The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-04 00:00:00

FASHIONS

MILS. KIRKPATRICK begs to announce to the
Ladies of Liverpool and Vicinity, that she has returned
from London with a large and well-selected Ck of MILLI-
NERY, LEGHORN and FANCY B . TS; also, a choice
Selection of HEAD-DRESSES. F ERS, FEATHERS, &c.
SHOW-ROOMS will be () THIS DAlrt(ruesday,) the 4th
instant, and followinx d .

BRUS -ELS'fioUSE, BERRY-STREET,

CORNER OY DUKE-STREET

BABY LINEN WAREHOUSE,

91, BOLD-STREET. ,
AHILLYARD and CO. beg o inform the
• Ladies of Liverpool and i cinity that on and after
THIS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 4t • ant, they will have ready for
their inspection an Ele. and Fashionable Assortment of
CHILDREN'S DR ' S, MILLINERY, &c.
Also, a choice ' tion of NEW MATERIALS, all of which
have been selected from some of the most fashionable London
and Parlkian Houses. •

HOUSE FURNISHINGS,

T,HE LIVER
CHURCH-STREET.

T CARMICHAEL & Co. beg respectfully
• • to call attention to their NEW PRICE LIST of
HOUSE FURNISIIINGS, just issued, embracing the
Drawing-roan, Dining-room, Bed-room, Kitchen, Hall
Passage, and Stairs, enumerating the Furnishings re-
quired for each, and giving the prices of-eitch article,
including the TABLE LINEN i tire Dining-room,
and BEDS and BEDDING i e BED-ROOM LIST.
To their List is also att ed a few SPECIMEFS of
their NEV MANTLF'..in Wood Cut, and PRICES
of SHAWLS, BO ' TS. and RIBBONS.
N.B.—Applv r the LIVER PRICE LIST of
HOUSE F ."ISHINGS at the Establishment.
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....'" Given Gratis. ......
THE LIVER, CHURCH-STREET.

FAMILY LINEN
AND
HOUSE FURNISHING DEPARTMENTS,

COMPTOI‘f-lIOUSE.
JEFFERY, MORRISIT, and CO., having for some
considerable time found that these important Departments
had far outgrown the space devoted to them, determined on
ERECTING a LARGE ROOM, in addition to their already
spacious Premises, and to appropriate it EXCLUSIVELY to
THESE GOODS.
This ROOM they have RECENTLY OPENED, and Ladies
will find it admirably adapted to the purpose.
The Departments to which this Room will afford additional
facilities are

FAMILY FURNISHING,
EMBRACING ---
STIEETINGS.(Linen &Cotton,) TYCKS. (Linen and Cotton,)
PILLOW-CASE LINENS, ..-TOWELLINGS,
COUNTERPANES. MEDICAL RUBBER CLOTH
TABLE LINEN CLO , CRUMB CLOTHS, (in all
BLANKETS, Sizes,)
NAPKINS, STAIR DAMASKS, (in all
QUILTS (Widths.)
DOILEYS,

HOUSE FURNISHING,
EMBRACING
FURNITURE DAMASKS, TABLE BA IZ ES,
MO REENS Msde.un MATTRESSES,
TABLE COVERS, PILLOWS.
FURNITURE PRINTS, BOLSTERS,
FRINGES, (of all Kinds,) FEATHER BEDS,
BELL PULLS, &c., &e.
WINDOW CORNICES AND POLES,
In METAL, MAHOGANY. or WOOD, (Gilt.)
CARPETS,

IN
KIDDERMINSTER, TAPESTRY,
VENETIAN, and
BRUSSELS, VELVET, or CUT PILE,
in the Newest Designs, and greatest Variety in Liverpool.
^ - - - -

OIL-CLOTHS.
for HALLS, LOBBIES, PASSAGES, SMOKE-ROOMS.
MANILLA and COCOA MATTING, .5.c.
SHIPS' CABINS, STATE-ROOMS, &c., &c., FITTED
sacra:pus:nest

Accommodation of

C OMP TON. II OUSE,
CIIETCH-STREET, DAS:VETT-STREET,
AND LEIGH-STREET.

TO SHIPBUILDERS AND OTHERS.
f) OYAL NETHERLAND YACHT CLUB.—
it, The COMMITTEE of the ROYAL NETHERLAND
YACHT CLUB have the honour to announce that
AN EXHIBITION
of OBJECTS (none excepted) that may he classed under the
general term of NAVAL REQUIREMENTS, and MODELS of
VESSELS in particular, will be held in the SOCIETY BUILD-
ING of the ROYAL NETHERLAND YACHT CLUB, at Rot-
terdam, on the 30th of June, and Ist, 9d, and-7d. of July.

