The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

Feb. S, IS4B. Co be elb. F " „ SALE, by PRIVATE TREATY, a desirable HOUSE, in l3ankfield-road, West Derby, with beautiful Lawn and Shrubbery, Kitchen Garden, Stable, Coach-house, Apply to Mr. T. WYLIE, 3, Barned's-buildings. TO be SOLD, the Choice of Two very light close CARRIAGES, finished in the best style of Workmanship and Materials ' • to carry four persons inside, with appendages for one or two horses, and Will be parted with on very advan tageous terms, by applying at HOPKINSON'S Coach Manu factory, Seel-street, Liverpool. TO MEMBERS OF BUILDING SOCIETIES AND OTHERS. T O be SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, together or separately, Four newly-built FREEHOLD COTTAGES, pleasantly situated near the Zoological Gardens, the whole producing a Rental of .e 52 per annum. Further particulars may be obtained on application to Mr. HENLY, General Commission Agent, Bank-buildings, 48, Castle -street. TO be SOLD , Freehold of Inheritance, in one of the most 'flourishing and improving districts of the town, Four recently well-built TENEMENTS, together with Four adjoin- I 1 ).F, neaev completed ; and also a quantity of eligible BUILD LAND. The Proprietor has no objection to dispose of the above in !Partite allotments ; or he would take an Equity of Redemp tion for the whole, or a part, in exchange. If not sold, a Mort lire of .t 50 0 would be taken, secured on the above four Y early uses, all well ten an t e d, and producing together a clear rental of .t 96. '.IA „Application to be made to Messrs. LOWNSBOROUGH and R DING, 46, C as tle-street. MESSRS. RADCLIFFE and PICKEN, 26, NORTH in- ,HE- STREET, beg to intimate that they have received TRai_ructions from the Proprietors to DISPOSE OF, bv PRIVATE th TRE A TY, several valuable ESTATES, with REgIDENCES taa..9n, suitable for the accommodation of Families of respec ,ri:ll9j, situate in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, and coin ' large quantities of Land. most lasre also numerous Lots of BUILDING LAND in the at an ionable localities, 'which they are authorised to Sell ph' f u ll c moderate price. They will be happlv to sup the_ Particulars to any party intimating a desire to receive m. TO be SOLD V(IIJNDRX, KENDAL. , r , by P IUVATE TREATY, or LET, for a 'e rn , REEH of Years, with immediate Possession, the capital AressN 9 1-D PREMISES, situate at Kendal, belonging to dry. John Stephenson and Co., known as the Lound Foun three T his Establishment has been fitted up within the last mak • Sears, and the Machinery and Tools are all of the best u m ! , and in capital working condition. The Foundry has for-6 Cupolas and fourpowerful Cranes, and is well calculated astings up to fourteen tons. The Fitting-up Shop has six g o uble-tr,eared Hand and Slide Lathes, Drilling, Boring, ,q c ,! . , e vring, and Slotting Machines, all on the best modern prin ; and the Smithy has a full complementof excellent Tools for twenty-five Hearth:. The Premises are - situate in the healthy town of Kendal, on the hanks of the Lancaster Canal, with which they communicate by a private basin furnished With Cranes for landing or shipping any weight. They also front the high road from Lancaster to Kendal, and are near the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway; thus having cheap and ready communication with all parts of the kingdom. For further particulars, and to treat, applyto Mr. WILLIAM 1 1 , 0 wLINsos, Kendal Messrs. JOHN STEPHENSON and Co., isher , street, Carlisle ; ; or to Mr. T. M. FrsHER, 21, Princess street, Manchester. Co be RPM or !Lai TO BREWERS AND OTHERS. TO be SOLD or LET, a large BREWING ESTA BLISHMENT, with Fixtures, &c. complete, St. Helier's, Jersey. To any one understanding the nature of practical Brewing, the above offers decided advantages, possessing, as it does, ample accommodation, whereby a most extensive business ?night be carried on, unattended by any risk to parties ventur ing. Coupled with a large private or 'home business, the ad vantages to an English Brewer are unquestionable, from his being enabled to cultivate a large Export Trade, having nothing to fear from competition —as Barley, Ma't, Hops, &C. are not chargeable with any import d u ti es .. N.-13.—The Tenure is Freehold of Inheritance, subjected to no Rates or Taxes. Price £l6OO, two- thirds of which amount May remain on Mortgage, at the option of the Purchaser. Immediate application to be made to Messrs. Lowxsaoaouou and HARDING, Accountants and Estate Agents, 46, Castle street. A GENTLEMAN of many years' experience in the A Management of a General Business abroad, thoroughly acquainted with ' Bookkeeping and the routine of a Counting house master of the French and Spanish, and possessing a good knowledge of the German and Italian Languages, is desirous of obtaining a permanent SITUATION in a MER CANTILE ESTABLISHMENT, with prospects of future ad vancement. Unexceptionable references will be given. Letters addressed G. D. A., STANDARD -OFFICE, will be attended to. Just Published, Price is., HOPE F By O TH R OM T AS R B gI A N ALS. Containing information of the most vital importance to Rail way and Canal Proprietors, Passengers by Railway, Merchants, Manufacturers, and all who either.send or receive Goods. London : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, and Co. ; Birmingham : J. H. BEILBY ; of the Author, 5, King-street, Wolverhampton ; and all Booksellers. rel anteb. WANTED, the Sum of £7OOO or £BOOO, on ample Corporation Leasehold Property. Apply to H. and J. FORSHAW, Solicitors, Liverpool. TENDERS FOR SEWERS. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE of the BOROUGH of LIVERPOOL are ready to receive TENDERS far the CONSTRUCTION of upwards of TWO THOUSAND YARDS lineal of SEWERS. _ _ . . . The Plans and Specifications lie for inspection at the Engi neer's Office, 2, Cornwallis-street; and the Tenders addressed " To the Chairman of the Paving and Sewerage Committee," and marked "Tenders for Sewers," must be lodged there by the 15th instant. Public Offices, 2, Cornwallis-street, Engineer's Department, Liverpool, 3d February, 1648. MANURE. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. ITOTICE.—That the SWEEPINGS, REFUSE, IN and OFFAL, of Saint John's Market, the Fish Market, Saint James's Market, Martin's Market, and the Pig Market, including decaying Meat, Fish, and Vegetables, will be SOLD, by Tender, for the period of Twelve Months. The Refuse, &c., will have to be removed from each Market every day, at such hour as may be directed by the Council, or some Committee thereof. Tenders for the same, indorsed " Markets' Refuse," to be sent in, addressed to the Town-clerk, Town-hall, Liverpool, before the 21st February instant. WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. Town-hall, 7th February, IS-18. 3nsttrante 4iottrts. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED IN 1636. EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. OFFICES : 8, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. The Directors beg to acknowledge the steadily increasing support which this Institution experiences, and to assure the Public that, whilst the numerous and wealthy Proprietary enables them to offer most ample security for the fulfilment of the Company's engagements, the confidence and preference manifested towards it shall be met, as heretofore, by strenuous endeavours to facilitate 'the despatch of business, and by liberality and promptitude in the settlement of claims. By THE FIRST ACT OF PARLIAMENT obtained by the Company, it is expressly conditioned that the liability of the Shareholders under the policies shall not be restricted by special contract or otherwise. INSURANCES AGAINST FIRE Are undertaken on Property of every description in the United Kingdom, the British Colonies, and in Foreign Countries; the Rates of Premium may be known on application. LIFE INSURANCE. The Directors continue to receive proposals for the sale and purchase of Annuities, Endowments, Reversions and contingent Interests, and for Insurances on Lives. No Entrance or Admis sion Fees are required, nor is any additional premium charged to Officers in the Army or Navy, unless called into actual service. The following are amongst the advantages held out by the Company:— Two SCALES OF PREMIUMS, ONE LOWER THAN THOSE OF MOST OTHER COMPANIES; the other carrying GUARANTEED ADDITIONS, or entitling to GUARANTEED REDUCTIONS in the FUTURE PREMIUMS, on a plan entirely new and peculiar to this Institution. Specimen of lie . Rates for an Insurance of £lOO on a Single Life, and of the Reduced Premium of Policies taken out on the Bonus Scale:— IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LANCASHIRE, TIOLDEN AT LIVERPOOL. WHEREAS, a Petition of SAMUEL SOCKETT, formerly of No. 2, Chatterton-place Lambeth-street, in the borough of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, at the same time carrying on the business of a Butcher, in Trow bridge-street, in Liverpool aforesaid; afterwards of Jackson's_ place, Finch .street, in the said borough of Liverpool, during about twelve months carrying on the business of a Butcher, in Trowbridge-street aforesaid, in partnership with Thomas Jones, and during