The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-23 00:00:00

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PUBLIC METING OF THE LIVERPOOL
BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION.

THE adjourned GENERAL MEETING of this
Association wil be held.on FRIDAY next, the 26th instant,
at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street, at Seven o'clock p.m.,
to receive the Report of the Committee, Elect Officers, and
adopt Rules for the Government of the Society.
Builders, Land Owners, and oth a connected therewith, are
earnestly requested to atten
Prospectuses may b
WORTHS, 73, Shaw' - ro
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Ala at the office of Messrs. DucK.-
Jrow, or at the bar of the Hotel.
„Jitter of the Committee,
W. DUCKWORTH, Secretary, pro. tent.
19th November, 1847.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

TIMBER QUAYS.

llBye-law made in pursuance of an Act passed in.
. the Sessions held in the ninth and tenth years of the reign
of her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for enabling
the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to construct additional
Wet Docks and other Works, and to raise a further sum of
money, and for extending and amending the Acts relating to
the Docks and Harbour of Liver iool" :
That the period of seventy-t v • ithin which the re-
moval of Timber, Masts ":tars, Bowsprits, Deals, Battens,
Planks, Boards, .ath • , Staves, or any other Wood, front
the Quays and Gro • ielonging to the Trustees of the Liver-
pool Docks, is re. ired to take place, shall, from and after the
twenty-fourth yof November, one thousand eight hundred.
and forty-seven, be limited to the period of forty-eight hours.
By order„ DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Bth November, 1847.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

ERECTION OF WAREHOUSES AND CONSTRUCTION

OF NEW DOCKS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
intended to be made to Parliament, in the next session,
for an Act to enable the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to
build (in pursuance of an Act relating to the Liverpool Docks,
passed in the session held in the ninth and tenth years of the
reign of her present Majesty )Warehouses upon and around the
quays of all the docks made or now being made, in Liverpool
aforesaid, belonging to the said Trustees ; and also to authorize
the said Trustees forthwith to build Warehouses on one or more
of the dock quays which now belong or s a -11-hereafter belong
to the said Trustees, in the townshi - a • fishes, or extra-paro-
chial place hereinafter mentione a or any of them, as soon as ,
may be after the passing o e proposed Act. And also to
authorize the said Trustee a purchase, by compulsion or agree-
ment, lands, buildinT docks, basins, wharfs, quays, piers,
tenements, heredita a• • nts, and premises, within the township
and parish of Liv a pool, and the townships of Kirkdale and
Bootle-cum-Lip • cre, in the parish of Walton-on-the Hill, and
within the extra-parochial place of Toxteth-park, all in the
county of Lancaster, and to extinguish all existing rights and
privileges connected with such lands. And to construct and
maintain, alter, vary, extend, and enlarge Wet Docks, Graving
Docks, Basins, cuts, piers, wharfs, quays, locks, bridges, and
other works, on the said lands, to be purchased as aforesaid, in.
the said townships and parishes, and extending northwardly
from lands which the said Trustees were, by an Act relating to
the docks and harbour of Liverpool, passed in the session held
in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her present Ma-
jesty, authorized to purchase. And to construct locks, bridges,
and other works in connection therewith. And also to autho-
rize the said Trustees to enter into and to perfect contracts
and agreements with any bodies politic or corporate, persons,
or companies, for effecting all or any of the purposes requisite
and necessary to enable the said Trustees to construct, lay
down, and use communications by Signals, by means of Electric
Currents and Electric Telegraphs, between the town and port
of Liverpool and such places or situations in the counties of
Lancaster, Chester, Denbigh, Caernarvon, Flint, and the Isle of
Anglesea, and Holyhead Island, as the said Trustees may deem
expedient ; and also, for the purposes aforesaid, and with the
consent of the owners and occupiers thereof, to purchase, or
rent on lease, or otherwise to hire and take any lands and here-
ditaments, in such places and situations, or any of them, and
to erect signal-houses and other buildings thereon; and to en.
ter into contracts and agreements, with any persons or compa-
nies, for the use of Electric Telegraphs. And it is further pro-
posed by the said intended Aot, to take powers for raising
further Sums of Money, on security of certificates ; and for
Consolidating (with the consent of the bondholders) the Debt
secured on. the dock rates and duties into Stock or Consolidated
Debt, bearing one or more rate or rates of interest. And for
amending, extending, enlarging, varying, and explaining or
repealing some of the powers and provisions contained in the
Acts relating to the docks and harbour of Liverpool, or some
of them, passed, respectively, in the eighth year of the reign of
Queen Anne, the third year of the reign of King George the
First, the eleventh year of the reign of King George the Second,
the second, twenty-fifth, thirty-ninth, fifty-first, fifty-third, and
fifty-ninth years of the reign of King George the Third respec-
tively, the sixth and ninth years of the reign of King George
the Fourth, respectively, the session held in the eleventh year
of the said last-mentioned reign and of the first year of the
reign of Kinz William the Fourth, and in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, and in the sessions held in the
sixth and seventh, and seventh and eighth years
.of the reign of
her present Majesty, in the eighth
year of the reign of her pre-
sent Majesty, and in the session held in the ninth and tenth
years of the reign of her present Majesty. And for taking
further and other powers relative to the present and future
Docks, Warehouses, and Works of the said Trustees.
And NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that on or
before the thirtieth day of November instant, Plans and Sec-
tions relating to the proposed Works as required by the Stand-
ing Orders of Parliament, and describing the lands required to
be taken for the purposes thereof, together with books of re-
ference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or
reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of
such lands, buildings, and premises, and a copy of this No-
tice, as published in the London Gazette, will be deposited for
public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the said county
of Lancaster, at his office, in Preston, and with the Clerk of the
Peace for the borough of Liverpool, at his office, in Liverpool
aforesaid, and with the Parish Clerks of the said parishes of
Liverpool and Walton-on-the-Hill, respectively, and with the
Clerk of Saint James' Church, in Toxteth-park aforesaid, at
their respective places of abode, in the said parishes and extra-
parochial place.

