock on THURSDAY, the 29th of March instant. . . The Council do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any other particular Tender. Torch-frall, Liverpool, March 16. 1849. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LOANS OP MONEY. fnE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willling to re ceive LOANS of MONEY, on the Security of the Bonds of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of Four Pouuds Five Shillings per Centum per Annum Interest, for perieds .of either Three, Five, or Seven 'Years. All offers to be addressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esquire, Treasurer, of the Liverpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary Dock Office, Liverpool, February 1, 1549. /;nsuraitre gotirts. YORKSHIRE FIRE AND LITE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1824. Parties having Annual Policies falling due 'on the 25th of DECEMBER, are respectfully informed, that they should renew the samelvithin Fifteen Days from that date. AGENTS. 'LATHAM HANMER, Jun, 1, Dale-street. F. L. MAWDESLEY, No. 3, Cook-street. JOHN ATKINSON, 25, North John-street. LITHERLAND and GROOM, 42, Lord-street. TH' INSURANCE NORTHERN LIFE COMPANY, ASSURANCE RPORATED BY ACT OF P: ItLIAMENT, 1836.) MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. SPECIAL NOTICE. All POLICIES opened before the `3oth April next will rank forviinEE YEARS FULL BONUS at the investigation in 1851. T' P's"- ihe . wHoLE PROFITS are divided - amongst eolicy-holders, whilethe sums assured are absolutely guaranteed by the Pro priqary of the Company. The Bonus declared in 1846 averaged from 35 to 54 per cent, on the Premiumspaid: . _ The number of Policies issued by this Institution exceeds Two Thousand Fire Hundred, covering Assurances to the ex tent of Twelve Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling. AGENT FOR 'LIVERPOOL, ROBERT LOCKHART, 18, Chap!l-street. "”) MACRORIE, Esq., M.D. Medical Adviser, DA' NOTICE OF REMOV THE CORPORATION OF THE LONDON ASSURANCE ESTABLISHED 4.D. 1720, No. 7, ROYAL 'EXCHANGE, CORNHILI AND No. 10, REGENT-STREET, LONDON Governor,—LESTOCK PEACH WILSON, Esq. Sub-Governor,—WlLLlAM KING, Esq. Deputy-Governor,--ROBERT COTESWORTH, Ea FIRE INSURANCES effected upon every descrip tion of Property,including Rent, with the 118Ite reduc tions allowed on and in Buildings of Certified Warehouses, 6.c., and for single management, according to the lowest rates current. FIRE NOTICE PERSONS ASSURED AGAINST FIRE by this Corporation, whose Policies expire,at LADY DAY, are respectfully remind ed, that, for their own security, they should renew them within FIFTEEN DAYS from:the said QUARTER-DAY. LIFE ASSURANCES.—This branch of the Corporation's Business is carried on without any charge for management, and offers peculiar advantages to the Assured. Prospectuses may be had at their Offices, or sent free, on ap plication to - JAMES KENNEDY, (now,) Hargraves-buildings, Exchange; rlz, and NEPHEW, 20, Water-street, Agents for Liverpool and adjacent Parts. CARN NORTH OY ENGLAND INSURANCE COMPANY, INCORPORATED For granting ASStirtinCeS on Lives, the Sale and Purchase of Annuities and Reversions, and Insurance against Loss by Fire. CAPITAL, .t'580,000. OFFICF.S. Sheffield, 25, Nerfolk-street ; London, 11, Chewaside • „ , Dublin, 28, Eustace-street. TRUSTEES. The'llight Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, The Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe, The‘Right Hon. Lord Milton. B. B. Pegge Burnell, Esq. John Parker, Esq., M.P. H. G. Ward, Esq., M.P. Coralen Thompson, Esq. John Carr. Esq. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTODR. W. J. Bigshawe, Esq., of the Oaks, Derbyshire. SECRETARY AND ACTUARY. T. Bell, Esq., Norfolk-street, Sheffield. LIFE DEPARTMENT. _ The Directors beg leave respectfully to solicit public atten tion to the very moderate Premiums required by this Office for the Assurance of Lives at the Younger Ages. The Premiums may be paid either Yearly, Half-Yearly, or Quarterly. FOR THE ASSURANCE OF .100. Yearly. Half-Yearly. Quarterly At Age 20, the Premium is „t'l 12 4.. 016 4 .. 0 8 6 ~ 25 , .09 1 16 7 .. 0 18 6 .. .0 9 9 ff 30 , 9, ,f 2 1 10 .. 1 1 2..011 2 If 35, 2 8 7 .. 1 4 7 .. 0 12 11 „ 40, ~ 2 17 3.. 1 9 0.. 0 , 15 3 , 45, ), 3 8 10 .. 1 14 11 .. 0:18 The ' Directors also request attention to the Company's DE P.URRD ANNUITIES, with a return of the Premiums paid, in the' event of previous For XlO per annum, to commence at the end of 20 wars At Age 25, the Premium by 20 annuabpayments is e 4 18 7 „ 30, 99 32 4 -9 2 ~ 35 , ~ ~ 3 1 - / - 7 „ 40, 3 5 0 These PremiuMs may.also " be paid by Half-Yearly or =Quar terly instalments. The whole payments will be returned, should Death occur before the annuity becomes due. FIRE DEPARTMENT Almost every description of risk is entertained, and the Rates of Insurance will be found moderate, and claims for loss settled promptly. WALKER and BIRD S 55, Church-street, Agents in Liverpool. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPAN 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Established 1808. JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Esq., Chairman WILLIAM GEORGE Paisscorr, Esq.,Deputy-Chairman. Sir William Baynes, Bart., Samuel Eustace Magan, Esq. A. E. Campbell, Esq. Moses Mocatta, Esq. T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. James William Ogle, Esq. William Laforest, .sq., Emanuel Pacifico, Esq„ M.D. Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. A UDI TO A& Francis B. Hookey, Esq., and Arthur A. Basch, Esq Actuary,—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.A.S. Solicitor,—Thomas Browning, Esq. Surveyor,—Thos. Hopper, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT RETURNS.—Policies for 4300 and upwards which may have been in force FOR ONE YEAR prior to the date to which the ac count is made up will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of surplus Premium. RENT.—This Office (independent of the Returns) offers to Persons effecting Assurances on Buildings the further advan tage of an allowance for the loss of Rent thereof, when rendered untenantable by Fire. . Farming Stock is now exempt from duty, and may be assured without the average clause._ _ On Assurances For Seven Years by one payment, a deduction of one-seventh part of the premium and duty will be made. RENEWAI.S.—PoIicies due on LADY DAY should be re newed within fifteen days thereafter. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The attention of the Public has, in the Advertisements and Proposals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particu lar dates and ages. The Directors now beg to refer to a State ment (which may be obtained on application at the Office, in Cheapside, or to any of the Agents in the country,) of Sums actually paid, showing the Sums respectively assured, and the Bonuses thereon. Persons assured for the whole term of Life, for £lOO and upwards, in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will be en titled at the end of every FIFTH YEAR, (instead of every seventh year as heretofore,) to participate in the Surplus Pre miums, either by adddion to their Policies, or an equivalent reduction will be made in the future payments of Premium, at the option of the Assured. Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life by a limited number of yearly payments. Assurances for Shorter Periode may now be effected in this Office at considerably reduced Rates of Premium. The next Valuatioi will be made at Christmas, 1849, and Po licies effected before that date, will participate in proportion to the time they may then have been in force. The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who arc authorised to report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary 92, Cheapside, London, March, 1849. The Agents for the Company at the undermentioned places are : Liverpool Messrs. HORNBY and MARSDEN, Marine Insurance Brokers, 10, North John-street. Ditto Messrs. W. H. M`DOWELL and VANCE, Hargreaves Buildings, Exchange -street East. Ditto Messrs. MACLEAN, YARD, and Co., Pemberton-buildings. Fenwick-street. Ditto Mr. J. T. LEYLAND, Exchange-court, Exchange-street East. Appleby, It. Winter, jun. Macclesfield, R. Turner. Ashton-under-Lyne, W. Lee. Manchester. It. and C. Harvey Birkenhead, R. S. Hansel. and H. B. Green. Blackburn, R. Wilding. Ormskirk, James Robinson. Bolton, C. Briggs. Oldham J. Duncroft. Burnley and Todmorden, T. E. Preston,' W. Lancaster. Hammerton. Rochdale, J. Hartley. Bury, Richard Lomax. St. Helen's, J, Ansdell. Chorley, J. Waliwork. Stockport, W. Downall. Clitheroe, M. L. Oddie. Ulverstone, W. Postlethwaite. Lancaster, T. Allbri"ht. Warrington, J. Hall , Leigh, T, Whitehead, Wigan = J, Fairhurst. IVERPOOL STANDARD. Tlli SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. REPORT of the PROCEDURE of the THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this SOCIETY, Held on the 6th March, 1849 ; the Rev Dr. GRANT in the Chair. The MANAGER read to the Court various Statements relative to the Society's affairs, from wkich it appeared :- 1. That during the year 1848 there had been 666 Policies passed, covering Insurances to the extent of £481,926, being less than during the year 1847 to the extent of 148 in the number of Policies, and .W 69,627 in the amount of Insurances. 2. That the capital of the Society, at 31st December, 1848, was .W 2,054,548 12s. Ild., having increased during the year to the extent of £130,335 13s. 7d. 3. That the annual revenue of the Society, at the same date, was £306,878 lls. 9d., having increased during the year to the extent of X 11,092 Os. 10d. 4. That the number of deaths which had occurred during the year 1848 was 88, the sums insured under the Policies which have emerged in consequence of these deaths being £92,405 10s., or, with Bonus additions, .W 117,568 10s. 3d. 5. That the above sum of .W 92,405 10s., and the number of deaths, were in the ratio of 53a per cent. of what might have been expected, according to the Tables of Mortality upon which the Soc iety's calculations are based. 6. That 134 Policies, covering Insurances to the extent of .W 139,148, had been surrendered during the year 1848. The accuracy of the Statements which had been read, was confirmed by the AUDITOR. _ _ _ _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN then rose, and addressed the Court as fol. lowss---It is in accordance with practice, that at this stage of procedure you should be addressed by the individual having the honour to occupy the Chair of the Meeting, and, in humbly endeavouring, to the best of my ability, to perform that fluty, I would begin by expressing my unfeigned regret at the neces sary absence of the Noble Earl, (Lord Rosebery,) who has so long and so ably presided over the Society. (Applause.) In this regret you all, I am sure, participate, though no one has so much cause of regret as myself. I would also, at the outset, bespeak your kind indulgence to the necessarily imperfect statement of one who, though he cannot plead that he is unac customed to public speaking, is yet in use to speak chiefly on topics widely different from those to which the business of this Society relates. I rejoice, however, to think that my task is rendered comparatively easy by the simplicity and distinctness of the Report to which you have just listened. (Applause.) In considering the Statement made by your Manager, as to the business of the past year, there is one feature that presents itself to our view at the very outset, the consideration of which it were quite vein to attempt to evade. We have done less bu siness during the past, than during the immediately .preceding year. Both the number and the aggregate amount of Assur ances passed'exhibit a decrease. But surely this fact cannot have taken any of you, however little you may be connected with business, with any degree of surprise. The past year is known and admitted to have been one of unexampled difficulty and depression. There has been a shaking of the nations on the continent of Europe, such as none of us had witnessed be fore, and which has seriously impeded our commercial inter course - with them. Apart altogether from this, various causes have contributed to produce in this country a stagnation of trade, great commercial embarrassment, and the all but total suspension of commercial credit and confidence. (Hear, hear.) I need not tell you that the number and the amount of assist ance transactions must most materially depend upon the gene ral prosperity of the country. 'ln truth, the entering into such a transaction is neither moremor less than the investment of a surplus or saving of income. It is the forming, too, of a con tract, which, in a great majority of cases, lays the assured un der a pecuniary obligation of annual recurrence during the whole period of his life. In a year such as that through which we have lately passed, the means are in many cases awanting by which alone assurance can be effected. (Hear.) Even when these means are possessed, they are husbanded carefully, to provide for commercial-contingencies, by which the individual's whole stock and property . may be placed in jeopardy; and amid the alarm, and anxiety, and distrust that prevail, men are slow to enter into contracts for long deferred benefits, and involving long confirmed obligations. (Hear, hear.) And that this is the true cause of the partialcheck which your onward progress has sustained, is, I think, made abun dantly clear by the next fact in the Report to winch I shall ad vert, namely, the unexampled amount of surrendered assur ances. Policies covering no less a sum than nearly .e 140,000 have been abandoned. 'The fact is one which we must all lament. We cannot fail to sympathise with those of our brethren and friends who, many of them doubtless under the pressure of stern - and cruel necessity, have been obliged thus to part with the store which the prudence and provident habits of other and better years had accumulated, for the benefit of those who are dependent on them. We must grieve to think that the copartriery subsisting between them and us should have been so prematurely dissolved ; tut while so many mem bers of the Society have been, at a certain disadvantage, so to speak, selling out, surely it ought not to surprise us that, in the same circumstances, the number of entrants should have been comparatively-small. (Hear.) . _ But while toffer the s se explanations, I must not allow any one to take up the erroneous impression that the deficiency in the amount of business done has been at all alarming in its character. The business done during the immediately prece ding year was very great—considerably above an average. The falling off is by no means considerable. It is easily accounted for. When the transactions that have been carried through are viewed in connexion with the circumstances, they even in dicate a steady progression. And as compared with other So cieties (of which I would speak with respect and kindly inte rest, and whose success I must ever regard without any feeling of jealousy)—(applause)—as compared with other Societies of Scottish growth, as we are the oldest, so are we still indisputa bly the greatest. (Renewed applause.) Some of them are yet struggling, and in no