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Jan. 6, 1816. W/Stanteb. A YOUNG LADY, and Member of the Church of England, who has resided some ti e on the Continent, and who is competent to teach al ranches of an English Education, with French, Ita • , and Music, is desirous of ob taining a SITUATION VERNESS, in a respectable Pri vate Family. Address, L X, Standard-office. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LOANS OF MONEY. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, tl are willing to receive LOANS of MONEY, on t urity of the Bonds of the Trustees of the Liverpool D at the rate of FOUR POUNDS PER CENTUM per a interest, for periods of either Five or Seven Years. All letters to be addressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esq., Trea surer of the Liverpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, 20th November, 1845. TENDERS FOR LOANS THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY is prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS for a term of Five l'ears, at four r cent. per ann • sums of not less than ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. Application to be made to ecretary, at the Company's Office, in Lime-street. _________ ..__ ____ _ HENRY BOOTH, Secretary Liverpool, December 4, 1845, Qrontrarts. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY THE Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS for BUILDING ONE HUNDRED MERCHANDISE WAGONS, agreeably to Drawings and S tions, which may be seen at the Manager's 0 n and after the 7th instant. Tenders to be sent in not later than the 15th instant. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest offer. By order, MARK HUISH. Manager's-office, Liverpoo l , Ist January, 1846. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY THE Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS for BUILDING NEW PASSENGER OFFICES at the Eccles, Weasel-lane, and Newton bridge Stations, on the Li verpool and Manchester Line, accordin ans and Specifi cations, which may be seen at th ce of the Resident En gineer, at Warrington. Tenders to be sent in on or efore the 15th of January, to the undersigned. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest offer. By order, MARK HUISH. Liverpool, Ist January, 18-16. TO ARCHITECTS. BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL THE coAiiiiiiii&• promoting the projected HOSPITAL at BIRKENHEAD, hereby give NOTICE, that they are willing to receive from Architects DESIGNS and ESTIMATES for such BUILDING, in accordance with parti culars to be furnished on application. A Premium of £5O will be given to the Architect whose Design shall be most approved by the Committee, .£3O for the second in • 'on, and .e2O for the third; but in case an Architec 'tied to a Premium shall be entrusted with the su • tendence of the Works, then such employ to be consi as in lieu of Premium. The Designs must be in, free of expense, to the SECRE TARY, at Birkenhead, on or before the FIRST day of APRIL next, .with a motto attached, accompanied by a sealed letter containing the name and address of the Architect, and super scribed similarly to the Design to which it belongs. A lithographiC Plan of the Site, with the necessary particu lars, will be furnished to any Architect, on his niakinEappli- Birkenhead, Jan. sth, 1846. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for the LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON with BUTCHER'S MEAT, and with BREAD, MEAL, and PEAS, from the Ist of January next, to the 30th of June next, both inclusive, are re quested to send Tenders, under cover, to the Town-clerk, at the To wn -hall, immediately. The several Articles, above specified, ar be delivered from time to time in such quantities and ner as the Governor of the Prison may direct, and s ' t to his approval of the quality, &c. Information as to the priebiible consumption of the respective ... —.- ---iiTibe. Articles, and further ,_ cculars, may _e obtained from . • Governor, at the Pn n. Each Tender must specify the names of Two Sureties for the due performance of the Contract. Town-hall, 26th December, 1845 prtu Ottbltrations. RS" con cede Just Published, Price Sixpence, THE MANIFESTED ONENESS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST; with s Reasons for not REV. the proposed Evangelical Al • e: a SERMON, by the REV. HUGH BPNEILE, ALA on. Canon of Chester, and Incumbent of St. Jude's,. • 001. (Published by request.) London : J. HATCHARD and SON, 187, Piccadilly. Liverpool: LACE and A DutsoN, North-crescent ; PERRIS, Church-street; NEWLING, Ranelagh-street, and other Booksellers. In the Press, Price ad., A SERMON UPON BROTHERLY LOVE, Preach ed at St. Bride's Church, Liverpcoot;ponthcdair set aipiiit for Prayer for the Outpouriugtrthe Rev. JAMES .HALDANE STSWART, MA Ey Spiri LondOnTil;icri ; Liverpool : W. K. and J. SMYTH ; Edinburgh : OLIPHANT and SON, and WHYTE and SON ; Dublin : CURRIE and SON. Now Publishing, Price One Guinea, SERMONS, Dedicated by p erm i ss i on t o the Ri g ht Honourable the Earl and Countess of Sefton, &c., &c., by the Rev. ROBERT MARTINDAL3 . 3liirigfel of St. James's, Kennington. As the number of Copilimited, Subscribers are re quested to furnish their Ni%es as quickly as possible to the Author, at Kennington, Surrey; Messrs. 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Literary Gazette Office, 7, Wellington-street, Straiid, London The dtedt of rENT S, it if/ in uable Inca ooh Drdi on of which FINDEN'S ROYAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART. dedicated by special permission to Her ➢lajesty, and published under the immediate patronage of the President and and Council of the Royal Academy, pmur - rn. of the First Edition, and PART VI. of the SecomkEdition, will be ready on the Ist of January, containing " ness and Health," "well Gwynne," and' The Old T raire," Engraved, in the high est style of the Art, by PI, EN, STOCKS, and WILLIAMS, after Pictures painted by WEBSTER, LANDSEER, and TURNER. Published by J. HOGARTH, opposite the Opera House, Hay market, London. SECOND VOLUME OF MR. EVANS'S SERMONS. In small Bvo. price 65., the Second Volume of PAROCHIAL SERMONS, preached in the Parish Church of Heversham, Westmore d. By the Rev. ROBERT WILSON EV , 8.D., Vicar; Late Fellow of Trinity College, Camb • ge, and Author of "The Rectory of Valehead," "if opric of Souls," &c. RIVINGTONS, St. Paul's clatErch Yard, and Waterloo-place. Of whOm may be had, Also by the same Author, L The BISHOPRIC of SOULS. Third Edition. 6s , 2. A DAY in the SANCTUARY. 48. 6d. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY, 1846, (Price 2s. 6d.,) being the commence ment of the Seventh Volume, contains-- 1. The Settlement of Nelson, New Zealand. 2. The Prince Edward District, Canada. 4. On the AbOlition of the Ceylon Spice Duties. 5. The Indian Voyager. By H. H. Breen, EN, - 6. The Shipping of the Colonies in 1844,/ 7. Evidences of the Growing Pros erfly of South Australia, By the Editor. 8. The Mahogany Trade of I-Wiluras. 9. The India; Girl's 10. Australian Sketches, No. 4, Description of Melbourne and New Town, Port Philip. By Thos. M‘Co m bi e , E sq . 11. Relics of the Charibs in Grenada. 12. Notes on the Sandwich Islands. By R. C. Wyllie, Esq. 13. Sketches of Santa Cruz and St. Thomas. By Thurlow ,o Weed, Esq. ei s 14. A Visit to the Indi ans o f O r i a ll a, G u i ana. By the Rev. H. ql4 LIVN I p a stes Lmen ts e the 9 iperi°c ,taine t ,t a ble ;E a'l 110: nenes- Blood_ 15. The Emigrant ; a Tale of Australia. By W. H. Leigh, Esq 16. Reminiscences of Cuba. By C. F. Ellerman. Esa. derfl° ( cure 0. dng a' hout a g frO o of in 0 days . Lndinig n, Ma' OW t he i fro o ,ndwill ich teri trie recei'" Lsed i tj Lnd a t ' CO",v 17. Editor's Note-Book. 18. Colonial Intelligence. 19. