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

A T a MEETING of the OWNERS of LAND, WARE -1-11„ HOUSES, and others interested in this description of Property. held on MONDAY. the 30th April, 1838, at the Cla-' rendon Roorn4, to adopt measures to oppose the Resolution of the Dock Committee relative to the building of Warehouses on 4he owge of the. Docks, ~44,,fift Itioyed, ity W. P. Busany,,Esq., and: Seconded by " ft g i f ii.,.... ..,, , 0 4,1 ~ THOMAS FetEmß, Esq., and ' ~s, vet unanimoudy— 20 fllfiA ..i. , , t .)litit4i4UPgsl3.rancker, Esq. do take the t air ~ t r•-• ',.=. ' uys4, l 4y J. B. BoultritlY.• Esq., Seco 841. by 1. AloNTGo .tovit - . 31EBY, Esq., and .1 -Jit,ii :-.1,1 Lti.. 0 , to.l4.l4,unanim e n t al9-- .. . . . o h4' i t,Committee be fully authorised to oppose any Bill Motek,Trustees may bring before Parliament, having •,.' I t t• , - "-ert,,llthe building a Warehouses on the verge of the !io gc 1.-::',1 ,4r .. , , i 2151 0 441`..! tiß.tal..sas, Esq., and Seconded by J. A. Gin, Esq., and . r gesyled. : lvicpiheeu,y... 35 • 1:114 • fur the purposeof defraying the necessary exp enses , a ppsio.a-of three per cent. on the Annual Rental be entered tv,.- - _,.l94 ; ,placed in the Bank of Messrs: Heyivood and Co.; to Association, subject to the entire c on t ro l o f t ommittee. JAMES BRANCKER, Chairman. ,Tne;Chairman having left the Chair, it e -q. Moved by JOHN LEYLAND, Esq., and Seconded by *Cie:, • . J. H MI-WIELD, Esq., and ' Resolved un ayarnously • ,That. the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman, for his able conduct in presiding over the business of the day. W. BIRKETT, Secretary. tanteO. 0 N . 30'11 3 ARENTS AND 'GUARDI- S: 'ETV - ANTED TWO APPRENTICES, i .i., for the Wool f .. ten Drapery and Tailor-it - 11., - 1W of T' fir the aeneral Drapery and Silk Mereery Business.—Apply. if by letter, post paid, tn,Mr.i, JOHN BRISCOE. t.:12 - attil 83, 011 'Jail-street. WANTED. , 107 - ANTED immeHiately,a MAID SEIANT of all-work. must She ust bear an irreproachable] aracter tor clean liness, honesty, and sobriety.—Apply at the STANDARD OFFICE. PARTNER WANTEW A N Y Person having at his dispOsal foO, and desirous of ..tt. embarking in a profitable conce may hear of an eligible opportunity for investment, upon application to H. S. W., care of the Publisher. yt i TV - ANTED, a Young MAN, about 21 e a rs o f a ge , ac -1 quainted with Custom-house Basin , a nd th e G enera l Routine of a Merchant's office.—Appli c ion, in the hand :writing of the applicant, to be addressed to C., Standard office: jublit ZobitO. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE A NANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. VY'IFIE NEXT MEETING will be. h d at Newcatims- UPON-TYNIi„ in the week cowmen • goo MONDAY, Au gust 20th. The Members of the Geneial Committee will meet on the preceding SATURDAY. JAMES YATES. Secretary to the Council. • Signed JOHN TAYLOR, Treasurer. . London, 10th April, 1838. CHESTER AND. BIRKENHE D RAIEWAY • COMPANY. 21, Renwick reet, 23d April, 1838. XTOTIOE Ig HEREBY GIVE, that the SCRIP RE- I Cf4,llP will be exchanged for Sealed Certificates on and .a.teer . MoNnAY, tfie 7th May. By order Of the Board, J. JAMES, BRITISH AGRICULTURAL LOAN COMPANY, TuttlE MAXIMUM of .B SHARES t 7 be appropriated to 1. the' Public in this Company, and w ich are fixed by the / • Deed at £2 lOs per Share premium, as e par of their relative value, does not exceed 2500 Shares, w ch are not to be sold ' but in Single Scrips, for which eitbe Share or an Omnium , . may ' be claimed hythe bearer, at pa , on or before the Ist day February next, upon the payment of the said premium on TuEs - DAY nett, the Ist of May, to the Treasurers of the Company's Safety yuctd, as . by Letters of Appropriation to be issued to the Pablic until Five o'clock, P.rd., of MONDAY, the 30th instant, at the COmpariv',s Offices, 27, Austin-friars, London. April 26, 1838. P. DE JERSEY, Secretary. A pplication to be made to RICIID. DAWSON, Exchange-alley, Liverpool . ir EDINBURGH AND GLASG RAILWAY. ririflE Shareholders in this Railwa who have not paid up ' I. the Call of £l per Share on the crip they hold, are ►most particularly requested to do so wit ut any further delay, to !,.. enable the Directors to proceed in arliament with this itn ,-3%portant undertaking. The payments must be made to the Bank of Liverpool, and the Renewal Scrip will be immediately ex changed for the Old Scrip, which mast be deposited-with • RICHARD DA.WSON, Exchange-alley, Liverpool. VICTORIA BUILDING SOCIETY. trylllE Rules of this Society being now Certified according to 1 Act of Parliament,. the FIRST GENERAL MEETING :^tvill . he held on Tiicitsnty EVENING net, the 3d instant, at Half-past Seven' o'clock, at the Tun° TLE . NEST Bonn, Scotland-road, for the purpose of Elect' g Officers, and trans acting the other business of the Socie v Shares E120.--Subscription s. per Month, I f And no Redo , - - I .nd no Redemption _ .onev. Present Entrance 25. - 6 d. per Share. Applications for Shares slay be made, and other information respecting the Society had, on application to Mr. WILLIAM JOHNSON ; Solicitor, North John-street; to Mr. LEWIS, Ac - rotrotaut, Temple-street, Liverpool ; to PERRY and Co., Printers, 20, Pool-lane; or to Messrs. CADDICK and STANIA NOUG HT, Throstle Nest hotel. 1 LIVERPOOL, LIBRARY. ' tit April, 18.38. SUBSCRIPTION DUE THR FIkST OP MAY. rriFlE ANNUAL MEETING .of the ROPRIETORS•of I the LIVERPOOL LII3II.AUY wi I e held in the Library, in Bold:street, on TUESDAY, the Bth o lay, at Six o'clock in `the Evening, to elect a President, and a Committee, and to 'itransact other necessary business. :a . JAMES LISTER, President. , 4'"*o" k.' "MERIONETHSHIRE SLATE 'OMPANY, w . CAPITAL, £lOO,OOO, ' 445 /a 20,000 Shares q o fES each payab by . Instalments. I lllE Directors having deteralined t make an immediate , .i., - large extension of the Company's orks, the remaininu! f:418l UNDISPOS ED ofS PAR ES_ will.be issued to the Publi2 ,as, crtp Shares at ihe price of £2 45.. per Share. . • pplication, for. Prospectuses aud,Shares;will he received by i - : W. TERII IN GTON, Esq., Secret:try...pm tent-, at -the Com ty's temporary OtHces, 4, Great .Winchester -street,. London, ktrauce under the Archway,) or by Messrs. H ORNEY and ll? t .iiiaoo,o, Solicitors, St. Swithin's-lane, London, until the sth ' t idy of May next, after which time.the,Shares will be allotted, - ' Prospectuses may also be obtained of Mr. WALTER CLARKE, " fligh-Street, Liverpool. ..,,. , . . . . . POLONCEAU'S PATENT ELksTrc BITUMEN COM. PAN Y . , • CAPITAL, t 206,00% IN MAX) SHARES. OF £2O EACH. ' ' DePoqt, £2 per Share. rnitucTous. , Landon. Liverpool. John Bairtehaw , , 14`,. q . foseph Christopher Ewart, Esq John Ellts, Esq., M.P. • Joseph llornby, Esq. Hi!ward Hurry, Esq. Charles Horsfa.ll, Esq. Robert Win. Kennard, I.3sq. William Smith, Esq. 'Will. Gordon Thomson; Esq. Joseph So th Wooler, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kenner • 'The Bank of Liver i sot [cactus. Messrs. Murray:and Rymer, 59, ncery-lane, London. Messrs. Daveu port and Collier, rd•street, Liverpool. ririllE Composition of the Patent ; Elastic Bitumen is th e K. discovery of Monsieur Polonceau, I xspeeteter Disisionnaire dli:Co7l Royal 4s pants et,Chatinees, who, by his public works, altinContment, (among which are the Pont du Carrousel at Parisond the Roads of the Col de Lantaret, and the Simplon,) hits; tarred a reputation throughout Eu r op e . onsieur Polonce au h as - succee d e d i n pro d uc i ng a Bitu iirCOvrn`position, whi c h f or c h e a pness, strength, and &Ira nit 'bffteynr exc4eds any hitherto known, anitpossesses this great ailS.Wiifa4ie'!irer - every other—the Materials of which it iscom rioSed‘ ire ill'found in England. So f -,.