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16, 1841. ,N EDGE-LANE. ssion, a comfortable tuit , W in Edge-lane,.olY g - Three Entertaining ith-room, Water-closet, ences. Price, RHOUSE, 10, EXChatib" 3E IN AIGBURTB terms, a detach :r-Idersey, on. the sot' es from the ExchasEt Lodging-rooms, War' vaned Garden,. contSW 2hange-street East. kry, a good detached Rock Ferry, containing 13onservatory, Librinf' -room, and every ti Two HOUSES, an vering upwards of 2vw ne Lot. .1600 of P age, if required. Pr"' Ps-buildings, Svreetint REATY, a handsoil of architecture, .„wi t ,' ;, Conservatory, 11 ,, c) ;.:. of the most de ut four miles from the lence in the CountrY, se nts itself, as the who' . 's -buildings, Sweeting' tY MODERATE pillar in a good thoroughfare' t - a GREAT SAcRIFIC,,, uthora. The RIO' ifacturer, Castle-streel" kerURERS OF IRO :'OMOTIVES, &c. STABLISHMEN4 -the above branches , 6 1 LY be carried on to r- .ERTs, Slate Merchant' second-hand D RAGf most new, with Slidia kc., the property of I HAPEL DRAG, with very light, handsoire' for One Horse or one month in use; u; had a larger descrlP is Family. mufactory, Seei-street, JRSERY-14IEN, AS -17 S ON SALE AT RK. Committee of th 6, vx _riciw. ON SALE , , utiF FOREST TREI tations in Birkenbefi Plantations or WI C their rural residenc eh ich purposes. m the Park SuPerilY M. GREGORY,. ry to the Committee. COMMANDING A EVE VIEW. EATY, (with inVil e j and recently erec t ree good Entertain i i .i r lfi e cg_ott-the Grou edrooms, 'Dori oset, on the Charoli e Floor. tailed Stable, Coaclr mprising about seve r ! NI to suit a npurch ase,{ .SHAW, Architect 6"'" E AND ESTATE. te irable and vidusb'd situate in Norley $ 1 ' 0 ( v in the occupation, e , , rton Warburton4 s p .f Mrs. Egerton' spacious Diniq n o able for the reside er t convenience. 1 ; 1 ,1d, iilftgs, Farm ' A ill Acres of Lan s a Farm-horse,o „ 0 the occupaticm,„,•jef if the Land. 1%n19- mded by beantar ro o ibout six miles tfo rti •ee from the 1-I , o tei It adjoins the .011 -- , i 0 vr house, Esq., an. :heshire Hounds , Atr' view, apply &- tied GARDE N ] louse, Drawing sn j irlour, on the gro u ,", L and Dressing-roc''' . moderate. -buildings, Sweeting" [OUSE, in Blaclfr a Double =race, Seaconlb: e r, ate road to the Ito Sweeti a• ;arden at the 10 4 4, Grove-road / P l i Whets on the WO BERTS 9 ; Irolllllooo4 ie FIRST FLCIOV' h-street, overlooking : W.-either for Offices' .lass Front : a PpliesilA '. ls 5- The w hole -road. / H am ilton-squ e ' a r , in Kenyon-terrafi.e: rr-fry-street, near ar the Market., t eJ s of LAND, a us ` !ding purpostifice, [C-HOUS I4, HOUSE improvement. iGHSHIRE. tO s, or from Ye''' r May next, a geogte, prising a Vest' id four Bed-rooms , id an excellent (o r , non of Mrs. Stan iral and pictureslo narket and po_ .st t° y, Rai id Holyhead lVolo 'e is a daily post f .er particulars obtail; [ELD, Solicitor, 011 ON. ' ILITY AND DEN' T DISCOVEBy • DTANICAL FY moving any eutan n ieff ace, freckles, pior e-skin. After Tip , must be used . tlO, perceived, and ill assume a beatVil le Extract to aPPIOP first application retail by the sole P ol o Jdgate, London ;, in Bottles, at 2',: g ef , use ; also by Saqoo: ;hurchyard; Jol lti e 4 .y and Cu., 63, 0,,,,,P ° 0 1/ Edwards, St. r" nd Performers 405 ive Chemists, 1 , rioN. Price 46. of s ; OR SIT', IP fe or Razor froi l ,, - 14 0', 51,- , K;and 10s• of 130%00 ; to the bluntest all imported direct ,) and may be blit e 110; EtS and Co., , and of their wood Boxes, w" . each. efficacy 1.1 ! f "JOHN 1310%11 their Address 0- urge lage• 5-str, C~ ( _ _ March 16, 1841. Manttb. AVAN pßo TEZ i a o n N ATN'A r tatirt nexce =lLUß references and requ p i p r l e y d. .A to GEO. and WM. NICIEBON, 107, Byrom street. WANTED, by a YOUNG a SITUATION as COLLECr e g:. e of ES'l ,_ rin any similar out-door capacity. His ref are undeniable. Security, from £5OO to £l,OOO, would be given. WANTED, about five miles from Liverpool, on the Lancashire side, or four miles on the Chshire, a small FARM, of about 20 to 25 Acr ouse and necessary Buildings. Apply (or address " - terms and situation) to Mr. G. RAD LEY, Moor- street, iverpool. WANTED, a Young or Midd e-aged MAN, to assist in a Ship Store Wa e. One accustomed to a Grocer's or Drysalter's • ess would be preferred. He must produce the moo..mtTsfactory references for honesty and sobriety. Address (prepaid) X Y Z, STANDARD-OffiCe., PARTNERSHIP. A YOUNG MAN, of good education and business habits, and possessed of Aatu--SlKTrould be happy to join some respectable estabjia Business, where he would be actively employed, and-rMive a fair return for his capital and services. Letters addressed AI, and left at the Office of this Paper, will be attended to. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL , WANTED, an ASSISTANT HOUSE SURGEON. Salary, Fifty Guineas per annum, with Board and Lodging in the Hospital. Candidates for the situation are required to have the Diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons he-License of the Lon don Society of Apothecaries. Applications, with T ' onials, to be addressed to BEN IA MIN PLAr'r, Es easurer, Parliament-street, on or before MONDAY, 12th A ril next. N.B.—The Candidates whofte Testimonials are satisfactory will have Notice to appear at the Hospital on or before the day -of election. 15th March, 1847. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. IHE Directors of this Company are ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS, on Debenture Bonds, for Sums of not less than .4'500, for a period of Three Years, at the rate of . 41 per Cent., payable at the Terms of Martinmas and Whitsun ilay, by the undermentioned Bankers:— 3,081 f I.ONDON Messrs. WI LJABIS, DEACON, and Co., Bir) - e,ri ane. LIVERPOOL S. LEYLAND and BULLINS. EDINBUROH ITY OF GLASGOW ilikNK. B order of the Board, ALLEN 'GEO. FIELD, Secretary. 3, Abercrornbu-place, Edinburgh, 21st May, 1846. Contrarts. TO PAINTERS. TPHE Committee of the Liverpool Shipwrights' 1 Benefit Society, are prepared to receive TENDERS, on err before MONDAY next, the 12d inst r thoroughly CLEAN ING and PAINTING the SO 'S R OMS, in Bond-street. Tenders to be address the Chairman, to be left at the House of Mrs. Morri , Argyle-street. Reference to be of Mr. Bedford, on the Premises. By order of the Committee, JOHN HUGHES, Secretary. Just Published, Price Twopence, fN APPEAL TO REASON & COMMON SENSE, in a Dissertation on the Human Hair, by T. HEIGHTON, Hair-cutter, 10, South John-street, Liverpool. The Proceeds of Sale to be a opriited to the Funds of the Houseless Poor, and for gr ' us presentation to Subscribers and Customers. N.B. Transmitted t rough the post to any part of the United Kingdom, on the receipt of three postage stamps. SUBSCRIPTIONS towards the RELIEF of the STARVING IRISH at ANADUFF and_DRUMSNA :- -e• S. d. Amount already acknowledged in the tandard 98 2 6 W. Horsfall, Esq., and Family Mrs. Higgin James Lawrence, Esq J. Johnson, Esq., St. lee's A " Friend," Brist Miss Bass Stapenhill, Burton-upon-Trent 3 0 0 "Cambridge" 1 1 5 Thos. Baines, Esq., Liverpool Times 1 10 0 Further contributions will be received at the Office of the STANDARD ; by Mr. GRAPEL, Church-street; or by the Rev. J. BOOTH, who will give, with respect to the state of destitu tion of that district, any information that may be required. TO 'BUILDERS. PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for the EREC TION of the NEW BUILDINGS at KIRKDALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, may see the Drawings and Specifications on application to the Governor of the Gaol, from MONDAY, the 15th March, to SATURDAY, the 10th April, inclusive. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the "Magistrates, Kirkdale Gaol," to be deposited with the G or, on or before Eleven o'clock on MONDAY, the 12t April, and marked "Tender for Buildings." By orde the Magistrates, ARTHUR H. HOLME, Architect. March 9fh, 1947. N.B.—The different departments may be tendered for sepa rately, btft the Magistrates do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NORTHERN DIVISION. 2 ' o CONTRACTORS FOR TUNNELLING, MASONRY, AND EARTHWORK. IHE Directors are ready to receive TENDERS for the EXECUTION of the WORKS of the intended Branch Railway from Patricroft (on the Liverpool and Manchester tine) to join the Bury and Rdssendale Railway at Clifton, about 32 Miles. Plans and Specifications of the cs m be seen on and after WEDNESDAY, the 10th i nt, by application to EDWARD Woo ns, Esq., at the Corn S Office, Edge-hill, where Printed Forms of Tender ma e o tained ; and no proposals can be accepted which are t made in the prescribed form. Sealed Tenders are to be addressed to the undersigned, and left at die Company's Office, Lime-street, Liverpool, on or be fore SATURDAY, the 27th day of March. By order of the Com mittee of Works. (Signed) HENRY BOOTH. Railway-office, Lime-street, Liverpool, March 2, 1847. HEATH'S ILLUSTRATED NEW TESTAMENT. On the 31st of March. 