The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-19 00:00:00

DESSERT FRUITS

JMIDDLEWOOD respectfully informaiiis Customers,
• Friends, and the Public, that he is now prepared to serve
Desserts to any extent, with a variety of ,Fruits, not to be
equalled in England. His Pines are of superior quality.
Melons, Peaches, Grapes, with every cVoice English Fruit,
in Season. A few Forbidden Fruit, als French Pears of all
the most approved sorts. His fine I perial Blue Raisins,
for Desserts, 3s. the Box. The fin Muscatel Layers, in
Boxes and Half Boxes. New Jordan Almonds and Portugal
Plums, in Boxes, 2s. 6d. each. His Filberts, Cob Nuts, and
Walnuts, prepared for keeping, are the best sample that
could be procured in London.
J. M. begs respectfully to inform his Friends and the Pub-
lic, that his Establishment, patronised for 40 years by Roy-
alty and the Nobility and Gentry of the surrounding Coun-
ties, is an advantage which few Fruiterers can boast of. His
extensive connections with Growers of Fruit renders him able
to meet every competitor. His Pines, which were placed before
his late Majesty, were pronounced the finest ever beheld. Also
his Forbidden Fruit, which :could not be equalled in the
kingdom, has met with the same flattering praise by her Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria this summer.
J. M. begs to offer to Country Dealers, &c., Grapes in
Barrels and Boxes, of superior quality ; Portugal Onions in
Boxes ; also 20 Barrels of fine Portugal Quinces, for preserv-
ing Marmalade, &c. ; fine Jamaica and East India Preserved
Ginger; Limes and Tamarinds; Ditto Jamaica; fine Shad-
dock Marmalade, Guava Ditto, and Jelly.
Just landed, a few Quarter and whole Cartoons of New
French Plums, Pornegranates, and Spanish Melons.
Mifldlewood's celebrated Botanic Oil for the Hair, 25.,
3s. 6d., and ss. per Jar.
To prevent an idea that where all the Choice Fruits are
sold, Inferior Fruits are not to be had at moderate prices,
comparison is the best test, and J. M. will sell good Foreign
Grapes, legal weight, at 6d. per lb. Olives, Capers, and a
great variety of Pickles and Sauces at London prices.
Fruit Warehouse, 6, Parker-street, near Church-street.

AN APPEAL FOR A POOR CURATE NEARLY
BLIND.

SOME friends of the Rev. J. W. Gowring, in'considera-
tion of his very afflicted case having, with his know-
ledge, begun a private subscription in his bel lf, it has been
determined to bring it before the Christ' n public, in the
hope that something will be done towar the support of a
very able minister of the Church of and, whose eyesight
has completely failed him for most o e duties of his office.
For, although he is just able to see his way in walking, he
cannot discern the largest print, nor indeed any object what-
ever distinctly; and it is the opinion of his medical advisers,
that the case may even end in total blindness.

As his mental'and bodily powers remain unimpaired, and
as his knowledge of Scripture is considered very extraordi-
nary by every one who hears him, it is possible that, by and
by, he may meet with some occupation in the Church—as a
lectureship, where the reading of the Church Service would
not be required of him ; and for this kind of duty he would
be admirably adapted by his gift of extempore preaching.
He was compelled to resign his Curacy, where he was fa-
voured by many privileges, and surrounded by almost every
comfort for four years. He has sought the most eminent
advice in the kingdom, and still his sight is becoming gradu-
ally worse, so that he felt it right no longer to remain in a
situation where an assistant curate has been maintained for
some time, for the sole purpose of affording him every possi-
ble means of recovery.

