The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-14 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MR. L. T. GASKILL,

LATE MESSENGER OF THE HANERUPTCY COURT.
0 ENTERAL friends of Mr. Gaskill, having taken
his case into consideration, and believing as they do;
that it is one of great hardship, have INSTIIUTED A SUBSCRIP-
TION on behalf of himself and family. Mr. Gaskill wap summarily'
dismissed on the 28th of last March, since which time he has not
been in the receipt of one shilling, having been solely dependent
upon the contributions of a few friends. Mr. Gaskill had held his
situation for fourteen years. no complaint having ever been urged
against him further than having been forced into a prison for twenty-
one days, through being security for one of the Manchester official
assignees. Mr. Gaskill, there is no doubt, has been most cruelly
treated, as the following Fatract from one of his letters to the Liver-
po4 Journal will tend to shot:, :
With reference to My insolvency, I can point to three registrars of
Bankruptcy Courts in this county who have token the benefit of the
Insolvent Acts, and yet retained their situations. One messenger
in this county was suspended for twelve months from his °Mee. took ,
the benefit of the Act, which involved a remand of four months to
Lancaster Castle. and still now holds his appointment. I was die,
charged in the same court by the same judge, after the usual forms
had been complied with, which occupied five minutes I
Mr. Gaskill has reeelyed the following letters, by which; he hopes
that an errantry may be instituted into his case :
;From the Right Hots, the Ea;l of Harrowby
London. August 9, 1856.
have sent your letter to the Lord Chancellor; and called
-nis'atteotion to its con ents, which seem to furnish matter for Wes-
tigation.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, HAKRODY.
b. T. Gaskill. Esq.
Fr9m the Rt. Hon. Spring Rice, Sec. to the Lord Chancellor :
40. Upper Brooke-street, bcgcst 16, 1856.
Sir,—l have to agkowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th
inst., and its enclosure, will:eh I will bring before the Lord Chan-
cellor. I may add, however, that his lordship has already given much
.espeideration to your case.—l am,
sir, your obedient servant,
W. C. SVRIfiG RICE.

PART 11.
1,,, . ..
The kusi Never judge by appearances."—Old Proverb.
C Imposed by F. J. Loder. The Libretto written by
- The envelope was marked "Cranworth.,"
paean Henri Drayton.
is Lee ...._,•e
From " Talk on 'Change," Liverpoo/ journal, August 23, HiSq.
h u, ,-_xcl! r.. Mr. Drayton I Louise Lecordier.. Mrs. Drayton. Talking of judges, there was some talk about the judge§ of
.the
"ve, auegsrnage de Convenance," husband and wife, how they
Bankruptcy Court, and it was, that a curious case Is likely to be
it,."PectsWhj they were married, a retrospective view and future ---
‘ net ‘-'°nS, " I've loved thee long," Mr. Drayton.- Reasons obtruded speedily on the public ; that Mr. Gaskill was recently
d from the office of messdeinsgmerinteodtbanedLhiviesrioioffiocleßwarnoknrguiputiciyy
signal a.,loving a husband, a golden one for loving each other, the djs""
h t he
Daytona
",, natu.ral request. Duet, " Good husband now," Mr. Court; t a
now under consideration 1 that Mr.
~ ",raYtnn•—ReCit. and Ballad, .. If I but dared." Mrs. given to anotherw•asthwarbneghfausilymede a statement of his case, and that
L've .--"eraestic uarrels and the wife's eeparture. Duettino, Vie Lord Chancellorulhas it
officialo f prudence, d eans
assignee
he ii'e
strata said it, sir," air, and Airs. Drayton.—A reasonable desire, Gaskill has been
.hars y used ; that it is true he is one of the best-
4"d suee__ versus authority, the forged letter, the wife's quandary, natured men living a strange dleregthared
lat% in he'
_,_ of,, the stratagem. Recit.
Air. Gaskill was called on to pay; that he did
and Gr..nd Air, "At I yes, went security for gall official assignee; that
that, in
ecoad t'aY, " How oft in fancy," " Happiness," Mr. Drayton.— ran away, and that
turn. iuunlights, the husband's situation anaylsed, the wife's.re- pay a part ; that he offare
'*9414 Al est.' " Good night "Mr and Mrs. Drayton.—Recit. mad the parties would not waitand
d to pay the remainder in time, but that
4Pightl„ ~s " Dear husband," " 'When in solitude," " Hope now alto native; that, during
in to be dismissed, but that,
-.• kai_uearna" Mr. and rs Dray on.—Grand Duo, .. Madame, Mr. Commissioner Stevenson caused i
have been insolvents, Mr.
laud n0r11,,, Aar. and Mrs. Drit 'ton' promise fulfilled, a.. sow- although dozens of Bankruptcy officials
the necessary process of twenty one days,
1111......5nan Oliver," thesignal,..The'Green-eved Monster." " Con-
iroatiwi strong
, proof
_of Holy W't " the letter, " Let him laugh Castle,
• . '
filaskillis the sy,nly one who has lost his place by a visit to Lanesiter
will be received
" '
41Vear n'''' showing that one should seldom or " Never uge y Subscriptions on behalf of Mr. Gaskill and family s o,,ce.
.0 an'''' showing
at the Liver
e les 2 • stau pool Journal Office; by• Mr. V. Pearlion, PR*, .4 -
' S. Is ; Gallery
only. Children under Twelve years Lord-street t Mr. Aylward, News Agent, Lord-street; Mr. E. T
11Y.e' Ralf-Price to h The under
el
be open at
Hotel; and at Manchester, by G. C. Clay, Esq.
Hall. stationer. South John-street ; Mr. Whlternan, BrunswiCk
--' Past's... ~ ~. ~
• • - -•e-.....e Entertainment to commence at Eight o'clock.

