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

THE LI-YER,POOL STANDARD.

LYING•IN HOSPITAL.

MHE ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS
1 and FRIENDS to the LYING-IN HOSPITAL will take
place on THURSDAY next, the 2d of December, at the MEDICAL
INsTiTuTiorz, Hope-street, Mount-pleasant.
His Worship the MAYOR, T. B. HoitsFALL, Esq., in the
Chair. The Chair to he taken at Eleven o'clock precisely.

SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL,
GREENLAND-STREET.
MHE 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 Eleven o'clock.
The MAYOR and several MEMBERS Of the CORPORATION
have. as on former occasions, kindly promised to attend.
The Committee and Friends of the Institution will meet at
the TOWN-lIALL, at llalf-past Ten o'clock, and accompany
the Mayor to Church.
November 29th, 1847.

WALTON-ON-THE-HILL PARISH CHURCH
NEW IiURIAL GROUND.

THIS spacious Ground is now entirely 'Enelcsed,
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-PARISHIONERS,
• AND FOR VAULTS,
Whether of Parishioners or Non-Parishioners.
The Fees payable for Interment, and also the Prices charged
for Vaults, &c., will 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 WEDNESDAY next, the First day of
December, will be Set 'and Regulated by GREENWICH
TIME, which is Twelve Minutes before Liverpool Time.
By order of the Mayor,
WM. SHUrPLEWORTH, Town-Clerk.
Town-ha-11,29th .November, 1847.

GREENWICH TIME.
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.'
NOTICE IS 'HEREBY GIVEN, that the principal
I.li Railway Companies throughout the Kingdom having
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 let of Decem-
ber next, to be SET and REGULATED by GREENWICH
TIME; to which regulation the attention of Proprietors of
Hotels and Managers of News-rooms and other Public Insti-
tutions is respectfully called

HENRY BOOTH, Secretary.
Railway-office, Lime-street, Liverpool, .
25th November, 1847.
N.B.—Greenwich Time is Twelve Minutes before Liverpool
Time.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY

OPENING OF THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY, FOR
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
THE Public is requested to take NOTICE, that on
I 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
beset to Greenwich Time.
New TIME BILLS for the LINE and its various BRANCHES,
may be had at any of the Stations on and after tlie 25th day of
the present month.
By order of the Board,
MARK HUISH.
General Manager's Office, Euston,Station,
15th November, 1847.

NOTE.—Greenwich Time is
Before Birmingham Clocks
„ Liverpool Clocks 12 ~
Manchester Clocks 10 ~
„ Preston Clocks 10 „
„ Chester Clocks. l2

LIVERPOOL 'DOCKS.

ERECTION OF WAREHOUSES AND CONSTRUCTION

OF NEW DOCKS.

IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
IN intended to be made to Parliament, in the next session,
for an Act to enable the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to
build (in pursuance of an Act relating to the Liverpool Docks,
passed in the session held in the ninth and tenth years of the
reign of her present Majesty) Warehouses upon and around the
quays of all the docks made or now being made, in Liverpool
aforesaid, belonging to the said Trustees ; and also to authorize
the said Trustees forthwith to build Warehouses on one or more
of the dock quays which now belong or shall hereafter belong
to the said Trustees, in the townships, parishes, or extra-paro-
chial place hereinafter 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,i 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 werks, 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 eighth years of the reign of her present Ma-
jessfy, eauthoriksod to purchase. • Ald 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
and necessary to enable the said Trustees to construct, lay
down, and use communications by Signals, by means of Electric
Currents and Electric Telegraphs; between the town and port
of Liverpool and such places crr, 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 agYeementsovith any persons or compa-
nies, for the use of Electric Telegraphs. And it is further pro-
posed by the said intended Act, 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 harbourof Liverpool, or some
of them, passed, respectively, in the eighth year of the reign of
Queen Anne, the third year of the reiru of King George the
First, the eleventh year of the reign of King George the Second,
the second, twenty-fifth, thirty-ninthi'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 she 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
i of
her present Majesty, in the eighth year of the reign of he=lre
SentMajeSty, 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-
ins, Orders of Parliament, and describing the lands required to
bAaken 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
pnblic 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
respectively,
innd ,witi,tehrptoiolel
aforesaid, and with the Parish Clerks of the said parishes of
Liverpool and Walton-on-the-Hill, r
Clerk of Saint James' Church, in Toxteth-park aforesaid, at
their respective places of abode, in the said parishes and.extra-
parochial place.

