The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

ipubtic Notices.

MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL DISTRICT.
BANKING COMPANY.
The DIRECTORS hereby give NOTICE, that a DIVIDEND of
Ten Shillings a Share, for the Half-year ending 31st December'
last, and also a BONUS of Four Shillings a Share (both 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 13th day of February next.
The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the date of this
Notice till the day of paying the Dividend.
By order of the Board, PHILIP THOMSON.
Manchester, Jan. 30, 1856.

TAANCASTER SPRING A,S•SI ZE S, 1856.
CROWN COURT. -
The COMMISSIONS for holding these Assizes will be opened
at Lancaster on MONDAY, the 18th February.
The Prosecufore and Witnesses are required to be in attendance
on TUESDAY, the 19th of February, at Eleven o'clock in the Fore-
noon.
The Court will sit for the despatch of Business each day during
the Assizes at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon, except on TUESDAY,
the 19th February, and on that day at Eleven-o'clock in the Fore-
noon.

LIVERPOOL SPRING ASSIZES;IBS6.
CROWN COURT.
The COMMISSIONS for holding these Assizes will be opened
at' Liverpool on SATURDAY, the 224 March.
The Regulations for conducting the Criminal filminess will be
published in due time.
By order of the Hon. Mr. Baron MARTIN,
T. S. SHUTTLEWOR'FLT,
Crown.office, Preston,Jan. 24, 1856. Clerk of the Crown.
It is particularly requested that the Depositions mall Cases for
Trial at Lancaster may be immediately forwarded to the Clerk of
the Crown. at the Crown-offlre, Preston; and that the Depositions
in all Cases for Trial at Liverpool may be forwarded to tim on or
before the 23d day of February next.

BROMLEY'S PATENT EMPIRE SOAP,
which heretofore has been difficult to be obtained; as very
few of the grocers will keep it.• To use their own words; -by way
of explanation, they state,—" Were we to buy it, it would reduce
our sales fatly one third, as two pounds of the Empire Soap will
go as far as three pounds of any other soap; we should also lose
our profit on soda and washing. powders, as neither of these
articles are required when the Empire Soap is used, in either the
hardest water or in sea water." What the grocers are displeased
at in this soap is its strongest recommendation to the notice of
the large consumers, private families, hotel keepers, laundresses,
&c. It only requires to be used with a light hand. And besides
the above advantage it saves half the usual labour, consequently
less friction and wear' in the clothes, and will not injure the
colours in the most delicate prints;, and is equally valuable for
every other domestic purpose, even-for toilet use, as it is a pure
soap, free from rosin and other useless ingredients, which not
only add unnecessary weight to the' soap but detract from its
cleansing properties.
To be had wholesale at the Works), No. 22, Cherry-lane, and
from the following dealers :—Mr. Edward Davies, chandler, No.
84, London-road;: Messrs. Tasker and Price, 209, London:
road ; Mr. John Dixon, grocer, No. -48, Pembroke-place;
William Davies, ;tracer, 58, Mill-street;. Mr. David Drew, ship..
store merchant, 40; Waterloo-road ; Messrs. Scott and Taylor,.
ship-store merchants, 28, Mason-street ; Messrs. Buttner and
Schonstadt, ship-store merchants, 11, Hurst-street; Mr. W. H.-
Maitland, ship-store merchant, 45, Regent-street.
One Trial will prove the superiority of this soap.
W. OKILL & CO.

FRAMPTON'S /GILL OF HEALTH.—The mani—
fold advantages fo the Heads of Families from the posses.
sion of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to
with confidence, and used with success in eases of temporary sick-
ness, occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious
to all, that no question can he raised of its importance to every
housekeeper in the kingdom.
They are an excellent aperient, create appetite, relieve languor,
and invigorate the spirits, and if taken atter an indulgence at
table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. •
" For upwards of nine years (writes Mr.. Thomas Province, of
Winchmore Hill, Middlesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of
this excellent Medicine.. I had long previously been afflicted with
headache and indigestion; but a friend having induced me to
make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a few
doses gave me great relief ; and during this long period of time
I have taken them in, preference to any other medicine; and I
have the happiness of saying that I never had a better state of
health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to
add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we
know of nothing to equal it."
Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject-to Head-ache, Giddi-
ness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears,arising from too great
a flow of Blood to the Head, should never -he without them, as
many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their
immediate use. For Females, these Pills are truly excellent,
removing all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very pie-
valent with the sex ;.Depression of Spirits,. ulness of Sight, Ner-
vous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the
and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To
Mothers they are confidently recommendedas the best medicine
that can be taken ; and for children of all ages they are
unequalled. As a. pleasant, safe, and easy Aperient, they
unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most
successful effect. By regulating the dose,. according to the age
and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case,
in either sex, that can be required.
Sold by all Medicine Vendors, price ls. lfd. and 2s. 9d. per box.
See the name of "Taomas Peour, 229, strand, London," on the
Government Stamp.