GEORGE WORTHINGTON,
Solicitor to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks.
Liverpool, Bth November, 1847.

SALE OF LINENS, &c.,
MANUFACTURED BY THE DISTRESSED POOR IN
IRELAND.
THE Friends of the Industrious Poor are informed
that a Large Quantity of Good Linens have been wrought
by the starving poor in the West of Ireland, in the Town and
Vicinity of Castlebar, in the County of Mayo. They will be
sold at very moderate prices, for the benefit of the poor. They
consist of SHEETING, TOWELLING, NAPKINS, Strong
SHIRTING, RUSSIA DUCK, GLASS-CLOTHS, DUSTERS,
SERVANTS' TABLE LINEN, &c. &c. They are all made of
the best Irish Flax, without any cotton, andwill be found better
and more durable than those usually sold in shops. They will
give twice the wear of any cotton ttaninixtures, and will
not change colour; are gran ached, and free from any che-
mical ingredients.
Ladies and Gentle requiring any House Linens of such
descriptions will tain full value for their money, and, by
taking them, b eally forwarding the cause of charity and in-
dustry. The poor Irish are willing to work hard ; they only
require to be directed to the right way of earning, and to be
encouraged by the kind and benevolent, to enable them to
support themselves by their own labour. These Linens, of
which near Ten Thousand Yards are made, are strong and du-
• rable, such as are required by all Housekeepers.
There are also about a Thousand Yards of Good Strong
WOOLLEN CLOTH, spun and woven by the poor starving
Peasants, by which employment many lives have been- pre-
served. The Cloth is fit for outside Winter Coats, &c., &c. It
is of good pure Wool, and will be sold very cheap. t can be
made up into strong and serviceable Clothing for Schools, ac-
cording to order or other Public Institutions, and sent irs
parcels. Also, Strong LINEN NIGHT-SHIRTS, &c.,
WAGGONERS' DUST-COATS, SERVANTS' JACKETS and
APRONS, RUSSIA DUCK COATS, WAISTCOATS, and
TROUSERS, are made by the poor and forwarded to order..
LAMBS'-WOOL STOCKINGS and WINTER SOCKS are '
knit, and open-worked COLLARS and FANCY KNITTING
of various kinds are made by the Poor, under the direction of
the Clergyman's Family.
The object of this advertisement is to obtain sale for the
manufactures of the distressed poor; to promote and encou- •
rage- induatriorigliabits ; and to enable a still larger number of
the poor to maintain themselves by their labour, and to encou-
rage the Irish linen trade.
All communications to be made to the Rev. WILLIAM BAKER
STONEY, Castlebar, IRELAND. Money to be remitted in half-
notes, or post-office order on Castlebar, for which the value
will be returned in the above manufactures of linens, &c., &c.
The parcel will be sent, carriage paid, to any place appointed
in Dublin or Liverpool; from whence it can be forwarded by
the Railways. For Five Pounds an assortment, such as will be
useful to any Housekeeper, of Sheeting, Towels, Napkins,
Glass Cloths, Servants' Table Linen, &c., &c., will be sent.
Any information respecting the above Goods will be afforded
on application to J. WILSON BROWNE, 7, Exchange-alley
North, Liverpool, where specimens can be seen and orders will
be thankfully received.