The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-02 00:00:00

BONUS

At the Annual General court of Proprielorsi held on the
20th June, 1839, bonuses were declared to the assured in the
Fire Department of £lO per cent. on the premiums received
during the jive years previous to the 25th March, 1839, to
be paid on all insurances of two or more years standing ;
and to the assured in the Life Department on all policies for
the whole duration of life, of four or more years standing,
ou the 25th March, 1839, of very nearly 26 per ce►►t. on the
amount of the premiums received thereon, improved at com-
pound interest, to be added to the su►n assured by such poli-
cies when they become claims, or an equivalent reduction to
be made in the annual premiums upbn them, at the option
of the parties entitled thereto.

THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
Established by Royal Charter, A. D. 1721.
ÜBM IT to the Public a new Plan for LIFE L,ASSU-
RANCES, offering the following advantages to Persons
Assured for the whole term of Life.
Abatements of Premium, without liability of Partnership;
ample security for payment of losses, and exemption from
charges of management. The Scale of Premiums for Insu-
rances on the old plan revised and reduced.
Receipts for Policies falling due at MICHAELMAS lie at the
Offices of the Agents.
Prospectuses, &c., may be obtained from the Agents.
FIRE INSURANCES at the -usual Premiums.
AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL:--
GEORGE GODDARD and t No. 6, Exchange-alley
G. B. BROWN, J North,
CHARLES LORIMER, Underwriters'-rooms.
BOULT & ADDISON, India-buildings, Fenwick-strect.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
55000.. SOCIETY.
• ESTABLISHED 1821.
CAPITAL

'R.USTEES

Right Hon. Lord Wodehouse, Ift.Hon. the Earl of Orford
Lord Lieutenant. Sir Henry Jardine.
Sir J. Astley, Bart., M.P. Charles Savill Onley, Esq.

DIRECTORS
President—E. T. Booth, Esq.
Vice. President—Lieutenant-Colonel John Harvey.
Anthony Hudson, Esq. Isaac Jenny, Esq., Recorder
George Morse, Esq. of Norwich.
William Hering, Esq. Charles Evans, Esq.
Colonel Sir R. J.. Harvey, Edward Steward, Esq.
Lewis Evans, Esq., M.D.
George Steppings, Esq. Thos. Blakistone,
Secretary—Samuel Bignold, Esq.
THE Public are respectfully reminded, that all Insurances,
renewable in the LIVERPOOL AGENCY on the 29th
day of September, 1840, must he paid at the Office, Exchange-
street West, on or before the 14th day of October next, or the
Society will cease to be liable for the sums insured.

In proof of the public approbation of the principles and
conduct of this Company, it may be sufficient to state, that
its business now exceeds FIFTY-FOUR MILLIONS.
Prospectuses may be had of R. L. MILLER, Agent.
Treasurers,—The LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
REVISION OF THE BURGESS LISTS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN. that the COURT of
REVISION is adjourned to Nine o'clock To-morrow
Morning ; and that the Lists of Persons objected to will be
first revised, in the order of the Wards; and that after the
Lists of Persons objected to shall have been revised, the
Lists of Claimants will be revised, in the order of the Wards.
By order of the Mayor and Revising Assessors.
RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk.
Town-hall, lst October, 1840. •

TO THE ELECTORS OF NORTH TOXTETH WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
HAVING again been requested by a numerous and highly
respectable body of Electors, to offer myself as a Can-
didate to represent the interests of your Ward in the Town
Council, I have great pleasure in thus publicly acquiescing
with their wishes, and I beg to state that I respond cheer-
fully to the call, being assured of your unabated confidence,
and trusting to.the certainty of your best exertions and sup-
port at the ensuing Municipal Election.
It is perhaps ardly necessary for me to state that I. am
resident in your Ward, in addition to which, as I have a per-
sonal interest and responsibility in many of the other Wards
of the Borough, all that may tend to the increase of com-
merce, or public improvements, will necessarily demand my
best exertions ; and having been connected for several years
with many of the various Local Boards, I do not feel unpre-
pared for the performance of such responsible duties as may
devolve upon me.

I will endeavour to check any lavish or speculative use of
the Town Funds, but will do my utmost, should I have the
honour to be elected by you, to devise or carry into effect,
such improvements as will tend unequivocally to the public
good; and as regards the education question, however anxious
I may be to facilitate the diffusion of general knowledge among
the working classes, I will never sanction any educational
system which has for its groundwork the exclusion of the
Bible.

I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,.
Upper Parliament-street, RICHARD HARBORD
Sept. 30, 1840.