1847, will be published, the FIRST PART of a lkliw Enriiox of MITE NEW TESTAMENT, Superbly Embellished with a Series of beautiful Vignette Illustrations, and each Page surrounded by an elaborate Deco rative Border, Drawn by the First Artists, and Engraved in the highest style of the Art on Wood, under the superintendence of Mr. CHARLES HEATH. To be published in Monthly Parts of Sixteen Pages, elegantly printed in small folio, price Two SHILLINGS ; or, on large paper, THREE SH imallos each.—Specimens may be seen at all Booksellers. • NEW SERIES OF MAPS, On the Thirty-fir s t of March, 1847 wilrb - 6 - published, to be 'completed in Twenty-seven Mo y Parts, each containing Two Maps in a Wrapper, pri ightpence plain, or One Shil ling Coloured, Part I. o SERIES OF MODERN MAPS, constructed upon a Sy of Scale and Proportion, from the most Recent Autho ' es, by JOHN SHARPE, and Engraved on Steel by J. W , ON LOWRY. The object of this undertaking is to produce a Series of Maps which shall combine NEW AND IMPORTANT MEANS OF FACI LITATING GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY with just accuracy and skilful execution, and at an unexampled LOWNESS OF PRICE, namely, at FOURPENCE per Sheet Plain, or SIXPENCE Colour ed.—Specimens may be seen at all Booksellers. London: CHAPMAN and HALL, 186, Strand. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY will be held, at the Company's Offices, at the London-road Sta tion, in Manchester, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of March next, at One o'clock in the day, for urpose of increasing the number of the Board of D' tors of the said Company, from sixteen to eighteen, an appointing the two additional Directors, and of deter! ' ng the oraer of rotation in which the increased Boards go out of office, and what number shall constitute a rum at their Meetings. YARBOROUGH, Chairman. JOHN CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. JAMES MEADOWS, Secretary, Manchester, 24th February, 1847. Obnration. PRIVATE EDUCATION, BY THE SEA-SIDE. ACLERGYMAN, by the Sea-side, who receives Four Pupils, has a VACANCY. The spiritual welfare and health, as well as sound instruc tion, of his charge, are conscientio ght. Terms, Forty-five and Fifty etti. No extras. References to the Paren his Pupils. Address, M. W., Po ce, Preston. GRANGE SCHOOL, BISHOP_WEIRMOUTH. HEAD MASTER, THE REV. DR. ILIFF. The SECOND QUARTER will com ence March 25. BlSlitoP WEARNIOUTH ccessible by Rail fromrLiver pool, either through Car ' or through York. For tertrua, &c. app above. P.tiv tattbltrattons. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. In Bvo, price Is., Second and enlarged Edition, HOW .to RECONSTRUCT the INDUSTRIAL CONDITION of IRELAND. By JAMES WARD, Esq., Author of " Railways for the Many and Not for the Few." "London: SMITH, ELDER, and Co., 65, Cornhill. " A pamphlet by Mr. James Ward e Industrial Condi tion of Ireland has the merit o esting what will be vainly sought throughout the r Parliamentary debates—a new idea on the mode of ng with that country. This plan is a monetary one, a , ssuming the correctness of his statistics, is not irrational. The security would be certain."—The Times City Article, February 19th. NEW WORK BY MRS. ELLIS. March 31st, post Bvo, price 08., PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE ; or, THE MORAL WANTS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. By the Author of " The Women of England." Now ready, price ss. 6d., the Second Division of SIR ROBERT PEEL : HIS LIFE AND TIMES. 13 y W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D. Containing 5 Portraits : Mrs. Peel—Late Sir Richard Arkwri . P. Villiers—PittL and Canning. SPLENDID MARRIAGE-D OR BIRTH-DAY PRESENT. THE PEOPL FAMILY BIBLE: beautifully printed i arge type, and profusely illustrated. Two royal quarto umea, with 180 steel engravinqs, 3 large Maps, and a Famir. Register form, elegantly bound lemoroc co, .e 7 75., now ready. FISHER, Sox, anti Co., Printers and Publishers, Angel street, St. Martin's-le-Grand, London, and Postoffice-place, Liverpool. CHEAP EDITION OF THE WORKS KS OF MR. CHARLES A i h m e n 27th of MARCH, will commence, WEEKLYON SAT U R D A Y, ERS, containing Sixteen clear and handsomely printed pages,double columns, Price THREE-HALFPENC E each, small sNititlikDPlLats, Sewed in Wrapper, price Sevenpence, a CHEAP WORKS OF MR. CHARL E S DICKENS. EDI TION OF THE The Works to be comprised in this Cheap Edition will be a. d. THE PICKWICK PAPERS, wllieh - completed in about 32 Numbers, Will NICHOLAS NICKLEB ' 2 Numbers SKETCHES BY " B "20 Numbers OLD CURIOSITY OP, 24 Numbers 3 0 BARNABY R E, 24 Numbers AMERICA OTES, 12 Numbers OLIVER ' WIST, 20 Numbers MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, 32 Numbers A New Preface to each Tale will be published on its condo tion in Weekly Parts. A Frontispiece to each Tale, engraved on Wood from a Design by some eminent Artist, will also be given at the same time. The whole Text will be carefully re vised and corrected throughout, by the Author. Prospectuses, with Specimen Page, may be had from all Booksellers. London : CHAPMAN and HALL, 186, Strand; J. MENZIES, Edinburgh; CUMMING and• FERGUSON, Dublin ; J. MAC- Lzoo, Glasgow; and sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF A CURE FOR NERVOUS OR MIND COMPLAINTS. Just Published, Fifth Thousand, and may be had FOR NOTHING, a PAMPHLET, on MIND and NERVOUS COMPLAINTS, and on the new and only successful means of curing those obstinate maladies, as disco vered and employed by Mr. WM. ADAMS, 23, Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square, London. 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 existence, render life a daily misery, and convert even social endearments into sources of irritation and pique. Such are solicited to read the above Pamphlet. In it they will perceive the necessity for and the advantages of immediate recourse to the treatment, sanctionetrby experience and by the testimonials of the cured. Will be sent to any a ess, post paid, on receipt of two stamps. TERMS.—The m s of Cure can be sent •to all parts of the world, with full directions, and the patient cured at home, or more expeditiously 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 only 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. LIVERPOOL SPRING ASSIZES, 1847. CROWN COURT. THE Commissions for holding these Assi zes w ill b e opened at Liverpool, on SATURDAY, the 20th day of March. The Trials of Prisoners, and of Persons committed and sub sequently bailed, are to proceed in the order in which the names of the parties indicted appear in the Sheriff's Calendar, unless where the Court shall otherwise direct. The Cases will be. Classed in the Calendar as follows ; and the names of the Prisoners and Persons so bailed as aforesaid, will be arranged in each Class according to the dates of their re spective commitments, except that priority will in general be given to Cases within the First Class, where the attendance of Medical or Surgical Witnesses is required. 1. Cases of Manslaughter; Maliciously Shooting, Stabbing, Cutting, or Wounding ; Burgla louse-Breaking, Stealing in a Dwelling-house e val e of .e 5, Biga my and Robbery; (exce cases from the Borough of Liverpool.) 2. Other Felonies and sdemeanours in respect of which Costs are allow e, (except as aforesaid.) 3. Cases from th orough of Liverpool, and Misdemeanors in respec which Costs are not allowable. Where one or more of several Persons charged with a joint offence shall have been committed, and the other or others ad mitted to bail, or committed after the publication of the Calen dar, the Trials are to proceed in the same order as if the Person or Persons so admitted to bail, or committed after the publica tion of the Calendar had been committed at the same time with the others. The Trials of other Persons committed after the publication of the Calendars, or admitted to Bail in the first instance for Felony, or for Misdemeanours in respect of which Costs are allowable, (except those from the Borough of Liverpord,) will be proceeded with immediately after the Cases comprised in Class 2 ; and the excepted Cases from the Borough of Liverpool will be taken immediately after the Cases comprised in Class 3. The Prosecutors and Witnesses in Cases within the first Class, are required to be in attendance on Monday, the 22d March, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, and In all other Cases on Tues day, the 23d March, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. The Court will sit for the despatch of business each day at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon, except on Monday, the 22d March, and on that day at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. The foregoing Regulations will be strictly enforced, and no Costs will be allowed to Parties making default in the observ ance of them. A Trial Paper showing the arrangement of the Business for each day, will be posted at the doors of the Crown Court and in the Crown Office. By order of the Hon. Mr. Baron Alderson, T. S. SHUTTLEWORTII, Clerk of the Crown Crown Office, Preston, February 27th, 1847. FOR NOTHING. APAMPHLET "On the GREATEST DISCOVERY of the AGE," (says CooMBE,) that is, "that the BRAIN isAhe seat of all Nervous or Mental Complaints." This was made by Dr. Willis Moseley, (of Cambridge University,) before