The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-21 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES

A GENERAL MEETING of the GOVERNORS of
111. this INSTITUTION will be holden in the BOARD
Roost, PARISH OFFICES, No. 1, Fenwick-street, on TUES.
I,AY, the 25th instant, between the hours of Eleven and
Three o'clock, for the purpose of ELECTING an HONO-
RARY PHYSICIAN to the NORTH DISPENSARY,
in the room of Dr. Carson, Jun., who has been appointed to
the Northern Hospital. No Physician is eligible unless be
be a Graduate of the University of Oxford, Cambridge,
Dublin, Edinburgh, or Glasgow.
Gentlemen intending to offer themselves are requested to
send their Diplomas to the Dispensaries' Office, Fen wick-
street, on or before MONDAY, the 24th instant, at Twelve
o'clock, addressed to "The President of the Dispensaries."
T 4, prevent any misunderstanding on the day of election,
the Governors will please to observe, that no votes can be
received by proxy, excepting from Ladies, and those only in
their own hand-writing, presented by a Governor: nor can
any Subscriber vote it his or her subscription be in arrear.
Subscriptions received at the Office,l, Fenwick-street, daily,
from Three to Four o'clock; or at the North Dispensary,
Vauxhall-road, or at the South Dispensary, No. 1, Upper
Parliament-street, at all hours.
By order of the General Committee,
ROB'!'. WEDGEWOOD, Secretary.
September Bth, 1838.

YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
CALL OF FOURTH. INSTALMENT OF £8 I'ER

SHARE.
/1-111 E Directors of the York and North Midland Railway
Company having, in pursuance of the pros ision'i in the
Act, resolved to make a CALL OP £8 PER SEIAR.E,
payable on or before SATURDAY, the 131. h day of October
next, Proprietors of Shares in this Company are hereby
required to pay, on or before that day, to any of the under-
mentioned Bankers, the Sum of £8 on each of their respec-
tive Shares.

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BANKERS.
London Messrs. Barneits, Hoare, and Co.
London .'.. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co,
York The City and County Bank.
York The Union Bank.

The Bankers have been instructed to charge Interest at the
rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, according to the Provi-
sions of the Act of Incorporation, from the 13th day of October
next. on all Sums tendered after that day.
GEORGE HUDSON, Z Chairman andDeputv-Chairmau
JAMES MEEK, S of the Board of Directors.
By Order,
GEORGE BAKER, Secretary.
York and North Midland Railway Office,
York, 6th September, 1838.

ASSURANCES FOR S
his Office at consider:

WORT PERIODS may now be effected in
bly reduced Rates of Premium.

3 DEPARTMENT,

In addition to the benefit of the late Reduction in the
Rates of Premiums, this Company offers to Assurers the
advantage of an allowance for the loss of Rent of Buildings
rendered untenantable by Fire.
Policies falling due at MictinELmAs should be renewed
within fifteen days from that period.
The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the
Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country,
who are authorised to report on the appearance of Lives pro-
posed fbr Assurance.
HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary.
92, Cheapside, London, Sept., 1838.

The Agents for this Company at the undermentioned Places,

are:—
LIVERPOOL—Messrs. SWAINSON and HORNBY, Bre-
therton's•buildings. North John-street.
Ditto Mr. W. H. M'DOWELL, N 0.5, Exchange-
buildings.
Appleby, E. Allinson.
Ashton-under-Lyne, J. S.

Macclesfield, R. Turner.
Manchester, Messrs. R. & C.

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Shaw.
Blackburn, R. Wilding.
Bolton, C. Briggs.
Burnley and Tochnorden, T.

Hervey.'
Oldham, J. Duncroft.
Preston, Wm. Lancaster.
Rochdale, James Hartley.
St. Helen's, J. Ansdell.
Stockport, NV. Dowoall.
Ulverstoue,W. Postlethwaite
Warrington, Thomas Leigh.
Wigan, J. Griffith.

E. Hammerton.
Bury, Richard Lomax.
Chorley, J. Wallwork.
Clitheroe, W. L. Oddie.
Lancaster, Thos. Albright.
Leigh, T. Whitehead.

NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY,
ESTABLISHED 1808.
CAPITAL. £1,750,000.
TRUSTEES.
Right Hon. the Earl of OitFonn.
Right Hon. Lord STAFFORD.
Sir HENRY JARDINE, Knt.
EDMUND WODEHOUSE, Esq. M.P.
CHARLES SAVILL ONLRY, Esq.
JOHN WRIGHT, Esq., (Banker,) L011(1013.
EDWARD WENMAN MARTIN, Esq., &
Secretary.—Samuel Bignold, Ext.
Actuary.—Richard Morgan, Esq.
ti' Society is founded on the equitable principle of
it_ mutual guarantee. The Rates of Premium (for Lives
under 45) are considerably below those of most other offices,
thus yielding an immediate advantage to parties insuring,
besides which the members enjoy the benefit of periodical
Bonuses, which have already amounted to £415,798.
Since the Ist of January last, 440 NEW POLICIES HAVE
BEEN %ISSUED. a number probably not exceeded by any other
office, and affording the most conclusive evidence of the
public confidence in this establishment.
Members of this Society applying at any of the Head
Offices, or to the Agents, may he furnished with copies of
the First Report of the Referees on the state pf the Society's
affairs, as also of the original Deed of Settlement, and of
the By-laws submitted to a General Meeting in November
last, with the Amendments proposed by a Committee of
Policy Holders appointed at such meeting.
The Board of Directors sit every Monday from twelve to
two o'clock, at the Office, in Surrey-street, but insurances
may be effected on any other day, upon application at the
Office, where also the terms of Insurance may be had, and
every information respecting the Society obtained.
By order of the Board of Directors,
SAMUEL BIGNOLD, Secretary.

