The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

VICTORIA BUILDING SOCIETY.

IHE Rules of this Society, being now Certified according to
Act of Parliament,.the FIRS.T GENERAL MEETING
Will be held on THCRtiDAY EV6iING next; the 3d instant, Itt-
Half-past Seren o'clock, at the THKOSTLE NEST HOTEL,
Gotland-road, for the purposeOrElecting Officers, 90 trans-
etitr the other business of the Society.
Shares £l2o.—SubsCription 10s. per Month;
And no Riedemptiou Money.
Present Entrance 2s. Gd. per Share.
Applications for Shards may be made, and other information
respecting the Society had, on application to Mr. WlLLtam
JOHNSON; Solicitor;.:North John-street; to Mr. Lewis, Ac-
i•ountant, Temple-street, Liveri:46l ; to PERRY and
Printers, 20, Pool-lane; or to Messrs. CA DDICK and STANA•
NOUGHT, Thrbstle NeA

LIVER-POOL LIBRARY. 2-Ith April, 18.38.
sußiePTTerNi DUE THE FIRST OF MAY.
jpl-I E ANINt rt'.IIII..:ETING of the PROPRIETORS of
the L V ERPOOL Lll3ll AR 1( will be held in the Library,
in Bold-street, on` UESDA Y, the Bth of May, at Six o'clock in:
the Evening, to 'elect a President, and a Committee, and to!
transact other necessary' business.
JAMES LISTER, President.

MEILIONETHSHIRE SLATE COMPANY,
CAPITAL, El 00,000, •
In 20.000 Shares of £5 each, payable by Instalments.
I HE Directors having deterinined to make an immediate
.9 large extension of the Company's Works, the remaining
..118 UN DISPOSE') of SPAII.E.S will be issued to the Public
Shares, at the price of .£2 4s. per Share.
m)Aliklication for Prospectuses and Shares wilt be received by
TEBBINGTON, Esq., Secretary pro. tent., at the Com-
teMporary Offices, 4, Great Winchester-street, London,
ar:9lc4ce under the Archway,) or 'by Messrs. HORMBY and
kvkof
Solicitors, St. Swithin's.tane. London, until thsth
p5)l May next, after which time the Shares will be allotted.
rospectuses may also be obtiiined OrIeir.AVALTER CLARKE,
Ili,h-street, Liverpool.
duo

;,'A, T a MEETING of the OWNERS of LAND, WARE-
IIQUSES, and others interested in this description of
4„,,Poperty.: held. on AtoNna r, the 30th April, 1.838,-at the Cla'
1 ,rstulon Rooms, to adopt measures to oppose the Resolution of
-tlm Duck Committee relative to the building of Warehouses on
the .erge ut the Docks,
:At walk4,lB"reti bY',IT. P. •Bustier, Esq., and Seconded by
1?,--4o- u, o,' ~),-, , TIOWaS PRE.ME, Esq., and
Xd 14e4Fro&tur'"-'7 4
la ilt Jiwws' rani:ter; Esq. do take the chair.
.it T95,,,,Ay:4. B. Boomer, Esq., Seconded by J. MotsiToo-
.
MEEY,, Esq., and .;
-no ~ upd unanimously--
eio ttAl . I the Committee be fully authorised to oppose any Bill
~i ANA the Dock 'ft-tutees may bring berme Parliament, having
~.,tarns object "the building of Warehouses on the verge of the
Dikks."
Moved by G. B. IRLASI, Esq., and Seconded by J. A. GEE,
dal!
Esq., and
.; €__
Besolred unanimously—
That. %,
~,,,. for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses, a
s!„.sabscription of three per cent. on the Annual Rental be entered
~ into, and placed in the Bank of Messrs. "Heywood and-Co:, to
—ale credit of .the Association, subject to the entire control of
the Cinninittee. JAMES BRANCKER., Chairman.
The Chairman having lett the Chair,
1: was' Moved by JOHN LEYLAND, Esq., and Seconded by
J. El IGHFIELD, , Esq. and .
Resolved unanimously— : . - .
That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman,
for Isis able conduct iu presiding over the business of the'day.
W. BIRKETT, Secretary.
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POLONCEAU'S PATENT ELA.STIGBITUMEN COM-
PANY,
• CAPITAL, £200,00(1, IN IOW.) SHARES OF £2O EACH.
Deposit, £2 per .Share.

