The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

BATSWING CANDLES

PALMER AND CO.'S BATSWING MOULD
CANDLES, Six 'to the Pound, burn with a brilliant white
flame, do not require snuffing, and one gives as much light as
two ordinary moulds. They consume slowly, may he used in
candlesticks, or in the candle lamps, and are hard enough to
resist the influence of warm rooms or hot climates. Price 9d.
per pound.
OCTAVE CANDLES.

These Candles are eight to the lb., require to snuffing, and
give the light of two common candles. Being thinner than the
Batswing, they are especially adapted for the use of artizans,
mechanics, dressmakers, joiners, shoemakers, and all that
portion of the community who need a good light at a very small
cost. Price Bd. per lb. Sold retail by all Grocers and Candle-
dealers, and wholesale by
PALMER AND CO.
LEEDS-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
AGENTS FOR EDWARD PRICE AND CO.'S PATENT

COMPOSITE CANDLES

PRIESTLEY'S

CONCENTRATED DECOCTION OF FLUID EXTRACT OF THE

FINEST

JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA.
rums most efficient and agreeable preparation of
that well known and valuable alterative, JAMAICA SA R,
SA PARILLA, is prepared by a peculiar and scientific method,
by which the whole of the aromatic and volatile parts are pre-
served ; and. the experience of many years has fully established
the reputation of this Medicine, as containing more of the vir-
tues of the root than any other preparation. Its beneficial ef-
fects have been particularly striking in the following com-
plaints :—NOcturnrnal Pains in the Limbs, Scrofulous En-
largment of the Glands, Cutaneous Affections, Chronic nen-
matiStns,- &c.' &c. • in freeing the system after a course of
Mercury, its beneficial effects are very powerful. It purifies
the blood, and by giving to the cutaneous vessels a healthy anal
regular action, it removes that disposition to Erysipilatous
,n a mation, from which so many person's periodically suffer;
and when taken in the Springund Fall of the Year as an ,Altera-
tive Medicine, it will be fdund to impart that strength to the
constitution which is indicated by firmness of flesh, good appe-
tite, and freshness of the complexion.
Prepared and sold only, by JOHN PRIESTLEY, 52, Lord-
street, Li%erpobl, in bottles at Its., 225., and 335. per bottle.
N.l3.—For the convenience-of parties in the countu, boxes
are safely packed.up Containing Tito 22-shillingbottles for
and Cases equal to Five for £5, upon 'receipt df a Postotrice
order.—The Preparation will keep in any climate. •

BACON'S ANTI-SCORBUTIC DROPS, or Con-
centrated Vegetable Compound, a Specific in all Scorbutic
and Cutaneous Disorders, Leprosy, King's Evil, Erysipelas, sze.
The high reputation of this grana and infallible Specific in the
above Diseases cannot be better confirmed than by the many
extraordinary cures already performed. It is universally ac-
knowledged that all gradual Eruptions, Blotches, Pustules,
Tumors, Scarf, Sores, and Ulcers, discharging ichorous fceted
matter, Weak Eyes, Spongy Gums, Pallid and Bloated (often
livid) Complexions, are the consequences of scorbutic habit,
and therefore immediately within the promised'relief and cure
of this medicine; as in fact is every disease occasioned by de-
fect in the secretions, impoverished blood, and acrid humour
in the systein, prOducing ,Gout, fixed Rheumatic Pains, White
Swellings, and many other formidable maladies.
Worn the nnmerons testimonials of the superior efficacy of
Bacon's Anti-Scorbutic Drops, in the Cure of Scorbutic Dis-
eases, Eruptions on the Skin; and disorders occasioned by :an.
Impoverished State of the Blood, the following extract is sub-
oined, from the .Monthly Gazette
of Health :—" Bacon's Anti-
Scorbutic Drops pre certainly animprovement on the adver-
tised remedies for. Cutaneous COmplaints ; for in all Chronic
Diseases of the Skin, for which these Drbps are i•ecopimended,
it is of great consequence to keeplip healthy digestion during
the use of an alterative medicine; thiS is proceeding on the
plan so much inculcated. by Hippocratesj and Mr. Abernethy
of St. Bartholoniew's Hospital., These Drops are accompanied
with full directions for use; to which are added cases in which
they have been successfully taken."
. _ _

Prepared only by J. SANOEit,iItO, Oxford-street, London,
and Sold in Bottles at 4s. 6d.• and II 's. And May he procured
of carter, .Johnsons, Jones, Al4C4uffie, Priestley, Rawle, Ross
rid Co., Boberts, Scholefield, Troughton, Wagstaff, and alt
isp3ct. ble Medicine Venders throughout the country.

JA: WO.

REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY.
TRANSIT FOR THE MILLION AT ONE PENNY
PER MILE.
------- THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD ECO-
ATO MERCHANTS, &c. NOMIC (OMNIBUS) CONVEYANCE COMPANY,
N ENGLISHMAN, of active habits, who is ac- Upon the principle of the Coni' pany already formed in Lon-
quainted with the French, German, Italian, and Spanish don, as originally projected by W. H. James, Esq., Civil En-
_, nguages, the three first of which he speaks fluently, is de- gineer, the Patentee of a Vehicle, constructed on an entirely
trotts to treat with a Merchant or others, who may require his new principle, eminently suited' to the convenience of the
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4-vices.
Address, G. H. 8., 24, Box P. 0., Leeds,

MERCANTILE CLERKS, BOOK-KEEPERS,
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS, ASSISTANTS, &c.,
can be provided with SITUATIONS, by applying to Mr. Wu.-
Luaus, 11, Temple-court, North John-street.

