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.sft Feb. 23, 1547. Co be :•;toib. b Ett. PUBLIC-HOUSE AND SPIRIT VAULT. 'or P ec istT erg A 4 ,t nl - tr ng ° J AI. ,4 ve`irei , ise ne6 rd e ti I.lsaCt'illetf TO be SOLD, within 200 Yards of the Exchange, 1,437 Yards of LAND, with the BUILDINGS thereon . erected. This Property has a frontage to three streets of about 108 yards, and, though underlet the is over '5OO per annum. AbOut 1,000 yards of nd is Freehold, and the remainder Leasehold for t mainder of a term of 1000 years. For particulars a o OCTAVIUS WATERHOUSE, Estate agent, 10, Exchange-street East. LIENTLEMEN on the look out for SITES for ,„.\J VILLAS are respectfully invited to apply to Om WATERHOUSE, 10, Exchange-street East, who is instructed to offer for SALE, a PLOT of LAND, o s of the Mersey, About three miles south of the , and commanding beauti ful views of the River, eshire Coast, the Dingle, and other attractive oh' n both sides of the Mersey. APARTMENTS. A GrNTLEMAN requiring permanent APART MENTS,, can be acccmmo a mall respectable Family, where there are 'nei odgers nor Children. Terms moderate.—Applicati e made through the Standard. 1 - I NE or Two YOUNG GENTLEMEN may be V accommodated with BOARD and LODGING, in a re spectable Family, at EDGE-H itt, on nable terms, where every attention will be paid to th mfort. Respectable re ference will be _given and r • . Address M. M., ST an-office. TO be LET, near the CENTRAL Dobx, a large and lofty REGISTERED SHED ; also, a CELLAR and WAREHOUSE ROOMS, from ss. to 20s. reek. Apply to ROGER FISHER and Co. otte-place, Salthouse Dock. TO be LET, a W2CitEHOUSE, suitable for General Merchandise, with Double Entrance, fronting a yard on the east side of hancelot's-hey, and entrant o fronting a yard on the south side of Fazakerley- , now in the occu pation of Messrs. Green and Ta , who will show the same. Apply to ROBERT W 'nion-buildings, North John street. 'PUBLIC MEETINGS, DINNER PARTIES, CONCERTS, SOIREES, &c. T HE PORTICO, NEWING TON , having been recently J. altered, the Gallery being enlarged and the Entrance im proved and embellished, is now to be LE or the above pur poses, on reasonable terms. Th ral situation of . the " Portico," and the improv s it has lately undergone, render it decidedly the moat edgible and select Public Room in the town. Apply to GRIERSON and SMITH, Estate Agents, 12, New ington. TO be LET, a g ood DWELLING-HOUSE, in DINGLE-TERRACE, SOUTH-HILL, containing Four Bed rooms, a Bath-room, Drawing-room, Two Parlours, Two Kit chens, Scullery, and Two good W osetg. Either the whole or any part of the FUII.N E may be had at a valua-. tion. For particulars apply on the Premises ; or to Mr. JOSEPH HARRISON, Ironmonger, St. James's-place, or Mr. WILLIAMS, Ranelagh-street. --- TO be LET, in one of the first situations in Liver pool for business, a well fitted-u 'PIRIT VAULT, and a good PUBLIC-HOUSE. It s nothing but attention to insure a competency in a f ears. Rent moderate. Good will and Fixtures about For particulars 'ap y to Boors and CLAnx, 53, Castle street, (principals only.) BOOTLE. T° be LET, FURNISHED, for the Bathing Season, a HOUSE, situate in the front of the Shore, containing large Parlour, Dining-room, Kitchen, Scullery, with fresh water ,P.llnp, and Pantry, on the Ground Floo • rfaring , with soft :ater ; Garden back and front; ood Bed-rooms and At e ; or the House (a most a le one) will be Let perma ae!ltly, the Furniture to alien at a valuation. . f 6"tdress 10, Lower II ersey View, Bootle, or to G., Standard , ce. DESIRABLE COUNTRY RESIDENCE. TO be LET, by PRIVATE TREATY, for such Term of Years as may be agreed upon, DITTON LODGE, in the township of Ditton, in the county of Lancaster, late itythe oc cupation of Francis Little, Esq., together with the Stables, Coach -house, Cow-house, Barn, and other Outbuildings ; Gardens, Green-house, wn, Shrubberies, and Ornamental Plantations thereto belonging. Also an excellent COTTAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, andabout Ten statute Acres of -ex cellent Arable and Grass LAND contiguo to the House. • DI r 1 LODGE is a suitable Resi e fora genteel Family, being situated in a pleasant, rums, and respectable dis trict. It is distant two mi rom Runcorn, six miles from Prescot, eight miles fro arrington, eleven miles from Li verpool, and four fro he Rainhill Station on the Liverpool and Manchester way, and commands extensive and de lightful views of the River Mersey, and the Cheshire Hills. The House contains Dining and Draw ing-room s,• of handsome Proportions, on the ground floor, together with the usual Do mestic Offices; and on the first floor there is a cheerful and airy Morning-room, with four Bed-rooms and Dressing-rooms, and there are two good Servants'-rconis over the Laundry. V'-e, whole House is Cellared under, and is well supplied with `":• The Gardens are well stocked with choice Flowers, Plants, Shrubs, and wall and standard Fruit Trees. The House, Outbuildings, Lawn, and Gardens, may be taken w ithout the Cottage, Barn, and Land, if required. The Premises may be viewed on application to CHARLES ALCOCE, at the Lodge; and for further particulars, and to 'treat, apply to Mr. BIRCHALL, Solicitor, Preston. Preston, February Bth, 1847. PERTH-Y-TERFYN, A COTTAGE RESIDENCE, On the Borders of the cheap Market Town of Holywell, North Wales, 910 be LET, FURNISHED, for a term of years, or otherwise, with about Twelve Acres of LAND. Perth-y-Terfyn is a very pretty and genteel Cottage Resi dence, and the country round about is beautifully undulated. The Lawn and Shrubberies command views of the Estuary of ,the River Dee, with the villages on its banks. From the heiglva above are to be seen the Mersey, with its Shipping, the Signal Stations, and the town of Liverpool, &c. Holyweil has a daily communication " of by coach and the Mostyn steam-boat. Tw idon rnai s pass every day, and a Railway-station on Holyhead line will be open in the course of the prese miner. -- To a Family with C • ren Perth-y-Terfyn would be a great desideratum, as alks in the Shrubberies are so arranged that they are drY - in half an hour after a day's rain. Perth-y-Terryn Cottage has a Dining-room, Drawing-room, and Breakfast-room, with Six Bedrooms, an excellent Walled Garden, and Greenhouse, together with Coach-house, Stabling, and Cowhouse. The Cottage is approached by a Carriage drive and LOdge entrance. The incoming Tenantcan have the option of taking. the Fur niture at a valuation. The Premises may be viewed, by per mission of the present Tenants, (the representatives of the late Crockford, Esq.,) who will give possession at Lady Day. For particulars apply to Messrs. INoRAM and CLARKE, Pitt street, Liverpool ; Mr.' JOHN KNOWLES, jun., Manchester . - 2 - rr. THOMAS OLDFIELD, Solicitor, Farm, near Abergele, and IL. RICHARD BoWYER, Red Lion Inn, Holy - well. urnsnnected with the above,.but having a separate entrance, w a - 1 ." 8 PPICES, capable of being converted into use in various UNRIVALLED STEEL-PEN INK. TARLING'S METALLIC INK flo with remark able freedom from Steel Pens," • ensely black, and will retain its colour for centuries. Man u f actured by H. J. LiNn and Sold, Wholesale, by PARSONS, FLETCHER, CO., PrilltinS Ink Manufacturers, B read -street, Lond . May he had in Liverpool, of Ross and NIGHTINGALE ; and H. TAYLOR, Stationers. 'Observe that the Bignature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. • Q ERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy. 1.3 against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout Sciatica and Lum "Jag°. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 1, Lo -vell's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, London; and by all Venders of Medicitte. Price 2s. 9d. per dottle. Amongst many which are being daily received are the follow :drig testimonials:— " 14, Belmont-place, Wandsworth -road, Oct. 28, 1844. SIR, I feel in duty bound to acknowledge, th, after suffer ac te pains from Sciatica . , or severe Rhe atic affecti on i n joint, and being deprived of rest was persuaded to trY, .votir embrocation, and have the • • sure tosai i li a a n t after ajr_ three applications I was restored • a y usual health thougi{two years have passed, ave no r e turn of the disorder. , am, Sir, gratefully yours EDWARD NOYES. Well-street, Cripplegate. 