The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

TOWN-HALL, LIVERPOOL,
26th September, 1847.
AT a MEETING of GEORGE HALL LAWRENCE,
Esquire, Mayor of Liverpool, J. BRAMLEY-MOORE,
Esquire, Chairman of the Dock Committee, and TRAFFORD
TRAFFORD, Esquire, Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for
the County of Chester, holden at Knutsford, held in the TOWN-
HALL, on TUESDAY, the 28th September, 1847, for the purpose
of the triennial revision of the Schedule of Rates, upon Vessels
entering the Port of Liverpool, and not using the Liverpool
Docks ; in conformity with the provisions of the 106th Section
of the Dock Act of the 4th Victoria.
Resolved,
That the said Revisors having taken the accounts required by
the said Act, for three years, ending the 24th of June, 1847,
according to the classes of voyages performed by vessels as set
forth in the Schedule of the said Act ; and being of opinion that
the Tonnage Rates by the said Act imposed, are too much with
reference to the increase of the gross amount of tonnage on
vessels entering the said port, during the term aforesaid, as
compared with the three years preceding this revision ; the
said revisers do hereby reduce the Tonnage Rates by the said
Act imposed, at and after the rate of Twenty per Cent., or one-
fifth, upon the amount of the Tonnage Rates specified in the
said schedule, according to the classes of voyages performed by
vessels as set forth in the same schedule; and do order and
direct that such reduction shall take place from and after the
First Day of October, 1847.
GEO. H. LAWRENCE, Mayor.
J. BRAMLEY-MOORE,
Chairman of the Dock Committee.
TRAFFORD TRAFFORD,
Chairman of Quarter Sessions, held at Knutsford.

PORT OF LIVERPOOL.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Dock-office, Liverpool, September 16, 1847.
(ALL BEARINGS BY COMPASS.)

THE TRUSTEES OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS AND
HARBOUR do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the following
CHANGES in the LIGHTING, BEACONING, and BUOYING
of the Northern Approaches to this Port will take place on and
after the Night of Tuesday, the 2d November, 1847.
CROSBY -LIGHTHOUSE.—A new Light Tower has been
erected nearly Half a Mile N.E. by N. of the present Crosby
Lighthouse. The Light therefrom will be exhibited, for the
first time, on the Evening of the above date, and be continued
every Night from Sunset to Sunrise.

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The Light in this Tower will be Stationary, of a Red Colour,
elevated 96 feet above the Sea at Half-tide Level, and will be
visible between the bearings of S.S.E. and N.H. by E. i E.,
which limits will indicate respectively when a Vessel is west-
ward of Mad Wharf, and when she is abreast of the Crosby
Light-vessel, and ought to shape her fairway course up the
Crosby Channel.
The FORMBY LIGHT-VESSEL will be moved 170 fathoms
N. by W. i W. of her present position, into 35 feet at low-wa-
ter. When brought in a line with the New Crosby Shore Light,
she'will /ea& hi from seaward through the Victoria Channel, on-
a course'of S.E. by E. i E. ; and when brought in a line with
the Crosby Light vessel, she will lead in through the Half-tide
Swashway, on the bearing of S.S.E. 2 E.
CROSBY BEACON—The Crosby Shore Beacon will be
moved nearly Half a Mile N. i E. of its present position, on a
line with the Crosby Shore Light and Formby Light-vessel.
The BELL BEACON will be moved about 170 fathoms S.W.
of its present position, into 35 feet at low water, with the
Formby Light vessel and Crosby Shore Light in one, and bear-
ing from the N.W. Lightship N.B. i E. four miles.
V. 4, RED (Can) BUOY, with Formby Light-vessel bearing
PERCH, will be moved nearly a N.E. by E. about one-sixth
a Quarter of a Mile N.W. by N. of a mile.
its present position, into 21 feet C 1, Red, (Can,) S.S.E. iE.
at low-water. J nearly one and a half miles
FORMBY N.W. SEA MARK will be moved One and One-
Eighth Mile N.N.E. i E. of its present position, and a New
Beacon will be erected on Mad Wharf.

These Beacons, when brought in one, on the bearing of S.E.
by E. 4 E., will lead from Formby N.W. Buoy up the fairway
of the Entrance of the Old Formby Channel.
WILLIAM LORD, Marine Surveyor.
By order of the Dock Committee,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

KINGSTOWN HARBOUR LIGHTS, EAST COAST OF

IRELAND.

HE Corporation for Preserving and Improving the
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Port of Dublin, hereby give Notice, that on and after the
Ist of October next, the Light hitherto shewn from the Timber
Building on the East Pier of Kingstown Harbour, Dublin Bay,
will be discontinued, and a Light exhibited from the Tower
built on the Pier Head, which will thenceforth be illuminated
every night from sun-set to sun-rise.

