The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-12 00:00:00

EXHIBITION.
CAPTAIN SIBORN' S MODEL OF THE BATTLE
OF WATERLOO.
THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WA-
TERLOO will be OPENED for EXHIBITION on
MONDAY next, at the GALLERY OF THE UNION Rooms,
Slater-street, Bold-street.
Open from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad-
mission, One Shilling each.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS' ANNIVERSARY.
THE ANNIVERSARY of the NATIONAL SCHOOLS
connected with the ESTABLISHED CHURCH will
take place on THURSDAY, the 18th inst., when a SERMON
will be preached in St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. ROBERT
W. EVANS, M,A., Rector of Tarven, and Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge ; after which a Collection will be made
in aid of the funds of the different Schools.
The Committee of Management will attend at the BLUE-
COAT HOSPITAL, on Monday, the 15th, Tuesday, the 16th,
and Wednesday, the lith inst., from Twelve to Two o'clock,
and on the Morning of the Anniversary, for the purpose of
distributing Tickets of Admission to the Public.
Divine Service will commence at Eleven o'clock.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
SECOND INSTALMENT OF FIVE POUNDS per
SHARE, on the NEW SHARES.
THE DIRECTORS, in pursuance of the provisions of the
Jl Act of Incorporation, have This Day made a CALL of
the Second Instalment of £5 per Share on the Call of £l5
per Share on the New Shares, and have appointed that the
same be paid to one of the Company's Bankers on or before
the 15th of June. The proprietors are, therefore, required
to pay the same accordingly.—The Company's Bankers are,
In Liverpool The North and South Wales Bank.
In Chester Messrs. Dixons and Wardell.
Interest at the rate of £5 per Cent. per Annum will be
charged on all sums remaining unpaid after the date ap-
pointed for payment. WM. DIXON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
24, Fenwick-street, Liverpool, Ist June, 1840.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
CARRIAGE OF GOODS TO AND FROM LONDON.
rr HE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY
inform the Public, that, in order to ensure to the Lon-
don Trade the same advantage of moderate and uniform
Charges for the Carriage of Merchandise as is now afforded
by the Grand Junction Line between Birmingham and Liver-
pool and Manchester, they have, in conjunction with Messrs.
Chaplin and Horne, of London, made arrangements whereby
the Public who may he disposed to avail themselves of this
means of conveyance will obtain a considerable reduction in
the Rates, and avoid all uncertain or extra Charges, under
the head of Cartage and Porterage, on the delivery of the
Goods in London, or the forwarding of the Goods from
thence.
The Rates fixed will include all Charges of Delivery to the
receiver of the Goods in London, if resident within the limits
of the London Porterage Act, as also the Cartage and Por-
terage in London, on all Goods forwarded, with the excep-
tion of the Booking, when required, of Goods forwarded
from London.
Time Scale of Rates will be as follows, including Delivery,
&c., in London :
For Iron and other Metals, Castings, raw ,
Sugar, Tallow, Lead, and other Coarse
Goods ....
For Packs, Drapery Trusses, Hardware
Packed, Butter, General Groceries, Pro -
visions. Oils, &c. &c. 64s. Bd.
79
For Glass in Crates, Indigo, Loose Hides,
Spirits, Wines,&e., Tea, Manufactured
Tobacco, Woollen Yarns, &c.
For Plate and Crown Glass in Cases, Lug-
PI
gaget Poultry Dead, Raw and Manufac-
Articles, such as Hats, Furniture,
795. Bd.
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Pictures, Light Glass Shades, &c., and single articles weigh-
ing less than 1 Cwt. will be charged at proportionately higher
rates.
Further particulars may be learned on application to the
Company's Agent, at the Wapping Station, Liverpool ; or
at the Merchandise Station, Liverpool-road, Manchester ; or
at Vauxhall, Birmingham • as also at the following Offices
and Receiving Houses of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, in
London :

Swan with Two Necks Lad-lane.
Spread Eagle ...
Cross Keys Wood-street.
George and Blue Boar Holborn.
Golden Cross Charing Cross. '
Universal Office, Regent Circus Piccadilly.
Griffin's Green Man and Still Oxford-street.
In order to prevent misconception, it is proper to state,
that the Company undertake, with respect to all Goods for-
warded by them as Carriers, all the responsibilities custom-
arily undertaken by other Carriers ; and that all communi-
cations on the subject of the Merchandise Business will be
promptly attended to by the Agents, at the Offices above-
mentioned.
The business, on the terms now advertised, will commence
on the Bth June next, on and after which time Goods will be
forwarded at the rates in question from Liverpool, Manches-
ter, and London; as also at proportionately lower rates from
the Company's Merchandise Stations, at Warrington, Staf-
ford, and Wolverhampton, to London, or from London to
the said Stations. By order of the Directors.
Liverpool, May 30, 1840.