very favourable times, with all the anxie. ties that must attend the infancy of such institutions. Others, I rejoice to say, have been already firmly and securely esta blished. And we, at least, are entitled to regard ourselves, as having passed in safety through the anxious period of child hood and youth, and reached the maturity of our strength and manhood. -(Applause.) The prosperity of all -ens - must in deed depend.en the prosperity of our common country; yet, as regards this, it becomes us to confide ill Him who bath already so signally blessed our nativ. land—in Him who, at his plea sure, straiteneth the nations and enlargeth them again —it be comes us to-confide, under Him, in the strength end elasticity of our national resources, and to cherith the humble hope that the dark and murky cloud that has for a time 'hung over us, may, ere long, turn round its white and silvery lining to our view. (Applause.) The.accumulated capital and the annual revenue of the Soci ety have 'both during the past year largely increased. The latter—l < mean the Annual Revenue— now exceeds £300,000. As to the Accumulated Capital, men, in any younger days, seldom ventured to speak of a million, except, perhaps, in con nection -with the national debt ; and when they did so, it was generally held to indicate a sum of enormous, and indefinite, and unattainable amount. It is far otherwisesnow, when people speak of millions as if they were no more than thousands. But yet I doubt not you will feel satisfied to learn that more than two millions sterling have been accumulatedaand safely invested on your account. (Applause.) And yet you-must allow me to remind you that the prosperity of the Society is not necessarily proved by the mere amount of business done, and , the conse quent increase of the revenue and capital. You might be doing a widely extended business, and yet doing it on most erroneous principles, such as could only lead to loss and disappointment, and as to the temporary accumulation ofecapital that must occur in the -earlier stages of every Assurance Society. But when I take upon myself—as I confidently do—to offer you my congratulations on your steady and growingprosperity, I do so, not because your funds are enormous, but because they have been steadily looked at in connexion with your liabilities,—be cause the cheeks are unremitting, and ever applied on the safest principles by,a Manager and an Auditor, both men of unques tioned ability and caution,—because, in dividing profits, a due and prudent reserve has been exercised,—and last, though not least, because your Directors and Medical Advisers have been strict and conscientiously faithful in the selection of Lives. (Applause.) And this leads me to the last point to which I take the liberty of adverting in connexion with the Report,—}mean the amount of mortality which has occurred. The number of lives that have dropped during the past year is 88. In the.year immedi .ately preceding, the number was 107; and as the Members of the Society was less numerous in that year,ithe difference in favour of the Society is the more remarkable. The actual number, however, is very unimportant, viewed by itself. The important fact is that the casualties of that year form only fifty-three and a half per cent. of those which might have been expected according to your tables ; and surelyii need not say more than this in order to convince you that your business is conducted upon principles that are even more than safe. (Hear, hear.) In truth, I consider that there is nothing in the whole conduct of your business that is of more essential importance than the selection of lives. In a Proprietary Office, business may be done on terms which will yield a profit even on bad lives ; but in a Mutual Office, like this, it is clear that every bad life introduced, is just so much subtracted from the amount of the common stock; and 1 think we can have no difficulty in coining to the conclusion that, in our office, the standard of a good life, which is in a great measure arbitrary, and varies in different offices, is kept almost unprecedentedly high, and that •the lives have been selected with the utmost judgmenti and dis ,crimination. (Hear.) The small amount of mortality which has occurred during :the past year is, in every view, a subject of pleasant congratu lation. I trust that all of us feel the tie that connects us together, and that we take a kindly interest in one another, as members of this great Joint-stock Society . ,differing much as we do in age, and circumstances, and profession, and in political, and, it may be, religious opinions. (Hear. hear.) I trust that we all feel the tie to be is close and an interesting one ; and surely it is matter of real gratification to -see so many of our friends and fellow-members still spared, v,sho, according to the calculations of even more modern actuaries than those by whom the Car lisle and Northampton tables were compiled, should long ere now have gone the way of all living. Independently of this, their having been spared is a source of direct pecuniary gain to us ; and though it be true that ,it has caused to them, to the same-extent, a pecuniary loss, I dare say they would be not a little amused if we were to offer them our condolences on the loss which they have sustained (A laugh.) That loss lam sure they will bear with becoming.equanimity ; and however long they-may have been already spared, we need not fear that they will look forward with unbecoming impatience for the erne, gency of their policies. But though the number of casualties has been ccmparati very small, still many casualties—some of them sad anti unlcoke,i for, and involving serious loss to particular families and to so ciety at large—have occurred. Let us sympathise with the sur viving friends. Let us rejoice in the benefits which they have derived from the provident conduct of their fathers and rela tives, in investing for their behoof in this society. Let us be confirmed in our views as to the prudence of the course which we have ourselves pursued in order to " provide for those of our own house," by taking advantage of a system which, in a cer tain sense, equalises lives ; and let us ever bear in mind that our times, too, are in the hand of God, and that others have been subjected to no bereavements but those to which our own families are daily and hourly exposed. I have now only to advert to some proposed changes in the laws of the Society, which will be submitted to you for your consideration. They have reference chiefly t i the matter of forfeited policies. 1 shall not advocate these changes, but leave this to be done by those who have undertake to propose them for your approval ; but I may say that they are merely such as have been introduced in a fair and liberal spirit into other in stitutions; and that they appear to be no more than equitable to certain policy holders, while it is quite safe for the Society to adopt them. 1 commend these changes to your fair and dis passionate consideration. They have been suggested by the Ordinary Directors only after the most full consideration, and they have undergone all the preliminary ordeal which the con stitution of the Society prescribes, and have met with the cordial approbation of all the office-bearers of the Society. [The reverend Doctor, after apologising for having detained the meeting so long, and calling upon Mr. BEVERIDGE to propose the first resolution, resumed his seat amid loud applause.] Thomas BEVERIDGE, Esq., then rose, and after fully ex plaining their nature, proposed two resolutions, containing alterations in the Laws of the Society, the effect of which would be,- 1. To extend the powers at present held by the Directors in dealing with forfeited policies. 