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. LONDON: SIMMONDS & WARD, 1- 6, BARGE YARD, BUCKLERSBURY advio 1 hop e a Ia? FRENCH AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES. PROFESSOR DE LA CLAVERIE'S French and Italian Educational Works. I.—MODELS OF MODERN FRENCH CONVERSATION 1 vol. 12m0., bound in cloth, ss. , These models of French Conversation are excellent ; we - -- Wan Afagazine. 2.—THE FRENCH READER'S GUIDE ; 1 vol. 12mo bound in clOth, 6s. "The selections are made with much taste, and illustrated with considerable skill."—Athenawm. 3.—MODELS OF JUVENILE FRENCH CONVERSATION; 1 vol. royal IBmo., neatly b oun d i n c l ot h , and lettered, 3s. 6d. "These Conversations, both French and English, are not only accurate and elegant, but are so select as to - be very useful to young persons."—Court Journal. 4.—THE ITALIAN READER'S G ; 1 vol. post Bvo., bound in cloth, ss. " Much as the study of Itali revails, we have no work like this to accompa n y w ith acc and quant ity' the earliest lessons in the language , at the e time selecting example s , i n prose and verse, of the purest style, for reading lessons. '—.Atlas. The above Works, which are used by a great number of Pri vate Families, and adapted as Standard School Books in many ti.-. of ale first-rate Establishments, may be had of Mr. GRAPE', Bookseller, Church-etreet ; and at M. DE LA CLAVERIE'S residence, No. 17, Great Orford-street, Mount Pleasant. HAYMAN'S ALE AND PORTER STORE MERSEY =COURT OLD CHURCH-YARD, LIVERPOOI In d, Unadulterated LONDON and pt of the well-known Brands 3LIN STOUT, .WARWICK STRONG ALE, An old English beverar nrivalled flavour and mellown( BURTO , and other Mild ALES ; INDIA B ER, of surpassing brilliancy. THE BINS are always replete with a supply of these Articles, in Quart and Pint Bottles, choice in quality, and well matured for HOME CONSUMPTION ; 'r is kept in Stock, suitably and the same B, 'repared for Tasting liberally permitted to intending pUrchasers. HENRY W. HAYMAN and CO. BOTTLED STOUT, perfectly ripe throughout the N. 8.. Winter, instant 1 vid Reference permitted to the Rev. JOSEPH BAYLEE, Incum bent of Trinity Church, and the followins Parents of Pupils : Rev. G. VERNON, Euston-place, Leamington; Rev. FRANCIS RUTTLEDGE, Bloomfield, County Mayo, Ireland; Wm. JACK SON, Esq., RICHARD RATANS, Esq., and JOSEPH MALLABY, Iment, St. Helena. By Dr. I Esq., Birkenhead. TARVIN IT A L L NEAR CH ESTER For the Education of One Hundred resident Pupils, SCHOOL, folloiaing resident Masters PRINCIPAL—JOHN BRiNDLEY, of Magdalen College Cam bridge; M.A. of the University of Giessen ; formerly Second Master of the Grammar School,l3rigg, and Head Master of the Oldswinford Hospital:efed School, Worcestershire. ASSISTANT—CHARLES ._ Trinity College, Dublin. FIRST CLASSICAL MASTR . S. CROOKE. 8.A.. Pembroke College Cambridge, iplfouble honour& FIRST MATHEMAXL MASTER—THOS. WADDINGHAM 8.A., St, John' liege, Cambridge, in double honours. GERMAN MASTER—JOSEPH DEMPSEY. ENGLISH MASTER—Vacant. JUNIOR MASTER—W. MILNER. DRILL MASTER and PLAYGROUND SUPERINTENDENT— DEMPSEY, late of the 48th Regiment. DRAWING MASTER—Mr. T. BAILEY. Music MASTER—Mr. R. SCARISBRICK, of the Cathedral Choir, Chester. DANCING MASTER— VISITING SURGEON Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER, Chester. —Mr. GEORGE HARRISON, Chester —To insure a thoroughly Scriptural and Gentlemanly Educa. tion, under Misters of high Classical and Mathematical at tainment —To provide a sound Classical and Mathematical Education for Pupils preparing for the Universities, Military Colleges, and Learned - Professions ; and an equally sound course of Business Instruction, with daily practice in the modern Continental Languages, for those who are intended for Pub- lie Appointiiriel . !ti and Mercantile —To 'Maintain in every Department the strictest Discipline, united with kindness and moderation, and the absence of corporal punishment, except in extreme cases, and then to be inflicted by the Principal only. 4.—To treat the Pupils - as Members of the Family, providing them liberally with domestic comforts at the same table with the Principal and Masters. . ineltide under one charge every : exppme : both in the no extras whatever TERMS: Including Instruction in Greek, Latin, French, German, tnematics, Navigation, English, Music, Drawing, Dancing, and Drill ; also the charges for Stationery, Drawing Materials, Washing, Seat in Church, and ordinary Medical Attendance: Under 12 years of age Forty Guineas per annum. Above 12 and under 15 years of age Fifty Guineas per annum. Above 15 years of age Sixty Guineas per annum, Four Young Gentlemen are received as Private Pupils, and are allowed a separate Bedroom—One Hundred Guineas pei annum. The Chiist Tarvin Ha, Orturatton. EDUCATION IN CLASSICS, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND COMMERCE MR. W. M. FISHER will REOPENhisACADEMY, 39, GREAT GEORGE -STREET, on TUESDAY, the 20th inst. In this Establishment Young Gentlemen are instructed in the Ancient and Modern Languages, Mathematics, Commerce, Drawing, and General Literature, so as to qualify them for any University, or for Mercantile pursuits. ..„ _ All the Classes are practised in French conversation, and have the Sciences of Astronomy, Chemistry, Optics, Pneumatics, Electricity, Galvanism, &c. illustrated by extensive Apparatus. The Compound Achromatic Microscope is an elegant instrument of immense power, and the Diagrams for the exhibition of Celes tial Scenery, are numerous, accurate and remarkably beautiful. Every Pupil meets with ii7l l and affectionate - treatment —and, to avoid corpor ishment, every encouragement is employed, and various escriptions, of Prizes, for application, regularity, and good conduct, are awarded in the different Classes during the course of the half year. _ The School-room is a handsome and spacious building, the situation open and healthy, and the Gymnasium, for exercise and recreation, is fitted up with every convenience._ The BOARDERS are treated in every respect RS Members of the Family. During the summer season they enjoy . superior BATHING, at the CORPORATION BATHS. In +their Private Studies they are constantly assisted by the Resident Masters. They have the use of an excellent Juvenile Library, and each Young Gentleman has a separate Bed. Particular ttention is also paid to the study of the Holy Scriptures : so that every re quisite is provided for the health and comfort, as well as the religious, moral, and intellectual improvement of the Pupils. P.S.—For his Qualifications, Experience, and Success as an Instructor of Youth in all the various Branches of a solid and liberal Education, Mr. W. M. Fisher has the honour of referring to numerous Clergymen ' Merchants, and Professional Gentle men, whose names maybe seen in his Prospectus. Cards of Terms and Printed Testimonials, from the Rev. Thomas Raffles, D.D., LL.D., and the Rev. Henry Carpenter, A. 8., Secretary to the Church Missionary Society, as well as Extracts selected from the Public Journals of Liverpool, may be obtained at the Establishment. *** An experienced TEACHER WANTED, Liverpool, January Ist, 1846. MR. BURDON'S SCHOOL REOPENS on TUES. DAY next, the 13th instantr --- ST. CATHERINE I SE, ABERCROMBP-SQUARE. ORRELL, NEAR SEAFORTH MRS. CLINNING respectfully informs her Friends that her SCHOOL, igr.