The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-05 00:00:00

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ANTED, a respectable YOUNGA/AN, as an AS-
V SISTANT in a STATIONER', SHOP. None need
apply unless he has a thorough knowledge of the Business,
and of Book-keeping. References as to character and ability
will be required.
Address, (if by letter, post-paid,) A. 8., Standard-office.

PARISH ACCOUNTS WANTED.
PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
ALL Persons having any Demandi against the Parish of
Liverpool, are requested to send in immediately to the
Select Vestry Office a General Statement of their Claims,
that the same may be examined and paid, on or before the
21st instant.

By order,
JAMES ECKERSLEY, Secretary.
Parish Office, 2, Fenwick-street,
March 1, 1839.

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OCEAN ASSURANCE CO PANY.
THE GENERAL ANNUAL ETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS of this mpany will be held in
,
the Cotton Sales Room, on M DAY, the 416 dug of
March, at One o'clock in the Afternoon.
By order of the Directors,
RICHARD RAWSON, Manager.
23d February, 1839.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
FIFTH INSTALMENT.
THE Directors of this Company having resolved to CALL,
under the provisions of the Act of Parliament, for an
Instalment of £lO per Share, NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that the Proprietors of Shares are required to pay,
on or before the 27th of March next, to one of the under-
mentioned Bankers, the Sum of TEN POUNDS on each of
their respective Shares.
The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool.
Messrs. Dixon and Wardell, Chester.
By order of the Board,
JOSEPH MALLABY, Clerk to the Company.,
21, Fenwick-street, Liverpool, 25th Feb., 1839.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
THE Directors of this Company, in conformity with a
Resolution of the last Half-yearly General Meeting of
the Proprietors, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are
ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS, in Sums of not
less than One Thousand Pounds; to be secured by the Com-
pany's Bonds, for any terra not exceeding five years, nor less
than three years ; Interest to be paid Half-yearly, at the rate.
of Five per Cent. per Annum.
The Tenders to be addressed to Mr. JAMES, the Treasurer'
to the Company, at the Railway-office, 24, Fenwick-street, '
Liverpool, from whom further information may be obtained.
WM. DIXON, Chairman.

25th January, 1839.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
NINTH CALL OF £5 PER SHARE.

THE DIRECTORS of the GREAT NORTH OF ENG-
LAND RAILWAY COMPANY, HEREBY GIVE
NOTICE, that a CALL of FIVE POUNDS per SHARE,
on each of the Shares in the said Company, has this day,,,,
been made, which is to be paid on or before MONDAY, the
25th day of March now next ensuing, to the credit of Joseph
Pease, jun., Esq., M.P., the Company's Treasurer, with
any of the following Bankers, namely,
In London, Messrs. Drewett and Fowler.
At Liverpool, The Commercial Bank of England.
„ York, The City and County Banking Company.
„ Newcastle
The Northumberland and Durham Dis-
„ Shields trict Banking Company.
„ Sunderland
„ Durham
„ Darlington
„ Stockton
„ Thirsk
„ Northallerton
„ Bishop Auckland 9,-
„ Barnard Castle J 9 :14,11
Or the Amount may be remitted through any Countr,
Banker, to Messrs. Drewett and Fowler, as above. Interest,
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at Five per Cent., will be charged on Instalments not duly
paid.
FRA. NEWBURN, Clerk to the Company.
Great North of England Railway Office,
Darlington, 19th February, 1839.

To Messrs. Backhouse and Com-
' pang, or their Agents.

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CHRIST CHURCH NATIONAL SCHOOLS. - • 1-
WO SERMONS will be Preached (if the Lord will) in
T CHRIST CHURCH, on SUNDAY next, March 10th,
18.39.
In the MORNING, by the Rev. HUGH bI`NEILE, M.A.,
Minister of St. Jude's Church ; and iiv'the EVENING, by
the Rev. FIELDING OULD, 8.A., Minister of Christ
Church.

