The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-02 00:00:00

JOSEPH HORATIOBROWN ELI CENSED HAWKERII A.

DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED.
mEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE HEALTHY
OFFICE.

23, PALL-MALL LONDON.• 22, NASSAU-STREET
DUBLIN; GROASE GALLENGASSE, FRANKFORT; ,
AND BORSEN PASSAGE, HAMBURG,
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, ..5430 000.
This Office was Established in 1841, and possesses tables
formed on a scientific basis for
,the Assurance of Diseased
Lives.
Policies of twelve months Standing are not affected by sui-
cide, duelling, &c., and Asiigned Policies are valid from the date
thereof, should death endue from any of these causes.
Policies issued by this Society give the Person whose life is
assured permissigisto go at any time beyond the limits of Eu-
rope, on the payment of certain, but small and fixed, rates of
premium, which are indorsed on the Policy at the time when
first issued.

HEALTHY LIVES, both at Home and in Foreign Climates,
are Assured with as much facility and at lower rates than at
most other offices; and a capital of HALF-A-MILLION ster-
ling, fully subscribed, affords a complete guarantee for the
fulfilment of the Company's engagements.
Prospectuses and forms of Proposal will be forwarded, postage
free, on application to any of the Society's Agents, or to
FRANCIS G. P. NEISON, ACTUARY, 25, Pall Mall, London.
AGENTS.
LIVERPOOL.... A. HIGGINSON, Esq., I, Mornington-terrace.
„ OCTAVI US WATERIIOUSE, Statham 's-build-
Tith ebarn- street.
Medical Referees.--THOS. INMAN, M.D. ; P. RAMSAY,
M.D.
Bolton-le-Moors J. Taylor, Esq., Coroner for Bolton.
Chester Richard Barker, Esq., Solicitor.
Lancaster William Dunn, Esq., Solicitor.
Manchester Mr. P. Pennington, 70, Hardman-street.
Mold (North Wales) C. E. Molineux, Branch Bank of England.
Preston W. 0. Jones, 25, Frenchwood-street.
Stockport
Mr. Thos. Brooke, Grocer, 18, Bridge-
street.

BINYON'S ELASTIC CHEST EXPANDER.
TOOPING of the SHOULDERS and CONTRAC-
TION of the CHEST are entirely prevented, and gently
and effectually removed in Youth, and Ladies and Gentlemen,
by the occasional use of the IMPROVED ELASTIC CHF,ST
EXPANDER, which is light, simple, easily applied, either
above or beneath the dress, and worn without any uncomforta-
ble constraint or impediment to exercise. To Young Persons
especially it is highly beneficial, immediately producing an
evident IMPROVEMENT in the FIGURE, and tending greatly
to prevent the incursion of PULMONARY'DISEASES; whilst
to the Invalid, and those much engaged in sedentary pursuits,
such as Reading or Studying, Working, Drawing, or Music, it
is found to be invaluable, as it expands the Chest and affords a
great support to the back. It d made, in Silk; end can be for-
wardecl, per post, by Mr. MIRED B 1 IsiYON, Sole Manufacturer
and Proprietor, No. 40, Tdvistock-street, Covent-garden, Lon-
, don ; or full particulars; with Prices and Mode of Measurement,
L &c., on receipt of a yostage Stamp.

PROTECTED HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL
LETTERS PATENT.
ADDITIONAL PROOFS OF THE EFFICACY OF
TOPER'S ROYAL BATH PLASTERS,
as one of the most important discoyeriperin Pharmacy,
for. Coughs, Hoarseness, Indigestion, Asthma, Palpitation of
the Heart, Spinal Affections, Croup, Hoopifig Cough, Influenza,
Rheumatic Affections of the Joints, diseases of the Chest, and
all Local Pains.
Prepared only by ROBERT ROPER and Sox, Chemists, Shef-
field, at 9d. and Is. lid. each./
SEVERE CASE OF HOOFING COUGH.
" Sir,-LA child of mine was very ill in the hooping cough
when the fits of coughing came on she was frequently black in
the face. My medi9.linan made use of the ordinary remedies
without much apparent effect, telling me it must take its
course ; but, having seen the advertisement of ROPER'S
ROYAL BATH PLASTER, I applied to you for one, when, to
my great joy,:the tits became less violent and at much longer
intervals, until, in less than a week's time, she was as well as
ever she was in her life.—Yours, &c., "EDWD. BROADHURST.
" 14, Nelson-street, Hull. January 9th, 1847."
SEVERE PAIN UNDER THE LEFT BREAST.
" To Messrs. Roper and Son.
" Gentlemen,—The following very important testimonial has
been received from Mrs. Mary Turner, Spring-street, Bury,
who has been under the care of several eminent medical prac-
titioners, for a severe pain, of long standing, under the left
breast. I I.yevailed upon her to try oneof your ROYAL BATH
PLASTERS, which, in three days, entirely removed the pain,
and she has been perfectly free from it ever since. You may
make what use you.please of the above information, as Mrs. T.
is willing to answer any inquiriei.
"I am, yours, &c., " li. MAIDEN, Chemist.
" Bury, February 12, 1847."
Observe the words "Roper's Royal Bath Plaster" engraved
on the government stamp, and the Proprietor's fac shades on
the back.
sold by most Patent Medicine Vendors in the Kingdom.

