The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-01-27 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF RIANAO_VenT

W. Francis Ainsworth, Esq., F.G. .R.G.S., Thames Villa
Hammersmith.
T. Chisholm Anstey, Esq.. . „ Temple.
Alfred Bate Richards, ~Temple.
•••.

Sir Thomas Parkyns art, Rudd ngton-hall, Nottinghamshire,
Thomas Wright . q., F.S.A., Sydney-street, Brompton,
Ith power to add to their number.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Beddome and Weir, Nicholas-lane.
THE discovery of Gold in that highly-favoured
country known as Port Philip and Australia Felix, but re.
cently establisLed as a separate British colony under the name
of Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, has opened out
a field for Gold Mining second to none in the world.

beveral compan;es,-lately formed for the purpose of Gold
Mining in California and New South Wales, have sunk a large
portion of their capital in the purchase of a Lease or a few
Acres of Land, upon the bare statements of the vendors,
which may or may not turn out as represented ; to avoid s•tch
a contingency, earl, in the ensuing month a pioneer commis-
sion, consisting of a Geologist, a Mining Engineeer, and a
Metallurgist, will embark for the colony to select and secure a
tract of Land in the Gold District, to purchase Mines, and to

make such arrangements as may best conduce to the interests
of the company. These will be followed by a staff of 100 or
more Miners, selected from Cornwall and Wales, who will be
ihdenturel to the company, under the colonial regulations, for
three years.

A COmmittee will be appointed at Melbourne to superintend
the affairs of the company, who will be under the control of
the London Beard.

Application for Shares, and Prospectuses, and Forms of
Application, to be made to J. M. HALSALL, Sharebroker, or to
the Company's Offices, 2, Moorgate-street. London.

J. HIATT, Secretary

TO THE MERCHANTS AND BROKERS OF
LIVERPOOL.

ENTLEMEN, The OLD COMPANY of
k_iT CARTERS, at their General Annual Meeting, held at the
Office, Spekeland-buildings, on the Ist instant, unanimously
resolved to return their respectful thanks to the Merchants and
Brokers for the kind support which they had given to the
Company for so many years, and to assure them that their
orders would, as heretofore, meet with care rd -attention.
The Company guarantee all losses whilst IberGoods are being
removed by any of their teams, if suclrtoods belong to Mer-
chants or Brokers having an account with the Company.
Nearly 100 years have elapsed iiice the establishment of the
Company. and now the Prop ors have 230 Teams, with careful
and attentive drivers, an ey are thereby enabled to execute
all orders with prom ess and despatch. The Old Company
of ,'arters, theref , confidently hope to receive the continued
patronage and fidence of the Merchants and Brokers of the
town. By order, J. P. MILLER, Agent.
The Company have a Man stationed under the Shed,
bottom of Water-street, to receive orders for the Company.

WANTED, Two respectable OFFICE BOYS, who write a
good hand. They will have a permanent situation, if attentive
to the duties.—Apply to J. P. MILLER, Old Company's Cart-
office.
January 20, 1852.

THE PRIZE MEDAL,
WITH " HONOURAABLE MENTION,,

lIAS BEEN AWARDED FOR THE
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
by the Jurors of the Exhibition of all Nations, and is
now used in the Royal Laundry.
Being thus doubly noticed for its " General Superiority," (a
mark of distinction conferred on no other,) by the Royal Com-
missioners and Jury, from amongst Thirty or Forty Exhibitors,
sets it far above every other of its Competitors.
See pages 57 and 63, Class 111., Jury IV., of " List of
Awards," printed by authority of the Royal Commissioners.
The Ladies are therefore respectfully requested to make a
trial of the GLENFIELD PATENT DOUBLE-REFINED
POWDRR ',TARCH, which, for domestic use, now stands
UNRIVALLED, and is now used in the Royal.-Laundry.
TESTIMONIALS.—The following highly-respectable
Testimonials are adduced to show ties estimation in which the
Glenfield Patent Double-Retho.d'Powder Starch is held by
those who are in the habit...9l,o=g it regularly__
.

