The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-01 00:00:00

13tib1ic Notices.

PUBLIC NOTICE. - WILLIAM BRIDSON,
Ironmonge-, 4S, Bold-street, begs to inform the Public
that he resides at 4, Chester-street, and his only Place of Busi-
ness is at 48, Bold-street.

DUBLIN AND LIVERPOOL STEAM-SHIP
BUILDING COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, on and after the 10th
January instant, between the hours of Twelve and Three o'clock,
a DIVIDEND OF THREE PER CENT., for the Half-year ending
the Ist of November, 1855, will he PAID to the PROPRIETORS
qualified to receive the same, and whose Names are now Regis-
tered in the Company's Books.
By Order, PHINEAS HOWELL, Agent.
Office, 15, Eden-quay, Dublin, 28th Dec. 1855.
N.B.—The Books of the Transfer of the Company's Stock will
be Closed from the 28th instant to the 10th January aforesaid.

THE ROYAL BANK of LIVERPOOL.—The
DIRECTORS of the ROYAL BANK of LIVERPOOL
having, in conformity with the Deed of Settlement, DECLARED
the PAYMENT of INTEREST on the PREFERENCE SHARES
for the Half-year ending the 10th instant ; and in compliance with
a Resolution passed at an Annual General Meeting, Interest at
the rate of Fire per Cent. per Annum on the estimated value of
the Orignal Shares, for the Half-year ending the 31st December
last; both amounts will be Paid on or after the 10th instant, on
application at the Bank.
By order,
Bank. Ist January, 1856.

J. CHAFFERS, Manager.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
ALTERATION OF DOCK RATES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that from mid
after the Fifth day of January, 1856, the several Rates and
Duties now payable to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks in
respect of tonnage, lighthouses, floating lights, and goods, will be
discontinued to be collected and received ; and in lieu thereof
such Rates and Duties will thenceforth be payable to the said
Trustees as have been recently ascertained and fixed by the Dock
Committee, and are set forth in a certain New Book of Rates now
in course of publication, and of which book copies may be ob-
tained on application at the Treasurer's Office, on and after the
31st December instant, and on payment of one shilling and six-
pence for each copy thereof.
By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Liverpool, Dec. 27, 1855.

WE, the undersigned JOHN HOLME and
WILLIAM SMITH SLATER, lately carrying on busi-
ness in copartnership with JOSEPH ALFRED CROOK, at
Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, and at Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, as Mahogany and Timber Brokers and
Measurers, under the Firm of HOLME, SLATER, and CROOK,
hereby give NOTICE, that the said COPARTNERSHIP bath, by
efiluxion of time, become DISSOLVED on this First day of
January, 1956. We: further give notice, that the Business will in
future be carried on by the undersigned John Holme • and
William Smith Slater, as copartners, under the style of Holme
and Slater.

All outstanding debts and liabilities of the late Firm will be re-
ceived, paid, and discharged by the undersigned, who propose to
wind up the affairs with as little delay as possible.—Dated this
lat day of January, 1856.

JOHN HOLME,
WILLIAM SMITH SLATER.
Witness to both Signatures, W. J. HAstmoNo.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
TO MERCHANTS, OWNERS, MASTERS OF VESSELS, AND
OTHERS.

THE CO MM ITT EE of the LIVERPOOL
DOCKS do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the OFFICERS
and SERVANTS in their employ are strictly PROHIBITED from
SOLICITING or RECEIVING MONEY, REWARD, GIFT, or
PRESENT of any kind, for the purpose of doing, or omitting to
do, any act, matter, or thing whatever, touching, or relating to
their respective offices or duties, under a Penalty of Twenty
Pounds.

The Committee do also HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that any
OIVNER or MASTER of any Ship or Vessel, or any other Person
or Persons, who shall GIVE, or OFFER, any Sum of MOSEY, or
other thing whatsoever, by way of REWARD or BRIBE, to any
Officer or Servant in their employ, is also liable to a Penalty of
Twenty Pounds.
The Committee do hereby request Merchants, Owners, Con-
signees, Masters of Vessels, and all other Persons whatsoever,
NOT TO GIVE, nor PERMIT TO BE GIVEN at any time. any
MONEY, CHRISTMAS BOX, or PRESENT of any kind, to any
Dockgateman, Piermaster, Dock-master, Officer, or Servant, of
Albert or Stanley Dock Warehouses, or any other Officer or Person
in their employ; and they also caution all their Officers and Ser-
vants from Soliciting or Receiving the same, as in any case
coming to their knowledge, the Penalty will be Strictly Enforced.
The Committee do also hereby further request that Parties to
whom application may be made by any Officer or Servant, Dock-
gateman, Piermaster, or others, for any Gift, Christmas Box, or
other Present, will immediately give information thereof to the
Undersigned, in order that due inquiry may be made. and the
strictest discipline enforced.

By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock office, Revenue-buildings, December 25, 1855.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
ELECTION BY THE LIVERPOOL DOCK RATEPAYERS OF
A MEMBER OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE, in the place or
stead of HENRY STEELE, Esq., who has resigned.
To the Merchants, Owners, and Part Owners of Snips, and other
Persons duly qualified to Vote for the Election of Liverpool
Dock Ratepayers, to be Members of "the Committee for the
lAffairs of the Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks.
CHARLES TURNER, Esq., Chairman of the
said Committee, in pursuance of the powers and provisions
of "the Liverpool Dock Act, 1851," and of the other Acts rela-
ting to the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool, do by this public
Advertisement, duly published as required by the said Acts, con-
vene a MEETING of the DOCK RATEPAYERS of LIVERPOOL
(duly qualified as hereunder mentioned), to be holden on FRIDAY,
the Fourth Day of January next, between the hours of Eleven of
the Clock in the Forenoon and Four of the Clock in the After-
noon, at the DOCK-OFFICE, in Liverpool, for the purpose of Elect-
ing, Nominating, and Appointing a Liverpool Dock Ratepayer
(duly qualified as hereunder mentioned), to be a Member of the
said committee, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
tion of the said Henry Steele, late one of the Members of the
said Committee, such Member so to be elected to rank in respect
of seniority in and to be liable to retire from the said Committee,
as the said Henry Steele did rank and was liable when he was a
Member thereof.

By order of the said Committee,
CHARLES TURNER, Chairman.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 24th December, 1855.
QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES.—CBMiIdBIPS for election to
the said office must not be members of the Town Council of
Liverpool; must he natural born, or duly naturalized, 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, authorized to be raised,
levied, and collected, to the amount of .425 on his individual
account, or as Agent for others residing not less than eight miles
from the borough of Liverpool, or £eso, 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
respectively 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 persona so qualified, which has been
duly revised and published according to law, and may at any time
be inspected at the Dock-lffice.