The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-01 00:00:00

DISPOSAL or TAT: couxerrox OF

ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS,
Principally eii.vared in the works of Molars. Finders.
THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION of this splendid Collec-
tion of Drawings, which was exhibited to the Patrons
of Art in this town in July last, at the Exhibition Reams.
Church-street, will take place on TUESDAY next, the sth of
October, at One o'clock, at Mr. GRUNDY'S Repository of
Arts, Exchange-street, Manchester.

WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE THIS DAY, (FRIDAY,)

OCTOBER lsr.

MR. JOHN MARTIN'S PICTURES,
GALLERY, ,
MR. JOHNUNION MARTIN'S SubIimeSLATER-STREET PICTURE 8,
THE DELUGE,
PANDEMONIUM,
And THEgran RIVERS OF BLISS;
Also, a d Gallery Piture,
THE OFFERING UP OF ISAAC,c by RICIABRANDT,
ARE NOW ON VIEW.
Open from Ten till Five.
ADMISSION—ONE SHILLING.
The Pictures Exhibited by Gas-light, from Eight till Teu
o'clock.—Admission, Sixpence. •

ON VIEW, GRATIS, FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY,
AT MR. PALMER'S PICTURE ROOMS,
53, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
ti L. (MEW'S Original Picture of the RACE for the
12414 TRADESMEN'S PLATE, CHESTER, 1841, dedi-
cated, by special permission, to Lord MiurowN.
This novel and ingenious Work of Art, which contains
upwards of 300 Figures, cut out with a pair of conmort
sciutorx, including Portraits of many well-known Town Cha-
racters, has been only a few days received from Her Majesty,
to whom it was sent for inspection ; and as a token of her
royal approbation, Her Majesty has been nwst graciously
pleased to forward to the Artist, through Sir 11. Wheatley,
S.C.H., a most gratifying document, along with a handwrite
donation.

P.S.—The Picture will be disposed of in Shares, ID:Aim:llan
of which can be known, and Subscribers received, at Mr.
Palmer's Rooms, as above, or at the Artist's Residence, No.
11, Lime-street, near the Adelphi Hotel.

it LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
H El.74ll7dhuerireZYthit74.p.arremseta that
nt Quarttel7wilrtaErepiltasce.
THIS EVENING, the Ist instant,
On FRIDAY Evening, the 29th instant, and
On FRIDAY Evening, the 2tith November,
To which Members of the Society have the privilege of in-
troducing a Lady. V M. SUDLOW, Secretary.

LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.
ASERMON will be preached (D.V.) at ALL SAINTS'
CHURCH, Grosvenor-street, on SUNDAY Evicxmo•
next, the 3d instant, by the Rev. W. RE RR, of Norwich ;
and a Collection made in aid of the Funds of the above As.
sociation.

Divine Service will commence at Half-past Six o'clock

ST. SILAS CHURCH

THIS CHURCH will be :0PE15i.;1554 Divine Sevvica
THIS DAY, (Friday,) the Ist instant.
Morning Service to commence at Eleven o'clock.
A Sermon to be Preached by the Rev. Huou MINzILE.
Evening Service to commence at Seven o'clock.
A Sermon to be Preached by the Rev. J. Coa.msAvs.,
Incumbent of the Church.
A Collection will be made after each Service.

PARISH OF SEPHTON.
AT a MEETING of RATE-PAYERS of the above PA..
it IS H , in Vestry assembled, this 30th day of September,
1841, it having been proposed that a Rate 9f Twopence in
the Pound be laid for the necessary expenses of the current
year, and an amendment carried that a Rate of a Halfpenny
only be allowed, a POLL was demanded. which will, accord-
ingly, commence ou MONDAY next, at Niue o'clock, in the
Vestry of the Parish Church of Sephton, to close at Four in
the Afternoon.
WILLIAM ASPINWALL, Churchwardens.
WILLIAM SUTTON,
N.B.—The Poll will be continued Four Days, under Sturges
Bourne's Act.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEETING of tbs
PROPRIETORS in this COMPANY (under the provision
of the Act of Incorporation) will be held, at the Clarendon-
rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, on THURSDAY, the
7th day of October.
The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
WM. DIXON.
• Chairman of the Board of Direetors.
Birkenhead, I6th September, 1841.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL,
MUNICIPAL REVISING COURT.
THE Mayor and Revising, Assessors have determined to
take FI ti ST the cases of Persons CLAIMING to have
their names inserted on the List.
ALL CLAIMANTS must theretofore be prepared to sub-
stantiate their claims at the opening of the Court, at the
Sessions-house, at Ten o'Clock in the forenoon of Friday
iext. By order,
RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk.
Town-hall, 29th September, 1841.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
PUBLIC MEJETING.
HAVING received a Requisition, as follows, most nume-
rously and respectably signed—" We the unders4ned
Inhabitants of the Borough of Liverpool and its vicinity,
considering it important for the two Houses of Parliament
not to be prorogued until full enquiry into the causes of the
present national distress has been instituted, do respectfully
request that yon will convene a Town's Meeting, to afford
the ;Merchants, Traders and others of this great coliaratuaity
an opportunity of expressing their sentiments on the sub-
ject, and of memorialising Her Majesty the Queen ;"
I do appoint Saturday next, the second day of October,
at the hour of seven o'clock in the evening, at the Amphi-
theatre, in Great Charlotte-street, for a Meeting of the In-
habitants, to take into consideration the subject of the Re-
quisition, and to determine in favour of or against the pro-
posed petition to Her Majesty as to the Meeting shall appear
prow and expedient.

THOMAS BOLTON, Mayor
Town-hall, 29th Sept. 1841.