DR. AN T R OBIJS'S PERSIAN HAIR
RESTORATIVE, AND HAIR DYE.
Under the immediate patronage of the Princes of Persia and India.
These Articles are without doubt the most extraordinary in their
powers ever skbmitted to the Public, and require but to be tried
to be appreciated, admired, and continued.
The RESTORATIVE strengthens the hair and preTents it
falling off after every other means have been resorted to unsuc-
cessfully; it cures baldness and creates a natural curl, and by
its use myriads of persons of both sexes are indebted to having a-.
good head of hair at the present moment. Its efficacy is therefore
undoubted and the whole world is challenged to produce an..
article to equal it, either for beautifying the human hair or pre-
serving it to :the latest period of life. For the production of
Whiskers or Moustache it is infallible.

The qualiCos of the HAIR DYE are decidedly superior to any-
thing of the kind ever attempted, and the whole surface of the
head can be changed into a most natural black or brown, within
five minutes after using it, so as to defy detection from the greatest
connoisseur,.

Letter from Henry Vinson, Co:r•t Hair Dresser and TViy
Maker, of 124, Leadenhall.street, London.

To DR. ANTROBUS.

Sir,—.Your Hair Restorative is onsof the greatest blessings ever
invented. Several of my customers are enraptured with it, and
considers it beyond all praise. I cannot deny but that it has
appearedlo me quite wonderful thesilteration it causes after using
it for a. few weeks; it excels anything of the kind I ever used,
causing, a complete metamorphosis; giving the hair a natural
curl, and even entirely hiding grey locks.
You ,may depend upon it that it surpasses anything of thekind
ever. brought before the public and as to your Hair Dye I can
sell all you can send me, it is SO unquestionably good.-:2I am,
Sir, yours faithfully, HENRY VINSON.
The Restorative is sold at Is, mod., 2s. 61., and 4s.per bottle. The
Hair Dye, 3s. Id. and 7s. per case. The larger sizes are a great
saving. Directions for use accompany each Bottle and Case.
Be particular to o,slc for Dr. Antrobus's, or yo:. may be
imposed upon.
Sold by all respectable Chemists and Perfumers throughout the
world, and at Dr. Antrobus's Establishment, 2, Brydg,s-street,
Strand, London. If any difficulty arise in obtaining it, send
postage stamps to Dr. Antrobus's address, audit will be for-
warded- by return of post. Wholesale Agents: 11A,IIVIES and Co.,
warded by return of post. Wholesale Agents: Biomes and Co.,
Hanover-street,Liverpeol.

'UNDER PATRONAGE OF ROYALTY, AND
THE AUTHORITY OF THE FACULTY.

KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES

Upwards of Forty Years' experience has fully confirmed the
superior reputation of these Lozenges, in the cure of Asthma,
Winter Cough, Hoarseness, Shortness of Breath, and other
Pulmonary Maladi2s.
They have deservedly obtained the high patronage of their
Majesties the King of Prussia and the King of Hanover ; very,
many also of the Nobility and Clergy. and of the Public generalll;,
use them, under the recommendation of some of the most
eminent o! the faculty. Such medical testimony must be con-
vincing of their efficacy, as well as conveying the satisfactory
assurance of their freedom from any. opiate, or other injurious
anodyne. They may he safely administered to females of the
most delicate frame, and to very young children, for they not
only allay Cough and Nervous Irritation, but they sustain the
constitution, by promoting a healthy state of the Digestive
Organs. They have immediate influence over the following
cases :—Asthmatic and Consumptive Complaints, Coughs, Short-
ness of Breath, Hoarseness, &c., &c.
. _

Prepared and sold in boxes, Is, lid., and tins, 28. ,c 4., 4s. 6d.,
and 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St.
Paul's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists and
Patent Medicine Vendors in the world.

