The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-27 00:00:00

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL
VESTRY will be held, in SAINT NICHOLAS'S CHcitcH,
on THURSDAY, the 29th day of October. at One o'Clock in
the Afternoon, when the Minutes of the Proceedings, Reso-
lutions, Orders, and Transactions of the Seleet Vestry, and
of all Sums received, applied, and expended by them, to.
gether with a Summary or Report of the Accounts and Tran-
sactions of the Select Vestry, will be laid before the In-
habitants.

WILLIAM BIRKETT, 1
Churchwardens.
ISAAC HUTCHINSON, I
GEORGE GROOM.
WILLIAM RUSHTON,
THOS. MUNCASTER, Overseers.
JOSEPH GIBBONS,

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
CALL OF £5. PER SHARE.

THE Directors, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act
of Incorporation, hake this day made a CALL of FIVE
POUNDS per Share on the NEW SHARES, and have ap-
pointed that the same shall be paid to one of the Company's
ankers, on or before MONDAY, the 30th of November next.
The Proprietors are, therefore, requested to pay the same ac-
cordingly. The Company's Bankers are—
In LIVZRPOOL.. The North and South Wales Bank.
In CHESTER Messrs. Dixon and Wardell.
Interest at the rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum
will be charged on all Sums remaining unpaid after the date
appointed for payment.

_
WM. DIXON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Birkenhead, Oct. 19th, 1840.

PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS.
j PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord-street, Liverpool, begs
0 • particularly to call the attention of his Friends and the
Public to his improved Preparation of the very justly cele-
brated article SEIDLITZ POWDERS, to form the SEID-
LITZ WATERS, which approach nearer than anything yet
discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The
style of preparing PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is pe-
culiar to himself, and combines scientific skill with great ac-
curacy ; and though numbers of people unacquainted with
the business, and others, have of late years attempted imita-
tions, they have invariably been found to be spurious com-
pounds, neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the me-
dicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters.
_ _ _

Sold 6 Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powders,
to make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases, 10s.
each. The latter are put up in a very eligible form for ex-
portation, or to use at sea, and will keep any length of time
in all climates. Prepared and sold only by JOHN PRIEST-
LEY, No. 52, Lord-street. where also may be had Seidlitz
Powders in Packets.
IMPROVED SODA POWDERS.

It has been observed that the Soda Water, when kept in
jars, parts with its carbonic gas ; that carriage of it to a dis-
tance has been attended with risk and considerable expense ;
and that, from these inconveniences, its use has been con-
fined chiefly to large cities and their environs. To obviate
these objections, and to extend the use of this agreeable and
efficacious Water, the ingredients for making it are offered
to the r üblic.—Sold in Boxes, at Is. 6d. each
QUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA.

In c!11.3 preparation are concentrated ail the Medicinal Pro-
perties of Sarsaparilla Root. To persons, therefore, who,
from various causes, would experience great inconvenience,
or with whom it would be utterly impossible to prepare the
Compound Decoction, the Fluid Extract, which possesses
the advantages of portability and of keeping in any climate,
will be found a most desirable mode of employing this much
esteemed Medicine.

Two teaspoonsful of the Fluid Extract, put into a wine-
glass full of water, makes a preparation equal in strength to
half's. pint of the Compound Decoction, formerly prescribed
by the Loudon. Edinburgh. and Dublin Pharrnacopceias.
The diseases in which it has proved most beneficial are
these of the Skin ; such as Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive
Diseases. Secondary Svmptoms, &c., arising from a diseased
state of the system at large. For removing Blotches, Pim-
ples, &, troth the Face, this Medicine has no superior.
The extensive use and high reputation of this preparation
has 1.-A to numerous imitations, disguised by the name of
Syrup, Essences, &c. The whole medicinal virtues of the
Sarsaparilla consist in its extractive matter, and it possesses
no real property in the form of essence, while the Syrup is
injurious to the dizestive organs by causing acid fermentation.
PRIESTLEY'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
A pm.r.t transparent solution, ia which all the virtues of
that ath mirtble Medicine are com;entrated. As an Antacid
grown persons or children it can-
and Cooling Medicine for
not be scrosscd, and being nearly tasteless, children will
`,ake it 'th.iut trouble. In conjunction with the Syrup of
Citron it h rums an effervescing draught.

