The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

iniarticz. TO PA 1? ENTS AND I ;IT.n, ,rtkz.; TED•T v; 0A 1' E i; far the Wool * len Drapery and 'fill ( the Gefieral Drapery and Silk M ereery ••IS . ti by letter, post paid, to Mr. Join B aiscoL'. tS uu , l 63, Ull tail-street. WANTED, VVTANTED immediately;a ALAI D SERVANTof all-work. • She must bear an irrf-proaehable character for clean liness, hone - sty, - and sobriety.—Apply at the STANDARD OFFICE. PARTNiiit WANTED ANY.- Persoiiii - aving at his disposal £5OO, and desirous of embarking in a profitable concern, may hear of an eligible opportunity for investment, upon application to 11. S. \V., care of the Pablisher. WANTED, a Young MAN, about •21 years of age, ac quainted with Custom-house Business, and the General Routine of a Matchant's of&e.—APplication, • in the hand writing of the applicant, to he addressed to C., Standard office. idobito. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 111 - ILIE NEXT MEETING will be held at NEWCASTLE IL • UPDN-TYNE, in the week commencing on MONDAY, Au gust 20th. The - Members of the General Committee will meet on the preceding SATCROAY. S JAMES YATES. Secretary to the Council. Si g ned JOHN TA YL6lt, Treasurer. London, 10th April, 18:38. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY. 21, Fentvick-street,23ll April, 13:38. 74 ,, T oTicE IS HEREBY GIVEN,Jhat the SCRIP RE CEIP IS Will be exchanged fol. Sealed Certificates on and Oer MONDAY, the 7th May. By order of the Board, _ • .L.JAMES. BRETISI-1 AGRICULTURAL LOAN COMPANY.... • . r a :111,E MAXIMUM of .B SHARES to be appropriated to. It the Public in this Company, and which are liked by the Deed at £2 10s per Share premium, as the par of their relative vatue; does not exceed 2500 Shares, which are -not to be sold but in Siu:,rle Scrips, for which either a Share or an Omnium may, be claimed by the bearer, at oar, on or before the Ist day- February ne%t, upon the-payment of the said premiuin on Teas- DAY next, the Ist of May, to the Treasurers of the COmpany's Safety Fund ; as by Letters-of Appropriation to be issued to the Public until rive o'clock, - P.M., of MONUA Y, the 37th instant, at, the Couipany's Offices, 27, Austin-friars, London. April 2G, 1838. I'. DE JERSEY, Secretary. Application to be made to RICH D. DAWSON, - Exchange-alley, Liverpool. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. TIT-1 VI Shareholders in this Railway who have not paid up a the Call of El per Share on the Scrip they hold, are most particularly requested to do so without any further delay, to enable the Directors to proceed in Parliament with this im portant undertaking. The payments must be made to the Bank of Liverpool, and the Renewal Scrip will be immediately ex changed for the Old Scrip, which must be deposited with RICHARD DAWSON, Exchaoge-alley, Liverpool. VICTORIA BUILDING SOCIETY. IHE Rules of this Society , being now Certified according to Act of Parliament,.the FIRS.T GENERAL MEETING Will be held on THCRtiDAY EV6iING next; the 3d instant, Itt- Half-past Seren o'clock, at the THKOSTLE NEST HOTEL, Gotland-road, for the purposeOrElecting Officers, 90 trans etitr the other business of the Society. Shares £l2o.—SubsCription 10s. per Month; And no Riedemptiou Money. Present Entrance 2s. Gd. per Share. Applications for Shards may be made, and other information respecting the Society had, on application to Mr. WlLLtam JOHNSON ; Solicitor;.:North John-street; to Mr. Lewis, Ac i•ountant, Temple-street, Liveri:46l ; to PERRY and Printers, 20, Pool-lane; or to Messrs. CA DDICK and STANA• NOUGHT, Thrbstle NeA LIVER-POOL LIBRARY. 2-Ith April, 18.38. sußiePTTerNi DUE THE FIRST OF MAY. jpl-I E ANINt r t '.IIII..:ETING of the PROPRIETORS of the L V ERPOOL Lll3ll AR 1( will be held in the Library, in Bold-street, on ` UESDA Y, the Bth of May, at Six o'clock in: the Evening, to 'elect a President, and a Committee, and to! transact other necessary' business. JAMES LISTER, President. MEILIONETHSHIRE SLATE COMPANY, CAPITAL, El 00,000, • In 20.000 Shares of £5 each, payable by Instalments. I HE Directors having deterinined to make an immediate .9 large extension of the Company's Works, the remaining . .118 UN DISPOSE') of SPAII.E.S will be issued to the Public Shares, at the price of .£2 4s. per Share. m ) Aliklication for Prospectuses and Shares wilt be received by TEBBINGTON, Esq., Secretary pro. tent., at the Com teMporary Offices, 4, Great Winchester -street, London, ar:9lc4ce under the Archway,) or 'by Messrs. HORMBY and kvk o f Solicitors, St. Swithin's.tane. London, until thsth p5) l May next, after which time the Shares will be allotted. rospectuses may also be obtiiined OrIeir.AVALTER CLARKE, Ili , h-street, Liverpool. duo ;,'A, T a MEETING of the OWNERS of LAND, WARE IIQUSES, and others interested in this description of 4„,,Poperty.: held. on AtoNna r, the 30th April, 1.838, - at the Cla' 1 ,rstulon Rooms, to adopt measures to oppose the Resolution of -tlm Duck Committee relative to the building of Warehouses on the .erge ut the Docks, :At walk4,lB"reti bY',IT. P. •Bustier, Esq., and Seconded by 1? , - - 4o- u, o ,' ~),-, , TIOWaS PRE.ME, Esq., and Xd 14e4Fro&tur'"-'7 4 la ilt Jiwws' rani:ter; Esq. do take the chair. .it T95,,,,Ay:4. B. Boomer, Esq., Seconded by J. MotsiToo . MEEY,, Esq., and .; -no ~ upd unanimously-- eio ttA l . I the Committee be fully authorised to oppose any Bill ~i ANA the Dock 'ft-tutees may bring berme Parliament, having ~.,tarns object "the building of Warehouses on the verge of the Dikks." Moved by G. B. IRLASI, Esq., and Seconded by J. A. GEE, dal! Esq., and .; €__ Besolred unanimously— That. %, ~,,,. for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses, a s! „ . sabscription of three per cent. on the Annual Rental be entered ~ into, and placed in the Bank of Messrs. "Heywood and-Co:, to — ale credit of .the Association, subject to the entire control of the Cinninittee. JAMES BRANCKER., Chairman. The Chairman having lett the Chair, 1: was' Moved by JOHN LEYLAND, Esq., and Seconded by J. El IGHFIELD, , Esq. and . Resolved unanimously— : . - . That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman, for Isis able conduct iu presiding over the business of the'day. W. BIRKETT, Secretary. . . POLONCEAU'S PATENT ELA.STIGBITUMEN COM PANY, • CAPITAL, £200,00(1, IN IOW.) SHARES OF £2O EACH. Deposit, £2 per .Share. Live, pool. John Bagshaw, foseph Christopher Ewart, Esq John Ellis, Esq., M.P. Joseph Hornby, Esq. Edward Hurry. Esq. Charles Ilorsfail, Esq. . Hobert Win. Kennard, Esq. William Smith. Esq. Will. Gordon Thomson, Esq. Joseph Snaith Wooler, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co., London. The Bank of Liverpool. so LICITuag. • Messrs. Murray and Rynier,•s9, Chancery-lane,- London. Messrs. Davenport and Collier, Lord-street, Liverpool. Composition of the Patent Elastic Bitumen is the discovery of Monsieur Polonceau, la.specteur Diri,sionnaire da Corps Royat des poet, et Chausses, who, by his public works, 6 .-;• • nil th . e Continent, (among which are the Pont du Carionsel at Paris, and the Roads of the Col de Lantaret t and the Simplon,) eLhas acquired a reputation throughout Europe.' • • 'lllOnsieur Polonceau has succeeded in producing- a Bitu ll:'-rtrin-Ons.Gompositiou, which for cheapness, strength, and dura bility, far exceeds any hitherto known, and possesses this great -an l ad - vantage over every other—the Materials of which it is cmn ass are all. found iu England. So highly is-the discovery 70 estimated in France, that the authorities of Paris have entered trtc: into Contracts with M. I'olom:eau for its application to the ,104; Carriage Way of the Boulevards des Canimines, the Rue de to and other Carriage Roads iu that City, which be,iS now - -actively engaged iu carrying into eff e ct. os Pipionceau's Elastic Bitumen is applicable to the Construction 'nn;!: of Carriage Roads and : l'aveineuks„Roofing et, Buildings, Flooring of HAlls, Churches, StaLfcs, &c. Being impervious to vermin cud damp,. it can he used with advantage and econoiny in the• construction of Granaries, Warehouses, Docks, Drains, Baths. &c.. To secure the exclusive benefit ,;f this discovery to the pro . posed Cumpany,.Patents have been taken out fur the Untied Kingdom, which have been assigued over in trust for this The object or this Company will be - to'ohtain the advantages 8.5 . . • which it is presnmed must arise froin the exclusive use of so important a material in this country: Applications for Shares (post-paiii) niac be made in London l 'l 3 l 4 fitnes.irs. MURRAY and ItymEn, 59. Cl - taireer - -lane; and in ' l d a . ."71 t ,i'vernuol to Messrs. DAVKSISPORT and COLLIER, Lord street, b end Mr. KING, Exchange-buildings, on o r before the Al° 4 lit or :my. mid.) t-- . ,b'ii s f ) ITN addition to an extensive p urc ha se r e ceut l y made I)) E. , Al EASTEE of a Bankrupt's Stock of TOYS, PFAU:TIME ' ,I3•Y, CABINET 'WARE, Ste., &c.. 