81 R,--1 have been sev: .1 weeks conlined.to my bed by Gout a-t al Rheumatism, tot • part from my head to my. feet free from la, and as helples s an infant : not even a finger could a. In this un easant situation I was informed by my me . 'ilal attendant Ife ad applied all - the usual remedies, and that Flct remain months in my deplorable situation. ~gave- ` aonately your remedy was ina%le known to I might 'ati6,,4en to this day confined to my bed. After aclose appli.. 'l ) ,'A of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis -44 , S C; in a week I was capable of walking. about my room, eis f ,' ) /' another week's perseverance is the use of your Medi ' hi t - W ." enat4ed to leave Loodon. Fearful of another attack, tis,all please to send six bottles.—l :am, Sir, your obedient t, D. W. STONE. 4. Paternoster-row. ,13: 811, ,—IIavitig been informed of lite surpnsing cure ot . Mr. lay l in t . L es, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so . severely afflicted ccabTunatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that lie was , e 0 t'lled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his :4,olitting any violence, and whose. case was considered en .l3,ciell, hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, ond .to Ag Batisfied of the truth of my informaticu,. encouraged pe lits; :festr ,ke a trial of your most invaluable MeWcine, entertaining h opes of success, havinc...been many years so severe a suf •Tes,;,and tried many said abet olie very valuabLe remedies. lam d5,.,-. 4 1 , Py in being To add my testimony of the benefit Derf,,„ ‘ ",edi after a few days' application the use.of my limbs are a„d; restored, and I ara now able to attend jay business, l ife 'rug' an allowance for my age, never was better in my 'at e 0 those, however severely 'afflicted and hopeless their have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial, ', 1 ,00 ) ;' quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine. .1 8 a great' blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to tl,an,;`,oo deprived, none feels it so severely. as the trades ,„"og ',_alechanic as iegenerally causes loss of business, and I:,.:ake% - i';!n frimilies. I . shall at all times feel it my duty to "t Thy '_anown to those afflicted, t evince how grateful I am storatien, and am, Sir, you o rs truly, 00 0 GEORGE Po LLA R. v e? 20, 1844. oft e O S tOnishing success which has crowned the application t aXeC "tetra! Medic nee in the most hopeless and deplorable ey e , L'when the nhay suerer had despaied of eer gaining othertaa least relie n pp f, and this after the ablest r advice v and every " at tei itr„ o e ana had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the flik' l f the afflicted. .;_etai, excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat l'ayeT with the least danger or inconvenience, and hundreds arist il x P er ienced its happy and salutary effects since it was istt4t minced. • ) at e the properties of this invaluable Specific that per g tinder the most distressing Rheumatism, Rhea ‘Nsti, °Rt, and Lumbago, end rendered thereby_ incapable •f • S o l d f. Themselves, have been relieved in . a few hours. 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There are hundreds of persons who, in the midst of plenty, are harrassed and annoyed by an endless variety of anomalous and painful feelings, which embitter existenc _render life a daily misery, and convert even social ende ents into sources of irritation and pique. Such are solicited to read the ab e Pamphlet. In it they will perceive the necessity for an e advantazes of immediate recourse to the treatment, san nedily expenence and by the testimonials of the cured. Will be sent to any add s, post paid, on receipt of two stamps. TERMS.—The means Cure can be sent to all parts of the world, with full dire ons, and the patient cured at home, or more expeditionsly .by a temporary residence in London. The only charge made is the averaged cost price of the means of Cure—One Guinea per week. Respectable but poor persons pay 6nly half of the averaged cost price—Half a Guinea per week. TESTIMONIALS OF THE PUBLIC PRESS, " There are no diseases which have more puzzled the faculty than nervous complaints and insanity. Doctors have both been unable to account for them and to prescribe any means of cure. This darkness has, however, been cleared away by the clever author of the above pamphlet, in which he explains his theory of cure in a very rational manner, and we feel certain 'that it will induce many to apply to Mr. Adams for his able assistance."—The Chronicle, Dec., 1846. " We . cordially. recommend all nervous • persons to submit . their cases to the skill of. Mr.. Adams, the author of a pamphlet on Mind or Nervous Complaints and Insanity."—Farmer's Journal, July, 1846.. " A most useful and important pamphlet."—London Mer cantile Journal, Sept,. 1846. "We recommend Mr. Adams to those of-our readers who are • nervous, and wish to be cured."—Bedford Times, Oct 1846. APAMPHLET "PaRtINOTGIRIETT. ESTDISCOVERY theofAaGnEisr'e'r(vsoaiyiss Coroloe;feßnEt,litlr "that the BRAIN Complaints." This was l before is thes f ea t made by Dr. Willis Moseley, (of University,)Cambridnei Gall, and on his successful treatment of.tfiese complaints, ith cases, testimonials, &c., and will frank it to every p a d i d n r t e s js w i f a stamp is enclosed to 18, Bloomsbury-street, Bedford-square, London. And if 16 stamps are sent, he will return the sth edition of Iris large work, 12 CHAPTERS on the CURE. of NERVOUS or MIND COMPLAINTS, with a Chap on Self-management. This work is declared by Profes Savage, Surgeon, to be the best book we have on Nervousn s. At home from 11-to 3. This GREAT ANATOMIC . DISCOVERY was followed by his second great discovery The means of removing all Ner vous or Mental Disease. y these discoveries he cured himself of a deep-rooted Nervo omplaint of 14 years duration. And, as 38 years ago nobo • could cure these complaints, or can now, but himself, h as f0r,30 years cured them fro= benevo lence rather than gain ; and, out of 1-1,000 nobles, nobleses, M.P.'s, admirals, generals, barristers, clergymen, physicians, surgeons, tradesmen &c. & c., he knows not 20 uncured who have followed his advice. All therefore may now apply per sonally, or by letter, with more confidence of a cure than of tooth ache, and especially of mental depression, debility and exhaustion, delusions, blood to the head, vertigo, groundless fear, failure of memory, incapacity for study, business, &c., inquietude, wretchedness, indecision, melancholy, thoughtS of self-destruction, involuntary blushing, blasphemous thoughts, sleeplessness, &c. Insanity can be cured with almost equal certainty. "THE GREATEST BENEFIT MAN CAN -.BESTOW ON MAN IS TO EASE AND HEAL HIS DISTRESSED MIND." This has been the delightful employment of the Rev. Dr. -Willis Mosely for 30 years ;. and among the thousands he has cured of Nervousness, he with pleasure names a late Member of Parliament, who after having 30 physicians in'vain for five years, avowed his cure, and presented the Doctor with a check of £2.50, and a niece of the late Lord Hill, who had been ner vous,3o years, Sir J. B—, the wife of Capt. S—d, Sir David L—, Mr. B—, of Luton. NI iss J—, of Dublin, and Lady Hart. land after Marsh, Crampton, Esquerol, "and Penel tried six years in vain ; Admiral P—, Plymouth, Red. W. P. and Rev. 1)—, rector of —, Rev. J—, curate of —, Yorkshire ; J. V., Esq., barrister, Mrs. D., Stockton-on-Tees, &c. &c. On appli cation, addresses can be obtained, and reference given, and every statement borne out by facts. Terms :—Means of cure sent to all parts. A majority arc cured in six weeks. The extra means of cure are used here. Particulars in the Pamphlet. NORTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY.. (3fEETING ACCELERATED ; ) THE SHAREHOLDERS in thisOMPANY resi dent in Liverpool and the Neighbi frhood are requested to MEET at the Office of the undersyy ed, No. 1, Dale-street, Tti is DA • Tucsday, (as it is jute. ed to hold a Meeting in Manchester 4)n To-mounow, Wed sday, at the Palatine Hotel, to follow the Manchester and I eds,) the 23(1 instant, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, to ke into consideration the pro priety of nominating New l rectors, and a Gentlemen to re present them by their Pr, les at I.lie next Ordinary or Half yearly Meeting, .to be London, on the 27th instant. 