The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

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LIFE DEPARTMENT

-The attention of the Public has, the Advertisements and
Proposals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table
of Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particu-
lar dates and ages, the Directors now be 4 to refer to a State-
ment (which may be obtained on annlication at the Office, in

Cheapside, or to any of the Agentsin the country,) of Slims
actually paid, showing the Sums respectively assured, and the
Bonuses thereon.

Persons assured for the whole term of Life in Great Britain
or Ireland respectively-, will have an addition made to their
Policies every seventh year, or an
,equivalent reduction will be

made in the tuilire payjnien'ts of PiemMurn, at the option of the
Assured.

- The Fourth Septennial Valuation was made up to Christmas,
1844.

Assurances for Short Periods may now be effected in this
Office at considerably reduced Rates of Premium.
The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had
.at the
Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who
thorised to report on the on pearanee of Lives proposed

BOROUGH, Secreta

92, Cheap:

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To treat the Pu

them liberally with domestic comforts
the Principal and Masters.

no extras whatever

;eat in Church, and ordina

he family, providing
the same table with

•••,....ac. Gala VII cibC roiiy k,umeas per annum
Above 12, and under 15 years of age Fifty Guineas per annum
above 15 years of age Sixty Guineas per annum
Private Pupils One Hundred Guineas per annum. •

'SLY TO

THE REMOVAL OF A PUPIL.
Payment* in advance either Quarterly or Hal( Yearly
ri►e present Quarter terminates on the 29th instant.
ser 24th, 1846.

LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE SPANISH MARRIAGES

IMPORTANT CRISIS.
'aris correspondent of the Tirnes, writing from
ital on Saturday. says—" Never did more diffi-
culty present itself in the way of coming to a satisfactory
conclusion than in this affair of the_ ptcjected Moutpen-
sier marriage. England has most forcibly protested
against it here and at Madrid ; yet it is the more than
ever likely to be carried into effect. The opposition to
it declared in the protests of Mr. Bulwer and Lord Nor-
manby is unequivocal. The interview of the Marquis of
Normanby with M. Guizot yes,erdav was, it is presumed,
a very animated ore, for when M. Guizot issued from his
cabinet to conduct the noble lord to the entrance. he was
much flushed—a matter of rare occurrence with him.
Lord Normanby showed quite as much colour. They
had scarcely separated, when M. Guizot was besieged
by persons anxious to learn what had been the nature
of their conversation. It became known immediately
that M. Guizot professed himself satisfied with the
communication made to him, which (as I am informed)
he described as couched in terms much more moderate

than he had expected. This naturally produced a favour-
able effect out of doors, but to-day there is another ver-
sion of the story in circulation. It is said that the pro-
tast presented yesterday to M. Guizot by Lord Norrnanby
expressed in the most energetic terms the hostility of the
British government to the contemplated marriage of the
Duke de Montpensier with the Infanta of Spain, which,
the document contended, would bt in direct contraven-
tion of the Treaty of Utrecht. It added—if I be, as I
think I am well informed—that even if the treaty of
Utrecht baciceased to exist, or had nevcr bad existence, the
British government 'would protest with eunal energy
against the marriage, on the broad general ground that it
would affect the interests of all Europe, and disturb the
balance of power. The document is described to me as
concluding by the expression of a fear, or a conviction,
that `the marriage is calculated injuriously to affect the
relations subsisting between France and Great Britain.'
"No reply has been made, I believe, to this protest. It
was immediately forwarded to the king at St. Cloud. His
Majesty came into town in the course of the day, his
face, like that of M. Guizot, bearing the appearance of
satisfaction. A messenger was dispatched to London in
the afternoon.

" Thus you will see that the first step has been taken
by the British Government in opposition to this matri-
monial union. I know not what ought to be the next
diplomatic move, but in the meanwhile events progress.
The Duke de Montpensier took leave to-day of his friends.
He paid M. Guizot two visits, and proposes positively to
depart from Paris next Monday morning. You will per-
cieve, therefore, that a crisis of some kind is at hand.
The correspondent of the Morning Herald, however.
writing on the same day, says that Lord Normanby's note
did not contain one word of menace, did not contain a
protest, and did not even demand an adjournment of the
marriages. The note concludes some general observations
on the inconveniences which might arise from the project
in question, by an assurance that such observations have
been offered in the most friendly spirit, and with the in-
tention that the good understanding between the coun-
tries shall not be interrupted.

Which of these two authorities is right we do not pre-
tend to say.