Gall, ancLon his successful treatment of these complaints, with cases, testimonials, &c., and will frank 't -to every address if a stamp is enclosed to is, Bloomsb -street, Bedford-square, London. And if 16 stamps are sent, ill return the sth edition of his large work, 12 CHAPT on the CURE of NERVOUS or MIND COMPLAINTS, a Chapter on Self-management. This work is declar y Professor Savage, Surgeon, to be the best book we have ervousness. At home from 11 to 3. This GREAT ATOMICAL DISCOVERY was followed by his second grea discovery. The means of removing all Ner vous or Mental Disease. By these discoveries be cured himself pAv e , out i of a deep rooted Nervous Complaint of 14 years duration. And, 83,30. years himself,boy could cure these complaints or can he - has for 30 years cured them from'benevo- Im.pe.sr,stamrlrhar gain; and, out of 14,000 nobles, nobleses, hurgeons, tradesatii generals, barristers, clergymen, physicians, ave followed his tradesmen &c. &c., he knows not 20 uncured who -sonally, or by letter,i advice. t All therefore may now apply per mere confidence of a cure than of -tooth ache, and especi a l ] Fi c i . ental depression, debility and exhaustion, delusions, especially the head, vertigo, groundless fear,.failure of memory, in-4, f,o melancholy,,sa s t u i d y , t business ou g h , t t c o . f , inquietude, wretchedness, indecision,atblnahin can be cured with almost equal r ie l ep fle e s s t s ru ne c s t s i , oni c i . nvo ln lu s n a t n a i r ty y blasphemous thoughts, certainty. "Tun GREATEST BENEFIT MAN CAN BESTOW ON MAN IS TO EASE AND HEAL HIS DISTRESSED MIND. 9, 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'cnre, and presented the Doctor with a check of -tl5O, and a niece of the late Lord Hill, who had been ner vous 30 years, Sir J. B—, the wife of Capt. S — d , Sir David I, —, Mr. B—, of Luton, ss .I—, of Dublin . , and Lady Hart land after Marsh, Crampton Esquerol, and Penel tried six Years in vain ; Admiral P.—, 'Plymouth, Rev. W. P. and Rev. , rector of —, Rev. J—, curate of Yorkshire ; J. V., -msg., 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 are - cured in six weeks. The extra means ol cure are used here. PArticuhu - s in the Pamphlet. . TOOTH-ACHE AND DECAYED TEETH. WHITE'S PEARL CEMENT, for filling decayed Teeth, rendering them useful for mastication, and pre venting Tooth-ache. The advantage of this Cement over other preparations is in its being perfectly harmless in the mouth, and while it effectually protects the tender Teeth from heat and cold, and portions of food decomposing in the cavities, so often the cause of Tooth-ache, it arrests the progress of decay, and removes that unpleasant taint of the breath arising from un sound Teeth. The Pearl Cement is sim le in its application, any one may use it : it never chap our,ind lasts for years. Sold in packets, at 2s. 6d: eac ith full directions. N.B. Each packet contai a portion of Mr. White's Ano dyne, the only infallible cific for the Tooth-ache. Prepared only by . White, Dentist, 3, Oldham-street, Manchester, and by him wholesale , ' • also by Barclay and Sons, and Sutto and Co., London ; Jackson Liverpool ; and retail by Dresser, 76, Dale-street ; Colquhoun , 24, Castle-street ; J. and J. Thomas, s,.Preeson's-row • Priestley, 52, Lord- street ; Carter, 8, Bold-street ; Rawle, 17;Church-street ; Janes, 19, Berry-street ; Tiernan, 185, London-road ; Ball, 1, West Derby street; Williams, 25, St. Anne's-street; Troughton, 76, Old hall-street, Liverpool. ON THE ATTAINMENT OF HEALTH, AND THE BEST MEANS FOR ITS PRESERVATION. BY MR. JAMES COCKLE, SURGEON, & C. " Health is a bl ess i ng dropt f • 9m Which money cannot buyl heaven, The life of lif e • the body ' spe'ac And pleasant harmony." - Notwithstanding the revolutions medicine has under a science, despite the theories which have alternately reigreldedaes spotic in her schools, and tne controversies which have divided her most distinguished ornaments, her ultimate aim has ever been the alleviation of human sfiffering ; for should either the enthusiasln of her followers or the warmth of their discussions surprise us when we consider the priceless object—health; the attainment and preservation of which are so ardently sought by all that a single exception would be a paradox in the history of society. But the aid of the physician - is too frequently soli cited to restore lost health, instead of enforcing the study of Nature's easy lesson to . preserve it ; indeed, the Goddess de mands but simple offerlngs,, and that the possession of her boon requires us but to refrain from excesses against her laws has been thus elegantly illustrated by the philosophic Dr. Thomas Brown—" Between satiety on the one hand s and want on the other, the stream of health flows tranquilly along, which, but for these boundaries, would speedily waste itself and disappear, as the most mamificent river, which, if dispersed over a boundless plain, would flow almost into nothing, owes its abundance and majestic beauty to the very banks which seem to confine its waters within too narrow a channel." This beautiful truism embodies the creed of the ablest physicians— that simplicity and moderation with regard to diet, and a faith ful discharge of the functions of the digestive organs, will. be the best guarantee for the maintenance of health, as it is by their conjoined agency the body derives its support and strength, and which soon languish and decline when they be come enfeebled and oppressed. To palliate this latter state, to equalise the secretion of the liver, and to restore the digestive functions to their original and natural Action, Mr. COCKLE'S COMPOUND ANTIBILIOUS PILLS are confidently recom mended. Prepared by Mr. JAMES COCKLE, Surgeon and Apothecary, 18, New Ormond-street, London, and may be had of all re spectable Medicine Vendors, in Boxes, at Is. lad. ; 28. 9d. ; and 45. 6d. Dr. Collier's Testimonial in favour of COCKLE'S PILLS, must be admitted to be highly satisfactory, and will be read with much interest. The following is an extract from the second edition (page 188) of the translation of the New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal Col lege of Physicians of London, by Dr. G. - F. COLLIER, published by Longman and Co. : " It is no small defect in this compilation (speaking of the NEW PHARMACOPEIA) that we have no purgative mass but what contains aloes; yet we know that hemorrhoidal persons cannot bear aloes, EXCEPT it be in the form of Cockle's Pills, which chiefly consist of aloes, scammony, and colocyntb, which I think are formed into a sort of compound extract, the acridity of which is obviated, I suspect, by an alkaline process, and by a fourth ingredient (unknown to me) of an aromatic tonic na ture. I think no better and no worse of it for its being a patent medicine. I look at it as an article of commerce and domestic convenience, and do not hesitate to say, it is the best made pill in the kingdom ; a muscular purge, a mucous purge, and a hydrogogue purge combined, and their effects properly controlled by a dirigent and corrigent. That it does not com monly produce haemorrhoids, like most aloetic pills, I attribute to its being thoroughly soluble, so that no undissolved particlea adhere to the mucous membrane of the rectum." NOTE.—Purchasers of Cockle's Pills ought particularly to examine the Government stamp affixed to each box, and to see that the words "JAMES COCKLE, APOTHECARY," are en grAved upon it in white letters, as without thismark Af authen t.ic4Y,-Nne can possibly be genuine, INDIGESTION, BILE, SICK HEAD-ACHE, jGID DINESS, Loss of Appetite, Lowness of Spirits, with sen sation of fulness at the pit of the stomach, pains between the shoulders, and all the distressing feelings arising from debility and indigestion, STIRLING'S STOMACH PILLS are the best remedy. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, requiring no restraint from business or plea sure. They act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, giving strength to the stomach, and promoting a healthy action of the liver, by which- they prevent and cure the jaundice and dropsy, clear the skin, remove sallow . nes pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and inv ate the whole system. Females at a certain period of li should never be without them. Prepared only by JOH ILLIAM STIRLING, 86, High-street, Whitechapel. in boxes at Is. lid:, 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each, in every t n. *.* Caution.