-Aherard and Education of a limited number of YoungZadies, will be REOPENED on the 20th instant. THE WALTON ACADEMY, PiTALTON-ON-THE-HILL, NEAR LIVERPOOL, WILL be REOPEN t S),f' ter Vacation, on thou. DAY, the 2Gth histan The Term's and Prospectus may be had on application to Mr PHILIP, Bookseller, South Castle-street, Liverpool, or to Mr Mc. GREGOR, the Principal of the School. Walton-on-the-Hill, January 2ct, 1846. H A A IVI fr IL I T vI U iA S I VA r .R E E wA A R C T AD v VY an C ic o en n t du A c s tld ta b n y t Masters, will be RE-OPENED, a -be Vacation, on WED NESDAY, the 7th instant. Terms, References, it : lTT — till requisite particulars may be known on application at the School, or at Messrs. Ross and NIGHTINGALE'S, Chronicle-office, Lord-street, Liverpool. Birkenhead, Ist January, 1846. INSTRUCTION IN THE SCIENCE OF MUSIC, SINGING. AND PIANO-FORTE PLAYING. MR. MOLINEUX begs most respectfully to an nounce that the ACAD_Ejo. 1, Hardman-street, Liverpool, and No. 13, Bridge-s t, Woodside, will RE-COM- of Music ? designed to assist Persons with Soprano or with Tenor Voices in the Art of VoCal Music-reading, either indivi dually or in classes, may be had as above, or at the Music Warehouses. Classes for Part-singing as usual MUSIC AND DRAWING AIR. SHEPPARD respectfully announces that his Professional Duties, for the ensuing Half-Year, will be resumed on MONDAY, the 19th instant. --- MUSIC, PIANOFORTE, FLUT 'D SINGING. DRAWlNG.—Besides instrt on in the usual branches, Mr. S. receives Separate Clem or the exclusive study of PER _ . . - NATURE, a branch - of study peculiarly suitable to those who already possess a free use of the pencil in copying the works of others, but who, from being unacquainted with the Rules of Perspective, are unable to make their own Sketches from Nature. Mr. S. conveys his instruction to these Classes in a Course of The:sty-one Familiar and Practical Lectures, for the Illustration of which he has constructed A GREAT VARIETY OF MODELS, and an EXTENSIVE SET OF DIAGRAMS, by which he is enabled to impart, in the above Course, all the information A Syllabus, with a Statement of Terms, may be had on appli cation. Schools and Private Classes attended 116, Chatham-street, Jan. 5, 1846. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL of HEVERSHAM, near Mt LNTHORPE, Will be REOPENED On the 26th inst. HEAD MASTER—Rev. J. H. SHARPLES, MA., late Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge. TERMS For Boarders above ae 1 , ,1 eefr5...e40 per annum Ditto un years.. 36 ditto. This School has Two Exhibitions, of £44 per annum Trinity College, Cambridge, and Qiieen's allege, Oxfori.i;WO of smaller value. Four Exhibitions of ..£BO each, at Magdalen College, Cambridge, are appropriated to Scholars from liever sham School, Leeds, or Halifax. It has also the privilege of CLASSICAL, COMMERCIAL AND MATHEMA- TICAL ACADEMY, 2, CORNWALLIS-STREET, CORNER of DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MR. RICHARD HOUGHTON, M.A., Successor to Mr. JOHN SOR LEY, respectfully intimates, that he will RE-OPEN the SCHOOL on MONDAY next, the 12th January instant, and hopes, by continuing diligently and faithfully to carry on the same plans so successfully pursued by Mr. S., to secure the continuance of the support-which has been so long and liberally extended to the Establishment. Mr. H. will receive into Family a limited number of Boarders, to whose bes • erests he will apply himself with unremitting attention. The domestic arrangements will be superintended by Mrs. and Miss HOUGHTON. The House is in an open and healthy situation, and is replete with every conve nience which can contribute to the comfort of a Family; and in the Play-ground, which is extensive and strictly private, an ex cellent Gymnasium has been erected. Prospectuses and printed Testimonials from the Professors of various branches of Literature in the University, may be had at the Academy ; and reference is kindly permitted to the following Clergymen :—The Rev. T. Tattershall, D.D. ; Rev. Jones, M LA. ; 'Rev. F. Ould, M.A. ; Rev. C. G. TA - Meld, M.A., Vicar of Prescot ; Rev. T. Raffles, D.D., LL.D. ; Rev. Joseph R. Welsh, A.M. HAMILTON SQUARE SELECT ACADEMY. MR. RICHARDSON, A. 8., Oxford, a ss i s t e d by a Resident Under-Master, educates a Limited Number of Young Gentlemen, No. 19, HAM I LTO N-SQUAR E, BIRKENHEAD, HESHIRE Mr. R. undertakes to give his Pupils a sound English, Clas sical, Mathematical and general F4aciition, and to prepare them for all the Universities , Military and Naval Colleges, Commercial pursuits, and tl ofessions generally. The course of Instruction co ses the English, Latin, Greek, French, and Italian La , ages, Geography, History, Chrono logy, Arithmetic, Algal a, Geometry , Astronomy, and. the other branches of Natural - Philosophy. With a view to the formation of gentlemanly manners and correct habits in his pupils, they are permitted to mix in the domestic circle, and treated in every respect as members of his own family. The religious and moral part of tl ful attention, r rhurch. At th heir Education receives his"daily and most care "Tnformably to the Doctrines of the Eitablished 7lose_ of every_half-year there is a Public Exa- ation of the pupils . The large and commodious, and Birkenh ead is one of the finest and healthiest situations in this part of England. to on Saturday, the 17th Jan Vary COUNT BOOK WABXHOUSE, CASTLE-STREE7 POORE 6.AcD CO and ACCOUN)IIOOK MAKERS, Books to Patte;w6 the shortest possible time Account-BOoks, &c., Paged by Machine. ONER THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD 3tltstlraitre , = otttt . THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED IN 1836. Empowered by Act of Parliament. OFFICES. LIVERPOOL-8, WATER- STREET. Birkenhead—BßANDON-STREET, HAMILTON-SQUARE TRUSTEES. Sir Thomas Braneker. Adam Hodgson, Esq. I William Potter, Esq. DIRECTORS. Thomas Booth, Esq., Chairman.__ Richard Edwards, Esq. and George Holt,EstrDeputy-Chairmen Thomas Brocklebank, Esq. Andrew Low, Esq. William Brown, Esq. William Lowe Esq. Thos. Arthur Bushby, Rag,'" James Moon, Lsq. William Dixon, Esq '' Lewin Mozley, Esq. William Earle, Esq. James Mulleneux, - Esq. Joseph C. Ewart, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. Thomas S. Gladstone, Esq. John Pennington, Esq. Joseph Hornby, Esq. James Powell, Esq. George H. Lawrence, Esq. II Stolterfoht, Esq. AUDITORS. Thomas Buddicom Blackburn, Esq., Daniel James, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREES. In Liverpool, al a oTe7t N irc e iers M igh, Esq. In Birkenhead, William Stevenson, Esq. The following are amongst the advantages which this Com pany offers to the Public : The most ample security, the liability of the Proprietors not being restricted by clauses in the Policies, or otherwise. Pre miums proportioned to risk in all cases, as far as possible. Promptitude and liberality in the settlement of claims. INgURANCES against FIRE may be effected with this Com pany on Property of every description, as well in Foreign Coun tries as throughout the United Kingdom. Perons tchse Policies with this Company expire on the 25th instant are respectfully reminded that, for their own security, they should renew them within FIFTEEN days from that date. No charge is made for the policy in any case. ASSURANCES on LIVES will be granted on favourable terms. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary. December, 1845. ROYAL FARMERS' AND GENERAL FIRE. LIFE, AND HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT CAPITAL, .*'500,000 OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN.—Joseph 145._erson, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTOR.- . haw-Esq, J. Blackstone, Esq., R. lie- T agues, Esq., S. Boydell, Esq ,ii. Smeddle, Esq., Wm. Clutton, Esq. P. Tuxford, Esq., J. R. Cooper, Esq., J. Workman, Esq., John Hudson, Esq., W. Youatt, Esq. MEDICAL OFFICERS. J. Blackstone, Esq. ; and G. W. Blanch, Esq STANDING COUNSEL. C. W. Johnston, Esq. ; W. Shaw, Esq. JOINT SOLICITORS. John Rogerson, Esq. ; C. Boydell, Esq, ASSISTANT MANAGER.—W. Jenkinson, Esq, SECRETARY.