The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-03 00:00:00

POOR CLERGYMEN.
THE ELECTION of POOR CLERGYMEN, with good
iebaractexii and large families, to partake of Dr. Taylour,
Mr. Myddleton, at n 1 Miii..nn Cam's Benefactions, will
take place in May.,eclt. 'Ellnk-Petitions may be had at the
Corporation House, Bloomsbury -place, London, between
Eleven and Three.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
. y ! JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Esquire, Mayor of the
15 Borough of Liverpool, do hereby publish the following
List of AUDITORS for the Borough, and of ASSESSORS
for holding the Court for Revising the Burgess Lists with
the Mayor, elected by the Burgesses of the said Borough,
and of ASSESSORS for the WARDS of the said Borough,
elected by the Burgesses of the said Wards respectively, on
the Second day of March, One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Forty :

AUDITORS FOR THE BOROUGH.
James Bunnell and Marmaduke Martin.
ASSESSORS FOR HOLDING THE COURT FOR REVISING THE

BURGESS LISTS WITH THE MAYOR. •
Thomas Harvey and Peter Wright.
ASSESSORS FOR THE WARDS.
Wards. Assessors elected.
No. I.—Everton . (Wilson Ledger,
John Andrew.
(William Santley,
Robert Ellis.
(George Brown,
7 Richard Rigby.
5 George Clinning,
e Henry Lowry Medder.
c George Bowes Taylor,
Joseph Pannell.
5 John North,
C Samuel Thornely.
5 Henry Clapham,
C Joseph Edwards.
Robert Allan,
e Henry Stuart.
,Jrohsoexi
sDllirtatnmeli ,s
No. 9.—Great George's.-. .
No. 10.—Rodney-street.... C Edward Ford,
James Lewin.
John Hindle,
John Atkinson.
John Robinson,
John Watt.
S
Halewood
Plant,
No. 13.—St. Anne-street .. George
James Norris.
S John Cooper Grocott,
7 Robert Willan.
No. 15.—South Toxteth..
• • S Peter Leather,
e Thomas Rogerson.
John Walker,
• • 7 John Payne, the younger.
JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Mayor.

No. 2.—Scotland

No. 3.—Vauxhall

No. 4.—St. Paul's.

No. 5.-Exchange

No. 6.—Castle-street.

No. 7.—St. Peter's

No. B.—Pitt-street.

No. 11.—Abercromby.

No. 12.—Lime-street

No. 14.—West Derby

No. 16.—North Toxteth

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
GERMAN.—This Class meets every TUESDAY and
. THURSDAY EVENINGS, under Mr. MIGAULT.
Terms, One Guinea per Annum.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.—This Class meets every
FRIDAY EVENING, Under Mr. L. PHILLIPS. A Course
of Lectures on ELECTRICITY has just been commenced.
Terms, ss. per Annum.
VOCAL MUSIC.—This Class is now divided into a
Senior and a Junior Section, each attending one evening a
week. The Class meets on TUESDAY and THURSDAY
EVENINGS, at Seven, under Mr. GEORGE EY TON.
Terms, 10s. 6d. per Annum.
HIGH SCHOOL. The various departments of this
School, namely, English, French, Classics, Mathematics,
Natural Philosophy, Writing, and Drawing, shall, after the
Ist of April next, be open, SINGLY, to Boys (if Members of
the Institution). who do nqt wish to attend ALL the Classes
which constitute- the complete course of instruction. To
such Pupils the Terms for eSch department will be ONE
GUINEA per Quarter, parable in advance.
LI:CTURES.
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 4th instant, at Half-
past Seven p.m., EDWARD FORBES, Esq., M.W.S., will
deliver the Seventh of a Course of Eight Lectures on the
ZOOLOGY of the BRITISH SEAS, illustrated by numer-
ous Diagrams and Specimens
In consequence of the ANNUAL MEETING being held
on WEDNESDAY, the 11th instant, Dr. SOUTHWOOD
SMITH will commence his Course of Four Lectures on
LIFE and ORGANIZATION,*on MONDAY next, the 9th
instant, at Half-past Seven p.m. The second, third, and
fourth Lectures will be delivered on the Saturday, Wednes-
day, and Saturday following.
MUSEUM.—The Museum is open to Members, on pre-
sentation of their Tickets, every SATURDAY, from Twelve to
Fiie.

A Donation of Ten Guineas or upwards constitutes the
Contributor a Life Member. Annual Subscription, One
Guinea ; Ladies Half-a-Guinea ; Sons or Apprentices of
Members, Five Shillings. Admission to single Lectures,
One Shilling. W. B. HODGSON, Secretary.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS
COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S
TREASURY.