—Ask for Stirling's Stomach Pills," and see Sciatica, alsoithec. most no Post-office for ,toss et : 1 0: e ffir f e a: pe ' that the name is on tl stamp. relief . I n io l w a s dielelt r a m c e e : r t t a n g, cure, by rubbing, for all painful affections of the nerves, giving maladies, Tic Douloureux, Lumbago, Gout, acute Rheumatism order sr °G xrsnmd f for 3s. :f s m s t pay or 4s. 6d. ease and its conveyance to any part of the kingdom. Observe that the Signature of the proprietor; '`G* C. Serjeant;' is written on the Government Stamp. SERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Rem e d y against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, iindLurn bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SEILJEANT, No; 1, Lo, velPs-court, Paternoster-row, and ; Bell-yard, Temple-bar, London; and by all Venikrs of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. ingAmteostnigmsot nmiaalnsy:_ which are being daily re ivied are the follow -14 Belmont place, Wandew th-road, Oct. 26,184 Stß,—l feel in duty bound to ac owledge, that after suffer ing acute pains from Sciatica, o evere Rheumatic affection in the hip-joint, and being de ri of rest, I was persuaded to try your embrocation, and e the pleasure to say that after three applications I was r ored to my usual health ; and, al though two years have p sed, I have no return of the disorder. —I am, Sir, grateful' ours, EDWARD NOYES. Well-street, Cripplegate. Sta,—l have be several weeks confined to my bed by Gout and Rheumatism, not a part from my h ea d t o my feet free from pain, and as helpless as an infant: not even a finger could. I move. In this unpleasant situation I was informed by my me dical attendant he had applied all'the usual remedies, and that I might remain months m my deplorable situation. Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I might have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close appli cation of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis appear; in a week I was capable of walking about my room, and by another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi cine was enabled to leave Loodon. Fearful of another attack, you will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant. —77 - D. W. STONE. The astonishing success which has crowned the application of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every other means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat tended with the least danger or inconvenience, and hundreds have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it ivas first introduced. Such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that per sons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheu matic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. Sold by Pendlebury, Russelbstreet ; Titherington, Oxford street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street; Coupland, Parker - street;' Gerrard; Oldhall-street ; Parkin son, New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland - road; Simpson, Scotland roadioPPosite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, Vauxhall -road Britten, corner of Dale-street an d Haymarket; Smith, G reat Homer-street; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row; Low, Islington; Walker, London -road; Parry, Christian-street; Wagstaff, Great Georgc-place ; Priestley, Lord-street; Smith, Woodside, Price, Wavertree THE GREAT MADRAS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. PROVISIONALLY REOISTERED. . CAPITAL, .e'1,000,000, in 20,000 SHARES of .t'so each. DEPOSIT, ss. per Share. To be empowered by Charter of Incorporation from the Indian Legislature, and also by Act of the Imperial Parliament, to limit the responsibility of Shareholders. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Henry Glanville, Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Paddington. Joseph Peplow, Esq., 13, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex. Richard Greenwood, Esq., Saint Pancras, Middlesex. Richard Edwards, Esq., Mitcham, Surrey William Freeman, Esq., Bayswater, M . esex. (With power to add to t number.) BANKE . Union Bank of London, yle-place, Regent-street. SO ITOR. Wood Readett, Es 35, King-street, Cheapside. ECRETARY. John Jameson Laski sq., East India-chambers, Leadenhall street. THE subj of Railroads in I n di a h as at l engt h attracted a degree of public attention, sufficient to ensure a speedy commencement and progressive extension of a prin ciple so calculated to develope the internal resources of that portion of our dominions. In the Minute of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to the Bengal Government, dated the 7th of May, 1845, it is stated,—" That it cannot admit of question, that wherever railroad communication can be advantageously in troduced and maintained, it is eminently deserving the encou ragement and co-operation of the Government." The construction of any and every line of railroad within the East India Company's territories, must be undertake n w ith their sanction, and in subordination to such rules and regu lations as the local government under their authority may deem fit to enact ; and the operations contemplated by this company will, of course, be conducted in conformity with such regulations. In surveying the vast extent of territory embraced by the British dominions in India, with a view to the introduction of railroads into that country, it would appear obvious, that the local demarcations which have been found convenient in the administration of the Indian Governments should be kept in view. In raising the capital required to carry these under takings into execution, it will be necessary that the Directors of the companies which may be formed in this country should contain a large proportion of gentlemen possessed . of local knowledge and experience in that part of India which is to form the scene of their operations; and in this view of the case, it seems natural that for the most efficient working of such projects, a separate Board should be formed in this country for the organization of railway operations within each of the Presidencies of Beng,al, Madras, and Bombay, to act in conjunction with local committees of the Indian Presidencies; each of such boards in England to contain such a proportion as may be thought desirable of parties qualified by residence and local knowledge of the different Presidencies, to afford useful and correct information upon the subjects brought before them. . . Impressed with these views, this Provisional Committee has been formed with the object of securing the introduction of the railway system into the territories under the Presidency of Madras. _ _ _ _ _ In the minute of the Court of Directors above alluded to, it is stated to be their intention to depute to India a skilful Engineer, to be associated with two Engineer Officers in their owd service, to investigate the subject of railway communica tion in India, in all its bearings; and they add, that one object of this committee will be to suggest some feasible line, of moderate length, as an experiment for railroad communication in India. It is probable that in no part of the East India Company's dominions will this subject be attained with so much ease and certainty as on the line of road from Bellarry to Madras ; and it is to the construction of a railway between these points that the operations of the present Company . are proposed, in the first instance, to be directed, with a view to accomplish the primary object of the preliminary investigation about to be undertaken by the Committee appointed by the East India Company. This line has all the requisites for an experimental railroad. The distance is moderate, being Two Hundred and Seventy Miles by the present winding route, and by this projected direct line the distance will only be Two Hundred Miles; and the country between the termini may be taken for all practical purposes as a level. There.is already a substantial road raised, connecting Bellary, Cuddapah, and Madras, which has success fully proved the capability of such a work to withstand the peculiar sources of destructive action enumerated in the Court's minute as operating against the railway system in India—the termini of which places are military stations, and of great commercial importance; a large traffic on goods, passengers, troops and military stores already exists upon the road ; and it passes through a fertile and very populous country. This pro vince was one of our earliest acquisitions in the East. Since the rise of the British power in India it has enjoyed uninter rupted peace and tranquillity, and is, relatively to its extent, the most productive portion of our Indian Empire. The surveys and estimates already made by eminent engi neers contain the minutest details of the cost of construction of a single line of rail, upon a principle which has been found to be perfectly efficient in America. But it is considered that, however desirable such a construc tion maybe for the feeding lines that connect the thinlypeopled and less cultivated tracts of the country with the main trunk lines upon which the largest portion of the traffic must always pass, a more substantial method of construction, and one more approaching than that found to answer best in Europe, will be required upon the trunk lines, of which that from Bellary . to Madras is the most important within the Madras territories. This part of the country . is so singularly favourable for a rail road, that the cost of a single line with rails of the dimensions generally used in this country, will not exceed £5,000 a mile, and that, by fixing the available capital at £1,000,000, it is con sidered that a sufficient fund will be provided to meet all the possible contingencies that can attend the construction of the proposed