—J. Hanson, Esq. BANKERS. The' London and Westminster Bank. _ _ THE Proprietary of this Company exceeds 1,960 in number, of whom 195 are County Directors. ~....... The share of public favour this liistitiition .. has obtained proves the appreciation of its system by a numerous body of Insurers. Every kind of LIFE Insurance, of Deferred and Immediate Annuities, and of Endowments for Children, may be accom plished on terms as low as is consistent with security. A Dividend of Four per Cent. is now in course of payment to the Shareholders in this office. In the FIRE Department Insurances effected at the lowest HAIL Insurance.—Premium Barley, Turnips, and Peas • Beans, and Potatoes. Glass Private Houses, 20s. per cent. t Sixpence per acre for Wheat, Fourpence per acre for Oats, in Hothouses, Greenhouse, or Prospectuses' may 'be obtain( warded, post-free, upon applical Solicitors. ed at the Office, or will be for lion. The usual commission to Agents are appointed in the P incipal Towns in the Kingdom SHAW, Managing Director. Lancaster—Mr. Richardson. ➢fanchester—Mr. E. Doming 27, Cross-street. Colne—Mr. Asquith Broughton-in- Furness-31r. J P. Myers. Bury—Mr. E. Potts and W. T Slatter. LIVERTOOL-• Mr. H. JEE, Mr. J. DOWDALL, 11, Co vent-garden, and Messrs. It. and It. JOHNSON, Coal Merchants. Lytham—Mr. J. Fair Ashton-under-Lyne Ousey. Fleetwood Clitherm Wigan— Burnley- Blackburn Bolton-le-Moors-Mr Hayhurst Garstang and Poulton—Mr. C. Atkinson, of Clevely. HALE—Mr. It. LEDGER. —Mr. J. B. Atelier. -Mr. W. A. Willis. Mr. Williamson. Mr. Hammerton. Mr. T. Ainsworth Chorley—Mr. Birkett and Mr. A. Bannerman. Preston—Mr. Y. H. Lewis, and Mr. J. Waring. Southport—Mr. T. Whitehead Stockport - 7 Mr. J. Sergent Friargate. Rochdale—Mr. W. Fulton. Ulverstone—Messrs.Town&Co Warrington—Mr. J. Cawley, Winwick. Haslingdon—Mr. J. Pickup. Oldham—Mr. E. White. Warren-street. Kendal—Mr. It. Remington. Kirkby . Lonsdale—Mr. R. Ro_ per, jun. Bowness—Mr. G. H. Gardner, Keighley—Mr. Hopkinson. Gisburn—Mr. L. Crabtree. BIRKENHEAD-MrCARDEN of Birthwaite. Leigh—Mr. J. Selby. Orinskirk—Mr. T. Hutton, Runcorn—Mr. Watt. LREGISTEKED] ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIVERPOOL. 1, OLDHALL-STREET HEALTH OF TOWNS' ASSOCIATION AMEETING will be held at the SOUTH CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, Cornwallis-street, THIS EVEN ING, (Tuesday,) the 6th instant, at half. ast-Seveno'clock; when the Working Classes will be addr by H. G. HARBORD, Esq., on subjects connected w e public health. The Chair to be occ ' )y JAMES LAWRENCE, Esq. Adam Hodgson, as Blackburne, and Samuel Holme, Esq., together with o her friends of the association, are expect ed to be present. ____ JOHN A. TINNE, W. H. DUNCAN, Secretaries ROYAL BANK OF LIVERPOOL THE Directors having declared a DIVIDEND of .'2O per SHARE, for the Half Year ending 31st December last, Nal ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN t-the same will be paid on application at the Bank, Bank-buildings, either personally, or to any one dul • thorised, on or after the 10th instant. rder, J. CHAFFERS; Royal Bank, Ist Jan., 1846. NAL—The Transfer looks will be closed from the 2d to tin 15th instant inclusive. LIVERPOOL UNION BANK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND of FOUR PER CENT. on the Capital Stock of the Corn ,pany, for the Half-year ending the 31st of December last, (being at the rate of Eight per Cent. per Annum,) will be paid to the Proprietors on and after the 30th of January. The Transfer Books — will be closed the 15th to the 31st instant inclusive. The ANNUAL ➢IEETIN the PROPRIETORS will be held in the Clarendon-r s, on THURSDAY, sth February, at One o'clock. By order of the Board, JAMES LISTER; Brunswick-street, sth Jan., 1845, LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY THE ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the LIVERPOOL I NFI RAI A RY-anTIEU NAT IC ASYLUM will be holden in the Boar Om of the Infirmary, on MONDAY the 12th January ne Ten o'clock in the Fore noon, to transact the Busi of the House and to Elect Officers for the ensuing . J. B. MONK, Chairman. Liverpool, Deeemb th, 1845. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY, THE Treasurer desires to acknowledge with thaiaks the following Legacies, Donations, &c., received since the Ist of January last, in aid of the Funds of the Liverpool Infir mary LEGACIES Richard Leyland, late of Walton Hall, per Christopher Bullin, Esq., Executor • 100 0 0 Mary Leatherbarrow, late of Liverpool, per Thomas Simpson and George Webster, Esqrs., Executors ..100 0 0 James Simpson, late of the Old Swan per Philip Coombes, Thomas Coombes, and Baimer Executors Richard Irlam Grantham, of Altrinch , per Charles Oddie and Ezekiel G. Varenne, qrs., Executors, 200, less duty £2O ti William Lewtas, late of Li 001, payable on the de cease of his daughte _ rs. Alice Brooks, and now £ s. d CAPITAL, £i,006,00 - o,ln - 100c000 SHARES of £2O Each, John Shaw Leigh, Esq jkli.B. H. Blundell, Esq Josias Booker Hugh J. Sanderson, . . D ufy-C .._ . _ Ts " 9 q ß. Chairman. and Charles Turner, Esq., `hairmen. James Lawrence, Esq. Thomas Lee, Esq. Francis Maxwell, Esq. Robert M'Andrew, Esq. Edmund Molyneux, Esq. J. Bramley Moore, Esq. Henry Moore, Esq. James Pownall, Esq. Archibald Sinclair, Esq. Geo. J. Wainwright, Esq William Blain, Esq.," Thomas Bouch, Esti. John Campbell, Esq. David Cannon, Esq. Thomas Dover, Esq. Robert Dudgeon, Esq. Richard Harbord, Esq. R. S. Henderson, Esq. R. Brodhurst Hill, Esq T. B. Horsfall, Esq. Henry Killick, Esq. AUDITOR. Robert Pedder Carter, Esq Richard Formby, Esq., M.D. SURGEON. Hugh Neill, Esq SURVEYOR. Samuel Holme, Esq. SOLICITOR. • Septimus Booker, Esq. BIRKENHEAD BRANCH, Hamilton Buildings, Hamilton-street. SURGEON FOR BIRKENHEAD, James Theodorick Vale, Esq., Chester-street 91HE Directors beg to announce that they continue 1 to RECEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSU RANCES. The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to rank with the most eli gible offices of the kingdom, with respect to the advantages offered to the Public. - FIRE INSURANCES Will be effected at moderate rates of premium. The Company, having the advantage of a r es id en t Di rec t or y, w ill b e ena bl e d to distinguish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of Claims. No Charge made for the Policy. LIFE BRANCH. Extract from Rates of Premiums for the Whole of Life. & s. d. e s. d. Age. With Profits. Without Profits. 15 20 1 19 3 1 14 11 25 2 4 2 1 19 7 30 2 9 9 2 4 10 35 2 16 2 2 11 0 40 ' 3 4 1 2 18 6 45 3 14 6 3 8 5 50 4 8 3 4 1 7 The Company likewise assure Lives on any of the following contingencies, viz.:— For the Term Of ONE YEAR, SEVEN YEARS, or any other de finite period. POT the WHOLE CONTINUATION OF LIFE.—The Premium to cease after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. On Two JOINT LIVES.—The sum Assured to be paid on the death of either. On the LONGEST OF Two OR THREE LIVES, the Sum As sured to he payable at the death of the last Survivor, or On Sunviviiasni PS to secure the payment of tile Sum As. sured, if a Life A die before another Life B. The important advantages offered by the Company in the Life Branch will include the following, vi::— THE GUARANTEE OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL AND EXEMPTION OF THE ASSURED FROM LIABILITY OF PARTNERSHIP,—The Assured neither having to depend on an uncertain fund, nor being in any way accountable for the payment of Claims. • charges for Assurances, under the various contingencies, de pendant on human life, has availed itself of the experience of the oldest and most prosperous London Offices, and of the re cent investigations on the subject, made by the most compe tent Mathematicians and Actuaries. Its TABLES OF PREMI UMS consequently avoid, on the one hand, an UNNECESSARILY HIGH RATE OF PAYMENT BY THE ASSURED, and on the other, THE DANGER RESULTING FROM INADEQUATE CHARGES. LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY TII E ASSURED, amounting to Two-THIRDS of its net amount, which may be applied at the option of the party effecting the Assurance. Ist.