LANCASHIRE RAILWAYS.—The Railway Times of
Saturday, in introducing a favourable article on the Li-
verpool, Ormskirk,and Preston Railway, mentions T
Holmes, Esq , as its originator, and says that the meet-
ing to be held on Wednesday, of the shareholders, natur-
ally "suggests certain inferences as to the compensation
which be is to receive." The following is a portion of
our contemporary's article:—" If England has reason to
hp nrAnd nF hoe rnilankr. a •

cause for congratulation in favour of hers, all of which
have been uniformly prosperous. The fact is, that Lan-
cashire is not only one of the most:populous sections of
the kingdom, but one which combines within itself all the
chief elements of success. Glancing northward, we per.
ceive Fleetwood, Lancaster, Preston, Blackburn, Chor-
ley, Kirkhsm Bolton, and Bury, intimately connected
with Liverpool end Manchester to the south ; and on the
north, with the great producing and manufacturing dis-
trict of the West Riding, comprising Leeds, Bradford.
Clithero. and other towns; the populations of these
towns being estimated, specifically, at from 70,000 to
3L0.000 souls. Contiguous to the whole of the northern
portion. it is matter of notoriety, that coal and iron nr"

abundant ; and the value of the cotton manufactures alone,
amounts to upwards or £06.000,000 annually, showing an
average increase of about £16.000.000 every ten years, as
instanced in 1824, 1834, and 1844."
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.—TLe nature of the
extensive works now going on at Euston-square is thus
specified by the Morning Chronicle :—The principal en-
trance to the station in Drummond-street w.. 11 undergo
alteration. In a line with it, however, at the south-west
corner of Wittlebury-street, a receiving-house is to be
erected ; and adjacent to this at the back, running the
whole length of the street, about 800 feet, will be formed
a station, so as to correspond with the one on the opposite
side, both verging into the permanent line. At the head
of this edifice nearest Drummond-street a commodious
pavilion will betuilt for the express accommodation of
the Royal Family. The building will be of the Doric or-
der. Further up the same aide of the above street, ano-
ther entrance to the terminus will be found, leading to a
range of stores for pareds and the auditors' office, They
will be three stories in height, and in unison with the ge-
neral style of architecture of the other parts. To the
left of the extreme end of this second station, extending
over the left of Cardington•street, nearly to the [lamp-
stead-road, and beneath where Bircbmoor-street stood,
;mmense buildings are in course of erection. One, the
ring department, is upwards of 300 feet in
0 fret in width, the roof supported by fifty
There is also a spacious smith factory,
ne
fluessha of
shaft, peculiarly
forces.isrlvbu built, 80 feet
line tertinin
ff. ih

Length, and 12,

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is termed the usual per-

reetirries their

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IWOODSIDE AND BIRKENHEAD FERRIES

To Me EDITOR of Me LIVERPOOL. STANDARD.

DEAR SIR,-1 beg' to call your attention to what ap.
pears to me a very shabby attempt on the part of the
proprietors of the Woodside Ferry. to' obtain custom for
their boats to the prejudice of the proprietors of the
Birkenhead Ferry. lalute io the bwird they have stuck
tip in their hosts-with "Birkenhead by Woodside" painted
on it ; and what is worse, the police themselves sometimes
lead ynu astray by miscullinz the boats. Last Saturday

niOlt I was gO:ing across to Birkenhead, and seeing a boat
to George's P,er, I asked the policeman
,r it was the Birkenhead
but knowing the shabby

'at, he replied that it wa

inquire

t to be cautioned not to

ray. If any meaning is

Bit ken head Per

d travellets

he inquires for a Woodside boat, he means
will take him to the Woodtide Ferry ; and therefore, if
the authorities have the power of so doing, they ought to
compel each bolt to have no na,Le placarded except that
of the ferry to which they belong. If they have no power
to put a stop to this unworthy attempt of the Woodside
people to cb.ain passengers, I would advise Messrs. E.
and S. Willoughhv to have a flaming board with "to

,oat whict

Birkenhead y" painted on it, and elevated as high as

the mast-head, so that neither they nor their friends may
he taken in, and that all who can read may be able to see
at once which is the boat which will take them to the
ferry where they wish to v. Thou,ch I have been in the
habit of crossing the river for the last twenty years, I
was very near trusting to the policeman's word, as it was
too dark to read what was written on the board, and
going into the Woodside host, which had I done, I should
have had no time to repair the error, as the boat was on
the point of starting. No doubt many are taken in in
the same way.—l remain, dear Sir, yours most truly,

VI ATO R

INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPACY

For our part we urge, says the Herald, in the strongest
manner, the immediate and the large increase of the epis-
copacy of England. But we should be content with forty,
or about twelve or fourteen above the present number,
being at the rate of one bishop to every 400,000 of the
people. But this ratio would leave Bangor and St. Asaph
united; for, together, they have only 354,000.
Meanwhile, however, the chief want of all remains un-
recorded. Can it be borne that Lancashire, with its
1,600,000 inhabitants, should be left any longer without a
bishop? To say that the Bishop of Chester, excellent.
man that he is,—is well able to take care of the 2,200,000
of people committed to his charge, is to s.iyt in tact, that
eight good bishops would be enough for the whole of
England!

But Manchester, it is said may be otherwise provided
for—funds may be provided in some other quarter. We

of tnec

we would urg

lid not consist in pecuniary questions. What
is, that a bishopric of Manchester is at
present enacted, and provided for, by statute

ho would repea

at" some other way m