The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

AND THE

PURCHASE OF R.EVER.4iagiaIFE CONTINGENCIES.

CAPITAL, ONE MILLION STERLING.
The whole paid up and invested, and entirely independent of
the amount of premiums received.
Fire Policies due at MICHAELMAS must be paid on or before
the 14th of October.
By order of the Board,
JOHN CHARLES DENHAM, Secretary.
AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL:
Messrs. EASON and BARRY.
Messrs. BELOE and DAVIES.
Mr. GEORGE MARSDEN.
Mr. MAURICE MOCATTA.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
NO. 6, NEW-BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKPRIARS,
LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.

DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. Sir THOS. FRANKLANI) LEWIS, 8art.,111.P.,
Chairman.
HENRY FRED. STEPHENSON. Esq., Deputy-Chairman.

AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL—T. 0. COOPER-and SON.
MEDICAL REFEREE FOR LIVERPOO BERTSON, M.D.
The following are among advantages offered by this
Society :
LOWER RATES of Pr mm than those of any other Office
which entitle the ass to participate in the profits, and con-
siderably lower tha those of any other Mutual Assurance So-
cie_ty.
No PROPRIETARY participate in the profits, the WHOLE be-
ing divisable among the Assured.
A Dorms is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual
Premium, to every Policy. effected on theixtrticipating Scale, if
a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits.
The first Bonus, in 1834, averaged .416 per cent. on the Pre-
miums paid.
The second ditto, 1839, ditto .421 ditto since the Ist
division.
The third ditto, 1844, ditto se36 ditto since the 2d
division.
Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli-
,cation- to the following Agents :
By order of the Directors,
T. 0. COOPER, and SON, 7, Rumford-street, Liverpool.
Warrington Mr. Edward West.
Wigan Mr. Joseph Darlington.
Belton Henry Glover, Esq.
Blackburn Mr. T. B. Chadwick.
Manchester Thomas Michael Baines Esq., 5, Cromford-

court, Market-street,

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Boards
of Management of the GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,-end that of the INDIA AND
LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, are united ;and
that henceforth the business of both will be transacted at the
Office of the GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE.
SOCIETY, 14, WATERLOO-PLACE. Proposals for Assurance,
'and other communications, will likewise be received at No. 17,
CORNHILL, the present Office of the INDIA AND LONDON
COMPANY.

GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY AND INDIA AND LO ON LIFE
ASSURANCE CO Y,
'l4, WATERLOO-PLACE, AND , CORNHILL,:CITY.
DIRECT S.
The Chisholm, Erchless Cast Inverness-shire, and-Chapel-
street, Grosvenor-place, den, Chairman.
Richard Hartley Kenned q.,(late Physician General, Bom-
bay,) Deputy Chair nof the Oriental Bank, Recington
Lodge, Notting Hi , Deputy Chairman.
William Morley, Esq., Blackheath, Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Stroud Barber, Esq., 36, Fenchurch-street, and Wan-
stead, Essex.
Francis Brodigan, Esq., Garden-court, Temple.
James William Deacon, Esq.,•Walbrook, and Southvriek-place,
Hyde Park-square.
Harry George Gordon, Esq., SE, Porchester-terrace, Chairman
of the Oriental Bank.
Henry Allan Harrison, Esq., St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Sussex,
Director of the Oriental Bank.

AlWande; Robert Irvine, Esq., 14, Waterloo-place,,Managing
Director.

John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Upper Ground-street, Bktekfriars.
Frederi.:k Jones, Esq., Old-square, Lincoln's Inn.
James John Kinloch, Esq., Kair, Kincardineshire,-and Glou-
cester-road, Hyde Park Gardens.
Henry Lawson, Esq., Fortess Terrace, Kentish Town.
Robert Francis Power, Esq.; M.D., Queen-street, May-fair.
Archibald Spens, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, Manor House,
Inveresk, N.B.

GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
This Society is established upon the most approved princi-
ples of the Mutual System, and allows credit for half the amount
of the first five Annual Premiums.

The first division of profits will be in the year 1849.
Proposals of every description entertained involving the con-
tingency of human life.

INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
CAPITAL, £250,000, IN 5000 SHARES OF EACH.
This Company assures the liver: of healthy persons in any part
of the world, at as low rates of premium as can be taken con-
sistently with perfect securityovhilst, for the accommodation
of the assured, a Half-Premium Table (No. 2) has been con-
structed on a plan peculiar to Oda Office, and affording greater
advantages to parties assuring for short periods, with the option
of continuing for the remainder of life.
Also invalid lives, whether alLicted with mental or bodily
infirmities.
And lives of Naval and Military Officers and Civilians in
India, in any of the Colonies, or cther parts of the world.
Annuities granted, and endowments for widows and children.
A. R. IRVINE, Manager, 14, Waterloo-place.
Agent—Mr. U. J. ANDERSON, 10, Chapel-street,
Liverpool.

Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant,"
is written on the Government Stamp.

,QERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica and Lum-
bago. Sold by the Propnetor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. '7, Lo-
vell's-court, Paternoster-row, London; and by.all Vendors of
Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per Bettie.
The astonishing success which has crowned the application
of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable
cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining
even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every
other means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the
attention of the afflicted. _ _

This excellent Medicine, so universally estee ed, is unat-
tended with the least danger or inconvenienc undreds have
experienced its happy and salutary effec since it was first
introduced; and such are the prope ' of this invaluable
Specific that persons labouring on the most distressing
Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, ai Lumbago, and rendered
thereby incapable of assisting mselves, have been relieved
in a few hours.
Amongst many which ar eing daily received are-thefollow.
mg testimonials :
Mori . s Hotel. Strand, 18th August, 1846.
S 111,-4 have hitherto had a prejudice against having recourse
to advertised medicines, but as I have for years been a severe
sufferer from Lumbago, as well as Sciatica, and having tried
several of•the most eminent Physicians of London and Paris, I
was induced by a friend to make a trial of your liquid, called
" Serjeant's•Lotion." I think it in gratitude due to you to say,
in less than an hour from the time I applied the Lotion, I felt
the most pleasant and indescribable relief. The immediate
effect was to produce a short but tranquil and most refreshing
slumber, from which I awoke to enjoy that which was, from its
novelty,. the greatest happiness—perfect quietude and freedom
from pain. The,number of poor souls that suffer as I have is
immense, and if the publication of this testimony can induce
one to accept q•the salvation yon offer, I shall feel that I have
not lived in yam.,--With many thanks, I am yours,
HENRI VILLENNLWE.

14, Belmont place, Wandsworth-road, Oct. 26, 1844.
sigma I feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffer-
ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in
the hip joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to
try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that after
three applications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al-
though two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder.
—I am, Sir, gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES.

4. Paternoster-ray.

"Sia,—Having been informed of tne surpnsmg cure of Mr.
Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted
by Rheumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was
compelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his
committing any violence, and whose case was considered en-
tirely hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, and
being satisfied of the truth of my information, encouraged me
to make a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining
little hopes of success, having been many years so severe a suf-
ferer, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam
very happy in being able to add my testimony of the benefit
I derived: after a few days' application the use of my limbs are
perfectly restored, and I am now able to attend my business,
and, making an allowance for my age, nevernwas better in my
life. To those. however severely afflicted and hopeless their
case may have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial,
feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their
limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine.
Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to
those who are deprived, none feels it so severely as the trades-
man or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and
brings ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to
make it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I am
for my restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly,
GEORGE PoLLA AD.
October 20, 1844.

Well-street, Cripplegate.
Sra,—l have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout
and Rheumatism, not a part from my head to my feet free from
pain, and as helpless as an infant : not even a finger could 1
move. In tins unpleasant situation I was informed by my me-
dical attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that
I might remain months in my deplorable situation.
Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I might
have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close appli-
cation of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis-
appear; in a week I was capable of walking about my, room,
and by another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi-
cine was enabled to leave London. Fearful of another attack,
you will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant,— D. W. STONE.