—By an immediate payment of the sum so apportioned; 2d.—By an equivalent reduction of the future premiums; or 3d.—By an equivalent increase of the sum assured. SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT.—The expenses of the Office being borne in due proportion by the two branches. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—AII claims will be pay able within three months after satisfactory proof of the death of the Life Assured. The Directors reserving to themselves the power to discharge any claim immediately on its being estab lished. RESIDENCE IN ANY PART OF EUROPE allowed without any additional charge, and the EXTRA PREMIUMS charged for voya . ge to, and residence in any other F OREIGN C LIMATE or for NAVAL and MILITARY, or any other SPECIAL RISK are fixed on a MODERATE BASIS. POLICIES LAPSED BY NON-PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM, may be renewed within three months, by paying the premium with a fine of 10s. per cent., on the production of evidence to the satisfaction of the Directors of the good state of health of the Life Assured. The Company will always be prepared to PURCHASE the Po- LICIES Of this office at their EQUITABLE VALUE. ___ .._,..,.....-- ...-- Assurances may be effected when needed with the UTMOST SECRECY AND DESPATCH. No ExTRANcE MONEY, nor any charge except for the Policy Stamp. N.B. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors. The Directors likewise beg to announce that they hare made arrangements to GRANT LOANS to persons assured by this Company, on Personal Security, or upon the Security of Assign able Property of adequate value; and to allow the assure d Credit of the Premiums, for a limited number of years, as may be agreed upon. December, 1845 SMIT9'. PAGING AND NUMBERING MACHINE. A CCURACY, LEGIBILITY, PNIFORMITY, NEAT- ACAVIOT FRAUD, are the import of I .is Machine. CON AC'! ACCOI BOOKS of, ciy deacription in Stock, ready for BINJAM I VT BOOK MA SMITI riCCOE FACTOR} 74, SOL"TII CASTLE-STREET BELFAST AND BALLYMENA, AND LONDON DERRY AND COLERAINE JUNCTION RAILWAY, COMMONLY CALLED THE BALLYMENA AND BA L I,Y M ONEY RAILWAY. THE MANAGING COMMITT ' have the plea sure to inform the Sharehold this Railway, that the necessary Parliamentary Not' have been published, and served on all the Owners sees, and Occupiers of the Line; Plans, Sections, and Bob s of Reference, lodged, as required by the Standing Orders ; and the Deposit of Ten per Cent. upon the Subscribed Capital, will be duly made on the Ist of Janu ary, with the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, in Ireland; and it is anticipated that the Act will be obtained early in'the coming Session, as no opposition has been inti mated from any quarter By order, JOHN CUMNIING, Rrov. Secretary Be'pet, 24th December, 1845 EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY . SECOND CALL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors of the EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY have made a CALL of £2 10s. per SHARE upon the Stock of the Company, payable on or before the 29th day of JANUARY next (1846), at the Offices of any of the under mentioned Bankers, who are authorised to receive payment of the same on production of the Call Letters. Interest at the rate of 4 per Cent. per Anuum will be allowed is Calls paid in advance from the date of their paid, until the Line is completed, and Interest at the rate of 5 pier Cent. per Annum will be charged on all Calls in arrear ; and " no in terest shall accrue to the Proprietor of any Share upon which any Call shall be in arrear in respect of such Share, or any Share to be holden by the same Proprietor during the period while such Call shall remain unpaid., By order of the ectors, LEARMONTH, Chairman NRY LEES, Secretary. 18, St. Andrew-sq , Edinburgh, 31st Dec., 1845. BANKERS. Edinburgh Royal Bank. Glasgow Royal Bank. London Messrs. Coutts and Co. Liverpool Messrs. Moss and Co. Leeds Messrs. Beckett and Co. York . York Union Bank. Cupar Fife British Linen Co., and Western Bank. Dundee Western Bank. 10 0 0 180 0 0 100 0 0 prepaid by her as sore Executrix Francis Gildart, late of Liverpool, balance of a Legacy and Interest, per Richard Golightly, Esq., Executor 34 7 Betty Hopwood, late of Liverpool, per William Nichol son, jun., and Thomas Blackburn, Esqrs., Executors 10 0 0 Margaret Tarlton, late of Everton,* per Hugh J. San derson and Richard Tetley, Esqrs., Executors, £5O less duty £5 45 0 0 Barbara Fanny Clay, late of St. Asaph, per Miss Mary Clay, Executrix, £25, less duty lOs 22 10 0 DOI•IA'rIONS Edward Gibbon, Esq., President 105 0 0 Mrs. Hugh Jones, Lark-hill, (2d donation) Miss Crank, 59, Rodney-street Henry Segar, Esq., Brownlow-street ... 5 0 0 W. B. Falcon, Esq., Shaw-street A Friend, per J. W. W. 1 1 0 John Senior, Esq., Alfred-place, Toxteth-park. A few Friends, per Mr. Richard Shaw 1 6 0 George Hargreaves, Esq., Grassendale House, Garston 50 0 0 Anonymous per John Lomax, Esq 2 2 0 Grand Jury March Sessions, by their Foreman, R. W. Preston,'Esq B Thomas ouch, Esq., Liscard-mount Mr. C. per Jacob Willink, Esq G. M. B. per Richard Gibson, Esq Charles Chaloner, Esq., Sefton-street William Moon, Esq., Rodney-street Richard Scholes, Esq.,Cheltenhani Daniel Willink, Esq., St. Michael's Geo Parsons, Esq., Bedford-street Miss. Hodgson, Soho-street Mr. Henry Crosthwaite, Parker-street Mrs. Thomas Brown, Clarence-street. Henry C. Beloe, Esq., 12, Brunswick-street Dividend from an olßankruptcy Estate, per Edward Lister and James Pilkington i Esqrs. Mrs. W. E. Hardman, South-hill A Friend, per Rev. Wm. Chawner, A.M. Gilbert H. Phillips, Esq., Belle-vue, Walton The Proceeds of the Sale of a Coat, per John Pember ton, Esq Liverpool Register of Shipping, per S. Martin, Esq , Chairman l5 0 C Thomas Slingsby, Esq., Everton, per Jas. Lister, Esq. 15 0 C ' Rev. James Heyworth, A.M., Henbury-hill, Westbury 25 0 C Septimus W. Roundell, Esq., Tithebarn-street Peter Bourne, Esq., Rodney-street 105 0 ( Mr. Josset, I, Devon-street l2 12 Tight Honourable Earl of Sefton 5O 0 . L 3 0 ( 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 , 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 10 0 0 21 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 CHURCH COLLECTIONS. At St. Mary's, Walton, after a Sermon by the Rev. T. G. Leigh, A.M. At St. Luke's, after a Sermon by the Rev. W. Mille- 15 10 C neux, A.M. At St. Mark's, after a Sermon by the Rev. J. Dow ns% A.M . At St. Pe;er's, after a Sermon by the Rev. J. G. Headlam, A.M. At the Welsh Caivanistic Methodists Chapels, Pall mall, Rose-place, and Mulberry-street, per Mr. D. Lewis - - 31 6 C 9 0 C BENEFACTIONS OF LINEN, 8z( Mr. Okell, 17, Paradise-street - Old Liner Mrs. Holden, 24, Beau-street , Ditto. Mr. Radley, Adelphi Hotel.. 10 pair Sheets, 6 doz. Napkins, 8z( Mrs. J. Atkinson, 18, West Derby-street Old Liner. Mrs. Carrick. 5, Windsor-terrace • Mrs. Cardwell, Rodney-street Ditto. Mrs. W. J. Myers, Aigburth., Ditto. Miss Wakefield, Bedford-street 12 Shirts Mrs. Cooke, Bedford-street Old Clothing Old Linen Ditto. ... Black Cloth Books, (12 vols. count-vernon, a double incline( Mrs. Charles Turner, I)ing Anonymous Lord Bishop of Chester ... Miss Jee, 1, North-view, Plane 'for a fractured limb John Richardson, jun., Esq., Lower Castle-street, 110 number of the Quarterly Review JAMES BOLD. Liverpool, 30th December, 1845 MEPHYSTOPHELES.