2. To enable parties entitled to receive and discharge sums falling due under emerged policies, to demand payment thereof (on certain premonition) at the end of three months from the date of satisfactory proof of the death, without waiting the expiry of the full period provided for under the policy, but under deduction of discount at the rate of 4 per cent. Mr. BEVERIDGE stated that the propriety of so far altering the Laws of the Society bad been under consideration of the Direc tors for a period of upwards of a year, and that the resolutions, as now proposed, had received the unanimous approval of two separate Courts of Extraordinary Directors. ISAAC BAYLEY, Esq. ' of Manuel, in seconding the motion, took the opportunity of stating to the meeting that the Direc tors had lately had occasion to consult Counsel in consequence of various cases having occurred where Policies were held by Trustees under marriage contracts and otherwise, where there was no fund from which to pay the premiums as they fell due, and where no power was given to the Trustees either to sur render a part of the insurance, in order to preserve the re mainder, or to borrow upon the security of the Policy the requi site sum to enable them to meet the payment of the premium, And keep the Policy in force. Mr. Bayley stated that the Direc, ARE NOW COMPLET LIFE tors had been advised that they would not, in such circnm- CHRIST CHURCI stances be in safety so to transact with the Trustees. rPHE ANNUAL SE] The Resolutions were unanimously agreed to, and it was then FIFTH suggested by Mr. Beveridge, that as by the Laws of the Society J_ Schools will be preac SUNDAY next, the 25th in all such Resolutions must receive the sanction of two General F, FIELDING OULD, Incur Courts, a Special General Court should be called for the second Evening, by the Rev. HUC Chair. Tuesday in September, for the purpose of finally disposing of I—. Pau l' s, P rince's P a rk, them. The suggestion was unanimously approved of. at Divine Service will cow relative On the motion of R. W. HAMILTON, Esq., Manager of the General Steam Navigation Company, seconded by JAMES before Eleven o'clock, and Policies CAMPBELL. Esq., of Moorpark, a vote of thanks was given to 181,926, the Courts of Directors, to the Trustees, and Office-Bearers, Cl tof 148 for their services during the past year. ount of On the motion of ALEXANDER GOODSTR, Esq., Secretary of EASTER QU the British Linen Company, seconded by the Rev. Dr. ROBERT ITOTICE IS HEREI r, 1848, LEE, Professorof Biblical Criticism, the Courts of Directors for 111 QUARTER SESSIO] ing the the following year were appointed as follows : PALATINE of LANCAST PRESIDENT. LANCASTER, on WEDNESI le date, The Right Honourable the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. at Ten o'clock in the Fore he year VICE-PRESIDENTS. following Places and times The Honourable Lord COCKBURN. At the Court House, it ing the The Honourable Lord MONCREIFF. , fourth day of April nex Policies His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH, K.G. noon. a being *The Most Hopourable the Marquis of TIVEEDDALE, K.T. At the New Bailey Court 10s. 3d. and C.B. the ninth day of April nber of EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS. Forenoon. t might Robert Graham, Esq., of Bal-1 Daniel Watney, Esq., Wands- And at the Court Hous ortality gowan. 1 worth, London. the eighteenth day of Apri . John S. Cunningham, Esq., of Rev. Dr. Macnair, Abbey noon. :tent of Caprington. Church, Paisley. And that all Business rel 1848. Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergus- William Shuttleworth, Esq., tion, or Management of th ad, was son, Bart. town-clerk, Liverpool. mence at such Sessions, re Right Hon. Lord John F. G. Anthony Murray, Esq., of Forenoon of the first day tl as fol- Hallyburton, M.P. Dollerie, W.S. The Attorneys engaged it stage of Very Rev. Principal Macfarlan, William Mitchell Innes, Esq., are requested to take Noti( having Glasgow. of Parsons Green. ments are required to be se humbly Robert Granberry Baillie, Esq., *John Ravenhill, Esq., banker, four days at least before th at duty, of Culterallers. Warminster. GORSTS e neces- James Macgregor, Esq., Chair. *Thornasßeveridge,Esq.D.C.S. has so man of South-Eastern Rail- *Charles Baillie, Esq., advocate se.) In way Company. *Archibald Davidson, Esq., AT a SPECIAL GE one has Sir John Stewart Richardson, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire. outset, Bart., of Pitfour NICHOLAS'S CHURCI i perfect Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln. *William James e lsi s a p ti n o n n c a a l n ia E n s k l . " 11-1849, The Venerable Archd is unac- Leonard Homer, Esq., London, [idly on ORDINARY DIRECTORS. The Notice convening the havii is of this Sir William Hamilton, Bart. James Mylne. Esq., W.S.- SECOND REPORT of the task is Mor David Brown of Park, Alex. Pringle. Esq., of Whyt- BLE RATING COMMP Inctness ldinr. bank. in General Vestry asses Ise.) John Gibson, Esq., W.S. Geo. Gibson, Esq., merchant, April, 1848, "To receii r, as to Christopher Wood, jun., Esq., Leith. Rate, for bringing into mesents merchant, Leith. James Tytler, Esq., W.S. risb, and for effecting 1 )f which James Balfour, Esq., , of Pilrig. William Wilson, Esq., W.S. chial burdens." less bu William Smith, Esq.., of Car- *Sir Adam Hay, Bart. The Equitable Rating C •eceding beth Guthrie. *John Cockburn, Esq., mer- of their proceedings since i f Assur- Isaac Bayley, Esq.,nf Manuel. chant. ber last, desire, in the first cannot Lewis Alexander Wallace, Esq., *Henry Cheyne, Esq., W.S. ers upon the impetus whi nnected architect. equitable rating in the tow year is Those marked * are New Appointments. advocates to the municipa ifficulty A Member of the Society, in the course of the proceedings, gratification at this event, ions on called the attention of the Directors to the statement lately of the determination of th ssed be- made by the Chairman of the Great Western Railway Corn- (lens is a subject which ca it inter- pany, as to compensation being given to every one who might by their representatives in s causes suffer by a railway accident. The effect produced in ation of On the motion of the Hon. BOUVERIE F. PRIMROSE, a vote November last speedily de , )ut total of thanks was proposed to the Reverend Chairman, which was their objectthe avoiding of r, hear.) received 'with much applause, and the Court thereafter ad- with the Bill for Rating t 1 f assur- journed. the parochial authorities b se gene- JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. being agreed that the Con Ito such WILLIAM GEORGE, Chief Clerk. upon the Parish in respect 'ent of a Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square, 9th March, 1849. that the Churchwardens an a ton- forego their annual claim r ired un- AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL AND VICINITY, and Church Rates upon tl ing the Messrs. BELL, GOULDIE, and CO., Brokers, Exchange- such respective claims beis h which street East. ' annually. wanting Thus one of the great oh nn when WEST DERBY UNION. Committee were called into Fully, to ELECTION OF GUARDIANS. trouble and expense necess vidual's rpriE LAST DAY for receiving NOMINATIONS contest. y; and _L of GUARDIANS for the several Townships comprised in It was also arranged tha ul, men the WEST DERBY UNION, is MONDAY, the 26 th instant. half of the expenses incurro its, and Nominations must be made in Writing in l the form prescribed of the Dock Estate, and tl k which ei l h e ia a 4l b ol u , ad-oor bv the Poor Law Board (copies . of which may be had at my the Parish, Toxteth-park, Office), and must be sent to me or to the Persons appointed by cordingly to the rateable v me to receive the same in and for the respective Townships. Your Commiitee , on th WILLIAM CLEAVER, deputation to take measur d assur- „ Clerk to the Union. Rating Bill in parliament. lust all , 31 , C a l r a c y h t l o 9 n ; a l qi B t 49 a . re, The deputation, which c of our :der the EXTRAORDINARY CHEAP EXCURSION were joined in London li ;ed thus FROM Cooper, and Mr. Fisher, a: it habits LIVERPOOL TO PARIS AND BACK, Town The Council present object of t , and by Mr. l :refit of FOR parishioners of Liverpool E :o think TWO POUNDS FIFTEEN! ! ! mittee upon the bill, in o should stances which had induce ly mem- GRAND TREAT FOR THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. should be fairly considere( :e, so to t, in the we been 4 MR. MARCUS has great pleasure in informing his The reasonableness of tl nised by the opponents of eto have determined i Friends and the Public generally, that his arrangements p ear ar condemned without a ' 1 low an y are now complete, and the following will be the rate of were unceasing. Member iency in FARES TO PARIS AND BACK: deputation arrived, been a ig in its THIRD CLASS . . £2 15 0 reading of the bill, to pr( y prece ;e. The SECOND CLASS 3 15 0 unusual and unfair a p r( counted FIRST CLASS through 19, Leigh-street, Liverpool, March 12, 1849. cipal " reasons for rating even in s-- C., ANNUAL WHITSUNTIDE EXCURSION, FROM LIVERPOOL TO LONDON AND BACIC, 18 ( Enlt in n ALLOWING SEVEN OR FOURTEEN DAYS IN LONDON. UNDER the sanction of the DIRECTORS of the LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COM PANY. EXCURSION TRAINS WrIM IiEAVE THE EDGE-HILL STATION, LIVERPOOL, 'ON SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 26, AND ON MONDAY MORNING, MAY 28. Further•Farticulars. as to the Hour of Departure, Da Return, &c. "&c., will be announced in future Bills and A, tisements. _ . The first objectiori v 11. R. MARCUS, Manager and Condt 19, Leigh-street, Church-street 'WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS EXTRAORINARY CHEAP EXCURSION FROM that the legislature had a public property by the p . . LONDON TO PARIS AND BACK FOR THIRTY-FOUR SHILLINGS ! ! ! GRAND TREAT, available only to Parties, Excursionists into LONDON BY SPECIAL TRAINS. AIR. MARCUS respectfully intimates to his Friends and the Public generally, that his arrangements with the Dire,,tors 'of the South Eastern and Dover and Northern of France Companies, fora _ TRIP TO PARIS, Passengers going up to London by Excursion Trains, and having a desire of visiting PARIS, may obtain Tickets at the following rate : PROM LONDON TO PARIS AND BACK. THIRD CLASS £l 14 0 SECOND CLASS 2 5 0 FIRST CLASS 3 3 0 These Tickets are available on any day by any Train corre sponding with the Ticket between LONDON and PARIS or PARIS and LONDON, from the 27th of MAY to the 12th of JUNE, inclusive. Tickets and every information may be obtained on applica tion, by letter, POST PAID, and enclosing a postage stamp, addressed to HENRY R. MARCUS, at his Office, 19, LEIGH-STREET, LIVERPOOL P.S.—Tickets may also be had at his Office, 23i, Crosby Hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, London, on and after the 27th of May. OBSERVE! NERVOUS OR MENTAL COMPLAINTS CURED BY REV. DR. WILLIS MOSELEY FROM BENEVOLENCE, RATHER THAN GAIN. NERVOUS or MENTAL COMPLAINTS were never cured with certainty or supposed to be curable until Dr. Willis Moseley cured himself. And mysterious as it may appear, it is a fact, that he has by his peculiar treat ment such power over Nervous or Mind Afflictions, that he calms the most excited and raises the most depressed in a few hours, and cures sometimes in a few weeks, all the following distressing symptoms, depression of spirits, involuntary blush ing, groundless fear, melancholy, delusions, indigestion, hys teria, wretchedness, blood to the head, giddiness, sleeplessness, loss of memory, unfitness for study or business. palpitation of the heart, mental debility, exhaustion, inquietude, indecision, blasphemous thoughts, thoughts of self-destruction, fear of insanity, and insanity itself, if his advice is followed. . • ft is therefore with pleasure we announce that the reputa tion which the Rev. Dr. Willis Moseley has obtained forcuring every kind of nervousness is established upon such unequivocal evidence as to have induced thirty physicians and surgeons to place themselves, relations, or patients, under his treatment. and in every case it has been attended with success. We our selves have seen most satisfactory proofs of his success in curing nervousness and insanity ; and know persons whom he has cured after Drs. Sutherland, Roots, Esquirol, &c., had tried in vain to cure them."—United Service Gazette, 6c. WHY THEN SHOULD THE NERVOUS REMAIN SO? Or insanity itself not be cured? These do not originate in the stomach, liver. or bowels, but in the head. And as no pow ders, pills, or draughts, cure them, Dr. Moseley's theory and treatment have been declared by all Medical Men to whom he has explained them the most rational, and thousands of cures prove them to be the only effective means ever known. As of 18,000 applicants to be cured, not thirty are known uncured who have used these means as directed, let none despair, or the friends of the insane neglect this opportunity. Apply or write for the means of cure. Or a pamphlet on this speedy and per fect cure of Nervousness and Insanity will be sent to any address if one stamp is enclosed to Rev. Dr. Willis Moseley, 19, Bloomsbury-street, Bedford-square. At home from 11 to 3. Means of cure sent to all parts. FOR INDIGESTION, BILIOUS AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. "0, Blessed Health thou art above all, old and treasure; 'tis thou who enlargeth the soul, and openest all its powers to receive instruction and to ,elish virtue. He that has thee, has little more to wish for ; and he that is so wretched as to want thee, wants every thing with thee." STERNE. As a preserver of Health, and a gentle yet efficacious Remedy for Indigestion, and all Disorders originating from a morbid action of the Stomach and Liver, STIRLING'S PILLS have met with more general approbation than any Medicine yet dis covered, requiring no restraint of diet, or confinement, during their use. They are mild in their operation, and comfortable in their effect; and may be taken at any age or time, without danger from cold or wet. They speedily remove the causes that produce disease, and restore health and vigour to the whole system. For FEMALES they are invaluable, as they re• move obstructions, promote a regular circulation, and improve the complexion, giving the skin a beautiful, clear, and bloom ing appearance, which, by their use, may be retained to the latest period of life. Also for CHILDREN they are the best Medicine that can be used, as they expel worms, and carry off crudities, &c. from the Stomach and Intestines; by which they prevent illness, and lay the foundation of good health for future years. FREE LIVERS, who are subject to Head-ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, Irregularity of the Bowels, Nervous Irritability, &c., should never be without them for by their prompt administration on the first symptoms (Wiliness, Fits, Apoplexy, Gout, and many other dangerous complaints, may be prevented or cured. They have been found highly benefi cial during a course of Sea Bathing; and are particularly re commended to Officers of the Army and Navy, and Persons going Abroad, as a preventive of those diseases so frequently arising from Heat and change of Climate. Prepared and Sold by J. W. STIRLING, Pharmaceutical Che mist, No. 86, High-street, Whitechapel, London, hi Boxes at laid., 2s. Pd., and 4s. 6d. each ; and can he had of all respecta ble Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. The genuine has the name on the stamp. *** Ask for STIRLING'S STOMACH PILLS. [ADVERTISEMENT.] GAS CHANDELIERS.