'the foilitwing: ticles are Irj ' indeed • 1 , well worth the attention of Wholesale Deit ' nd Ship li 1: -• viz : a id, ft.P ers9 . WOO Dozen of Dolls, seven inches long, at 10. Id. per Dozen riseismmfin ~ e i g h t „ - at . Is. 4d. „ sasdlors .1,711 " ;svr at ti T, (X) ” ten, 13 at Is. 911. „ Icl ~; '.="`" ~ „ twelve If at 2s. 2d. ft3V 4 - Corneoletto Beads, in Bond, 2 s . p er lb. ; Twenty Dozen or ,•' Portal,',e Dressing Cases, fitted with Shaving Biix, Tooth, Nail, 4 ,..' and Shaving Brush, Razor Strop; Penknife, Comb, and a pair t' warraoted lit. zors, for 7s. Ga. • „ . . a .. ; ,,,, N.B.— l'he above must be sohwith, to give place to ex ' I,,,ive alterations about to be- ' ein this establishment. Tr.( - 5, I ST. GEORGE'S CRESC , Castle-street. l :. CORNS. 'DICKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, for the re ti. moval of Corns... Bunnions, and all hard fleshy substances rr on the Feet.. it is admitted by the thousands who have tried it, „„,„ and the most sceptical, to be the miry remedy ever offered to ; yobirc,notice; it .actsjloth as an opiate and solvent, by reliev .. the most excruciating pain. and gradually dissolving, the cal -4,r D4” us or horny substance. Prepared and Sold by WILLIAM ICKER, Ohemist, 235, Strarid, next door to Temple Bar, 'rondo!) in Boxes, Is. ly. each. • awe ' . 1110 . d a ~,Sold also by, Pit IfiiTLEY and Ros-rs and NIGHTINGALE, Lord- BUT', R, Castle-street ; Fisnan and MAYNA RD , Bold -4103 tu 7.gieet; A "S,VINA I,L, St. James -street; BARNETT. Edgehill; „a sau ,t4 s tstijr. Great George-place; Jon NSO N, Chisrai-street; 044 - Dale-street, ;id BRADFottn, grid Elainarket, Liver pool; SHERLOCK, St. Helen's; GARstnE.. Ot•rn-kirk ; 11 IMP SRI', Lancaster; ScowcnoFT, Bolton; WA L 5. Wigau ; THISTLETHWAITE. Warrinwton ; BAXTER, Piescot; BoWNIAN, Southport; and Warn and M A wsoN, Runcorn where like wise can h e procured DICKER'S AROMATIC 'ESSENCE. an instant relief for_the Tooth Ache, in Bottles Is. lid. each. Enottrantz .Woticro. TO THE PUBLIC. ir WE AND FIRE.INSURANCE RATES REDUCED 'ILI :10 PER CENT. PER ANNUM, being a Saving to the Pubiic of £500,000 pei Annum - • . FOR EXAM PLE. LIFE ASSURANCE RATES. 20 to 25 to 30 to 35 35 to 38 to 45 to 50 Premium lEI 11!£1 15 I I:2' 01£261£210 I £2 15 I £35 • LIFE ANNUITY RATES For every £lOO sunk with this Company ; immediate-Annuities will bo granted according-to the following Scale, viz. : Age 30 to 40 to 45 to 50 50 to 55 to 60 60 to 65 70 £8 0•0 I £8 10 I£9 0I £9 101 £lO 10 I £l2 10 I £l5 10 per Cent. per Ct. I per Ct. per et per Ct. per Ct. per Ct. FIRE INSURANCE RATES. Common Insurance s. d. Private Houses and Shops (not hazardous).... 1 0 per Ceut. Hazardous Double Hazardous 3 6 INDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY, FOIL FIRE, LIVES, AND ANNUITIES. Opposite the Bazaar. BAKER-STREET, I'ORTMAN-SQUARE, LONDON. ON EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES ! ! ! ESTABLISHED UNDER ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. mANAGERS. James Alexander, Esq. Thomas Knowles, Esq. George Anderson, Esq. H. R. Pei kins, Esq. Thomas Bedford, Esq. - Thomas Price, Esq. James Drummond, Esq. William Reid. Esq. Samuel Eyre, Esq. Edward W. Taylor, Esq. Robert Ferguson; Esq. John Wilson, Esq. Thomas Hope, Esq. Wm. W hittaker, Esq. Resident Secretary—Mr. William Hole. Bithers-13ank of England. A FIRE-PROOF DEPOSITORY Having been constructed at this Establisliwent,.Books of Ac . count, Bonds, .Deeds, Leases, Written Securities of every description, awl Family Plate Chests, may be securely deposited therein, and'free access had thereto during Office Flours, from Ten till. Four o'clock of Subscription way be kuo%Nn un applicatioa at the Office. AGENTS LIVERPOOL, Mr. CALVERLEY HUISH. Ashton-tinder-Lyne,•Messr‘s. Whitford and I'attinsun. Beverley, Mr. Abu/. Sunderland. Blackburn, Mr. James Hopwood, Printer. Chorley, Messrs. Nlorce and. Clayton, Lancaster, Mr. J. Taylor, Land Agent-and SurVeyor. Manchester, Mr. Cornelius Wood, Solicitor, King -street. Salford, Mr. Thomas Main, Mount Pleasant Spate. S Mr. Miles Myers. • Preston Mr. Henry Biackhurst, Solicitor: Rochdale, Mr. G. Howorth, 98, Drake street. .. 1. BENEFITS. . :Ti. PREMIUMS. Toi secure, on Secured, on attaining the age of the ?Annuity£lo 0 f! Fifty by an Annual Prez/lint - 1r of attaining ; ~ , eash.... p B ii 0 £2 fs. . , e of 1 ills , t h e opt i on of - Policy —261 1 (1 Age A try i Payable Payable next '' • ' next Payable in for bio)i Al mnit y Cash. P ol i cy . brth annually. ono '' Dis. day. day.l . • Sum. parity. ----t -- X. s. d. .f: R. d. £ s. d. I X. s. 41. X. s. 41., £. s. d. 20 10 12, 6 136 12 0214 15 0 20 . 2. 8 0 41 1 0 , 0 0 0 25 714 8 99 8 01155 6 0 25 3 7 151 15 0' 14 1 9 30 5 8 1 69 19. 0 1 ,1 , -9 19 0 10 415 7 "s 5 7 4 3! lq 0 ~............................ Secured, on attaining the age of ttse";,utri.7. l 1 , !:.. 3 t- f ' ,A.nnuity 10 0 0 Fifty-five, by an Annual l'remi- Fifty-five e " Cash —ll3 5 0 theop um of £2 12s. •Policy 16e 6'6 • . tion of X. s. d £. s. d. .C. s. d. X. s. d. .C. s. d. X. s. d_ 20 16 16 6 19) 11 0 269. 15 0 20 111 0. 27 511 0 0 0 30 9 011 102 8 0 145 0 0 30 217 7 43 15 3 20 410 40 4 4 3 47 14 0 67 11 0 40 6 3 5 70 17 5 53 2 6 on at- Secured, on attaining the age of To secure, Annuitylo 0 0 the any of Sixty, by an Annual Premium tanning. '-' • Cash —97 15 0 . ctlxty, the option • , of £2 12s. , i Polley 1-o 15 6 of 20 2 : 1 ; 1 8 1 . 4 d. 2f9 . 1 8 1 . d 0 34 'C fi . I s s (1 0 . 20 0 1'. 18 s il d. 'e ll ; S i 7(1. E. s o ( 0 1 . 30 15 4 9 148 19 0 191 13 0 30 .1 14 2 27 15 0 12 8 3 40 712 1 74 17 0 ~t l6 6 0 40 3 711 45 lO 3 32 17 5 -'' —m.— "' CO secure, on at- Secured, on attaining the age of hi • ) • f Annuity 10 00 Sixty-five. by an Annial 'Pre_ .!. Ini g. t T a g e ,.. o . Cash ..>il. 10 0 mium of £2 12s. - - Sixth-fave, the P01 i cy..97 • 8 6 option or • £. a. it. £. s. d. £. s d. £. s. d. X. s. d.£. s. d. 20 47 16 6 394 11 0 166 0 0 20 010 11 10 010 0 0 0 30 26 15 10 121 0 0261 0 0 30 019 6 16 7 1 •7-3 11 40 13 19 9 115 8 . 0 135 6 0 ' 40 , 1 17 3 27 3 11 , 19 4.10 • F. FERGUSON CANIROUX, Sec. LIVERPOOL-] JAMES IRV Physicia TINE, A s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 010 11 10 010 0 0 0 019 6 16 7 1 • 7 -3 11 1 17 3 27 3 11 , 19 4.10 :AMROUX, Sec. . W. SQUIRES, M. D. 45, South Castle-street. FUR.:NIITURE PASTE, for Cleaning and Polishing Furni ture without labour or trouble. Prepared and gold only by J. PRIESTLEY , CHEMIST and DitucGtsz, 61, Lord-street, Liverpool. Sold in Pots, One Shilling each. PRIESTLEY'S METALLIC LUSTRE.—This article is recommended fur cleaning all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Tea pots,Pewter Measures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on doors, Tin Covers, &c, The above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the metal. Sold inSqt2ares, at 6d,andls. each. . . VEGETABLE HAIR OIL, for invigorating and renovat ing the human HAIR. It eradicates the scurf, nourishes the hair,'prevents its falling off; produces a most beautiful curl, and gives to artificial hair a peculiar softness of texture, and luxur iant appearance. Sold in Bottles, at Is. 3d. and 3s. each. DEFERRED ANNUITIES NATIONAL LOAN so l= , LIFE ASSURANCE CAPITAL £500,000. PATRON, HIS. GRACE THE DUKE OF SOMERStT, F.R.S. DIRECTORS, T. LA MIE MEI:I:AY, Esq., Cfralfthan. Col. Sir Barges Caniac,K.C.S. Luugley, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq. C. Farehrother, Esq., Aid. John Rawson, Esq. 11. Gorann, Esq. - I* Joseph Thompson, Esq. Robert Hollond, Elep NEP., Auditch , -Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. Physiciau-=J.:Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. Surgeont. S. Svmes, Esq.. 38, 11111-street, Berkelev-square. "Actuary—W. S. B. Woothouse, Esq , Bankers = Messrs. Wright and C0.,5, lienrietta•street, Covent- garden - . : - Standing Court3el—W. 71114 ou rn e James, Eq., Stone•build- inus, Lincoln's Inn. Solicitors-Messrs. Webber and Bland, 43, Bedford-row. Secretary Ferguson earnroux, Esq. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. I. Amongst the several remedies proposed to mitigate or di minish the burthen of poor-laws, none has hitherto been brought forward or adopted that would either induce or afford facilities to the able-bodied members of society, to be responsible for their own support. 11. In a state of employment and health every one may be assumed capable of self-support; competition has. no doubt, reduced the rewards of labour to the standard of existence,, rendering it the inure necessary that the smallest surplus, over exigencies, should be carefully - husbanded, in order that, by the best facilities given to economy and theapplication of means to ends, it may be rendered capable of supplying the deficiencies, caused by want of employment, sickness, the several casualties of life, and by old age. Over the frequent fluctuations in the quantity of employment, the employed have no controul ; and, as the causa is not dependent on fixed laws, but most frequently on the contingencies which affect the quantity of money, their duration or occurrence cannot be submitted to calculation—at any rate the remedy is beyond their reach. The laves of sick ness have been sufficiently ascertained, for fixing a provision apportioned to the value of a given contribution; but although such a provision is not to be overlooked, it is of trifling impor tance compared to the hardships resulting from want of employ ment, and uriprovided old age. Want of employ went, sickness, and old age, may fairly be classed under one head, viz., a state of non-productiveness. To those, therefore, who solely depend , on their labour, which is seldom too highly rethuneraterkit must . be a matter of importance, out of their earnings when emPloyed, to provide for every period of non-productiveness, from which ever of the foregoing causes it may arise. Ili. The two institutions open to the productive classes, are S:mvings' Banks and Benefit Societies, whose natare,and . scOpe, when examined, will be found to offer but a very imperfect remedy :igainst the evil, being institutions wherein the limited meairs'o'f this class are mkt least made applicable to their several ends. . . 'Saving? Banks are of unquestionable utility, but. they afford no contingent future advantage, and, besides, the suns that can be hoarded is incommensurate with the wants of the middle, productive classes. Benefit Societies propose to offer provision in sickness and old age; but their construction will be found imperfect. and their plan the least profitable application of the tneans of econoiny. 1. Because sickness itself is not a calamity of equal probable duration to the fluctuations in the quantal y.of employment and other casualties, and misfortune, agalirst which they offer no protection. 4,.. Because, out of .a given means, the -sum laid aside fur sickness must diminish the provision for old age. 3. Because many must contribute to the sick fund who never become chargeable upon it, and the value of such contri butions is lost to themselves and familits. 4. Because sickness, being a state of .non-productiveness, must necessarily be included in any protection against such an occurrence. _ . _ IV.- VariouS observations have been made on the duration of sickness, amongst the industrious classes, from an early period of life until. its close. Those most in use are—the sickness amongst the Benefit Societies in Scotland, given by the High-. land Society ; the sickness amongst the labourers in the East .India Company's Service;—the sickness amongst persons em ployed in Cotton, Silk, Wool, Flax, in the Potteries, by the 'Factory Commissioners ;—and the sickness amongst the Eng lish Benefit Societies, from returns made to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. These results, , though varied-, show how inconsid amount of Sickness during that period of life,- betw of 20 and 65, when each individual is more Mimed on his own resources—they are as for lerable is the een the ages iately thrown lows : SPLENDID AND SUPERIOR FOREIGN .AND • • BRITISH SHAWLS CLEANED OR DYED .' AT VIE GLOUCESTER-STREET DYE-HOUSE. - 1 - 21EORGE scum anxiors to evince his gratitude. avails ‘3l himself of this opportunity, by respectfully offering his sig. cere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Liverpool and its vicinity, as well as to his numerous and particular friends, for the extensile and increasing patronage experienced by him, for the last nine years; since the opening of his establishment. Silks, Satins, Velvets, Crapes, presses, Cloaks, Veils, Rib bons, and Handkerchiefs of every description, cleaned or dyed. Moreens, Damasks, cleaned, dyed, or watered. Chintz and Furniture Prints, Sofa and Chair Covers, Carri age Linings, &c. cleaned and glazed. Carpets and Druggets cleaned. Gentlemen's Clothes and Mackintosh Coats cleaned or dyed. Country orders executed with the greatest punctuality. AN APPRENTICE WANTED. Liverpool, May 1, 1838. Y M E s S o n B a R I 1 8 v consulted PE R R r a o n m d Nine in the SURGEONS,Morni g m till ay h 'l l en pe a r t - Nitrht, and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at No. 23, SLATER-STREET, near Duke•street, Liverpool, (private entrance first door up the passa. , e ;) No. 2, Bale street, LoWer Mosley-street, near to St. Peter's Church, Man Chester, and N 0.4, Great Charles-street, Birmingham: of whom may be had (gratis) with each box of pills their Treatise on Venereal Disease, Gonorrhoea, (fleets, and Stricture, 'in cluding Practical Observations on Seminal Weakness, arising from early abuses, so that all persons can obtain an immediate Cure, with ease, secrecy, and safety. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the Ve nereal Disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con stitution. and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face, WA body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin hones, till at length a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. PERRY'S PURIFY ING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. Dd. and I 1 s. per box, a certain, 3.re, and the most. speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and effectual cure of venereal diseases,—gonorrhoea,' gleets, strictures, seminal weakness, in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel, lumbago, local debility, irritation'of the bladder or urethra, and other diseases of the urinary passages, frequently performing a perfect cure in the short space of three days, by one small pill for a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. The certainty with which they are continually administered can be,attested by many thousands. r ine Specific Pills root out every particle of insidious noison, purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the differ ent functions of the body, expelling the grosser humours. and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and unequalled powers. They neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery. They require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete core, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Specific Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventative, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. Messrs. PERRY, Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indis criminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all. plea sures. In that distressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequeatce of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause, by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known for the certain and effectual remedy of secondary symptoms, venereal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, scorbutic and glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. These Pills are worthy a place in the cabinets of masters and captains of ships, the more so, as they will keep good in all climates any length of time. Letters frcnn the country, post-paid, containing a remittance for medicine, will he immediately answered. 