Divine Service will commence in the Morning at a quarter
before Eleven, and in the Evening at half-past Six o'clock.
Collections will be made on both occasions, for the Com-
pletion of the Schools, recently erected, for the Scriptural
Education of the Poor of Christ Church District.

N.B.—Donations, from those who cannot attend the Ser-
mons, will be thankfully received by the Rev. F. OULD,
Minister, 101, Islington, and the Rev. J. R. CONNOR, Cu-
rate, 9, Frazer-steeet ; and by EDWARD GIBBON, and THO-
MAS BARBER, Esqrs., Churchwardens.

PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Sir John
Ross arrived this morning from London, to have a meeting
with our Dock Committee upon the subject of forming an

efficient establishment for the protection of life and property.
We are authorised to state that he was most favourably
received ; and we hope, after the next meeting, to be able to

ay before the public'fu:ll particulars of this undertaking, amt
that it will eventually meet with the support it deserves.
—Mercury.

ILLICIT STri.L.—On Friday, Robert Russell, who keeps
a bakehouse in Crowther-street, Vauxhall-road, was tined
£5O under the following circumstances. On the 4th ult.
from information received, Mr. John Gibson and Mr. Johxi Alt
Blackmoore proceeded to defendant's house, where theylound
a still and worm containing a quantity of wash, and they
found about 31 quarts of illicit whiskey.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The Grand Junction luggage train;
from Liverpool to Birmingham, met with an accident on Sa- ,!71-
turday night, in descending the inclined plane at Sutton, on-
the Liverpool and Manchester line. It appears that from
some cause at present unexplained, the train divided, and se-
veral of the waggons were left to descend with their own ini-
petus, without the aid of steam power. The engineer, with
the first length of the train, waited at the bottoin, not at a),11-
sufficient distance from the incline to admit of the other-;,y
waggons being stopped, the consequence was, they ran against.,,'
the first waggons with such force, as to break scverarof theintQ:-;
pieces. Eggs, fish, and pigs, were strewed about the road 'r
endless profusion, and one man, an Irish pig driver, in chitsge
of the pigs, had his arm broken. He was conveyed back:to
Liverpool, where every attention was rendered to him. Had
it been a passenger train, instead of one for the conveyance
of luggage, the consequences would have been dreadful.

REFUSING TO SUPPORT A FAMILY.—A man named Rd.
Hughes, a rope-maker, was brought up at the Police-office
on Thursday, by Mr. Evans, parish officer, for neglecting to
support his family. Mr. Evans stated that Hughes was in
constant employment ; but refused to give any of his earn-
ings to the maintenance of his wife and child, who had be-
come burthensome to the parish. Hughes said he was willing
to make any allowance the bench might order ; but never
would, for reasons known only to himself, live with his wife.
He was ordered to pay Gs. a-week.
ST. DAVID'S DAY.—The anniversary of St. David's titu-
lar saint was observed with more than usual ceremony, by

the directors of the Welsh Charity Schools, in Russell-street.
Early in the morning the children (between 350 and 400 in
number) assembled at the school-rooms, where the infants
were regaled with a bun each, and sent laughing away. At
half-past ten the band and a select number of the St. David's
club proceeded to Russell-street, and escorted the boys and
girls to St. David's Church, Brownlow-hill, when the prayers
were read in Welsh, by the Rev. Robert Davies, and a most
impressive sermon preached by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile,
from the 19th Psalm, 130th verse ; in the course of which the.
reverend gentleman displayed his powerful talent
plifying the expecFency and usefulness of
tion. A collection was then made whilst till
aided by Mr. Davies, jun., who presided at
ed a hymn, and concluded with the Hallelujah
collection amounted to £3O. After the
Horsfall, Esq., joined the procession, and
proceeded to the school-rooms, where the
children took place, and elicited much applause
by encomiums upon the master, Mr. Green,
Mrs. Cotuu. Tne company then adjourn
school-room, where the tables having been