Sold by Pendlebury, Russell• street ; Titherington, .Oxford-
street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street;
Coupland, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson,
New Scotland-road ; Neal Scotland-road ; Simpson, Scotland-
road, opposite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, Vauxhall-road;
Britten, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great
Homer-street ; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row ; Low,
Islington ; Walker, London-road ; Parry, Christian-street ;
Wagstaff, Great George-place ; Priestley, Lord-street; Smith
Woodside. Price, Wavertree

Professor Schonbein, who invented the gun cotton, is
stated, in the Revue Seientifique et Industrielle, to have
succeeded in rendering papier mache transparent, by
causing it to undergo a certain metamorphosis, which he
calls catalytic, for want of a more intelligible term. He
makes of this new paper window-panes, vases, bottles,
&c., which zre perfectly impermeable to water, which may
be dropped on the vound without
.brealiing, and which
are perfectly transparent.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
SEVENTH CALL OF .41 PER SHAREL MAKING THE

AMOUNT CALLED .t'37 10s. PEA? SHARE.
IN pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Direc-
tors, Shareholders in this Company are required to pay, on
or before THURSDAY, the 21st October next, a CALL of 14VE
POUNDS PER SHARE, to either the undermentioned
Bankers :
LONDON Messrs. Gly nd Co., Lombard-street.
LIVERPOOL Liverpoo orough Bank.
BANGOR Messr illiams and Co.
Interest at the rate Five per Cent. per Annum will be
charged on all Calls aining unpaid on the said 2ist October.
By ord r, GEORGE KING, Secretary.
61, Moorgate-street, London, 21st Sept., 1847.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
London, 345, Strand September 1841847.

COMMERCIAL TELEZii,APH.

The works of the lines for commercial communications, be-
tween the places enumerated below, embracing a system of
telegraphs for commercial purposes only, and distinct from
that reserved for the special use of railways, being so far ad-
vanced as to admit of their completion by the commencement
of the coming year, the directors think that the time has now
arrived when it• becomes their duty to make known the ar-
rangements which they contemplate for the accommodation of
the public.
Stations will be opened in central situations in the principal
towns, whence messages tt• 4 dispatch ' I be forwarded to,
and received from all the other s ons of the Electric Tele-
graph Company.
In order to give to nwrch s, bankers, manufacturers, and
all connected with trade, e greatest possible amount of in-
formation, a room will reserved in each of the company's
stations for subscri ; in which will be received, tabulated,
and exhibited, all i elligence of commercial or public interest ;
for instance—
Ship Lifts from the various ports.
Share Lists from the various exchanges.
Prices Current.
Stock Exchange Lists.
Corn Markets from the various towns.

Prices of Live Stock, &c. &c. &c.
In London, a Central Station, suited to the importance of the
Metropolis, is in course of erection in the immediate vicinity of
the Bank and Royal Exchange ; in this station the'Whole tele-
graphic news of the country will be concentrated and forwarded
in every direction; and here, as in other towns,•tt room will be
reserved for subscribers.

The subscription to these rooms will be two guineas per
annum, paid in advance, which will entitle subscribers to the
right of entrance to all the subscription rooms of the company,
including the central station at London.
The foregoing details some of the advantages of the commer-
cial telegraph to subscribers, but the requirements of the public
in general will be provided for by the establishment of offices
whichwill at all times be open for the reception and transmis-
, sion-df messages and dispatches, while messengers will he kept
at the various stations, by whom dispatches may be sent to any
part of the town where the commtmitaticon has been received
bytelegraph at the company's station.
Subscribers' names are received at the Commercial Telegraph
(Mice, where any further information may be obtained.
The following are the towns to Which the commercial tele-
graph will be first extended:—
London Barnsley Peterborough Chelmsford
Margate Wakefield Yarmouth Ipswich
Ramsgate Leeds Huntingdon York
"Deal Halifax Hertford Darlington
Dover Rochdale Manchester Newcastle
Folkestone Hull Leicester Berwick
Canterbury Maidstone Derby Edinburgh
Northampton Tonbridge Nottingham Glasgow
Coventry Gosport 'Lincoln Scarborough
Birmingham Southampton Chesterfield Bridlington
Wolverhampton Winchester Sheffield Stamford
Stafford Dorchester Bradford Norwich
Chester Bristol Visbeach St. Ives
Liverpool Gloucester -Lowestoff Ware
Rotherham Cheltenham Cambridge Colchester.
J. !LEWIS RICARDO, Chairman.

THE SHAKSPEARE MEMORIAL.
AN APPEAL TO TEE PEOPLE OF GREAT
BRITAIN.