—There is no article of manufacture in which so many improvements have been made :of late as in chandeliers suitable for gas. The increased use of Gas has (in consequence of its advantages becoming daily better ,known led to great changes in the character of the patterns, and manifest improvements in the style of workmanship. A vast variety of all kinds, from the plain pendant to the most orna mental chandelier, may be inspected in the large show-room at Wm. Penn Smith's gas-fitting works, 26 and 2S,lianorer-street, near the bottom of Pulie-street, CHRIST CHURCH NATIONAL SCHOOLS. THE ANNUAL SERMONS in support of these Schools will be preached, in Christ Church, (D.V.,) on SUNDAY next, the 25th instant : in the Morning, by the Rev. FIELDING OIYLD, Incumbent of Christ Church; and in the Evening, by the Rev. HUGH M`NEILE, D.D., Incumbent of St. Paul's, Prince's Park, and Honorary Canon of Chester. Divine Service will commence in the Morning at a Quarter before Eleven o'clock, and in the Evening at Half-past Six. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Preston I2th March, 1849. EASTER QUARTER SESSIONS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GlVEN,that the GENERAL QUARTER SESSION of the PEACE for the COUNTY PALATINE of LANCASTER will be holden, at the Castle of LANCASTER, on WEDNESDAY, the second day of April next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon ; and, by adjournment, at the following Places and times, viz. : At the Court House, in PRESTON, on WEDNESDAY, the fourth day of April next, at Ten o'clock in the Fore noon. At the New Bailey Court House, in SALFORD, on MONDAY, the ninth day of April next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. And at the Court House, in KIRKDALE, on WEDNESDAY, the eighteenth day of April next, at Ten o'clock in the Fore noon. And that all Business relating to the Assessment, Applica tion, or Management of the County Stock or Rate will com mence at such Sessions, respectively, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon of the first day thereof. The Attorneys engaged in Prosecutions at the said Sessions, are requested to take Notice, that all Instructions for Indict ments are required to be sent to the Clerk of the Peace's Office four days at least before the said Sessions respectively. GORS'FS and BIRCHALL, Deputy Clerks of the AT a SPECIAL GENERAL VESTRY, held at ST. NICHOLAS'S CHURCH, on Tuesday, the 13th of March, The Venerable Archdeacon BROOKS in the Chair ; The Notice convening the Meeting and the following Report having been read : ',COND REPORT of the COMMITTEE (called the EQUITA BLE RATING COMMITTEE) appointed by the Inhabitants in General Vestry assembled, on Easter Tuesday, the 26th April, 1848, "To receive, manage, and apply the Voluntary Rate, for bringing into charge all Property within the Pa rish, and for effecting an equitable adjustment of the Paro chial burdens." _ . . _ _ The Equitable Rating Committee, in submitting an account of their prcceedings since the General Vestry Meeting in Octo ber last, desire, in the first place, to congratulate the parishion- ers upon the impetus which has been given to the cause of equitable rating in the town, by the accession of so many of its advocates to the municipal body ; and to express their sincere gratification at this event, indicative, as they believe it to be, of the determination of the parishioners that their local bur dens is a subject which cannot with impunity be disregarded by their representatives in the Council chamber. The effect produced in the Town Council by the election in November last speedily developed itself. Proposals, having for their objectthe avoiding of parliamentary expenses in connexion with the Bill for Rating the Corporate Estates, were made to the parochial authorities by the Council, and were accepted, it being agreed that the Council should give their annual claim upon the Parish in respect of Watch and Museum Rates, and that the Churchwardens and Overseers should, in like manner, forego their annual claim upon the Council in respect to Poors' and Church Rates upon the Corporate Estate; the amount of such respective claims being Really the same, or about £IO,OOC annually. Thus one of the great objects for which the Equitable Rat' I into existence was attained, without t y attendant upon a parliaraentary .town ,iould bear one half of the expenses incurred by the bill for rating the remainder of the Dock Estate, and that the other half should be borne by the Parish, Toxteth-park, and Kirkdale, proportionately, ac cordingly to the rateable value of their respective assessments. Your Commiitee, on the 14th February, 1849, appointed a deputation to take measures in London for promoting the Dock Rating Bill in parliament. The deputation, which consisted of Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Poole, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Dover, Mr. Birkett, and the Vestry-clerk, were joined in London by Mr. Littledale, Mr. Parker, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Fisher, as a co-operating deputation from the Town Council, and by Mr. Lowndes, as solicitor to the bill. T' • Jeer 4 .outation was to secure for t 1 parishioners of Liverpool a full discussion of their case in com mittee upon the bill ? in order that the whole of the circum stances which had induced the application for the measure should be fairly considered. The reasonableness of this course was not, however, recog nised by the opponents of the bill : on the contrary, they ap pear to have determined, in the outset, that the measure should • be condemned without a hearing, and for this end their efforts were unceasing. Members of the Commons had, before the deputation arrived, been actively canvassed against the second reading of the bill, to prevent the hearing in committee : sr unusual and unfair a procedure could not have been antic' 0 pated. The deputation caused a printed paper, containing the prin• cipal " reasons for rating the remaining portion of the Liver- pool Dock Estate," to bf. ..c1 in the hands of each member of the Commons. . . scertaming the sentiments and intentions of th( rd to the bill, the deputation, through Mr ardwell and Sir Thomas Birch, sought interviews with Sir George Grey and Mr. Labouchere, which accordingly took place on Saturday, the 17th February, the whole of the joint deputatien being present, accompanied by both members. Each of these interviews took place immediately after a &pu tation of the opponents of the bill had retired. In the discussion of the question, which took place separately with these members of the government, it was suggested by them in objection to the measure, that exemption was sought taxation of Public Property. That to tax the (locks would he to tax the commerce of the country, and that the docks bring On the second reading., a private bill as the Liverpool Doci Rating Bill, provided it had combined other and different ob jects. It was, however, shown, in reply to these objections conceited the justice of taxing act of 1841, for rendering mu- to rates ; and whicl Municipal - Corporations Act, had been held to be exempt. That, even by private bills, public property in Liverpool had been recently rendered contributory to rates, in