23, SLATER-STREET, NEA la DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Class of Persons. Highland Societies' return East India Company's labourers Factory Commissioners — Cotton Wool, Yorkshire Ditto, West of England' Flax, Yorkshire - Silk Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 11) to 65 20 to 65 21 to 61 21 to 61 21 to 61 21 to 61 21 to 61 120 to 651 Average amount of Sickness. Months. Days 16 4 9 0 7 27 10 29 8' - 1S 9. ' 1 11 4 18 21 Average yrly Sickness in the period. Days. 11 6 1-15 Thus, it appears that the highest expectation of sickness, amongst males., is twelve sod a half days, and the lowest six days, in each year from the age of twenty to sixty-five; its mean duration, inclusive of accidents of alt kinds, would be nine and a. quarter days, during which, from these causes, an individual may expect to be abstracted froth productive employ ment throughout a period of forty-five years: while, it may be observed, his religious observation of the seventh day, in which he " shall do no work," has diminished his productiveness, by its recurrence in the same period, six years and 156 days. • V. From the foregoing facts it must be obvious that provision in sickness,. or a Health Assurance by means of a separate con tribution, is necessary, more particularly as such separate con tribution must tend to waste the resources out 'of which the in dustrious classes have to provide for the future. It also in effect throws the burthen of the permanently sick on one class ex sivelv, instead of society at large - ; who are thus called on for an act of benevolence, while they are scarce able to do jus tice,to-AluaAdaims of their own families. Besides this, trOloom pensation. is given out of the contribution for a provision in sick ness and old - age to the families of those who never teach the age of 65, .though death should happen immediately preceding it ; and, if an assumed hypothesis is correct, that sickness be fore death . is ,not more than five weeeks, and taking bed-lying pay at Ills. per week, it will not unfrequentiv happen the only return a man may obtain as a long and steady contributor. to a Benefit Society, will not exceed 505., a sum scarcely equal to one year's payment at a shilling per week, while by his death be leaves.his family entirely unprovided for. VI. It is to remedy these defects. inherent in the constitution of Benefit Societies, that the National Loan Fund Life As -surance society proposes to submit a plan of Deferred Annuities on a new principle, which will not only atTimrd a more ample provision for old age,' and protection against sickness and mis fortune—but in addition, the means, at all times, of putting his energies in motion, and in the event of premature death, a bet ter protection to his family. The plans proposed will embody several essential objects:- 1. To secure an increased provision for old age nut of a given saving, by applying it exclusively to the purchase of a Deferred Annuity.' 2. To render the purchase of a protection in sickness unne cessary, by enabling the purchaser ,w a Deferred An nuity to withdraw or borrow two-thirds of his previous payments. 3, By the use of two-thirds of all his payments when required; to limit Misfortune and want of employment, and extend the power of poductiveness by an increasieg' command, in each year, of capital, so that, while providing fur mid age, ear h successive contribution renders him more se .. cure against present Misfortune. 4 To afford, at time age at which the Deferred Annuity would commence, without reference to his then state of health, the option_ of receiving, instead of his Annuity, its value in money, according to t value fixed on the contract, or a larger sum payable at his den h. 5. In the event of death before the age at which he would be entitled to his Deferred Annuity, to return two-thirds of his payments to his family [or such fixed Life Assurance! as n o sy be settled on the contract.] 6. In all such cases where the power of productiveness fails, either from disease or accident, to enable the assured on equal terms to convert his Deferred Annuity into a pre sent Annuity. Vll. Not vvithstaMling-the obvious and tnanifold advantages of this plan over every other hitherto proposed, for scenting present an► - future competence to the . incitistrUnis polotlation. still more stsikito vantiwes wiii he exhibited by contrastiry its prospective provision for old age with that offered by Benefit Societies. T his arises from the uou-abstraction of a given sum for a separate benefit in sickness, which protection, by the oper— ation of the Loan Fund on the Deferred Annuity, is not only more ample, but other misfortunes are proVided against, which if calculated, and a separate contribution male for each, whose d'uratiou equals that of sickness, the- purchase of llern would TH fl, LiVERPOOI entirely fibs,iff the means - of 'providing- for old sucha system must tend to discourage peofinctivcness, and afford no protection to a - family in the e.vent alireniature death The object this plan embraces is f o-open tacilities to the efforts. of. self-sUpport, to stimulate the independence of one class above the forced benevolence of another, while, it recommends itself to the latter by diminishing 'the burthen of Poor-laws, which has been at all times irksome, disturbing the harmony and-fo menting the mutual distrusts of societies. • The following is a comparison of the bet from the contribution of ls..per week paid int, or to purchase a Deferred Annuity from the N nefits to be derived 0 a Benefit Society, ational Loan Fund S;wiety:— Age 20. Annuity Cash. Policy Sickness. Loan. Death. £ s. £ s. s. National T.oan ) • Fund. Defer- 1 red Annuities. 47 16 394 11 466 0 2-3ds of 2-3ds of 2-3ds of Option of Beue- paynluts. paymnts. payments fits at 65 received. Benefit Soiceties 2G 0 Nil. Nil. allow- Nil. Nil. ditto ' ances in National Loan sickness Fund. Option 27 11 269 111316 15 2-3ds of 12-3ds of 2-3ds of of Benefits, at the pay- the pay- payments 60. It is not alone to the industrious classes this plan, of Deferred Annuities will be found efficient, in securing an ample compe- tency for old age; but also to that impuitant class of the com munity who derive their income from a combination of capital and personal labour. To this class, the Savings' Banks dp not afford a sufficiently profitable investment.; and, indeed, the framework of such institutions as have been designed for the more humble classes, has not been made, to suit their wants or consult their interests, and there exists no institution, at pre sent, to which they can resort, that. would at the same time fos ter their industry, —secure to them a competency in old age— and protect them against the varied casualties of life. The Tables of Deferred Annuities have been constructed with a view to exhibit the benefits that may be secured by the small est effort of frugality, and to suit the eircUinstances conve 7 ; nience of all classes. The object of -Tables No. 1 is to show the option of benefits the payment of Is. per week, or £2 12s. per epnum, will secure at the,period of attaining the age of 5O 50, 60, or 65. The Tables No. 11. show the Annual Premiums required to secure the option of given benetitsit i thw : ages,—the sum re quired at each age to be,paid down a't telp,r to purchase them,— itud:also the sum,at any.age to be Npcl: as disparity, so as to enable the ,purcbaser instead of payingAe premium at his own age, to pay that set down. for the age,y 2,), and, by this mean enabling the owner of a little,savinglo torn it to the best ac count. The societv w ill , mOreOyer, tAceive all this sum by in T ._ stahnents, and two-thirds of !he amount paid may, at Any be :withdrawn on deposit of the policy, and iu the event of death before the stipulated age, two-thirds of the payment will 'be returned to the family. LATE THOMAS 'WOOLFIELD'S. W. B. PHOMOLI. /IV) PREVENT ALL MISTAKES, anti at the same time, reply to a question so frequently asked in his Establishment whe ther his predecessor, Thomas Woolfield, has any interest in a concern which it is attempted to establish opposite to him under a similar name, considers it a duty he owes to his friend ship and esteem to state that THOMAS WOOLFIELD is no longer interested in any business whatsoever, still less in one which would be so contrary to his principles of right towards his SUc cessor._ W.