The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

iptiblic Notices.

LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.-NOTICE TO
EXHIBITORS.—AII Pictures, &c., intended for the en-
suing Exhibition, must be sent to the cademy's Rooms, Old
Post-office-place, Church-street, from the 15th to the 21st of
August next, between the hours of Ten in the Morning and Five in
the Evening, after which time no Picture or other Works of Art
will be received. JAMES PELHAM, Secretary.

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL DISTRICT
BANKING COMPANY.
The DIRECTORS hereby give NOTICE, that a DIVIDEND, at
the rate of Ten Shillings a Share, for the Half-year ending 30th
June last (clear of Income Tax, which is paid by the Bank). will
be payable to the proprietors, at the head bank and branches, on
and after Wednesday, the Bth of August. The Transfer Books
will be CLOSED from the date of this notice till the day of paying
the dividend.—By order of the Board,
Manchester, July 25, 1855. PH. THOMSON.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY
hereby give Notice, that the next ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be
held on Friday, the Third day of August next, at Eleven o'clock,
Forenoon, at the Head Office of the Company, North John-street,
Liverpool, for the yearly ordinary business of the Company.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the
27th day of July to the 15th day of August, both days inclusive.
By order, PERCY M. DOVE, Manager, &c.
July 14th, 1855.

IVERPOOL UNITED GAS LIGHT COM-
A PANY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in
the United Liverpool Gas Light Company, will be held at the
Offices of the Company, in Newington, in Liverpool, on TUESDAY,
the 21st day of August next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon.
The Books for the Transfer of Stock and Shares will be
CLOSED from the 7th day of August next to the 21st day of
August, both inclusive.—Dated this 27th day of July, 1855.
By order, THOMAS CARSn,N,I Secretaries.
JOH B. LLOYD

p ÜBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1848.
11 and 12 Vict. c. 63.
NOTlCE.—Whereas, in pursuance of the Public Health Act,
1848, the General Board of Health have directed WILLIAM
RANGER, Esquire, one of the Superintending Inspectors
appointed for the purposes of the said Act, to Visit the Town of
ST. HELENS, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and there to
make public inquiry and examine Witnesses with respect to the
matters following; that is to say,
The Sewerage, Drainage, and Supply of Water.
The State of the Burial Grounds.
The Number and Sanitary Condition of the Inhabitants.
The Local Acts of Parliament (if any) for Paving, Lighting,
Cleansing, Watching, Regulating, Supplying with Water, or
Improving, or having relation to the purposes of the said Act.
The natural Drainage Areas.
The existing Parochial or other Local Boundaries.
The Boundaries which may be most advantageously adopted for
the purposes of the said Act.
And other matters in respect whereof the General Board of
Health is desirous of being informed for the purpose of
enabling them to judge of the propriety of reporting to Her
Majesty or making a Provisional Order with a view to the
application of the said Act, or any part thereof to the said
Town.
Now, therefore, I, the said WILLIAM RANGER, do hereby
give Notice, that on the Fifteenth day of August next, at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon, at the Town Hall, I will proceed upon
the said inquiry, and that I shall then and there be prepared to
bear all persons desirous of being heard before me upon the
subject of the said inquiry.—Dated this 25th day of July, 1855.
WILLIAM RANGER.

IVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES, 1855.—The
COMMISSIONS for holding these ASSIZES will open on
SATURDAY, the 11th August. The Prosecutors and NVitnesses in
the after-mentioned cases are required to be in attendance at the
times specified in the following list, and not earlier ; and on all
subsequent days until their respective cases are disposed of, at
the sitting of the Court ; and the trials are to proceed in the order
in which the cases are arranged in the list, unless the Court
shall otherwise direct, viz.:— _ _

On MONDAY, the 13th August, at Noon.
The Queen v. John Maddocks and Henry Campbell ; George
Marsden ; Thomas Heaton ; Michael Doulin ; Matthew Bell ;
Patrick Brian ; Mary Jackson ; Joseph Partington ; Patrick
Mannion ; Ann Cort ; Thomas Taylor; Edward Chambers,
John Jennings and Patrick Kennedy.
On TUESDAY, the 14th August, at Ten o'clock, a.m.
The Queen v. Terence Lynch ; Daniel Gardner ; Matthew Danson ;
Grimshaw Kenyon ; John Langan and James Bradburn ;
Thomas Bentley ; John Taylor; Catherine Roberts and William
Jones ; George Benson ; Thomas Unsworth.
On WEDNESDAY, the 15th August, at Ten o'clock, a.m.
The Queen v. Joseph Knight, William Price, Ann Evans, Alice
Knight, and Phcebe Jones ; Maria O'Brian ; Thomas Heyes ;
Edward Aspinall ; Patrick Scott ; Richard Harrison ; Joseph
Hill ; Ann Cain ; Stephen Harrigan and Patrick Ryan ; William