Live, pool.
John Bagshaw, foseph Christopher Ewart, Esq
John Ellis, Esq., M.P. Joseph Hornby, Esq.
Edward Hurry. Esq. Charles Ilorsfail, Esq.
. Hobert Win. Kennard, Esq. William Smith. Esq.
Will. Gordon Thomson, Esq. Joseph Snaith Wooler, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co., London.
The Bank of Liverpool.
so LICITuag. •
Messrs. Murray and Rynier,•s9, Chancery-lane,- London.
Messrs. Davenport and Collier, Lord-street, Liverpool.
Composition of the Patent Elastic Bitumen is the
discovery of Monsieur Polonceau, la.specteur Diri,sionnaire
da Corps Royat des poet, et Chausses, who, by his public works,
6.-;• • nil th.e Continent, (among which are the Pont du Carionsel at
Paris, and the Roads of the Col de Lantarettand the Simplon,)
eLhas acquired a reputation throughout Europe.' • •
'lllOnsieur Polonceau has succeeded in producing- a Bitu-
ll:'-rtrin-Ons.Gompositiou, which for cheapness, strength, and dura-
bility, far exceeds any hitherto known, and possesses this great
-an l ad-vantage over every other—the Materials of which it is cmn-
ass are all. found iu England. So highly is-the discovery
70 estimated in France, that the authorities of Paris have entered
trtc: into Contracts with M. I'olom:eau for its application to the
,104; Carriage Way of the Boulevards des Canimines, the Rue de to
and other Carriage Roads iu that City, which be,iS now
- -actively engaged iu carrying into effect.
os Pipionceau's Elastic Bitumen is applicable to the Construction
'nn;!: of Carriage Roads and: l'aveineuks„Roofing et, Buildings,
Flooring of HAlls, Churches, StaLfcs, &c.
Being impervious to vermin cud damp,. it can he used with
advantage and econoiny in the• construction of Granaries,
Warehouses, Docks, Drains, Baths. &c..
To secure the exclusive benefit ,;f this discovery to the pro-
. posed Cumpany,.Patents have been taken out fur the Untied
Kingdom, which have been assigued over in trust for this
The object or this Company will be -to'ohtain the advantages
8.5 . .
• which it is presnmed must arise froin the exclusive use of so
important a material in this country:

Applications for Shares (post-paiii) niac be made in London
l'l3l4fitnes.irs. MURRAY and ItymEn, 59. Cl-taireer--lane; and in
'lda. ."71t,i'vernuol to Messrs. DAVKSISPORT and COLLIER, Lord street,
bend Mr. KING, Exchange-buildings, on or before the
Al°4 lit or :my.
mid.) t--

.
,b'iisf) ITN addition to an extensive purchase receutly made I)) E.
, Al EASTEE of a Bankrupt's Stock of TOYS, PFAU:TIME-
' ,I3•Y, CABINET 'WARE, Ste., &c.. 'the foilitwing: ticles are
Irj 'indeed •1 , well worth the attention of Wholesale Deit ' nd Ship-
li 1: -•
viz :
a
id, ft.Pers9
. WOO Dozen of Dolls, seven inches long, at 10. Id. per Dozen
riseismmfin
~ eight „ - at. Is. 4d. „
sasdlors .1,711 "
;svr at ti T, (X) ” ten,
13 at Is. 911. „
Icl ~; '.="`" ~ „ twelve
If at 2s. 2d.
ft3V 4 -
Corneoletto Beads, in Bond, 2s. per lb.; Twenty Dozen or
,•' Portal,',e Dressing Cases, fitted with Shaving Biix, Tooth, Nail,
4,..' and Shaving Brush, Razor Strop; Penknife, Comb, and a pair
t' warraoted lit. zors, for 7s. Ga. • „ .
.a..;,,,, N.B.— l'he above must be sohwith, to give place to ex-
' I,,,ive alterations about to be- ' ein this establishment.
Tr.( -
5, I ST. GEORGE'S CRESC , Castle-street.
l :.

CORNS.
'DICKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, for the re-
ti. moval of Corns... Bunnions, and all hard fleshy substances
rr on the Feet.. it is admitted by the thousands who have tried it,
„„,„ and the most sceptical, to be the miry remedy ever offered to
; yobirc,notice; it .actsjloth as an opiate and solvent, by reliev-
.. the most excruciating pain. and gradually dissolving, the cal-
-4,r D4”us or horny substance. Prepared and Sold by WILLIAM
ICKER, Ohemist, 235, Strarid, next door to Temple Bar,
'rondo!) in Boxes, Is. ly. each. •
awe '
.1110
.d a
~,Sold also by, Pit IfiiTLEY and Ros-rs and NIGHTINGALE, Lord-
BUT', R, Castle-street ; Fisnan and MAYNARD, Bold-
-4103 tu7.gieet; A "S,VINA I,L, St. James-street; BARNETT. Edgehill;
„asau,t4ststijr. Great George-place; Jon NSO N, Chisrai-street;
044-Dale-street, ;id BRADFottn, grid Elainarket, Liver-
pool; SHERLOCK, St. Helen's; GARstnE.. Ot•rn-kirk ; 11 IMP-
SRI', Lancaster; ScowcnoFT, Bolton; WA L 5. Wigau ;
THISTLETHWAITE. Warrinwton ; BAXTER, Piescot; BoWNIAN,
Southport; and Warn and M A wsoN, Runcorn where like-
wise can he procured DICKER'S AROMATIC 'ESSENCE.
an instant relief for_the Tooth Ache, in Bottles Is. lid. each.