September, 1838.

BANKRUPTS' STOCK,
OF M'NOLTY, GRAHAM, C0.,4.s- EDINBURGH.
r N IHE remaining part of the above VALUABLE STOCK
is now SELLING OFF at an IMMENSE SACRIFICE,
at the SHAWL WAREHOUSE, CHURCH-STREET,
opposite. Parker-street; also the whole of the STOCKS of
two eminent Shawl-Manufacturers at Pitisley, which has
been purchased under peculiarly advantageous circum-
stances. The Stock consists of the greatest Variety, and
some of the most SPLENDID SPECIMENS of British-
manufactured Long and Square SHAWLS, HANDKER-
CHIEFS, CLOAKINGS, &c. &c. ever offered to the notice
of the Public:—

E. s. d.
Long Shawls 1 1 0 I
Extra Rich Indiana do. 2 2 0
Chinele Shavvlets 0 1 9
Rieh Square filled Edinbro'

£.
Rich Dark Shawlets..o 3 6
Large Chinele Shawls.o 10 0
A splendid Lot at ....0 15 0
Shawls, from 3s. 6d. to 70s.

Mouslin de Laine and Saxony Cloth Dresses, &c. &c.
A great variety of Ladies' Fravelling and Fancy Cloaks,
and Cloakings, Blanket Shawls, &c. &c., very cheap.
Shawl Handkerchiefs in great variety, 40. each.
Captains of Vessels, Linen Drapers, and Wholesale
Buyers generally, will find this Stock well worth their atten-
tion.

TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.
riNHE ANNUAL DINNER of the LIVERPOOL
I TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIA-
TION will take place on THURSDAY, the 18th of October
next, in the Music-ball, Bold-street.
Lord Viscount SANDON and CRESSWELL CRESS-
WELL, Esq., Members for the Borough, with other distin-
guished Noblemen and Gentlemen, will be present.
Particulars, as to Tickets, &c., &c., will be announced
in future advertisements.

W. J. PEACHEY, Secretary,
Committee-roam, Sept.l4, 1838.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
finllE next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING
I of the PROPRIETORS will be held pursuant to the
Act of Incorporation, on THURSDAY, the 4th day of October,
at the CLARENDON-ROOMS, Liverpool.
The chair will be taken at one o'clock precisely.
And, in further pursuance of the said Act, the Transfer
Books of the Company will be closed on FRIDAY, the 26th
September, and will not be re-opened until FRIDAY, the sth
day of October.

• FRANCIS RICHARD PRICE,
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
21, Fenwick-street, Liverpool, 12th Sept. 1838.

CHESTER AND CREWE RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.

riIHE Directors of the Chester and Crewe Railway
Ji Company are now ready to receive Proposals for the
execution of the CREWE CONTRACT.
To make the Railway, with all the Excavations, Embank-
ments, Bridges, Culverts, Drains, and Fences complete,
including the Laying and Ballasting of the Permanent Way,
(but exclusive of tails, chairs, wooden sleepers, and fasten-
ings,) from the termination of the Wardle Contract, near
Aston Hall, to the Crewe Station re the Grand Junction
Railway, a distance of 4 miles and 44 yards, or thereabouts.
Plans, Sections, Specifications, and Working Drawings of
the Works, and a Draft of the Contract, may be seen, and
printed forms of tender obtained, at the Engineer's Office, in
Chester, where the quantities of work will also be furnished.
The Tenders must be delivered at the Railway Office, in the
Postoffice Place, Chester, by Ten o'clock on the 11th day of
October, 1838, under a sealed cover, addressed to the Chair-
man, and endorsed "Tender for Works;" and no Tender,
except upon the printed form, will be attended to, nor will
any 'Fender be received after that time.
The party whose tender is accepted will be required to
enter into a bond, with two sureties, for the due performance
of the Contract, in a penalty of not less than 10 per cent.
upon the gross sum contracted for, and the names of the
proposed sureties are to be specified in the tender.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
tender, and expect the parties tendering, or persons duly
authorised by them, to attend at Twelve o'clock at Noon
precisely, on the above day of Meeting.
J. UNIACKE, Chairman.
Chester and Crewe Railway Office,
Postolfice-place, Chester, 13th Sept., 1838.