FREE PVEL.IC LECTURES.
To-morrow (Wednesday), the 15th instant, at Two o'clock.
"THE ST Ur UV. OF NATURAL HIST.ORY AND Eli YSIOLOGY,"
by D. P. THOMSON, Esq., M.D. On. Thursday morning next, the
16th Instant, at Eleven o'clock. " GEOLOGY,' by. Oho Rev. Pro-
fessor GRIFFITHS. On .Tuesday afternoon, the 21st instant, at
Three o'clock, "-ENGLISH LITERATURE," by the Rev. JAMES
CR ANBROOK. Prospectuses .of the College may be obtained on
application. .
ASTRUP S,.Secretary.

PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT. FOR
LIVERPQ.OL...

THE GENERAL APOTHECARIES' COM-
PANY (LIMITED).
CAPITAL, £lO,OOO, midi power t 4 increase (6 £lOO,OOO, in
Shares of £lO. each.
DIRtCTORS. "IL t,

JOHN CHARLES ATRIHSONaSq.,'M.D;., Kew Green Surrey.
JOHN GARDITER:, D 9., M.D., .51, Mortimer-street, and

Harrow oh the Hill. • •
HENRY HARDINGE, Esq., M.D.,. Sackville-street.
EDWARD- JOHNSON, Esq., 1.14.D.;11,eg0it-street.
JORN J AMES RIDGE, Esq., M.D., J.P., Gravesend, Chairman
GEORGE HENRY SMITH, Esq., gl,J•Clevel'and-square.
(With po*er td add tOlheir number.)
BANKERS.
UNION BANK.OF LONDON; 4, all Mall East.
• SOLICITOR. •
E. Mcss; iEsq.:,•23, Moor ate-street.
• A.IfDITO4
GRIFFITH •TATI.OR, Esq., .Gravesend:
SAMUEL HARRIS, ' Mansell-street, Wnitechapel.

OFFICE, LABORATORIES, .AND UENTiiA.L. WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL DEPOT, 49, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London.

ALL persons elannina•to be Heirs or next of Kin
of WILLIAM MARTINDALE, formerly of Whitehaven, in
the County of Cumberland, and afterwards, and at the time of his
deceas-, Of Valpairaso, in Chili ..in South ,America, Joiner and
Builder, who died on cr about the 2nd day: of January, 1856, are
hereby required forthwith to furnish their names with 'statements of
the mander in which they claim, to WILLIAM, JacasOrl, Esq.,
Consul for the Republic of Chili, at the/port of Liverpool, at his
Office, in Crossley's-buildings, South Castle-street, who, on the 31st
day of October instant, will sign and forward to Valparaiso an
official list of. the names of the claimants previous to the proceeds of
the estate.of the said WILLIAM. MARTINDekLE being paid over to
the sisters and administratrixea, who, in
,default of any other
claimants, will then be considered the only, heiresses and next of
kin of the deceased.—Dated this Sth day of October, 1156.-I'IIO,IAS
HououToN,32, Lord•strert, Liverpool, Solicitqt for the Adminis.
tratrixas of the said WituAst MART,INDALE.

URKIS I M tiS 5,10 N S. -
PHILHARMONIC .HALL, HOPE-STREET.
A Public MEETING of•the Friends of the•TURKISH MISSION
AID SOCIETY, will be held in•the PtrunAttstome Hail., instead
the ROYAL ASSEMBLY Roosts,• Great Ueorge-street, To-
morrow, Wednesday, the 15th inst., • when• important information
respecting the state and progress of the Mission will be given by
the Rev. Dr. HAMLIN (from Constantinople); and the Rev. Dr.
BLACKWOOD, Clerical Secretary to the Society, late Chaplain to
the Forces at Scutari. • • • • • . •

The Meeting will also. be addressed by the Rev, David T Barry
(of St. Barnabas',), Rev. Hugh Stowell • Brown. Rev. William
Graham; Rev. Robert Lumdie, and other ministers and gentlemen.,
The Chair will be taken at. Half-past Six o'clock, by EDWARD
HEATH, Esq.. • • • • •
The attendance of all friendly to the object is respectfully
r,quested. A Collection-will becnade •in aid of the Funds of the
Mission.