the residue of my residence there in the em ploy of Matthew Lock, of Liverpool aforesaid, Butcher, and now of No. it, Bartlam street, in the said borough of Liver pool, journeyman Butcher, an Insolvent Debtor, having been filed in the Liverpool District County Court, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Samuel Sockett, under the provisions of the statutes in that case made and provided, the said Samuel Sockett is hereby required to appear in Court before WILLIAM LOWNDEs, Esquire, Judge of the said Court, on the fourteenth day of February instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, at the Liverpool District County Court, No.ll, Lime-street, Liver pool, for his first examination touching his debts, estate, and effects,'and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said statutes. And Notice is hereby given, that the choice of assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said Samuel Sockett, or who have any of his effects, are not to pay -or deliver the same but to WILLIAM STATHAM, Esquire, the Official Assignee, at his Office, No. 11, Lime-street, Liverpool. NOTICE I 6 HEREBY GIVEN, that all and every .1.11 the Salt Pans, Furnaces, Steam Engines, Geering, Machi nery, Fixtures, Boilers, Brine Shafts, Pumping Apparatus, Brine Cisterns, Troughs, W e i g hing Machines, Coal and Salt Barrows, Rangers, Hooks, Spades, Pokers, Scopes, Skimmers, Rakers, Carts, Hammers, Working Utensils and Implements of Trade, now being in, upon, or about the Salt Works and Premises, situate at or near Winsford, in Warton, otherwise Wharton, otherwise Waverton, in the county of Chester, in the Possession or occupation of JOHN CHESHIRE, of Hartford, in the county of Chester, andalso all those Boilers, Furnaces, Coolers, Sheds, and Fixtures, now being in, upon, or about the Bone and Size Works and Premises, situate at or near Wins ford aforesaid, and in the possession or occupation of William Rawcliffe, were this day assigned by the said John Cheshire to THOMAS PARR, THOMAS LYON, and JOHN GRERNALL, Of Warrington, in the county -,ef Lancaster, Bankers and Co partners, by Indenture dated this day, which lies for inspec tion at the Office of the undersigned, in Warrington aforesaid; and such Property is vested in the said Assignees. AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the said John Cheshire is permitted to use the said Property at the Salt Works and Premises aforesaid, so assigned as aforesaid, during the plea sure of the Assignees ; and has not any right to order, or sell, or dispose of the same Property, or any part or parts thereof. Dated this Fourth day of . February, 1848. , , ' - WAGSTAFF; MARSH, and BARRATT, Solicitors, Warrington. For whole of Life, Without Bonus. Half do. Reduced With Bonus. Premium '7n stead of Bonus. Age when Insured Yearly. s. s. d. 2 2 6 1 1 11 2`B 6 1 5 0 216 3 1 9 0 3 6 4 114 2 319 8 2 1 0 Yearly. Half do, s. d. X s. d. s. d. 29515 6 1 12 9 2 16 5 1 9 1 1 17 4 3 5 5 1 13 •8 2 2 9 317 2 119 9 ; 2 10 0 4 12 7 , 2 7 9 2 19 1 TO be SOLD, by PRIVAT E TnEAry, a neat detetched Specimen of the Addition to the Sums Insured in the case of RESIDENCE, near Wavertree, h av i ng T wo Entertaining- P P , o . e l i n i c i i e u s m s of: £l,OOO each, to be taken out at the Bonus rooms, Four Bed-rooms, Two Dressing-rooms, and Servants'- rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, Butler's- pantry, & c ., o n the grou n d By the addition of the further floor; Three-stalled Stables, Doutle Co ac h-h ouse &c. The Age First Bonus Then Decennial Bonus, the amount Land comnrises ahoud 2,500 yards. , when To he SOLD, an excellent FAMILY HOUSE, situate in Hope- Insured after Ten Annual payable in case of death will Pa ments a Bonus. be fter , street, containing three Entertaining-rooms, Library, seven y 20 Years. 30 Years. 40 Years. l e d - rooms. Bath room and Water-closet, large Kitchens, &id- -----.- -- -- - er Y' &c. ;good Garden at back. .e s. d. <e s. d. £ s. d. .e s. .d. e s. d. .. To be OLD or LET one of the most eligible and commodious 30 90 8 4 90 10 1271 5 0 1542 10 0 1904 3 4 F 4,MI LY RESIDENCES, within a mile of the Exchange, con- 35 94 H 8 99 2 11283 15 0 1567 10 0 1945 16 8 Kitchens, Three Entertaining-rooms, Library, Nursery, - spacious 40 101 13 410 3 4 1305 0 0 1610 0 0 2000 0 0 Lttchens, Butler's Pantry, &c., on the ground floor ; Nine good 45 107 1810 14 2 1321 5 0 1642 10 0 2000 0 0 R : t ! ) - rooms, Dressi ng -rooms, Bath and Water Closet, and Attic 50 116 13 41113 4 1 3 50 0 0 1700 0 0 2000 0 0 a 2.. 5 . , large Coach-house, Stable, and extensive Gardens. The SCALE of Egnucriows which are guaranteed ranges ~ I cul to Dwelling of tabove, and an extensive List of Houses and from 331 to 52 per cent. on the amount -of Premium, and the to Pl. and houses to be Let, may be had on application Bonus contingent only on the continuance of the life doubles WM. WILLIAMS, Estate Agent, the amount of Policy. 47, Ranelagh-street. No LIABILITY of Partnership, these reductions and addi '------_-_-,........_ .. . . Co be Let. T Cl b y be ,',.LET, a DOUBLE OFFICE, lately occupied Ap„i,,,u,!blows.and Son. . ----. l .2.2 ° MADnoou Caitle-stieet.. !)..e LET S • aTaita7dil Spacious PREMISES, in the irnme -ate - neighbourhood of the Exchange and Castle-street, A „ ,-ior the WHOLESALE GROCERY Or PROVISION TRAI?E. Str e g t Y PTIONIAS WYLIE, 3, Barned's-buildin g s, Castle.street. 711 be LET, at Netherneld.road South, a good sta,,PAMILY HOUSE, with Land attached, Coach-house and i'ie• Rentmoderate. barn -street PPIY to S. WATERHOUSE, Statham's-buildings, 5, Tithe- -....._ . TOBELMONT, NEAR RICHMOND-HILL. be LET, a first-class VILLA RESIDENCE, P,htra y 1 4iver lel situated in one of the first localities near of di, P t 9 (3l • The House is in every way complete for a Family e °ach.. Inction in the interior and exterior, llama: a Double , Ap„"°?se, With Stables, Gardens, and Pleasiqe Grounds. ott , O S. W Statham's-ouildings, 5, Tithe- ATERHOUSE, rn-street --......_ • r r ------------C) be LET, delightfully situated at bolt-hill, itosteileshire, about a mile from Woodside Ferry, a HOUSE, every c ele gantlY and commodiously fittted up, and containmg Re,t Avenience for a Family, with a Coach-honse and Stable. Also per annum. Der an ; i a Wel l - finished and commodious HOUSE. Rent..,e4s Ap r a u m. ti r , Yto x I Nat, SH AR P, C li fton-house, Holt-hill, or 16, ry- a ni , , lAII2 -rliool. The SCALE of REDUCTIONS which are guaranteed ranges from 331 to 52 per cent. on the amount -of Premium, and the Bonus contingent only on the continuance of the life doubles the amount of Policy. No LIABILITY of Partnership, these reductions and addi tions not being contingent upon Profits. POLICIES are issued for the Half Premium system, and on an ascending scale. SURRENDERS of POLICIES are accepted on very liberal terms ; and claims are paid withir, three months after satis factory proof of death. INSURANCE 0F CAPITAL SUMS. The.nireetors are prepared to_receive_applications for Poli cies' which, though available for many other purposes as well, will have the effect of rendering Property held under Lease for years equivalent to Freehold for all purposes of- mortgages or investment. The following Table will afford Specimens of-the Premium for the Insurance of .41000,payable after the lapse of a given number of years. Years. Rate. Years. Rate. 1 Years. Rate. Je s. d. Ae s. d. 1 AF s. d. 99 1 16 8 60 6 10 0 4O 13 17 6 AGENCIES.—The Directors ate prepared to receive applica. tions for Agencies in Towns and districts in which appoint ments have not yet been made. No application will be attended to unless accompanied with unexceptionable references. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJ.- HENDERSON, Resident Secretary in London. - - THE X. L. RAZOR SHARPENER Ist h P e art mse iell ' larl recommended to Gentlemen Shaving hes. akt are combined the stud 7 Being the product of many years' laborious ._ .. Y, the Manufacturer can recommend it with confidence, as wiltill.p Directions properties of both a Hone and Strap, improvements. greater ea each irectionS lioVf Gentlemen may shave themselves, with, Sharpenerp comfcrt, on scientific principles, accompany - Sold Wholesale by the ManufaCturer, 12, enuitc,ff_ C HRISTOPHER HYDE, ALL EY, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Also, the DIAMOND PASTE, in Boxes. SOLD RETAIL Y lqr. JAMES PARSONS, Per Bold-street. 