The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

ballot. That such first-mentioned fund of £lO,OOO be apli-
cable solely to the payment of any casualty arising to the
ferry-boats, and the interest on bonds, (if not otherwise paid;)
and„if theland should be thus reduced below £lO,OOO, the
deficiency to be forthwith made good in the same way as the
original. fund shall have been formed. 5. That the bond-
holders annually elect one of their body to be a commissioner,
who shall be ex officio a member of the Finance Committee.
6. That a full statement of the township accounts be annually
transmitted to each bondholder. 7. That application, to.Par-
'lament be made this session for the purpose of obtaining an
act to carry into effect the foregoing arrangement." With
reference to this report the following resolution was also, agreed
to :—" The minutes of the special meeting of the Finance
Committee, of the 21st ultimo, being read, Resolved; That the
same be confirmed; and that the said sub-cOmmittee be con-
tinued, and appointed a committee to conduct the bill through
Parliament, for which notices have.been given, subject to such
alterations as the parliament may impose ; also to watch the
Birkenhead Docks Bill in its progress through parliament :
andany other measure affecting Birkenhead interests; and, if
necessary, for securing support to oppose such bills in parlia-
ment."

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS•
BIRTHS.

On the 30th October, at Geelong, Australia, Mrs. R. B.
Ronald, of a son.
On the 31st ult., Mrs. George A. Best, of Liscard, of a son.
On the 31st ult., in Juvenal-street, the wife of Mr. G. Thir-
kell, jun., of a son.
On the 31st ult.,. at Chesterfield-house, the Countess of
Lichfield, of a son and heir.
On the Ist inst., in Salisbury-street, Mrs. Thomion, of a
daughter.
On the Ist inst., at Talacre, Flintshire, the Hon. Lady Mos-
tyn, of a daughter.
On the Ist inst., in Hampton-terrace, the wife of Mr. Tho-
mas B. Park, pilot, of a daughter.
On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. J. Bratian, architect, Bir-
kenhead, of a daughter.
On the 2nd inst., the wife of William Todd Naylor, Esq., of
Hart'ord-grange, Cheshire, of a daughter.
On the 3rd inst., at Claughton-road, Birkenhead, the wife
of Mr. James De Berry, of a son.
On the 4th inst, at Holt-hill, Birkenhead, Mrs. Dyson
Rycroft, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., Mrs. Whittle, Upper Parliament-street, of

a son.
On the sth inst., at Egremont-terrace, Liscard, the wife of
Mr. Arthur G. Rogers, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Grange-mount, Claughton, Mrs. John-
son, of a son.
On the Bth inst., at the residence of her mother, Bridge-
water-street, Mrs. R. H. Newall, of a daughter.
On the Bth inst., at Devonshire-place, Claughton, Cheshire,
Mrs. A. D. Keightley, of a daughter..

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

TUESDAY. Fi",E2ATAILY 5, 1855.
BANKRUPTS.
John Netterville Blake, Egremonti commission as Feb. 15,
March 7, at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bank-
ruptcy ; solicitor, Mr. Greene; Liverpool ; official assignee, Mr.
Bird, Liverpool.
Reuben Cooper. Oldham, wholesale grocer, Feb. 20, March 10, at
12 o'clock, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy ;
solicitors, Messrs. Atkinson,. aunders, and Last, Manchester ;
official assignee, Mr. Pott,,Manchester.
Thomas Watson, Carlisle, currier.
Sophia Wightwick, Town Mailing, carpenter.
John White, Northampton, draper.
Henry Hunting, Shilton, Stafrordshire, veneer cutter.
George Thomas Caswell, Wolverhampton, pumpinaker.
George Barker, Ibirslem, veneer cutter.
John Youle, Sheffield, wine merchant.
VA RTN ERSE-11PS DISSOLVED.
J. and J. Duckworth. Manchester, boiler makers.—?..Nelson,
and E. and R. Emmett, Esuldeld, Lancashire, cotton manufac-
turers.—Carlisle, Capel, Norbury, and Hallam, Mincing-lane,
and Liverpool, tea brokers...—E..Done and Co., Manchester, Hes-
Sian dealers.—W. Stubbs and C. Mitchell, Macclestieldi stone
merchants.

