The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

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No. 13851

LANDSEIR'S PICTURES or " PEACE" & " WAR•"

GRATE AND IRON BEDSTEAD MANUFACTORY,
83, GREAT GEORGE-STREET.
AMONG the many advantages of Iron over Wood
Bedsteads, are, their being more durable, neater, and
lighter in appearance, particularly those with the Improved
Joints, which can be fixed or taken asunder in a few moments.
Price :-6 feet, by 5 feet, with Screws, 16s.
Ditto, with Joints, 20s.
Children's Cots in great variety.
R. TAYLOR,
83, GREAT GEORGE-STREET.

MR. GRUNDY has the pleasure to announce that
the celebrated Original PICTURES of PEACE and WAR,
Painted by EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A., are now on PRIVATE
VIEW for a few days, in his Rooms.
REPOSITORY OF ARTS, •
26, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

BEARD'S

COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

ARE TAKEN DAILY,

9111 E PRICES OF CANAL COALS, AS REDUCED
ON TIIE IsT MAY,
By S. B. JACKSON.
Best House Coal 128. 6d. and 135. 6d. per ton.
Very Good Ditto 10s. Od. and 10s. 10d. „
Engine Slack. ss. per ton. I Best 7s. 6d.
Carted Free within the Borough.
General Office-21, Great Crosshall-street.
District Ditto-21, Moss-street.

Under the Superintendence of Mr. R. BEARD, Jun., of
London,
AT 34, CHURCH-STREET.

" The improvements constitute a perfect triumph of art.
The entire colouring can only be compared to the finest ena-
mel."—The Times, London, June, 1848.

The Specimen Rooms are open from Nine until Dusk

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

REDUCTION IN COALS.
CASE AND MORRIS,
COAL OFFICE-3, ROYAL BANK-BUILDINGS.

THE SUBSCRIBERS have OPENED a BRANCH
of their MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT at SAN
FRANCISCO, under the Management of Messrs. FRANKLIN
Osooon and T. W. COLBURN, late of Liverpool.
Consignments entrusted to us will receive our best attention.
Storage guaranteed. Proceeds of Shipments may be remitted
either to England direct by the West India Steamer, or via the
United States, through our Houses in New York and Boston,

BEST HOUSE COAL
SECOND DITTO

13s. Gd. per Ton
10s. Od. „

HAIGH COLLIERY,
OFFICE-11, OLDHALL-STREET.

SHAWLS

as may be found moat advantageous. The American Mails (by
Steam Communication,) reach New York from San Francisco
in thirty days. HARNDEN and CO., Liverpool.

THE Public are respectfully informed, that from Ist
MAY instant, the following REDUCED RATES will be
charged for the various qualities of COAL, CANNEL, and
SLACK, produced from the Mines of the Earl of Crawford
and Balcarres, situate at Haigh Colliery, near Wigan :
s. d.
King Coal (best House Fire Coal) l3 6 per ton.
Main Coal (second-rate Ditto) ll 0 „
Steam and Furnace Coal, from Bs. to 10 0 „
Large Cannel 16 0 „
Small Ditto 14 0 „
Slack, from ss. to 7 6 „
The above prices include the charge for cartage and delivery
to any part of the borough of Liverpool, and parties taking any
of the above articles from the different yards belonging to this
concern will receive an allowance of 10d. per ton.
JOHN GABBOTT, Agent.

WILLIAM PITT,

WHOLESALE PAPER-DEALER AND STATIONER,
No. 2, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
_ _

HAVING received the Appointment of AGENT for
the SALE of WALKDEN'S INK and INK POWDERS,
Manufactured by COOPER and PHILLIPS, (late Walkden,
Darby and Terry, No. 53, Shoe-lane, London,) begs to acquaint
the Trade in general, that they can be supplied with every de-
scription, in large or small quantities, on the came terms as
from the manufactory in London.

W. PITT embraces the present opportunity to thank his
Friends and the Public for the very liberal support he has
received since his commencement in business, and begs to
assure them that it is his utmost ambition to merit the confi-
dence of all who may be pleased to honour him with their
patronag._ .