-The new Journal of Wit (12 pages, size of the Medical Times or Athenaeum) ready on SATURDAY, January 3, contains sparkling papers Ity—thetest Authors, Il lustrated by the best Artists of l,he dfiy. Price 3d., (Stamped 4d.) Order of any Bookstijara Newsmen. Twenty Years Loss of !lair, and wonderful Restoration Church-street, Whitby, Oct. 19, 1841 Gentlemen,—Of the last supply of OLDB.IISGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA every bottle was sold immediately on receipt, and I have many more bespoke, only waiting for a further supply, which I hope you will send without the least delay. Orders have poured in more than ever since the powerful effects of the Balm have been so decisively demonstrated in the cases of se veral credible and respectable inhabitants of the town. One instance, among others which have attracted particular atten tion, is the case of a gentleman who had hadiitfle or no hair for twenty years: he had tried numerous preparations in vain, and ultimately had his head shaved, and w .I* , a wig. At my recom mendation he tried the Balm ; an. er using it according to the directions for a short time, th oung hair appeared, and he has now as fine a head of hair : ny person in Virhitby. Yours, &c., JOHN KILVINGTON. To Messrs. Kenna Brothers, 10, Westmorland-buildi Aldersgate-street, London. OLDRIDGE'S BAL causes Whiskers and Eye-brows to grow, prevents the • it from turning grey, and the first appli cation causes it to curl beautifully, frees it from scurf, and stops it from falling off. Abundance of certificates of the first respectability are shown by the Proprietors, C. and A. OLD RIDGE, 1, Wellington-street, Strand, London, where the Balm is sold, and by most of the respectable Perfumers and Medicine Vendors. Price 3s. Gd., Cs., and lls. per Bottle. No other prices are Ask for OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF, COLUMBIA, 1, WEI LINGTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON. Sold by all respectable Chemists, Perfumers, and Stationer! SINGULAR CASE OF RESTORATIOIS Another instance obliged t is unbounded.—See add, [ADDITIONAL ADVERTISEMENT.] CALEDONIAN RAILWAY ALLOTMENT OF NEW SHARES. TN Compliance with the wishes of Shareholders who I have not been able to go to the places named in the letters of Allotment, the Company's Bankers are authorised to receive Deposits till the 10th instant inclusive, and the Deeds will lie for Signature at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, 1 • street, Edinburgh, and . 1?-1, St. Vincent street gow, on the 7th, Bth, 9th, - tuid 10th instant ; and 28, P. amen C-street, London, on the 9th, 10th, 12th, and 13th i i - from 11 A.M. till 4 P.M. Parties sending Powers of rney will please remember to have a 30s. stamp for eac • •rson ; and when sent to Edin burgh they may name eir Attorney DAVID RANKINE, the Secretary ; when sen a London, ROBERT WEEMS, Parliamen tary Agent. _ By order RANKINE, Secretary NEW YEAR'S ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY MESSRS. MILNER TO THEIR WORKMEN. On Friday evening last, Messrs. Thomas Milner and Son, inventors, and sole manufacturers of their own cele• brated fin magazines resistir g Safes, Deed-boxes, and Gunpowder muous and splendid entertainment gave a sr at their extensive work;(in Lord-st;eet and Cable-street.) to the numerous workmen in their employ, and to a number of gentlemen, friends of the firm, who were in vited as guests on the interesting occasion. An excellent dinner, consisting o' the most su batantia iands, in wake of which followed plum pudding and other etceteras, with wines, spirits, ale, and (for the temperance portion of the company) capital liqueurs, was served up at three long tables, presided over by Mr. Milner, senior,—at the head of the centre board—supported by a son on each side • the vice-chair being occupied by Mr. John Owens, the foreman of the concern. The room was most appropriately and elegantly deco rated with festoons of evergreens, roses, &c., and over the chair was fixed an ornamental canopy of crimson dra pery. One end was illuminated by a crown in jets of gas, and at the other were similarly emblazoned the initials, V. H., with a device illustrative of the valuable invention of the givers of the feast, bearing the inscription in blaz ing letters " Milners' Fire Tamer," surmounted by Nep tune's Trident supporting the figures "212," indicating the degree of heat at which the fire-safes on their princi ple become available by supplying internal vapour to re sist the action of the strongest fire. About 130 sat down to the repast ; this number com prising about 100 of the operatives of the zoncern, all in iheir iespactable holiday attire, and about 30 gentlemen who• had been invited. Amongst the latter were Mr. Samuel Woods, XII. ; Mr. Richard Woods, Mr. Salt, secretary of the Polytechn:c Society ; Mr. Arnitt, ma nager of the new Gas and Coke Company. and with him Mr. Bright, cousin of Mr. Bright, M,P. for Durham ; Mr. C. J. Smith, of the New Gas Company ; Mr. Arstall, and others of our townsmen and neighbours. . _ After the dinner the usual loyal (Oasts were given from the chair, and received with the most patriotic feeling. That of the " Queel" was followed by the national an them, sung by the whole company, upstanding, and led by Mr. Crawford, a gentleman in the employ, who intro duced some new and appropriate verses. The others - so marked by glees, or musical honours. were al Mr. War. MILWECt, (the junior partner) being now called upon for a toast, said he had great pleasure in com plying, and in proposing that they should drink prosperity to " British Industry"---for he they no distinction as to locality, and wished to include all industrious workmen, Fnglish, Irish, Scotch, and Welsh. He honoured them all, for they made, in dutifully pursuing their several avocations, the best husbands, the best fathers, and the best subjects, and this was in a great degree to be attri buted to the religious feeling and love - of country that pervaded them. He eloquently urged the encourage ment of industry amongst the whole of our fellow countrmen, and sat down amidst loud cheers• Mr. W. CRUSE, one of the workmen, here appropri ately sang " England —we ne'er shall see her like again." Mr. JAMES WALKER MILNER, youngest son of Mr. Milner, senior, here cave the toast of "The Town and Trade of Liverpool," which was drunk with great ap plause, and followed by the song of " Life on the Ocean Wave," by Mr. John Strange, one of the work men—spiritedly executed and loudly applauded. Messrs. Weal and Philips, also in the employ, then fa voured the company with a clever and gratifying obligato on the violin and born, introducinga number of popular airs. The CHAIRMAN, having called upon his active fore man, who acted as vice at the lower end of the room, for a toast or sentiment, Mr. OWENS requested that each should fill a bumper, for he should propose their worthy entertainers, " Mes srs Milner and Son," who were truly kind and consider ate employers. The gentlemen present would appreciate their hospitality to themselves, and with regard to their kindness and indulgence as masters—their uniform cour tesy and consideration—he could himself speak from an experience of seventeen years. (Cheers.) To see, as at that joyous meeting, two classes who were essential to each other, though in different grades of life, thus render ing themselves mutually social, was indeed delightful. He concluded by proposing health, happiness, long life, and prosperity to Thos. Milner and Son. (Great cheering.) . _ The CHAIRMAN begged to return his sincere thanks for the handsome manner in which the toast has been given and received. He sincerely wished all happiness through life to his workmen, and also to their wives, relatives, and sweethearts. (Great cheers and laughter.) Glee by Mr. Weal, sweetly sung, " Plenty and Joy." The CHAIRMAIV proposed the health of those kind friends who bad assisted them by their encouragement to carry out the principle which.had given rise to the estab lishment, and several