(iii highly is the discovery - eitilorf 'f . n . :Fiance, InAt the auth o riti es o t Paris have e nt ere d iritttra*Cts . with .0 for Its application to the Cirtfage . Way Of tile Boulevards des Capticines. the Rue de la Ilialli;=',„ind tither Carriage 'Roads in that City, which he is now acf-fvely engaged iii carrying into effect. • AinlOncean's Elastic Bitumen is a pplica hle to the construct ion 6Craarriatte Roads- ' and Pavements, Roofing of 'Buildings, Flitiricigiliif Halls, churches, Stables:Sze. 4,. giill;kinlperviocts• to vermin and c h imp, it can be used...with, ad•stantage• :tad eeimotny in -the construction of Gianaries, WarehoUses, Dock!, Drains, Baths, &c. To secure the exclusive benefit of this discovery to the pro posed Company, Patents ha ve b ee p t a k en out f or t h e U n i te d ingdom, which hare been assigned over in trust for this `Company. - Tild object of this•ConspanY will be to obtain the advantages which it is presumed most arise from the exclusive use of so ..iinpattant a material in this country. Applications for Shares (post-paid) may be made in London to Messrs. MuitnAv and MAIER, 59, Chancery-lane; and in Liverpool to Messrs. DAVENPORT and COLLIER, Lord•street, and Mr. Jossea KING, Exchange-buildings, on or before the 14 . 0 May. • and Co., London 01, 4 - ITT, addition to an extensive purchase recently made by E. EASTEE of a Bankrupt's Stock of TOYS, PER FUM E- ItY, CABINET WARE, &c., &c., the fo lowing Articles are indeed , well worth the attention of Wholes e Dealers and Ship- T, 912:".. 1(XXI Dozen of-Dolls, seven irtcheslo ,at is. ld. per Dozen IWO - „ eight „ at Is. 4d. „ 1000 „ „ ten at Is. 9d. 1200 „ twelve at 2s. 2d. Cortzeoletto Beads, in Bond, 2s. per lb.; Twenty Dozen of Portable Dressing Cases, fitted with Shaving Box, Tooth, NaiL and Sh.u.ving.Brush, Razor Strop, Penknife, Comb, and a pair ~r warranted Razors, for 79. 6d. N.B.—The above must be sold forthwith, to give place to ex tensive alterations about to be made in this establishment. 5, ST. PEORGE'S CREScENT, Castle-street. • •' ''. ' - CORNS. DCKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, f o r th e re inoVal'of Corns. Bunitions. and all hard fleshy substances en the Feet. lt is adMitted'hY the thousands who have tried it, and the most sceptical, to be - the airy rethedv ever, offered to Pablib rttaiee; it acts hoth.a,s an opiate'and. savent, by reliev the mist eicruciatinzpain. and 'gradually dissolvinz the cat louVrir-hornsOnitiatance. Prepared aitil Sold by WILLIAM -DlOKElV,Cheiriist-, 235, Strand, - TteKt'dooi to Temple Bar, Londoe4 inr•Botes, Is: lid: each. Soldalso by PRIESTLEY and Ross and NIGHTINGALE, Lord street; Br Tr.RE, Gastle-street ; FISHER and MA YN A RD, Bold street; 7 ASE MIA LL, " St. James-street; BARNETT, Edgehill; WAGSTA PF, Great Georve-pla ce ; JoHNSoN, Church-street; H ilwE ~i,,ptlle-Street, end BlianFonn, Old H aymar k et, Liver pool . 4 4, v,5‘ ~..st..lloeo's; GmistriE, Ormskirk ; WHtmp , ciF yt sEx,. eri,.-; Sco r wcnoT, Bolt 2 W 0; A cis. Wigan ; i a 1' n tsTi,palt w ; a4 : To. yar r in g t,,n ; BAXTER, Pi escot; BOWMAN, Sotit49o-,od ~WARD and MAWSON, Runcorn, where lik e - Nvise . ,vallibO:iuredDlCKElt'S AROMATIC ESSENCE. an ' 144 .1,04 _l4 (04r the Tooth Ache, in Bottles ls. 14d. each. EnOuratut . NoticrO. :~ ~,; - te a- `-;~-- C~ TO THE PUBLIC. T IFE AND FIRE INSURANCE' RATES REDUCED . .4 30 PER CENT, PER ANNUM, being a Saving to the Public of £500,000 pet Annum.. E'xlE LIRE ASSURANCE RATES 20 to 25 to 30 to 35 35 to 38 to 45 to 50 Premium I£l Il' £1 15 I-E2 0 lA2 61£2101£2 15 £3 LIFE ANNUIT HATES iir For - every £lOO sunk with this - pally, immediate Annuities . will be granted according t the following Scale, viz. : Age 30 to 40 to 45 to 50 50 to 55 to 60 -60 to 65 70 £8 U 0 I £8 10 I £9 ' () I 1:9 10 1 1:10 101 £l2 10 1 £l5 10 Fier Cent. per CL per Ct . 1 per Ct I per Ct. 'per ' Ct. 1 per Ct. FIRE INSURANCE RATES. Common Insurance Private Houses and Shops (not hazardous) 1 0 per Cent. Hazardous ' 2 0 Double Hazardous INDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY, FOR FIRE, LIVES, AND ANNUITIES. Opiosite the Bazaar. BAKRR-STRERT, PORTMAN-SQUARE, LONDON. ON EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES ! ! ! ESTABLISHED, UNDER ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. MANAGERS. James Alexander, Esq. Thomas Knowles, Esq. George Anderson, Esq. H. R. Perkins, Esq. Thomas Bedford, Esq. Thomas Price, Esq. James Drummond, Esq. William Reid, Esq. Samuel Eyre, Esq. Edward W. Taylor, Esq. Robert Ferguson, Esq. John Wilson, Esq. Thomas Hope, Esq. Wm. W hittaker, Esq. , Resident Secretary—Mr. William Hole. Bankers—Bank of England. A FIRE-PROOF DEPOSITORY Haying been constructed at this Establishment, Books of Ac count, Bonds, Deeds, Leases, Written Securities of every description, and Family Plate Chests, may be securely deposited ►herein, and free access had thereto during Office Flours, from 'l'eu till Four o'clock Daily.—Te►ms of Subscription may be known on application at the Office. AGENTS: LIVERPOOL, Mr. CALVERLEY HUISH. Ashton-under-Lyne, Messrs. Whitford and Pattinson. Beverley, Mr. Abu). Sunderland. Blackburn, Mr. James Hopwood, Printer. Chorley, Messrs. Morce and Clayton. • Lancaster, Mr. J. Taylor, Land Agent and. Surveyor. Manchester, Mr. Cornelius Wood, Solicitor, King -street . Salford, Mr. Thomas Main, Mount Pleasant Square. PrestOn S Mr. Miles Myers. Mr. Henry Blackhurst, Solicitor. Rochdale, Mr. G. Howorth, Drake street. DEF ERitED ANNUITIES, XTATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY CAPITAL £500.000. PATRON, lIIS GRACE THE DUKE OF SO ERSET, F.R.S. DIRECTORS, T. LAM IE MURRAY, Es ~ hairman. Col. Sir BurgesCamac,K.C:S. 0 ge Lungley, Esq. John. Elliotson, M,D., F.R.S. I.l* neth Mackenzie, Esq. C. Farehrother, Esq., Ald. `Jo n Rawson, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. L Joseph Thompson, Esq. Robert Hollond, Esq.„.M.P., Auditor—Professor heatstonP. iff.li . S. _ Physician—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S., 37,C on CI uit-street. Surgeon—E. S. Symes, Esq., 38, Hill-street, Berkeley-square. Actuary—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq , - Bankers—Messrs. Wright and C0.,5, Henrietta-street, Covent garden. Standing Counsel—W. Milbourne James, Esq., Stone-build ings, Lincoln's Inn. Solicitors—Messrs. 'Webber and Bland, 4.3, Bedford-row. Secretary—F. Ferguson Camroux, Esq. DEENRRED ANNUITIES. I. Amongst the several remedies proposed to mitigate or di minish the burthen of poor-laws, none has hitherto been brought forward or adopted that would either induce or afford facilities to the able-bodied members of society, to be responsible for their own support. .11. In a state of employment and health evert one may be assumed capable of self-support; competition has, no doubt, reduced the rewards of labour to the standard of existence, rendering it the more necessary that the smallest surplus, over exigencies, should be carefully 'husbanded, in order that, by the best facilities given to economy and the application of means to ends, it may be rendered capable of supp Wing the deficiencies, caused.by want of-employment , sickness, the several casualties of life, and by old age . Over the frequent fluctuations in the quantity of employment, the employed , have no controul ; and, as the cause is not dependent on fixed laws, but most frequently on the contingencies which affect the quantity of money, their duration or occurrence cannot be submitted to calculation—at any rate the remedy -is beyond their reach. The laws of sick ness have been sufficiently ascertained, for fixing. a provision apportioned to the value of a given contribution; but although such a provision is not to be overlooked, it is of trifling impor lance compared to the.hardships resulting from want of employ- Mint, and unprovided old age. Want of employment, sickness,. and old age, may fairly be classed under one head, viz., 4 slate of ncm-productiveness. To tkose, therefore, who solely d e p en d. on their labour, which is seldom too highly remunerated, it must be a matterof importance, out of their earnings when employed, to provide for every period of non-productiveness, from which ever of the foregoing causes it may arise. 