13y req neat, J. LAWRENCE BUTLER. N. 11.-- - 21 hose parties Who cannot attend this Meeting are re speCtfully requested to furnish their Proxies (duly stamped) to the above Address not later than THIS DAY, ti,s they must be lodged with the Secretary forty-eight hours before the Meeting in London takes place, • WANTED. a LAUNDRESS; fully competent for the Situation, and for which fair terms will be given. Apply at the STANDARII2,OOr6e. Liverpool, 22d FebriefT, 1847. WANTED, in the locality of Tranmere, a neatly FURNISHED COTTVB:- N.B.—A small Garden ed would be preferred. Apply by letter, addressed F. Y., at the STANDARD OFFICE. PATTERN WEIGHING MACHINE FOR COALS. 9111 E MARKETS COMMITTEE of the COUNCIL L of the BOROUGIf of MANCHESTER are prepared to RECEIVE SAMPLES of PORTABLE MACHINES, of the description best calculated for use by Parties Retailing Coals in Carts within the Borough of Mane r, and propose to select from the Patterns which may ent, one or more Machines;. and to require all Parties ing Coals by Retail in the streets to use a Weighing ine of the description approved of. Makers are therefore requested to forward Patterns to the Town-hall, in King-street, on or before the :15th day of March next, and to state the price at which their Machines can be supplied to the Retailers of Coals.—By Order, JOS. HERON, Town-clerk. Town-hall, February 9th, 1847. TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. rroHE Guardians of the West Derby. Union are de sirous of APPOINTING TWO MEDICAL OFFICERS, viz., one for the Municipal Division of the Township of WEST DERBY, who will su the Poor t —with Medicines and Attendance, and perfo the es of Vaccinator. Salary, Thirty Guineas per annum i ls. 6d for each case of Vaccina tion, and the extra Fees scr by the Poor-Law Commis sioners. The other the Distil f LITHERLAND, com prising the several ownships of Lithettand, Lunt, Nethertdn, Orrell and Ford, Sefton and Thornton. Salary, £lO per annum, with the Extra Fees allowed by the Poor-Law Commis sioners, but exclusive of Vaccination. The Officers appointed will be required to reside within their respective districts. The requisite qualifications may be known on application to the Clerk of the Union. Applications to be sent on or before TUESDAY next, the 2nd of March, addressed to. WILLIAM CLEAVER, Clerk to the West Derby Union, 17, Clayton-square, Liverpool. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. THE Directors of this Company are ready t o rece i ve TENDERS for tOANS, on Debenture Bonds, for Sums of not less than .e5OO, for a period of Three Years, at the rate of 43 per Cent., payable at the Terms of Martinmas and Whitstin day, by the undermentioned Bankers: — LONDON Messrs. WILLI 57 - DEACON, and Co., Birchen- e. LIVERPOOL Messrs ,EYLAND and EULLINS. EDINBURGH CI OF GLASGOW BANN. By or rof the Board, ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Secretary. 8, Abercrombv-place, Edinburgh, 21st Map, 1846. Contrarts. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NORTHERN DIVISION. TO IRONFOUNDERS. rpHE Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS I. for the CONSTRUCTION of a CAST-IRON VIADUCT, to carry Hotham-street over the Passenger Station of the Company, Lime-street, Liverpool. The Castings will consist of Girders and Columns, weighing he whole about 430 Tons. Plans and Specifications of e Works may be seen on and after MONDAY next, the 2 nstant, by application to EDWA RD Woons, Esq., at the ompany's Office, Edge-hill, where Printed Forms of Te er may . be obtained ; and no proposals can be accepted which are not in the prescribed form. Sealed Tenders are to be addressed to the undersigned, and left at the Company's Office, Lime-street, Liverpool, on or before MONDAY, the Bth of March next By order of the Committee of Works, (Signed) HENRY BOOTH. Railway Office, Lime-street, Liverpool, 16th February, 1847. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NORTHERN DIVISION. TO CONTRACTORS FOR MASONRY EARTHWORK. THE Directors will be glad to receive TENDERS for the EXECUTION of the WORKS of the intended RAILWAY from HUYTON (on the Liverpool and Manchester Line) to WARRINGTON, about eleven miles. Plans and Specifications (with further particulars) may be seen on application to JOSEPH Lo , sq., 11, Adam-street, Adelphi, London. Sealed Tenders, in a fo atisfactory to Mr. LOCKE, ad dressed to the undersigns ust be delivered at the Company's Office, Lime-street, Liv 01, on or before TUESDAY, the 23d of March. By order of the Committee of Works, (Signed) HENRY BOOTH. Lime-street, Liverpool, 16th Feb., 1847. THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. MHE Directors of this Railway Company will meet, 1 in their Office here, on SATURDAY, the 13th March next, to receive TENDERS for' the EXECUTION of the WHOLE WORKS on the following portions of this Line : L—From near Rack's Village, about five miles south of Dum fries, to Drumshinnock, north of Thornhill, being a distance of about 21 miles, and divided into two or more Contracts. IL—From south of Dalpeddar to the town of Sanquhar, being a distance of about four miles. _ The Plans, Sections, and Specificatio with Drafts of th Contracts, will be seen here on er riday, th e 26th F ee bruary. The Assistant Engi r will be at Gibb's Inn- Sanquhar, on the morning* o uesday, the 2d March, at Nin,e o'clock, to go along the of Works, to point out the same to Contractors. Forms of Tenders nd Detailed Estimates, May be obtained on application here; and Tenders in any other form will not be attended to. Sealed Tenders, addressed to WILLIAM LoozE, Esq., 98, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, and marked on the outside "Tender for the Works," must be delivered here, on or before Ten o'clock of the Forenoon of the 13th March; and each Tender must state the names of two or more responsible Parties willing to become Security for the due performance of the Contract. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest offer. By orders of the Directors, WILLIAM LOGIE, Secretary. Glasaow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Chambers, 98, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, 13th Feb., 1817. HAYDOCK LODGE, ASHTON, NEAR WARRINGTON. it," "hart— THE INSANE.—ADDITIO ACCOMMODA- I TION has been made in t ' beautiful, salubrious, and comfortable Residence. The are now VACANCIES for Two Ladies and One Gentlema , in detached rooms, with separate service; for Three Ladi and fOr Two Gentlemen of the First Class, and for Five P. cents in the Second and Third Classes. GRIFFITH JONES, Secretary. IMPERIAL LOAN . AND INVESTMENT COMPANY, (LATE 28, GLOUCESTER-STREET,) REMOVEI? TO DORAN'S-LANE, LORD-STREET, LIVERPO . AITKEN, Secretary. ADVANCES made by this pany, to any extent, on good personal or other available urity. DEPOSITS received on entures, for which Interest at Five per Cent. will be paid. LIVERPOOL TRADESMAN'S LOAN COMPANY. Registered under '7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. - T HE Directors of the above Company beg most respectfully 'to inform the Public, that they are NOW PREPARED TO MA DVANCES, in Sums from .4'20 to 4'500, on .oyed Personal or Colla teral Securities. Application to be made to WARD ROB Secretary. Commerce-court, Lor -street. ST. PETER'S SCOTCH CHURCH, SCOTLAND-ROAD. THE Sub-Committee appointed for building the above Church having completed their labours, and ob tained a .conveyance of the Land upon which the Church is built, the Deed for which is enrolled according to law, we beg to