SAMUEL MINTON,
Secretaries.
JOHN. :KE4I,Y;.:

WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.
TO SCULPTORS .AND ARCHITECTS,

THE Committee are desirous 'of receiving
DESIGNS for a COLUMN and STATUE to be
erected in honour of the late DUKE ,PF WELLINGTON at Liver-
pool.
The amount at present at the disposal of the Committee is about
.e 6,000, and if their intentions can be properly carried out for that
sum. they ars desirous that it should be, but any Artist,wlll be at
liberty to send in a separate design, either for the.colunin alone, or
for a. Column ansi Statue.-

•
" • September, 1856.
This Company has been established to' meet the urgent public
byLi:
ibttphoi
iweeacatani dutoeo,brl presentrihaieteimydiAlncorporateds
eemst.oiie.iahn;
nerij s inter dy state
under
dsecri
tnheee .p
demand for pure Drugs and Chemicals, arid for Medicines prepared
S
rOvisions of the
fi,bteenre=l7-:nWasi.etbrueosOme,psn'D'ruyg-I:1=4,
prepared for business, wholesale and re ail:
An InApeet'on of the Establishment in'Berners.street will abun-
dantly prove that this Company possesses power and facilities to
perform all that it promises namely—to prepare and supply the
Medical Profession and the Public saith Medicines of every kind,
of known strength, and perfect purity. Invalids' Foods, and Domes..
tic Chemicals. It is confident y believed that, by observing good
faith with the public in its operations, such a Company cannot fail
to inspire confidence, and accomprsh far more than any corps of
Government Inspectors. •
Among its arrangements • may be mentioned :-Ist. That no
fore gn or indigenous Drugs are purchased, except such as are
sound and genuine. 2nd. That they are crushed or ground upon
the premises. 3rd. That all commercial Chemicals are tetted or
analyzed before they are sold for medicinal purposes. 4th. That the
Pharmaceutical and Chemical Laboratories are under the constant
superintendence of a resident eminent scientific Chemist, recom-
mended by Baron Liebig and Dr. Fresenins, as . eminently qualified
for those duties. sth. That the preparations ordefed by the Colleges
in their Pharmacopoeias, ore made strictly in accordance with their
directions.
The Directors have taken Measures to ascertain the views of the
Profession ; and they •are gratified' to find that this enterprise has
elicited the cordial approbation of a• very large number of Practioners
of Great Britain; they receive daily assurances of support, and the
Company is already doing a very satisfactory amount of business.
The first issue of the Capital of the Company was readily sub.
The
although very little publicity was given to the design ; and
a considerable stock, together with Buildings, Plant. Machinery,
Utensils, and the Fittings of a spacious Shop for dispensing and
retail, with all preliminary expenses, and advertisements, have been
paid for, leaving a portion of the Capital in hand sufficient for the
business on a certain Scale.
Ic was always, however, contemplated by the Directors to make
and Central
the premises in Berners-street the Manufacturing,
Wholesale Depot ; add to open Branches to.suit the convenience of
the public in various Parts of the Metropolis, and in the principal
Provincial Cities and Towns of Great Britain, for the sale of their
drugs, and preparations, and far dispensing prescriptiobUsinessesns.
already This
intention is strengthened, "since *fang profitable ,
established, have been offered to 'the Company, udder 'the impres-
sion that it must command a very large trade founded Ott public
confidence.
By the establishment Of such ' branches, the company will not
only secure th profits of If wholesale and manufacturing business,
but will add thereto the larger proportionate profits of the retail—
and, moreover. it will be able to conduct its branch Establishments
at far less expense than individuals, since all preparations and com-
pounds will be prepared at the central laboratories, in Berners.

7 he comps irons must accomp any their ctesignihy estimates of the
cost, either for the column ant Statue combined, or separately, and
staling the description of material which they propose to employ.
A premium of £5O will be given for the, Design which. in the
opinion of the Committee, is the best for the purpose intended.
Each Design to be marked with a motto or device, and the name
of the author is not to appear, but to be put in a separate sealed letter,
bearing on the outside a corresponding motto or device.
The Design for which the premium may be awarded to become
the property of the Committee.
All communications to be addressed to the Chairman of the Com-
mittee, at the Town-hall, Liverpool, and the Designs must be deli-
vered there, free of expense, on or before the first d•y of Novemb3r
next.
Town-hall. Liverpool. September2o, 1856.