CAPTAIN 'PIDDING'S TEAS.
THE accounts lately received from Macao, brought intelli-
gence of the English* having been totally expelled from
China, and that hostilities had actually commenced between
Her Majesty's forces, directed 'by her Superintendent in
person, and Chinese men of. war; in other words, China is
at war with England. And the questions upon which the
two countries are now at issue being of such difficult adjust.
ment as to render it almost impossible,-and certainly impro-
bable, that any more teas can be obtained from China for a
very considerable period, a great rise in all descriptions of
that article has taken place. Since June last, common black
teas have risen Is. 9d., and fine green, 3s. per lb. Fine
Hyson, with duty, fetched at the late public sales, 9s. 7d. per
lb. ; fine black teas as high as Gs. 7d., whilst up to this mo-
ment, Captain Pidding has continued to allow his teas to be
sold without any advance whatever. The late great rise,
however, having caused a run upon his teas by the trade, who
found that they could purchase them cheaper retail than
they could buy inferior teas wholesale, he is compelled to
raise the price, to prevent his remaining stock beir.g purchased
by tea dealers. For the present, Captain Pidding's How-
QUA'S MIXTURE will be sold at the rate of 6s. 9d. per lb.,
being 9s. the catty, or an advance of only 9d. per lb., when
the commonest teas, since June, have advanced Is. 9d. per lb.
HOWQUA'S SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDER will he sold, for the
present, at 9s. 9d. per lb., when even Hyson, an inferior tea,
is fetching, wholesale, 9s. 7d. per lb. Half and quarter
catties in like proportions.
Captain Pidding thinks it right to inform the public that
his Chinese correspondent states confidently, that there is no
probability of the trade Opening with that country, for, at the
least, twelve months ; and as the entire stock of consumable
tea in Great Britain will be exhausted before that period,
there is little'doubt but tea will advance daily. -
These Teas consist of Captain Pidding's HOWQUA'S
MIXTURE, of 40 rare Black Teas, and HOWQUA'S
SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDE R,in Chinese Catty Packages.
N.B.—The signature of " Captain JOHN RHODES PID-
DING" is upon every genuine package.
GEO. CARLYLE, Repository, 38, Bold-street, Sole Agent
for LIVERPOOL.
Bolton. G. J. French, Silk Mercer.
Burnley .... J. Sutcliffe, Bookseller, 20, St. James'-street.
Blackburn .. J. Parkinson, Chemist, 1, Church-street.
Bradford .... J. Pratt, Chemist.
Clitheroe.... H. Whalley, Postmaster.

J. W. Foster, Linen Draper, 36, Crown-street
Leeds E. Hepper, Confectioner, 39, Commercial-st
Manchester Mirfin, -Ford, and Co., St. Ann's-square.
Preston Thomas Green, Music der, Churei -street.
Wakefield J. Stanfield, Stamp-office.

D LAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS have
.through the notoriety of their great efficacy, become
the only Medicine in general use, for the cure of those
dreadfully painful diseases, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheuma-
tism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Tic Doloreux, Pains in the Head
and Face, frequently -mistaken for the Toothkche, and all
analogous complaints. The recent testimonials of Lieut.
Masters (of Hawley, near Bagshot) late of the Royal
Newfoundland Veteran Companies, who was invalided home
by a Garrison order, together with the numerous certificates
which have been published from persons in every station of
life, from all parts of the Empire, particularly those 'of the
Rev. Dr. Blomberg, the Chevalier De la Garde, &c., &c.,
demonstrate the preparation to be one of the greatest dis-
coveries in Medicine.

Sold by TH—o-ITA- S PROUT, 229, Strand, London ; and by
his appointment by the Apothecaries' Company, Syers,
Fisher, Rennie, Howell, Aspinall, Latlibary, Philips, Ross
and Co.' Wagstaff, Roberts, Maynard, Scholefield, Smith,
Bradford, Johnson, Blake, Bird, and King, Liverpool, and by
all respecatble Medicine Venders throughout the United
Kingdom. Price 2s. and 9d. per box.

Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND 141. EUMATIC PILLS,
and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229,
Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp,
affixed to each box of the genuine medicine.

AT a NUMEROUS MEETING of MERCANTILE
and other GENTLEMEN held in the Cotton Sales
Room, Exchange-buildings; Liverpool, on Wednesday,. Sep-
tember 30th, 1840.

THOS. TODD, Esq., in the Chair.
The following Resolutions were carried unanimously :
Moved by Mr. HICKS, of New. York ; seconded by Mr
Mr.NLovE, of Charleston.

Ist. " That the sudden and extraordinary dismissal of
Lieut. Fayrer, R.N. from the command of the President, a
few days prior to her appointed time of sailing, is a breach
of faith towardis the public, inasmuch as many of the. pas-
sengers have. been induced to take their passage on board
that vessel, not only from personal regard and friendship for
Captain Fayrer, btit also from the great confidence reposed
in him as a long-tried and experienced commander of a
steam-ship. _

Moved *by Mr. HENRY CLEAVER CHAPMAN, seconded
by Mr. ROSKELL,
2nd. " That the charges brought against Capt. Fayrer: have
been most completely refuted, and, with all due deference to
the directors, were, in the opinion of this meeting, of too
frivolous a nature to have justified the measures adopted,
which have sb direct a tendency to lower Captain Fayrer in
the estimation of the public, and so seriously to injure his
fufitre prosperity in his profession."
Moved by Mr. SAMUEL CASSIN, of New York; seconded
by Mr. WILLIAM JONES,
3rd. " That this meeting cannot separate without express-
ing the high sense it entertains of Capt. *Fayrer's conduct
and abilities, both as an officer. and a gentleman, and its con-
viction that the present harsh and unjustifiable proceedings
against him have not rendered him less entitled to the con-
fidence and support of the public."
Moved by Capt. HACIisTAFF,. seconded by Mr. BELL-
MOUSE, of Montreal,
4th. " That the masters of the American lines of packets,
and of other vessels belonging to the United States trading
to this port, haie heard with extreme regret of the abrupt
dismissal of Capt. Fayrer from the command of the Presi-
dent. The American ship-masters take this opportunity of
expressing their high estimation of Capt. Fayrer, from their
knowledge of him, both as a gentleman and an officer."
Moved by Mr. ROBERT NEILSON, seconded by Mr. N.
CAIRNS,
sth. '• That the thanks of the meeting• are due and are
hereby given to the chairman, for the excellent manner in
which he has discharged the duties of President on this occa-
sion, and for the was' in which he. has expressed his feelings,
which do honour to his .own heart,. on the subject to consider
which, we assembled."
Moved by Mr. DANIEL NEILSONi —seconded by Mr.
GEORGE GRANT, , _

That ii;ese resolutions be published in the Liver-
pool, London, and New York papers; and the Chairriam be
requested to present a copy to
oCrit4ais Dn.TFOayrepr.