inform you that a Meeting of the Committee appointed by the Subscribers was held on the 13th February instant, at which it was resolved, that the Undersigned, being the parties in whom the Property is now vested as Trus hould give notice to the Subscribers, by Circular Let an d by Advertisements in the Newspapers, that, unless ev (the Trustees) are reim bursed all the outlay and exile es which they have incurred in the payment for the Land • erection of the Buildings, with other charges connectc erewith, on or before the ist day of 1. .7 :l il t; vet, therefore, ee t r , me they feonrte; Rill teed to a S a l e o f the Property, ei e r by Public Auction o P r i va t e T reaty, for the purpose of their dive you notice, that we intend to carry out the said Resolution by a Sale of the said Church and Premises unless repaid our advances as stated. A. C. DUNLOP. JOSEPH ROBINSON. Liverpool, 17M Feb HUGH MATHESON. ruary,lB47. JAMES ADAM. BIRKENHEAD (COMMISSIONERS') DOCKS. THE COMMISSIONERS of the BIRKENHE!,D DOCKS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on or before the sth. day of April. next. the first portio...of the said DOCKS. WILL BE OPENED FOR BUSINE' . Shipping frequentin' these Doc will be sublNt. to Tonnage Dues only, the Acts of Parliai . A not authorising the Com missioners to levy any Rates on Goods. Fall prrticulars as to t Rates. Rules, and Regulations' of the said Docks will sho be issued; and, in the meantime, information may be on application to Mr. RICHARD HIND, at the Commissioners' Offices, Argyle-street, Birkenhead. JOSH. MALLABY, Clerk to-the said Commissioners. • Dock-47(e, .Birkenhead, 7th Jan„ 1847. NOTICE TO MARINERS. T,OCH RYAN LIG-HTHousE. THE COMMISSIONERS of the NORTHERN LIGHT HOUSES, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the BEACON - erected in the year 1843 upon CAIRN RY POINT, within Loch Ryan, in the County of Wip,town,h een converted into a LIGHTHOUSE, the Light of which w be exhibited on the night of •the 3d of March, 1847, and ev y night thereafter, from Sunset to Sunrise. ' The Light is chiefly inteude( o open up the anchorage of Loch Ryan. The following is a speciticati of the Lighthouse, and the ap pearance of the Light, b Ir. ALLAN STEVENSOII, Engineer to the Commissioners • 'LOCH RYAN LION ' OUSE is situated upon CAIRN. RYAN POINT, on the East Shore of the Loch, in N. rat. 54 deg. 58 min. 28 sec., and W. Long. 5 deg. I min. 47 sec: The Light will be known to Mariners as :I FINED LIGHT of the natural appearance. The Lantern, which is open from S. by W. kw. round to N. E. in a westerly direction, is elevated 30 feet above the level of the Sea; and the LIGHT will be. seen at the distance of 10 Miles, and at lesser distances, according to the state of the Atmosphere. • And the COMMISSIGNERM HEREBY FURTHER GIVE NOTICE, that, by virtue of .a warrant from the Qtitmic iH COUNCIL, dated 19th December, 1E46, the following T o ll s w i ll be levied i n respect of this Light, viz.: — For every . British Vessel, the same not belonging . to Iler Ma jesty, or being navigated wholly in Ballast, and for every Fo reign Vessel . privileged to enter the Ports of the United King dom, on paying the same Duties as British Vessels, which shall Pass or derive benefit from the.said Light; that i.s, which shall arrive at or depart from any Port or Place within Loch Ryan : If the same shall not exceed 50 Tons Burthen 6d. And if the same exceed 50 Tons for each additional 50 Tons, or part of 50 Tons, a like Toll of 6(1. :dad Double the Said respective Tolls for every Foreign VeSsel sailing as aforesaid, not privileged as aforesaid. By order of the Board. (Signed) . ALEX. CLTNINGOAM, Secretary. sdlrilotr i gh, lft Februarp, 1847. LIVERPOOL CHARITABLE SOCIETY. FOR VISITING AND RELIEVING THE POOR AT THEIR OWN DWELLINGS. THE Treasurer desires to acknowledge the following additional Contributions: • .s. d. William Nixon, Esq... Charles Worthington q George Langtry, F Lawrence Frost, •sq_ 5 0 0 William Peak, jun., Esq Wm. Cooke, Esq ............................ 3 0 0 DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY, OFFICE, 4, QUEEN-SQUARE. T HE Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following Additional Donations : .W. s. d. J. P. Brandreth, Esq. Joseph Ridgway, Eso The plisses Myers, Mount-pleasant lO 10 0 The Misses Yates, Farmfield lO 0 0 William Peek, jun., Esq P. W. Brancker, Esq., Wavertree Miss Thornley Lawrence Frost,Esq 5 0. 0 William Myers, jun., Es Isaac Harrison, Esq. John Fletcher, Esq t. Michael's, (second donation) 5 0 0 Mrs. Thornton (second donation). Matthew Crozier, Esq Messrs. Jeffries and Darcev Mrs. Cochrane. Mrs. H. Randles. Miss Barton, Percy-street 1 0 0 Mr. George laker 1 0 0 A Female Servant Mrs. Hughes, Clanghton Subscription after Dinner Mr. Anderson , One bag of Rice. --- - - - -- --- - -- - - Q ÜBSCRIPTIONS IN LIVERPOOL for the DES- K./ TITUTE INHABITANTS of the HIGHLANDS and ISLANDS of SCOTLAND. -..e a. d. Amount already advertised 4397 0 1 R. and H. Anderson Collected In small Weekly contributions, per Miss M‘Bryde. Caledonian Free School M‘Tear, Hadfield, and Thompson 5 0 0 William Alexander W. H. Lott 1 0 0 Subscribed and Collecte ' y the Boys in St. George's Presbyte - Day School, Nelson street, per Mr. dner, teacher .. - 1 19 7 AB Z - - 1 1 6 James Mui M. A. E. Kirby, Moorside 1 0 0 William Lindsey Cbaloner and Fleming Williams, Parks, and Co.. 2O 6 0 William Atherton 5 0 0 W. M. Duncan Further Subscriptions will be received by any Member of the Committee. at the Bars of the Exchange, the Underwriters'- room, the Athenaeum, and the Lyceum, and by the Treasurer and Secretary, CHARLES M'IVER, Esq., Secretary, JOHN CLOW, Esq., Treasurer. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. ESTABLISHED ANNO DOMINI 1778. REV. JONATHAN BROOKES, A.M., President. WALTER F. MACGREGOOR, Esq., Vice-President of the North Dispensary. , CHARLES BOOTH, Esq., lice-President of the South Dispensary. GEORGE GREEN HORN RY, Esq., Treasurer. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly solicited to enable the COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES to meet the present urgent demands upon them for relief. The attention of the Public is particularly called . to the extensive number of Poor Persons relieved by this Charity during the last year, amounting to 46,926 against 38,824 in 1845. The expenditure on account of the Charity for the year 1846 exceeded the income by £723 , a this important crisis, extraordinary efforts must be de to arrest the progress of misery and disease, the Com ttee rely on the sympathy and liberality of the Public. Subscriptions and Donati will be thankfully . received by Members of the Committ , and at the Dispensaries' Office, 21, South Castle street, da" , from *Three to Four o'clock, at the North Dispensary, V - ball-road, 'and at the South Dispensary, 1, Upper Parliame -street. • The Treasurer egs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow ing Contributions received during the present year:— Mrs. Hugh Jones, Lark-hill . £2O 0 0 Mr. Wm. Maury, Exchange-buildings lO 0 0 Mr. Alan Potter, tweeting-street Mr. Victor Poutz, Rumford-street The Misses Myers, ,64, Mount-pleasant lO 10 0 From a Fri , nd at a distance, per Rev. J. H. Thom 5 0 0 Mr. Henry C. Beloe _ Mr. David Bland, Vauxhall Foundry 2 0 0 Mr. Wm. Bennett, being half of Arbitration Fee llO 0 Miss Moon 1 0 0 NEW AND INCREASED SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. John Gres, 12. Cook street 5 5 0 Mr. William Cross, Borough Bank 5 0 0 Messrs. Thompson and Son, Church-street Mrs. C. W. Clay, New Brighton Mr. John Torr, Exchange-bniklings 2 `, 0 Mr. James Stephenson, Vauxhall-road MessraJ Maclean and Clark, Fenwick-street Mrs. Alinson, St. James's-st ree t . 