The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

TO THE LIVERPOOL PUBLIC.

BY an almost simultaneous movement, the Shopkeepers
in London, and the leading provincial towns, have re-
cently associated themselves for the purpose of bringing about
a curtailment of the hitherto unreasonable hours of business;
and their efforts, for the attainment of that object, have been
attended with unexampled success. Some of the leading
tradesmen of this town, being also fully aware of the comfort
which not only their assistants, but themselves, would derive
from following so good an example, (Ad stimulated byThe
successful efforts of the Drapers,) convred a general meet-
ing of their body to take into consideration the propriety of
establishing an earlier and uniform hour of closing. At that
meeting, which was very numerously and respectably at-
tended, resolutions to the effect that it would be advisable to
close their places of business at eight o'clock, during the
winter six months, and at nine o'clock, during the summer
portion of the year, were unanimously adopted. A committee
was at the same time appointed, for the purpose of ascertain.
ing, by personal canvass, the opinion of each individual; by
great attention and labour, that Committee have waited upon
upwards of eighteen hundred Shopkeepers, and it is to them
a matter of warm congratulation that a very large majority
cheerfully and promptly acceded to the time proposed. The
greater portion of persons objecting did so with regret, the
nature of their business unavoidably requiring their attend-
ance till a later hour than that named in the resolution ; the
others are a class of small shopkeepers, who, being supported
by the .lower portion of the community, are unfortunately
hostile to a regulation based on that system and order which
is always found to be the characteristic of the truly respect.
able tradesman. It is to be much regretted that a few of
the Shopkeepers in the leading streets have refused to coin-
ply with this beneficial regulation ; it is, however, confidently
expected, that, on seeing the all hut unanimous feeling of
the public upon the question, deference to the wishes of their
neighbours, and a desire fo avoid the affectation of singu-
larity, will induce them very shortly to follow the general
example.
It has hitherto been a. serious evil, prejudicial to the
health, as well as to the mental and social condition of
the middle classes of our large towns, that the whole of
their time is allowed to he engrossed by their attention
to business, to the total neglect of the blessings of do-
mestic quiet, and the advantages arising from the ra-
tional employment of periods of leisure. That such a course
is prejudicial to the health, undermining the constitution,
and bringing on premature decay, has been noticed by all
writers who have directed their attention to the causes of
disease existing in large communities. It becomes, then, an
imperative duty on all to curtail as much as practicable (but
still with due regard to the objecti of trade) the present pro-
tracted hours to which tradesmen have hitherto been the
voluntary slaves. Of how many hours' enjoyment, in the
society of his children, is the father of a family deprived ?
How many engagements of social and happy intercourse
with esteemed friendS, must the industrious Shopkeeper
forego? How much knowledge is being acquired by other
portions of the people, who, availing themselves of more
rational hours of occupation, are rapidly outstepping those
who have hitherto made no effort to free themselves from
those injurious systems which tend to keep them in ignorance,
and to prevent those relaxations which are required both for
the health of the body and the energy of the mind ?
To recapitulate all the evils attendant upon late hours of
business, would extend this address to an unnecessary length;
it may be permitted, however, here to call the attention of
parents to an obligation imposed upon them with regard to
the health and morals of their children, and exhort them to
give their best support to the new regulation, and thus the
dangers to which their constitutions have been exposed,
would be averted, and the choice of companions, from the
moral part of the community, brought within their reach.
The Committee, therefore, earnestly call upon those who
have conformed to the resolutions of the Public Meeting,
steadily to adhere to the regulation, and to exert their friendly
influence in inducing others to comply with the arrangement,
that it may be generally encouraged and permanently esta-
blished—au arrangement which, if strictly persevered in,
must, without injury to the interests of any, add to the health
and happiness of all. _ _

By order of the Committee of the
Shopkeepers' Association.
JAMES WILLACY, Jun. Secretary.
20th Ilaceinizer. 1838

THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' AND GENERAL
FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
CHARLES BLEADEN, Esq., Chairman.
THoMAS POWELL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Sir John Cowan, Bart. John Harman, Esq.
Stephen Child, Esq. Henry Jackson, Esq.
Andrew Clark, Esq. William Knott, Esq.
Charles May, Esq. John Lund, Esq.
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William Float, Esq. Robert Main, Esq"
Francis Fuller, 14:sq. S. J. Waliirley.-
William Game, Esq. Joseph W , 4'sq.
DIRECTORS CHOSEN BY THE Co UTTER.
Mr. Benjamin Bingley. I Mr. Joseph Morgan.
Mr. John Lloyd. I Mr. Thomas Osborne.
AUDITORS.
J. H. Barlow, Esq. I William Richardson, Esq.
J. S. Smith, Esq.
TRUSTEES.
Hvary Jackson, Esq.
William Knott, Esq.