ROYAL ADELPHI THEATRE.—The performances at this
pretty little theatre during the past fortnight have been
attractive. The audiences have considerably increased,
and the various personators of the characters have grown
in the estimation of the attendants, Mr. Campbell, Mr.
Edwards, Miss Fielding, Mr. Rice, and, in fine, the whole
company. have elicited enthusiastic applause, and fully
fulfilled the promises of the manager, that their excellence
should be second to none before us. The bill-of-fare for
the week is varied and attractive,

FATAL STREET ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held
yesterday. before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of
Catharine West, a poor female, 77 years of age, who was
killed by being run over by an omnibus, the driver of
which, Philip Conland, was in custody. The investigation
occupied a considerable time, seven or eight witnesses
being called. The omnibus belongs to Mr. Morris. and
runs to Bootle. On Saturday night, about seven o'clock,
the deceased, who, it appeared, sold matches in the street,
was passing along the footwalk at the top of Exchange-
street East, and corner of Tithebarn-street, when a drunken
man came against her, and threw her off the flags into the
carriage-way. The omnibus was coming up the street,
and close by at the time. A female endeavoured to get
her up, and got hold of her hand, but failed in the
attempt, and she was run over by the fore and after-
wards the hind wheel of the off side. When picked
up she was in a dying state, and expired almost imme-
diately afterwards. Several gentlemen who were outside
passengers on the vehicle gave distinct testimonies, to the
effect that the driver was quite sober, was driving at a
slow pace, (three or four miles an hour only,) and that
they attributed no blame to him whatever, as he could
not see the deceased, from the position he was in on the
box, and could not have pulled up (though he attempted
it at the moment the alarm was given) even if he had seen
Ter, as she fell close to the fore wheel. Several of these
gentlemen (including Mr. Orme, of the Rimrose Hotel ;
Mr. Gerrard, of Great Crosby ; Mr. J. H. Butler, of
Waterloo, who had been driven by him for years) gave
him a good character for steadiness and sobriety, as did
his present master, with whom he has been for about three
years ; and it appeared that he was perfectly sober at the
time of the accident. Mr. Woods, surgeon, who examined
the body, stated that death was caused by rupture of the
liver, produced by external violence. The jury, after a
very brief consultation, returned a verdict of accidental
death.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—" The Bottle," which has
been played to crowded audiences at this theatre during
the past fortnight, has furnished another proof of the
effectiveness of this popular company in the enaction of
the domestic drama. The piece itself is unexceptionable.
" Raiah" has shown to advantage in the gorgeous specta-
cle,." Aladdin."
IRISH TOWN NAMES.-A paper was lately unfortu-
nately mis-sent to Newtonliinavady ! instead of to New-
townmountkennedy !
GASTRONOMIC DELICACIES.—In the Tyrol, and parti-
cularly at Voralberg, a regular business of breeding snails
for sale is carried on. They are placed in large pieces of
ground, bare of shrubs and trees, and Covered with grass,
where they are fed with cabbage leaves. 'ln winter they
are covered with moss to protect them from the cold.
The flesh is most delicate in autumn. They are sold on
the spot at the rate of about 24 to :3 florins the thousand.
THE DEAD ALIVE.—One of the journali relates an ex-
traordinary escape from death, which is statedto have
taken place at Liege. Two of the student§of the hospital
having gone into the dead-room to choose a subject for
some anotomical study, were astonished to find one of the
bodies exhibiting signs of life. Tbey removed it to a warm
bed, and in a few hours had the satisfaction of seeing
every symptom of revival. The patient is said to- be now
in a state of convalescence.
THUNDER STORM AT BENSCLIFFE WOOD, NEAR
BRADGATE PARK.—On Sunday, the 24th inst., between
two and three o'clock in the afternoon, the earth trembled
and was silent while the power of God was displayed in
the heavens. The trees on the north-east side of the wood
for about two acres were literally stripped of .their bark,
and at the roots of several of them the; ground was opened
by the electric fluid, as if a cannon ball had entered the
earth. But the most serious part of the visitation was,
that two cows, worth about X 35, were struck dead on the
spot by the lightning, one as she lay down, and the other
while in the act of grazing. A part of their flesh appeared
quite putrid the next day.—Leicester Journal.
RAVAGES OF THE SEA.—At Dover, during the whole
of Saturday week, it blew a heavy gale from the 5.W..,
with rain and thick weather. The continental traffic was
consequently partially interrupted, while the outward-
bound vessels and coasters for the westward, were com-
pelled to take shelter in the Downs and East Bay of Dun-
geness. Considerable damage has been done to the works
at Dover by the extreme violence of the sea, which at
high water rolled in with fearful fury, there being a high
spring tide. A strong wooden wall, enclosing the offices
and workshop Connected with Dover Harbour of Refuge,
was completely knocked away, while the wooden frames
and other moveable articles of the Lord Warden Hotel
were strewed in all directions : but the greatest proof of
the resistless force Of the waves (which were at this time
making a clean breach over the pier-heads), was, that
about a dozen of the iron stanchions, three inches in di-
anieter, to which the chain railing round the basin within
the south pier are attached, were snapped asunder, as if
they had been co rcay reeds. To the eastward of the har-
bour portions of the soil at the extremity of the sea-wall,
opposite the Esplanade, were swept away.