DIVIDENDS.
Feb. 28, J. Richardson, Manchester, umbrella manufacturer.—
Feb. 28, J. Ellis, Ardwick, near Manchester, joiner.—Feb. 26, G.
Deane and F. Youle, Liverpool,. merchants.—Feb. 25, Plumbe,
Southport, painter.—Feb. err, Hainsworth, Liverpool 3 brewer.
—Feb. 27, V. Walters, Ch, coal agent. —Feb. 27,, l-k H. Ross,
Liverpool, draper.

CERTIFICATES.
Feb. 27, J. Crippin, and W. R. Forster, Rock Ferry, Cheshire,
and Liverpool,. ferry proprietors.—Feb. 27, A. and A. Dean,
Bolton, millwrights.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
H. Wallace, Glasgow, lace fall manufacturer.
G. J., and J. Hill, jun., Glasgow awl elsewhere, merchants.

FRIDAY, FRRRUIRY 8, 1858.
BANKBU Frs.
William Sherratt, Crewe, Cheshire, innkeeper, Feb. 16, March 17,
at 12 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy ;
solicitors, Messrs. Keary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent ;
official assignee, Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
Josiah Conithurst Gaskell and Thomas Garstang, Blackburn,
Lancashire, machine makers, Feb. 20, March 12, at 12 o'clock,
at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy : solicitors,
Messrs. Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester ; official assignee,

Mr. Pott. Manchester.
Asa Bradbury, Oldham, cotton spinner, Feb. 22, March 14. at 12
o'clock, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy :
solicitors, Mr. Slater. Manchester, and Messrs. Radcliffe and
Murray, Oldnam ; official assignee, Mr. Elernaman, Manchester.
Henry Frederick Budge. Manchester, fustian manufacturer, Feb.
26, March IS, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District Court
of Bankruptcy: solicitor, Mr. Faulkner, Manchester; official
assignee, Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
William Oates, Ashton-under-Lyne, innkeeper, Feb. 19, March 11,
at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy:
solicitors, Messrs. Brooks and Marshall, Ashton-under-Lyne;
official assignee, Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
George Watkins, Uxbridge, builder.
William Shenk, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill, and else-
where.
Carlo Antonio Caminsda, Broad-street-buildings, merchant.
James Lea, Dartford, tailor.
Samuel Massey Gilbert, late of Stamford, Lincolnshire, milliner.
David Williams, Abersychain, 'Monmouthshire, builder.
Frederick William Emerson, Treriefe Chymical Works, near Pen-
zance, and elsewhere, manufaCturing chymist.
PARTNERSHIPS 'DISSOLVED.
Ledward, Brothers Manchester and elsewhere, manufacturers.
—W. H. Myers and J. C. Birkbeck, Manchester, attorneys.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, Liverpool, merchants; eighth
div. of 4d., making, with the previous diva., 6a. 4d., any Wednes-
day, at Mr. Turner's, Liverpool.—G. Rennie, Liverpool, merchant;
div. of I I id., on account of the first div. of 25., any Monday, at
Mr. Bird's, Liverpool.—H. Brown, Liverpool, shipchandler; first
div. of 2d.. any Monday, at Mr. Bird's, Liverpool.—B. Eaglaud
and W. Crampton, Bedford, near Leigh, Lancashire, cotton
manufacturers; first div. of 48. 2d., any Tuesday, at Mr. Pott's,
Manchester.—J. Fish, Helmahore, Haslingden, Lancashire, cot.
ton manufacturers ; second div. of 3d., any Tuesday, at Mr. Potts.
Manchester.—T. Kershaw, Crossland, near Hud lersfield, York-
shire, and Manchester; quarry worker; first div. of Is. 3d., on
Tuesday, Feb. 19, or any subsequent Tuesday, at Mr. Fraser's,
Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
March 7, J. Kenyon, Blackburn, Lancashire, innkeeper.—March
7, S. M. Barton, Manchester, amallware manufacturer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
T. Watson, Glasgow, wright.—J. Christiansen, Leith, ship-
broker.—W. Baird, Glasgow, corn merchant.