The especial object'of "the subjoined Meeting being under the
Patronage of
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 1 WAGER,
H.R.H, THE PRINCE 1 BERT,
Right Hon. the Earl Delawarr, Lo . Brooke,
RightHon.theEarl of Warwick, • in. C. B. Percy,
Right Hon. the Earl Denbigh, it R. Peel, Bart., M.P., '
Right Hon. the Earl Howe, Sir R. Throckmorton, Bart.,
Viscount Villiers, Sir G. Skipworth, Bart.,
Lord Lifford, Sir Charles Douglas, M.P.,
Lord Redesdale, E. J. Shirley, Esq., M.P.,
Lord Leigh, W. Collins, Esq., M.P.,
The Mayor:and "Co ioratisn of Stiatford-upon-Avon,'&c.
In accordance wit the Advertisements, a PUBLIC MEET-
ING, duly convened, took place on FRIDAY EvENTNo,the 13th
of August, 18.11,at Light o'clock, at the Hanover-square Rooms,
London, his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE having
been prevented from taking the chair, owing to a pre-arranged
departure far the Continent, the Right Hon. Lord DUDLEY
STUART, M.P., had been invited to preside.
Previous to the •resolutions being submitted, the Original
Oration upon the Life, Character, and Genius of the Poet, was
pronounced by the Autherand Originator of the Meeting; after
which the following letteekwas read from Lord Dudley Stuart,
M.P.:—
" St. James's-place, Attgatst,lB47.
" Lord Dudley Stuart presents his compliments to Mr. Geo.
Jones, and thanks hinflorlis very kind and obliging letters ;
and begs to-say that he cannot possibly have the pleasure of
accepting the honour Mr.. Jones so kindly proposes conferring
on him, viz., that of taking the Chair at the Public Meeting to
be held this week, for the-purpose of preserving Shakspeare's
House' to The Nation,- previous engagements causing his ab-
sence from town."

Whereupon itwas mored, seconded, and carried by,accla-
motion—

That GEORGE JONES Esq., Historian, and Honorary Mem-
ber of the Royal Shaidpearian Club, be the Chairman.of. this
Meeting.

Moved by the 'o.omm/tor', seconded by Mr. JEFF-6,, and
carried unanbnouLly—

That the Right Honouiable Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., be
invited to be the Honorary Treasurer of the proposed Memorial
Fund.

Moved by C. DE LA YISYME, Esq., seconded by Mr., RAM-
SEY, and-carried unanimously—
That the- Founder and Chairman of the present Meeting be
appointed, Chairman of The People's Central Comnatiee.of the
Shakspeare Memorial Fund.
The following Resolutions (drawn up and read by the Chair-
man) were then submitted to the Meeting for its approval ;
when, after discussion, and a motion for adjournment being
lost by a large majority, they were

Moved by T. PURLI.NI), Esq., seconded by Mr. RAMSEY,
and carried unanimously, with only one dissentient, viz. :
RESOLUTIONS :

Whereas it is officially announced that the House at Strat-
ford-upon-Avon, in which the great Dramatic Poet of England
was born, is to be sold at Public Auction, this meeting views,
with profound anxiety, even the possibility of the House of
Shakspeare being mutilated, removed, or destroyed by the
hands of avaricious speculation, when it is regarded by the Na-
tion as an heir-loom of the people of England ; and, if permit-
ted to be destroyed, or -even removed from tne possibility of
receiving the devotional .respect from the future Pilgrims of
Poetry, the present age will receive from posterity a lasting re-
proach which no time will cancel —will be charged with a
criminal inaction which no excuse can even palliate.
Therefore, it is Resolved,
That this Meeting form itself into a Committee, to be called
The People's Central Committee of the Shakspeare Memorial
Fund, and that the said Committee consist of the following
Gentleinen, with power to add to their number :
Sheridan Knowles, Esq, Albert Smith, Esq.,
Dr. Partridge, G. K. Huxley, Esq.,
T. G. Margary, Esq., C. H. Case, Esq.,
T. Tyler, Esq., A. Richmond, Esq.,
J. Morgan, Esq., J. H. Hand, Esq.,
R:Williams, Esq., T. P. Healey, Esq.,
Chas. de la Pryme, Esq., Mr. E. Evans,
T. Purland, Esq., Mr. George Harris,
H. W. Pearson, Esq., I Mr. R. Jeffs,
T. B. Lacy, Esq., Mr. Ramsey,
Mr. F. T. Fowler, &c.
_ _ _

Resolved,

That a Public Appeal he hereby made to the People of Great
Britain for a National Subscription (even by the smallest coin
of the Realm) for the purpose of purchasing the Shakspeare
House and Property, and vesting it jointly in the name of the
People of England in the Trusteeship of the Royal Shaksperian
Club, and the Corporation of Stratford-upon Avon for ever :
the former Association having been originally established for
the express purpose of preserving the Relics of Shakspeare,
and rendering an annual tribute to his memory.
Resolved . _ .