STANDISH COAL OFFICE,
CANAL BASIN, 2, GREAT HOWARD-STREET.
LIVERPOOL.

N.B.Merchants' and Shipping Orders particularly attended
to, and the full amount of Excise Drawback allowed on all
Papers and Stationery for Exportation.

JOHN TAYLOR (of the Standish Coal Company)
eJ respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that on and
after the Ist instant, the COALS, conveyed by Canal from his
Collieries, Standish, near Wigan, will be REDUCED to the
undermentioned Prices. (Cartage Free, within the Borough.)
s. d.
King and Orrell Coals 13 6 per ton.
Best Standish Ditto 10 10 „
Second Ditto lO 0 „
Steam and Furnace Ditto, from Bs. to 10 0 ~
Slack, from ss. to
N.B.—Parties sending their own Carts will be allowed 10d.
per Ton off the above Prices.
May 1, 1849.

Account Books Ruled and Bound to any Pattern, and on the
most approved principle.

THE SAINT HELEN'S FLINT GLASS
COMPANY.

MANUFACTURERS OP

CUT, PRESSED, AND COLOURED GLASS,
(WAREHOUS'E, 4, HANOVER-STREET,)
OPPOSITE THE SAILORS' HOME,
. . -

Call the attention of large Consumers and the Public to the
advantages it affords in the extensive and varied assortment
of GLASS ARTICLES, of every kind, from the cheapest to the
finest quality.

Mei.&anti, Dealers, Captains, Surgeons, Druggists, Ship
Chandlers, Confectioners, Hotel Keeners, and others, have the
opportunity of selecting from a most extensive stock. while any
article of an unusual kind will be procured from the works at
Saint Helen's in the shortest time possible.
In compliance with the wish of numerous purchasers from
the country, there has been lately added to the supply of Lobby
Lamps always on hand, a selection of GAS CHANDELIERS,
of warranted materials and workmanship, at the lowest manu-
facturers' prices.
One Light, from £0 16 6 each.
Two Lights, from 1 1 6 „
Three Lights, from
4, HANOVER-STREET,
OPPOSITE THE SAILORS' HOME.

AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

—HEARTS RESOLVED AND HANDS PREPARED, THE BLESSINGS THEY ENJOT TO GUARD.—SmoLLET

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1849.

MISS COKER begs respectfully to inform the
Ladies of Liverpool and its Neiehhourhood that she has
returned from London, with her SPRING FASHIONS, which
will be shown on THURSDAY next, the 11th instant.
'7l, BOLD-STREET.

MRS. JONES respectfully informs the Ladies of
Liverpool, that she is now showing her SUMMER
FASHIONS in BONNETS, CAPS, MANTLES, DRESSES,
&c.
102, BOLD.STREET.

NEW LACE AND MILLINERY WAREHOUSE
18A, BERRY-STREET.

HADRILL (from Messrs. BRIGHT, SON, and
AL • LEGGE's,) begs respectfully to call the attention of the
Ladies of Liverpool to his STOCK of LACE, MILLINERY,
STRAW BONNETS, RIBBONS, FEOWERS, GLOVES, HO-
SIERY, PARASOLS, &c., all of which have been selected with
the greatest care from the First Houses in London by himself
and an experienced Milliner from Paris.

The Storc-k will be found replete with all the New Goods of the
Season, which, for good taste and moderate Prices, will vie with
any in town.

ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
WANTED, a clever CAP MILLINER.

SHAWLS, MANTLES, dm
ALL the NOVELTIES for the Season having ar-
rived, the Largest and Cheapest STOCK of Fashionable

AND MANTLES

WILL BE FOUND, AS USUAL, AT
PRINGLE'S SHAWL WAREHOUSE

44, BOLD-STREET

FOR THE SPRING TRADE

ENGLISH and FRENCH Striped, Figured, Shot,
Damask, Brocade, Moire and Glace

3 I L-K
;
Norwich, Paisley, Edinburgh, and French
SHAWLS•
DELAINES, CACHMERES, CHALLIES, FLOUNCED
DRESSES, (in various Fabrics,) MANTLE S, BONNETS;
PARASOLS, RIBBONS,

and every description of Fancy Goods, fo'r Ladies' Costume,
are n4vr arriving. The Stock will be complete THIS DAY,
when general display will be made.