-B. P. avails himself of the opportunity to offer his best thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, for the support that has been so liberally continued- to him during the past year ; and he begs to assure his patrons that, encoura , ed by their favour, he will at all times strive to deserve anil increase it, by a prompt attention to their commands, and likewise by keeping up the choice selection and manufacture of his goods, which, as is now universa/ly..known, are of the very best quality and workmanship.: 71 to 74, Church-street, ctiljsining the Postoffice, • Febritary 18th 1838. • - JACK'S COFFEE-HOUSE.,: - . • • ' ROTEL AND TAVERN. SHYNN, anxious •to evince his gratitude, avails trim /./ . self of this opportunity, by respectfully offering his thanks to the Gentry of Liverpool and its vicinity, as well as to his numerous and particular Friends, for the extensive and in creasing patronage experienced by him since he first, • opened this Establishment. . • , lie _bees leave to announce his Engagement of an eminent and excelling Artist, from London, with efficient attendants to ma►lage the culinary department; and, consequently, 'rusts that the epicure, and even the most fastidiously delicate will luxuriate on the various viands which may be placed before He has added considerably to the capacity of his cellars, and has pleasure in alluding to the extensive Stock of RARE and DELICIOUS WINES, which cannot fail in meriting the es teem of even the most refined connoisseurs, and which, in re gard to quality and flavour. and economy of price, cannot be surpassed by any Stock, public or private, in the Kingdom. He has *pleasure, also, in courting attention to the superi ority and peculiar quality of his Spirits and Malt Liquors, and is proud of the advantage which may be derived, particularly by Private Families who may purchase of this Stock, as he is pre pared to sell at the Lowest Wholesale Price. R. A. BALDWIN, UMBRELLA AND PARASOL MANUFACTURER, 31, BOLD-STREET, (UNDER DR. THOM'S CHAPEL.) 11) A. BALDWlNrespectfully announces to the Ladies of 11-• Liverpool, and its inhabitants in general, his Return from London; where he has selected an elegant assortment of SILK and other MA'T'ERIALS connected with the PARA SOL Department, comprisino two essentials, that of being really fashionable, and of novel invention, in almost every shade and figure. The greatest novelty iu the Carriage Parasol will lie found on inspection such as to award some credit to the InVenter, being so contrived as to occupy the compass of a common' Pocket Telescopb: Parasols re-covered and altered to the prevailing fashion. Repairs - neafly execujed. • R. A. B.'s Stock of fashionable Gig, Pones, Ladies, and Gritlemen's Riding W HlYSsvifl be found, both in price and quality, unequalled in or out of London. N.B.—A large and most varietrassortment of richly mounted OPERA CANES and WALKING STICKS. Charges strictly moderate. • 'I EI Y.'SURGEO-N-DNTIST, froth the of LE DRAY & CO.. London. SCURVY IN THE GUMS•EFFECTUAELY EMOVED ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED, WITHOUT WIHR3, , SPIIIINGS,OR CLASPS. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED. AND PILLING DECAYED TEETH WITH ,MINERAL MAIIMORATUM. - MONS. LE DRAY & C0.,-Surgeon-Dentist, • respectfully i‘ifcirm the nobility, gentry, and inhabitants of Liverpool and i ts vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment nermaneotly ; i t No. 33, SEEL-STREET, eight : doors from berry -street. l'hef continue to fill up the cavities of decayed teeth with the Mineral Martnoratum, without the least pain, heat, or pressure, it is placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard ; preventing unit curing the tooth-ache, ar r3sting, all further ptogress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction unnecessary. The mineral not only converts a mere shell into a sound and useful tooth, but by completely stopping up the cavity prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of the breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth. Among the various disorders of the teeth awl gums,- there is none more destructive in their effects, or more generally pre valent than scurvy. and it is well known that the loss of teeth arises more from this cause than any other, It affects 'indivi duals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is the primary cause of tooth ache and decay; to those so affected Mons. Le Dray & Co. have to inform them, that they can effectually re move this destructive complaint by a single application without the slightest pain. • Artificial and natural teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed front one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, answering all the pur poses of mastication and articulation, remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wear er with the greatest facility.—at the following Paris charges : A single Artificial Tooth • £0 10 0 A complete Set • A complete Set of. Natural Teeth on fine gold plate l5 0 0 An entire Set of Natural or 'Ferro Me • • tallie Teeth, high)) , finished, iu the first- - • style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged Forty Guineas 0 Loose teeth listened, arising • 20 0' either from age, disease, ormer. curs, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied. Artificial teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth, and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original state. Attend ance from nine till seven , and on Sundays front nine till two. No. 38, Seel-street, Eight Doors from Berry-streei, Liverpool. STANDARD ck \ \ TH E-ROYAL; LIVERPOOL ENLARGEMENT OF THE • I LZV Va? 00 a= KA. N i,) A 77t, • The Opera of NIN ETTA having been received on the first and f 'WE Publisher or the " LIVER POOL S FAN DA 0," ; second representations with the most enthusiastic approbation, in returning. thanks to Ins numerous Friends and the I will he repeated To-MORROW (WeillleS4l,ty) EVENING. Public for the very distinguished patrona g e lie has hitherto SECOND WEEK OF MR. AND MRS. WOOD, the enjoyed, begs to announce that it is his inteoi ion to EN LA EGE celebrated Vocalists, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden the Paper, to the extent of .SI X COLUMNS on each day of and-Drury-lane. pUblieation from the FIRST WEEK IN JUNE next ensuin4. Jilt. MARTYN, priociparßass Singer for several Seasons at Au extended Prospectus will shortly be issued, explaining the . the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and various ImproveMents Which it is intended to make, both in the MIL CLEMENT - WHITE, of the Theatres-Royal Edinburgh Political, Literary, and Mercantile Departments of the LIVER- ! • and Bath. POOL STANDARD.' - I The NEW COMIC- PANTOMIME, which continues to be St. George's Crescent, April 28, 1838: • received throughout with reiterated shouts of laughter and applause, will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. ti 1S present TUESDAY, May 1, 1838, -will be performed with the original Music, composed by Bellini, and adapted to English words by Bishop, the whole of the Italian Opera called NEW HOSIERY, GLOVE, AND LACE WAREHOUSE, 63, LORD-STREET. MHE Subscribers, with deference, announce that they have A OPENED the above extensive Premises, in the HO- SIERY, GLOVE, LACE, and GENTLEME'N'S LINEN TRADE, with a Stock of the most select, fashionable, and commanding character : and they trust, the general conduct