111 r. Wm. SHIRLEY Perfumer, itatielagh-street. Mr. W. L. HAYMAN, Perfumer, Tarlton-street. Mr. ROBERT JONES Perfumer, Church-street. Mr. W. ROBERTs, P erfumer,- Church-street. Mr. J. B. JONES, Perfumer, Lime-street. Mr. J. THomPSON, Bold-street. . ---- A CERTAIN AND SPEEDY CURE FOR `INFLUENZA, COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, INCIPIENT CONSUMPTIONS, AND ALL DISORDERS OF THE CHEST AND LUNGS. FENCER'S PULMO.NIC ELIXIR, caxefullyc., prSalepared from M the Recipe of the late C. SPENCER, Burgeon, &ford, anchester, deservedly celebrated as 411 e most successful practitioner in ail pulmonary affections. Of all-complaints incident to the human frame, those of the Lungs appear to be most p ecu li ar t o th i s cl i mate, •especially in damp, foggy weather, and during the winter months; whilst Persons of every age and station of life are . alike the sub j ects t p sof attack. SPBNCILIO a Pt.. toxic R5..4).R . aurnt ramy u to promote expectoration, ease the breathing, loosen the phlegm, abate fever, allay the tickling sensation which occa sions the cough, without tightening the chest. hThe PumwoNic ELIXIR was originally prepared by the late r. Spencer, whose signal success in dispe n si ng it can h ave ready testimony of thousands, who have experienced its e rneacY. The recipe is now solely known to the present Pro nrietore, who purchased it from the widow of the inventor. The two great characteristic of the Elixir are , the allan of 411 britatiOn in the delicate and susceptible coating o yi the the throat and chest; and the imparting of tone and vigour to -tile respiratory organs, whereby they are enabled to di s C harge t h e i r !unctions freely, and thus to overcome all difficulty of breath- P L R arising from a cold, foggy, or impure atmosphere,. and to "'row off - those insidious attacks which too often—lay the kraffourdsvoric of Consumption. For all temporary and local ee..ions,_as Wheezing, Irritatio n of th e Th roat, Husk i ness of r '°,?ce, and Influenza, the PULMONIC ELIXIR gives instant xewhile in more Chronic Disorders (as periodical Coughs luinveterate Asthma) it is equally efficient, though of c9tlrse iring a little more perseverance in the use of the medic . ine. b 'numerable cases of well-attested cures have been received 1.4:y1ia4 Proprietors of SPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR. The ;:tuFc is the most recent -;NeSSrS. morrEnsuEAD and CO., of Manchester, be z ini .. 4l the following,. Testimonial, just received by them, adTspe_cl to the Proprietors of SPENCER'S PITLMONIC ELIXIR. know,Tins,--I feel it a duty I owe to you and the public to Re ait,sVe the great benefit I have received by taking Splor.- three .-tiLatONIC ELIXIR. I have been troubled for the last h„,,, Years with a severe cough, and a disease on my lungs; I a47.,Snsulted some of the ablest medical men in Manchester c.!(• Ingham, but without receiving anything but a tempo triApief, for a short time, and always at a great expense. At thi s t l t er end of 1844, I had occasion to visit London. Before of I never heard of your invaluable Elixir; a friend airriittitT recommended me to try it. As I found the London did t ue YrrY cough much worse than it had ever been ben e, took r i Y It, and experienced great relief from the first dose I Pe.rsevered, and one small bottle of your Elixir, price e 1.., did me more good.than I have ever received for twenty s t‘lice amount. for which I feel very grateful. • " M. F.' ‘ i 4_ this Sire, yours,. thankfully, any 4 Qua person does not wish the name to appear in print, e doubting tbe authenticity of this may apply to Messrs. ;lonrE_IIIIEAD and Co.. Chemists, Manchester, wlio ouch for its genuineness." will Amount Annual Accumulated Assured. Revenue. Fund. 325,611 11,364 24,661 824,275 30,208 71,191 1,569,570 55,536 153,329 1,999,292 68,920 263,749 2,763,381 99,270 400,503 At Ist March, 1935 Do. 1838 Do. 1841 Do. 1844 Do. 1847 This being a MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY, the Profits are not, as in Proprietary Companies, divided between the Partners and the Assured. The WHOLE belong to the Policy Holders. It is, therefore, impossible for any Assurance Office to give greater advantages to Assurers than this Society affords. _At the•ANNUAT. GRNERAL._ "Alav last, after reservingupwarois MTH ut - t - u v POUNDS for future division, a Vested Bonus of TWO per Cent. per annum, to all Policies of two years' standing, was declared, not only on the Sums originally Assured, but also on the additions previously made to them. Thus Policies of 1000 effected before•lst March, 1832, will, if they become claims after Ist March -next, 'receive an addition .of FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO POUNDS, being upwards of FORTY PER CENT. thereon ; and other Policies will also receive in proportion to their duration. The next Triennial Allocation of Profits takes place at Ist March, 1850, when all Policies of five years' endurance will receive additions. Policies opened on or befare Ist March next, will, at Ist March, 1853, be entitled to Vested Additions cor responding to the number,of Annual Premiums which nave then been made, or have become due. The Annual Revenue ,now exceeds ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. ROBERT GIBSON, Secretary. -- • CAUTION. Illuri,,erson,s,, desirous of testing the efficacy of this ‘, p1,73;?,0..,rre that on each bottle are the words SPENCER'S si tP , LIXIII," and that each wrnper a faf- Tile of the Proprietors' signature "T. ROBERTSE & Co.' rrerepared only by T. ROBERTS and Co., Crane -court, Meet (:-10•ne,rtll)..on. don ; and Sold Wholesale by Edwards, ard; Barclay and Sons, Farnn,, ,,, lon-street; Sutton & 67, St. Paul's luitt'eroB7l Churchyard; Sanger & Co., Oxford-street, Lo n nduti n ; . ( 1 19 1 ;gh ; and Nobl e, f . a a n n clder c e t r a i l J i t w ai t a ig s! .e a s n r) d erl E e e - tetne Venders in the Kir ., :llotu In Bottles, at Is. lid. awl each, *3 . F* The 130tiFei at . ?,,s. 9d, contain nearly three AGENTS. LIVERPOOL—WILLIAM OXLEY, 3, Rumford-place. Manchester—Anderson and Tborburn, Merchants. Oldham—Samuel Oliver, Primrose-mount. Bury—William M`Lean, Draper. Blackburn—George Johnston and Son, Drapers. Chorley—Alexander Bannerman, Land Agent. Preston—James Winder, Solicitor. Lancaster—L. Sanderson, Castle-hi!l. Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. SERJEANT 'S LOTION, th e only effectual Remedy against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica and Lum bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 7, La vell'a-court, Paternoster-row, London; and by all Vendors of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. The astonishing success which has crowned the application of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining even the least relief, aid this after the ablest advice awl every other means had compWely failed, most justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is =at tended with the least danger or inconvenience; hundreds have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was first introduced; and such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that persons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. Sold by Pendlebury, Russell street ; Titheringt, on, Oxford • street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street; Coupland, Parker-street : Gerrard, Oldball-street ; Parkinson, New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simon, Scotland road, opposite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, Vauxhall,-road; . Britten, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great Homer-street; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row; Low, Islington ' Walker, London-road; Parry, Christian street ; Wagstaff,Great George-place ; ?riestley, LOrfiltrM i Smith Woodside. Vrice, I'Vgyertre THE GREATEST SALE OF ANY MEDICINE IN THE GLOBE. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. A PATIENT IN A DYING STATE, CURED OF A DIS- ORDER IN THE CHEST. Extract of a Letiel•:11;; Mr. Robert Calvert, Chemist, stokes ly, dated .Tanuary 29th, 1847. Si u,—Mr. Thom .e,son, National Schoolmaster of this Town desires me to send you the particulars respecting a Son of his, who had been seriously ill for three years and a half, and who has derived the greatest benefit from the use of your medicines, after trying all ordinary resources without effect. The Boy is eight years of age, of strumous or scrofulous constitution. He seems to have had a Pleurizy which ended in a large collection of matter in the Chest, which eventually formed a passa ge through the wales of the Chest, which ended in three fistulous sores which continued to discharge large quantities of pus up to May, when he was induced to try your medicines; at this date he was in an apparent dying condition, and in the highest degree of Marasmus or Consumption. He had severe hectic fever, the urine depositing large quantities of sediment —con stant distressing cough—no appetite—and the Stomach reject ing nearly every thing he took, both food and medicine, he be gan by taking five of your Pills night and morning, which were gradually increased to ten, which in a short time had the effect of completely curing the Cough, the Stomach affections, and restoring the urine to its natural state. His strength and fiesh are also restored, and his appetite keen and digestion good. (Signed) ROBERT CALVERT. To Professor Holloway. THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGH CURED OF A LIVER AND STOMACH COMPLAINT. Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Aldborough, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn,2lst February, 1845. To PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY. SlR,—Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my t anking you before this time for your politeness in s en di ng me your pills as you did. I now take this opportunity of send ing you an order for the amount, and, at the same time, to add that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in m y L i ver and Stomach, which all the most eminent of the Faculty at home, and all over the Continent, had not been able to effect • nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad. I n i s i: to have another Box and a Pot of the Ointment, in case any of ray family should ever require either. Your most obliged and obedient servant, ( - Signed) ALDBOROUGH. To Professor Holloway. - These truly invaluable PILI.s can be obtained at the esta blishment of PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY, 244, Strand, (neat Temple Bar,) London, and of most respectable Vendors of Me, dicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices —lB. lid., 28. 9d., 4s. 6d., lls. 225 .. and 335. each box. There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes. N.B.—Directions for the Guidance of VAtier-te in every di• , order are affixed to each box. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. Nl - OTICE IS HERFBY GIVEN, that the FOURTH HALF-YEAR IX GENERAL -MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS of fhb SHREWSBURY and HEREFORD RAIL 'WAY COMPANY will be held, at the Royal Hotel, Chester, on TuESDAY, the 22d day of February instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely. The BOOKS kept for the REGISTER of TRANSFERS will be CLOSED on the 10th instant, until after the Meeting. By order of the Board of Directors, WALTER ROBERTS, Secretary. Chester,lst February,lB4B. SPECIAL NOTICE. POLICIES effected on of before Ist MARCH next, will secure the advantages of a full year's standing over those effected thereafter, and of a VESTED ADDITION at tbe allocation of Profits in March, 1853, equivalent to SIX years' Bonus. [INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.] SCOTTISH EQUITABLE (MUTUAL) .LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. EDINBURGH 2G, ST. ANDREW-SCWAR-E. LONDON GI, MOORGATE-STREET. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. William Stuart Walker, of Howland, Esq., Advocate. John Hutton, Esq., Merchant, Leith. David J. Thompson, Esq., Merchant, Edinburgh. James Ross, Esq , Solicitor, Supreme Courts. Thomas Scott Anderson, Esq., W.S. Henry Maitland, Esq., Wine Merchant. Robert Chambers, Esq., Publisher. Robert Robertson Glasgow, of Montgreenan, Esq., Advocate. George Ross, jun., Esq., Advocate. Thomas Constable, Esq., Printer. John Whitefoord Mackenzie, Esq.. W.S. Robert Laurie, Esq., Master of the Merchant Company, Leith. LOCAL BOARD, OF DIRECTORS FOR LIVERPOOL. CHAIRMAN. Thomas Chilton, Esq. DIRECTORS. Thomas Martin, Esq. I William Oxley, Esq. David Cannon, Esq. Hilton Halhead, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE. James Petrie, Esq., M.D. AGENT. WILLIAM OXLEY, 3, Rumford-place. VIEW of the Progress of the Society down to the Ist March, TO MOTHERS. JEPSON'S BALSAMIC SOOTHING SYRUP, 0 for Children Cutting their Teeth, is an invaluable domestic remedy for mitigating the sufferings of Infancy at that perilous period, perfectly safe in its application, and so pleasant to the taste that no child will dislike it. It gives immediate relief in those sudden paroxysms of pain which so frequently produce alarming consequences, and the regular application of it allays the irritation and inflammation in the gums, soothing and tranquillizing the system, and thus warding off serious and often fatal results. Sold in Bottles, at Is. 13d. and 2s. 9d. each ; the larger size most advantageous to the purchaser. JEPSON'S TEETHING POWDERS, prepared from the pre scription of an eminent Physician in extensive practice, are admirably adapted to regulate the - bowels of Infants when out of order, and to remove that irritability of the system conse quent upon teething, which so often renders an Infant uneasy and fretful, and predisposes it to fever and convulsions. Their action is mild and gentle, neutralizing the causes of disorder in the stomach and bowels, determining a salutary perspiration •to the skin, and restoring the bowels to their natural and healthy condition. whether in a cozrfinedstate or unduly relaxed. N.B. As these Powders contain neither Calomel nor Anti mony, the most timid Mother need be under no apprehension • in giving them to the tenderest Infant. They are perfectly safe and highly beneficial. Sold in Packets at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. The latter con •taining three of the former. The Balsamic Soothing Syrup and Teething Powders may also be had in boxes, containing a small bottle of the Syrup and a small Packet of Powders, at 25., or the larger size of each at 45. 6d., thus effecting a considerable saving to purchasers. Prepared only by W. JEPSON, Chemist, Halifax; and sold by Messrs. J. Priestle : , 52, Lord-street; R. Lathhury, Castle street ; F. G. Jones, 5, Paradise-street; P. Roberts, 20, Kane lagh-street ; W. Jones, Berry-street; T. Hogarth and M. Red head, Great George-street; W. Wagstaff, Great George-place; D. Mackinlay, 33. St. James-street •, F. B. Sykes, 14, Upper Parliament-street ; J. Kirkus. Mill-street ; H. S. Alpaca and E. Pearson, Toxteth-park ; G. H. Howell. Dale-street ; P. Straw son, 60, Lime-street ; Wingate and Hill, 36, Elliott-street ; R. Broome and E. Tierman, London-road; W. W. King, Soho street ;- T. Lowe, 38, Islington; C. W. Shaw, 2 Russell-street ; J. W. Williams, 5, St. Anne-street; T. A. 'fitherington, 30, Oxford-street; R. Blyth, 54, St. James-place—Chemists and Druggists ; and John Dignan, 21, South John-street, Printer— Liverpool ; Messrs. Thomson and Foulkes, and J. Eastwood, Chemists—Birkenhead. Wholesale Agents—Messrs. Thomas Eyre and Co., Liverpool. Also by E. Edwards, St. Paul's Ca, fl.r,norl. street ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Newbury, St. Paul's; Sutton, Bow Churchyard; Sanger, Oxford-street; and C. King, 34, Napier-street, Hoxton New Town, London • and may be had a all respectable Chemists and Medicine Vendors. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY. VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next 11 HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS 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 2nd of March, at Twelve o'clock, for the Election of Four Directors in the room of these who retire; and for other affairs. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. JAMES W. BULLER, Chairman. The retiring. Directors may be re-elected. The Transfer-Books will be closed on MONDAY, the 21st of February, and not be re-opened until after the said General Meeting, on the 2nd of March. The Dividend and Interest for the Half•year ending on the 31st of December, 1547, will be payable to those Shareholders who stand registered when the Transfer-Books are closed on the said 21st day of February. Shares in arrear do not entitle the holders to vote, nor are Proxies available, unless lodged with the Secretary five days at the least before the meeting. By order of the Board of Directors, J. B. BADH AM, Secretary. Bristol. Office, 30, Broad-street, 4th Feb., 1848. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. AREQUISITION, in Four Parts, of which the 'following is a Copy, has been presented to the Directors of this Company : "To THE DIRECTORS OF THE LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY. "We, the undersigned, being Shareholders in the Liverpool, Manchester, and Neweastle-upon-TyneJunction Railway C'om pany,fiolding in the aggregate more than 7,000 Shares. (that is to say, more than one-tenth of the Capital therein), do, by this writing under our hands, require you forthwith to call an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders in the said Company, for the following objects, matters, or business; that bia t hBeatig f° tsinincl ' acUlh o lin e d"WgZ n dfaali Railways and Works which the Company are authorised and empowered to construct, and of winding up and adjusting the concerns of the Company; and, if so determined, of adopting and taking all such measures as the said Meeting may deem necessary and convenient for carrying the same into effect, and for the purpose of considering the expediency of the Company selling, leasing, or transferring the Railway and Works autho rised to be made to some other Company, and, if so deter mined, of adopting and taking all such measures as the said Meeting may, deem necessary or convenient towards carrying the same into effect, or obtaining the requisite power or autho rity for the Company to sell, lease, or transfer the said Railway and Works • for the purpose of considering the expediency of removing all or any of the present Directors of the Company, and, if so determined, of adopting and taking such measures as the said Meeting may deem necessary or convenient for the removal of all or any of the said Directors, and for the choosing and electing of other or new-Directors in their. stead ; for the purpose of considering the expediency of increasing the num ber of the Directors of the said Company to sixteen, or to any lesser number, and, if so determined, of adopting and taking all such measures as the said Company may deem necessary or convenient for increasing the number of Directors to sixteen, or to such other lesser number, and for choosing and electing at such meeting, eight or such other number of new Directors, in addition to the existing