Charles Bleaden, Esq.
Thomas Powell, Esq.
John Lund, Esq.

M. D. Hill, Esq.

STANDING COUNSEL.
John Sidney Taylor, Esq.
JOINT SOLICITORS.

IL Carpenter Smith, Esq. I David Williams Wire, Esq.
BANKERS.—Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and CO.
ACTUARY.—Mr. J. T. Clement.

rri HAT " Union is Strength" is an axiom universally
_I admitted, and a strong exemplification of its truth may
be found in the establishment of the Licensed Victuallers'
School and Asylum. These two very interesting and impor-
tant Institutions afford demonstrative evidence of the power
and advantage of united and well-organized exertion. The
same energies so laudably displayed in the cause of benevo-
lence—to support the orphan and protect the aged—when
directed to the establishment of a FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY, founded on principles of equity
and economy, have proved not only of great national impor-
tance, but, from the number and aggregate resources of the
Licensed Victuallers, of incalculable advantage to that body
at large.
When it is remembered that there are now in existence,
the Law, the Clerical, and Medical Assurance Societies, each
formed primarily for a particular class of persons, it will not
appear unreasonable that so large and influential a body of
men as the Licensed Victuallers of England—a body ex•
ceeding Ninety Thousand, and whose annual returns of
Capital approximate to £6o,ooo,ooo—should possess a similar
Institution. Its extensive and beneficial operations, during
the past two years, may be quoted as an earnest of its future
success.

While, however, this Society has been formed by them,
and for their mutual benefit, it is not confined exclusively to
their own body, but is open to all classes of individuals who
may wish to partake of its various advantages.
The objects embraced by it are :
First.—lnsuring Houses, Furniture, Stock-in-trade, and
every description of Personal Property, against Loss or Da-
mage. by Fire.
Second.—Assurance on Lives and Survivorships, and En-
dowments for Children.

Third.—Granting Immediate, Deferred, and Survivorship
Annuities.

Fourth.—Purchasing Contingent and Reversionary Pro-
perty, Advancing Money on Annuity, Mortgage, and other
Secur►ties.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

The Premiums for insuring common and double Ha-
zardous Risks, on GOODS and BUILDINGS, are on the
same scale as other Ft; e Offices.
LIFE DEPARTMENT

Of this Society enables a Person to provide for his Family
after his death, and also affords the Power of snaking provi•
sion for himself during Life by Granting Annuities, either
Immediate, Deferred, or Survivorship; indeed, all the Ob-
jects proposed by the National Loan Fund Society can be
effected by this Company.
The fullest particulars will be furnished upon application
. to the Agents.

LIVERPOOL MEDICAL REFEREE.
ALEX. HANNAY, Esq., M.D., Duke•street.

AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL AND ITS VICINITY.

Mr. JANI ES WASON, Solicitor, Wason-buildings, Har.
rington-street.
Mr. BENJAMIN COLEMAN, Stock and Share Droker,
Esohange.coFt, Bacbangoistreet Bast.

NLESSRS. PERRY and Co., SURGEONS, may be
personally consulted from Nine in the Morning till
Ten at Night, and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at
No. 2'2, SLATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
(private entrance first door up the passage ;)
No. 2, Bale-street, Lower Mosley-street, near to St. Peter's
Church, Manchester, and No. 4, Great Charles-street, Bir-
mingham: of whom may he had (gratis) with each box of
pills their Treatise on Venereal Disease, Gonorrhwa, Gleets,
and Stricture, including Practical Observations on Seminal
Weakness, arising from early abuses, so that all j*rsons can
obtain an immediate Cure, with ease, secrecy, pAd safety.
His a melancholy fact, that thousands wvictims to the
Venereal Disease -wing to the unskilfu
•-ss of illiterate
men, who, by the use of that deadly pois , Mercury, ruin
cpt
the constitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the
head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears,
deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin bones, till
at length a general debility and decay of the constitution
ensues. and a melancholy death puts a period to their dread-
ful sufferings.

PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s.
9d. and Ils. per box, a certain, safe, and the most speedy re-
medy ever discovered for the permanent and effectual cure of
venereal diseases, gonorrhoea, Meets, strictures, semina-
weakness, in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel, lum-
bago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or urethra, and
other diseases of the urinary passages, frequently performing
a perfect cure in the short space of three days, by one small
pill for a dose, with ease. secrecy, and safety. The certainty
with which they are continually administered can be attested
by many thousands. Tne Specific Pills root out every parti-
cle of insidious unison, purifying in their progress the whole
mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but reno-
vate by their action the different functions of the body, ex-
pelling the grosser humours. and in a manner so mild and
imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their est°.
nishing and unequalled powers. They neither contain mer-
cury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the
slightest suspicion of discovery. They require no restraint of
diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, hut effect a corn
plete cure' without the least exposure to the patient. At any
period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will he well
to have recourse to the Specific Pills, for when taken before
the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain pre-
ventative, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly.
Messrs. PERRY, Surgeons, continue to direct their stu-
dies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and
indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only
occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail
on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but
weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of
imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aver-
sion for all pleasures. In that distressing state of debility or
deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, exces-
sive drinking, or any other cause, by which the powers of
the constitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and
speedy restorati n to sound and vigorous health.
PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known for
the certain and effectual remedy of secondary symptoms.
venereal eruptions, pains in the hones, ulcerated sore throat
diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula seorbetie and
glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturne
rains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and al
tseases arising from an impure state of the blood.
2, SLATER.STRZET, LIVERIVOL.

THE TOILET.
ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OM.
THIS Elegant, Fragrant, and Pellucid OlL—is in Uni-
versal High Reputes for its unequalled Restorative,__Pre-
servative, and Beautifying Properties. It prevents '
.HAIR
from falling off or turning grey to the latest period of life;
changes grey hair to its original colour; frees it from scurf,
and renders it beautifully SOFT, CURLY, a.,0 GLOSSY.
In dressing, HAIR, it keeps it firm in the u , uninjured by
damp weather, crowded rooms, the dance, oifiit the exercise of
riding. To Children, it is invaluable, as Ways a foundation
fora Beautiful Head of HAIR.
CAUTION.—Ask fur " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR 0n.," and
observe that each bottle is (with a Treatise on the Hair 31st
edition,) inclosed in a Wrapper, on which are their Names
and Address in Red, thus,
A ROWLAND & SON, 20, II ATTON GARDEN,
counter-signed ALEX. ROWLAND.

The LOWESTpriceisThs. 6d.—the next price is 7s.—family
bottles containing four small 10s. 6d. and double that size
21s. per bottle.
ROWLANDS' KALYDOR,

A mild and efficient protector of the Skin and Complexion
from the baneful influence of Frost, Cold Winds, or Damp
Atmosphere; heals Chilblains, Chaps, and renders the most
harsh and rough Skin delightfully soft, fair, and smooth ;
effectually eradicates all Pimples, Spots, Redness, 'Fan,
Freckles, and other Cutaneous Defects, at. the same time
imparting a healthy Juvenile Bloom, as well as realizing a
delicate White Neck, Hand and Arm. In cases of Burns
and Scalds, it immediately allays irritability and reduces
the inflammation.
Price 4s. 6d. and Ss. 64. per Bottle, duty included.
ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE,

A WHITh POWDER, of Oriental Herbs of the most de-
lightful fragrance, and free from any mineral or pernicious
ingredient— It. eradicates Tartar and decayed Spots from the
Teeth, preserves the Enamel, and fixes the Teeth firmly in
their sockets, rendering them delicately White. Being an
Anti-Scorbutic, it eradicates the Scurvy from the Gums,
strengthens, braces, and renders them of a healthy red; it
removes unpleasant tastes from the mouth, which often re-
main after fevers, taking medicine, &c. and imparts a delight-
ful fragrance to the breath.
Price 2-1. 9d. per box, duty included.
** NOTICE—The Name and Address of the Proprietors,
A. ROIVLAND SON, 20, HATTON CARDEN, LON-
DON, are engraved on the Government Stamp, which is
pasted on the two latter Articles • also printed, in red, on
the Wrapper in which each is enclosed.
Many Shop-keepers offer fur sale Counterfeits of the above,
composed of the most pernicious ingredients. They call their
trash the "GENUINE," and sign A. Rowland Son, omitting
the " &," recommending them as being Cheap.
Be sure to Ask for " ROWLAND'S."

Spld by theula,lai by respectable Perfumers and Medicine
Vendors