N.B.—To prevent spurious imitations, please to observe the
the words " KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES" are engraved
on the Government Stamp of each box, witliout winch none
are genuine.

VALUABLE TESTIMONIALS.
Another instance of the good effects of Keating's Cough Lozenges,
upward 4 of twenty-one years' standing.
Liverpool, 6, Bold-lace, Jan. 26, 1846.
MY DEAR Sin„--I have great pleasure in informing you that
my wife has received great benefit from the use of Keating's
Cough Lozenges, you recommended her a short time since.
Previous to this she had been troubled with a severe cough, and
was under some of our first medical men here without experi.
encing any relief; however, Keating's Lozenges have done
wonders.—With respect, believe me, yours faithfully,
THOS. MAYOR.

To Mr. George H. Howell, Chemist 27, Dale-street.
Cure of Cough after attack of Influenza
Dover, 25th February, 1848.
Stu,—Please to send to Messrs. Barclay and Sons for enclosure
another dozen of your excellent Cough Lozenges. Having lately
had a severe attack of influenza, attended with violent Cough, for
five days, preventing my lying down in bed, I made trial of your
Lozenges, and am happy to say, with the blessing of God, they
proved of the greatest service, and their use produced almost
intsantaneous relief. I give you this intelligence from a desire
that others might also be led to make the trial. I hope they will
experience the same result. Yours truly' O. HAMBROOK.
To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard.
Agents for Liverpool: Brut: and Co.. EYVIsTS and Co., Itatitm
and Co., and CLAY and Co., Wholesale Druggists.

[FEEnuARY 5, 1.86.

I:nsurance Noticts

SUN
LIFE ASSITnAXCE
LONDON.
Policies eireCted with this Society now will participate of
FOUR-FIFTHS OR 80 PER CENT. of the NET PROF,O
the Society, according to the conditions contained in the SOC' '
Prospectus.
•
The Premiums required by this Society far insuring YOipd
Lives are lower than in many other old-established Once?
Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an amplerantee fund, in addition to the accumulated funds derived
investments of Premiums.

Policy Stamps paid by the Office.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office. in Threa
d eedit
street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actlll,
AGENTS AT LIVERPOOL :
NICHOLAS D. BOLD, 4, Exchange-street West ;
EDWARD HIGGIN and CO., Barned-buildings•

A FIXED ALLOWANCE OF £6 PER WEEX.
IN CASE OF INJURY BY
ACCIDENT OF ANY DESCRIPTI-
- THE SUM OF
.eI,O 0 IN CASE OF DEATH,
May be secured by an Annual Payment of £3 for a Pollcy
11D
/SHE RAILWAY PASSENGL-
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
XlOO ig
A Weekly Allowance of Fifteen Shillings for Injury, Of
case of Death secured by a payment of Ten Shillings.
NO CHARGE FOR STAMP DUTY.
Forms of Proposal, Prospectuses, &c., may be bad of 01
Agents—of the Clerks at all the principal Railway Stationse
at the Head Office, London, where also
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE
may be insured against by theJourWlnLLlAMey or b
J. theVIAN Year as b
Secretaeretorlk9,ll'
,
Railway Passengers' Assurance Company,
Empowered by a Special Act of. Parliament,
Offices, 3, Old Broad-street, London.

AGENTS : LIVERPOOL Messrs. A. BARUCHSON & CO., 3s, Dale-5-
treet'
Bury Messrs. Child and Underdown.
Warrington Mr. A. Mackie.

THE ENGLISH AND IRISH
CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY ASSURISCS
SOCIETY.
fleg.
4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross, LEW
0,,,,,,E5.. 90, High-street, Oxford, and
{
111, Grafton-street, Dublin.
2, Chapel-street, Liverpool.
DIRECTORS, 6-c.,- IN LIVERPOOL:

DIRECTORS:
The Rev. Henry Hampton, M.A.
The Rev. Abraham Hume, D.C.L. LL.D.
The Rev. George Winter Warr, M.A.

MEDICAL REFEREE :
John Hey, Esq., 2, Ersktne-street.
SURVEYOR:
11. P. Horner, Esq., BA, Bitsnett-street.