Corner.
On THURSDAY, the IGth August, at Ten o'clock, a.m.
The Queen v. James Brown ; John Wilson, Henry Ingham,
Christopher Banks. and Nathan Dale; Thomas Bruerton ;
Joshua Harper; Patrick M'Kenna and Arthur Melburn ; John
Norbury ; Robert Henry Jones; Joseph Wild; John Crosby;
Peter Crosbie.
On FRIDAY, the 17th August, at Ten o'clock, a.m.
The Queen v. John Lennon ; Mary Holcroft ; Ann Pearson ;
Elizabeth Wilson ; Elizabeth Hird ; Alice Wrigley; Abraham
Naylor; John Clayton ; Richard Holmes, John Atherton, and
William Shuttleworth ; Benjamin Procter, . _ _

.... .
On SATURDAY, the 18th. August, at 7',2 o'clock, a.m.
The Queen v. Thomas Peters; Christopher James Brady, Thomas
Carter, and John Hampton ; George William Bahr, and David
Behrend ;

AND ALL OTHER CASES.

The Court will sit for the dispatch of business each day during
the Assizes at Nine o'clock, a.m., except on MONDAY, the 13th
August, and on that day at Noon.
The foregoing Regulations will be strictly enforced,and no costs
allowed to parties making default in the observance of them.
All Persons under Recognizance to appear and answer Indict-
ments at these Assizes must surrender and plead when called
upon, otherwise their Recognizances will be forfeited.
By order of the Hon. Mr. Baron Platt,
T. S. SHUTTLE WORTH, Clerk of the Crown.
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It is particularly requested that all Depositions in cases for trial
at these Assizes may be immediately forwarded to the Clerk of
the Crown.
Crown Office, Preston, 24th July, 1855.

IVERPOOL DOCKS.—ELECTIONS by the
.11 Dock Ratepayers of FOUR MEMBERS of the DOCK
COMMITTEE, in lieu of Four Members retiring periodically by
lot, and of ONE other MEMBER in lieu of another Member who
has resigned.
To the Merchants, Owners, and Part Owners of Ships, and
other Persons duly qualified to Vote at the Election of Liverpool
Dock Ratepayers to be Members of "The Committee for the
Affairs of the Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks."

I, CHARLES TURNER, Esquire, chairman of the said corn-
mittee, in pursuance of the powers and provisions of " The
Liverpol Dock Act, 1851," and of the other acts relating to the
docks and harbour of Liverpool, and also of the determination,
by lot, in the said committee, on the 19th July instant, in manner
directed by the same acts; that Robert Rankin, John Palmer
Palmer, Eyre Evans, and William Barber, Esquires, shall, on the
let day of August now next, retire from and go out of the said
committee by periodical rotation, do by this public advertise-
ment, duly published as required by the said acts, CONVENE a
MEETING of the Dock Ratepayers of Liverpool (duly qualified as
hereunder mentioned), TO BE HOLDEN ON WEDNESDAY,
THE SAID FIRST DAY OF AUGUST NEXT, between the
hours of Eleven of the clock in the Forenoon and Four of the
clock in the Afternoon, at the Dock-office, in Liverpool, for the
purpose of Electing, Nominating, and Appointing FOUR,
LIVERPOOL DOCRATEPAYERS (duly qualified as here-
under mentioned), to be members of the said committee,
to supply the vacancies occasioned by such retirement of the
said Robert Rankin, John Palmer Palmer, Eyre Evans, and
William Barber therefrom as aforesaid. And the said committee,
in pursuance of other powers and provisions of the said acts, do
hereby give notice that they have appointed the said meeting
hereinbefore convened to be also a meeting of the said Dock
Ratepayers of Liverpool for the purpose of electing, nominating,
and appointing one or other Liverpool Dock Ratepayer (duly qua-
lified as hereunder mentioned) to be a Member of the said Com.
mittee in the room of Joseph Malcomson, Esq., who has resigned ;
such member so to be elected as last mentioned to rank in respect
of seniority in, and to be liable to retire from, the said Committee
as the said Joseph Macolmson did rank, and was liable when he
was a member thereof.
CHARLES TURNER,
Chairman of the said Committee.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 20th July, 1855.