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.

AMALGAMATION.

IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application
11 is intended to be made to Parliament, in 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
years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act
to repeal two several-Acts relating to the Liverpool Gas Light
Company, and to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof,
and to enable the said Company to raise a further sum.of mo-
ney ;" an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of his
Maiesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for lighting
with Oil Gas the town of Liverpool and certain places adjacent
thereto ;" an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of his
late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to
empower the Liverpool Oil Gas Light Company to produce gas
from coal and other materials, and to amend the Act relating
to the said Company;" 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 cOnipsnies, 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 the same 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 expe-
dient for carrying into effect the several objects above-
mentioned.
Dated this thirteenth day of November, 1847.
CARSON and ELLIS, ii Solicitors to the Liverpool Gas
Liverpool, f Light Company.
JOHN B. LLOYD, Solicitor to the Liverpool New
Liverpool, Gab and Coke Company,

ROSCOE CLUB.
THE MEMBERS are informed that in anticipation
of the immediate opening of the DISCUSSION CLASS,
arrangements have been made with R. WALDO EMERSON,
Esq., of Mass., who will deliver an appropriate LECTURE on
A COURSE OF READING, in the Theatre of the Royal Insti-
tution, Colquitt-street, Tuts EVENING, (Tuesday,) the 30th
instant, at Eight o'clock precisely.
Each Member is requested to show his ticket at the door, and
will be allowed to introduce a

JOSEPH BOULT,
CHARLES REDISH, Hon. Secs.

THE LIVERPOOL BANKING COMPANY.

THE PROPRIETORS are requested to TAKE NO
TICE, that the Directors have ordered a CA LL of TWO
POUNDS per SHARE upon each of the Shares of the LIVER-
POOL BANKING COMPANY, payable at the Bank, in South
Castle-street, on or before the 20th December proximo.
And further, that a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIE-
TORS will be held at the Clarendon-rooms, in South John-
street, Liverpool, THIS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 30th instant, at
One o'clock. By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM WILSON, Manager.

A T an ADJOURNED MEETING of the LIVER-
It POOL BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, convened by Adver-
tisement, at the Brunswick Hotel, on the Evening of the 26th
November, Mr. THOMPSON in the Chair, the fallowing Resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted :
That the Rules which have now been read he approved of,
and adopted by this Meeting as the constitution of this Society.
That Mr. Joseph Gardner be the President of the Society for
the ensuing twelve months, and that Mr. Thomas Hughes be
the Treasurer of the Society for the ensuing twelve months.
That the following Gentlemen be members of the Committee
-of Management for the ensuing twelve months :—Mr. Richard
Newell, Mr. William Duckworth, senior, Mr. James Thomp-
son, Mr. Thomas Stanley, Mr. Owen Roberts, Mr. Alexander
Miller, Mr. John Jones, Mr. Daniel Crenal, Mr. Joseph Boult.
That the Committee meet on or before FRIDAY, the 3d De-
cember next, to make arrangements for carrying out the objects
of the Association.

That the Liverpool Derck Trustees having given notice of their
intention to apply for a Bill to enable them to erect Warehouses
round the Docks, in which bill there are no clauses subjecting
such Warehouses to he rated for the Parish and other Local
Rates, the Committee of this Association be instructed to take
the necessary steps for having the required clauses inserted.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman for his able con-
duct, the meeting was adjourned.
• WM. DUCKWORTH, Sen., Secretary, pro. tern