111. The two institutions open to the productive classes, are Savings' Banks and Benefit Societies, whose nature and scope, when examined, will be. found to offer but a very imperfect remedy against the evil, being institutions wherein the limited means of this class are not best made applicable to their several -ends. Savings' Banks are of uncinestionable utility, but they afford no contingent future advantage, and, besides, the sum that can be boarded is incommensurate with the wants of the middle productive classes. ... Benefit Societies proprise to offer provision. in-sickness and old age, but their construction will be found;imperfect, and their plac the least profitable application of.the . ineans of economy. 1. Because sickness itself i s n ot i Calamity of equal probable duration to the fluctuations in.lbe quantity of employment and other casualties, uAmistortune, against which they offer no - protectio.r".„.nry. -" , ' . - a 2. Because, oat o f iet)" means, the sum laid aside for ' sickness musticiltintsh the provision for old age. 3. Because man -must contribute to the sick fund who never become chargeable upon it, and the value of such contri butions N lost to themselves and families. 4. Because sickness, being a state of non-productiveness, must necessarily be included in any protection against such an occurrence. IV. Various observations, have been made on the duration of sickness, amongst the industrious classes, from an,early period of life until its close. Those most in use are—the sickness amongst the Benefit Societies in Scotland, given by the High land Society;—the sickness amongst the labourers to the Last • India Company's Service;—the sickness amongst persons em !ployed in Cotton, Silk, Wool, Flax, in the Potteries, by the ' Factory Commissioners ;—and the 3ickness amongst the 'Eng licit Benefit Societies, from returns made to the Soviet) , for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. - - • These results, though varied, she.* how inconsiderable is the amount of sickness during that period of life, between the ages .0f..21.4- and his, when each individual is more immediately thrown on hia own resources—they are as follows : Average amount of Sickness. Average yriy Sickness in the period. Months. Days 16 4 9 0 7 r 10 29 8 13 9 1 11 4 18 21 Days.• 11 6 1-15 Period. 20 to 651 to 65 ?1 to 61 to 61 to 61 ;21 to 61 t:11 to6l 120 to 651 Thus, it appears that the highest expectation of sickness, amongst males, is twelve and a half days, and the lowest six (lays, in each year from the age of twenty to sixty-five; its mean duration, inclusive of accidents of all kinds, would be nine and a quarter days, during which, from these causes, an individual may expect to be abstracted from productive employ ment throughout a period of forty-five years : while, it may be observed, his religious observation of the seventh day, in which he " shall do no work," has diminished his productiveness,'by its recurrence in the same -period, six years and 156 days. V. From the foreening facts it must be obvious that provision in sickness, or a Health Assurance by means of a separate con tribution, is necessary, more particularly as such separate con tribution,must tend to waste the -resources out of which the in dustrious classes 'have to provide for the future. It also in effect throws the liiirthen of the permanently sick on one class ex sively, instead. of society at large ; who are thus called on for an act of benevolence, while they are scarce able to tio jus tice to the claims of their own families. Besides this, no com pensation is given out of the contribution for a provision in sick nesi_aad old_ age to the families of those who never teach the age of Q,, though death's/iota happen immediately preceding it; and, if an assumed hypothesis is correct, that sickness be fore death is not more than five weeeks, and taking lied-lying pay at 10s. per week, it will not unfrequently happen the only return a man may obtain as along and steady contributor to a Benefit Society, will not exceed 505., a sum scarcely equal to one year's payment at a shilling per week, while by his death he leaves his family entirely unprovided for. VI. It is to remedy these defects, inherent in the constitution of Benefit Societies, that the National Loan Fund Life- As surance Society proposes to submit a plan of Deferred Annuities on a new principle, which hill not only afford a more ample provision for old age, and protection against sickness and mis fortune—but in addition, the means, at all times, of putting his energies in motion, and in the event of premature death, a bet ter protection to his family. The plan proposed will embody several essential objects 1. To secure an increased provision for old age out of a given saving, by applying it exclusively to the purchase of a Deferred Annuity. 2. To render the purchase of a protection in sickness unne cessary, by enabling the purchaser of a Deferred An nuity to withdraw or borrow two-thirds of his previous payments. 3. By the use of two-thirds of all his payments when required, to limit misfortune and want of employment, and extend • the power of productiveness by an increasing coinmand, in each year, of capital, so that, while providing for old age, each successive contribution renders him more se cure against present misfortune. 4 To afford, at the age at which the Deferred Annuity would commence, without reference to his then state of health, the option of receiving, instead of his Annuity, its value in money, according to the value fixed on the contract, or a larger sum payable at his death. 5. In the event of death before the age at which he woilid be entitled to his Deferred Annuity, to return two-thirds of his payments to his fanpily [or such fixed Life Assurance as may be settled on the contract.] • • 6. In all such - cases where the power of productiveness fails, either from•disease or accident, to'enable the assured on equal terms to convert his Deferred Annuity into a pre sent Annuity. VII. Notwithstanding the obvious and manifold advantages of this plan over every other hitherto proposed, for seen:jug present and future competence to the industrious population, still more striking advantages will be exhibited by contrastiner its prospective provision for old age with that offered by Benefit Societies. This arises from the non-abstraction of a given sum for a separate benefit in sickness, which protection, by the oper ation of the Loan Fund on the Deferred Annuity, is not only more ample, but other, misfortunes are, provided against, which if calculated, and a separate contribution made for each, whose duration equals that of sickness,. the - purchase t f them would R. A. BA = UMBRELLA AND PARASOL MANUFACTURER, 31, BOLD-STREET, (UNDER DR. THOM'S CHAPEL.) A. BALDWlN)vispectfully announces to the Ladies of .i_t• Liverpool, and tfitinhabitants iu ,eneral, his Return from London, where he has selected a elegant assortment of SILK and other MATERIALS co ected with the PARA SOL Department, comprising two essentials, that of being really fashionable, and of novel invention, in almost every shade and figure. The greatest novelty in the Carriage Parasol will be found on inspection such as to award some credit to the Inventor, being so contrived as to occupy the compass of a common Pocket Telescope. Parasols re-covered and altered to the prevaiS. g fashion. Repairs neatly executed. R. A. B.'s Stock of fashionable Gig, Ponev, Ladies, and Gentlemen's Riding WHIPS, will be found, both in price and quality, unequalled in or out of. London.. N.l3.