He is lett without the least means of support, except £7
a-year, arising from sums invested in the Savings' Bank, and
except such as may be afforded him by friends. Relations
he has none to rely upon, and the little property which he
was expecting through his wife will probably be lost to his
family by the conduct of an attorney. He closes a statement
of his case to the Bishop of Ripon in these words :
" I am in my thirty-first year, and have a wife and one
child three years old ; and unless the Lord in his good Pro-
vidence should see fit to provide something for our support,
I know not what is to become of us, as we have not a single
relation who is at all able to assist us, and the stipend arising
from my present curacy will cease in about a fortnight.
" The prospect before me is but a melancholy one ast o
temporal concerns, and yet I feel persuaded that my present
affliction is sent by the Lord for some wise but mysterious
purpose. In the midst of all my trials my mind is not par-
ticularly disturbed, as I firmly depend upon the word of
Jehovah, ' Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so that thou
shalt dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.' "

Harewood, 4th August, 1841
The following sums have been received:—
His Grace the Archbishop of York
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon
The West Riding of Yorkshire Clerical Chari-
table Society
The Rev. R. Hale, Vicar of Harewood
The Rev. R. Pym, Rector of Elmley
Mr. W. Braithwaite, Leeds
The Rev. Thomas Owen, Manchester
The Rev. H. Raikes, Chancellor of the diocese
of Chester
The Rev. Mr. Hill, Vicar of Chesterfield
The Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey, Bury St. Ed-
munds
The Rev. Richard Greenhall, Incumbent of
Stretton, near Warrington
Mr. M. Hutchinson, London
Mr. Wm. Chippendale, London
The Rev. J. B. Jebb ........................
The Society for the Relief of Poor Clergy ......
H. Goulburn, Esq., Jun., London
Henry Treacher, sq., Finsbury-square ...... 1 0
Some Friends at Stowmarket
Donations will be thankfully received by the Rev. I
HALE, Harewood, near Leeds ; the Rev. R. PYM, Elmle,
near Wakefield ; the Rev. T. OWEN, St. Clement's, Man
chester ; the Rev. .T. L. FIGGINS, St. Matthew's, Liverpool
the OFFICE of this PAPER; blr. W• BRAITHWAITE, stir
geon, Park-square, Leeds; Messrs. JOHN HATCHARD and
SON, 187, Piccadilly, London ; Mr. WILLIAM CHIPPIN-
DALE, 130, Bunhill-row ; and Mr. MATTHEW HUTCHIN-
SON, 48, Mark-lane.

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LIVERPOOL SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
Received at the Standard-office:
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Rev. P. Parry
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Elias Arnaud, Esq.
Mr. Thomas Garratt
George Beley, Esq. .

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TO THE ELECTORS OF LIME-STREET WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
AVING, a few days since, been honoured with a Requi-
.ll. sition, signed by a numerous and respectable Onion of
the Electors of your Ward, inviting me to bevcree a CAN-
DIDATE for the seat in the Town-council ich becomes
vacant in November next ; and having bre. received by you
last evening, at a Public Meeting, in a ..st flattering man-
ner, I cannot hesitate to accept yo invitation ; and, in
doing so, I beg you will permit me to offer my warmest thanks
for these marks of your distinction.
I am fully aware that a personal Canvass is, in most cases,
equally as disagreeable to the Electors canvassed as to the
Candidate, but still, being unknown to many of you, I shall
endeavour, between this period and the day of Election, to
become personally acquainted with each of you.
It is, perhaps, necessary for me to declare that I am a sup-
porter of the general policy of those distinguished indivi-
duals who have been recently called to the Councils of her
Majesty, believing, as I do, that their firm and unhesitating
manner of conducting the public affairs will be the most ad-
vantageous to this great Empire, and tend to restore confi-
dence in the Government. lam ready to admit that there
have been several good measures carried by the late Admi-
nistration, and which, during their discussion, received the
support of some of the present Ministers.
The question which now engages the attention of the coun-
try, as regards the course at present pursued by the American
Government, is one in which this Town is most deeply
interested, from its connexion with the American Trade, and
I trust that every exertion will be used to prevent hostilities
between the two countries, which could not but prove most
calamitous to this great commercial port.
It is to be regretted that so much party feeling has been
introduced into some of the local questions which have been
brought before the Town-council ; but it is gratifying to ob-
serve that the important question regarding the Dock
Estate has been so equitably arranged.
If I should have the honour to be returned as your mem-
ber to the Town-council at the approaching Election, allow
me to assure you, that no exertion on my part shall be
wanting to promote the general interests of the Town.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obliged and faithful servant,
JOHN B. LLOYD.
Liverpool, October 14, 1841.