Copy of Testimonialfrern the Laundress to Her Majesty :
" Mr. Wotherspoon, ...0, Dunlop-street, Glasgow. The Glen-
field Patent Powder Starch has now been used for some time
in that Department of the Royal Laundry where all the finest
Goods are Finished for Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the
Royal Family, and I have much pleasure in informing you that
it has given the highest satisfaction. M. WEIOII, Laundress
to Her Majesty.—Royal Laundry, Richmond, near London,
15th May, 1851."
Testimonial from the Lady Mayoress of London •—" The
Lady Mayoress begs to thank Messrs. Pantin and Turner for a
Box of Glenfield Patent Double-Refined Powder Starch, manu-
factured by Mr. Wotherspoon, of Glasgow. The Laundress
has reported the Starch to be of very superior quality, and the
Lady Mayoress will have much pleasure in recommending it.—
Mansion House, 31st July, 1849."
Sold Wholesale, in London, by Messrs. Pantin and Turner;
Hooper Brothers; Batty and Feast; Henry Stern' and Co. ;
John Hynam ; Croft and Innocent ' • Petty, Wood, and Co. ;
Twelvetrees Brothers; Chas. C. B. Williams and Co., Fining
Manufacturers, 29, Hope-street, Hackney-road; John Yates
and Co. ; Yates, Walton, and Turner ; William Clayton and
Co. ; Field, Roberts, and Barber ; A. Braden and Co. ;
Thomas Snelling ; John Brewer ; and R. Wakefield, 35,
Crown street ; and Retail, by all Shopkeepers.
LONDON DEPOT,

Wotlierspoon, Mackay. and Co.. 40, King William-street, City.
AGENTS WANTED; apply to Mr. R. Wotherspoon, 40,
Dunlap-street, Glasgow.
the Sold
Sons, and Co.. and
respectable in
Shopkeepers. , 2 d . ,i
11 d i t and n
United
8 d . each, cKhi,nbgpydo
Apothecaries
nearlya rile,alsile:
Company,Trade suppjl i. ed
P.
Ti in
rEt
ohn• e, rapno(oi 1 hy the
Messrs.
Evans,
Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by the following' parties:—P. Hare,
Soap Manufacturer, Ranelagh-street ; Joshua Alletson, Chan-
,roGa
dre;atjG
ltelo.rwgeh- 163. Scot-
: ea
nr ,d - 161, Hamer,
London-road
01 earl
;William
Ireland, Chandler, Great Charlotte-street; W. Harrison, Chan-
dler, 33, Fox-street ; B. Banister, Chandler,llB, London-road;
John Jones, Chandler, 41, Byrom-street; B. and H. Thomson,
Chandlers, Whitechapel ; Wm. Haughton, Chandler, Birken-
head; P. Bates, Chandler,
panla,cceimtißle.r,Hom
192, Mill-street ; Hugh Tool, Chan-
dler, 92, Mill-street ; S. B. Walcote, Tea Dealer, 2, Great Nel-
son-street ; John Dear, Tea Dealer, 18, Islington ; E. W. Boote,
Tea Dealer, 53, Brownlow-hill ; Jos. Hartley and Co., Tea
Dealers ; S. and J. Goodacre, Tea Dealers, Old Haymarket ; J.
Pollock, Tea Dealer, Monk-street, Birkenhead ; 'Gilbert Bro-
thers, Tea Importers, James-buildings, 32, Lime-street ; R.
Wingate, Druggist, Lime-street; Glendinning and Wilson,
Druggists, 9, James-street, and 18, Mill-street ,• George Byrd,
Druggist. St. James-place ; Wm. Harrison. Chandler, Pox.
street ; Cornelius Callaghan, Chandler, 24, Ilightleld-street ;
and J. and J. Hodgson, 100, Scotland-road.—S. Gregsou, 71,
Spear-street, Manchester.
The attention of SHIPPERS and MERCHANTS is respect-
folly called to the above Article, now in large demand in the
BRITISH COLONIES and UNITED STATES, where it com-
mands always the Highest Prim.
SHIPPING ORDERS executecli n a superior manner, and
on the shortest sotto.