line. The present population of the territories included in the Presidency of Madras exceeds 14,000,000. The line will pass through the country towards Hyderabad, the great cotton and indigo districts of Bellary, and also through the towns of Roopangoodv, Hotoor, Wdgar-Guroor, Paundy, Calanuddy, Moochatota, 'l'audaperata, Tallypootatoor, Vattoor, Gondytita, Baukrapp, Jummulmagoor, Camalapoor, Waller, Chenoor, Cuddapah, Mauchuply, Sidhot, Mullailputman, Ho blum, Chinglulon, Washils, Dwor, Cotopand, Mundaloor, Chi tuvail, Cotoor, Dassoor, Podalcoor, Muinbole, Avnce, Penpol nin, and Cholaveram, to Madras, and it will afford facilities for the transport to the coast of the produce of Mysore and North Arcot, consisting of sugar, tea, coffee, nut, lac, potatoes, corn, oil, seeds, grain of various kinds, and charcoal and firewood; towards the West it will facilitate communication with the cot ton districts of Salem and Coimbatire ; and towards the South with the fertile countries of Trichinopoly and Tanjore. The best cotton that is raised in India is produced in the Madras territories; all that is required to enable it to compete success fully with American cotton, is increased facility for bringing it to the shipping ports in good condition, and at a moderate rate lof transport, which can only be effected by a railway. [See Copy of last Report by the Directors of the Manchester Cham ber of Commerce, as regards the Cotton growth in India.] There already exists traffic on this line, of goods alone, ex clusive of passengers, which would make a fair return upon the capital. It is impossible to calculate the returns to be expected from the transit of troops, military stores, treasure, and the conveyance of the mails on account of Government ; but the amount must he considerable. The same consequences must follow the introduction of railroads in India that have followed elsewhere, and already the results in every instance have far exceeded the expectations which the most sang - nine speculator would have ventured to form. It is clearly shown that there can be no line of railway in Madras, to any extent, with which this line will not form a junction or connection. But independent traffic for its support exists between Bellary, Cuddapah, and Madras ; and whatever line of railway it may form a junction with, it will increase its traffic. It is so singularly situated as to be an independent line of railway for its own support. The system is but now in its infancy in Europe, and its pro gression hereafter no one can calculate. The same results must follow in every instance of the introduction of railways into countries possessing a fertile soil, a good climate, and a numerous and industrious population ; and, at this moment, there is probably no portion of the globe where the introduc tion of railways will ultimately produce more important re sults than the British possessions in India. The management of the affairs of the Company will be vested in a Board of Directors, in London, co-operating with a Local Committee of residents in Madras. A proportion of the Shares will be reserved for Madras. The Board in London to have the entire management of the Company's affairs. Dividends to paid in London or Madras, at the option of the Shareholders, at the current exchange. A Deposit of Five Shillings per Share to be paid on Allotment. A Subscrription Contract to be executed by the Shareholders. In the event of the negotiations with the Indian authorities not being in all respects satisfactory to the Board, the prin ciple sum subscribed will be returned to the Shareholders, less the amount of preliminary expenses. Applications for Shares to be made, in the annexed form, to Mr. JOHN J. LAURIE, the Acting Secretary, or to the Ag en t s — ANT H oNy LAURIE, Esq., Sharebroker, Liverpool; Messrs. BRA DY and Co., Sharebrokers, Hull ; Messrs. I. and J. KINIPSTER, Sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-tyne, and W. S. MORE, Esq., 33; Lord-street, Liverpool. f). IJublitattons. `this day is Published, price Is., • THE FAMINE A ROD OF GOD: ITS PROVOKING CAUSE—ITS MERCIFUL DESIGN. A SERMON Preached in St. Jude's Church, on Sunday, February 28, 1847, by The Rev. HUGH APNEILE 1.A., Honorary Cano Cfester. ARTHUR NEWLINO, 27, Bold-street site the Music Hall), Liverpool, (Removed from Ranelagh-street,) SEELEY, BURNSIDE, and SEELEY, LONDON. HIGHLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ON THE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. Just PublisAed,---- AN Authenticated REI'ORT of the 'DISCUSSION between S. MIALI.,eMi., and the Rev. JOS. BAYLEE. LAW and PlNnt9tYMaterloo-buildings, Birkenhead. "THE SABBATH."-A SACRED SONG! THE above Melody is just published, and may be had of all respectable Musicsellers. The music is composed by W. , composer of that most admired ballad, "1 w e happy too," and the words are by Mrs. D. Clarke, o werpool. "A beautiful and to c ing little song."—Courier. Published by Duff and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-street, London. DOMBEY AND DAUGHTER. TNDER now being Published, in Weekly U Numbers, price One Penny, and Monthly Parts, price Sixpence, an ORIGINAL NOVEL, from the pen of one of the most distinguished periodical writers of the day. This work, although produced at so low a charge, is in literary merit in no way inferior to Mr. Dickens's work of mbey and Son. Those who read Dombey and Son sho most assuredly purchase Dombey and Daughter—it w e found no mean companion in the library of instructio is written in a vein of elevated morality—in the trues irit of the philanthropist. The purchase of the first numberTvith One Penny will prove the truth of this announcement. To be had of all Booksellers and News vendors. Published by T. FARRIS, 340, Strand, London. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED, Pursuant to Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Cap. no. THE BRITISH LOAN COMPANY, •CAPITAL .elO,OOO, IN SHARES OF £lO EACH. Deposit; One Shilling per Share. The CAPITAL of the COMPANY to be raised by CALLS of TEN SHILLINGS PER SHARE, and Interest at the raie of Five per Cent. per Annum will be allowed on Calls paid in advance. The First Call will be made o iplete Registration. This Company is establis or creating a secure and lucra tive Investment for the wings of small Capitalists, and for affording a ready me to the industrious classes of obtaining Advances of Mon on Real, Personal, or other available Se curity, upon the most advantageous terms. The Company will Advance Loans from £l6 to £lOOO, at an interest of Five per Cent., the repayment of each Loan to be made by weekly or monthly instalments, in six, nine, or twelve months, at the option of the borrower. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Mr. W. ROXBURGH, at the Offices of the Company, 23, Great Nelson-street North, •or to W. FOSTER, Esq., Solici tor, North John-street, to either of whom application for Shares may be made. Price Sixpence each Number, similar in Size to " NOVELLOS' New Edition of Handel's Messiah," WOOD'S EDITION OF THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND; With Symphonies and Accompaniments for the Piano-Forte. Edited by G. F. GRAHA M. In addition to the Music and Poetry of the Songs, the Work will contain brief Notices of their History, when these can be derived from authentic sources. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Numbers, at Sixpence each. Each Number to con tain Eight Songs. Contents of No. I. CfflatAits of No. ll.—for April. Flowers of the Forest—Old sq. uld Robin Gray—Old air. Ditto ditto, Modern -Modern air. 'Gloomy Winter. The Bush ahoon Traquair. Bonnie Wee Thing. How sweet this lone Vale. Kind Robin lo'es me. 0 mickle thinks my Love. Oh, why left I my hame. Tullochgorum. Bide ye yet. There was a Lad was born in Roslin Castle. Kyle. • 0, true Love is a bonny Flower. Words (written for this work) by Capt. Charles Gray, R.M. Published by Wood and Co., Musicsellers, 12, Waterloo place, Edinburgh ; and to be had of• Oliver and Boyd, Edin burgh ; 7. Afred Novello, (39, Dean-street, Soho, and 24, Poul try ; and Simpkin, Marihall, and Co., London. To be had of all Booksellers. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, WINDSOR. THE ANNUAL SERMONS in aid of the Schools will be Preached (D. V.) on S ext, the 21st inst., b y the Rev. H. RAIKES, M. .. non -- of Chester and Chancel tor of the Diocese. Divine Service wi imence in the Morning at Eleven, and in the Evening at alf-past Six. ST. MARK'S DAILY, INFANT, AND SUNDAY SCHOOL THE ANNUAL SERMO will be—Preached (D. V.) on SUNDAY next, t 21st instant, in ST. MARK'S CHURCH, by the Rev. LLIAM POLLOCK, M.A., Incum bent. Service to commence at 10i A.M., and 61 P. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE OF FIRST CALL ON LONDON AND BIRMING HAM £25 SHARES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors, in execution of the Acts of Parliament relating to the said Company, have, pursuant to .the provisions thereof, made a CALL of ..