1 1 0 Mr. W. B, Falcon, Shaw-street, Everton 1 1 0 Messrs. G. and A. Herring, Brunswick-street Mrs. Ellis, Field-street, Everton 1 1 0 Mr. W. H. Gilliatt, 15, Water-street 1 1 o Mr. C. H. Horsfall, Dingle-lane 1 1 0 Mr. William Jones, 23. St. James's-street Mr. David Tyrer, Wilton-street 0 10 6 D. H. GIBSON, Secretary. FUND FOR. THE TEMPORAL RELIEF OF THE SUFFERING POOR OF IRELAND, THROUGH 'I HE INSTRUMPNTALITY OF THE CLERGY OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. "Whoso bath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him 7"—l John iii. 17. "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the heusehol faith." — Gal. vi. 10. The COMMITTEE appointed so maim?. the above fund, in this their third Address to the Christie' . of the United Empire, beg leave to direct especial attention • the agency which they have, from the first.. been led to • opt, and which will, they trust, continue to commend it• f, as being at once simple, inexpensive, .and eflicient—th • allude to the Clergy of the Church of Ireland, upwards if two thousand of whom are widely scattered over this c. i retry, even in its wildest and re motest parts. Calumniated as the r• gion of Protestants has been to Our Roman Catholic fellowecountrvmen, it is surely a matter of the utmost moment that - we should exhibit a practical refutation of such slanders, and demonstrate to all,'now in the period of Ire land's dire emergency, that ours is a "faith which worketh by love," even to enemies. This the Committee feel persuaded can be effectually done by continuing to use the Clergy of the Established Church as the dispensers of the bounty entrusted to their care by their fellow Christians. Thus, also, a gua rantee is given that none of their funds will be expended on improper objects, or for the promotion of improper ends. The Committee, moreover, feel that sympathy for the suffer ing clergy themselves requires this at their hands. Placed in the midst of a fiery trial of famine and disease, their houses are daily surrounded by dying multitudes of all religious per suasions, who look up to them as their natural and tried bene factors. It surely becomes their brethren of the household of faith to lighten, as far 'as may lie in their power, the heavy load of anxiety under which the% labour—anxiety for the spiritual, as well as temporal, welfare of the perishing multitudes over whom the providence of Cod has placed them, and who are now brought, through his insc;utable wisdoin and goodness, to receive, 'with deeper attention' than ever before, the lessons of divine truth. The Committee have.received many testimonies, from differ ent parts of the country, to the value of their exertions, for the necessity for the instrumentality they are employing. One clt:rnman writes as follows : _ " Will you convey to the Committee my sincere thanks for their aid. Through the assistance kind friends have given me, I have been enabled to make myself felt as the rector of the parish. I have two boilers established, six miles apart, in the poorest districts of my parish. I have now a bakery at work in the heart of a mountain district, thus giving the poor on the mountains bread 3d. under the usual price, besides saving them a walk of fourteen or fifteen miles. A second bakery will be set up in a few days. I gave free tickets on our poor kitchen to many—to widows, to the sick, to families, no member of which was earning wages. Fever rages. The money entrusted to me has saved many lives. The whole of the money raised for the soup kitchen, and for relieving the sick poor, has been placed at my sole disposal. I have asked a most worthy pa rishioner to be my treasurer. He, his wife, and I, manage the money. Your committee will believe, that administering nearly individual' relief, in a parish of upwards of 25,000 acres, is a matter of no light labour." The Committee deem it unnecessary, in their present appeal, to adduce further proof of a fact, now by all admitted, that calamity, on a national scale, and of unparalleled severity, has befallen the land. Their earnest prayer is, that national re pentance and humiliation may in.time ensue, "lest someworse thing come upon us." In conclusion, they desire it to be un derstood, that the benefits of this fund are not confined to any district, or to professors of any particular creed, but are de signed to be coextensive with the misery that prevails. • CAN THIS APPEAL BE MADE TO BRITISH CHRISTIANS IN VAIN? Contributions for Special Districts, or the General Fund (as also articles of clothing) will be thankfully received and ac knowledged by the Rev. Wm. 111‘11,1A - A I 'NE, Incumbent of St. George's Church or- the Rev. TH EO en ILL'S CAMPBELL, In cumbent of Trinity Church, Honorary Secretaries. -Clerical Rooms, Belfast, Feb. 9, 1847. Sarah Johnson, a girl known to the police, was yester day committed for trial by Mr. Rushton for robbing a man of - 275. ORIGIN OF THE• NAME " MERTHYR TYDVIL."—ItiS not generally known that this flourishing town owes its name to a.lady.. A youog girl, Tydfil, was burnt there ; and Tydfil, who would not renounce her religious opi nions, became Tydfil the martyr. Merthyr rydvil is a corruption of the poor girl's name and fate. The Fifeshire Journal contains a series of interesting letters, entitled, " 1 Winter tour in the Highlands," from which the following is taken :—" It is characteristic of an. idle and savage people that the women perform more la bour than the men. Here you will meet on the road wo men carrying hardens of peals and wood. You will see both young women and old women thus employed, but you will not see a man at this necessary wok. You will find that the son of the old woman, whom, perhaps, you . lately saw stooping to the ground under her load, has been strutting about the whole day, with his hands in his pock ets with the air of a nobleman born. His mother would think herself disgraced for ever it hei' F.op Ponald were to he seen corriipg creel or basket." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. • During last week, up to Saturday evening, the arrivals of English Wheat in the port of London, were unusually small, while those of all other articles of home produce were on a very limited scale. By land carriage and samples, the receipts were trifling ; and the same observations may be applied to those from Ireland and Scotland. The imports of foreign corn, pulse, and flour were limited. Fresh up to-day, a moderate quantity of wheat of home produce reached us from Essex; but the supply from Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c. was small. The market opened by the factors demanding an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last —arising from the limited number of samples brought forward, of from 45 to 5s per qr. At that improvement nc sales were effected; and the trade be came excessively heavy—so dull, indeed, that up to twelve o'clock scarcely a single parcel had changed hands.. Under these circumstances, we have to report unusual dulness in the trade, and, in some instances, a decline of quite Is. per qr. in the rates paid on this day se'nnight. At :the conclusion of business, a clearance had not been effected. The show of Foreign was again small, yet, owing to the millers evincing an uneasiness to purchase at present prices, the trade was in a sluggish state, at barely last week's quotations. Not withstanding the quantity of Barley was limited, the trade with that article was exceedingly dull, at an abatement in value of from Is. to 2s. per quarter. Superfine White Malt moved off slowly at fall prices; but all other kinds might have been pur chased on someweat easier terms. With Oats we are again scantily supplied. Still, however, the Oat trade was slow, and prices were with difiiculty supported. The sale of Beans was heavy, and when transactions were forced Is to 2s per qr. less money was taken. In Peas next to nothing was doin g , at a re duction of is per qr. The Flour trade was very dull , both for sack and barrelled parcels, at barely late rates. Indian Corn was dull. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA RKET. - :ESTER owv. The number of home-fed Beasts on sale was seasonably ex tensive, and of full average condition, yet the actual weight of Beef was not equal to that exhibited on Monday last. The dead markets being heavily supplied with country-killed meat, and the weather by no means favourable to slaughtering, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at, in most instances, a decline on last week's quotations of 2d. per 81b.