of whom had favoured them with their company that evening. (Cheers and three times three.) A gentleman whose name we did not obtain, replied. He paid a high compliment to Messrs. Milner. and ex pressed his extreme gratification at witnessing the feeling that pervaded those present. He alluded to the motto of the " Fire Tamer" in the room, and proposed the health of the house in the appropriate name of" The Fire King." (Great cheers.) _ _ _ A young gentleman, who is blind, here played an air on a piano. in the open counting-house, behind the chair, and afterwards sung, very sweetly, to his own accompany ment, " She wore a wreath of roses." Mr WEAL proposed a sentiment to the effect that, the rose, thistle, leek and shamrock, might ever be harmo niously combined, which was enthusiastically drunk, and eloquently and facetiously responded to by Mr. Crawford. Mr. MI mart, in proposing a toast, recurred to times past, when their " Fire Trller" was not so well known as now. They had had much to encounter with their invention, for it opposed facts to preconceived opinions. Scientific men said that books and documents could not be preserved from fire, and few favoured the principle. Many, however, bad since acknowledged it. They were finally indebted to the support of a few friends. They appealed to the most scientific men, workers in iron, che m'sts,&c.to come and see, and pronounce upon their claim. This happily led to their knowiodgc cf a society without private interest in the matter, but ready to forward what ever was bmeficiel to society at large. He (the speaker) felt that the principle was based on truth that could not be shaken—the great laws by which water or its modifi cations regulate all temperature. The Polytechnic So ciety took an interest in the question. They entered into a course of the most trying experiments. They, it is true, put them in the fire ! and a hot and continuous one too ; and the result established the accuracy of the principle. He therefore proposed "the Polytechnic Society," and with it Mr S. Woods, jun., who had done them great service, Associated with Mr. Woods were his excellent friends Mr. Salt, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Arstall, whose health be conjointly proposed. (Vehement applause.) _ Mr. WOODS replied in behalf of the Society named. The invention was one of the most valuable that had ever been brought before the Society, and he had introduced it to their notice in the early part of 1843. They had brought Messrs. Milner's safes to the severe-t tests along with those of others, and the former had distanced all competitors. He had made a record of its success, and considered it an honour to the Society to bring it forward. It was, in truth, one of the greatest boons that had ever been gained by the country. The contents of all the other boxes were' reduced to tinder! those in Milner's were taken out, after the same ordeal, as fresh as when they were put in. (Great cheering.) Mr. SMITH, of the New Gas Company, and also a member of the Polytechnic Society, bore equally strong tes timony to the efficiency of Messsrs. Milner's Safes. He was present at the several experiments near St. Jude's Church. At first he had no faith in Milner's tin bosxe, and was perfectly astonished at the resuq. On this point he expatiated with great felicity and humour, acknow ledging his erroneous first impressions, and his subsequent high and unqualified opinion of the excellence of the in vention. We regret that our limited "space prevents us from attempting more than a mere outline of the address of this gentleman; Mr. Woods, and others. After ex pressing, in eloquent terms, his admiration of the com mingling of the employers and the employed, as witnessed on the occasion, he concluded by toasting " The Progress, rapid and triumphant of Milner's Fire-proof Safes." (Great cheers.) Mr. MILNER, jun., called the attention of the com pany to an ornamental flower vase, made of the same ma terials as the safes, by one of their workmen, Wm. Tear, and a crown, made by John Corlett. He stated that he had, perhaps, 50 men equally capable. These specimens was certainly beautiful, ltd elicited much approbation. On the tables were also shown two pieces of plate, a snuff-box, and a cigar-case; the former presented to Mr. Milner, sen., and the latter to his son, by their workmen, as a grateful acknowledgment to them for their kindness and consideration in releasing them from work so early as three o'clock every Saturday afternoon. Both bore suit able inscriptions to that effect. Mr. OWEN (the foreman), on his health being drunk, with a high compliment, said that nothing was due to him of encomium. His object had been, and ever should be, to give satisfaction to masters and to men, without in fringing on the rights of either. (Cheers.) Mr. ARNITT, (Gas Company) on his health being drunk, spoke in a feeling and impressive manner, on the occasion that had called them together. A number of other toasts, sentiments, songs, &c., fol lowed. " The Press " was responded to by Mr. J. S. Wal ker, (in behalf of the whole "gang,") who expressed a hope that the example of friendly feeling exhibited that night between masters and men would elsewhere be followed. The whole meeting was one of the most delightful we Ihare had to record, and the company separated about mid night, highly gratified by the entertainment of the night. __RECIPE FOR TAKING PAINT OF OAK PA I bought ution of Am burnt brick in make a sort of appearance, with sawdust softened after a ing with cold w it becomes crac• ' 'ew hours, and is easily rem arr. IF, after the panellin ed by v „ly a voluti on of hot size, with a brush, which will bind it well tope; her, and make it better for varnishing, as well as destroy the beetle, which is often met with in old oak, and which is erroneously called the worm.—The Builthr. . w .R~ PRIESTS, WOMEN, AND FAMILIES We gave some extracts last week from the valuable work of M. Michelet, under this title, with a brief des cription of its general scope and object, which we may here repeat to be that of exposing and overthrowing the baleful influence which the priesthood of the Church of Rome, in foreign countries, are in the habit of exercising We now proceed ov,r the female portion of their flocks to trace, with M. Michelet, the mode in which the con- fessicnal is m the instrument by wbic influence is attained and wielded. The fol Juctory picture aster hand Do you see that solemn figure fical dress, asc the thought, the prayer v of a multitude of choir of St. Deni the triumphal s see him still, al ps in th ye all t high as the vitultedrc aria 1 ,at among the NI Well, it is the s Li such unhol 1g intro- th all . the ding, with ),000 men, Do voi ss, hovering capitals, , whence terrible archangel himself, who presently descends for her, and now, mild and gentle. goes yonder into that dark chapel, to listen to her in the languid hours of the after- hour of V: tender sensa- tions ! (Wliy does the heart palpitate How dark the church becomes! Yet. it great rose window over the portal glitters sun. But it is quite another thing in t shadows envelope it, and beyond thing astounds and almost may be, which is th- - farthest end of the o strongly here !) s not late. The with the setting choir; dark One , scurity wever far we mysterious old painted glass at the 1, on which the designs is no onger distinguishable. twinkling in the shade like an illegible magic scroll of unknown characters. The chapel is not less dark on that account; you tan no longer dis cern the ornamants and delicate moulding entwined in the vaulted roof; the shadow deepening blends and confounds the outlines. But, as if the chapel were not yet dark enough, it contains, in a retired corner, a narrow recess of dark oak, where that man, all