Specification given of the position and appearance of the Tower,
6-e., by Mr. Halpin, the Inspector of Light Houses.
The New Tower is in Lat. 53 deg. 18 min. 10 sec. N., and
Long. 6 deg. 7 min. 45 sec. W.,

From North End of Kish Bank, N.W. by W. 2 W. distant 62
sea miles.
From South End of Burford Bank, W. by N. 2 N. distant 3i
sea miles.
From Poolbeg Light House, S. W. distant 2i sea miles.
The Tower is erected in the centre of the Eastern Pier Head;
it is of. circular form, as also the lower building around. The
outer walling granite.
The Light will be at an elevation of 37 feet above the Ivell of
high-water springs, and will, in appearance, be similar to the
present Light, viz. :—a revolving
.light, presenting white and
red faces alternately, attaining their greatest brilliancy at equal
intervals of 30 seconds. The Light will be shewn in all direc-
tions in which the present Light has heretofore been visible :
kept open, it will lead clear of the Jingling Rocks.
Until the erection of a Light on the West Pier Head, the
small fixed red light in the temporary timber shed on that
Pier will be continued as before.
Bearings stated are Magnetic—Var. 27 deg. W.
By order, H. VEREKER, SeC.
Ballast Office, Dublin, 9th September, 1847.

PURSUANT TO THE SEVERAL ACTS FOR THE RELIEF
OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS IN ENGLAND.

TH E COUNTY COURT of LANCASHIRE,
1 holden at Liverpool, on the 29th day of September, 1847,
upon the due filing of the Schedule of WILLIAM JOHNSTON,
late of Gill-street, Liverpool, Lancashire, Foreman, Tailor, pre-
viously in lodgings in Darlington-street, Egremont, in the county
of Chester, in no business,. formerly in lodgings in Simpson-
street, in Liverpool aforesaid, Tailor, and previously thereto of
Lower Parliament-street, Toxteth-park, Liverpool aforesaid,
carrying on business as a Tailor, Draper, and Outfitter, in
partnership with Thomas Johnston and Joseph Briskham,
under the firm of Johnstons and Briskham, (sued with Joseph
Briskham,) a Prisoner-in the Gaol-of Liverpool, In the county
of Lancaster, whose estate and effects have been vested in the
Provisional Assignee by order duly made in that behalf; and
upon reference of the Petition and Schedule of the said Pri-
soner for hearing made to this Court by order of the Court for
Relief of Insolvent Debtors, pursuant to the said Acts, it is
ordered and appointed, that said Prisoner shall be brought
up to be dealt with according to the prOvisions of the said Acts
before the Judge of the said Connty Court, at No. 4, High-
street, in Liverpool, in the said county, on the 18th day of
October, 1847, at Ten o'clock in the Morning precisely : of
which all creditors, and persons claiming to be creditors, of
the said Prisoner, for the sum of five pounds or more, shall
have notice by service of a copy of this order, made within
such time and in such manner as is prescribed by the Rule of
Court in that behalf.

BY THE COURT.

THE SHAKSPEARE MEMORIAL

AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT
BRITAIN.

The especial object of the subjoined Meeting being under the
Patronage of
HER MAJESTY THE (QUEEN DOWAGER,
H.R.H, THE PRINCE ALBERT,
Right Hon. the Earl Delawarr, Lord Brooke,
RightHon.theEarl of Warwick, Hon. C. B. Percy,
Right Hon. the Earl Denbigh, Sir 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 Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon, &c.

In accordance with the Advertisements, a PUBLIC MEET-
ING, duly convened, took place on FRIDAY EVENING, the 13th
of August, 1847,at Eight 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 for 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 Author and Originator of the Meeting ; after
which the following letter was read from Lord Dudley Stuart,
M.P

" St. James's place, August, 1847.
" Lord Dudley Stuart presents his compliments to Mr. Geo.
Jones, and thanks him for his 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 it was moved, seconded, and carried by accla-
mation—
That GEORGE JONES, Esq., Historian, and Honorary Mem-
ber of the Royal Shakspearian Club, be the Chairman of this
Meeting.
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Moved by the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. JEFcs, and
carried unanimously—
That the Right Honourable Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., be
invited to be the Honorary Treasurer of the proposed Memorial
Fund.

Moved by C. DE LA PRYME, Esq., seconded by Mr. RA Al-
m', and carried unanimously—
That the Founder and Chairman of the present Meeting be
appointed Chairman of The People's Central Committee of the
Sliakspeare 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 PURLAND, Esq., seconded by Mr. 11A3ISEY,
, -..asacioaurriad unanimously, with only one dissentient, viz.:.
RESOLUTIONS :
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Whereas it is officially announzed 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 the 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 itsel
The People's Central Connitt,

Fund, and that the said Com!
Gentlemen, with power to add 1

r into a Committee, to be called
,e of the Shakspeare Memorial
nittee consist of the following
their number :
Albert Smith, Esq.,
G. K. Huxley, Esq.,
C. H. Case, Esq,,
A. Richmond, Esq.,
J. H. Hand, Esq.,
T. P. Healey, Esq.,
Mr. E. Evans,
Mr. George Harris,
Mr. R. Jeffs,
Mr. Ramsey,
Mr. F. T. Fowler, &c.

Sheridan Knowles, Esq.,
Dr. Partridge,

T. G. Margiiri., Esq.,
T. Tyler; Esq.,
J. Morgan, Esq.,
R. Williams, Esq.,
Chas. de la Pryme, Esq.,
T. Purland, Esq.,
H. W. Pearson, Esq.,

T. B. Lacy, Esq.,

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
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) atter paying the purchase-money of the
Shakspeare House and Property, (and incidental expenses,) be
disposed of as follows, viz. :—1 st, 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
3dly, 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 offer (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.

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 authonsed 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 tern.

A vote-4 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 use.
GEORGE JONES,
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.