The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

THE tIVERPOit STANDARD.

LYING-IN HOSPITAL.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS
and FRIENDS to the LYING- N—HOSPITAL will take
Ilace on THURSDAY next, the 2 ecember, at the MEDICAL
NSTITUTION, Hope-street unt-pleasant.
His Worship the MA it, T. B. HORSFALL, Esc., in the
Chair. The Chair to taken at Eleven o'clock precisely.

SOUTHERN AND TORTETH HOSPITAL,
GREENLAND-STREET.

THE ANNUAL SERMON in aid of this Institu-
tion, will be Preached (D.V.) in St. Barnabas' Church,
Parliament-street, on SUNDAY next, the sth of December,
by the Rev. T. NOLAN, A.M., Incumbent, and Honorary
Chaplain to the Institution.
Service will commence at 'clock.
The MAYOR and several ERS of the CORPORATION
have. as on former occasio , cindly promised to attend.
The Committee an ends of the Institution will meet at
the TOWN-HALL, Half-past Ten o'clock, and accompany
the Mayor to Church.
November 29th, 1847.

WALTON-ON-THE-HILL PARISH' CHURCH
NEW BURIAL GROUND.

THIS spacious Ground is now entirely Enclosed,
and has been Consecrated in Two Portions ; One, pur-
chased by the Churchwardens, is set apart for
GRAVES OF PARISHIONERS ONLY ;
the other, is disposable for
GRAVES OF NON-PAESHIONERS,
AND F VLTS,
Whether of Pari ' ners or Non-Parishioners.
The Fees payable f terment, and also the Prices charged
for Vaults, &c., wil remain the same as in the Old Ground.
T. G. LEIGH, Rector.
THOMAS F. ROSKELL,} Churchwardens.
EDWARD ROGERSON,

GREENWICH TIME.
BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in pursuance
of an Order of the Council of this Borough, the PUBLIC
CLOCKS, on and after WEDNESDA , the First day of
December, will be Set and ated by GREENWICH
TIME, which is Twelve 111' s before Liverpool Time.
• By orde .he Mayor,
3i M. SHUITLEWORTH, Town-Clerk.
Town-hall, 29th November, 1847.

GREENWICH TIME.
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the principal
Railway Companies throughout the Kingdom havilg
decided to regulate the times of Departure and Arrival of the
Trains by GREENWICH TIME, the Mayor and Common
Council of Liverpool, and the Churchwardens of the Parish,
having regard to the public convenience, have ORDERED the
TOWN CLOCKS, on and after WEDNESDAY, the Ist of Decem-
ber next, to be SET and REGULA by GREENWICH
TIME ; to which regulation thg...erTfention of Pronrietors of
Hotels and Managers of New rooms and other Public Insti-
tutions is respectfully call .
HENRY BOOTH, Secretary.
Railway-office, Li -street, Liverpool,
25th N ember, 1847.
N.B.—Greenwich Time is Twelve Minutes before Liverpbol
Time.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

OPENING OF THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY, FOR

THROUGH TRAFFIC.

THE Public is requested to take NOTICE, that on
and after Ist December, the MAILS AND OTHER,
TRAINS, between LONDON and LIVERPOOL, MANCHES-
TER, and the NORTH, will be transferred to the TRENT
VALLEY RAILWAY, and that from that date the Clocks at
every Station on the London and North Western Railway, will
be set to Greenwich Time.
New TIME BILLS for the LINE its various BRANCHES,
may be had at any of the Stat' son and after the 25th day of
the present month.
By or of the Board,
MARK HUISH.
General Manage s Office, Euston Station,
lath November, 1847.

NOTE.—Greenwich Time is
Before Birmingham Clocks
„ Liverpool Clocks 12 fl
„ Manchester Clocks 10 „
„ Preston Clocks 10 „
„ Chester Clocks 12 „

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

ERECTION OF WAREHOUSES AND CONSTRUCTION
OF NEW DOCKS.

IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
1.1 intended to be made to Parliament, in the next session,
for an Act to enable the Trustees of the L' - pool Docks to
build (in pursuance of an Act relating I iverpool Docks,
passed in the session held in the ni and tenth years of the
reign of her present Majesty) W ouses upon and around the
quays of all the docks made now being made, in Liverpool
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aforesaid, belonging to the Trustees ; and also to authorize
the said Trustees forth‘ ' to build Warehouses on one or more
of the dock quays w ' now belong or shall hereafter belong
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to the said Trustees n the townships, parishes, or extra-paro-
chial place hereina ter mentioned, or any of them, as soon as
may be after the passing of the proposed Act. And also to
authorize the said Trustees to purchase, by compulsion or agree-
ment, lands, buildings, docks, basins, wharfs, quays, piers,
tenements, hereditaments, and premises, within the township
and parish of Liverpool, and the townships of Kirkdale and
Bootle-cum-Linacre, in the parish of Walton-on-the Hill, and
within the extra-parochial place of Toxteth-park, all in the
county of Lancaster, and to extinguish all existing rights and
privileges connected with such lands. And to construct and
maintain, alter, vary, extend, and enlarge Wet Docks. Graving
Docks, Basins, cuts, piers, wharfs, quays, locks, bridges, and
other works, on the said lands, to be purchased as aforesaid, in
the said townships and parishes, and extending northwardly
from lands which the said Trustees were, by an Act relating to
the docks and harbour: of Liverpool, passed in the session held
in the seventh and eigiith years of the reign of her present Ma-
jesty, authorized to purchase. And to construct locks, bridges,'
and other works in connection therewith. And also to autho-
rize the said Trustees to enter into and to perfect contracts
and agreements with any •bodies politic or corporate, persons,
or companies, for effecting all or any of the purposes requisite
_.r42,tertfmY._l2..r.wvkie.nme ajcloWitit-ily Iflegfinti-Ef&tigU
Currents and Electric Telegraphs, between the town and port
of Liverpool and such places or situations in the counties of
Lancaster, Chester, Denbigh, Caernarvon, Flint, and the Isle of
Anglesea, and Holyhead Island, as the said Trustees may deem
expedient ; and also, for the purposes aforesaid, and with the
consent of the owners and occupiers thereof, to purchase, or
rent .on lease, or otherwise to hire and take any lands and here-
ditaments, in such places and situations, or any of them, and
to erect signal-houses and other buildings thereon; and to en•
ter into contracts and agreements, with any persons or compa-
nies, for the use of Electric Telegraphs. And it is further pro-
posed by the said intended At, to take powers for raising
further Sums of Money, on security of certificates ; and for
Consolidating (with the consent of the bondholders) the Debt
secured on the dock rates and duties into Stock or Consolidated
Debt, bearing one or more rate or rates of interest. And for
amending, extending, enlarging, varying, and explaining or
repealing some of the powers and provisions contained in the
Acts relating to the docks and harbour of Liverpool, or some
of them passed, respectively, in the eighth year of the reign of
Queen Anne, the third year of the reign of King George the
First, the eleventh year of the reign of King George the Second,
the second, twenty-fifth, thirty-ninth, fifty-first, fifty-third, and,
fifty-ninth years of the reign of King- George the Third respec-
tively, the sixth and ninth years of the reign of King George
the Fourth, respectively, the session held in the eleventh year
of the said last-mentioned reign and of the first year of the
reign of Kin.; William the Fourth, and in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, and in the sessions held in the
sixth and seventh, and seventh and eighth years of the reign of
her present Majesty, in the eighth year of the reign of her pre-
sent Majesty, and in the session held in the ninth and tenth
years of the reign of her present Majesty. And for taking
further and other powers relative to the present and future
Docks, Warehouses,and Works of the said Trustees.
And NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that on or
before the thirtieth day of November instant, Plans and Sec-
tions relating to the proposed Works as required by the Stand-
ing Orders of Parliament, and describing the lands required to
be taken for the purposes thereof, together with books of re-
ference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or
reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of
such lands, buildings, and premises, and a copy of this No-
tice,
as published in the London Gazette, will be deposited for
public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the said county
-of Lancaster, at his office, in Preston, and with the Clerk'of the
Peace for the borough of Liverpool, at his office, in Liverpool
aforesaid, and with the Parish Clerks of the said parishes of
Liverpool and Walton-on-the-Hill, respectively, and with the
Clerk of Saint James' Church, in Toxteth-park aforesaid, at
their respective places of abode, in the said parishes and extra-
parochial place.
i GEORGE WORTHINGTON,
Solicitor to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks.
Liverpool, Bth November, 1847.

LIVERPOOL GAS LIGHT COMPANY

AND
LIVERPOOL NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY.

A3IALGAMATION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application
iis intended to be made to Parliament, n the ensuing
session, for an Act to alter, amend, enlarge, repeal, or consoli-
date the powers and provisions of the several Acts hereinafter
mentioned, or some of them ; that is to say, An Act passed in
the session of Parliament holden in the tenth and eleventh
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to substitute .then provisions in lieu thereof,
and to enable the said Co any to raise a further sum of mo-
ney ;" an Act passed in e fourth year of the reign of his
Majesty King George t intituled " An Act for lighting
with Oil Gas the town of Liverpool and certain places adjacent
thereto ;" an Act p: -ed in the fourth year of the reign of his
late Majesty King " illiam the Fourth, intituled "An Act to
empower the Liv= tool Oil Gas Light Company to produce gas
from coal and • er materials, and to amend the Act relating
to the said Co (any;" and an Act passed in the seventh year
of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to amend
and enlarge the provisions of two several acts for lighting with
gas the town of Liverpool and certain places adjacent thereto."
And it is intended by the Act so to he applied for, to autho-
rize and empower the union and amalgamation into one under-
taking of the. Liverpool Gas Light Company and the Liverpool
New Gas and. Coke Company, and the respective capitals, stock
shares, property, and effects of the Liverpool Gas Light Com-
pany and the Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company, and the
vesting in one Company of all the capital, stock, shares, pro-
perty, and effects, powers, rights, and privileges now vested, or,
which before the passing of the Act so to be applied for, may
become vested in the said two companies, or either of them,
and to authorize the incorporation of a new Company, for car-
rying out the objects mentioned in the said Acts respectively.
And it is further intended by such Act so to be applied for,
to enable such new Company to raise, for the purposes of the said
Company, the Capital and Monies then remaining to be raised
by the said Liverpool Gas Light Company and Liverpool New
Gas and Coke Company, respectively, by such and the like
means as those by which the said Companies were severally
empowered to raise the'same; and to authorize the said amal-
gamated Company to receive and collect rates or rents for or
in respect of gas to be supplied by them ; and to alter the maxi.
mum price for gas authorized to be charged by the said Act
passed in the seventh year of the reign of her present Majesty,
to the maximum price for gas authorized to be charged by the
said Act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the tenth
and eleventh years of the reign of her said Majesty ; and to
consolidate and fix the Reserved or Contingent Fund for the
said amalgamated Company; and to enable thesame Company
to purchase and hold lands and houses by agreement. And in
such Act so to be applied for, it is intended to insert all such
powers and provisions -as 'may be considered proper or (ape-
(Bent for carrying into, effect the several objects above.
mentioned.
Dated this thirteenth (lay of November, 1847.
CARSON and ELLIS,II Solicitors to the Liverpool Gas
Liverpool, I Light Company.
JOHN B. LLOYD, 1 Solicitor to the Liverpool New
Liverpool, I - Gas and Coke Company; -