TO CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS.
THE Commissioners acting in execution of the
several Acts of Parliament for the Improvement of the
Township of Birkenhead, are prepared to receive TENDERS
for FORMING and COMPLETING the SURFACE of the COR-
PORATION-ROAD, from POOL-LANE to LIVINGSTONE-
STREET.

Sections and Specifications of the proposed Work may be
seen on application at the Office of Mr. BRINE, Surveyor to the
said Commissioners, Birkenhead.
Tenders, sealed addressed to him under cover to the Com-
navf

public in general, and particularly the wurhing
CAPITAL, ze200,000, divided into 40,000 Shares of ..t.5 each.
DEPOSITOd. per Share.
(being the largest amount allowed by Act of Parliament to be
taken,) with power of considering the Company formed when
10,000 shares are subscribed for; a PUBLIC MEETING of the
Subscribers will then be called, when the Directors will be
chosen from the Shareholders.
Call, on complete Registration, per Shari
holder liable beyond the amount of his Shares
TRUSTEES

No Share

Sir THOMAS BRANCKIEEI WILLIAM POTTER, Esq

BANKERS

ROYAL BANK OF LIVERPOOL
SOLICITOR.

Mr. HENRY BREMNER, 3, Temple-court, Liverpool.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.
Mr. PETER LOWE.
Offices of the Company—Clayton-square, Liverpool, and
22, King-street, Guildhall, London.

The Projecfors of this Company_ having
,for their object the

accommodation of the Public, by Low Fares of One Penny per
Mile, and a uniform system of quick successive departures
from one station to another, throughout the leading thorough-
fares of the town, by Omnibuses direct, but more frequent than
at present ply to places in the Vicinity, the Projectors fully
rely on the co-operation of every class, whose comfort and con-
venience will so essentially be promoted.
Estimates of the probable Receipts and Expenditure may

be had, and further information obtained 01 the kminpany-s
Solicitor, MY. HENRY BREMNER, 3, Temple-court, Liverpool;
or of the Secretary (pro tent.), at the Company's Offices, Clayton-
square, Liverpool; or of Mr. G. H. PLANT, Accountant, 31,
Chapel-walks, Liverpool; or of J. G. BECKERLEG, Esq., Secre-
tary to the London Conveyance Company, at their Offices, 22,

Kirig-street, Guildhall, London ; or of M. WILLIAM ESSEX,
Stock Exchange, Manchester; where forms of Applications for
Shares may be had. Letters, requesting them to be forwarded
by post, must be pre-paid, and accompanied by post-office
stamps to frank the required documents.
November sth, 1846.

BRITISH WHALE AND SEAL FISHERY
COMPANY.

ncorporated by Royal Charter, limiting the liability of Share-
holders to the amount of their Subscriptions.
CAPITAL, £250.000, IN 2500 SHARES OF £lOO EACH.
GOVERNOR--Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—Geo. Frederick Young, Esq.

BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY
.&, HERCULA-
NEUM DOCK COMPANY AMALGAMATION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application
11 is intended to be made to Parliament in the next session,
for an Act to authorize and empower the union and consolida-
tion into one company of the Birkenhead Dock Company, and
the Herculanean Dock Company, and for incorporating a new
company for the purpose of carrying into execution the under-
takings of such two companies, and for vesting in such new or
consolidated company all the docks, works, lands, property, ca-
pital, stock, shares, estate, and effects, of the said two compa-
nies, and all the rights, powers, privileges, and authorities now
vested in and exercised or enjoyed by such respective compa-
nies, and for enabling such new or consolidated company to
levy the tolls, rates, and duties granted to the said two compa-
nies respectively in the same manner and subject to the same
powers, restrictions, obligations, and liabilities as the said two
compilnies respectively may now levy the same ' • and to em-
power such new or consolidated company to grant, for a longer
term of years than is prescribed by the Acts hereinbefore
mentioned, the whorehouses, wharfs, buildings, and property
belonging to the said two companies respectively, or any of
them, or any part thereof.
And it is intended to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge, and
to repeal some of the powers and provisions of " The Birken-
head Dock Company Act, 1845," and "The Herculaneum Dock
Act, 1846.—Dated the sixth day of November, 1846.
MALLABY and TOWNSEND, Solicitors for the Bill.

S HROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAYS.
SHREWSBURY TO WORCESTER.
PROPOSED RAILWAY FROM SHREWSBURY TO
WORCESTER,
WITH FOUR BRANCHES, NAMELY,—TO THE SHREWSBURY
AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY AT COALBROOKDALE,—TO
THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY IN THE
PARISH OF MADELEY, NEAR THE AQUEDUCT HOUSE,—
TO KIDDERMINSTER,—AND TO THE OXFORD, WORCES-
TER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY AT WORCESTER.
—AMENDMENT OF ACTS, AND POWER TO PURCHASE OR
LEASE THE SHROPSHIRE CANAL NAVIGATION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is intended
to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for an Act to
amend, enlarge, and consolidate or repeal the provisions, or
some of them, of " The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal,
" Newtown to Crewe, with Branches,Act 1846;" "The Shropshire
"Union Railways and Canal, Chester and Wolverhampton line,
" Act 1846;" and " The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal,'
" Shrewsbury and Stafford Railway, Act 1846;" and to declare the
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company referred to in
such Acts respectively to be one and the same Company.—And

it is also intended by such proposed :Act to authorize the said
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company to construct
and maintain the following Railways, or some of Them, with all
proper works, approaches and conveniences, connected there-
with, namely ;—A Railway commencing by a junction with the
line of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, as at present
authorized to be made near the Race Course, in the parish of