—A large and most varied asflortinent of riehly.mountetl OPERA CANES and WALKING STICKS. Charges strictly moderate. MONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST,. from the Firm of LE DRAY & CO., London. SCURVY IN THE GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPL ED, wyritouT Willns, SPRINGS, 011 C ASPS. LOOSE TEETH PAS ENED. AND FILLING DECAYED TEETH WITH MI RAL AIARIFIGRATLIM. MONS. LE DRAY & CO., Surge -Dentist, respectfully inform the nobility, gentry, and inh b' ants of Liverpool and its vicinity, that they have opened an ..stablishment nermanently at No: 38, SEEL-STREET, ei r , it doors from terry -street. They continue to fill up the cavities of decayed teeth with the Mineral Marmoratum, without the le'ast pain, heat, or pressure, it is placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, preventing and Coring the tooth-ache, ar r?sting all further piogresiof decay, and rendering the operation of extraction unnecessary. The mineral not only converts a mere shell into a sound and useful tooth, but by completely stopping up the cavity prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of the breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth. Among the various disorders of the teeth and gums, there is none more destructive in their effects, or more generally pre valent than scurvy, and it is well known that the loss of teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It affects indivi duals of all ages and of all constitutions,. and is the primary cause of tooth ache and decay; to those so affected Mons. Le Dray & Co. have to inform them, that they can effectually re move this destructive complaint by a single application without the slightest pain. Artificial and natural teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed from ode to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, answering all the pur poses of mastication and articulation, remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wear er with the, greatest facility,—at the following Paris charges : A single Artificial Tooth £o 10 O. A complete Set A complete Set of Natural'Teeth on fine gold plate l5 0 0 An entire Set of Natural or 'Ferro Me tallic Teeth, highly finished, in the first style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged' Forty Guineas Loose teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or mer cury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied. Artificial teeth out of repair, remodelled to lit the mouth, and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original state. Attend ance from nine till seven and on Sundays from ni ne till two. No. 38, Seel-street, Eiiht Doors from Berry -street, Liverpool. Clasi of Persons, Highland Societies' return East India Company labourers Factory Commissioners— ' Cotton Wool, Yorkshire Ditto, West of England Flax, York shire. Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge entirely a hsort; the means . of providing for old age, while such a system must teud,to,diScourage productiveness, and afford nu protection to a fatuity in the evert of premature death. The object this plan embraces is to 'open facilities to the efforts of self-support, to.stiinulate the independence of one class above the forced benevolence of another, while it recommends itself to the, latter hy diniinishing the burthen of Poor-laws, which ,has been at all tunes irksome, disturbing the harmony and fo menting the mutual distrusts of societies. The following is a comparisbn of the benefits to be derived from the contribution els. per week paid into a Benefit Society, or to purchase a Deferred Aunbity from the National Loan Fund Society : Age 20. fAnnuityleash. iPolicyNekness.l Loan. I Death. TlT'vy,tetzeu ENLARGEMENT OF TilE LIVERP3OL STANDARD. • THE Publisher of. the " LIVERPOOL TANDA RD," in returning thanks to his numerou Friends and the Public for the very distinguished patro ge he has hitherto enjoyed, begs to announce that it is his in ntion to ENLA RGE the Paper, to the extent of SIX CO DINS on each day of publication, from the Finsr WEE N JUNE next en s uing. An extended Prospectus will shortl e issued, explaining the various Improvements which it is intended to make, both in the Political, Literary, and Mercantile Departments of the LIVER POOL STANDARD. St. George's Crescent, April 28, 1838. X s. X s. £ s. National Lost) Fund. Mier red Annuities. 47 16 394 11 466 0 2-3ds of 2-3ds of 2-3ds of Option of Bene- paymnts. paymnts. payments fits at 65 received. Benefit Soiceties 126 0 Nil. Nil. allow- Nil. Nil. ditto - • anees in National Loan sickness Fund. Option 27 11 269 11 346 15 2-3ds of j2-3ds of . 23ds of of Benefits, at the pay- the pay- payments 60. ments. , 'ments. received. It is nut alone to the industrious classes this plan of Deferred It is nut alone to the industrious classes this plan of Deferred Annuities will be found efficient, in Securing an ample compe tency for old age; but also to that important class of the com munity who derive their income from a combination of capital and personal labour. To this class, the Savings' Banks do not afford -a sufficiently prOfitable investment; and, indeed, the framework of such institutions as have been designed for the more humble classes; has not been made to suit their wants or consult their interests, and there exists no institution, at pre sent, to which they can resort, that would at the same time fos ter their industry, —secure to them a competency in old age— and protect them against the varied casualties of life. The Tables of Deferred Annuities have been constructed with a view to exhibit the benefits that may be secured by the small est effort of frugality, and to suit the circumstances and conve nience of all classes. The object of Tables No. I is to show the option of benefits the payment of Is. per week, or £2 12s. per annum, will Secure at the period of attaining the age of 50, 55, 60, or 65. The Tables No. 11. show the Annual Premiums required to secure the option of given benefits at these ages,—the sum re quired at each age to be paid down at once to purchase them, — and also the sum at any age to be paid as disparity, so as to enable the purchaser instead of paying the premium at his own age, to pay that set down for the age of 20, and by this means enabling the owner of a little saving to torn' it to the best ac count. The society will, moreover, receive all this sum by in stalments, and two-thirds of the amount phid may, at any time, be withdrawn on deposit of the policy, and in the event of death before the stipulated age, two-thirds of the payment will be returned to the family. 1. BENEFITS. Secured, on attaining the age of Fifty, by an Annual Premium of l!s. 11. PREMIUMS, attaining ca5h....1 . 10 11 0 To sertire,.? , n n, Age of- Fifty p o li c y .. 264 1 6 Annuity£lo 0 0 the option of Age b i rth Annuity Cash. Poli c y. day. Age [ Payable Payable next Payable in for birth' annually: one Dis day.J :Sum. parity. [ d. X. a. d. 20 2 . 8 lir 0 0 0 25 i(3:=-1 , 14 1 9 30...:4 15 .7Al3'l' 4 3' IS 0 1 fo 8. 6 1. 20 12 1 2.5 7 14 8 30 5 8 1 s. d. £ s. d 36 12 0214 15 99 8 0156 6 ( 69 19 011,919 TO securo,. liiii -at tatntnir the age 01 Secured, on attaining the age of . . , ' , Annuity 10 - 0 0 Fifty-five, by an Annual Premi- Cash ..115.5.0, um of £2 12s. Fifty-five-the op- Policy 162 6 6 tion o of 1 11 0 27 511 0 0 0 X. s. d £. s. d. X. s. d X. s. , ti-. £.: s. d. .t.:. s. d.- 20 16 16 6 19J 11 0 269 15 0 2 30 90 11 102 8 145 0 0 30 217 743 15 320 410 8 1 40 4 4 3 47 14 67 11 0 40 6 3 5 70 17' 5 53 2 6 . ft. . . on at- Cash ..97 15 0 Secured, on attaining the age o, ? s i e ,, °° Tr i • a t . Annuitylo 00 ii i i x n t Sixty, by, an Annual Premium y, gteeoptione Policy 125 15 of £2 12s. f . 