Directors of the said Company, and for determining the order and rotation in which the Directors shall go out of office, and what number shall be quorutn at their meetings ; and for the purpose of considering the propriety of, and if so determined, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps at such meeting, for reducing the number of the Directors of the said Company to six, or to some other number, and, if so determined, of adopting and taking all such means as the said meeting may deem necessary or convenient for reducing the number of the said Directors; for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of appointing a Committee of six or more of the-Shareholders in the said Company, for the purpose and with authority to investigate and report upon the accounts and finan cial affairs of the Company and the contracts entered into by the Directors for and on the alleged behalf of the Company, and, if so determined, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps at such meeting for the appointment and instruction of such Committee. "Dated this first day of December, 1847. "Signed, "JONATHAN HAYNE, "GEORGE ASH LIN. "SPENCER ASHLIN, " PATRICK KILGOUR, " &c., Sze.. &c." The DIRECTORS of the LIVERPOOL AIANCH ESTER. and NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY give NOTICE, that, in compliance with the above Requisition, they.herehy call an EXTRAORDINARY GENE RAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the said Com pany, to be held on TH URSDAY ,the 30th day of March next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, at the Albion Hotel, in the City of Manchester, for the purpose of considering the several matters contained in the said. Requisition.' Dated this 7th day of February, IS4B. THOS. WET. WILSON FFRANCE, Chairman. C. MOORE WILSON, Secretary. Offices pf the Company, 78, George-street, Manchester. . . teat% I Bed instet k Sofa broke ;ouch, tands, s , and k pre- HES, AND , lined road, ng of citable rs and rcsser, nt, at Prince ST in ➢gn of about aprov- - 'ION, Eleven ,?rtree, JRNl lasses, i Gen- steads, r Beds Ditto essing Card, , with Bilis :hild's 'limed Vene linarY EASE LTS. he is On the ,slay,) NT'S LASED he oc- S and ?Id in I as a -fitted in the A, Li there con eof 2 5 a side ,then a, and unded eased , s, and Four rected th the 'enure to the Dwel cating et. rpoola , fare% FoRP , culars Liver- OICE TEA C- Y,) the , 'clod' rare, NER, INGS , most Floc ), ble for )1 ices, IStocX 's had• ng the 'poses , other , s soli to Mr• ;eners• pool. ESIA , and ON, for storin g is, an at easY rt inci ;nesia2 e Fluid by ti). [anger tide ors. -street; As ant. lott xtiont" en ink, Lieu' emistst A once vet al l amend; ces 1842. 3f VT; • t mate uric or . 6 . ; WA; •ains i l t qE • sia to A Carbe al pin t sins )10 Y. Lstry, 1842. )f itta, r t znes o t in the resultW, , and of , t twined , grais* Tilt LIVERPOOL STANDAR& BO) Vitbltrationo. HYDE ON TAXATION-THE PROPERTY AND APPLICATION OF LABOUR—LAW OF SETTLE MENT—with an OUTLINE of a PROPERTY TAX in lieu of Twenty-two Millions of Taxes which press unequally on various Classes of the Community—in a Letter to RICHARD COBDEN', Esq., M.P. Published at No. 61, Fleet-street London, and may be had of all Booksellers. Price 3d. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that theTWELFTH _IA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS in this COMPANY will be held on TUESDAY, the 15th day of February instant, at One o'clock precisely, in the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, to receive a Report and Statement of the Company's Affairs, and to Elect Seven Direc tors, in lieu of those who retire by rotation. • By order of the Board, SWINTON BOULT, Secretary. 8, Water-street, Ist February, 1848. N.B.—The Transfer Books will be closed until the 15th inst. Ltgal Rottrto. ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. REGISTRATION OF DEEDS. WHEREA.§, 'Volumes No. 1 to 8 inclusive of the Registry of Deeds of the Central District of Newfound land, embracing a period extending from January, 1826, to June, 1844. were Destroyed by Fire on the 9th day of June, 1846; all Parties holding Deeds, Wills, or other Assurances, which were Registered in any of the said Volumes, are hereby required, in compliance with an Act of the Legislature of this Colony, passed during the last Session of the General Assembly, to cause such Deeds, Wills, and other Assurances, or a Memo rial thereof, to be again Registered in the Office of the Registrar of Deeds for the said Central District. And Notice is hereby further given, that a Copy of the Laws of the said Colony re lating to the Registration of Deeds, is deposited at the Office of WILLIAM TARBET, Esquire, 4, India-buildings, for the in spection of all parties interested therein. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LANCASHIRE, HOLDEN AT LIVERPOOL. WH in E e ß o E y A opi,d a w P ar e d t - i s t t i r o e n e t 'o4:oxHteUthGplia park, Borough o f u o o r ci of Liverpool. in the County of Lancaster, Retail Beerseller, part of the 'time Fireman on board the Hibernia, steamboat, and part of the time Hammerman at the British and North American Engine Works, and now of narober 101, Hill-street, Toxteth park aforesaid, Retail Beerseller, part of the time being Ham merman at the Engine Works aforesaid, and part of the time Labourer in an Ale Store, an insolvent Debtor, having been filed in the Liverpool District County Court, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Hugh M'Lean, under the previsions of the statutes in that case made and provided, the said Hugh 111 ' Lean is hereby 'required to anpear in court, before WintiANt LowNnEs, Esq., Judge of said Court, on the fourteenth day of February instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, at the Liverpool District County Court, No. 11, Lime-street, Liv3rpool, for his first examination touching his debts, estate,, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said statutes. And Notice is hereby given, that the choice of Assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to .the said Hugh M`Lean, or who have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to WILLIAM STATHAM, Esquire, the Official Assignee, at his Office, No. 11, Lime-street, Liverpool. PATENT GUTTA PERCHA SOLES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. CUTTA PERCIZA Co':f.PAN'F; PATENTEES. TTIHE adaptation Of , GUTTA PERCHA for the I SOLES of BOOTS and SHOES, having been extensively and satisfactorily tested, and its merits fully established, the GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY unhesitatingly recommend the material for general use. It is perfectly Waterproof, and ex perience has proved that the Gutta. Percha Soles wear twice as long as leather, and from their greater warmth, and impervious ness to wet until quite worn through, afford much additional comfort to the wearer. J. H. AND S. JOHNSON, No. 7, CHURCEI-'STREET, LIVERPOOL, AGENTS FOR THE GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY, J. H. and S. J. have on SALE INDIA-RUBBER GOLOSHES, as usual. LADIES' CHARITY. THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES and SUBSCRIBERS to the LADIES' CHARITY will be holden in the BOARD-1200M of the BLUE COAT HOSPITAL, on THURSDAY next, the 10th instant, at One o'clock P.M., to receive the Report of the past year, to elect Officers and Committees, and to transact the General Business of the Charity. JACQUES MYERS, President, Liverpool, February, 1848. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY. WE beg to announce that the ANNUAL MEEI- ING of the Subscribers and Friends of the DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY will be held at the Savings Bank, Bold street, THIS DAY (Tuesdayl, the Eth instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, when those Ladies and Gentlemen who feel an interest in the success of this valuable Institution are urgently requested to attend. . The Worshipful the Mayor in the Chair R. L. CARR, } Secretaries. R. APPLETON, Cemmittee room 4, Queen square. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES A T a GENERAL MEETING of the GOVERNORS 11. of the LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES, held in the Board Room, Parish Offices, Fenwick-street, on Friday, February 4, 1848, The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, M.A. ' in the Chair, the Annual Address of the Committee to the Governors having been react, Resolved,—" That the Address of the Committee, as now read, be received, printed, and distributed as usual." Resolved,—" That the accounts of the Treasurer, just read, which have been properly audited, be now passed and printed as usual." Resolved,—" That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, M.A., President, Mr. Walter F. M'Gregor and Mr. Charles Booth, Vice-Presidents, also to Mr. George Green Hornby, Treasurer, and Mr. Wm. Bennett, Auditor, and tha Members of the retiring Committee, for their valuable services and attention to the interests of the Charity." Resolved,—" That the thanks of this ".ieeting be gived to Dr. Sutherland, M.D., Mr. Long, Mr. Alfred Higginson, Mr. J. C. Shepherd, Mr. J. C. Ferguson, and Mr. Chalmers, for the faithful discharge of their duties as honorary Medical Officers of these Institutions." Resolved,—" That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. James Hassell, M.A., the Rev. John Crump, M.A., the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, M.A., the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A., the Rev. W. Marcus Falloon, M.A., and the Rev. W. Pollock. M.A., who have, in their respective places of worship, kindly advocated the cause of this charity; and that they be appointed Life Governors of the Institution." — Resolved,—" That the words compelling the Annual Meeting to be held on the first Friday in February be omitted in Law No. 5, and that the Law stand as follows :—' An Annual Meet ing of the Governors shall be held as early as convenient in each year, on such day as the Committee may appoint, to inspect the affairs of the Charity, and elect a Committee and Officers." Resolved,—" That the following Gentlemen be the Officers of the Committee for the ensuing year:— Rev. Jonathan Brooks, M.A., President. Mr. Charles Booth, Vice-President of the South Dispensary. Mr. J. Aspinall Tobin, Vice-President of the North Dispensary. Mr. George Green Hornby, Treasurer. Mr.. William Bennett, Auditors. Mr. J. Whitby Williams, } COMMITTEE. Mr. John Ferguson, IChurchwardens of the Parish Mr. Thomas Littledale, I for the time being. Mr. Walter F. M'Gregor, Rev. Cyrus Morrall, Mr. W. C. Fosbery, Mr. James Mulleneux, Mr. John Eden, Mr. J. H. Macrae, Mr. Thomas Avison, Mr. J. G. Morris, Rev. D. D. Stewart, Mr. E. T. Kearsley, Mr. T. D. Anderson, Mr. John Rogers, Mr. G. H. Horsfall, Rev. W. Pollock, Mr. C. J. Corbally, Mr. Joseph King, jun., Mr. Francis Mill, . Rev. Dr. Hume, Mr. John Torr, Mr. F. S. Hull, Mr. Wm. Rathbone, jun., Mr. John Thomson. - Mr. D. H. Gibson, Secretary. Dr. Macrorie, Dr. Nicholson, Dr. Gri►idrod, Dr. Williams, Dr. Duncan, and Dr. Scott,_Consulting Physicians. . Mr. Parke, !ft. Minshull, and Mr. James Cooper, Consulting Surgeons. SOUTH DI S PENSARY, 1, Upper Parliament-street. Dr. Sutherland, Physician. • Mr. Long, Mr. A. Higginson, and Mr. J. C. Shepherd, Surgeons, Mr. John Leech, House Surgeon. Mr. J.T. Hobson and Mr. Haverty, Assistant House Surgeons, Mr. W. Gilmour, House Apothecary. NORTH DISPENSARY, Vauxhall-road. Mr. J. C. Ferguson, Mr. Chalmers, and Mr. -, Surgeons. Mr. A. Arnott, House Surgeon. Mr. Laycock, Mr. Lynch, and • Mr. J. 1). Kilner, Assistant House Surgeons. Mr. Meyers and Mr. Hulme, Apothecaries." Resolved,—" That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Watch Committee and Select Vestry, for the use of the Board-room on this occasion." (Signed) . JONATHAN BROOKS, The Chairman I&ing retired, Resolved unaltimously,—" That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. Jonathan Brooks for his able and impar tial conduct in the chair." CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF IN YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS in the CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Offices of the said Company, 61, Moorgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth day of March next, at One o'clock in the Afternoon precisely. And NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at such Meeting it will be proposed to confirm a Declaration or Declarations of the Forfeiture of certain Shares, and to direct the sale or other disposal thereof. And NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that the said Meeting is specially convened for the purpose of consider ing the draft of a Bill proposed to be introduced into Parlia ment in the present session, intituled " A Bill to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to purchase, hire, and use Steam-boats. and for other purposes." The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the twenty sixth day of February until after the Meeting. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. GI, Moorgate-street,3lst January, 1848. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The reduction of the rate of interest on money lent upon bills and other approved securities, from five to four per cent. by the directors of the Bank of England, as an nounced in our last, has increased confidence in the com mercial and trading circles very considerably. At " call," money will not now be received by the discount houses at more than three per cent., and first-class mercantile paper is readily taken in by Private and Joint Stock Bankers at 31 per cent. The supply of good Bills of Exchange, re presenting bona tide transactions, is anything but abun dant. The spring trade in manufactured goods has com menced under rather auspicious circumstances. The position of the Directors of the Bank of England is most satisfactory. Their stocks of bullion and coin are im mense, and are likely to be increased by every arrival, for some time, from the United States. Money is still accu mulating in the hands of the bankers, and a little more confidence is apparent in its use. First-class bills were discounted on Wednesday morning as low as three per cent., but this applies only to paper of indisputable secu rity, ordinary mercantile bills being scarcely negotiable at all. The public securities have continued in a steady course of upward tendency. Consols for Money and Ac count have very nearly touched 90, and Exchequer Bills the high premium of 395. The large holders of the latter securities are looking with some confidence to a funding of about ten millions of these securities. There have not been any larger sales of stock this week. The state of our cotton, corn, timber, &c., trades will be found elsewhere. The accounts from Manchester come more favourable this week respecting the state of the cotton trade in that district. It must be out of the question of course to look for a hasty and full return of the prosperous times of years not long past. But, the safest improvement, and pro mising the greatest permanency, is assuredly that which arrives and grows gradually. The circular of Messrs. Ferguson, of Manchester says,—" The large stocks of yarns and goods yet here, coupled with the extraordinary means of production, must naturally keep down prices, until a great change be wrought in the consumptive power of our home and colonial markets, now so greatly depressed by various causes which require time and many modifying circumstances to remedy. The only quarter to which we can look at present for a material improvement is India, and in this direction we can only reasonably expect a gra dual revival." A decided improvement has taken . place in the appear ance of the colonial markets during the week, and very large transactions have been concluded. In sugar there has been considerable activity, and at the opening of business on Tuesday prices rose Is. to ls. Gd. per cwt. Operations in British plantation were on Friday, however, in a measure restricted by the speech of the Chancellor of the e xchequer on Thursday. The coffee-market has been firm, and native descriptions have been freely taken by private contract at 335. 6d. per cwt., but few sellers are at present to be found at this rate. Plantation kinds have also experienced a better demand, and some of the finer sorts have advanced about 2s. to 3s. per cwt. The indigo sales will commence on the Bth instant, when about 10,100 chests will be brought forward ; several par cels included in the catalogues are goods under hypothe cation to the East India Company. The tea trade have been occupied since Wednesday with their public sales, and a larger quantity than usual has changed hands. A brisk demand has existed for green teas, and nearly all those descriptions have been taken at very full prices. Black teas have not sold so freely, but prices remain un changed. The sales concluded on Monday, and as the qualities offered have in this' case been in a great measure suited to the wants of buyers, the result to the importer, it is anticipated, will be satisfactory. By the arrival of the Overland Mail in the early part of the week, intelligence of interest was received of the con dition of business at Calcutta. Extreme prostration, ac cording to the contents of private letters, pervades every department of trade, the succession of mercantile disasters having utterly paralyzed confidence. The sole attention of the mercantile community was directed to the several meetings of creditors, and to the prospects which accounts presented for the redemption of engagements by the sus pended firms. Her Majesty's packet Express, Lieut. James, from Rio Janeiro, the 13th of December, has arrived at Falmouth. Exchange had risen to 28, and the Six per Cents. to 89. The receipts of the Custom-house in the month of Novem ber exhibit a strong proof that the imports were de creasing, and the imports increasing, and account satis facily for the advance in the price of the funds and the rate of the exchange. From Monte Video there is no thing authentic but at Buenos Ayres the blockade of the coasting trade from the Oriental republic had been put a complete stop to. On the other hand, the French were endeavouring to render the blockade effective as regards the entrance of foreign vessels from abroad. The exchange at Buenos Ayres had fallen to 2s. per dollar. In Entre Riols, Urquiza