The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

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INDIRECT,

From China .. June 15
Calcutta .... Nov. 16
Bombay .... Nov. 28
Mauritius Nov. 23
Valparaiso.... July 111
Bahia
Pernambuco Dec. 14

PRICES OF SHARES, FEBRIIA.RY 8.
Prices. This day Last
Per Share, Prices,
55 10 0
66 10 0 ....
52 5 0 ....
61 6 0
10 0

RAILWAYS, &c.
Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid
Ditto and Derby
Birkenhead and Chester
Bolton and Leigh lOO paid
Bolton and Preston
Bristol andEseter .
Chester and Crewe 35 .... 56' 10 0 ....
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh and Glasgow 25 .... 19 5 0.. .
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5 0 e ...
Glasgow, Paisley, 'Greenock 17 paid 16 7 6 .... 16 13 0
Glasgow, Paisley, Kflmar} 30 paid so 0 0
....
Greenock, and Ayr........
Grand Junction
Ditto half shares 3O ... • 88 0 0 .... 07 10 0
Great Western 65 .... 71 0 o ....
Ditto new shares 3O ..... 31 13 0 .... 29 15 0
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston 35 paid 21 17 6 ...
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto half shares
London and Birmingham 9O .... 158 0 0 ....
Ditto new shares
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto and Southampton 5O .... 43 10 0 ...
Ditto & Brighton 10 • 19 15 0 ....
London and Croydon
Leeds and Manchester . •
Ditto half shares
Leicester and Swanningtou so ... • 71 0 0 ....
Ditto, (new)
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury
Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... 14 7 ti ...
Ditto and Ditto Extension
Midland Counties .
90 .... 76 0 0 ....
Newcastle and Carlisle leo .... ..
Ditto quarter shares
North Midland
New North Midland. 4O ...• 15 15 0 .....
South Eastern and Dover
North Union
St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 ....
York and North Midland 4O paid 50 15 0 ....
BANKS.
Royal Bank of Liverpool .. 5OO .... 738 00 ex die
Bank of Liverpool .el2 lOs paid 22 0 oex div.
- Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 18 15 0 ....
- Liverpool Union lO .... 13 Is 0 ....
- Northern and Central
- Albion
- North and South Wales lO .... 717 6 ....
- of Manchester lO .... 11 7 6 .. _
- M'cliester & L'pool Dset. 15 .... pl5O ..
...
- South Lancashire
Liverpool Banking Company
Borough Bank lO .... 15 17 6 ....
Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 4 1 it ....
East of England lO .... 9 7 6 ....
Plicenix Bank
Wilts and Dorset 7 10s.
GAS, WATER WORKS, &c.
Exchange Buildings .€loo paid 170 0 0 ....
L'pool and Harrington Water Works } 350
...,
475 0 0 . ..
Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 ....
L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 970 0 0.,..
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. *elm) .... lea 0 0 ....
Ditto new shares are now paid up.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
Liverpool Marine Assurance
Company 25
paid 2 2 6
..
Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 7e 6
..
Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 111 6..
DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c.
Anderton Carrying Company l5 .. .. g 7 6
..
Woodside Ferry
Egremont Ferry l2 109.
Rock Ferry
Monk's Ferry
Steam Tug Company
Harrington Docks
Apothecaries' Company
Asphalte (Liverpool;
---.(Poloncean)

7 13 6.

• 8 10. s.
.100 ....

7 6.
• ItJ 6.
412 6.
O o 0.
to 7 6.
O 14 0.
015 0.

