The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-16 00:00:00

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY

CARRIAGE OF GOODS TO AND FROM LONDON.
rrHE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY
inform the Public, that, in order to ensure to the Lon-
don Trade the same advantage of moderate and uniform
Charges for the Carriage of Merchandise as is now afforded
by the Grand Junction Line between Birmingham and Liver-
Pool and Manchester, they have, in conjunction with Messrs.
Chaplin and Horne, of London, made arrangements whereby
the Public who may be disposed to avail themselves of this
means of conveyance will obtain a considerable reduction in
the Rates, and avoid all uncertain or extra Charges, under
the head of Cartage and Porterage, on the delivery of the
Goods in London, or the forwarding of the Goods from
thence.

The Rates fixed will include all Charges of Delivery to the
receiver of the Goods in London, if resident within the limits
of the London Porterage Act, as also the Cartage and Por-
terage in London, on all Goods forwarded, with the excep-
tion of the Booking, when required, of Goods forwarded
from London. _

Tne Scale of Rates will be as follows, including Delivery,
&c in London :

For Iron and other Metals, Castings, raw
Sugar, Tallow, Lead, and other Coarse
Goods
For Packs, Drapery Trusses, Hardware
Packed, Butter, General Groceries, Pro-
visions. Oils, &c. &c.
For Glass in Crates, Indigo, Loose Hides,
Spirits, Wines, &c., Tea, Manufactured
Tobacco, Woollen Yarns, &c.
For Plate and Crown Glass in Cases, Lug-
gage, Poultry Dead, Raw and Manufac-
tured Silk Woolpacks 79s. Bd.
. . .

Light and hazardous Articles, such as Hats, Furniture,
Pictures, Light Glass Shades, &c., and single articles weigh-
ing less than 1 Cwt. will be charged at proportionately higher
rates.

Further particulars may be learned on application to the
Company's Agent, at the \Yapping Station, Liverpool ; or
at the Merchandise Station, Liverpool-road, Manchester ; or
at Vauxhall, Birmingham ; as also at the following Offices
and Receiving Houses of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, in
London :

Swan with Two Necks Lad-lane.
Spread Eagle .Grace Church-st.
Cross Keys Wood-street.
George and Blue Boar. Holborn.
Golden Cross
Universal Office, Regent Circus Piccadilly.
Griffin's Green Man and Still Oxford-street.
In order to prevent misconception, it is proper to state,
that the Company undertake, with respect to all Goods for-
warded by them'as Carriers, all the responsibilities custom-
arily undertaken by other Carriers ; and that all communi-
cations on the subject of the Merchandise Business will be
promptly attended to by the Agents, at the Offices above-
mentioned.

The business, on the terms now advertised, will commence
on the Bth June next, on and after which time Goods will be
forwarded at the rates in question from Liverpool, Manches-
ter, and London; as also at proportionately lower rates from
the Company's Merchandise Stations, at Warrington, Staf-
ford, and Wolverhampton, to London, or from London to
the said Stations. By order of the Directors.
Liverpool, May 30, 1840.

ARTICLES FOR THE TOILET.
ATKINSON'S BEARS' GREASE, well known in most
parts of the world for promotingthe growth of the Hairs
lowest price in pots or bottles 2s. 6d. N.B.—The numerou,
low priced articles sold as Bears' Grease are only the com-
mon Pomatums, and instead of benefitting, actually injure
the hair ; they are easily detected by any, one who has used
the genuine sears' Grease;
ATKINSON'S OLD BROWN WINDSOR SOAP,
well known to most of the Nobility and Gentry for making
the skin, however red or harsh, soft, white, and even.
ATKINSON'S COLD CREAM OF ROSES for cooling
the skin, and preventing its chapping in the most inclement
weather; it is also an excellent lip salve.
FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS.
HUDSON'S BOTANIC TOOTH POWDER & TINC-
TURE. These dentifirices, which have so much attracted
the attention of the medical profession are remedies for all
disorders of the mouth ; they cure the scurvy in the gums,
snaking them firm and of a healthy redness, and sweeten the
breath ; they clear the tartar from the teeth, fasten such as
are loose, arrest the progress of decay, make them beautifully
white, and preserve them sound to the latest period of life.
CAUTION.—None of the above are genuine but those which
have attached to the label a small address stamp, printed in
colours similar to a patent medicine stamp.
Sold by J. and E.ll ATKINSON, Perfumers, 24, Old Bond-
street, London, and, by appointment, by most Perfumers.

VALUABLE BUILDING LAND AT WAVERTREE,
NEAR LIVERPOOL.

On WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of June inst., at One o'clock,
at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, in the following or
such other Lots as may be agreed upon at the time of sale,
and subject to the conditions to be then produced;
PIECE of LAND, with the Two DWELLING-
Lot 1. A HOUSES thereon, situate' on the west side of a
certain new street, of eleven yards wide, called Picton-street,
leading out of the high road from Liverpool to Wavertree,
and which said piece of Land contains in front to Picton-
street, and in breadth at the back severally, 34 yards, and
runs in depth, on the north and south sides severally, 59
yards, and contains, in the whole, 2006 square yards, or
thereabouts.
2.—A Piece of LAND, on the south side of and immedi-
ately adjoining Lot 1, containing in front to Picton-street,
and at the back severally, 30 yards 1 foot 3 inches, and in
depth on the north side 59 yards, and on the south side 59
yards 4 inches, and containing in the whole 17911 square
yards, or thereabouts.
3.—A Piece of LAND on the north side of and immedi-
ately adjoining Lot 1, containinz in front to Picton-street
138 yards 1 foot and 6 inches, and in breadth at the back
149 yards 2 feet and 6 inches, and running in depth on the
north side in a bevelling line 59 yards 9 inches, and on the
south side 59 yards, and containing in the whole 8436 square
yards, or thereabouts.
4.—A Piece of LAND on the east side of Picton-street,
and immediately opposite to the before-mentioned Lots,
containing in front to Picton-street 179 yards 1 foot and 6
inches, and in breadth at the back 191 yards, and running
in depth on the north side in a bevelling line 57 yards and 9
inches, and on the south side 61 yards 3 feet and 6 inches,
and containing, in the whole, 11,1611 square yards, or there-
abouts.
5.—A Piece of LAND on the north side of an intended
new road of ten yards wide; leading out of Picton-street into
Pighue-lane, containing in the whole, including the site of
the said intended road, 9394 square yards, or thereabouts.
The Tenure of the first four Lots is Copyhold, and that of
Lot 5 is Freehold of Inheritance.
The Property is situated 21 miles from Liverpool, and
half a mile from the village of Wavertree, and, from the
manner in which it is laid out, is admirably adapted for the
building of elegant Villas ; and, from the salubrity of the
air, the convenient distance from Liverpool, and the respec-
tability of the neighbourhood, it affords favourable opportu-
nities to persons desirous of advantageously investing their
capital.
The convenience of purchasers will, as far as possible, be
consulted in the division of the Land into Lots.
Further particulars may be obtained, and Plans of the
Property seen, on application to Messrs. It. and H. CHRIS.
TIAN, Solicitors, Harrington-street, Liverpool.

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
448, WEST STRAND.
PATRON—The Most Noble the Marquis of WESTMINSTER.
Chairman—DAVID SoLomorfs, Esq.
Secretar FRANCIS EWART, Esq.
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THIS Society is founded upon the principle of Mutual
.I. Assurance, and` he Assured are guaranteed by an ample
temporary Capital, hich the Directors have power to dis-
continue at the end of five years, if they think it then prudent
to do so, or at any time after that period, when itmay appear
desirable. Thus, while young, it has all the security of a
Proprietary Company, and afterwards all the advantages of
a Mutual Society.
The whole of the Profits will be ultimately annually dis-
tributed to the Assured, entitled to participate, either by a
Bonus or in reduction of future Premiums, at the option of
the Assured.
It having been the object, in the formation of this Society,
to make Life Assurance as beneficial as possible, and to
adapt it to every contingency against which it is desirable to
guard, Persons who contemplate Assuring their Lives are
invited to read the Prospectus, which may be had on appli-
cation at the Office, No. 448, West Strand, London, or of
Mr. R. W. DICKSON, No. 13, LOWER 'CASTLE-STREET,
AGENT FOR LIVERPOOL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the partnership
11 I heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned,
JOSEPH FOSTER and MILES ROOK, of Liverpool, in
the county of Lancaster, as brassfounders, coppersmiths,
braziers, and tin and ironplate-workers, under the firm of
" Joseph Foster and Company," was this day dissolved by
mutual consent. All debts due and owing by or from the
said late firm, will be received and paid by the said Joseph
Foster, who, in future, will carry on the business. Dated
this sixth day of June, 1840. JOSEPH FOSTER.
MILES ROOK.
Witness—J. H. KENYON, Solicitor,
10, Castle-street.

T OSEPH FOSTER returns h'§is most sincere thanks to his
0 Friends and the Public for the support which they so
generously rendered to the late firm with which he was con-
nected, and begs to state, that he has this day entered into
partnership with Mr. LEWIS ELLIS, who, together with
himself, will devote every energy to give the greatest satis-
faction to any persons who may kindly favour them with their
patronage. In order to give every facility to their customers,
they have taken the Shop and Premises, No. 22, Scou'
JOHN-STREET, where the business will be conducted in its
various branches.

28, Thomas-street, Liverpool, 16th June, 1840.

THE commissioners in a fiat in bankruptcy, bearing date
the 21st day of June, 1839, awarded and issued against
JOHN RICHARDSON GORST, of Liverpool, in the county
of Lancaster, coach and harness manufacturer, dealer and
chapman. intend to meet on the 20th day of June instant, at
Twelve of the clock at Noon, at the Clarendon Rooms, South
John-street, in Liverpool, to audit the accounts of the
assignees of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, under
the said fiat, pursuant to an act of parliament, made and
passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George the Fourth, intituled, " An act to amend the laws
relating to bankrupts ;" and the said commissioners also
intend to meet, on the same day, at One o'clock in the Af-
ternoon, and at the same place, in order to make a dividend
of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt ; when and
where the creditors, who have not already proved their debts
are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be ex.
eluded the benefit of the said dividend. And all claims not
then proved will be disallowed.

:14 G. LYNN, 13, BOLD-STREET, (next door to the Pa-
-1 • latine Club House), has in STOCK a variety of CA-
BINET FURNITURE; (including Wardrobes, Loo Tables,
Sofas, Easy Chairs, &c. &c.), of the best Manufacture, which
he offers to the Public at prices which cannot fail to insure
him Orders.

N.B. A few yard-wide Super Kidderminster CARPETS,
at 3s. per yard, F. G. L. declining that branch of trade.