—the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s. 2d. per Sdb. - The number of Sheep were again very small, owing to which the salesmen demanded advanced rates for that dcscription of stock. In some instances, a trifle more money was paid for•. the primest old Downs, but as this advance was by no means general, we can make no alteration in our last week's rates. The trade, hoWever, must be considered firm ; and a good clearance was effected.• There were about 300 shorn Sheep of fered. _ _ With Calves we are scantily supplied; yet the veal trade was heavy, at the late decline in value. Pigs were in moderate supply and sluggish inquiry at unal tered rates. MONEY MARKET. YESTERDAY. The financial expose of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the subject of speculation in the monetary circles this morn ing ; but nothing new has transpired on the question, and bu siness has been held in abeyance with little change in prices up to this time. . There has been but little business done to-day in the Stock Exchange, and but little alteration in prices has taken place. Consols have been alternately buyers and sellers at 901 for money and the present account ; Exchequer-bills 2 6 pm. ;. Spanish Five per Cents.. 24i ; ditto Threes 35. THE NEW ORLEANS ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.—This justly celebrated band of American melodists have con cluded their engagement at the Adelphi Theatre, where their performances throughout drew forth enthusiastic and encouraging bursts of applause. We are happy to say that they purpose to prolong their stay in the town yet a little longer. They have taken the Liver Theatre, in which they last night gave the first of a new series of their amusing and highly interesting concerts. The audience was numerous and respectable, and the " niggers" ap peared to excel their former selves, and were repeatedly , and loudly encored. 'We have not room to enter into de tails of their several feats, vocal, instrumental, and, we may add, gymnastic. Suffice it to say that they exhibit a versatility of talent which is truly astonishing ; .that they far surpass all former essayists in depicting negro character, agility, and song in its more civilised condition, with a just perception of its quaintness and drollery, as well as of the occasional pathos that, in common with the white man, is exhibited by the Ethiop. There is nothing of coarseness, but much of originality, the pieces being varied nightly. Amongst the perfor mances of last week, which we noticed as peculiarly ex cellent were " Mary Blane," (as an American,) by Mr. Swain ; " Charmin' Susiana," by Sandford ; solos on the violin, by Ole Bull, a mere youth, but very talented ; " Lucy Neal," &c. The Ethiopians, in fine, must be seen and heard to have their merits duly appreciated. We happen to know, however, that the whole corps are gen tlemen in education and manner ; that they are linked together as brothers -and that their main object is to impart a just idea of negro feeling and talent in the principal cities in England and on the continent of Europe. RAIN UNKNOWN BEFORE THE FLOOD.—May I request (through the medium of your columns) from my clerical brethren, the statement of any reasons they may have to offer, in refutation of an opinion I hold that rain was unknown in the world till the time of the deluge. This opinion I ground on Genesis ii. 5,6, compared with Ge nesis ix. 13, and 14. In the former passage we are told that " the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth," but that He " watered the whole face of the ground by a mist" that went up from the earth ; and in the latter passage it was intimated that the rainbow was seen for the first time, not till after the deluge. Hence it appears to me easier and safer to suppose that there had been neither rain nor rainbow before the flood,—than to suppose that the fall of rain had been an ordinary occur rence for upwards of 1,600 years, without the rainbow being frequently seen as it is now ; and the conclusion to which I am,led i s, that, previously to the universal deluge, there had been no rain; but that instead of it, " there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground," and that, consequently, not till after the deluge was the rainbow seen. when the Lord God said unto Noah, " I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall come to pass," &c. What form of words can, indeed, more plainly intimate, rather I would say, declare, that it was then so " set " for the first time, and that, therefore, both it and that, wherein it was " set," were objects alike unknown before the flood ? Had the rainbow been manifested before the flood, how could it be a sign that there should be no repetition of the same awful catastrophe ? On the other hand, how could it have been otherwise than manifested had the fall of rain, one of the causes of it (as its name imports), been an ordinary occurrence ? To suppose that rain had been constantly falling from the days of Adam until the time of Noah, without having once—not to say often—in the course of one thousand six hundred years by the refraction of the rays of the sun, produced a rainbow, would be, it appears to me, to suppose the intervention of a repeated miracle to prevent it. Correspondent of Church and State Gazette. INTERVIEW BETWEEN ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.—A remarkable interview took place between the Emperor of China and Alexander. the Great, an account of which has been translated from a Persian work by the late Sir John Malcolm. After Alex ander had made war against Paor or Porus, and slain him, he marched against the Emperor of China. That monarch did not consider hiMself equal to the conflict, and went in disguise to the Grecian camp. He was discovered, and brought to Alexander, who asked him how he could act in such a manner. The Emperor replied : " I was anxious to see you, and your army ; I could have no fear on my own account, as I knew I was not an object of dread to Alexander ; besides, if he were to slay me, my subjects would instantly raise another king to the throne. But of this I can have no fear, as I am satisfied Alexander can never be displeased with an action that shows a solicitude to obtain his friendship." The conqueror was completely overcome by this truly Chinese flattery, and concluded a treaty by which China was spared on condition of paying tribute. The emperor returned to his capital to make preparations for the entertainment of his great ally ; and the third day he returned with an army, the dust of which announced its great numbers, which made Alexander pre pare his force for battle. When both lines were opposite, the Emperor of China, with his ministers and nobles, alighted and went towards the Grecian Piince, who asked him why he had broken 'faith. " I wished," said the - Emperor, "to show the number of my army, that you ' might be satisfied I made peace from other motives than an inability to make war. It was from consulting the stars, that I have been led to submit. The Heavens aid you, 'and I war not with them." Alexander was so grati fied; that he released the Emperor from paying tribute, as he was too wise, too pious, and too great a prince ; he was perfectly satisfied to have his friendship. The Emperor took his leave, and sent a present of jewels, gold, and beautiful ladies, to the conqueror. [From a Persian work called Zeenut-ul Tuarikh.] --Mont gomery Martin's China. THE MEXICAN IlousE-TAMER.