QUALIFICATION OF CANDlDATES.—Candidates for election to
the said office must not be members of the town council of Liver-
pool ; must be natural born, or duly naturalised, subjects of the
United Kingdom ; must have resided within the borough of
Liverpool, or within eight miles therefrom, for five years pre-
viously to the day of election, and must each have paid rates and
duties by the said acts, or some of them, authorised to be raised,
levied, and collected, to the amount of £25 on his individual ac-
count, or as agent for others residing not less than eight miles
from the borough of Liverpool, or £5O, if paid by any house of
trade in Liverpool, in which such candidate may be a partner,
within a year immediately preceding such election ; and must
not be directors, or other officers, of any other dock, basin, wharf,
quay, pier, or landing place within the port of Liverpool, now
exempt by law from the payment of Liverpool dock rates, or any
part thereof.
QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS.—The Dock Ratepayers qualified
to vote at the said elections are those persons who shall have re-
spectively paid, either as principals or agents, the said rates and
duties to the amount of £lO within one year previously to such
elections, and whose names now appear on the annual alphabetical
printed list of persons so qualified, which has been duly revised
and published according to law, and may at any time be inspected
at the Dock Office.
The said four retiring members are respectively re-eligible.

EXHIBITION of the WORKS of MODERN
ARTISTS in OIL and WATER COLOURS,

AT THE
OLD POLICE-COURT ROOM, HIGH-STREET.

The Exhibition of this important and valuable Collection of
Modern Pictures and Drawings (the Property of Messrs. Thomas
Agnew and Sons) will FINALLY CLOSE THIS WEEK.
Admission from Ten to Five by Card only.

-140NDON and NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
NORTHERN DIVISION.
NOTICE FOR AUGUST.
The 6 45 a.m. Train from Preston to Liverpool and the South,
will be dispatched at 6 30 a.m.
The 7 30 a.m. Train from Liverpool to Rainhill, will be dis-
continued.
The 7 15 a.m. Mixed Fast Train from Liverpool to Birmingham,
will be dispatched at 7 45 a.m.
The 745 a.m. Train from Warrington to Manchester, will be
dispatched at 7 40 a.m.
The 10 30 a.m. Train from Preston to the South, will convey
Passengers to Liverpool.
The 5 25 p.m. Train from Liverpool to Rainhill, will be dis-
continued.
The 5 15 p.m. Train from Liverpool to Birmingham, will convey
Passengers to Stations between Liverpool and St. Helens Junction•
A new Train will leave Liverpool for Preston at 5 45 p.m.
By order,
General Manager's Office, Lime-street,July, 1855.

A PECULIARLY FINE BLACK TEA is just
now being Retailed, at 4s. per lb.,

THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN TEA
COMPAY,
OLD POSTOFFICE-PLACE, CHURCH-STREET.
JOHN L. SMITH, MANAGER.

riCHOS. DISMORE,
1 SILVERSMITH & JEWELLER TO THE QUEEN,

CORNER OF BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
The best made London Goldsmiths'-hall marked SILVER
SPOONS and FORKS, of the usual strength, weigh as follows,
but they may be had lighter or heavier at the same price per
ounce:—

PLAIN FIDDLE PATTERN.

QUEEN'S PATTERN
OZ. X 8. d.
40 a 7/6 15 0 0
40 a 7/6 15 0 0
25 a 7/6 9 7 6
25 a 7/6 9 7 6
12 aB/0 416 0
11 a 7/6 4 2 6
6 a 7/6 2 5 0
3 a 8/0 1 4 0
1 5 0
0 10 0

oz. .' s. d.
Table Spoons, per doz 30 a 7/4..11 0 0
Table Forks, „ 3O a 7/4..11 0 0
Dessert Spoons „ 2O a 7/4.. 7 6 8,
Dessert Forks „ 2O a 7/4.. 7 6 8
Tea Spoons „ lO a 7/10.. 3 18 4
Soup Ladles, each lO a 7/4.. 3 18 4'
Gravy Spoons, „
Sauce Ladles, „ 2} a 7/10.. 0 19 7
Sugar Tongs, „
Salt Spoons

for exportation, is. Gi. per ounce for drawback is
deducted from the above prices.
An excellent substitute for the aboveis good ELECTRO-PLATE.
It can be made at any price, according to the material used, and
the thickness of Silver put on. In Spoons and Forks three quali-
ties are kept, all being in size, shape, and appearance the same as
Silver.