street.
The public. Press' has added another to the many important ser-
vices it has rendered to Society by exposing the evils arising from
the prevalence of adulteration of 'Drugs and Chemicals employed in
Medicine, and, demanding a remedy for this abuse, The Times, of
August 25, observes:—
" It requires but a" slightportion:of common sense to understand
how important an ingredient of medical success the purity of drugs
must,be. Drugs are the executive of the-medical man, and, therefore,
with bad or inefficient drdgs he •acts like a paralysed man, whose
limbs refuse o obey him.. The physician May htiye the most exact
idea in,his bead of the amount. of drug power which he wants to
apply to the patient's disease; but if his drug deceives him, and con-
tains less of this Virtue" than it .protesses to do, and perhaps even
that injured by some foreign admixture,. his whole estimate is
affected, and the process" beet:nines a piece of guesswork. As one
witness says befote the Committee on Adulteration, 'The mischief
of defective medicines is not always immediate. It frequently hap..
yens.that a person, froth taking a defective drug, increases the dose
in order to produce the'desired effect: Then, upon taking the tame
prescription to be made up, when the genuine drug is used the per-
son is almost poisoned.' It id therefore with much concern we learn
from the evidence.given before the Committee on Adulteration that
the adulteration of drug's, thotigh considerably reduced of late years,
sti 1 g,tei on ta, icor is this concern lessened when
we hear that the commonest and the most powertut (Iry at,
subject to this adulteration. There must be numberless critical
eases of disease in sehich the correctness of the strength of an
opiate must make all the difference •of life awl death; )et we are
told that 19 out of every 24 samples of opium are adulterated."
The Directors . of the GkiisaAL APOTHICCAMEte COMPANY
(limited) consider that the remedy for the evil thus exposed will be
found in their pla•n, and' that "public'eonfidence must be obtained by
a large and respectable Corapauy. able -by' its constitution and
arrangements, to meet the demand' for pnrity In medicines, and
staking its existence upon maintaining goqa faith with ttfe pro-
fession and the public. ' •
Upon these considerations 'it was resolyed, General Extra-
ordinary Meeting ,of the Sh 4eholders, held at 49, Berners-street,
August 28, i 856, .that the Capital -of the Company should be at
once increased by, the issue of furthe'r Shares, at the discretion of
the Directors, for the
.pu• poSe of ettending the business of the
Company; such Shares to b :issued-at par, namely, selo each.
The Directors therefore ansounte, that they are prepa; ed to
rtserre applications fir such ShareS."
st..* The Premises anfl. leaboralurzeh are open to the inspection of
Visitors, on forwarding their 'cards to the tilancter (ii 4 persons
- subscribing for Shm'es are invited to visit the

desirous of
EstrablighMent
September, 185 G
FORM OF APPLICATION -FORISHARES.
To the Directors of the GENERAL APOTHECARIES' COMPANY
'• (Limited:)'.
•
4.1, Berners.stiCet, thford,street, London. ~ .
Gentlemen,—Please to: allot me Shares of £IQ each in
the above Company ; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number of Shares which may be Allotted to me, and to pay the
amount upon allotment ; and I undertakes ton
the same abide by
me the
if provisions
of the Deed of the said Company, and to ig required.
Date.... ....................
Name in full . . . .
Residence .. • • • • • •• • • " • • • • • •
Prcifessibn or occupation ..... ' •

. Referee . , .. •.• • •
** *Applications for Shares to lie tririamiltod to the Manager, at
49,Berners-streat, Oxfor.'-street.
The Directors _have said nit isothing in the foregoing Prospectus
The spectus
that In a successful Dru,r Business they are very large.
well
respecting the expected profits of this undertaking ;
3:7r Shareholders in this. Company are entirely exempt from
Liability, by the Act of Parliament under which it is incorporated.
The Company
Depot in Liverpool, of which the local Shareholders
are now making arrangements to open a
will have the control, subject to the approval of the
Central Board. ' ' • - . •

THE ZEOLIAN ',HA T; • •
(6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 65.)
'• An easy, pleasant fitting Hat, ventilated on a new and
correct principie."—.Practical Mechanics' Journal.
NELSON Bz.. CO.

PATICNTEUS ANA MANUFACTURNRS.

LIVERPOOL.

74, LORD-STREET,

-WAITERS' ASSOCIATION AND
REGISTRY OFFICES.
3, Clayton-square.
The Board of Management have much pleasure in informing the
Gentry and Public at large, that they have OPENED a BR c NCH
OFFICE, at No. 16, Upper 'Newington, Three doors from Mount-
pleasant, for the purpose of HIRING Female Servants, who must
be of good character, and Must come with a certificate from their
last situation—as the' Proprietors will make -no charge to the
Servants who apply—Ahe Character and Qualifications of the
applicant being the principal desideratum.
All Employers who' shall-Subscribe to the Waiters' Association,
shall have the privilege of engaging servants' without the payment
of any extra fee. ' "