THE MEMORIAL OF THE UNDERSIGNED BANKERS, MER-
CHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS, RESIDENT AT THE
PORT OF LIVERPOOL.
Shetveth,
THAT your Memorialists being deeply interested in the
welfare and prosperity of the West India Islands and
Colonies, have learned with great satisfaction that it is the
intention of her Majesty's government to establish a commu-
nication, by Steam Vessels, between those dependencies and
Great Britain.
That in establishing such a communication, it is highly
desirable that the Port to be selected for the departure'and
arrival of the Steam Vessels should be such as to afford ge-
neral convenience to the public service, and to all classes of
persons likely to take advantage of such communication,
safety to the navigation of the vessels to be employed, faci-
lities for the building and repairing such vessels and their en-
gines, and cheapness in procuring their fuel and general
outfit.

That your petitioners submit that the Port of Liverpool,
in an eminent degree, combines all the requisites for the
above qualifications.

It is -not only the most central, but the most accessible
port for the whole United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland. The several Railroads between Liverpool and Man-
chester, Liverpool and Preston, Liverpool and Bolton, Liver-
' pool and Birmingham, and thence to London, heir'g already
completed and in active operation ; and the several Railroads
between London and Southampton, Birmingham and Bris-
tol, and thence to Exeter, Manchester, and Leeds, and
thence to Hull, between Manchester and Derby, Sheffield
and Derby, and Preston and Lancaster, being now in pro-
gress, and which will be opened in the course of the present
year—thereby affording a direct and rapid communication
with all parts of the north, south, east, and west ; besides
which there are powerful Steam-boats plying daily between
Glasgow and Liverpool, Dublin and Liverpool, and all the
other principal ports in Ireland, some of which have exten-
sive intercourse with the West India Islands and Colonies.
That, in.addition to the trade carried on by Liverpool with
the West India Islands and Colonies, the port is the great
outlet for all the manufacturing districts of Lancashire,
Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire,
including a population of upwards of 3,000,000 persons,
which have also extensive connexions with the West India
Islands and colonies, and the Gulf of Mexico and Brazils.
That the entrance to the Port of Liverpool, for vessels of
all sizes, is commodious and safe through the new Channel,
called the Victoria Channel—the depth of water on the bar
at low water ordinary spring tides being 11 feet, and at low
water of neap tides 17 feet. At the first quarter, 11 hours'
flood, there is 18 feet at ordinary springs, and 24 feet at neaps ;
and so on progressively increasing until high water. And
for thirty-four days only out of 365 will there be so little as
11 feet water at low water, and that only for one halt' hour.in
The said channel is also now well lighted and buoyed, and.
addition to the Lightship, Buoys, and Lighthouse, latl3'
placed in connexion with this new channel, another Lightshiptwith
will be placed therein as soon as possible, whichrasnidnnerlh
the unqualified Upsprobation of the Trinity
Cap-
tain Beaufort, tiydrographer to the Board of Admiralty,
thereby affording at all times of the tide,. bothar night and day,
a convenient access 'to the port. This is fully
,borne out by
the fact, that her Majesty's Post-office Packets (two of which
leave Liverpool for Dublin every day at. fixed hours, and two
Dublin for Liverpool,) regularly use this channel, and have
met with no detention from a want of water.
That Liverpooi has at all times had extensive conveniences
for Steamers of large sizes, and these conveniences are now
considerably increased;. a new Dock having been lately com-
pleted sufficient to take Steamers of the largest class having
Gates 70 feet wide, and one of the Graving Docks being now
in progress of alteration to a_ Limit Steamers_ of the same size ;
besides which, Foundries and Manufactories for Marine S team -
engines,
and all the other necessary equipments for Steam-
boats, of high character and reputation have long been esta-
blished at Liverpool, and the Engines there made will bear
comparison with those of the first makers in the world. The
Marine Engines of several of her Majesty's Post-office Packets
have been made there, and others are now in progress of ma-
nufacture for other vessels belonging to her Majesty.
That Liverpool also affords great convenience for procuring
fuel, the coals to be had there being of good quality, in great
abundance, and on moderate terms, which are used by Steam-
ers frequenting the port, and are sent for the use of Steamers
to all parts of the world. It also affords all other necessa-
ries for the vessels' outfit at as moderate rates, as good in
quality, and in as great abundance as any other port in the
kingdom.
Your memorialists therefore pray that your lordships will
take the same into your lordships' consideration, and give
directions that Liverpool may be appointed the port from
which the Steam Vessels to be employed in any communica-
tion between the West India Islands and Colonies and this
country shall depart, and at which they shall arrive.
And your Memorialists will ever pray, &c.
N.B.—The above Memorial is now lying for Signature at
the different News Rooms.
Liverpool, February, 1840.