ranged, upwards of 300 children sat dawn
ner of good beef and bread. It is difficult
tired most pleased with the exhibition of tle
tainers or the entertained. •,
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK.—HaIf-yearly Report
of the Directorstof the Northern and Central Bank of Eng-
land, ending 31st December, 1838.—Manchester, 28th Feb.,
1839.—The Directors of the Northern and Central Bank have
to report to the shareholders the position of the company's af-
fairs as on the 31st December last.—lt is with much satisfac-
tion the directors can state that, since their last report, the
realization of the assets of the bank, has on the whole, pro-
ceeded in a satisfactory manner ; that all the debts of the bank
have been discharged, with the exception of some deposits and
notes in circulation, and after allowing for these liabilities,
there remained, at 31st December last, a clear cash balance of
£30,000. At this date the cash balance is £75,000, and the
debts due by the bank amount to £13,000 ; of the bug on
hand, the sum of £30,000 is expected to be regularly. paid by •
the end of August next, in addition to contingent receipts,
which cannot now be specified.—The directors feel every con-
fidence in assuring the shareholders that the estimated value
of the assets of the bank, contained in their last report, has, on
strict examination, been fully maintained.—As to the best
course to be pursued, in the present position of the bank, the
directors would refer to the report from the committee ap-
pointed by the shareholders, in whose recommendation they
fully concur, the interest of all being the same, to bring the
affairs of the establishment as soon as possible.into a satisfac-
tory condition.—Mr. Benjamin Braidley and Mr. Thos. Greig
are the two directors who retire by rotation ; to supply these
vacancies, two shareholders will have to be elected by this
meeting, pursuant to the 96th clause of the deed of settlement.
—The engagement with Mr. Connel, as managing director,
terminated on the 4th instant, and the subsisting fits
with the other officers of the bank expire in the montho ay
next, with one exception, which lapses in November.-,By
order of the board of directors, M. SINCLAIR.
CHILDREN'S HAlR.—This a subject upon which mothers
naturally feel deeply interested. The hair, like the hmisan
mind, requires early attention to its culture to arrive dint-lire
excellence. This fact, Mr. Rowland, of Hatton-garden,
clearly makes evident in his Pamphlet on the Hair, which
has already gone through thirty-one editions, and is given
(gratuitously) with each bottle of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR
()IL. Mr. Rowland lays down the following advice in refer-
ence to Children's Hair : " When the hair first begins to'
appear, the head should never be touched with a finetooth
comb, as it renders the skin extremely tender, gives great
pain to the infant, and raises the dandrif to such an alarming
degree as renders it almost impossible to be dispersed. In-
stead of using combs, apply a flannel dipped in the AI nest ss AR
Ore, which, when rubbed in for a short time, will eradicate
dirt, remove the scurf, and render the Hair beautiful."—See
advt.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.—Yesterday, a man named Nathan
Booth, was placed at the bar of the Police-office, on a charge
of attempting to shoot Mr. Parkinson, iunkeeper, Roe-street,
by firing two pistols at him successively, with one pistol, and
then with another. The prisoner had gone into the house
demanded two pennyworth of rum,- en trust. An instant
after, he fired a pistol at Mr. Parkinson's head, but happily
without effect, though it appears, he very narrowly escaped,
as the ball struck and broke a chimney glass, close to where
he was standing, and passing through it entered the brick
work to the depth of an inch and a half behind. Mr. Par-
kinson being naturally alarmed, hastened to a small room or
bar adjoining, to which the prisoner followed him, and dis-
charged at him the second pistol, the ball from which struck
the ceiling, and entered the wall. • The pistols and bells: were
produced. The pistols appeared to be of a common descrip-
tion, with about eight-inch barrels. The prisoner. it, it was
stated, abrother-in law of Parkinson. The prisoner declined
saying anything at this stage of the proceedings, and, the
bench concluded that the Prisoner should be remanded until
to-morrow, (this day,) in order that the evidence might be
made more complete by rra plan of the premises being procured.

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