FALSE LIGHTS.—Lteut. Parsons, R.N., of the Leeds
steamer, reports, that, on Friday night last, between twelve
and one o'clock, as he ,was running in towards the banks, he
saw two brilliant lights on the Flint coast. As such lights,
if repeated, might lead comparative strangers to the port
astray, and thereby endanger life and property, Lieutenant
Parsons thinks the people on the coast of Flint ought to be
cautioned against exhibiting lights which may be mistaken
for the regular lights for the guidance of vessels inward bound.
It always gives us pleasure to record instances of royal
munificence to the fine arts. His Majesty the King of the
French having received from Mr. Boys, the publisher, of
Crolden-square, the new beautiful Work of " Picturesque
Architecture in Paris, Ghent, titc.,” just published, has most
handsomely presented to him a splendid brilliant ring, with
his cypher. L. P. in diamonds, on a blue enamel shield, bor-
dered with brilliants, and surmounted by a crown of the same
precious stones. It was accompanied by a letter, expressing
his Majesty's desire that the gift should be recived as a sou-
venir of the gratification which the work has afforded him.
We doubt not the acknowledged taste of Louis Philippe, and
his just appreciation of this unique production, will stimulate
lovers of the fine arts to become possessed of so splendid and
talented a work.
LIVERPOOL UNION BANK,—The annual meeting of the
proprietors of this concern was held on Wednesday week, at
the Clarendon-rooms, Thomas Rodick, Esq. in the chair.
The report stated the gratifying fact that during a period of
unexampled difficulty, the bank has not only maintained its
shareholders.
On ground, but has continued steadily to increase its profits.
348 ed s
surplus The paid up capital is £260,450.
the
ry
held by
On the 31st December, 1838, h
was £60,000. The net profits for the year 1439, were
£28,904 14s 3d. Two dividends of 5 per cent. each have
been declared, amounting to £26,045 ; and the present
reserved surplus fund is £61,500. J. A. Turner and John
Miller, Esqrs. the directors who retired by rotation, were
re-elected. The sum of £5OO Was voted to the bill corn.
manner in which
tmhie
discharged their arduous duties. The sum of one
they
ytehea as IL. testimonial of respect for the
hundred guineas wtheere albo Voted to Mr. Lister, the manager,
and Mr. Ba, sub-manager, for the purchase of two
pieces of plate, as testimonials of the estimation in which
their services are held. The report and proceedings appeared
to give e highest satisfaction.
ST. SISION'S SUNDAY Scuooes.—The teachers of the
above schools gave their annual tea party on Thusday even-
ing last to their friends and supporters, (the Rev. A. M'Con-
key kindly lent All Saints school-room for the purpose,)
where near 300 persons sat down to tea. The Rev. H. S.
Joseph presided, iu the absence of J. Rigby, Esq.; after tea
the I Dr. Tattershall addressed the meeting in a suitable
and most impressive speech. An encouraging report of the
last year's progress was then read. The Rev. Messrs. Joseph
and Al`Lindon communicated in their speeches much inte-
resting information on the subject of Sunday Schools :
Messrs. Worall and Ilayes, superintendents of Sunday
Schools followed, and the business was closed by an address
to Sabbath School teachers from the Rev. J. Connor, minis-
ter of St. Simon's. On Friday the children had a treat from
their kind teachers, and with smiling faces and happy hearts,
200 sat down to their hot cross buns and toast and tea.
PERIODS OF HOLDING THE BOROUGH SESSIONS.—We
know not who arranges the periods at which the Quarterly
and Intermediate Sessions are held in Liverpool, but we are
constrained to observe, that it would be impossible for any
business to be performed with less attention to system, and
we may add, propriety. The first, or Epiphany sessions, in
the present year commenced, if we remember correctly, on the ith of January last : the Intermediate Sessions were held
on the 4th of February ; and the next Quarter Sessions will
commence on the 18th of May. Now, when Mr. Rathbone
and others benevolently exerted themselves for the introduc—
tion of the practice of holding intermediate sessions in the
winter months, their object was to prevent prisoners being
kept, during the severe season, too long waiting for trial,
when, in point of fact, they might be innocent. A glance at
the dates above recorded will show how this lendable design
has been frustated. The Epiphany Sessions cOnelnded about
the 14th or 15th of January. The Intermediate Sessions
were held three weeks afterwards, instead of six weeks, as
was at first expected. We cannot, for our own part, see
why the Ikfrough Sessions should not be held here, as they
are at Salford, every six weeks. All persons who had any
business at-them would then know when they commenced.
On all hands it is allowed, that it would be exceedingly de-
sirable to have the term of imprisonment preceding the trial
of a person charged with an offence as short as possible: In
the 'first place, if he be innocent, it is proper that he should
not suffer more than is unavoidable of this preliminary in.
justice; and secondly, if he he guilty, say, for instance, of a
transportable offence, the sooner. the borough or county is
relieved of** expense af Support bißa i gaol the Letter.