--Prom infancy the vaquero is trained to horsemanship : his legs can no sooner cross a horse than his father fastens him with a handker chief to the back of the saddle, and rides over hill and val ley with him. He grows up thus. A day comes when his legs are bowed along the sides of the horse, and his whole body made supple by its uneven pace. The va quero then learns in his wanderings to throw the lasso, to know the ground (saber to tierra), that is, to join the reasoning of man to the instinct of „the horse, which dis cerns at a distance of twenty leagues the Odour of the plants be is accustomed to tread, the emanations of the trees which shade him nightly, and takes a direct course over plains, mountains, or torrents, towards the querencia he likes best. Amidst the solitudes in which he spends his life, without regular roads, unacquainted with the spots where a keen pursuit may lead him, the vaquero never hesitates as to the road he ought to follow. The moss on the trees, the course of the rivers or of rivulets, the position of the sun, the leaning of the grasses, the sighs of the wind, are so many signs which the desert seems to multiply under his feet to indicate his road. To this singular keenness of perception the vaquero adds unu sual moderation. Scraps of tortillas (cakes of maize baked on an iron plate, which almost every where take the place of bread), a bit of dried meat, a pomegranite, a pimento, a cigarette of maize straw, sustain him a whole day ; pud dles of reddish water, forgotten by thecain in some print 'of a hull's or horse's hoof, refresh him ; he is equally in sensible to the chilly nights and scorching days. Once in pursuit of some animal, nothing stops his career ; neither ravines, torreiits, nor forests. Clothed in leather from head.to foot, he gallops intrepidly through the forests as if in the middle of plains. ,Sometimes bent to the right or left over his steed as if his body were without bones, sometimes his torso beat Os er the fore part of his saddle, or with his head thrown back over the horse's croup so as to avoid contact with the large branches, which would otherwise dash out his brains, he never slackens the impe tuosity of his course. When his inevitable lasso has caught the animal he is in pursuit of to tame, intrepidity slims itself united to suppleness and vigour. Then the business of the vaquero becomeS perilous ; but, at the end of a two hours' struggle, the horse returns docile, his body covered with foam, his eyes sunken—broken in, in short. Sometimes he brings hack lifeless the horseman whom be has dashed against a rock, but the vaquero died as he ought---on his horse !—Frtiser%s• Magazine, TILL LIVERPOOL STANDARD, HERR WOLFF, of the University of Leipsic PROFESSOR of the GERMAN _and HEBREW LAN GUAGES, receives CLASSES for tlke%tudy of the above Lan gooses, at Signor ZANDOT talian and French Academy 26, BOLD-STREET, and ROSCOMMON-STREET. Schools. Private Pupils attended. For further partic ars apply at the above-mentioned places, or at the principal Booksellers of this town. THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Paid•up Capital. ''116,092 10s; Surplus Fund, .4'156,950.138.7d. TENTII ANNUAL DIVIDEND. THE DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the TENTH ANNUAL D on the Paid-up Capital of the Company, as d ed at the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors on the lit stant . , and being after the rate of Fifteen per Cent., wit ONUS, in addition, of Five Shillings a Share, deductino• - iconic-tax, will be payable, on and after the last day of March next, at the Offices of the Company, No. 8, Water-street, Liverpool, and No. 3 , , Charlotte-row, Mansion house, London. By order of the Board, SWINTON BOULT, -Secretary. Water-street, 20 February, 1847. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The favourable news brought by the Halifax steamer, combined with the defeat of Lord George Bentinck's rail way scheme for Ireland, gave a buoyant tendency to our money market towards the close of the week, the demand. both at the bank and out of doors being lightened. More cheering accounts are beginning to be entertained of the sufficiency of the supply of food ; and speculation in grain of all descriptions has, in consequence, received a check which promises to be a permanent one. The transactions in our market for cotton have been limited, at reduced prices, the quantity sold du r i ng the week being only 14,520 bales, of which speculators took 1250, and exporters 1050, leaving 12220 for consumption. The imports have, On the ether hand, been rather large, viz., 48,391 bales. Prices are fully id. per lb. lower at the close of the week, and ld. below those of the Ist of January. The short crop outcry, like most other previous outcries of the kind, has given way to a great extent. The broduce, it is now stated confidently, will reach 2,100,000 ales, whilst. some even predict 100,000 more. The pick ing for the season commenced at least a month later than last year;_ yet the arrivals at the ports already exceed those of a corresponding period of 1846 by 20 or 30,000 bales. The extensive reduction of the hours in the fac tories will tend to render the deficiency in our total stock on hand unfelt. " In the manufacturing districts all is gloom ; and the -fall in the price of the raw material, instead of bringing the prices of yarns and cloth into something like a rela tive proportion to that of the raw material, appears to have created increased distrust and disinclination on the part of purchasers to come freely into the market. The millowuers in the district of Stalybridge—the last to adopt the short time movement—have begun to work eight hours a day ; and although some houses in other districts have resumed full hours, there is every prospect that a further restriction must be resorted to, and too much prospect that some mills will be compelled to cease working altogether. The state of some of our foreign markets, however, affords a hope that a revival of the energy of our manufacturers is not far distant. In the United States a large spring business has already been done; and the rich harvest, which is being reapedby the American farmers must result in increased orders for British fabrics in return. The same cause must operate to our advantage in some of the Continental markets. Our colonial advices received during the week are upon the whole encouraging. From the Mauritius, our ac counts received to the 11th December state that the ex ' ports of sugar up to the 30th November, last year, were 45,134,2001b5., against 35,056,9991b5. in the preceding year. From Jamaica, however, we have discouraging ac counts. A recent communication states that,—" During the whole of 1846 the exports of British goods to Colom bia and Cuba barely equalled the half shipped in 1845 ; and the trifling sum refunded in drawbacks by the Re ceiver-General testifies the limited amount of our foreign commerce. Our foreign trade is also leaving us. The heavy imposts in the shape of tonnage duties, and the high rates from freight, place us in most unequal compe tition with other islands, particularly that of St. Thomas, which, although not so advantageously situate in a geo graphical point of view, possesses the advantage over us in every other respect. The island or home trade has also considerably diminished compared with what it was in 1845. Here agricultural distress has been severely felt, in addi ton to the system of heavy taxation, direct and indirect. The trade of 1846, taken altogether, must be regarded as the most unsatisfactory since the year 1841." Accounts from St. John's, New Brunswick, to the 23d January, quote the rate of sterling bills 8 per cent. Freights for England had been effected at 365. for timber, and at Ills. 3d. for deals. White pine was quoted 275. 6d. to 30s. ; red pine 15s. to 24., and birch 15s. to 225. 6d. By the arrival, on Sunday, of the packet-ship Oxford, from New York, in 17 days, we have New York papers to the 4th instant. The information which they contain is not very important. In cotton a pretty large business had been done since the sailing of the steamer, although the market was less excited—prices firm. Up to the last dates, there was an excess in the arrivals of cotton at the ports of 29,394 bales over those of last year. The ex ports, however, from the United States to this country, still exhibit a decrease up to the last dates in this year as compared with the preceding two years. This may in part be attributed to the high freights asked and the pre ference given to bread stuffs. The advices from New Orleans are to the 25th ultimo. Business had been dull in cotton previous to the arrival of the ship Aberdeen, bringing accounts of the advanced prices in Europe, which created great excitement -in the market, and a large business was done at advanced rates. The closing prices are quoted at ordinary to good ordinary 94 to 104, middling 10a to 104, good middling 10a to 104, middling fair 101- to 11, fair 114 to 114, good fair 12 to . 