The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

burgh, the distance, as compared with any Railway which
has at any time been proposed, is shortened 454 miles ;
from Perth to Edinburgh 4054 miles ; from Perth to Lon-
don 37 miles; from Dundee to Edinburgh 541 miles ;
from Dundee to London 54 miles; and from Dundee to
Glasgow 5i miles. The time which will be occupied in
travelling tram Perth to the centre of the city of Edin-
burgh, will be 24 hours ; and from Dundee to Edinburgh,
at hours.
The estimated Traffic, after a most careful inquiry,
shows a clear Revenue of upwards of £70,000, being
nearly Nine per Cent. on the Capital.
The Prospectus, affording full information as to the Cost,
Traffic, Revenue. and other particulars, will be found in
the London Times of the 13th instant, in the North Bri-
tish Advertiser of the 6th and 13th instant, and the Li-
verpool Mail of the 13th, and STANDARD of the 16th inst.

Books to receive the subscriptions of those who propose
to be Shareholders will be found at the following places,
where copies of the Prospectus may be obtained.
L0nd0n...... Messrs. Coutts and Co., Bankers.
Sir Richard Carr Glyn and Co., Bankers.
Sir Claude Scott and Co., Bankers.
Messrs. Johnston, Longdon, and Co., Bro-
kers, Token House Yard.
Messrs. Capel and Co., Brokers, Popes-
head-alley.
LIVERPOOL.. Messrs. Moss and Co., Bankers.
Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson, Brokers.
Manchester. John Duncuft, Esq., Broker.
Leeds .. Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Brokers.
Derby Messrs. Thomas Earp and Son, Brokers.
Newcastle Jonathan Drury, Esq., Broker.
Edinburgh The Royal Bank of Scotland.
The Union Bank of Scotland.
Those who may not find it convenient to enter their
subscriptions at any of these places, may transmit their
applications to any of the Bankers or Brokers ; to the
Provisional Committee, at 7, Darnaway-street, Edin-
burgh; or to the Solicitors in Edinburgh or London, in
the form annexed :
To THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH

AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.
GENTLEMEN,

I request that you will allot to me
Shares, of £25 each, in the proposed Edinburgh and
Northern Railway, on the terms and conditions of the
Prospectus. I shall pay the deposit, and sign the neces-
sary deeds when required.
Dated at the day of 1844.

Name,
Residence,
Trade or Profession,

3r eb3 taubi ications.

THE RAILWAY CHRONICLE appeared on SA
TURDAY, the 20th instant.
*** Order of any Newsvendor.

LA POLKA.

MONSIEUR JIJLLI EN has the honour to announce
that he has just published the ORIGINAL POLKA
as danced and played at the principal Theatres of London
and Paris, price 25., postage free : splendidly illustrated
by BRANDARD, with a short desuription of the figure by
E. CouLoN, price 3s. The music composed on national
melodies by Jullien. Many spurious imitations of M.
JULLIEN S POLKA having been sold to the public under
FO many assumed forms, he has published the POLKA
DANCE at his own Office, 3, Maddox street, Bond-street,
London ; and in order to secure the public against the
possibility of purchasing incorrect copies, he has attached
his signature to each, none therefore can be relied on
which have not his autograph. Correct copies of Jullien's
Polka to be had of every respectable Music-seller in the
Kingdom. Also, LES FOLIES DE PARIS POLKA, THE
RAGE OF VIENNA POLKA, and the NOBILITIES BALLS
POLKA. For the convenience of persons residing in the
Country, Postoffice Stamps will be taken in payment.

TO BOOK BUYERS.
Just Published,
JAMES CORNISH'S CATALOGUE of NEW and
SECOND-HAND BOOKS, at VERY REDUCED
PRICES, may be had gratis and post-free, on application
at the

CHEAP BOOK ESTABLISHMENT,
37, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
where there is always on hand a large and valuable col-
lection of STANDARD WORKS, in all branches of
Literature. The following are a few selected from the
present Stock:—

Baxter's Works, 23 vols. Byo., calf, very neat, £8;
pub. £l2 12s. boards.-Goldsmith's Works, and Life by
Prior, 6 vols. Bvo., cloth, 38s. ; pub. £3 ISs.-Gell's
Pompeiana, (second series,) 2 vols., largest paper, proof
impressions of plates, hf. turkey morocco, £2 55.; pub.
£lO 16s- boards.-Fosbroke's Encyclopmdia of Antiqui-
ties, 2 vols. royal Bvo., plates, 295. ; pub. 12s. 6d.-
Fosbroke's British Monachism, plates, 145.-Don Quix-
ote, several hundred engravings by Johannot, 3 vols.
royal Bvo., 245. ; pub. £2 10s.-Smith's Wealth of Na-
tions, with notes by M'Culloch, Ricardo, Dr. Chalmers,
&c., 4 vols., portraits, Ss. ; pub. £l.-Collier's
Ecclesiastical History, 9 vols. Bvo., £3 as.; sells for £4
14s. 6d.-Burke's 'Works, 16 vols. Svo. (best edition),
calf, very neat, £6 10s.-Good's Study of Medicine, by
Cooper, 4 vols. Bvo., 18s. 6d. ; pub. £3.-Burke's Ex-
tinct Baronetcies, engravings of arms and emblazoned
title, 9s. 6d. ; pub. £1 125.-Goldsmith's Animated Na-
ture, Bvo., 56 plates, hf. calf extra. Bs.-Coxe's Memoirs
of the Pelham Administration, 2 vols. 4to, 10s. •, pub. £5
55.-Cabinet Gallery of Pictures by the first Masters, 2
vols. royal Bvo., 73 line engravings; 21s. ; pub. £2 145.--
Bvron's Works, (best edition,) 8 vols. Bvo., 425. ; pub.
45.-Calmet's Great Bible Dictionary, with the Frag-
ments by Taylor, 5 vols. 4to, £3155.:; pub. £lO 10s.-
Don's General System of Gardening and Botany, 4 vols.
4to, 365. ; pub. £l4 Bs.-Britton and Le Keux's Churches
of London, 2 vols. Bvo., 59 plates, 15s. ; pub. £1 125.-
Henry's Commentary, 6 vols. royal Evo.. £2 ss. ; pub.
£4 45.-Turner's Sacred History of the World, 3 vols.
Svo., calif extra gilt, 425.-Menzel's German Literature,
translated by Gordon, 4 vols. Bvo., 13s. 6d. ; pub. £2 2s.
-Jahn's History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, Bvo.,
Bs.-Jahn's Manual of Biblical Antiquities, Bvo., Bs.