was at the head of 9,000 troops, and was still threatening Corrientes, but it was strongly sus pected that his movement would be towards Monte Video, with a view of assisting Oribe. We regret to record the suspension of two highly res peetable and old-established firms in this town, whose stoppages are universally regretted,—Messrs. Jevons, Sons, and Co., an old iron concern of fifty years' standing ; and Messrs. John and George Campbell, in the West India trade. The enormous decline in the value of iron, and heavy investments in works and other real property, are the causes of the first named suspension. The actual liabilities inthe shape of acceptances are stated at £70,000 ; but they . must have large loans on mortgage. MesSrs. Campbell ascribe their difficulties to the locking dip of funds in Mexico. Both parties speak confidently of paying in full. • The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 29th of January gives the following results when compared with the previous week : Public deposits £1,171,203 Increase, £88,755 Other deposits 10,768,087 Decrease, 6,783 Rest 3,723,950 Increase, 586 On the other side of the account — Government securities£ll,ss3,2l4 Increase, £89,249 Other securities 14,321,905 Decrease, - 188,458 Notes unemployed 7,640,315 Increase, 192,130 The amount of notes in circulation is £19,141,920, being an increase of X 30,04 0; an d th e s t oc k o f b u lli on in both departments is £13,390,314, showing an increase of £213,502 when compared with the previous return. On Friday Consols opened rather depressed, but shortly after they were done at 88k, both for money and account. At this lower rate buyers made their appearance, and prices rallied to 89, but at the close a slight re-action de pressed them to 881 to 9 for account, and 88.1 to for money. On Saturday there was much activity in the market for the home Funds, and prices have improved as much as -L per cent. Consols are firm at 89 to ;1- for Money ; and 891 to s for Account. Reduced Three-per-' Cents 89a. to 4 ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 901 to I. Specie still continues to pour into the country. On Thursday the sum of £130,000 was received at the Bank of England, overland from Russia, and during the last week £53,000 have been received at this port from Neiv York. SHERIDAN KNOWLES' LECTURE ON PULPIT ORATORY AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. On Friday evening Mr. Knowles delivered his second and concluding lecture on elocution ; and the subject being a most interesting one—the advantage of the study of elocution being made a portion of the training of young men for the ministry, with remarks upon the deficiency in this respect of the mass of the clergy —a most respect able auditory was in attendance, though not quite as nu merous as might have been anticipated. The lecturer commenced by asserting his opinion, formed on his own experience and the deductions of reason, that there was no human being, possessed of the requisite organ of voice, to whom could not be imparted the qdvantage of a delivery in reading or reciting, and the power of ex pressing his sentiments fluently in public, provided he was possessed of ordinary talent. He then proceeded to show that language was divided into two descriptions, the natural and the artificial. The first, the natural, com prised only the expression of emotion ; and would be uttered with the same distinctness by the child deprived of the organ of hearing, and him who possessed his com plete organs. After this came artificial language—the utterance of sounds of a compound or imitative charac ter; and this could be acquired only by education. After stating_that lie should commence the work of .teaching a I . .r.alrer - Wtt /1,6. cater confidence of success than a class of adults ; the lecturer proceeded to remark how monstrous it was that young men, designed for the pulpit or the bar, should be com pelled during their . university career to devote the whole of their time to the dead languages, to science, logic, mathematics, &c., and, when they were called upon to enter upon their sacred duties, be condemned to make the discovery, that with all their profound scholarship, they were utterly incapable of speaking or reading their own mother tongue with either force, grace, or perspicuity. After a few further remarks the Lecturer gave a speci men of the monotonous tone and ineffective manner in which, he said, clergymen, untaught in the art of elocution. were too much in the habit of delivering' even the finest composition. The piece read was an extract from a very fine sermon by Kirwan. He afterwards gave the same piece as it would be spoken by the practiced rhetorician, and, subsequently, as it would be spoken by one who threw his mind and feelings into the subject. He then Proceeded to give examples of the three divisions into which composition and delivery were arranged by the schools, viz., the didactic, the persuasive, and the vehe ment. The 'first he illustrated by reading a passage from Bacon ; the second, the persuasive, was an extract from a sermon of the late Legh Richmond, to whose amiable character, effectiveness in the ministry, and sincere piety, he paid a very feeling and eloquent tribute, having had the pleasure and advantage of his acquaintance in early youth, when that lamented pastor was located in the Isle of Wight, where his church was much frequented by the officers, many of whom derived lasting profit from his preaching. The third, the vehement style, he remarked, was much used by the most successful Reformers, who thus swayed the democratic classes, and by some of our ' most popular prea c he rs • and he illustrated it by reciting the celebrated spee c h o f Marcellus to the Roman citizens. After delivering the spirit-stirring address in which Cicero impeached the Prmtor Varres, before the Roman Senate, Mr. Knowles concluded his most interesting lec ture by reading a comic mock law case. The able lecturer was duly applauded throughout the evening. WRITS N G.—After a resider ce of over twenty years in Liverpool Mr. Thompson appeals with confidence to the public for sup port. His merits arr. -wn in the hundreds of gratifying testi monials he has rec• vel 'rom those to whom he has imparted his beautiful and gi caw system of writing. CORNS.--S 0 numei....a, are the testimonials receives! by Air. Levi, the eminent chiropedist, during his short sojourn here, that, owing to a pressure of advertisements and other matter, we are compelled to omit a few of them. It will, however, be gratifying to him to learn that from a private individual, who has been operated upon, we have received a most flattering account of his skill, ' • THE LIVERPOOL UNION BANK. -ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS YES TERDAY. Yesterday, at one o'clock, the annual general meeting of the proprietors in the Liverpool Union Bank was held at the Clarendon-rooms. There was a numerous attend ance. EDGAR GARSTON, Esq., occupied the Chair. He said the Report, which the Manager would read, was more than usually explicit, and therefore he might consider himself exempted from offering any introductory remarks. He would however obsexve that before drawing up the report, the Directors had considered it. their duty to deal boldly with the results of the difficulties of last year, and to provide amply for them. The commercial embarrass ments last year had been of an unusual and unexampled character, and had fallen with especial severity upon Liverpool. In appreciating the report which the directors had to lay before the in eeting, he had no doubt that those present would bear this in mind ; and although the results now to be declared were not precisely such as had been antici pated when he had the honour of presiding at a similar meeting last year, he hoped that the Directors and Managers would receive as compensation for their unusual anxiety, the meed of their approbation. (Applause.) He then called upon _ Mr. JAMES LisTEn, the manager, who read the report. It stated that in the last annual report, the directors had expressed a hope to show a progressive increase of their surplus fund from year to year; but the calamities in which the commercial world, and this locality more espe cially, had been involved, would not only preclude them from doing it at present, but entailed upon themthe neces sity of taking a portion of the reserved surplus fund to provide for the losses which might result from the bad debts of the year, not yet wound up. The paid-up ca pital of the bank was Z 300,000, and the number of share holders 269. On the 31st December, 1846, the reserved surplus fund was £50,000 ; which, when the nett profits for the year 1847 (Z 42,277) were added, amounted to £92,277. From this must be deducted two half-yearly dividends, .-€23,209 ; carried to the contingent fund as a provision for bad and doubtful debts £39,068,—X20,000 of the latter item being taken from the surplus fund, — which made the amount of surplus fund now on hand £30,000. After a rigorous investigation of bad debts, the directors had a full conviction that the sums which they had transferred would be amply sufficient to meet them ; they had consequently not felt warranted in making a reduction of dividend for the past half year, but they recommended the shareholders at the present meeting to pass a resolution, limiting the dividend in fbture to six per cent. (instead of eight) till the surplus fund should be raised to £6o,ooo.