and system of business which they propose steadily to pursue, will be found ►worthy the approbation, and support of the Public. Thev;therefore, respectfully solicit the earlieit patronage of their Friends and the Public at large. THOMAS GRIERSON and CO., 6:3, LOItD-STREET. LA SONNA MBULA. Amina Mrs. WOOD. Elvino Mr: WOOD.' Count ROdOlpho..Mr.G. Horncastle. Alessio..Mr. Martyn. Liza.. Mrs. W. H. Bland. Annette.. Miss Grant. After which, fot the twelfth. time, the New Comic Pantomime, called t HARLEQUIN IN SICILY, or JACK &LANTERN. AND TOR PIANO-FORTE AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE, 16. BOLD-STREET. B. PALMER respectfully calls the attention of his 41 y • Friends and the Public to his present elegant and varied Assortment of PIANO-FORTES, selected from the Manu facturers of the most eminent London Makers, which he is ena bled to sell at as low irrices as any I - louse in the Trade. Anv in strument purchased:of J. B. P., if not approved of, will be exchanged any time within twelve monthS. Several Secorid-hand Harps, Nicholson's Flutes, and Piano fortosoh Sale, at very low prices. A large quantity of Music at HAXF PiricE.Merchants, Captains, Schools, and Professors stipplied on the most liberal terms. NEW MUSIC. THE KEEL ROW QUADRILLES. - first pnldished, a SECOND EDITION of these HIGHLY POPULAR QUADRILLES. - In the Press and will speedily be published, NEW TIA 1,1,A " HOPE SHALL.WHISPER HAPPY DAYS," . By ..lAmEs SToNErroust, Author of the the Weids 'of the Li verpool Beef Steak ClUlr Prize Glee; "Smiling Mirth," Kirrg Fatherland," &y....Musi - c:by \Vsi. SHEPHERD. FIEND OF THE VOLCANO! TO-MORROW EVENING, the English version of Rossini's Italian Opera of LA GAZZA LAURA, under the title of NINE'FTA ; OR, TOE MAID OF PALAISEAU. The IVlusic adapted to the English by Bishop. . . Ninetta Mrs. Wood. I Adolphe - Mr. Wood, As originally performed by them at the Theatre-Royal,. Covent-garden. La Roche Mr. Martyu. I Michel Mercour, Mr. Chaplin. Bertrand Mr. Clement Willie. Delaude Mr. G. llorneastle. Blaisot Mr. Baker. I Petit Jacques M I'S W.H.Bland. Madelon lNli:,s Grant. BROUGHAM INSTITUTE, LAWTON-STREET.. (11111 E ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL, with which will be incorporated a MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT. will he held in the Institute, (entrance to the Arcade from Bold= street.) on , THousnAy.evening.next, the llMay. -Refreshments on the Table at Si x", precisely. Tickets Is. each, to be had every evening at the Institute. On SALE, Examiner, and Londou Times daily, at half-price: To be LET, cheap, a ROOM fora Workshop. (One concern.) TUESDAY 11901:1V1.1VG. MAY 1, 1838. The Publication or the STANDARD commenced this pawn ing at 5 o'clock. KINGSTON, JAMAICA.—We have received Kingston papers arrived in Liverpool this day, per Charlotte from Jamaica, up to the 12th March, inclusive. They du not contain any matters of importance orinterest. PoSTOFFICE REFORM. —We have .in anothe r co l umn riven a brief report of the meeting held on Friday l as t in favour of P o stoffice Reform. As we expected, we find that men of all shades of political opinion cordially con cur% in their views on this important subject. Against yrch a general concurrence of public;' opinion it will be imivain for G o vernment or the Postoffice authorities to contend much longer. A sweeping reform of the whole system must speedily take place, and we do not suppose that 'much difficulty will be found in providing a scheme which, while it is of equal benefit to the revenue, will be productive of incalculable good to the community at large. Among the greatest of the evils which an equalization of the rates of postage will contribute to remove is, un doubtedly, the flagrant and almost universal evasion of the impost to which the present high rates of postage have given Ilse. We eonfe.ss that we have been. not a little astonished at the extent to which evasion has been carried. From the evidence produced before the Post oflice Committee we learn that it is a general practice to send letters by the various carriers between one town and another, as well as by the steam-packets which ply between one part of the kingdom and another, and that ru numbe► : s far exceeding those conveyed by the • d. A 1 • Of course, the motive in el cry ease is cheapness. One t,itness stated that he knew tueicantile and manufactur-, ing houses which sent cirt olars in a clandestine manner to the number of 30, 40, and 50 daily throughout the year. From this it must be obv ions that the revenue suffers an incalculable loss by the habitual evasion of the postage. ,It is equally evident that, if the' rate of post age were reduced to one penny, no temptation would offer to induce parties to avoid the impost. It'would be impossible to procure the delivery of letters for less than a penny, whilit the greater certainty of safe delivery by the Postotlice would cause every one to.give preference to that medjutn, rather than trust a common carrier , With respect to the plan for carrying on the:business of the Postoffice under an improved system it i:trot ne cessary for us to say much. The public are already in possession of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, which appears to us, under certain mgdifications, to be the most feasible that has been yet suggested. Its simplicity is its chief recommendation. According to his plan all letters will be, in fact, post. paid before they are put into the Post , office at all. The distinctive mark upon the paper will frank it to any distance. The tedious proceSs of stamp ing and marking letters %yin be avoided, arid the thne oc cupied in delivery *sill be considerably abridged, as the carriers will not be under the necessity of waiting for payment, as they do at present, in nine cases out of ten. As, however, the present revenue from the Postoffice can only be sustained by an increase to the extent of six or seven times the present number of letters, it must follow that a proportionate augmentation of clerks, sorters, &c. must take place in the various departments of the Postoffice. Nor must we forget that the convey ance of the mails will be somewhat more expensive than' at present. But the increased expenditure, we are cony fident, will be found to be much less than might, at first sight, be apprehended. Much time is at present con sumed in stamping the letters, as well as in marking,the postage. The saving which Mr. Rowland Hill's plan would effect in the time of the Postoffice clerks would alrhost of itself suffice for the extra labour of sorting. Then as to the increased cost of conveyance, it is a well known fact that by far the larger share of expense is at , present caused by the great number of newspapers which pass through the Postoffice, and that the proportion in curred on account of the unfranked letters is, in reality, little more than a tenth of the whole. It is, therefore, obvious that an immense increase in the number of let ters would cause very little difference in the expence of transit: The question of Postoffice Reform is one . of urgent necessity. There cannot, therefore, be any cause why the Chancellor of the Exchequer should hesitate about the introduction of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, not as s temporary experiment, but as a practical and permanent substitute for the present system. We think that the evidence brought before the committee proves to demon stration the fuility of apprehending any decrease in the revenue, especially as that evidence is so distinctly cor roborated by the eminent mercantile men who have at variousiublic meetings given utterance to their opinions on the Mbject. We are glad to find that the press generally advocates this important reform. It is much better ; surely, to deat with such practical grievances, with a view to their re moval, than to be tinkering our unrivalled constitution" And deluding the public, as our radical contemporaries are wont to do, with profitless ventilations on universal suffrage and vote by ballot. NEWSPAPER' STAMPS.