LOCAL SECRETARY AND, AGENT:

Francis Horner, Esq.. Solicitor, 2, Chapel-street•
d
Every-"description of Assurance anti Annuity is entertainchre
may be dependent upon the existence of One, Two, or 'Au'
Lives.
A diminution of Half-a-year is made on the amount ofl
t
la in
miums when- persons Assure within Six, Mouths of their
Birth-day.
Provision /Or OM Age and Annuities may be purchased at rat4l6,
at some agetrconsiderably lower than those of many other A6°
ranee Companies. ref
A Special Table has been calculated for this Office, wue or
Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum is allowed to
Policy-holders-upon all Premiums paid by them until death. op
Forms of Proposal and every information may be et,tained
application to the Head Office, or any of the Society's Agents'
JOHN EDMUND COX, M.A., FS.A.,
Chairman of the London Board'
JAMES LEAVES HOOTON, SecretarY.

ni
SPECIAL NOTICE.---THE BOOKS OF THE SOCIETY CLOS ""
IST MARCH, AND PROPOSALS LODGED AT THE HEAD—OPPICic
OR AT ANY OF THE AGENCIES, ON OR BEFORE THAT DAly;
WILL SECURE TUE' ADVANTAGE OF THE PRESENT yith°
ENTRY, AND ONE YEAR'S ADDITIONAL BONUS OVER LATHY
APPLICANTS.
MITT-UAL LIFE ASSURANCE'

THE WHOLE PROFITS-DIVIDED AMONGST TIM ASSURED'.
SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

INSTiTUTED 1831.
Incorporated bys&pecial Act of Parliarnont.

The Fund accumulated from the Contributions of Membef'
exceeds NINE HUNDRERTHOUSAND POUNDS,

The Annual Revenue exceeds ONE HUNDRED and SISO
THREE THOUSAND POUNDS.
The amount of existing Assurances exceeds FOUR MILLie:
and a QUARTER STERLING,

The amount paid to the Representatives of deceased MenilOn
is upwards of SIX HUNDRED and FIFTY THOUSAIt
POUNDS, of which SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, POUDUP
art Bonus additions.
THE NEXT DIVISION of PROFITS TAKES PLACE AT To'
IsT or MARCH, 1856, and Policies effected before that-date re'
ceive One Year's additional Bonus over those effected-after
date.
ROBT. CHRISTIE, Manager'
wM. FINLAY, Secretary.

HEAD OFFICE:
`I.G, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE, EDINBURGH,:
AGEPLTS:
LIVERPOOL
{ARCHIBALD TOD, Sharebroker,
23, Ti thebarn.street-
f Andersons and Thorburn, Mercbanta.
Manchester 1 Edward Corbett, Surveyor.

DEAFNESS AND DISTRESSING NOISO
IN THE EARS AND HEAD.
This day published, by a Physician of fifteen years' practice
diseases of the Ear only, a Book; to be given away or eent by 11.,,
tnany part of the world, MODE of SELF-CURE for Coun
Patients, by means of his newond infallible treatment,..onlY rIL„,
covered within the last few weeks by Dr. MANFlLED4,Physicis_n
&twist. Thousands in this short space of time have been restOT,
to perfect hearing, without absence from home or causing.t,r,
least pain or inconvenience tnthe most aged or nervous sufferers
although having been deaf for.twenty or thirty years; manY.4
enabled, almost instantaneously, to hear a whisper. This
covery has been proclaimed by all the head Physicians and •'-'11,4
geons of London, to be one of the most miraculous andinvaluaY,,
ever made in Aural Surgery ;.snd the seine gentlemen have P°o't
snarled Dr. MANFRED to give publicity to it, for the purpose{
saving the poor afflicted from the advertising quacks with assai;
titles, whose fraudulent advertisements area disgrace to the pre,of
their only desire being to plunder the afflicted ; and; in doing ,0
many hundreds are rendered incurable for life through their ell,
ignorance of the treatment. Doctor MANFRED, M.R.C.S,
Physician and Consulting Surgeon to the Institution for,the CUa
of Deafness, 84, Wimpcle-street, Cavendish-square, Loucw,./
receives Patients as above, and applies his New Treatment tee'„L
Monday, Wednesday, and. Friday, from 11 until 3.—Poor,fivi,
Monday and Thursday, between 6 and 8 in the Evening. 10'
MANFRED hopes they will mot refrain from seeking relief,*
means of his recent discovery; and if confidence is<required,Lr
MANFRED will be happy to show 'thousands of letters frorn Pt
sons cured, both rich and poor.

