The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

THE GRANITTUNT:TION RAILWAY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that a SPECIAL
1 GENERAL MEETING of the GRAN 'JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY will be held,- a the CorroN
SAILS ROOM, in the Exchange Buildings, s Liverpool, on
FRIDAY, the 29th day of January install t One o'clock in
the Afternoon, for the purpose of declari a Dividend, and
on other Special Affairs.—Dated this 13th day of January,
1841. J. SWIFT, Clerk of the Company.

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OPHTHALMIC INSTITUTION. '
ANNUAL MEETING.
THE Friends and Supporters of the above stitution are
respectfully regtiested to meet at the C rendon Rooms,
on MONDAY, the IBth instant, at Elev o'clock, for the
purpose of receiving the Annual Report ppointing Officers
for the present year; and also to take mto consideration a
proposal from the Committee of the Ear Institution.
By order of the Committee.
W. P. HUTCHINSON, Treasurer.
11th January, 1811.

ALBION BANK.
EIGHTH DIVIDEND.

tie NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that IVIDEND, at
1-1 the rate of Six Pounds per Cent. r Annum, on the
Capital Stock of the said Company, for e half Year ending
Ist December last, will be paid to the Proprietors, on appli-
cation at the Bank, Castle-street, on orafter MONDAY, the
Ist of February next.

By order of the Board,
HUGH MACKEY, Manager.
Liverpool, January 7M, 1841.
Each Proprietor, if required, will have to produce his or
her Certificate of Shares, on applying for the Dividend.
The Transfer BoOks will be closed from the 23d instant to
the 2d of February next inclusive.

BROUGHAM DISTITUTE,
LAWTON-STREET, OVER THE ARCADE.

rIIIIE COMMITTEE of the ab6ve Institute have -
nounee that the following NEWSPAPERS are -en in
the NEWSROOM :

LONDON DAILY PAPERS :—Times, Sun, jafd Morning
Chronicle. LONDON WEEKLY PAPERS je4Lßell's Life,

Examiner, Spectator, Weekly Dispatch, thenwurn, and
Railway Magazine. LIVERPOOL PAPERS 2 copies Albion,
2 Times, 1 Courier, 4 Standards, 3 Mails, ore's Advertiser,
2 Mercurys, 2 Chronicles, and 1 Journal. PROVINCIAL
PAPERS :—Scotsman (three times a week,) Scotch Reform-
er's Gazette, Dublin Freeman's Journal, Dublin Evening
Mail (three times a week,) Dublin Pilot (three times a week,)
London Journal of Commerce, Northern Star, Mona's He-
iald, and Manchester Guardian (twice a week).

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And also the following PundoolcALs .—Blackwood's Ma-
gazine, 'Fait's Ditto, Bentley's Miscellany, Master Hum-
phrey's Clock, Mechanics' Magazine, Penny Magazine,
Magazine of Science, Chambers' Journal, Anti-Corn-Law
Circular, Chartists' Circular, and the Odd Fellow.

The Newsroom is open from Eight o'clock a.m. till Ten
o'clock p.m. ; and on Sundays from Six to Ten o'clock p.m.
Subscribers, 7s. Yearly, 3s. 6d. Half-yearly, 2s. Quarterly,
or 10d. per Month ; and for Apprentices, ss. Yearly, 2s. Gd.
Half-yearly, or Gd. per Month. Casual Visitors admitted on
payment of one Penny each visit.

There is also a Debate held in the Lecture Room of the
above Institute, every MONDAY Evening, at Eight o'clock.
Members admitted free. A Library of reference is attached
to the Institute, to which every Member is allowed access.
CHARLES LOGAN, Secretary.

BANK OF ASIA

CAPITAL, £1,000,000., IN TEN THOUSAND SIIARES OV

£lOO. EACH.
THE Terms of the Charter for the Incorporation of this
Bank have now been settled definitively by the Hon.
Court of Directors of the East India Company ; and arrange-
ments are in progress for the for►nation, of the Branches at
Bengal, Madras, and Bombay.

One per cent. deposit on all applications for shares must
be paid into Messrs. SMITII, PAYNE, SMITH, jind Co. Lom-
bard-street, or Messrs. lintuies, FAR(II7I;AIt, and Co., St.
Jivines's-street, Bankers to the Comiliailyi; previous to the
closing of the registry, when the allotitfut of the Shares re-
served for distribution in England will be made. By the
terms of the Charter the Bank will be authorized to com-
mence business on the payment of £250,000., the Capital
being certified to the Government of India. Interest on the
instalments will be allowed from the date of the Banker's re-
ceipts. The responsibility of the Shareholders in England
and in India will be limited to the amount subscribed by the
Charters from the Crown and the Indian Government.

Applications for Shares to be made to Messrs. D. & J. B
NEILSON, 3, Exchange-court, Exchange-street East, Liver

LLOYD'S REGISTER of BRITISH and FOREIGN
SHIPPING, 2, White Lion-court, Cornhill, January
7, 1841.

SHIPS CLASSED A 1

As the period of original designation of several ships of the
above class expired on the 31st of December, and as their
characters have consequently lapsed from A 1 oIE 1 ;
the attention of Shipowners, Masters, and the' Agents, is
directed to the Rules, page 14, section 54, er which the
ships in question may become entitled to b ontinued or re-
placed upon the list of ships of the first escription, of the
first class, if, upon the survey therein scribed being held
they should be found eligible ; and remain thereon, sub-
ject to an occasional survey, for a period not exceeding one-
third of the number of years which had been originally as-
signed to them as ships of the A 1 class.