—A parliamentary return has just been published,. showing the numbel of newspaper stamps issued during the year.,prior to the reduction Of the stamp duty, and for the year and six month since the reduction took place. The return (which we subjoin) also gives the number of newspapers published and •the amount of duty paid for stamps, in the years ending Sep tember 15, 1836 and 1837, and the half-year ending March 15, 1838, distinguishing the .number of stamps issued to, and the amount of duty paid by, the London, English provincial, Irish, and Scottish newspapers re spectively. The following are the details : YEAH. ENDING SEPT. 15, 1836. "'":" 1 - London Newspapers. 19,241, 640 256,556 0' 0 ' p N er o s "..o . f . i:ew 7 s l papers. Suops.issd. _Ana l:. ti,eio4y : 3:5 English Provincial ditto 194 8,5 ,396 113,804 16 0 Scotch ditto 54 '2,654,438 35,392 10 2 Irish .... ditto 78 5,144 ; 382 37,525 2 0' 397 35,576,050 443,278 8 2- YEAR ENDING SEPT. 15, 1837. Linewspapers. Stinps. issd. Amt. duty. £. a. P. London Newspapers.... 85, ' 29,172,797 121,553 6 5' English Provincial ditto 237 , 14,996,113 62,483 16 1 Scotch ditto 65 4,123.330 17,180 10 10' Irish ditto 71 5,203,967 16,263 311 --- ~ 458 53,496 207 217,480 17 ' HALF•YEAR ENDING MARCH 15, 1838. No. of newspapers. Stuips.issd. Amt. duty- L. s• l'' London Newspapers.... 86 14,438,550 60,160 13 0 English Provincial ditto 223 7.366,812 30,695 38; Scotch ditto 66 2,216,400 9,235 t) „,, Irish ditto 62 2,620,187 8,197 8 `' - ; 437 • 26,641,979 108;288: tk 11. The above table presents some curious -results. It was: confidently predicted, when the question was agitated in Parliament, that the loss sustained by ' the reduction et the stamp duty would be Imre than compeniated for .by the increase which would take place i n th e c i rcu l a tion of favourite newspapers. •We recollect that this Was aar gument in the mouths of the cheap knowledge .patritits• What has been the result ?' The reduction of the stamp duty came into operation on the 15th of September. 183 ( 1 During the last year of the old regime, the total number of newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland was 397, • The revenue arising from this source amounted to £443,278 for the year. In the following year, ending Sept. 15, 1837, being the fir,tat year after the reduction took place, the increase in the number of journals was , London, 14; English Provincial, 43; Scottish, ll :-- - a ll increase of about a-fifth in each class. Instead of an in" crease in the Irish journals, we find that they were ac' tually diminished by eleven. e diminution in. the re venue was more than one half, . tear's duty amounting 4 13 only to £217,480. On the 15th of March last xe find that the Lonat° journals were increased by 1 ; the English Provincial diminished by 14; the Scottish increased by 1 i and the Irish still further diminished by 9; making - a total de crease for Ireland, since the reduction of the duty, of 16 journals, or 'nearly one-fifth of the whole: This gre at ' diminution may be accounted for in various vraY• In the first place, it should be remembered that while the reduction of the duty in England and Scotland was from threepence one-fifth o f a p enny, t he reductio n in Irelanuk was only about lid., the duty on Irish newspapers h av,- , . ing been for mer ly 2d, an d b e i ng now 1, 2 ,d. The effect' c ' f the reductio n was , t h erefore, to equalise the e • English and I r i s h newspapers, and, in consequenc e, to, introduce a f ar greater number of English neWsP aPers' into Ireland t h an i n previous years, under the old s Y s ; tem. Thi s su b st i tut i on of E ngl i sh for Ir i s h pape rs un is , have very materially affected the circulation of 'the lat ter. H ence we find that, while the increase in the n nw s her of stamp s issued•.to the English and Scottish p a p er., for th e y ear ending September 15, 1837, was—L°" ° n 9,931,157; En g li s h P r ovi nc ial, 6,460,717 i . Scot tish, 1,468,892; the increas e i n th e cirotilation of the Irish ' - pr ice ci. papers was only 59,585. d The total increase in the number oflourzaals eu e r the new measure is 40, a much smaller proportion tha n the . _ as, advocates of the reduction included in their calcu lati ° On the increase of the circulation we find the following sensible remarks in the ScoVish Guardian;—' pot ~ The increase in the support of existing journals doe s suit 0 _ , amount to anything like what was expected to the reduction. Including the stamps issued to the new I s which which have been curitinued, mid. the mushroom 10u,137 were. have been suppressed, the whole stamps issued in I ud tli° 53,426,207, being only 1740,151 more than in 1E 36 ; 5 .,.. / .. returns for the first half of the current year indicate a contute. _. able falling-off in this number. T -A Was anticipated from a_e b t : reduction of the ttamp-duty that the number 01 l'ew s f r : abe, be the .rueo oaf: would be greatly increasad; in Ireland and the addition to the number in England and c aned n perfectly trivial compared to ;he'expectatioas eaterta.ine.drears_i of e'l'ects of the measure. It was anticipated that the tuL dutib u ied circulation should be trebled at least; it is not nettrelYwo..id ja It was anticipated that the deficiency in the revenue " circulation 0 some measut e be compensated by the increased chnellor ( the journals; the deficiency ;.s enormous, and the . Ch i s ' 4°l ? I..iw Ex.chcquer has published the tact at this particular , they are on the deian . FIN,A.L CLOSE ON SATURDAY, MAY the STH—POSI- TIVELY the•LAST WEEK of the pANORAMA of JERUSALEM, and CAPTAIN ROSS'S VOYAGES, in the Large Room, Queen's Arms, Castle street.—Entrance from Cook-street. Mr. LAIDLAW, in saying farewell to the inhabitants of LiVerpool, begi to tender his sincere regards to those who have throughout so ably supported his exhibition; and it will give him great pleasure to return, at some future period, with what eVer novelty may in the meantime present - itself. Day exhibition punctually at one. In the evening at seven and halr past eight o'clock. Boxes Is., Gallery 6d. Book and Plate 6d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ALLEGED FELONY.—James M'Connell and another man, who was subsequently discharged, were on Friday placed at the bar under the following circumstances:—Robert Nixon, a book-keeper, stated that he had been at the Amphitheatre or the night of the 19th December last. He was somewhat in liquor when he came out, and, as he was passing, Stebbing's public-house, he was knocked down, but he could tell how Qr by whom , and rendered insensible. On th e fol no morn ing he found himself in Duncan-street bridewell, where he had been put for safety—was taken before a Magistrate, and of course discharged; but on going for his property to bridewell, he found that his watch was missing. lie had it safe in his fob when heJeft the Amphitheatre. Information of the robbery, and a description of the watch, (which was a silver lever, worth five or six guineas,) was communicated to the commissioner. On the 2801 December he was sent for to the shop of , Mr. Jones, pawn-broker, Gerard -street, and on going, found that the watch han been pledged there. Samuel Latchford, an assistant of Mr. Jones's, deposed that the prisoner, M'Oonnell,liad, on the 20th December. pledged the watch at his master's for £3, say ing that it was his own.—On Thursday, the other prisoner went to the pawnbroker's to redeem the watch, and a police-officer having been sent for, he obtained such information as led to the capture of M'Connell. The prisoner called evidence to prove that he had purchased the watch. The first witness, a disorderly girl; deposed that she had sold a silver watch to the prisoner for El, about a week after Christmas: It had been left in her custody by a sailor, and she had stipulated that the prisoner was to return it when the owner came back to claim it ! Ano ther female witness then presented herself. Alagistrate— " What are you ?" Witness—" lam his (M:Connell's) wife." Magistrate—" Stand down, then," The.wituess finding that her conjugal relationship formed a bar to the reception of her evidence, exclaimed, " Oh I am not his wife, but I live with him. Ido not pass for his wife, because every one knows that lam not.' Her evidence was then taken, which was in sub stance similar to that of the previous witness: she affirmed that the watch was sold to her quasi spouse about a week after Christmas, and pawned: a slay or two after the purchas e .