The F'timily Linen aid General Manchester Departments are
particularly well assorted, and present many decided attrac-
tions.

JOHN BRISCOE,
60, and 62, OLDHALL-STREET.

FISHING BOOTS AND STOCKINGS,
CRICKET GLOVES. •
THE best Assortment of the above Articles will be
found at
CALEB WALKER'S,
42, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET.
N.B.—This is the only Establishment in Liverpool for the
exclusive Sale of
CHAS. MACINTOSH AND CO.'S
WATERPROOF. AIRPROOF, AND VULCANIZED INDIA
RUBBER MANUFACTURES,
• WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

THOMAS DISMO RE,
' SILVERSMITH AND JEWELLER,
BEGS to announce his REMOVAL to more cor
modious Premises, _

NO. 2, BOLD-STREET,
where he has an increased Stock of Superior SILVER PLATE
JEWELLERY. SHEFFIELD and ELECTRIC-PLATE
WATCHES, &c. &c.

WOOLLEN I

J.

[PRICE FOURPENCE,

CAUTION.
Q EVERAL PARTIES IN LIVERPOOL are VEND
ING a COMPOSITION for Picture Frames and other
Decorative Purposes, made to imitate, and which are sold for
Papier. Mach 4, thereby injuring the just reputation yvhicl
" Bielefeld 's" Papier Mach 6 has acquired for its extreim
Sharpness, Lightness, and Toughness, never cracking gr open.
ing with age, as all other Compositions will do. The fAudYna3
be detected from the weight of the Composition Orthinents,—
Bielefeld's Papier MacW being quite as light,-and having ali
the sharpness and relief of Wood Carving, at about one-third
the cost.

The subscriber, having the sole right of sale for Lancashire
respectfully informs the Public that the only Establishment
where Bielefeld's Patent Manufacture are to be procured are a
52, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,

104, KING-STREET, MANCIIETER
WILLIAM GREGG, Pri

•oprigtor,

DINING AND DRAWING ROOM
CARPETS. -4..

GEO. WOODS respectfully invites attention
to his STOCK, which now consists of all the
newest and most novel designs in TAPESTRY, VELVET
PILE BRUSSELS, KIDDER, DUTCH, an other
CARPETS, HEARTH-RUGS, DOOR-RUGS, &c. ;
MO R BENS, DAMASKS, CHINTZES, and every
description of Article for Curtains; WINDOW MUS-
Net and Lace
&c. Well-
MOTHS.

LINS, SWISS EMBROIDERY, SHADES,
Curtains, &C. ; FftINGES. GIMP, TASSEL-,
seasoned BRISTOL and LONDON FLOOR-

ADELPIII-HOUSE, 21, BOLD-STA
The only Establishment in Livefpool sc
FURNISHING.

THE NEW TASSEL FASTENER BROOCH,
IN EVERY VARIETY, AT
THOMAS DISMORE'S
2, BOLD-STREET.

Th.? following is from the Art Journal for February, 1849 :
" TASSEL FASTENER.-Our lady readers will thank us for
calling their attention to an ornamental and useful invention
1-• tr IU, TN: r - -

,
&c. It consists of two pins, which may be made of the cheap-
est or most costly manufacture, from each of which a chain,
terminating with tassels, is suspended; these chains work
upon a small block or pully, and the pins being inserted, one

.•• • y .1611LCIlell
at the discretion of the wearer, by merely drawing together
the chains. As an application of an ingenious design to a use-
ful purpose, it is worthy of mention in our columns."

THE LARGEST STOCK

WOOLLEN GOODS
EVER OFFERED IN THIS T(

ARE NOW SELLING OFF,

REDUCED PRICES,
(THE PROPRIETOR RETIRING FROM BUSINESS,) AT
MORRIS'S WOOLLEN WAREHOUSE,
80, LORD-STREET.
THE STOCK amounts to about £12,000, including
3000 worth of the NEWEST IN SPRING GOODS,
which have been bought within the last fortnight.