the instances of the Albert and Wapping Dock Warehouses, which form part of the very same estate as the docks, the subject of the Present bill. That by another private bill, (the " Bristol Docks Transfer Act," passed 30th June, 18480 the docks of that port had been made to pass from private into public property non beneficially occupied, yet their former liability to rates had been expressly continued. That of the whole of the docks in the kingdom, the Liverpool Docks are themselves the only in stance of exemption from rateability. That the progressive increase of late years in the amount of dock dues received at Liverpool, had justified large reductions being made from time to time in the dock charges of the port; so that a tax upon the docks would probvbly be met rather by a decrease in future re ductions than by an increase upon the present charges ; more over, tin tax itself, spread over the immense value of goods brought into the docks, would be so infinitesimal that it could not possibly affect the commerce of the country, much less be felt by the consumer. That the docks, while they do undoubt edly bring trade to the town, bring also large masses of un skilled labourers, and s a natural consequence, cottage houses, such as have not hitherto contributed to rates, are built, and the better class of houses destroyed. These la bourers, in the absence of employment, are thrown with their families upon the Parish for relief ; and it cannot be admitted as just that this burden, caused by the docks, should fall wholly upon Liverpool, nor that the numerous non-resident merchants using the docks should be wholly exempt from it. That the Liverpool Dock Trustees are a trading body, dealing in a variety of different articles, and carrying on various trades and handicrafts in unequal competition with the tradesmen of the town, and, consequently, to their great detriment. For all these reasons it was contended that no just grounds existed for opposition to the Liverpool Dock Rating Bill. _ At the confusion of each interview it was intimated that the intention of ministers in regard to the Bill would be communi cated to the deputation before Tuesday, the day fixed for its second reading: Now, with regard to the Bristol Act before referred to, it is to be observed that it contains another provision which was unsuccessfully contended for by the deputation sent from the Equitable Stating Committee, when the Wapping Dock Ware house Bill was before a committee of the Commons—namely, the incorporation of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act. By this act the Bristol Corporation are rendered liable to the rates contributed by property taken down in the extension of their dock property, and this liability continues until the substituted property has been assessed. Bad this measure of justice been conceded to Liverpool as it had been to Bristol, the amount in rates formerly contributed by the property at Wappin ,, ' , as sessed at .e 30,000 annually, and now being displaced by dock property, would not have been lost, as it has been, to the rate payers. It is somewhat singular that this case of Bristol should have been so often cited by the opponents to the rating of the Liver pool Docks, since it has been shown that the Bristol act does contain all that is sought by the parishioners of Liverpool. The Equitable Rating Committee, in going to parliament, desired nothing more than that the Liverpool Docks, belonging to the Corporation of this town, should be placed, with regard to rat ing, in the same parallel position as are the docks at Bristo 1 belonging to the Corporation of that city. Your committee had implicitly relied on the bill being al lowed to pass a second reading as a matter of course, when it would have gone into committee, and they, therefore, delayed measures for bringing the subject of the bill under the consi deration of individual members of the house. The deputation found, however, on canvassing such members of the house as they were able to meet with, that owing to the prejudice which the activity of their opponents, aid e ,' by Mr. William Brown, with the Manchester and other members, had excited against the bill, there would be considerable opposition to its second reading. Learning, also, from the government their intention to oppose the bill at that stage of its progress, the deputation deemed it expedient to withdraw the bill for the present session. In conclusion, your committee would beg most earnestly to impress upon the rPtepayers of the town the necessity of per severing in the struggle which has now so auspiciously com menced. The principle of rating the docks, although nominally in abeyance during the present session, has, in reality, been considerably advanced by the steps which your committee have taken. The more fully and closely the subject is pursued, the more speedily will disappear the misrepresentations of inter- many _ .. ing from. the minds of mer.lberg' of the House of Com mons the erroneous impressions which they have received, and also those which at present exist among the neighbouring con stituencies; nor can the government of the day, to whatever party it may belong, refuse to Liverpool the same justice which has so recently been extended to Bristol. Signed in arid on behalf of the Equitable Rating Committee, JOHN FERGUSON, Chairman. It was Resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. JOHN SMITH, seconded by Mr. THOMAS POOLE, That the Report just read is hereby approved and adopted by this Meeting. It was resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. J. It JEFFERY, seconded by Mr. THOMAS DOVER, That the Parishioners now assembled pledge themselves to use every lawful means to carry into effect the original inten tion for whieh the Equitable It Committee was appointed ; and they call earnestly and with confidence upon their fellow- Ratepayers to adopt such measures at the General Vestry, on Easter Tuesday next; and by their influence with the Town Council, when the choice of members of the Dock Committee shall take place in August next; and also by their votes at the Municipal Election on the Ist of November as will do justice to all classes in the Parish, and protect its trade and property from unfair and oppressive burdens. It was Resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. SAMUEL ORNELY, seconded by bfr. RonEa r DRYDEN, That we recognise and appreciate with much satisfaction the liberal and judicious conduct of the Town Council in meeting the equitable claims of the Parish on the Corporate Estate, and in so arranging tile proceedings thereon as to avoid the neces sity of an appeal to the legislature; and that Mr. Churchwarden Ferguson be requested to express this sentiment to the Council, and to urge upon that body the desirableness of considering, at this period, the means by which the rates laid by the Council may be reduced this year. in consideration of the heavier Poor- rate which well be immediately required in the Parish. It was Racked unanimously, en the motion of Mr. JOHN PEMBERTON, seconded by Mr. DENTON, That the best thanks of this meeting. be given to the Equita ble Rating Committee for their valuable and efficient services in the cause of the Parishioners. JONATHAN BROOKS, Chairman. The Chairman having left the Chair, It was Resolved unanimously,—That the best thanks of the Vestry be given to the Chairman for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair, CHARLES HART, Vestry Clerk THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION THE PUBLIC MONTHLY MEETING of this ASSOCIATION will be held, in the CONCERT-HALL. Lord Nelson-street, TO-MORROW