€5, in respect of each of the .e 25 SHARES, and have ordered that such Call be paid to one of the under-mentioned Bankers, namely : LoNnoN—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, and Co. ; BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Banking Company, or Messrs. Moilliet and Son ; LIVERPOOL.—Messrs. Moss and Co., or the Bank of Liver pool ; MANCHESTER.—Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., or the Manchester and Salford Bank; on or before the Ist April ne nd the several Proprietors of such £25 Shares are r ' dto pay such Call accordingly. G . CARR GLYN, Chairman. AS. LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman. B der, RICHD. CREED, Secretaries. HENRY BOOTH, Euston Station, London, Feb. 11, 1847. TO the OWNERS and OCCUPIERS of PROPERTY in Duke-street, Slatcr-street, Colquitt-street, Rodney street, and the Neighbourhood. You are requested to MEET, at t r e arreridon-rooms, South John-street, at One o'clock, on F AY next, the 19th instant, to consider the propriety of senting a MEMORIAL to the Mayor of Liverpool, rel eto the proposed Erection of a SOAPERY in Henry- et and Duke-street; in Liverpool, and of presenting a P ion that such steps may be taken by him as he may see best to protect the Inhabitants and Owners of Property in the above locality from the results of such a nuisance. RICHARD HOUGHTON. , JOHN TOMKINSON. SAMUEL M'CULLOCH. ALEXANDER MAXWELL. JOHN HASTINGS. JOHN RIGBY. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID-UP CAPITAL ..t1,000,000. N 0.7, ST. HELEN'S-PLACE, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, _ _ _ London, March 10, 1847. 911115 Bank GRANTS CREDITS on its Branches 11 at Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston Montreal, and Quebec, in CANADA; at St. John and Fredericton, in NEW BRUNS WICK; at. Halifax, in NOVA SC , and at St. John's, NEWFOUNDLAND; also upo Agents in NEW YORK, Messrs. Richard Bell, Wm. cLachlan, and Henry Edward Ransom ;on receipt of t amount at the London Office ; and the Credits are paid o resentation, together with the current premium of exchange on bills, at the customary usance, with out any charge. Similar Credits on the Branches and AFents of this Bank are granted at all the Branches of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, of the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. Bills on the Colonies and United States are negotiated, Divi dends on Stock payable in the Colonies or United States are received, and other descriptions of Banking Agency are trans acted, on terms which may be known on application, addressed to the Secretary. G. De B. ATTWOOD, Secretary, LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPAN NOTICE OF THIRD CALL ON GRAND JUNCTION .€25 SHARES. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors, N in execution of the Acts of Parliament relating to the said Company, have, pursuant to the provisions thereof, made a CALL of £5, in respect of each of the .tl5 SHARES which were created by the Grand Junction Railway Company on the 10th day of September, 1845 ; and have grdered that such Call be paid to one of the undermentio ankers, namely : LONDON—Messrs. Glyn, Ha • x, and Co. ; BIRMINOHAM—The • Bir ;ham Banking Company, or Messrs. Moilliet and So LivsarooL—lies . Moss and Co., or the Bank of Liver pool ; MANCHESTER — Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., or the Man chester and Salford Bank ; on or before the 15th day of April next. And the several Pro prietors of such .i'2s Shares are required to pay such Call accordingly. GEO. CARR GLYN, Chairman. CHAS. LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman. By order, RICH. CREED, } Secretaries. HENRY BOOT, Euston station, London, March 2, 1847. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE GREAT MADRAS JUNCTION LAILWAY COMPANY. Gentlemen,—l wish to become a Subsrciber for shares in this undertaking, of per Share, the Deposit tr-on which, or any less number of Shares that may be alloted to me, I agree to pay, and I also undertake to sign the necessary deeds when required to do so. —I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name Address Date Reference No Application for Acres can be received after March 1547, THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY. ASPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS of the BIRKENHEAD DOCK. COMPANY will be held, at the Offices of the Compa y r in-Cathcart-street, in Birkenhead, on TUESDAY, the ay of April next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for urpose of having submitted to them the Draft of the • now before Parliament, to Conso lidate the Birkenh and Herculaneum - Dock Compauies. Dated the first day March, 1847. MACGREGOR LAIRD, Secretary. THE HERCULANEUM DOCK COMPANY. A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS of the HERCULANEUM DOCK COMPANY will be held, at the Offices of the Birke Dock Company, in Cathcart-street, in Birkenhe UESDA , the 6th day of April next, at One o'clock • e Afternoon, for the purpose of having submitted to tl the Draft of the Bill now before Par liament to Consoli " the Birkenhead and Herculaneum Dock Companies. Dat the first day of March, 1847. • MACGREGOR LAIRD, Secretary. BIRKENHEAD (COMMISSIONERS') DOCKS. THE COMMISSIONERS of the BIRKENHEAD -I- DOCKS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on or before the sth day of April next, the first portion of the said DOCKS WILL BE OPENED FOR BUSINESS. Shipping frequenting these Docks will 'ect to Tonnabe Dues only, the Acts of Parliame authorising the Com missioners to levy any Rates n Goods. Full particulars as to Rates, Rules, and Regulations of the said Docks will sl ybe issued ; and, in the meantime, information may ad on application to Mr. RICHARD HIND, at the Commissioners' Offices, Argyle-street, Birkenhead. AMBROSE WALN, Clerk to the said Commissioners. Dock-office, Birkenhead, 7th Jan„ 1847. THE FOOD QUESTION ON THE CONTINENT. The Moniteur of Saturday announces that the quantity of foreign grain imported into France during the second fortnight of February amounted to 391,811 hectolitres ; viz. : In the Atlantic harbours In the Mediterranean By the land frontier 81,472 293,193 17,146 Total.. The Imports during the first fortnight were Total in February ~ January „ from July to December 2,542,220 Total from the Ist of July, 1846, to the 28th of February The imports continued with the same activity since the Ist of March. The Moniteur publishes the following letters : " ST. PETERSBURGii, FEB. 24.—1 t was never contem plated here to impede in any manner the exportation of grain. The tendency was quite the contrary • and! the most positive assurances enable me completely to rea.lsure merchants in that respect." . .. • _ " RIGA, FEB. 20.=-The merchants of our city have lately made extensive purchases of grain. We expect to receive by boats when the ice in the Duna breaks up, 50,000 lasts of rye, (the last contains 30i hectolitres,) from 5,000 to 6,000 lasts of wheat, and 20,000 lasts of barley, which will be shipped immediately. It is calcu lated that about 1,000 vessels will be required to export that quantity of grain. French vessels would find it very advantageous to come here and load corn." " HAMBURGH, FEB. 26.—Upwards of 50,000 hectolitres of wheat, destined principally for France, were lately pur chased in our market, to be delivered at a later period, and numerous orders on the account of French merchants have been received. The quantity of wheat lying in the bonding stores amounts to 33,000 hectolitres, and that of rye and other grain to 23,000." The Commerce publishes a letter from Toulon, which states that the steam corvette Titan had sailed from that port for the Dardanelles, where she is to be stationed to take in tow any vessels laden with grain which may require the assistance. The Reforme announces that wheat has risen If. 66e. the hectolitre at Senlis ; at Sens, lf. 750. ; Saucerre, lf. 66c. ; Charleville, 4f. 66c. ; Epihal, 85c. ; Gisors, sf. ; Mamers, 4f. ; Strasburgh and Nancy, lf. 50c. ; Luneville, if. 30c. ; Nismes, If. ; Gallardon, 3f. 50c. ; Houdan, 4f. ; and Orleans, 2f. I4c. Some fears being entertained by the authorities of Elbuf for the tranquillity of the town, which was menaced by thousands of workmen thrown out of employment, the minister of the interior had placed 300 muskets at the disposal of the municipal administration, to complete the armament of the National Guard. The Journal de la Yonne announces that the same Minister bad authorised the armament of the National Guard of Auxerre. The Journal de Lille of the 12th instant states that, at the commencement of the corn market, on the preceding day, a slight tendency to a decline in prices was perceptible. Wheat, however, was scarce, and towards the conclusion of the market it rose 2f, 19c. the hectolitre. The Metz Gazette states that the number of starving peasants who are flying from the Prussian and Bavarian Rhenish pro vinces to take refuge in France has become so great, that the French authorities have been obliged to establish pickets of cavalry on the frontier to repulse this new species of invasion. The Reforme states, that in conse quence of the excessive dearness of provisions in Rheims, mendicity has assumed an alarming character in that city. Able-bodied men frequently enter the shops, and refuse to quit until they are relieved either by donations of bread or money. The Independence of Brussels states that considerable agitation prevails in that city in consequence of the high price of bread, increased by the small supply of potatoes brought to market, and which are sold at the rate of 13 francs for 2001 b. weight. A strong demonstration, how ever, on the part of the police has hitherto prevented any disturbance. At Ghent the municipal authorities have decided that when the price of rye bread shall exceed 30 centimes (3d.) for 21b. weight, and that of wheaten bread 40 centimes, the overplus is to be paid by the city. A similar arrangement has been made by the municipal council of Mons, and tickets to procure cheap bread are distributed to the most indigent, besides a weekly pay ment in money. • The Aressager de Gand confirms the accounts of the pillage of a boat laden with grain on the Lys. The cargo was intended for France, but 130 sacks were carried off by the peasants. At Wavre a riot was commenced in the market-place, and some sacks of potatoes were spilled on the ground, but the appearance of a police force restored order. SPAIN.