— M'Connell was committed to take his trial. ATTEMPTED D R OWNING.—EIIen Gallagher, a poor, sickly looking young woman , was, on Friday, brought b e f ore M r. Hall, charge& with having attempted to drown herself in the canal on the preceding day. Dr. Lambert stated, that about half-past eleven o'clock on Thursday, a police-officer knocked at his dour, an aid that a woman had thrown herself into the canal, and recliNsted his assistance. He (Dr.L.) went to a ' house In Chisenhale-street, where he found the prisoner in a state of exhaustion, and almost-dead; hut by the application of proper remedies she was restored. She had afterwards several heavy fits. He left her, however, in a state of convalescence. About five o'clock the woman wished to return home, but the circumstances of the case were such that he had deemed it ad visable to lay the matter before Mr. Hall. He had understood that she went out with a determination to throw herself into the canal, Flockhart, one of the constables said, that the prisoner lived with her mother, in a cellar, betwixt Atherton-street and Finns-lane, and that they were very poor. 1)r. Lambert said he believed the WoaDill had got wanted to a seaman, and that her mother was dissatisfied with the m atch. The mother of the prisoner was here brought forward. Mr. Hall, you don't care much about your daughter. Mother.—l care too much about her. .She said she went to be married on .Easter-Monday, but she was not married. I went to the place where she was sleep ing, and demanded her out of bed. .Parkinson, the hi idewell, keeper, said that the mother kept a disorderly house. Flock hart said he knew the woman, and she had known him, hour his boyhood, and he never knew her to be a disorderly woman, though, he believed, she look a drop of drink. due of the officers, however, gave a quite different account of the house and mentioned some proceedings he had seen, which confirmed Parkinson's statement. Mr. Hall said he would speak to Mr. Evans about the prisoner. She was then remanded. LIVER THEATRE,•CEIURCH-STREET. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON.- FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. JOHN FOGG, BOX 1300K-K,EEPER. cN PRIDAY next; theAth ufr.Ml4, tliV,vening's Enter ir tainaieuts will coannence with AMBROSE GWINETT; Or, a Sea-side Story. In the course of the Evening Mr. RAYMOND Will speak an OCCASION-AL ADDRESS. Messrs. BROWN, KING, and GLBSO'N will Dance the THREE JIM Caows. To which will be added, the laugliale Farce, called THE IRISH Dr. frfoole Mr. Raymond, In which he will sing " Saint Patrick was a Gintleman." IPressrs. BROWN, KING, and GIBSON will Dance the celebrated MORRIS DANCE, As performed by them upwards of b,:Hundred Nights in the successful Drama of ROGER DE COVER LEY. To Conclude with a Drama of intense interest, entitled A MAIDEN'S FAME; Or,_ a Legend of Lisbon. " GOD SAVE TH E QUEEN !" will be Sung by the whole of the Company. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr. JOHN Focc, at the Box-office, from Eleven tat Three. Duors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. fiIHOMAS ATKINS respectfully informs the Inhabitants A. of Liverpool and its vicinity, that the present Season commences - THIS-DAY (Tuesday,) May Ist, when the Sub scriptions may be renewed at the Gardens, at Mr. Grapel's and the Newspaper Offices as usual. He takes this opportunity of again returning thanks to his Friends for their liberality, and particularly to the Captains of Vessels coming into this port, who, with few exceptions, have proved the interest they feel in the Establishment, by their very handsome and liberal presents of living Animals, Plants, &c. The Menagerie is much improved since the commencement of last season, particularly in the Carnivora; and, he is happy in being able to say, he has th.e finest and most extensive collection of that class in the kingdom. Mr. Dansun, the artist who designed and executed the repre sentation of Mount Vesuvius at the Surrey zoological Gardens, is engaged, and is now in a forward state of preparation with a fac-simile Exhibition on the same grand scale and plan. Two thousand square yards of ground are preparing to be inundated with water, and, when completed, will form the Bay of Naples, which, together with a view of that City, its Fort, - Lighthouse, and extensive range of Mountains, adjoining Vesuvius, (the situation being admirably adapted for the purpose,) will form the most magnificent and imposing scene, and will, it is hoped, prove as attractive as its predecessor at the Surrey Gardens : for on no previous occasion have so many persons been known to assemble to witness any public sight in the metropolis as on this. The interest it excited has induced the proprietor to continue it a second season In compliance with the wishes of a large portion of the inhabitants whose occupations pieveut them from attend ing the Gardens on week days, the proprietor has come to the resolution to admit the Pluir.ic ON SUNDAYS, after Three o'Clock. Tickets of Admission to be obtained, exclusively, at the Derby, the new Hotel recently erected, adjoining the Gar dens, upon and after SUNDAY, the 13th of May. - Zoological Gardens, April 291 h, 1838'. CONCERT. TEMPLARS'-HALL. TUFADAME FILIPOWICZ, the celebrated Violinist, begs 11'.1. respectfully to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liverpool, that her CONCERT will take place at the TEMPLARS'-HALL, on MONDAY next, May 7th. A Pro eramme of the Performances will be expressed in the. Bills of the day. Tickets may be had at all the Music Shops in Liver pool. 'rickets for the Body, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. 6d. TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we have received from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leave to tender our grateful acknowledgments, we have come to the resolution TO ENLARGE THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX AD DITIONAL COLUMNS Hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great p?4.ss of advertisements with which we have been fa voured. We have often, also, been forced to the alter native of materially curtailing our reports as well as our editorial remarks, on the same account. The pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater share of such intelligence as may be generally useful, and to extend our reports of the various public meet ings, 4c., which may be held in thweighhourhood, as well as to present to our readers ass of amusing and instructive extracts from modern publications, which latter we intend to make a prominent feature in the STANDARD. It will also afford us great pleasure to avail ourselves of the opportunity which the contemplated enlargement of the STANDARD will give us for adv oca ti ng more f u ll y those conservative principles for which we have uni formly contended. The extended patronage which we enjoy shall operate as a stimulus to increased zeal and energy in defence of that glorious cause to which : we feel an ardent attachment—the cause of the Monarchy, the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain, • We are happy to anwe that arrangeme n t s are i n progress for considerably increasing the number of agents for the sale of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our circulation, an advantage which we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our advertising friends. We also flatter ourselves that the great increase of matter which the STANDARD will contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad ditional support from the conservative public in Liverpool. • The proposed enlargement will take place in THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, after which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD Will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADDITIONAL MAT TER PER WEEK, without any increase of price. 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