This Exhibition will be ()Tien to aLl:,Naiions, and theßegula-
tions are to be obtained from ,

~e7a.t D. WILLIS K, Es tronsul of the Netherlands.
VERPOOL,
to whom Articles may sent, properly packed, before the
16th of June, t eariw, e mark

EXMBITION, R. N. Y. C.,
and who will forward them in the cheapest manner, out and
home, for mount and risk of Exhibitors.

The Committee of the Royal Netherland Yacht Club,
J. H. TROMP, Vice-President.

JOOST VAN Secretary

CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY.
A DIVIDEND of THREE PER CENT. will be
made to the PROPRIETORS for th InktF-YEAR ended
the Ist of March last, on and after . DAY, the 24th day of
May instant, and between the bon Twelve and Three o'clock
each day. By ord

iNEAS HOWELL, Secretary.
Office, 13, Etten-rytt , üblin, let Mar', 1852.
N.ll.—The 'lo9l4fVlthe transfer of the Company's Stock
will be SHUT ft-6m the Ist to the 24th instant.

THE LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN, AND THE
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OFFICE.

TO THE MERCHANTS AND SHOPKEEPERS OF THE

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.

FELLOW TRADESMEN,
IT is well known to most of you that we have, for
some years past. been suffering grievously, both in charac-
ter and in pocket, from the extreme severity wit .which the
Act of Parliament for the repletion of Scales, -Weights, and
Measures is carried out in this town. For _the most trivial in-
accurst:des in these,—whether caused Irf the neglect of
eptiont/e/
ser-
vants, or by ordinary wear and tea c and, in many instances,
by atmospheric effect,--the most nourable members of your
body are being continually su oned and fined, no distinc-
tion beim; made between su cases and those of the habitu-
ally fraudulent. In man instances, where large scales and
beams are used for wei ing rough and wet articles, the most
respectable merchan in the town have been informed against
where the goods s e has, from imbibing moisture, been tem-
porarily a few nces too heavy, although it is well known
that such exa itude is not required, and not even practicable.
Shopkeepers; too, weighing smaller quantities of such articles
as butter, are fined, if, from a small portion of either the article
itself or of moisture adhering to the selling scale, it is tempo-
rarily incorrect,—the privilege heretofore not having been
allowed by the inspectors of wiping such scale. With respect
to weights of all sizes, whether large ones used on our dock
quays, or smaller ones used in shops, no allowance is made for
dirt. grease, &c., which may be adhering to them when tested
by the nicely-adjusted beams and weights, preserved in flannel,
in the possession of the Inspectors; and, throughout, the
tradesmen of the town feel that they are not treated in a way
practically to insure fair dealing to the public, but looked
upon by the Inspectors as systematically dishonest, instead of
being allowed the fair credit of being desirous to do what is
right and just.

It has been thought desirable by the undersigned, who have
formed themselves into a society for this purpose, that an
appeal should be made to the local authorities and to the public,
urg►ng a change of the system; and, as the result of the
enquiries which w•e have instituted, we have arrived at the
following conclusions :

Firstly.—That a great portion of the annoyances of which
the trade has to complain arises from the Corporation having
constituted their officers "Adjusters" as well as " Inspec-
tors," and deriving a pecuniary benefit therefrom, contrary
to the intention of the Legislature, wtihtaaincnthsweonauarcelatedibileiengcCtiargaunseeda
23 of the act that " No maker, or seller, of weights and mea-
sures, or person employed in making or selling therseof,
shall be appointed an Inspector of weights and measures
selves "Adjusters," it is conceived „ , _
insisting
upon in bringing business to their SHOP, 'by insisting
upon an impracica e hle degree of accuracy.
Secondly.—Vte find that the charges made for adjusting and
under this act." By the CorporatitTatthey constituting ea te
directn,
.ble.ielitigamnduclh'lsmatisrseist
by regular tradesmen..
oppressive,rsntaomstpi
Thirdly.—That weights are illegally re-stamped by the
Officers, contrary to the enactment of Clause 27.
Fourthly.—That especially in the case of
very expensive to those using them heavy weights, it is
them from distant parts of the Boro ~•
to have to cart or convey
u,,h, to be adjusted at
a central " Suor," when that could be done upon their
n g by lfr

ow•n pr

Fifthly
of tl:

That it is a stretching* of the provisions and spirit
tct, which was to put down dishonest trading, that
should be adjusted to such a nicety as to be liable
out of order from a few days' wear; and that a
nargin should be allowed, as is done in the weight

Of a sov

..t the Mint:for-'suclivri;i' or for atmos-
pheric action. We believe that so much nicety would not
id down in the Schedule to the
e restrained from under-
upon if the Oflicers were directed to charge no

more t

11 fees tai
and they

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,OCIETY OF

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feet every 1'

t Seven o'clock. at

Arms

.tlgned, by order of the Commit___,
CHRISTOPHER TENNAN ___
MICHAEL ROBERTS. D uty-Chairman
-rm—in
Committee-room, King's Arms, St. Jo s-Lane,
lit May, 1832.