By order of the Committee,
CHARLES GRAHAM, Secretary

N.B.—The DATE of the last survey should always b 4
borne in mind upon all occasions of reference to thi
REGISTER BOOK.

The annual subscription (except to public Companies) i

£3. 35., for w

Etegister

,00k is supplied

LLOYD'S REGISTER of BRITISH and FOREIGN
SHIPPING, 2, White Lion-court, Cornhill, London
Ist Jan., 1811.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT

-1840.-1841

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM TINDALL, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
JOHN ROBINSON, Esq. Chairman of the Sub-ComiDitte

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of Classification.
George Allfrey' Esq. T. Alexander Mit J, Esq
Robert Barry, Esq. James Parkinso sq.
Timothy A. Curtis, Esq. Thomas 0. P les, Esq.
Nathaniel Domett, Esq. John Rees sq.
Richard Drew, Esq. Anthony dley, Esq.
George Fenning, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Tliornas Forrest, Esq. Patrick M. Stewart, Esq.
Nathaniel Gould, Esq. George Whitmore, Esq.
Robert A. Gray, Esq. Arthur Willis, Esq.
George Hanson, Esq. George F. Young, Esq.
William C. Harnett, Esq. _
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George R. Robinson, Esq., Chairman of the Committee

Lloyd's,

Henry Buckle, Esq., Chairman of the General Shipowner

Society

The object of this society is to obtain, so far as may
practicable, a faithful and accurate classification of the me
cantile shipping of this country; and of the foreign vessi
trading thereto.

For this purpose competent persons have been appointed
surveyors at the principal ports in the United Kingdom.
The rules, section 34, require that the ships classed A ]
for a term of years, shall undergo an occasional survey frou
time to time, and annually if practicable.

That the ships classed A?, 1, INCLUDING THOSE WI
THE ASTERISK (section 61), shall be surveyed annually,
on their return from every foreign voyage.

That the vessels classed E 1 shall he surveyed (section 65'
it least once in every two years.
.1-1(1 that the vessels classed I 1 shall be occasionally sur
s may be found convenient.
CHAS. GRAHAM, Secretary.
g.B.—The charge for register books to subscribers (ex
cept public companies) is £3. 3s. each.

PARISIAN BITUMEN PAVING COMPANY.
THE opinion of several eminent Engineers having been
taken as to the merits of the Bitumen of this Company,
the Directors feel justified in stating that it is capable of
resisting the effects of heat, wet, and frost, and is fully equal,
if not superior, to any of the Asphaltes now ip/use, while its
price, the carriage from London includes considerably

The Directors, before mentioning th arious uses to which
Bitumen is applicable, have great asure in calling the
attention of parties interested in ti si,bject,'to a most mas-
terly exposition of the qualities of this celebrated Mastic,
delivered at the Architectural Society, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
by Mr. Tite, who brought to the task not only a compre-
hensive knowledge of what had been done, but a mind deeply
imbued with the conviction that much yet remained to do
towards developing all the resources of which such a material
was capable.
The Directors are well aware that the qualities of their
Bitumen, to be appreciated, must be known, and feeling
that the public will soon be freed from those prejudices
against its use which carelessness of application has alone
generated, beg to say, that they have ready prepared a large
quantity of Bitumen of a proper consistency applicable to the
following purposes, viz. :
To the Covering of Viaducts, or Arches of Railways, Bridges,
Catacombs, Wine Vaults, Cellars, &c.
To the Paving of Pathways, Court Yards, Garden Walks,
Stables, Coach-houses, Barns, Tun Rooms, Malt Houses,
Granaries, Warehouses, Wharfs, Esplanades, Cause-
ways, &c. - - -

AGENT FOR LIVERPOOL :
J. WENSLEY, 1, Surrey-street, Kent-square

To be delivered in Liverpool or Manchester, the first at £3,
the second at £2 10s. per Ton.
The Directors will execute any of the above Works, in Li-
verpool, Blanchester, or the Neighbourhood, at ss. 6d. the
square yard, 1 inch thick, inclusive of all expenses.
Directions for Use will be forwarded with any quantity.
And the Directors will guarantee the Durability of Works
executed by the Company.
J. DICKINSON, Secretary and Superintendent.
Naptha, Pitch Tar, (raw and refined,) Tar Oil, Black
Varnish, and Lamp Black, in any quantities, at reasonable
rates.

ROYAL AMPIHTITEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL

By Particular Desire, and under the Ie m to Patronage
of several FAMILIES OF DI 4► .CTION.
An Entire. Change of Scenes in the Ar: ,by Mr. COOKE's
Troop of talented Artistes, and ST S D of HORSES.
THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 15th instant,
the Entertainments will commence with
FEARLESS FLYING FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP,
By Mr. ALFRED COOKE.
After which, the Grand Nursery Legend, entitled
CINDERELLA,
By Mr. Cooke's corps of Infantine Performers.
To be followed by
ITALIAN REVENGE.
Principal characters by Mr. W. J. Hammond, Mrs. Weston.
Miss Daly, &c.
PERFORMANCES ON THE ELASTIQUE CORDE BY MR. HENRY

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