—A. Barcelona letter of the 7th states that Tris tany, one of the influential partisans of the Count de Montemolin, had made an attempt on the small town of Tarrasa, situated in the mountains eight leagues to the north of Barcelona. At the head of three hundred men, he had gained possession of the place by a coup de main, but a detachment of the Queen's troops coming to its rescue, drove Tristany again out of the place, notwith standing a vigorous resistance. The Montemolinists lost fifteen men, and fled in disorder to the mountains. The Queen's troops had an officer and five men killed. EXTRAORDINARY SPEED AND POWER ON THE BROAD GAUGE.—The greatest speed that has ever been reached by the locomotive engine, was attained on Thursday last, by the " Great Western," with the usual twelve o'clock up express train from Exeter. The train from Didcot consisted of six passenger carriages, with nearly every seat filled, and the load, exclusive of the engine and tender, was about 65 tons. The engine was driven by Mr. Daniel Gooch, the locomotive superintendent of the Great Western line, accompanied by Mr. M'Connell, the locomotive superintendent of the London and North- Western line. On arriving at the 30th mile-post, the speed of the engine, which was merely her working time, was found to be 64 miles per hour. The engine at this time was working with the steam cut off at about nine inches out of her stroke of 24. She was then allowed to work with her steam cut off at 151 inches, and her speed for the next quarter of a mile increased to the rate of 69 miles per hour. The next quarter of a mile was performed in rather less than 13 seconds ; and the fol lowing quarter of a mile in 12 seconds, or at the rate of 75 miles per hour. The gradient was a falling one, of four feet per mile. After attaining this speed the power of the engine was reduced to her ordinary working rate, but there is no doubt that had her full power been put on, a speed of 80 or 85 miles per hour could have been at tained. While working with the steam cut off at 131 inches, a speed of 691 miles per hour was reached on a level. The fire box and the heating surface of the " Great Western" locomotive are considerable below the capacity of the broad guage, and we are quite satisfied that with the road properly laid and in good order, and with some general improvement in the "points" of railways, a velo city of 90 or 100 miles per hour may be reached on the broad gunge line.—Morning Herald. SCENES OF HORROI2.-Commander Caffin, of her Ma jesty's ship Scourge, has just published a second letter, detailing some of the scenes he has witnessed in Ireland recently. At the extreme south point of Belmullet, county Mayo, is a village which, he says, " is seldom visited by anybody, called Surgeview ; it has about 150 or 200 inhabitants. At this place they had been living upon horseflesh for three weeks past. I rode there in order that I might be able to bear testimony to their extreme state of destitution. It was the fact, and on entering one of the cabins, and being shown a piece of horse, my heart sickened, but a moment's reflection led me to com mend these poor people to bring themselves to this rather than allow themselves and their large families to die; some, however, preferred death, or a miserable existence upon limpets and sea-weed, which may be said to have kept them in a state of existence during the winter, together with a little fish which they catch when the weather per mits them to venture out in their frail boats, which are only made of open basket-work, covered with horse hides or canvas. In one cottage they had a quantity of the horse flesh salted, and some of it smoked. I asked them how they obtained this meat ? They said that the horses died of starvation, and the owners of them skinned them, and then allowed the flesh to be taken ; in some cases taking a portion for their own use. In this village lived an old lady with her two daughters—in fact the village belongs to her. She says she cannot get the rents paid, and the people impose upon her sadly. The poor creature, with tears rolling down her cheeks, told me she went to bed last night supperless, and cannot tell how one meal in advance of the other is to be obtained. She is the only Protestant in this wretched village, and appears well prepared for that end which must shortly overtake her. Her manners and those of her daughter's are quite ladylike, whilst their dwelling is more wretched than you can conceive—a mere hovel, clean as far it could he. There was no sickness in this village, and the looks of the people bespoke a better state of things than we found. On our return we visited other villages ; at Fallmore we found them eating horse-flesh, as in Surgeview. Everywhere the poor creatures with their children barely clad were to be seen searching for pota toes ; and ground which had not been cultivated for two years, on account of the failure, they were now turn ing and returning, and had done this three and four times over, still looking for some ; those that they got were no larger than marbles. Their principal support during the winter, as throughout this narrow neck of land, was seaweads and limpets," THE FAMINE A ROD OF GOD; ITS PROVOKING CAUSE-ITS MERCIFUL DESIGN.* This is the title of a sermon just published by the Rev.. Hugh 111`Neile. Any profits from the sale will be added to the funds entrusted to the St. Jude's Relief Committee in aid of the destitute Scotch and Irish. The author, in an excellent preface to the sermon, gives, " for the defence and vindication of the Christianity of his own patriotism," a forcible and appropriate extract from a sermon preached by Dr. Sherlock, Bishop of London, in 1716. At the outset of the discourse, the reverend getilleman calls on his hearers to do their part, "in personally humbling themselves before God, each for his own share of the sins which have brought wrath upon the realm ; " and for their instruction and guidance in so doing, enun ciates the three following propositions, on each of whick he makes some very powerful propositions " First—God himself personally directs all the affairs of this our world. Therefore, plagues, pestilences, wars, ought to be considered as God's agencies, and not merely as arising out of second causes, whether of the state of the atmosphere or the ambition of men. Who hath ap pointed the rod ? " Second—Plagues, pestilences, famines, wars, are used by God as national punishments for sin. Hearthe rod. Third—The immediate and merciful object of such punishments, is to call the inhabitants of the suffering• nation to repent, to acknowledge their transgressions, to admit that they deserve the punishment, and to implore pardon and peace through Jesus Christ. The man of wisdom will look to this name, which is above every name —even Jesus Christ, in and through whOm it is a right eous thing to receive graciously sinful men." The argument as to the first proposition is conducted in the author's usual pointed and argumentative style, and is demonstrated by the production of a very large body of scriptural truth. In the course of the argument on the second point, we find the following seasonable and just remarks as to the provoking cause of the calamity under which, as a nation, we at present suffer : " Upon the authority of Holy Scripture, (the only au thority I am careful to claim,) I have now shewn that the cause is to be traced to the sins of the nation. If we at tempt to say what sins, we must of course specify one sits after another. In so doing, we do not mean to ascribe the calamity to any one sin particularly ' • still less to any one sin exclusively. Ai, on the one hand, we dare not say concerning any one sin, that it is the entire cause ; so neither, on the other hand, dare we say concerning any one sin, that it is no part of the cause. Even the inspired prophets assign the same calamity to many and different sins ; and the fair application of the scriptural principle