The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

TIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.
I —An ADJOURNED SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of GOVERNORS and SUBSCRIBERS to the above Charity
is intended to be held at the CLA RENDON-ROOMS. TO-MOR-
ROW (Wednesday). the 17th inst., at Twelve o'clock, to receive
a Report from the Committee appointed to Re-investigate the
Circumstances attending Dr. Hibbert Taylor's Resignation
of the Office of Honorary Surgeon.

HENRYH CROSFIELD, Treasurer,
JOSEPH HADWEN, Hon. Sec.
Liverpool, May, 1854.

NOTICE.-LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.
MARCUS'S ANNUAL EXCURSIONS

TO
LONDON, OXFORD, BEDFORD, PETERBOROUGH,
NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER, LEAMINGTON, CO-
VENTRY, BIRM I NGH A M, SHRE WSBURY, STAFFORD,
LICHFIELD, TAM WORTH, WOIXERH AM PTON, &c.
On SATURDAY, June 3rd, and MONDAY, June sth.
For further particulars and rate of Fares see small bills.
HENRY R. MARCUS,
Manager and Conductor of Excursion Trains to the London
and Northwestern Railway Company.
19, Leigh-street, Liverpool.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

• NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,tVaT the FORTIETH AN-
NUAL. GENERAL COURT of this SOCIETY will be held in
Ginn's ROYAL HOTEL, Prince's-street, on FRIDAY, the 26th
day of May next, at Three o'clock p.m., in terms of and for
the purposes specified in the Articles of Constitution ; and
also, that there will be submitted for consideration certain
Resolutions or Bye-laws, approved of by the Extraordinary
Court of Directors, and which have for their object,
1. To extend the amount of risk which may be undertaken
by the Society, by way of Assurance upon any one Life;
and,
2. To give the Directors a discretionary
power in regard to
the expenses attending the Remittance of Monies.
WM. LINDESAY, Secretary.
Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square, 21st April:lBsC

SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELE-
GRAPH COMPANIES

AND
BRITISH TELEGRAPH COMPANY,

The SUBMARINE and EUROPEAN TaEoIiAPH COM-
PANIES' Linea are NOW OPEN to LIVERPOOL, MAN-
CHESTER, &c., and the following GREAT REDUCTIONS
in TARIFF have been made.

NO CHARGE FOR NAME AND ADDRESS.
*** No PORTERAGE FIRST MILE.
Between— a. d.
London and Liverpool
London and Manchester
London and Birmingham 1 0 ditto.
Liverpool and Manchester
Liverpool and Birmingham 1 0 ditto.
Manchester and Birmingham 1 0 ditto.
Birmingham and London
Birmingham and Liverpool 11 0 ditto.
Birmingham and Manchester
~„

For full Particulars, List of Towns, Continental Tariffs, &c.,
apply at the Office :7-___

• LONDON-30, Cornhill ; 43, Regent-circus, Piccadilly; and
House of Commons during the Session.
LIVERPOOL-23,Castle-street. CHATHAM-303, High-street.
MANCHESTER-1, Market- CANTERBURY-36, High-
place. street.
BIRMINGHAM--104, New- DOVER-7, Clarence-place.
street. I DEAL—IOO, Beach-street.
GRAVESEND-45,TheTerrace.
HULL. GLASGOW, LEEDS, and the DISTRICTS NORTH
of MANCHESTER, &c., will immediately be placed in DI-
RECT COMMUNICATION with the above places and LON-
DON, at REDUCED CHARGES.

THE CONTINENT.
The Submarine and European Companies possess the EX-
CLUSIVE right of DIRECT communication between Eng•
land, and France, and Belgium, and have direct lines over
ALL EUROPE. The aboVe important districts are thus
placed in instantaneous communication with the entire
Continent.

G. L. PARROTT, Secretary,
Submarine and European Telegraph Com

TO THE PARISHIONERS.—The conduct of
the Churchwardens, in reference to the " Voluntary
Church Rtte" for the present year, having been severely
criticised in some quarters, and as statements are current
calculated to mislead public opinion upon the subject, they
feel it a duty they owe to themselves and the Ratepayers,
more clearly to define their relative positions.
At the time they accepted office the Churchwardens were
obliged to assume an actual debt of £648 19s. 9d. on the
" Church Account," bequeathed to them by their predeces-
sors. During the past year they have reduced that debt to
.4156 6s. 3d. ; but for this sum they are personally liable.
On Easter Tuesday the Accounts were submitted to the
Parishioners, and passed. R. then became the duty of the
Churchwardens to propose a rate for the liquidation of this
balance, and the payment of such charges on account of the
Parish Churches as had been usual; but, on doing so, the
Vestry decided by a poll that no rate should be levied for the
purpose I—thus ignoring the debt of £356 6s. 3d., and refus-
ing to sanction the levy of the rate that had been customary.
The disagreeable alternative was thus forced upon the
Churchwardens to put a stop at once to all further expendi-
ture, and to acquaint the officials connected with the churches
that the Parishionershad no furtheroccasion for their services.
The Churchwardens forbear to make any comment upon
the course which the Parishioners have thought fit to adopt
towards them ; but they submit that it ought not to occasion
surprise or excite animadversion, when they decline to incur
any further liabilities on behalf of the public, unless provided
with the funds necessary to discharge the obligations imposed
upon them. _ _ _

Being now thrown back upon a "Voluntary Church Rate,"
it will depend upon the result of the collections how soon,
and to what extent, the Churchwardens may feel justified in
resuming the expenditure as heretofore.

C. FRED. CAINE }
' Churchwardens.
ROB. HUTCHISON,
10th May, 1854.

PHOTOGRAPHY.-J. ATKINSON, Importer
and Manufacturer of every article in the above Art,
has always in Stock some of the most approved Lenses and
Cameras, of all the various sizes; Glass Baths and Plates,
Collodion Cases, Matts, Passepartonts, Preservers, Canons,
Paper, &c. Purchasers taught free of charge.

fIIVING IN LONDON.
BED and BREAKFAST. 3s. TEA, Is., at
THE CLARENDON PRIVATE BOARDING-HOUSE,
18 17,—ARUNDEL-STREET, STRAND,-18 .3- 17,
Close to Temple-bar, St. Paul's, Theatres, Parke, &c.

TO THE INHABITANTS OF CHESHIRE.

SHARPE and CO., COFFEE DEALERS, 14, Exchange-street
East, Liverpool, beg to apprise Families and Hotelkeepers
that they have appointed Mr. JOHN COCKCROFT, of BIR-
KENHEAD (Manufacturer of the celebrated Barm Ginger
Beer), SOLE AGENT for the SALE of their superior COFFEE,
at Is. 6d. per pound.—All orders entrusted to Mr. Cockcroft
will be attended to with despatch, and warranted the same
quality that has brought Sharpe and Co. into such celebrity.

BATHS,
HIP, SHOWER,

SPONGING, &c.,
In great Variety and Moderate Prices, to be had from
WILLIAM BRIDSON,
FURNISHING IRONMONGER,
128, BOLD-STREET,
Four Doors from St. Luke's Church.

GREAT FIRE IN MANCHESTER.
MESSRS. THOMAS 111ILNE!L_AyD SON.

GENTLEMEN,—In the large fire on Wednesday, March let,
which destroyed all the property in my warehouse, I am happy
to say that your Fire-resisting Safe preserved my books and
documents uninjured, although completely surrounded by the
flames. JOSEPH GILL.
21, Bread-street, Manchester, 3rd March, 1854.