6 X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. £. s. d. C. s. d. 20 27 11 4 269 11 0 346 15 0 20 018 11 17 3 7 0 0 0 30 15 4 9 148 19 0 191 13 0 30 1 14 2 27 15 0 12 8 3 I 40 712 1' 74 17 0 96 6 Of 4O 3 711 45 10 3 32 17 5 Secured. on attaining the age of Sixty-five. by an Annual Pre mium of X 2 12s. Pe secure, on at- Annuity 10 0 0 taining the age of Cash —B2lO 0 Sixty-five, the Poliey..97i 8 6 option of £. s. d. £. s. d.' £. s. d oo l £. S. d. £. s. 20 47 16 6 3 94 11 .0 466 0 30 26 15 10 221 0 0 261 0 0 30 0 19 6 16 7 1 40 13 19 9 115 8 0 135 6 40 117 3 27 311 F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. LlVERPOOL—Physician, W. W. SQUIRES, M.l). JAMES IRVINE, Agent, 45, South Castle-street._ s. d. 0 0 0 7 3 11 19 4.10 LATE THOMAS WOOLFIELD'S. W. B. PROMOLI. IVO PREVENT ALL MISTAKES, and at the same time, reply to JIL a question so frequently asked in his Establishment whe ther his predecessor, Thom as W oo lfi e ld, h as an y i n t erest in a concern which it is attempted to establish opposite to him under a similar name, considers it a duty he'owes to his friend= ship and esteem to state that THOMAS WOOLFIELD is no longer interested in any business whatsoever, _ s iIJ less,,in Dne which would be so contrary to his principles right towards his Sac; cessor. . W: B. P; avails himself o f th e (inanity to offer his best thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, a PUblic, for thb support thati has been so liberally conti nue d to hi m du r i n g th e past year°;' and he begs to assure his'patrons that, encouraged by their' favour, he will at all times strive to deserve and increase it, by a prompt attention to their commands, and likewise by keeping up the choice selection and manufacture of his goods, which, as is now universally known, are of the very best_ quality and workmanship. bo:gez oti 71 to 74, Church-street, adjoining the Poitqfficet, ' • -b e February 18th 1838. - lOU JACK'S COFFEE-HOUSE, HOTEL AND TAVERN. SHYNN, anxious to evince his gratitude, avails him ,/ • self of this opportunity, by respectfully offeriiii , his thanks to the Gentry of Liverpool and its vicinity, as we ll ' as to his numerous and particular Friends, for the extensive and in creasing patronage experienced by him since he first opened this Establishment. He b;iilea7veO announce his Engagement of an eminent and excelling Artist, from London, with efficient attendantt to manage the ,culinary department; and, consequently, •rusts that the epicure; and even the most fasiid• Lady delicate will luxuriate on. the.. various viands whi c h vbe placed before them. - He has added considerably to the ca city of his cellars, and has pleasure alluding to the extensive Stock of RARE and DELICIOUS WINES, which cannot fail iu meriting the es teem of even ; the most refined connoisseurs, and which, in re gard to quality- sod flavour. and economy of price, cannot be surpassed by any Stock, public or private, in the Kingdom. He has pleasure, alai), -in courting attention to the superi ority and peculiarquality of his Spirits and Malt Liquors. and is proud of the advantage which may be derived, particularly by Private Families who 4nay purchase of this Stock, as he is pre pared to sell at the Lowest Wholesale Price,llo SPLENDID AND, SUPERIOR FOREIGN AND BItLTISH SHAWLS CLEANED OR DYED AT THE GLOUCESTER-STREET DYE-HOUSE. GEORGE SCOTT, anxious to evince his gratitude, avails himself of this opportunity, by respectfully offering his sin cere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Liverpool and its vicinity, as well as to his numerous and particular friends, for ivt p, the extensive and increasing patronage ex rienced by him for the last nine years, since the opening is establishment. Silks; Satins, Velvets, Crapes, Dre es, Cloaks, Veils, Rib bons, and Handkerchiefs of every description, cleaned or dyed. Moreens, Damasks, cleaned, dyed, or watered. Chintz and Furniture Prints, Sofa and Chair Covere, Carri age Linings, &e. cleaned and glazed. Carpets and Druggets cleaned. Gentlemen's Clothes and Mackintosh Coats cleaned or dyed. Country orders executed with the greatest punctuality. AN APPRENTICE WANTED. Liverpool, May 1, 1838. NEW HOSIERY, GLOVE, AND LACE WAREHOUSE, 4 63, LOR 11-S TR E I f. rirHE Subscribers, with deference, nnounce that they have J OPENED the above extensiv Premises, in the HO SIERY, GLOVE, LACE, and NTLEMEN'S LINEN TRADE, with a Stock of the,,, st select, fashionable, and commanding character : and they trust, the general conduct and system of business which they propose steadily to pursue, wilt be found worthy the approbation and support of the Public. They, therefore, respectfully solicit the earliest patronage 01 their Friends and the Public at large. THOMAS GRIERgON and CO., 63, LORD-STREET. PIANO-FORTE AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE, 16. BOLD-STREET. B. PALMER respectfully calls the attention of hi s t• Friends and the Public to his present elegant and varied Assortment of PIANO-FORTES, selected from the Manu facturers of the most eminent London Makers, which he is ena bled to sell at as low prices as any House in the Trade. Any in strument purchased of J. B. P., if not / approved of, will be exchanged any time within twelve Vonths. Several Second-hand Harps, Nicholson's Flutes, and Piano fortes on Sale, at very low prices. A large quantity of Music at HALF PRlCE.—Merchants, Captains, Schools, and Professors supplied on the most liberal terms. NEW MUSIC. THE KEEL ROW QUADRILLES. Just published, a SECOND EDITION of these HIGHLY POPULAR QUADRILLES. In the Press and will speedily be published, A NEW BALLAD, " HOPE SHALL WHISPER HAPPY DAYS," Words by JAMES STONEHOUSE. Music by WM. SHEPPARD. BROUGHAM INSTITUTE, LAWTON-STREET. THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL, with which will be incorporated a MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, will be held in the Institute, (entrance to/the Arcade from Bold street,) on THURSDAY evening nexklhe 3d May. Refreshments on the Tabl ea t Si precisely. Tickets Is. each, to b e h a d every evening a: the Institute. On SALE, Examiner, and London Times daily, at half-price. Tu be LET, cheap, a ROOM fora Workshop. (One concern.) FINAL CLOSE ON - SATURDAY, MAY the STH—POSI TIVELY the LAST WEEK of the 10ANORAMA of JERUSALEM, a rl CAPTAIN ROSS'S I VOYAGES, in the Large Roo Queen's Arms, Castle street.—.Entrance from Cook-street. Mr. LAADLAW, in saying fa ell to the inhabitants of Liverpooliings to tender his since regards to those who have throughout. so. ably supported his exhibition; and it will wive him great pleasure to return, at some future period, with what ever novelty may in the meantime present itself. Day exhibition punctually at one. In the evening► at seven and half•past eight o'clock. Boxes Is., Gallery 6d. BOOk and Plate 6d. VIURNITTIRE. PASTE, for Cleaning and P6lishing Furni ture without labour or trouble. Prepared and Sold only by J, PRIESTLEI, CHEMIST and DRUGGIST, 64, Lord-street, Liverpcnir.:' Sold in Pots, One Shilling each. PRIESTLEY'S METALLIC LUSTRE.—This article is recommended for cleaning all manner f Goldand Saver Plate, Metal Teapots,Pewter Measures, B s Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on doors, in Covers, &c, The above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metah Sold in Squares, at 6d. and Is. each. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL, for invigorating and renovat ing the human HAIR. It eradicates the scurf, nourishes the hair, prevents its tailing off, produces a most beautiful curl, and gives to artificial hair a peculiar softness of texture, and luxur iant appearance. Sold ip Bottles, 'at is. 3d. and3s. each. mESSRS. PERRY and Co., SURGEONS, may b e per sonally consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night, and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at No. 23, SLATER-STREET, near Duke-street, Liverpool,' (private entrance first door up the passage ;) No. 2, Bale street, Lower Mosley-street, near to St. Peter's Church, Manchester, and N 0.4, Great Charles-s Wet, Birmingham: of whom may be had (gratis) with each rot' pills their Treatise on Venereal Disease,: Gonorrhoea,G Gets, and Stricture, 'in cluding Practical Observations on Seminal Weakness, arising from early abuses, so that all persons can obtain an immediate Cure, with ease, secrecy, and safety. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the Ve nereal Disease, owing to the unskilfulness of- illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con stitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise, in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin hones, till at length a general debility and decay . of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d. and Ils. per box, a certain, safe, and the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and effectual cure of venereal diseases,—gonorrhoea, gleets, strictures, seminal weakness, in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel, lumbago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or urethra, and other diseases of the urinary passages, frequently performing a perfect cure in the short space of three days, by one small pill for a dose, with ease, secresy, and safety. The certainty with which they are continually administered can he attested by many thousands. Tne Specific Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the differ ent functions of the body, expelling the grosser humours. and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and unequalled powers. They neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery. They require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will he well to have recourse to the Specific Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventative. by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. Messrs. PERRY, Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indis criminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating, imbecilities of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all plea sures. In that distressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause, by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known for the certain and effectual remedy of secondary symptoms, venereal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, scorbutic and glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. These Pills are worthy a place in the *nets of masters and captains of ships, the more so, as they will keep good in all climates any length of time. Letters front the country, post-paid, containing a remittance for medicine, will he immediately answered. 23, SLATER-STREET, NEAR DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ALLEGED FELONY.—James M'Connell and another man, who was subsequently discharged, were on Friday placed at the bar under the following circumstances:—Robert Nixon, a book-keeper, stated that he had been at the Amphitheatre on the night of the 19th December last. He was somewhat in liquor when he came out, and, as he was passing Stebbing's public-house, he was knocked down, but he could not tell how or by whom, and rendered insensible. On the following morn ing he found himself in Duncan- s t ree t b r id ewe ll , where he had been put for safety—was taken before a magistrate, and of course discharged; but on going for his property to bridewell, he found that his watch was missing. He had it safe in his fob when he left the Amphitheatre. Information of the robbery, and a description of the watch, (which was a silver lever, worth five or six guineas,) was communicated to the commissioner. On the 28:h December he was sent for to the shop of Mr. Jones, pawn-broker, Gerard-street, and on going, found that the watch ban been pledged there. Samuel Latchford, an assistant of Mr. Jones's, deposed that the prisoner, M'Connell, had, on the 20th December,. pledged the watch at his master's for £3, say ing that it was his own.—On Thursday, the other prisoner went to the pawnbroker's to redeem the watch, and a police-officer having been sent for, he obtained such information as led to the capture of INlTonnell. The prisoner called evidence to prove that he had purchased the watch. The first witness, a disorderly girl, deposed that she had sold a silver watch to the prisoner for £l, about a week after Christmas: It had been left in her custody by a sailor, and she had stipulated that the prisoner was to return it when the owner came back to claim it ! Ano ther female witness then presented herself. Magistrate— " What are you ?" Witness—" lam his Ol'eannell's) wife." Magistrate—" Stand down, then." The witness finding that her conjugal relationship formed a bar to the reception of her evidence, exclaimed, " Oh I am not his wife, but I live with him. Ido not pass for his wife, because every one knows that I aninot." Her evidence was then taken, which was in sub stance similar to that of the previous witness: she affirmed that the watch was sold to her quasi spouse about a week after Christmas, and pawned a day or two after the purchase.- 111‘Connelt was committed to take his tmial. ATTEMPTED DROWNING.—EIIen Gallagher, a poor, sickly lookingon niday, brought before Mr. young woman, was, Hall, charged with having attempted t o d rown herself in the canal on the preceding day. Dr. Lambert stated, that about half-past eleven o'clock on Thursday, a police-officer knocked at his door, and said that a woman had thrown herself into the canal, and requested his assi s t ance. H e (D r.L.) went to a house in, Chisenhale-street, where he found the prisoner in a state of exhaustion, and almost dead; but by the application of proper remedies she was restored. She had afterwards several heavy fits. He left her, however, in a state of convalescence. About five o'clo c k th e woman wished to return home, but the circumstances of the case were such that he had deemed it ad visable to lay the matter before Mr. Hall. He had understood that she went out with a determination to throw herself into the canal, Flockhart, one of the constables said, that the prisoner lived with her mother, in a cellar, betwixt. Atherton-street and Finnv-lane, and that they were very poor. Dr. Lambert said he believed the woman had got married to aseaman, and . that her mother was dissatisfied with the match. The mothet the prison e r was h e re brought forward. Mr. Hall, y ou don't care much about your daughter. Mother.—l care too much about her. She said she went to be marr ied on Easter-Monday, but she was not married. I went to the place where she w a s sleep ing, and demanded her out of bed. Parkinson, the hridewell, keeper, said that the mother kept a disorderly house. Flock hart said he knew the woman, and she had known him, from his boyhood, and he never knew her to b e a disorderly woman, though, he believed, she took a drop of drink. One of the officers, h ow ever, gave a quite different account o f th e h ouse and mentioned some procee,:ings he had seen, which confirmed Parkinson's statement. Mr. Hall said he would speak to Mr. Evans about the prisoner. She was then remanded. CONCERT, TEMPLAR -HALL. MADAME FILIPOWICZ, the c,elebrated Violinist, begs respectfully to announce to ttie Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liverpool, that br/CONCERT will take place at the TEMPLARS'-HALL, on NIVDAr next, May 7th. A Pro gramme of the Performances will be expressed in the Bills of the day. Tickets may be had at all the Music Shops in Liver pool. Tickets for the Body, 55.; Gallery, 3s. 6d. THEATi E-ROYAL. LIN,'ERI'OOI, The Opera of NINEI'TA having been received on the first and second representations with the most enthusiastic approbation, will be repeated To-broattow (Wednesday) EVENING. SECOND WEEK OF MR. AND MRS. WOOD, the celebrated Vocalisrs, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane. MR. MAR rYN, principal Bass Singer for several Seasons at the Theat re-Royal, Drurv-lane, and MR. CLEMENT WHITE, of the Theatres-Royal Edinburgh and Bath. The NEW COMIC . PANTOMINIE4 which continues to be received throughout with reiterat shouts of laughter and applause, will be repeated E ry Evening until further • notice. IIE - IIS present TUESDA ay I, 1838, w ill b e p er f orme d with the original Music, omposed by Bellini, and adapted to English words by Bishop, the whole of the Italian Opera called LA SONNAMBULA. Amina Mrs. Wool). Elvino Mr. Wool). Count Rodolpho..Mr. Horncastle. Alessio..Mr. Martyn. Liza..M rs. W. H. Bland. Annette.. Miss Grant. After which, foi the twelfth time, the New Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN IN SICILY, or JACK O'LANTERN. AND TOE FIEND OF THE VOLCANO! To-monnow EVENING, the English version of Rossini's Italian Opera of LA GAZZA LADE A, under the title of NINETTA ; OR, THE MAID OF PALAISEAU. The Music adapted to the English by Bishop. Ninetta Mrs. Wood. I Adolphe Mr. Wood, As originally performed by them at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden. La Roche Mr. Martyn. Michel Mercour, Mr. Chaplin. Bertrand Mr. Clement White. Delande Mr. G. Horncastle. Blaisot Mr. Raker. I Petit Jacques,Mrs.W.H.Bland. Madelon Miss Grant. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. JOHN FOGG, BOX BOOK-KEEPER. (AN FRIDAY next, the 4th of May, the Evening's Ente r . kJ tainnients will commence with/ AMBROSE GWINETT ; Or, a Sea-ride Story. In the course of the Evening Mr. RAYMOND will speak an OCCASIONAL ADDRESS. • Messrs. BROWN, KING, and GIBSON will Dance the THREE JIM CROWS. To which will be added, the laughable Farce, called THE IRISH TUTOR. Dr. O'Toole Mr. Raymond, In which he will sing `• Saint Patrick was a Gintletnan." Messrs. BROWN, KING, and Gieso will Dance the celebrated MORRIS DANCE. As performed by them upwards of One Hundred Nights in the successful Drama of ROGER DE COVERLEY. To conclude with a Drama of intense interest, entitled A MAIDEN'S FAME;. Or, a Legend of Lisbon. " GOD SAVE THE QUEEN r will be Sung by the whole of, the Company. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mi-..JOHN FOGG, at the Box-Office, from Eleven till Three. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THOMAS ATKlNSreiPeTtfuilTitTf(Trin;the Inhabitants of Liverpool and its' Vicinity, that the present Season commences This-n,ys ,(Tuesday,) May Ist, when the Sub scriptions may be.renewed at the Gardens, at Mr. Grapel's and the Newspaper Offices as usual. He takes this opportunity of again returning thanks to his Friend - 316r their liberality, and particularly to the Captains of Vessel's coming into this port, who, with'few exceptions, have proved the interest they feel in the Establishment by their very handsome and liberal presents ofiling Animals, Plants, &c. The Menage r i e is nancilimproye nce the commencement of last season, particularly in the Carnivora ; and, he is happy in being able to say, he has the finest and most extensive collection of that class in the kingdom. Mr. Danson, the artist who designed and executed the repre sentation of Mount Vesuvius at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, is engaged, and is now in a forward state of preparation with a fac-simile Exhibition on the same grand scale and plan. Two thousand square yards of ground are preparing to be inundated with water, and, when completed, will form the Bay of Naples, which, together with a view of that City, its Fort, - Lighthouse, and extensive range of Mountains, adjoining Vesuvius, (the situation being admirably adapted Mr the purpose,) will form the most magnificent and imposing scene, and will, it is hoped, prove as attractive as its predecessor at the Surrey Gardens : for on no previous occasion have so many persons been known to assemble to witness any public sight in the metropolis as on this. The interest it excited has induced the proprietor to continue it a second season. In compliance with the wishes of a large portion of the inhabitants whose occupations prevent them from attend ing the Gardens on week days, the proprietor has come to the resolution to admit the PUBLIC ON SUNDAYS, after Three o'Clock. Tickets of Admission to be obtained, exclusively, at the Derby, the new Hotel recently erected, adjoining the 'Gar dens, upon and after SUNDAY, the 13th of May. Zoological Gardens, April 29th, 1838. TO THE PUBLIC.. Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we have received from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leave to tender our grateful acknowledgments, we have come to the resolution TO ENLARGE THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX AD• DITIONAL COLUMNS Hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great press of advertisements with which we have been fa voured. We have often, also, been forced to the alter native of materially curtailing our reports as well as our editorial remarks, on the same account. 7'he pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater share of such intelligence as may be generally useful, and to extend our reports of the various public meet ings, which may be held in the neighbourhood, as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing and instructive extracts from modern publications, which latter we intend to make a prominent feature in the STANDARD. It will also afford us great pleasure to avail ourselves of the opportunity which the contemplated enlargement of the STANDARD will give us for advocating more fully those conservative principles for which we have uni formly contended. The extended patronage which we enjoy shall operate as a stimulus to increased zeal and energy in defence of that glorious cause to which we feel an ardent attachment—the cause of the Monarchy, the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain. We are happy to announce that arrangements are in progress for considerably increasing the number of agents for the sale of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our circulation, an advantage which we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our advertising friends. We also flatter ourselves that the great increase of matter which the STANDARD will contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad ditional support from the conservative public in Liverpool. The proposed enlargement will take place in THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, after which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADDITIONAL MAT TER PER WEEK, without any increase of price. i!tbe iliberpool e*tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1838. nr. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn- ing at 5 o'clock. KINGSTON, JAMAICA.—We have received Kingston papers arr i ve d i n Li verpoo l thi s day, per Charlotte from Jamai ca , u p t o th e 12th M arc h, inclusive. They do not contain any matters of importance or interest. POSTOFFICE REFORM.—We have in another column given a brief report of the meeting held on Friday last in favour of Postoffice Reform. As we expected, we fi n d that men of all shades of political opinion cordially con cue in their views on this important subject. Against such a general concurrence of public opinion it will be in vain for Government or the Postoffice authorities to contend much longer. A sweeping reform of the whole system must speedily take place, and we do not suppose that much difficulty will be found in providing a scheme which, while it is of equal benefit to the revenue, will be productive of incalculable good to the community at large. Among the greatest of the evils which an equalization of the rates of postage will contribute to remove is, un doubtedly, the flagrant and almost universal evasion of the impost to which the present high rates of postage have given rise. We confess that we have been not a little astonished at the extent to which evasion has been carried. From the evidence produced before the Post office Committee we learn that it is a general practice to send letters by the various carriers between one town and another, as well as by the steam-packets which ply between one part of the kingdom and another, and that i❑ numbers far exceeding those conveyed by the mails. Of C(.11-Ne, ' rkitnt:ss stated tltat be knew mercantile and nanufaotur ing houses which sent circulars in a clandestine manner to the number of 30, 40, and 50 daily throughout the year. From this it must be obvious that the revenue suffers an incalculable loss by the habitual evasion of the postage. It is equally evident that, if the rate' of post age were reduced to one penny, no temptation woad offer to induce parties to avoid the impost. It would be impossible to procure the delivery of letters for less than a penny, whilst the greater certainty of safe delivery by the Postoffice would cause every one to give preference to that medium, rather than trust a common carrier. With respect to the plan for carrying on the business of the Postoffice under an improved system it is not ne cessary for us to say much. The public are already in possession of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, which appears to us, under certain modifications, to be the