The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-27 00:00:00

NOTICE!

APUBLIC, MEETING of the inhabitants of the Extra-
parochial Place of Toxteth-park, will he held at the
Public Office, Nc!, 4, St. James's-place, on Thursday, the
2d April next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the pur-
pose of examining the accounts of the .Overseers of the Poor,
and the Surveyors of the Highways for the-lastyesr, to No-
minate Persons eligible to serve the Office of Overseers of
the Poor, and appoint Surveyors cf• the Highways for the
ensuing year, and to transact the annual business of the said
place.

HUGH DONDALDSON, Oveneerr,
- JOHN WALKER, •
AMYL BELLIS, Coustable,
Public Office, Taxleth-park,
St.. Janic.e.s-placc, 20th itlacch, 1810.

TOWNS HIP OF - EVE RTON.
A MEETING of. the Inhabitants of the Township of
Everton will he held at WILLTAM IlaLun'aY's, the
Everton Coffee-house, on THUILSDAY, the 2d of .A Aril next ,
at half-past Nine o'clock in the Forenoon, to EXAMINE
the ACCOUNTS of the OVERSEERS of the POOR and
SURVEYOR of the HIGHWAYS for the last Year, to
make out a list of Persons fit and proper to ser'.e the office
of Overseers of the Poor and Surveyor of the Highways for
the. ensuing Yeax, and to transact the Annuali.hUsiness of
the said Township.. •

W. SHAW, Assistant Oiorseer
Evertan, Nth March, 1840.

TO SHIPMASTERS- AND OTHERS

A PUBLIC MEETING 7.0 i the §Iiii"ICi"XERS and
-CIL OTHERS of the PORT of •EIVERPOOL will he held
at the Clarendon Rooms, south John-street, on
.SATUKDAY
next, the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock preeiseiy, to take
into consideration the propriety of establishing* Captain?
Reading and Coffee Rooms, on the most economical arrange-
ment, for the purpose of giving Masters of VesSels an op-
portunity of communicating with the various Commanders
in different Trades, and collecting such information as will
tend to benefit the Merchant Service generally ;—to consider
also, the propriety of forming .an Assoeiation, to endeavour
to correct various abuses: first, that of the present system
practised at the Shipping Offices—to take steps for the better
appropriation of the two shillings per month paid by Captains,
supposed to be for the benefit of, their widows and orphans—.
to increase this fund for purposes which may be deemed ad-
visable; and to consider other objects which will be.then and
there explained.

The attendance of all Masters of 'Vessels is par-
ticularly urged, •

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COM-

PA NY.
'i'HE next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL, and a SPE-
CIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIE-
TORS, will be held, pur,uant to the Act of Incorporation,
on FRIDAY, the 10th day of April next, at the Clarendon
Rooms, Liverpool.
The Chair. will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
JOSEPH MALLABY, Clerk of the Company.
Liverpool, March 23d, 1840.

TO EXCAVATORS.
DERSONS•witling to CONTRACT, with the Directors of
1 the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works, to SINK
WELLS, and to EXCAVATE UNDER-GROUND RE-
SERVOIRS, are directed to send in their Tenders (ander
seal) to the Chairman, on or before MONDAY, the 300th inst.
Particulars of Situation, &c. may be known by -applyius to
the Manager, at the Office,.in Hifi ban) - 'street.

, • " THOMAS THOMPSON, Manager,
Liverpool, March 20, 1840.

LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AND DOUGLAS

NAVIGATION`. _
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GENE-
RAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRIE-
TORS of th& CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to
LIVERPOOL, and DOUGLAS NAVIGATION, will be
held at the Talbot Inn, in Bradford, in the county. of York,
on PutDAY, the 10th day of April next, at Eleven o'clock in
the Forenoon, when and where the Proprietors, by themselves
or their proxies, are requested to attend.
SAM. HAILSTONE, Law Clerk.
Bradford, 23d March, 18.10.