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The Syrty of Citron,' added to waer, makes delicious Le-
monade, ant; as a refreshing drink in summer nothing can
be more agreetbie.
PR3ESTLEY'S STOMACHIC OR DINNER PILLS.
Tl\ese pills tire purely Vegetable, and to those troubled with
Inditestion or sensation of fulness at the stomach after meals
they Lre in,alwible.—ln Boxes at Is. and 2s. W. each.
VEGETABLE HAIR OIL

Ia :Boned to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and
renovating the human Hair. It eradicates the Scurf, nou-
rishes the Hair, prevents its falling off, produces a most beau-
tiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar soft-
ness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles
at ls. 3d. and 3 each.
CHEMICAL MARKING INK,
For Writin.9 on Linen with a Common Pen.
This is very suporior to the generality of what are called
Permanent Inks. It gives a most brilliant black, which can-
not be removed by acids or any other causes, without at the
same time destroying the linen. Families may be accommo-
dated with the Improved Permanent Ink and Preparation
separately, if required.- ,Sold in Cases, Is. 6d. and 3s.
VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER.
A pleasant Tonic Tooth Powder, which simply removes all
tartarous incrustations from the enamel ; and by its peculiar
nroperties preserves that necessary covering.—Sold in Boxes,
2s. 6d.

FRIESTLEI"S FURNITURE PASTE.
For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or
trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every
description of furniture, whatever preparation may have been
previously used for that purpose , it adds a high lustre to
French polish.—Sold in Pots
NITU at
RE ls. e
OlLach, or 3 pots for 2s. 6d.
FUR,

Half-pint Bottles I- s:,Pint Bottles I s. 94.. Quart Bottles 3s.
GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE. ,
This article is recommended to Housekeepers for cleaning
all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter
Measures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Ruda, Brass
Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &c. &c.: with half the usual
labour which is generally required with other preparations
the above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metal. It
will also be found useful in the Stable department, for clean-
ing Brass-mounted Carriage, Gig, or Coach Harness..—Sold
in Squares at 64. and Is. each.
ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS.
For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains, out
of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c., and for many other useful pur-
poses.—Price Is. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d.
CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT.
The virtues of this herb, which is uniformly held in high
estimation by the most eminent Medical Practitioners in the
kingdom, is in the present preparation most fully concen-
trated, whilst the necessity of administering large doses, as
when used in its simple form, is hereby avoided.
MUCH ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR.
A few drops of this Flavour adde# to Custards, Puddings,
Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious
taste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, with Directions, is. 6d.
and 3s.
CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER
A teaspoonful may be taken for a dose three times a day
in any liquid.
Physicians' and Surgeons' Prescriptions carefully prepared.
Medicine Chests fitted up for sea. Genuine Drugs and
Chemicals.

Richard I. had a cloak made at enormous cost, with pre-
cious and shining metals inlaid in imitation of the heavenly
bodies; and Henry V. wore, on a very memorable occasion,
when Prince of Wales, a mantle or gown of rich blue satin,
full of small eyelet-holes, as thickly as they could be put,
and a needle hanging by a silk thread from every hole.

VEsuvws.—l do believe the crater of a volcano the most
fearfully grand of earthly sights. You recollect the lines
where Manfred, standing on the edge of an Alpine precipice,
says—

" The mists boil up around the glaciers ; clouds
Rise curling fast beneath me, white and sulphury,
Like foam from the roused ocean of deep hell."
Splendid as these lines are, they embody nothing but an
image ; it is only by an effort of the poet's genius that the
mountain mists, and all the stern and terrible scenery around,
are identified with the still more terrible conception of the
prison house of fallen spirits.- But here, I may almost say,
we see the thing itself. The glimmering flames, the blasted
desolation all around, the " burning marle beneath our
feet, and " torrid climes " smiting sorely upon us—all, even
to the dense sulphurous clouds and smell of brimstone, are
here combined to stir the mind with vivid impressions of the
half-forgotten stories of our early days, and stimulate the
imagination into a sort of half-belief that hell lies open at our
feet. Reason, indeed, rejects the tale of a fiery dungeon,
and all the machinery of physical torture which credulous
ages have built on a few vague and allegorical expressions ;
but let reason doubt as it may, the mind can never wholly
shake off the beliefs and fears of its early years ; and that
sort of half-belief still clings to it which is sufficient to give
full scope to the workings of the imagination. Something of
a supernatural awe blendswiotlrlks the mindandheightetonsa tphietchnoaftura
sublimity of the scene, and w
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