COUNTY OF LANCASTER, WESTERN DIVISION.
WHEREAS, by Patent bearing dateon or about the 14th
day of September, 1826, His Royal Highness Prince
Augustus Frederick of Brunswick Lunenherg, Duke of Sus-
sex, Earl of Inverness, Baron of Arklow, Knight of the
most honourable Order of the Garter, &c. &c. &c., Grand
Master of the most Ancient and honourable Fraternity of
Free and Accepted Masons of England, constituted and ap-
pointed LE GENDRE NICHOLAS STAKKIE, Esquire, M.P.,
&c. &c. &c., of Huntroyde, in the said county, to be his
Provincial Grand Master for the said division; and by virtue
of the great power, trust, and confidence reposed in me by
the said Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, Esquire, in appointing
me to be his Deputy Provincial Grand Master, it JOHN
DRINKWATER. do hereby give Notice that a PROVINCIAL
GRAND LODGE will be held at the Adelphi Hotel, in
Liverpool, on THURSDAY, the 21st day of October next, at
Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, for the transaction of the An-
nual Business of the Province.
Given under my hand and seal of the P. G. Lodge, at Li.
verpool aforesaid, this 20th day of September, in the year of
Masonry 5841, and of our Lord 1841.

JOHN DRINKWATER,
JAMES NORRIS, P. G. Secretary.

LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETY,
T. M. GLADSTONE, ESQ., PRESIDENT.
APUBLIC MEETING of the MEMBERS of tits
MARINE SOCIETY will be held at the Rooms of
the Shipmasters' Association, on SATURDAY next, the 2nd
October, at one o'Clock, to consider and approve or alter
the Rules of the said Society as revised by their Committee,
and afterwards for carrying the same into full effect by the
approval of such meeting.
By order of the President,
SAMUEL MOSS, Secretary.
A copy of the intended Rules as revised may be seen on
application to the Secretary, at the Shipmasters' Association.
Members are urgently requested to attend.
5, Old Hall-street. 28th Sept. 1841.
LIVERPOOL SOCIETY FOR_THE REGISTRY OF

SHIPPING. --
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in consequence
of the increasing supportof the Shipowners, Merchants,
and Underwriters, the Committee have appointed Mr. Wu.
HASELDEN as Assistant Surveyor at this Port, in order to
afford every facility to the despatch of the Public Business.
Applications for Surveys to be made in writing to the Sur-
veyors at the following places, viz.,—at
Liverpool... to Messrs. BATLEY and HAstumN.
London . Messrs. RITHERDON and CARR.
Newcastle .
Sunderland Mr. JAMES LAING.
Belfast Mr. FITZSIMON.

Shipowners are particularly requested to take notice, that
this Society having obtained a Copyright, the only genstisse
Certificates of Classification are those issued from the office
of the LIVERPOOL REGISTRY OF SHIPPING, with aataniped
itnpression of the Official Seal, and signed by the Chairman
of the General Committee, or the Chairman of the Sub-
Committee of Classification, and countersigned by the Se-
cretary.

These Certificates may be had free of charge until the
Registry is published, and will be a sufficient guarantee for
the purposes of Insurance ad interim.
Liverpool, Oct. Ist.

I)IIbRICE'S PATENT COMPOSITE, or IMITATION
-1. SPERM CANDLES. They give a brilliant and steady
light, without requiring to be snuffed, and are equally appli-
cable for family or counting-house use, and are now much
used in the Metropolis for Lighting Churches and Chapels,
and Public Buildings generally.
At One Shilling per lb

which, compared with the light given, is cheaper than the
commonest Tallow Candle.

-These Candles are now supplied by most of the Chandler,
throughout the Country, but where they cannot otherwise be.
had, on remitting £5 to Enwn. PRICE and Co., Belmont,
Vauxhall, Surrey, any Private Custoiner may be supplied
with limbs., and no charge will be made for the box, the
value of which will, in most cases, cover the expense of
carriage. The brx will be charged for any smaller quantity.
Any Person wishing to try these Candles, has only to send
E. P. and Co. a Postothce Order for Ten Shillings, and a box
containing nibs. shall be immediately sent down ; the odd
Bd. being for the box.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF A LOST RING.—A gentle-
man in the East India Company's Service, some twenty years
ago, when stationed near Patna, was in the habit, by way °I
amusement, to turn his attention to cutting and polishing of
:
pebbles, consisting of agates, jasper, &c., which are to be
found profusely distributed in the bed of the Soane.
_Aotuneorligi
a large variety of specimens he became possessed of one
particular, a blood stone, which he greatly prizeS- on account
of the intensity of the colours m.vading if._
b cb be deposited
afterwards set in a compact box ring, in
!Some little while
a small portion of the hair of his lilt
was missed, missed, and
This he bad
after it was in his possession,
In the course of
although every search was instqatht,earlialir its recuverYl "
traces of it whatever could be arrived
the country, when the
• , parr 11P
a short time afterwards the lady
ordered to join a &Stant eta • was forgotten. Years
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with the ring
(red and her husband was
circumstance connected
nt transpiring to bring back the
passed away without any
sustained
was passing down Wardour-strnety
days since, however,
"identical ring he bad lost in a shop
loss the gentleman had ele
to his recollection. A few
he perceived the same identical
it,
found to his great surprise
window, and uponis preserved in its snug " /atebrat," where it
w - t:LI for nearly twenty years before. There
clue left Y
thhaadt tbbeeenhadirepo, b
which the parties who bad originally
was no
disposedthe ring could be traced, as it had passed threug It
s
hands°i. in the trade ; but the gentleman suspects that
it ,cost have been stolen .by a "dye'' (a native vet-our
with.whotn he furnished a character upon au occasion wlelu
r e fn
site was about to accompany an European family to thi
country in the above capacity more thin ei4teou years a.go

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