The superior character of the Articles which have always
been kept, during the Seventeen Years' Business has been con-
ducted by the Proprietor on these Premises, bis determination

to effect a Clearance in as short a time as po'ssibleTiindWr;lT
vance in Prices in the Manufacturing Districts, combine to
render this opportunity important to Purchasers, and more
especially to W) 1 'r !MITI and CAtlllf 1.1/ nlvarebr.

_
The Stock consists of about
'3BOO BROAD CLOTHS, all Colours and Qualities ;
250 FANCY TROWSERINGS, in English, French, and
Scotch Manufacture ;
1000 BLACK and OXFORD-MIXED DOESKINS ;
300 DRAB CASSIMERES and KERSEYS ;
1800 BEAVERS and PILOT CLOTHS ;

600 CASHMERETTES, LLAMAS, TWEEDS, and other
Articles for OVERCOATS ;
1000 SATINS, VELVET VESTINGS, and SILK GOODS ;
503 other VESTINGS, including the Newest Styles for the
Present Season ;
600 TAILORS' TRIMMINGS ;
400 DRILLS, GAMBROONS, VELVETS, CORDS, &c.
80, Lord-street, April 2, 1849.

BIRKENHEAD HOTEL
B. JONES,

(FOR MANY YEARS CONNECTED WITH THE GEORGE
HOTEL, DALE-STREET,)
RESPECTFULLY informs his numerous Friends
and the Public, that he has concluded arrangements for
the occupation of

THE "BIRKENHEAD HOTEL,"
Which was Opened for Business on Tuesday, the Ist of May
_ _

B. JONES, in making this announcement, conceives it desir-
able that he should state, that in opening this large Establish-
ment, his main reliance for support is based on
SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION AND ECONOMICAL
CHARGES
combined. On inspection it will be found that both HOTEL,
GARDENS, STABLES, &c. have been remodelled with a view
4^

PUBLIC CONVENIENCE ANTI ENJOYMENT.
,w
THE HOTEL DEPARTMENT
will be conducted so as to encourage the support of casual
visitors desirous of the most pleasant river scenery on the Mer-
sey, combined with a healthful atmosphere; and residents in
Liverpool wishful to have summer change, without that sacri-
fice of time so unavoidable in going to a greater distance.
THE EXTENSIVE TEA GARDENS
have been fitted up, bearing duly in mind the advantages given
to the middle and lower classes, in crossing at reduced fares,
qween the Lan, Cr he river.

an neshire sides of t.,
THE BOWLING GREEN,
QUOITING AND SKITTLE GROUNDS,
will be kept in that perfect order requisite to the full enjoy-
',,` ment of these OLD ENGLISH GAMES and athletic exercises,
" so conducive to health.
THE STABLING DEPARTMENT
is moat extensive, and B. JONES trusts that his long practical
experience will be a sufficient guarantee as to the conducting of
this department in a superior manner; he would merely add,
that he has made arrangements for
SUMMERING HUNTERS
in roomy Boxes,. so as to give perfect satisfaction.
As a conclusion to this advertisement, B. JON'

,ds simply
requests from his Friends and the Public a-fair decision on the
merits of the Establishment which he is about to open.
Birkenhead.

WHMOND,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
ATER, HATTER, HOSIER, AND GENTLE-
MEN'S OUTFITTER,
t NO. 1, CHURCH-STREET, AND 1 AND 3, PARADISE-
_ STREET.

IN placing this address before the Public, I beg
respectfully to call attentioi to the established rule of any
commercial transactions, namely:
Firstly—lnvariably to Purchase for READY MONEY, at the
best and cheapest market.
Secondly—Selling on similar terms of PROMPT PAYMENT
for all Goods, on or before delivery.
Thirdly—Charging the LEAST PROFIT upon the Goods, and
Marking them in Plain English
Fourthly—Giving even
sonable man can look for.
It is a recognised principle of Trade that the fewer hands
through which any article is made to pass so much the better
it is for the consumer, because the article can be brought into
general use with the least burden of Profits

advantage for MONEY that any rea-