emotion, and that trembling woman, so close to each other, are whispering together about the love of God." And who is the party—what have been the previous training and course of discipline by which he, who is aced as an interpreter between weak woman and her maker, is enabled to bear himself scathless through the ordeal to which he is submitted. Condemned to en forced celibacy, be has nevertheless been familiarized to to the contemplation of every conceivable species of human frailty and vice, Besides the printed books of standard authority which reveal such an awful amount of grossness, their copy books used during the two conclud ing years of their preparation for the confessional con tain, M. Michelet tells us, questions upon crimes and practices of unimaginable atrocity, unknown in the worst ages of barbarism, and probably not perpetrated at all, "except by the brutal soldiers of the Duke of Alva, or by th: exiled, lawless, and godless band which Wallen stein drew after him—a wandering mass of iniquity, which would have:been abhorred by ancient S Sodom." "We know not," continues , or anther, " hor to qualify this culpable routine. These books, composed for a barbarous age, unparalleled in crimes, are the same that you give to your pupil in our own civilized age. And this young priest, who, according to your instruc tions, believes the world is still that dreadful world. who enters the confessional with all this villainous science, and his imagination full of monstrous cases, you, impru dent men!—(what shall I call you?)—you confront him with a child who has never left her mother's aide, who knows nothing, has nothing to say, and whose greatest crime is, that she has not learned her catechism properly, or has Burt a butterfly ! I shudder at the interro g atory to which he will subject her, and what he will teac h her in his conscientious brutality. But be questions her in vain. She knows nothing, and says nothing. He scolds her and she weeps. Her tears will soon be dried, but it be long before she ceases to reflect." Change, as the object of this impioui and demoralizing scrutiny, the shrinking virgin for the wilt e or the mother, The confessor has proclaimed his authority from Heaven to bind and to loose—to listen to the tale of human frailty, and to absolve from it " A father," he urges, " has a right to knbw the se crets of his child; he is an indulgent father, who wants to know them only to absolve them. He is a sinner like yourself; has he, then, a right to be severe ? Come, then, my child, come and tell.me—what you have not dared to whisper in your mother's ear; tell it me; who will ever know." amidst sobs and sighs, from the choking heaving breast, that the fatal word rises to the lips, es capes and she hides her head. Oh ! he who heard that has gained an immense advan tage, and will keep it ; wou ld to God that be did not abuse it! It was heard, remember, not by the wood and the dark oak of the confessional, but by ears of flesh and blood. " Then is it, " And this man now knows of this woman, what the husband has not known in all the long effusion of his heart by day and night ; what even her own mother does not know, who thinks she knows her entirely, having had her so many times a naked infant upon her knees. "This man knows, and will know—don't be afraid of his forgetting it. If the confession is in good hands, so much the better, for it is for ever. And she—she knows full well she has a master of her intimate thoughts. Never will she pass by that man without casting down her eyes." We cannot trace, with Mr. Mickelet, the working of the system in its datkest features. Not to enter, how- ever, into the worst, of which it is capable, can we shut our eyes to the fact that a woman, who has thus breathed the secret nearest to her heart, to the ears of another, must become, henceforth, his unresisting slave—the agent of his efforts to subjugate the other sex—the accomplice of his persecution of her father, her brother, or her son. Does she revolt, there is the consciousness in her heart that her family is known to her spiritual and temporal tyrant ; and the meaning frown reminds her of the fetters in which she must now consent to remain. .. power is this to be wielded by sinful man over his fellow An awful " To be the only one, without either comparison or contradiction ; to be the whole world of a soul, to wean it, at pleasure, from every reminiscence that might cause any rivalry, and efface from this docile heart even the thought of a mother tbat might still be cherished within it ; To inherit everything and remain alone, and be mas ter of the heart by the extinction of all natural senti ments !" Such is the power which Romanism exercises over its votaries in the world out of doors—such the foundation upon which she builds up her empire. And if that empire be great in the walks of every day life, what must it be when she who is subjected to priestly machination is im mured from all external influences in the monotonous gloom of the cloister! " What," asks our author. "shall a nun do—a woman, and endowed with a woman's tenderness and passion— who beholds in her convent's narrow room one, and only one, day after day, and month after month, one whom she is taught to believe a paragon, and amongst the best and most perfect of his sex" —whose education has made familiar with every form of human depravity, and who is commissioned to probe the secrets of the inmost heart of his penitent? He stands before her nvested with super- human power, and awful sanctity. He shares with her her sorrows. He is the confidant of her every thought, and every aspiration; and a man, with such persons should be also possessed of wickedness to abuse them, can a more appalling picture of vice and sacrilege be y to the mind than must be the result We must, however, refer our readers to and the pages of M. Michelet himself for its descripti details We a to the Work for further evil den ce of the actual working of the system amongst the families of France At present our space is exhausted FUNERAL SERMON —On the morning of Sunday last the Rev. B. A. Marshall, A. M. preached a very impres sive funeral sermon upon the death of the late incumbent of St. Mark's Church, the Rev. Richard Blacow. His text was remarkably appropriate, having been suggested to his mind when standing beside the grave of his departed friend. " The voice said, 'Cry !' and he said, ' What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the gooclliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withcreth ; the flower fadeth : but the Word of our God shall stand for ever."—lsaiah, chap. xl., verses G and 7. The charac ter of Mr. Blacow was pourtrayed with great fidelity and affection. The congregation were forcibly reminded of bygone days, when their talented minister stood almost alone in Liverpool as a burning and shining light in the established church. The features relative to his tempera ment of mind were tenderly drawn by the pea of charity, and the practical part of the subject was admirable. Who is now to succeed Mr. -Blacow ? Justice and gratitude at once say Mr. Marshall. His talents as a preacher of the gospel must commend themselves to all who are privileged to sit under his ministry. His discourses are invariably characterized by simplicity, accuracy of gospel truth, and general usefulness. He is frequently eloquent in the highest sense of that term-- and always faithful in his ap peals to the heart and conscience of his hearers—evidently desirous to win souls to the Redeemer. He seems to have imbibed much of the Apostle determined to km Christ, and hirn cr Ne Jesus present ocen seven years verance, 1 tively sm the matte —so gell. of the Leed as e little be within her hi birtt ❑stitute his crown of joy and the last great day rerril% 1, an