—(Hear, hear.) In consequence of the lamented death of their valuable colleague Mr. Hackford, the directors, in conformity with the powers giVen in the deed of settlement, had elected Mr. Glynn, of the firm of Glynn and Anderson, to supply his place at the board. Mr. ASpinall Turner and Mr. Chilton were the directors, who would now have to retire in rotation. Although the report was not such as might have been anticipated, the directors felt satisfied that taking into account the unexampled difficulties which had been met, it would give satisfaction to the proprietors, and that they would continue the confidence hitherto reposed in them. In answer to a question from Mr. Joseph, Mr. LISTER said the proposed reduction on the diVi dend of 2 per cent. would amount to £OOOO a year. The CHAIRMAN said, that £6OOO a year, if they escaped bad debts, would soon bring the fund up to the amount proposed. Mr. JOSEPH said that many parties had bought the shares with a view to the dividend, and he thought it hard that they should have to receive six when they had calcu lated upon eight per cent. Mr. LISTER said everything had been taken into ac count. The directors themselves were the largest holders of shares"; they held one-fifth of the whole amount. Mr. BusHELL moved the adoption of the report. He said, although he had not seen the resolution till he entered the room, it met his entire concurrence. He was sure there was not one gentleman but had felt, as he, a large proprietor, had done, considerable anxiety last year, as to the position of the Union Bank. They could not go upon 'Change any day without hearing of some commercial disaster, and at one time they could not have gone without hearing the condition of every bank in town canvassed and spoken of. Not being in strong health, he himself had felt most nervous on the subject ; but, from his intimate knowledge of the directors, he felt that if energy, talent, promptness, and integrity, could save a bank, then the Union Bank would be sale_ (Applause.) He must therefore confess, considering the% things, that the present report, was to him, much more gratifying than the report presented on the last occasion. (Hear.) The parties present must know what difficulties every bank had had to go through, and they knew, not by mere surmise, but by pretty substantial evidence, what had been the result in regard to some of them. If the report which had been read was a fair and honest report—(and where was the gentleman who knew the directors who could doubt it)—then he thought the pro prietors owed to the management the highest meed gratitude and praise for the extraordinary result which they had attained. (Applause.) If the high opinion which he entertained of the management and direction of: the Bank could be increased, it would be so by that very - demand to increase the surplus fund now made upon the meeting, and to which Mr. Joseph appea re d t o o bj ec t. In such as we had gone through, every man made a resolution to retrench by all means his expenditure, 'to - make up as much as he could for disasters which might occur. Even if we had not personally suffered, still we had seen so much of suffering around us, as to make us emyloy more than ordinary caution and prudence in the management of all our affairs. (Hear, hear.) It might be true, as Mr. Joseph had stated, that some people had invested their money in the shares of the Union Bank, to secure a larger dividend ;—(Hear, hear)—but he presumed they had also invested it with a view to se cure their property, to make it safe. (Hear, hear.) And which was the greatest evil, to risk their property by giv ing a large dividend ; or to make it secure by taking (for what he believed would in this instance be a short season,) , a smaller dividend? (Applause.) Ile thought he need not argue the thing further. The present bank, and all banks, would be more likely to receive the approbation. and confidence of the public, by limiting the dividend, - than by straining the capital to pay a large one. (AP plause.) Let the meeting then agree to the proposition; - it was a sound and safe principle, he felt assured. He had often heard the objection urged against joint-stock banks, that to give large dividends giey made, in some• cases, imprudent and extravagant advances. He believed the statement was in a great measure true ' • and therefore it was that the proposition of the directors had his cordial support. (Applause.) Mr. POWELL seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. J. A. Turner, of the North Shore Mills, and Mr. Alderman Chilton, were re-elected directors, with warm encomiums on their courteous and attentive conduct. Mr. POWELL moved the presentation of £509 to the directors not on the bill committee; for their valuable ser vices. He fully concurred in what had been said by Mr_ Bushell. The sum named he thought was as much as the proprietors could afford—(laughter),--but it was by no means adequate to what the directors were entitled to. Mr. GEDDES seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. TURNER, as one of the directors not on the Bill Committee, returned thanks. It would be valued by the directors not for its amount but as an expression which he hoped was sincere on the part of the proprietors, that they had endeavoured to do their duty in the past year (applause.) He had had more anxiety, spent more sleep less nights, in regard to the Union Bank last year, than he did in regard to his own business ;—for the bank was so much at the mercy of circumstances over which no pru dential measures could have control, that it was to him and to his colleagues a most anxious time. It would not have been at all surprising to him, at one period, if every bank in the town, except one or two of the old private banks, had been closed.- He was glad the proprietors had expressed their confidence. Bank directors were generally called over the coals rather for making extrava gant dividends than suggesting a prudential course. lie and his brother directors were more deeply interested in the bank than other proprietors. He himself took Lot only the shares which had been allotted to him, but those of some other parties which were not taken up. He could not therefore give a better proof that lie had con-. fidence—that rthe undertaking was a good investment; an4lllo oultLassura ans. p,.anant head better opiracin .. of that investment than even lie had at first. Mr. BUSHELL, in neat terms, moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Lister, the manager, acknowledging in the warmest terms the invaluable services which that gentleman had rendered. Mr. JOSEPH seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. LISTER, in appropriate terms, returned thanks ; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL. A handsome copy of Elliott's " Hone Apocalyptic&' was presented on the 31st Jan., by the Female Teachers of Christ Church Sunday School to the Rev. Benjamin S. Clarke, on his removal from the curapy of Christ Church, to the incumbency of Thorpe Hesley, Yorkshke. The volumes were accompanied with the following address : TO THE REV. B. S. CLARKE. Rev. and Dear Sir,—We, the Female Teachers and . Scholars of the Christ Church Sunday School, unwilling you should leave us'without some expression of the feel ings we entertain towards you, beg to present you' with the accompanying small but sincere token of the affec tionate esteem in which we have ever held you since the Providence of God has pleased to place you amongst us, and of the high value we cannot but set upon your la bours on our behalf. Praying . earnestly that we may all meet at the Revelation of Jesus and humbly but heartily commending you to God and the power of His grace that • you may be enabled elsewhere as here to " prepare the way of the Lord, and make straight in the desert a highway , for our God,"—We desire to retain in your prayers what you shall ever hare in ours—an earnest remembrance. Signed on behalf of the Teachers and Scholars. The railway calls of this month are reduced to £1,500,000.. LONDON AND NOD.TA-WESTERN DIVIDEND.—COM mon report seems to have fixed the forthcoming dividend at four per cent. for the half-year. The amount must be uncertain, as the directors have not met to decide. The important queEt:on is rather what could he paid, than What will be; and, having consulted with several parties likely to know, we are enabled to say that, whatever pru dential reasona may.prevail to render a four per cent dividend desirable. the resources of the line would entitle the directors—if the practice of other railway companies were followed—to continue fopr-and-a-half. Should four per cent, he declared, a very large increase will probably be made to the reserve-fund, which, if we remember cor rectly, is now somewhere between £120,000 and £140,000. Railway Record. [The company have obtained as much, money as they want without advertising.] • - 11f.,. .. .. .4.30. .1 on the OLD' Plate' )ctale richly i Gen- mises, 60• Cla oogg,