DO YOU WANT BEAUTIFUL
WHISKERS, EYEBROWS, &c. ?—Notwithstanding
numerous oily, highly-scented, and most injurious imitatlo"
which have been put forth,

ROSALIE, COUPELLE'S CRINUTRIAR
tor
Is guaranteed as the only preparation to be-depended on the tj,
growth of Hair, Whiskers, &c., as also curing, nourishing, bet'i
lying, and strengthening the hair, and checking greyness. ,109
a most unique and elegant compound, anti has never been. lin°
to fail. Price 28. per. Bottle, through all Chemists & Perfurn,esii;
or sent free on receipt of 24 stamps, by Rosalie Coupelle,69,
tie-street Newman-street, Oxford-street, Loudon.
Mr. Williams, 8, Lowther-street, Liverpool : " I can now sb,,lt
as fine a head of hair as any person, solely from using P'd:
Crinutriar."—Sergeant Craven, Longford Barracks, Irels°e,
"Through using your Crinutriar, I have an excellent moustsc,, rj:
which I had before despaired of."—Mr.. Halley, Cumbernasli
" It surpasses every thing of the kind."—Mrs. Carter, f'8!;
bourne: "My heed. which was quite bald, is now covered
new hair."—Mr. Lane, Golden Lion, Macclesfield-street, City
road, London: "A friend of mine, Mr. Harris, describes 0:
effects as truly astonishing."—Mr. 'Antes, hairdresser, Malt (0(
"The young man has now a good pair. of whiskers„L want two
other customers." to
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ROSALIE COU PELLE 'S PURE INSTANTANEy o/
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the only perfect one and infinitely. superior to.the autnerouo get
graceful imitations, which smell horribly,,burn the hair, and telito
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&c., or sent free secure from observation for 52 postage swill),
Mr. Whitaker, 22, Fargate, Sheftield ; " Your Hair Dye is higiet
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table Chemists & Perfumers ; or of Rosalie Conpelle, 69, C3'
at., Newman st., Oxford-st., London.

UP TITRE S PERFECTLY CITI;,
SAL, WITHOUT A TRUSS.—Dr. BARKER'S great Euroc.'jo
Remedy for these alarming complaints has been successfutiO
curing thousands of cases during the last sixteen yearn, vvh
have been regularly published in quarterly reports. It; is 89901
cable to every variety of single or double rupture, in either 84,
of any age, however bad or long standing, and causes no lay
venience in its use whatever.
'licked so that

Sent free by post to any part of the world, Pa,--
one can know the contents, on receipt of 7s. 6d., in Potcel
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to ALFRED BARKER, M.D., 25, Argyle-square,, King's Cri'd
London. Consultation hours daily (except Sundays), from ele',ols
till four o'clock. A copy of the lust Quarterly Report, ",,df
numerous cases and testimonials, will be sent gratuitously to
one on receipt of two penny postage stamps to. prepay it. lefl
Hundreds of old trusses, belts, and bandages, have been de.
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Extracts from bona fide .Testimonials :—" gave a
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Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of repi4l)
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LONDON, TIIESDAX MORNING.

COMMERCIAL

The last official prices of Consols yesterday were 901 for
Money, and 91* for Account. After regular hours there was
increased flatness, and bargains took place at a further frac-
tional decline. The chief influence in operation was a con-
tinuance of the demand for money; the rate for carrying
forward purchases to the 11th of March being between 6 and
7 per cent.
The threatened interruption of diplomatic relations between
England and the United States likewise produced some effect,
although the public are beginning to 'recognise that the chief
result to be anticipated is, that it will stimulate a degree of
caution in sending British capital to that country, the exer-
cise of which, under ordinary circumstances, is always urged
in vain.
The pressure in the discount market is 'maintained, and
yesterday being the 4th of the month, the payments in all
quarters were extremely heavy.
In Paris yesterday, funds closed 72.20 for money, and
72.95 ou account, being a rise in Threes of *.
Letters mention that during the recent settlements at the
Bourse rates ranging from 30 to 35 per cent. per annum on
some of the best railway shares were freely paid by speculators
for a rise to avoid closing their accounts. Cautious persons
therefore look on with some anxiety, even although few appre-
hensions are now entertained of any delay in the conclusion of

peace.
The Shalimar, from Port Philip, brought gold value
£320,000. The James Baines, advertised to leave November
25th, would probably have a larger amount. Most of the
present arrivals is expected to be sent to France, but a small
portion will, perhaps, be taken to the Bank of England.
The Earl of Listowel has died in Dublin.