most feasible that has been yet suggested. Its simplicity- is its chief recommendation. According to his plan all letters will be, in fact, postpaid before they are put into the Post office at all. The distinctive mark upon the paper will frank it to any distance. The tedious procesS of stamp-' ing and marking letters will be avoided, and the time oe- - ' cupied in delivery evil' be considerably abridged, as the. carriers will not be under the necessity of waiting for" payment, as they do at present, in nine cases out of ten. As, however, the present revenue from the Postoffice can only be sustained by an increase to the extent or six or seven times the present number of letters, it must follow that a proportionate augmentation of clerks, sorters, &c. must take place in the various departments" of .the Postoffice. Nor must we forget that the convey ance of the mails will be somewhat more expensive than at v present. But the increased expenditure, we are con fident, will be found•to be much less than might, at first. sight, be apprehended. Much time, is at present con sumed in stamping the letters, as,well as in marking the postage. The saving which Mr. Rowland Hill's plan would effect in the time of the. Postoffice clerks would almost of itself suffice for the extra labour of sorting. Then as to the increased cost of conveyance, it is a well known fact that by far the larger share of expense is at present caused by the great number of newspapers which pass through the Postoffice, and that the proportion in curred on account of the unfranked letters is, in reality, little more than a tenth of the whole. It is, therefore, obvious that an immense increase in the number of. let ters would cause very little difference in the expence of transit. The question of Postoffice Reform is one of urgent' necessity. There cannot, therefore, be any cause why the Chancellor of the Exchequer should hesitate about the introduction of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, not as a temporary experiment, but as a practical and permanent substitute for the present system. We think that the evidence brought before the committee proves to demon stration the futility of apprehending any decrease in the revenue, especially as that evidence is so distinctly cor roborated by the eminent mercantile men who have at various public meetings given utterance to their opinions on the subject. We are glad to find that the press generally advocates this important reform. It is much better, surely, to deal with such practical grievances, with a view to their re moval, than to be tinkering our unrivalled constitution, and deluding the public, 'as our radical contemporarie, are wont to do, with profitless speculations on universal suffrage and vote by ballot. NEWSPAPER STAMPY.—A parliamentary return has just been published, showing the number of newspaper stamps issued during the year prior to the reduction or the stamp duty, and for the year and six month since the reduction took place. the return (which we subjoin) also gives the number of newspapers published and the amount of duty paid for stamps, in the years ending Sep tember 15, 1836 and 1837, and the half-year ending March 15, 1838, distinguishing the number of stamps issued to, and the amount of duty paid by, the London, English provincial, Irish, and Scottish newspapers re spectively. The following are the details:— YEAR ENDING SEPT. 15, 1836. 1 1, 0.- of newspapers. Stnaps.issd. Ana;. duty. London Newspapers.... 71 19,241,640 256,556 0 D. English Provincial ditto 194 8,535,396 113,804 16 0 Scotch ditto 54 2,654,438 35,392 JO 2 Irish ditto 78 5,144,382 37,525 2 0 397 35,576,050 443,278 8 2' YEAR ENDING SEPT. 15, 1837. No. of newspapers. Stnaps. issd. Atnt. duty. £. s. D. London Newspapers.... 83 29,172,797 121,553 6 5 English Provincial ditto 237 14,996,113 62,483 16 1 Scotch V ditto 65 4,12.3.330 17,180 10 10 Irish ditto 71 5,203,967 16,263 311 458 53 ,4,27 HALF-YRAII ENDING MARCH 96 15, 0 1838 217,480 1.7 3 . No. of newspapers. Stinps.issd. Amtduty. London Newspapers.... 86 14,438,550 60,160 13 0 English Provincial ditto 223 7.366,842 30,695 3 6 Scotch ditto 66 2,216,400 9,235 0 0 Irish ditto 62 2,620,187 8,197 8 5 437 26,641,979 108,288 4 IL The above table presents some curious results. It was confidently predicted, when the question was agitated in Parliament, that the loss sustained by the reduction of the stamp duty would be more than compensated for by the increase which would take place in the circulation of newspapers. We recollect that this was a favourite ar gument in the mouths of the cheap knowledge patriots. What has been the result ? The reduction of the stamp duty came into operation on the 15th of September, 1836. During the last year of the old regime, the total number of newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland was 397. The revenue arising from this source amounted to £443,278 for the year. In the following year, ending Sept. 15, 1837, being the figs year after the reduction took place, the increase in the number of journals was, London, 14; English Provincial, 43; Scottish, 11 :—an increase of about a-fifth in each class. Instead of an in crease in the Irish journals, we find that they were ac tually diminished by eleven. The diminution in the re venue was more than one half, the year's duty amounting only to £217,480. On the 15th of Marsh last we find that the London journals were increased by 1 ; the English Provincial diminished by 14 ; the Scottish increased by 1 ; and the . Irish still further diminished by 9 ; making a total de crease for Ireland, since the reduction of the duty, of 16 journals, or nearly one-fifth of the whole. This great diminution may be accounted for in various ways. In the first place, it should be remembered that while the' reduction of the duty in England and Scotland was from , threepence one-fifth of a penny, the reduction in Ireland' was only about lid., the duty on Irish newspapers hav ing been formerly 2d, and being now Id. The effect of the reduction was, therefore, to equalise the price of English and Irish n ewspapers, an d , i n consequence, to . introduce a far greater number of English newspapers into Ireland than in previous years, under the old sys tem. This substitution of English for Irish papers must: have very materially affected the circulation of the lat— ter. Hence we find that, while the increase in therturn , her of stamps issued to the English and Scottish papers, for the year ending September 15, 1837, was--London,, 9,931,157; English Provincial, 6,460,717 ;, Scottish, 1,468,892; the increase in the circulation of the Irish papers was only 59,585. The total increase in the number of journals under the new measure is 40, a much smaller proportion than the advocates of the reduction included in their calculations- On the increase of the circulation we find the following. sensible remarks in the Scottish Guardian : " The increase in the support of existing journals does not amount to anything like what was expected to be the result of the reduction. Including the stamps issued to the new journals which have been continued, and the mushroom journals which have been suppressed, the whole stamps issued in 1837 were 53,-120,207, being only 17,920,151 more than in 1836; and the returns for the first half of the current year indicate a consider able falling-off in this number. It was anticipated from the reduction of the stamp-duty that the number of newspapers would be greatly increasad; in Ireland they are on the d e crease, i and the addition to the number in E ng l an d an d Scotland s perfectly trivial compared to the expectations entertained of the effects of the measure. It was anticipated that the increase of circulation should be trebled at least; it is not nearly doubled it was anticipated that the deficiency in the revenue would Jll some measure be compensated by the increased circulation 0 the journals; the deficiency is enormous, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer has published the fact at this particular season