cannot, of course, carry us any farther.. In immediate connexion with our text,t Micah specifies, not only the keeping of the statutes of the idolatrous Omri, but also the scant measure, the wicked balances, and the deceitful weights, as provoking causes for the wrath of God. If we begin with idolatry, it is because God's law begins with forbidding idolatry. If we say, e. g., that it is a sin in this nation to encourage the use of images in worship, by educating and supporting, at the public ex pense, teachers who avow that they do, and will, and must command the people to how down before images ; it is because the law of God expressly, and in so many words, condemns the practice, and in connexion with it threatens to visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.. " This naturally, and indeed inevitably, suggests to the mind certain public acts of this nation ; and, so far as it goes, associates the calamity with those sinful acts. But only, so far as it goes. He who would enumerate, must specify ; but he does not close his enumeration, when he has specified one particular. Who has ever ascribed the calamity to this sin exclusively ? And who, I would ask, on the other side, will venture to assert that this sin has had no share in provoking the calamity ? If such calami ties be, as we have seen, punishments for sin, upon what principle is it, that this sin in particular shall be exculpa ted ? Has God become partial in punishing some sins, and'not all ? If he who bows to an image, and prays to a creature ; or he who encourages these iniquities by his advocacy or his sufferage, may plead that the cala mity is not for that sin, and that it is "untrue, and unchristian, and impolitic " to say it is : then, the blas phemer may with equal justice plead, neither is it for my particular sin ; and the Sabbath-breaker may say the same ; and the undutiful child the same ; and the mur derer the same ; each will of course pleid excuse for his own : and upon the principle in question, how can any one of them be gainsaid ? " We have then indignant rebukes of many of our other national sins ; and the last which the author enumerates is remarked upon as follows : " And what are our statesmen doing in the meantime They, too, have refused to hear the rod. God is not in their thoughts, nor in their speeches, nor in their acts. They avow their inability to determine the right meaning of his divine revelation ; and, instead of boldly causing the light of Christian truth to shine before men, they are paralysed by the inquiry of Pontius Pilate, tauntingly reite rated by the idolator and the infidel, ' What is truth? ' Either their incompetence to decide on a true interpreta tion of Scripture, or their wilful determination to seek a present hollow peace among men, in preference fo the in convenient but obvious duty of obedience to God, has led to the dishonouring of his Sacred Word in their only at tempt at national education. Of course, true religion is treated as a very little thing in their public assemblies : and although some few among them are manifesting a willingness to attend to what they are pleased to call reli gion —to wit, the baptised paganisms of the dark ages, recently resuscitated under the glozing title of Catholic traditions—it is plainly not as helps, but as substitutes for genuine Christianity. The voice of anything like the gos pel of the grace of God is a strange voice among - them, a voice from which they turn away, with faintly disguised disgust, as from something vulgar and antiquated, retained indeed in old and truly Anglican state papers, but alto gether unfit for modern fine gentlemen. The wisdom of man, the foresight of m an , th e t a l ent and tast e of man, the alculation of man ; these, and such as these, are the themes which, when handled skilfully, lead the hearers captive, and cause the speakers to be extolled ; _but God is forgotten; and no wonder, then, that he pours con tempt upon the wisdom of the wise. Every department of the vessel of the state is attended to, except the helm ; and no wonder, therefore, that although the hulk be well made, the rigging all sound and suitable, and the crew all activity ; no wonder, we repeat, that the vessel reels, and tosses and trembles. It is the presiding management of the hand at the helm, that gives smoothness in the storm; and that hand being neglected, the unwieldy bark totters like a drunken man, the sailors are infatuated, and the ignorant passengers are at their wit's end. And where is the remedy sought for ? From the men at the pumps, so to speak, labouring in vain to lessen the evil ; from the men at the ropes, drawing and redrawing to see where the mischief lies ; from the men in the rigging, our master. spirits at the head of affairs, who sit in judgment upon the ropes, and write pamphlets, and speak speeches, which atheists might write and speak. I say not that the writers and speakers are atheists, but that men who are atheists might be the writers and speakers. Thus is help sought for everywhere, except from the Great God at the helm, who alone can rebuke the winds and the seas, and make a great calm." The reverend gentleman improves the subject by prac tically remarking on the third division of the subject, in the course of which he enlarges, in the tenderest and most affectionate language, on the condescending expostulations of Almighty God with a guilty people, inviting them to repentance and amendment. Appended to the sermon are the author's letters on the Irish distress, and published here at the request of the St. Jude's Relief Committee. The first, our readers will remember, was published on the sth January, and ad-- dressed " to the merchants, bankers, gentry, and trading classes of the town of Liverpool ; " and the second was published in our columns on the 16th ultimo. *The Famine a Rod of God; its Provoking Cause—its Merciful Design. A Sermon, preached in St. Jude's Church, Liverpool, on Sunday, February 28, 1847, by the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile, Hon. Canon of Chester. Published for the St. Jude's Relief Com mittee. London: Seeley and Co.; Liverpool: A. Newling. t Micah, 6 c. 9 v. GUN CorroN.—The other day, a successful experiment was made with this element of destruction, in Auchlee quarry, Aberdeenshire. The necessary boring having been made previously, the gun cotton was introduced in the usual manner, and the communications of the wires with a galvanic battery (which was the means taken to ignite the cotton) being speedily and easily effected, due precautions were used for the safety of the onloOkers, and orders given to proceed with the charge. The ,effect was instantaneous. Nearly 20 tons of rock were displaced by the concussion. - Compared with the effects of gunpowder, the result was far more satisfactory ; there was less frag menary destruction, but a greater extent of rock loosened, while the danger to bystanders was much lessened. Tux NAVIGATION LAWS.—MEETING OF SHIP OWNERS.--A public meeting of " owners and commanders,. and tradesmen connected with the building and equipment of British ships, and others interested in the prosperity of British navigation, as an indispensable element of national security," was held on Thursday evening at . the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road, London, " for adoption of the most energetic measures for averting the evils threa tened by the proceedings now pending in parliament on the subject of the Navigation-laws." Mr. Dunbar, the chairman of the General Shipowners' Society, of London, presided, and, in introducing the business of the evening, said that nothing would have induced him to present him self to the meeting were he not deeply interested in the question they were met to discuss, nor would he have been present were it not that they were demanding a right to which they were justly entitled. He maintained that the constitution of the committee of the House of Com mons was an unfair one, inasmuch as most of th e gentle men who composed it had already made up their minds on the subject, and expressed them in their Writings and public addresses. Mr. G. F. Young then addressed the meeting, and after arguing on the necessity of maintain ing the Navigation-laws, under which the nation had risen to its present maritime pre-eminence, 114 moved tine following resolution :—" That an inviolable adhesion to the principles on which the Navigation-laWs of Great Britain are founded, is indispensable to the maintenance of an extensive national marine, as a nursery for the navy, and as a source of supply of national artisanS; and that in the defence of those laws, when attacked, it is conse quently the duty not only of those who are interested in maritime commerce in its various branches, but of all who_ estimate duly the importance of p r o v idi ng f o r the national security, cordially to unite." The resolution was unani mously adopted. Several other gentlemen addressed t , h meeting, al morialised given for up. The mini and has bee, with this time is now Majesty, aiidiiwail;e;iii;ii parliament should be me- ion the subject. 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