That this Meeting views with the most fervent admiration,
the Patronage accorded at this time to the Royal Shakspearian
Club by His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, which, together
.4
with the munificent donation of '250 towards the especial ob-
ject of this Meeting, cannot but increase the profound respect
and esteem already entertained for the Prince-Consort by the
People of Great Britain.
Resolved,
That the munificent donation of ,elOO by Her Majesty, The
Queen Dowager, towards the same National Object, merits the
respectful and fervent thanks of this Meeting; and being called
forth upon this—the anniversary of the Queen Adelaide's birth-
day—they are conjoined with the devotional wishes of this
assembly, for the continual health and happiness of Her
Majesty.
Resolved,
That this Meeting recommends that the surplus funds arising
from the National Subscription (either from the People, Asso-
ciations, or otherwise) after paying the purchase-money of the
Shakspeare House and Property, (and incidental expenses,) be
disposed of as follows, viz.:-Ist, To the erecting of a Public
Statue to the honour and memory of the Poet, either in London
or at Stratford. 2dly, To the founding of a Shakspeare Scho-
larship at either the 'University of Cambridge or Oxford. And
idly, To the establishing of a Shakspeare Charitable Institution
for the Poor and Infirm of the Poet's Native Town.
Resolved,
That this Meeting regards the intended sale of Shakspeare's
House by Public Auction with abhorrence, and as a disgrace to
England and an insult to the memory of the Poet ; and that the
rejection of the generous ofter (at private sale) of Two Thou-
sand Pounds, made by. the originator of this Meeting—George
Jones, Esq.—plainly indicates the final determination of the
parties interested : and therefore this Meeting does not hesitate
to proclaim, that any person, or party, who would wantonly or
avariciously sport with the Property, so as to endanger the per-
manent safety of the Birth-place of Shakspeare, deserves to
receive from the people of England the lasting infamy which
such conduct would justly merit.

Resolved,
That this Meeting earnestly recommends that a Branch Com-
mittee of this—the People's Central Committee of the Shak-
speare Memorial Fund—be established in every City and Town
of Great Britain, founded upon a Public Meeting of the People,
to do honour to the Great Poet who arose from among them-
selves ; and that the said Branch Committee (when formed)
are hereby respectfully invited to communicate (with the result
of their Subscriptions) with the Chairman of the People's Cen-
tral Committee in London.
Resolved,
While this Meeting, from its early announcement, justly
claims the priority of the first public movement to rescue
Shakspeare's House—yet it gratefully recognises the efforts that
are being made by the several Societies and Associations, to
collect Subscriptions among themselves; and since all must be
actuated by the same generous impulse—this Meeting, through
its Committee, offers its fervent co-operation in the good cause,
and expects the same courtesy in return.
Resolved,
That Subscriptions (either by Cheque, Postoffice Order,
Stamps, or otherwise) be authorised to-be received at the fol-
lowing
.Banks (permission having been kindly granted to open
Subscription Books and to receive Donations) viz. :—The Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, St. James's-square ; the London
Joint Stock Bank, Pall-Mall ; Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill,
City; the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, City ;
the London Joint Stock Bank, Princes-street, City; and also
by George Jones, Esq., Chairman of the Committee, 15, Mad-
dox-street, Hanover-square; and that all Subscriptions, with
the donors' names, be recorded in an especial book for public
inspection, and kept in Shakspeare's House at Stratford-upon-
Avon.
T. P. HEALEY, Esq., accepted the appointment of Honorary
Secretary pro tent,
A vote of thanks was then proposed, seconded, and carried
by acclamation for the Chairman ; also a vote of thanks to the
Proprietor of the Hanover-square Rooms, for his liberality in
aiding the cause by granting their free
JOuse.
GEORGE NES,
Chairman of the People's Central Committee, &c.
*** All communications to be addressed to the Chairman of
the Committee, 15, Maddox-street, Hanover-square, London.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.