EVENING, (Wednesday,) the 21st instant. _ _ . _ The Chair to be taken at Eight o'clock BALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAILORS' HOME ALBALL, for the BENEFIT of the SAILORS' HOME, will be held, by permission of the Mayor, AT THE TOWN-HALL ROOMS, On the EVENING of THURSDAY, the 19th April next, Under the Patronage and Management of the ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. AMEETING of the PROPRIETORS of MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY will be held, o'clock in the Afternoon of TO-MORROW, (Wednesd, 21st instant, at the CLARENDON 1100 MS, LIVERPOOI purpose of collecting the opinions of the Proprietors as to the present position and prospects of tL. to take such measures as may be necessary to institut and searching inquiry into the affairs of the Comps , The earnest cooperation of the Proprietors (Signed) Liverpool, 14th March, 1849. ST. MARY'S CHURCH, KIRKDAI CAN SUNDAY next, the 25th inst., Two S] k../ will be preached in St. Mary's Church, Kirk(L VID JAMES, Incurnbei rt_ SUTTON. Curate. the Morning by the Rev. I in the Evening by the Rev After eact anon, a Collection Fund for Erecting the New Church street, Everton LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL LOGIC NUAL SOIR PHE FIRST AN will be held at t LIVERPOOL ACADEMY, OLD POST-OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 28th instant. C. R. COCKERELL, Esq., Professor of Ar Royal Academy of London. and other distill; will address the Meeting. Various applications of IT tectural purposes will be ex Ticketi cim be obtained fr Council, from Tors DAY (Tues Ir. H. Er JOHN HAY, Mr. GLOB( Jos. BOULT, Mr. CHAS. R Church-street. Trafford Chambers, S II CORINTHIA THE particular _ _IL Christians is earnestly elderly WIDO spectatue, p:ou MAN, by wt been left dertaking Lion of, a the DiOCE ad is str of rent confidently any employment to ( ?ect is that of a fund 1 of fellow-Christians, a favoural made comfortable in . the ever Donations will be thankful H. SENGOR, D.D., Fellow of Trinity FIVE POUNDS REWARI MARRIAGE REGISTER T" TO PARISH CLERKS AND OTHER MARRIAGE REGIS Captain WILLAM BACON, Mariner, ELIZABETH ORRELL, supposed to be from the Co Any person producing the above WILLIAM HOUGHTON, Wire ]Draw( ton, shall receive the sum of .e 5. DEATH OF THE We regret to announce ti. Lm 11., King. of the Net accounts we have r iced, I turday last, of inflammation completed his 57th year in The late Kinz w•as3 educat in every relati( Having been driv foundation of the Batavian Repub the charge of the late Archbisho' ceived his education from that the age of 19 he waq ^- a Aeutenant-colone extra aide-de-camp sieges of Cuidad Rodrigo and B amanca, rirlari file :aria, Pyrenees the Ist Corps di .Armee at he was severely wounde part in the preceding engagemen His conduct in reference to t 1830, and the protracted negot rise, are too well known to refit ceded to the throne in 1840, up( . , The late King married, in 181( sent Emperor of Russia. His el is married to a daughter of the K at present in London, and was lat g of Wurt( BREACH OF PROMISE OF M. on Friday, Miss Southee, dau t geon, practising at that place, from the Rev. H. W. Garratt, Hall, in that university. for a marry her. The damages were pears that Mr. Garrett, after rei of Mr. Sou:hee, made formal propose _ and was, after due and prudent itiquit received in the light of her lover. He ( time, professing the most ardent affecti( denly married another woman. The de acknowledged that the young lady hal most perfect propriety. The Jury founc damages £3OO. The defendant dated ters from Woodside, in which he all received an appointment there in a sc a respect fever at Live6o.c JOINT VENTURE IN A CARGO OI from the Vice-Chancellor of Ent ley," was heard in the Court of bill was filed by the plaintiff, a an injunction to stay the trial of by the defendant, Mr. Ripley, a for a moiety of the outlay in a joint venture on t portation of a cargo of tea. The wri February, 1842, but the matter remai until the 9th January, 1849, when t: served. The defendant-at-law, M'Clu the 24th February, 1849, twelve days leave to file an additional plea of fraud of March he obtained the injur the trial of the now moved to discharge the order tion, on the ground of the laches steps to appeal to a court of ect e ground that afterthought to support the bi heard in supno f the order, his lo on botl: which stayed the trial with ea DINNER TO ►SIR CHARLES NAPIE chairman and court of directors of t Company gave a grand con Sir Charles J. Is pier, on the e sume the in India. A Comm Lentary Tavern all the: The entertainment took r The service of plate was m ries of the t character. Sir J. Lusl India Company, preside were the Dukes of Wellington of Breadalbane, Sligoand Clanric Jocelyn, Sir C. Wood, Sir G. Gr( In the course of the Duke of Welling toast of " the army," his Grace said : that I do not consider the existing state as one of most extraordinary emergen, have seen that the object of the war 1 (Cheers.) A. great fortress„.._ sail: , to possess, in order to maintain ou, into our hands, after a long siege, by the unqualin render of the enemy. True, great loss has bee tained ; but I must say, if we are to fight if great risks are to be run, we must expect to incur losse n ' ends. (Cheers.) If such ac- great D piined, without ...ae attainment of great _ tions could be fought, and such victor._ loss, it might be considered that little honour iu achieving them. While, therefore, Ido consider it most important that such a man as my hon. and gallant friend should be at the head of the armies in India, I can not look at the circumstances of the moment in that country to be such as should be regarded with gloom or discouragement. (Cheers.) lam glad my hon. and lant friend has taken the comr have done everything in my power to accomplish that'ob ject, both with my hon. and gallant friend and elsewhere, and 1 have no doubt, if occasion shall offer, my hon. and gallant friend will so conduct himself as to d o h onour to himself and to satisfy this country by some of the most splendid snccesses of which it has ever received the ac count. (Loud and continued chee THE DEVIL'S DYKE,—A corres] Advertiser states, that he has sc the height of the Dyke-hill t mdent of the Sussex entificallr 'ertained inAe, a," .11U above the level of the sea. It has often been asserted that it was 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. CHANGE OF COLOUR IN Fisn.—The change of colour in fish is very remarkable, and ta';es place with great rapi dity. Put a living black burn trout into a basin of water, and it becomes, within half an hour, of a light colour. Keep the fish living in a white jar for some days, and it becomes absolutely white; but put it into a dark-coloured or black vessel, and although on first being placed there the white-coloured fish shows most conspicuously on the black ground, in a quarter of an hour it liccoty conseque coloured as the bottom of the jar, an, cult to be seen. No doubt, this facilit colour to the bottom of the watt the greatest service to the fish in protect.. merous enemies. All anglers must have observeu every stream the trout are very much of the same colour as the gravel or sand on which they live: whether this change of colour is a volunta l ig , , ~ ~ .. on the part of the fish, I leave it fort wn V . 4 , • . , 3 . me.— St. John's Sporting and Sc i% ~ • 7'l ? 7r, in which it lire Lf„: it from its nu .. k .:V U . ...- . es, par ~~ ~~.~. -414 0 L SOCIETY -On Saturc lion. East Tolk, theM ( `,-,' -AN \ l' - t i l, , VI , ' , it Cambridge .er clam ag r. Ren graham, &c reply to the >well kn3wr )( •4t A ,