12/-c. The advices from Savannah are to the 29th ult.. at which date the market was very firm at an advance of closing at inferior 91c. to 9 3 4 -c., ordinary 94c. to 104 c., middling:lo.lc. to 104 c., middling fair 10&c. to 10tc. ; round bales of a similar quality are about 1-e. to ac. per lb. cheaper ; sales of the week 4,231 bales. Transactions in Sea Island limited ; sales 157 bales. At Charleston, Jan 30, the advices, per Hibernia, had caused an advance of 4 to lc. per lb. At Mobile. to the 23rd, a large business had been done, the sales for the week ending 23rd ult., being 23,500 bales at 10 to 114 cents. The corn markets at all the ports had been driven upward by the advices per Hibernia, but were showing symptoms of dulness at the last dates. The advance, however, taken in connection with the decline here since the departure of the steamer, will ensure the recurrence of some ruinous reverses amongst the speculators in the article. From January 23d to 30th, Genesee flour rose from 41V5, 1 32 to £'5,6131. per barrel to £7. at which sales were made. ' Wheat, on the 23d .January, was at 41,10 to * - 1,12 per bushel ; on the 30th it was 41,50, sales. Indian corn ro e from 72c. to 76c. per bushel oA the 23d, to 43-1 on the 30th. Freights to Great Britain, &c. have still further advanced, the supply of vessels being entirely inadequate to the demand. To Liverpool the engagements have been at 7s. for Flour, (7s. 6d. asked,) 22d. to 2.5 d. for Grain in bags and bulk, (26d. asked ahead,) 80s. for Cheese, 7-16 d. for square Cotton, (Ad. asked ahead,) &c.; to Newry 25d. for Corn in bags, Bs. 3d. for Flour; to Cork and a market, Bs. for Flour, and 25d. for Corn; to other Irish ports, 7s. 3d. and 2143. to 25d. To London there is no change. To Havre there is not much offering ;. 1 dollar 374 cents is asked for Flour. We bear of s e vera l Ships char tered at the eastward, to load at Philadelphia and Baltimore, for Liverpool, at 7s. 6d. up to Cs. for Flour, and 24d. for Corn in bags; and some in Philadelphia at Bs. to 95., including one yet on the stocks, at the latter rate. To Liverpool : 'Cotton, sq. and rd. bales 7-16 d. to id. per ; Wool, id. ; Seeds, 15s to I6s. per tce. ; Beef, 12s. ; Beef and Pork, Es. per barrel ; Floar, 7s. ;_ Turpentine, North County, ' 7s. to Bs. ; Leather id. per lb. • Heavy Goods, 735. to 80s. per ton ; Grain, in bags, 23(1. to 25d. per bushel. EXCHANGE.—There has been nothing of importance done n Foreign since our last, mid our quotations are nominal ; Bils on London, sixty days' sight, sterling, 5i to 6i per cent. premium ; hills on Paris, sf. 4oc. to af. 371 c. ; bills on Amster dam, 391 c. to 394 c. ; bills on Antwerp, 39ic. to 39-4 c. ; bills on Hamburgh, Marco Banco, 342 c. to 3.5 c. ; biUs on Bremen, Pit dollar, 774 c. to 77.tc. The New York Morning Herald of the 4th instant, in an article on the agricultural resources of the United States, remarks that hitherto restrictions in Europe had discouraged their cultivation. " These obstacles," ire continues, " are now, in a measure removed, and the agricultural resources of those • States will hereafter be most rapidly develoied, and we shall, even with our ex travagant anticipations, be surprised at the annual pro ducts of such States as Indiana and Illonois. These two States can, if pushed, with favourable seasons, produce enough to supply our whole demand for consumption, leaving the production of breadstuffs in all the other States to supply any foreign demand that may arise." The quantity of wheat grown in the United States Alms, in 1843,..100,310,856 bushels ; in. 1844, 95,607,600; and in 1845, 106,548,000 bushels. The quantity of corn was, in 1843,494,618,306 bushels; in 1844, 421,953,000 bushels, and in 1845, 417,899,000 busheLs. The :estimate for 1846, the correct returns not being available, is, that the aggregate product was 12i per rent. over that of 1845. The product of wheat is put down at 119,863,500 bushels, equal to 23,973,300 barrels of flour; and of corn 470,136,375 bushels. The surplus flour left for exportation, leaving sufficient grain for sz•e.l, is estimated at 3,173,000 barrels, or about double the quantity ever shipped from the country. • Our contemporary says that, " Fifty cents a bushel for Indian corn, pays the producer a very handsome profit, and is equal to wheat at one dollar per bushel. We have no doubt contracts to any amount can be made now i'or corn, deliverable next fall, at fifty cents per bushel ; but our advice to the farmers is, avoid all contracts." This speaks volumes in proof of low prices of grain, so soon as our emergency is past, and average seasons in this country lend their aid to the process of reduction. The value of wheat, corn, and cotton produced in the United States in each of the past four years has been as annexed : VALUE Or WILEAT, CORN AND COTTON PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. 1843. 1844. 1845:: = •• 1646. n 5,295,313 86,046,309 106,548,000 131,849,812 . 276,986,251 210,978,500 29'2,529,300 376,109,100 . 52,236,206 47,9113,885 65,526,160 90,000M0 Wheat. Corn .. Cotton, T0ta1.... g 424,517,770 344,98%694 464,603,360 600,958,912 To the manufacture's of this country, to which the greatest part of this surplus produce of the American ex ports have come, this ought to bring encouragement, especially when it is known that the exports from this country to the States have been so far light in proportion to the ability of the country to consume. The annexed statement exhibits the number of pa..k ages exported to the United States from Liverpool for the months of September, October, November, and Decem ber, 1845 and 1846 : PACKAGES OF DRY GOODS EXPORTED TO TILE UNITED STATES FROM LIVERPOOL. • N. York. Boston. Phila. Ball. South, Total. 1845 1846 10,895 3,208 3,735 82 1,361 • 19,881 This shows a falling off of 2.656 packages in the last four months of 1846, compared with the corresponding period in 1845. PROVISIONS.—The market for Ohio Pork continues in en excited state, and prices have further considerably advanced. The sales are about 3,000 barrels, at 11 dollars 25 cents to 1 dollars 75 cents for prime, and 14 dollars 25 cents to 14 dollars 50 cents for mess ; at the close, 12 dollars and 15 dollars was offered for 2,500 or 5,000 barrels; 200 harrMs Baltimore prime mess sold on terms not made public. Beef is very firm, and prices gradually tend upward; some 700 to 800 billies country and city have been sold at our quotations, which we have again advanced ; 200 tierces prime mess sold, a day or two since, at 17 dollars, now Worth about 18 dollars. Of beef hams 400 to 500 barrels have been sold recently at 13 dollars to 13 dollars 50 cents, and 14 dollars is now demanded. Pickled meats are very quiet: 50 tierces old Hams sold at 6, and 30 ditto sour shonide c 7 at 4 cents. Ohio Lard is wanted, an d sa f es h ave b e en made . 500 kegs new at 9; and 400 to 500 b arre l s , p a rt to arrive, a-tsi to 8.1 cents. Muter and Cheese are in law th e market and market is steady at our quotations, which for the better quali ties of butter we slightly advance. Export from Ist to 31st January, Beef .......................... ... 3,714 barrels, Fork 6,147 „ Lard 18,195 kegs. RICE.— has continued in good demand •for export, chiefly to Great Britain and Ireland, and 600 tierces have been sold at 3 dollars 121 cents to 4 dollars 25 cents cash, the former price for inferior broken. The market is very firm, and full rates Izavc been obtained. 1 67" anttb. Pr e ' GS, tier 1 0 aS6 the ° ; 1 4 Colt' osi tri rfl of ion 14 I illLo BY d . O P l a ii Li IA str ee :; tiOn' 'O pt • it pt r msb opted bjelfie ' f ng ri At N. e l ;o5 ;14,,ipc le E ye