The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-16 00:00:00

NEW FAMILY FRUIT WAREHOUSE,

No. 16. PARKER-STREET, Corner of Clayton-square,
JOHN WILKINSON most respectfully informs his
Friends and the Public in general, that he has opened the
above Premises in the BRITISH and FOREIGN FRUIT
TRADE, and he hopes, by strict attention to business, to
merit a share of public patronage. _ _

J. W. can assure those who may favour him with their
orders, that each article will be of the finest quality, and
charged on the most favourable terms.

American Apples, (favourite brands) in whole and haT
barrels ; Malaga Grapes, in whole and half barrels • Muscatel
Raisins, in whole, half, one-quarter, and one-eighth boxes ;
Eleme and Turkey pulled Figs, in one-half, one quarter, and
one eighth drums; French Plums, in a variety of packages.
London Confectionery, Pickles, Hervey's Sauce, Preserved
Ginger, Bottled Fruits, &c. &c.
All gods delivered in town free of charge, and country
orders punctually attended to.

jrSHAW, CHI3INEY SWEEPER and SOOT DEALER. No.
• 15, SKELHORNE-STREET, begs to inform the Ladies
and Gentlemen of Liverpool and its Vicinity that he has a
PATENT MACHINE, from Mr. Glass, of London, for the
purpose of Sweeping Chimneys, without the use of Climbing
Boys.

J. S. begs to observe, all orders will be punctually attended
to, and Chimneys may be swept in the most clean manner
without the fear of endangering the life of any human being.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
'WANTED, a HEAD MISTRESS for the CORPORA-
TIONV NORTH SCHOOL. Salary not less than
£75 per Annum.

She will be required to be present with the Children of the
Established Church at their Weekly attendance on Divine
Service.

Applications, with Testimonials, to be delivered at the
Committee Clerk's Office, Town Hall, on or before the 31st
March, addressed " To the Chairman of the Education
Committee."

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY.
TENDERS FOR LOANS ON DEBENTURE.
THE Directors of this Company are ready to receive
1. TENDERS OF LOANS OF MONEY, on DEBEN-
TURES to be issued in conformity with the Act of Parlia-
ment, secured on their Undertaking, and on the Refits, Rates.
and Tolls arising therefrom, in sums of not less than £2OO,
for terms of three, five, seven, or ten years, on interest, at
the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly,
at the Bank of Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., London.
The Tenders must express the sums and terms of years,
and be addressed to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices,
in Prince's-street, London, or Broad-street, Bristol.
By order of the Board of Directors,
J. B. BADHAM, Secretary.
Office, 30, Broad-street, Bristol, sth Feb., 1841.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors will
1 receive, at their Office, in Broad-street, Bristol, on or
before Friday, March tie 19th, at Twelve o'clock, TENDE RS
for the execution of the several works comprised in SEVEN
CONTRACTS, extending from the station at Bridgewater,
to the proposed station at Taunton, a distance of 11 miles 35
chains. These Contracts comprehend the entire completion
of the Works, including the Ballasting, but exclusive of the
laying the permanent rails.

Drawings and Specifications will be exhibited on and after
Monday, February 15th, at the Resident Engineer's Office,
Coronation-road, Bristol.

,
Printed Forms of Tender may be had at the same place,
and at the Company's Offices, Broad-street, Bristol.
The Directors will not consider themselves bound to au-
Dept the lowest Tender, and they expect the several parties
to attend at the Office, in Broad-street, Bristol, at Twelve
o'clock on the said 19th day of March.
J. B. BADHAM, Secretary.
Bristol and Exeter Railway-office, 30, Broad-street,
sth February, 1841.

getu lattbitrations.

NUISANCE FROM SMOKE

In the Press, and shortly will be published, Second Edition,
CW. WILLIAMS, on the COMBUSTION OF COAL,
• CHEMICALLY and PRACTICALLY CONSI-
DERED.

In this Edition, the several Diagrams, which have been so
highly approved of by Professor Brande, and Dr. Ure, will
be Lithographed in Colours.

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S NOVELS.
CHEAP EDITIONS.

(IN the 27th instant will he published, two New Editions
kJ of SIR WALTER SCOTT'S NOVELS. Will be
issued Monthly, and each Novel completed at the low price
of 4s.
SUBSCRIBERS' NAMES received by WAREING WEBB,
Castle-street, where copies of each Edition may now be seen.

INDIA, CHINA, AND THE COLONIES.
rIN Saturday, the 13th instant, was published THE
kl ASIATIC JOURNAL for March. Contents :—Pro-
fessor Wilson's Theory respecting the Puranas—Hindoo
Women—Wood's Journey to the Oxus—The Campaign iu
Affghanistan—The Poetical Character of Bishop lieber—
Women of Turkistan—Memoirs of a Griffin—The late Lieut.
Loveday—Life of Warren Hastings ; and the fullest Intelli-
gence from Calcutta to the 22d January; Madras, 23d Ja-
nuary ; Bombay, Ist February ; Macao, 18th December ;
Chusan, 27th November ; Sincapore, Ist January ; and Cey-
lon, 14th January.

This 3OURNAI: is now published Monthly, immediately on
the arrival of each Overland Mail, and not, as hitherto, on
the last of the Month. Thus its readers have always the
Latest Intelligence betore them from all parts of INDIA,
UHINA, &C.

A few copies for January and February may be had, com-
ileting the whole of the News received in the present year.
London : Was. H. ALLEN, 7, Leadenhall-street.

Lately published,

ruHE CHURCHMAN'S MONTHLY REVIEW,
.1 March, 1841. Price One Shilling.

CONTENTS Dr. Hook on Religious Societies.—ll.
Alison on the Principles of Population.—lll. Poole's Life of
Cyprian.—lV. British Countenance to Hindoo Idolatry.—
V. Scotch Church Controversy.—VI. Short Notices of
Helen Fleetwood—Mackay's " Hope of the World"—Pro-
fessor Scholefield's Five Sermons—Hawker's Ecclesia, and
other Poems—The Centurions.

Also, No. 11., February, containing—
I. Sewell's Christian Morals.—ll. Ranke's Lives of the
'opes.—lll. Paget's Tales of the Village.—lV. Murray's
listory of the Irish Church.—V. Archdeacon Wilberforce's
::harge.—Vl. Protestantism in France.—Vll. Short Notices
,f Dean Graves' Works—Bosanquet on the Romans—Arch-
leacon Hare's Charge—Lady Flora Hastings' Poems, &c.
No. 1., January, containing—

I. Bishop Shuttleworth's Three Sermons.—ll. Gurney's
Winter in the West Indies.—lll. Taylor's Natural History
of Society.—lV. Faber's Cherwell Water Lily, and other
Poems.—V. Gladstone's Church Principles.—Vl. Short
Notices of Milman's History of Christianity—Liverpool
Lectures on unitarianism—Wilson's Sermons on the Sacra-
ments.