The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-02 00:00:00

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count Books, Writing Paper, Stamps, and Almanacs,
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Zoological Gardens, the Theatres, Polytechnic Institution,
Tussaud's Exhibition, the Bazaars, and other Places
-.)f Public Amusement. Families and Gentlemen visiting the
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A COFFEE ROOM is attached to the Hotel.

L S 0 N,

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. ANNE-STREET WARD.
GENTLEMEN'
A VACANCY
having occurred in the Town Council by
y the decease of the late Thomas COGLAN, Esq., and
having received a Requisition, signed by a/iiumerous and
respectable body of Burgesses, requestirat I would allow
myself to be put in nomination to represent their interests as
Councillor for this Ward, howeverreluctant I may have been
on former occasions, I cannot on the present do otherwise
than respond to the very flattering call made upon me.
Having resided upwards of twenty years in the Uard, my
principles must be too well known to require any explanation.
Should I he returned as your Representative in the Coun-
cil, my best exertions shall be devoted to the welfare of the
Town, and especially to the interests of this Ward.
I have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JAMES PARKER.
Rose-hill, April 2d, 1841.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
THE next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of
the PROPRIETORS will be held, pursuant to the Act
of Incorporation, on SATURDAY, ths..loth of April next, at
the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool.
The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
And in further pursuance of the said Act, the Transfer
Books of the Company will be closed on Monday, the 29th
instant, and will not be reopened until Monday, the 12th of
April next. WILLIAM DIXON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Liverpool, March IS, 1511.

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. gg
IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL
.1.11 GENERAL VESTRY will be held, in SAINT NICHO-
LAS'S CHURCH, on TUESDAY, the 13th day of April next,
at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to receive the Report of the
Select Vestry of the last year, and a surnmarf of their Ac-
counts ; to elect Churchwardens, Sidesmen, and Overseers ;
to lay a Church Rate for the year ensuint, and to despatch
other usual Parochial business. IV
WILLIAM BIRKET?
' Churchwardens
ISAAC HUTCH INSON,
JOSEPH GIBBONS,
WILLIAM RUS ON,Overseers
THOS. NI UNCATFER,
GEORGE GROOM, J
Liverpool, 30th March, 1841

TOWNSHIP OF EVERTON.
PURSUANT to Advertisement, the ANNUAL MEET-
ING of tilt RATE-PAYERS of the Township of
EVERTON, wif held at Halliday's Coffee-house, on
Monday last, tl 9th instant, •
Al erman JONES in the Chair. /
The following resolutions were passejunanitimusly.
That the Accounts of the Surveyor of the Highways, for
the year ending 25th March, 1841, having been audited and
found correct, be passed. . /

That Mr. Robert Ledson and Mr.hWilson Ledger be ap-
pointed Overseers of the Poor for the ensuing year.
That Mr. Wilson Ledger and Mr. Henry Edwards be re-
appointed Auditors of the Accounts of the Surveyor of
Highways.

That the Stipendiary Officers be re-appointed with the
same duties and.salaries as last year.

That in consequence of the great increase of the population
of Everton, that the Poor-law Guardians be requested to re-
commend Mr. David Griffiths to the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, as a fit and proper person to be appointed Collector
of the Poor-rates of the said township.
That the Poor-law Guardians be requested to recommend
to the Commissioners to sanction the payment of £3O per
annum to the Liverpool Dispensaries for medicine and me-
dical attendance, on account of the vast augmentation of the
sick and poor on the west of Everton, adjoining Liverpool.
That Mr. Shaw, the Assistant Overseer, be requested to
wait upon the Liverpool Gas Company in order to ascertain
whether, in the bill now pending in Parliament, empowering
them to extend their pipes to the adjacent townships, a clanse
is inserted to compel the said Company to make good all
roads, paving, and flagging, taken up for that purpose.
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Overseers
and Auditors for their past services.
The Chairman having left the Chair, the thanks of the
Meeting, which was numerously and respectably attended,
were unanimously given to him for his able and impartial
conduct in the Chair.