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

tiWlc Notirts.

TIVE RP OOL ACADEMY.-NOTICE TO
EXHIBITORS.—AII Pictures, &c., intended for the en-
suing Exhibition, must be sent to the Academy'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 I.lth day of August, both days inclusive.
By order, PERCY M. DOVE, Manager, &c.
July 14th, 1855.

T_IVERPOOL UNITED GAS LIGHT CO3l-
- 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 CARSON, l ecretaries.
JOHN B. LLOYD,

P ÜBL IC 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 advantaceously 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 w►th 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, i 855.
WILLIA NI RANGER.

T4IVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES, 1855.—The
COMMISSIONS for holding these ASSIZES will open on
SATURDAY, the 11th August. The Prosecutors and Witnesses 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 Phoebe 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, a? 7'en 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 Ten o'clock, a.m.
The Queen v. Thomas Peters; Christopher James Brady, Thomas
Carter, and John Hampson ; 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. SHUTTLEWORTH, Clerk of the Crown.
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.