The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN AID SOCIETY

MITE ANNUAL MEETING of the above Society
will be held (D.V.) in the Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-
street, on TUESDAY EVENING next, June 9th, Chair to be
taken at half-past 6 o'clock precisely, when the following dis-
tinguished Foreigners, and others forming the deputation, will
address the Meeting:

The Count de GEORGE, Geneva; le Pasteur DE LA
HARPE, Professor of Theology, do. ; le Pasteur AUDEBEG,
Secretary to the Evangelical Society of Paris, (who will speak
in French); Rev. R. FRENCH, of Reading; and Major
THORPE, the Society's Secretary in London.
The Rev. HUGH Mc. NEILE, and other local Clergymen
will take part in the proceedings.
WILLIAM PRELLER, Secretary.
North John-street, let June, 1846.

TO THE MERCHANTS, OWNERS, AND PART OWNERS
OF SHIPS, AND OTHER PERSONS DULY QUALIFIE=
TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF MERCHANTS OR
SHIPOWNERS TO FORM PART OF THE DOCK COM-
MITTEE.

T DAVID HODGSON, Esquire, Mayor of the
1. Borough of Liverpool, in pursuance and by virtue of
the' powers and authorities of the Act of Parliament, passed
in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George
the Fourth, mtitnled " An Act for the further Improvement of
the Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and for Altering,
Extending, and Amending the several Acts relating thereto,"
DO HEREBY APPOINT a MEETING of the MERCHANTS
and SHIPOWNERS of LIVERPOOL, (duly qualified,) to be
held on SATURDAY, the 6th day of June, 1846, in the Commit-
tee-room of the Dock-office, Revenue-buildings, Canning-place,
in Liverpool aforesaid, between the hours of One and Four of
the clock in the Afternoon, for the Election, Nomination, and
Appointment of one Member of the Committee for the Affairs
of the Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, to supply
a vacancy in the said Committee, caused by the death of
William Smith, Esquire, on the 27th May instant.
DAVID HODGSON, Mayor.
Tows-hall, 28th May, 1846. _ _ _ _

The qualification orkembers of the Committee as fixed by
the Act is as foitcrwsolilmely
_

" A natural-born subject of the United Kingdom of Great
" Britain and Ireland, or a subject duly naturalized according
" to law, and who shall have resided in the Town of Liverpool,
" or the vicinity thereof, for five years previous to the day of
" Election ; and shall have paid rates and duties to the amount
" of .e5O on his individual account, or as agent for others re-
" siding not less than eight miles from Liverpool, or ..tlOO if
" paid by any house of trade in Liverpool in which he may be
" a partner, within the year immediately preceding the Elec-
" tion."

The Qualification of Voters, as fixed by the Act, is as fol-
lows :

"Merchants, Owners, Part Owners of Ships, and other per-
" sons being Principals, inhabiting the town of Liverpool, or
" the vicinity thereof, or being Agents, living in Liverpool, or
" the vicinity thereof, for Principals residing more than eight
" miles from the said town, who have paid either as Principals
" or Agents as aforesaid, rates and duties to the amount of 410
`• within one year previous to the Election."
And from every Voter one of the following declarations, with
his signature thereto, will be required at the time of his voting,
which must be by personal attendance :
[ln the case of a Principal above described.) .

" I do hereby declare that I liave paid as a Principal, inha-
" biting the Town of Liverpool, or the vicinity thereof, rates
" and duties, by the Liverpool Dock Act of 51 George 111., c.
" 143, or the Dock Act 6 George IV., c. 187, authorised to be
" raised, levied, and collected, to the amount of Ten Pounds
" within one year from the day of the date hereof, and that I
" am thereby duly qualified to vote at the Election of Ratepay-
" ers to serve as Members of the Dock Committeee.
" Witness my hand this day of June, 1846."
[ln the case of an Agent above described.]

" I do hereby declare that hvlive in the Town of Liverpool,
" or the vicinity thereof, and that I have paid, as an agent for
" a Principal residing more than eight miles from the Town of
" Liverpool, Rates and Duties, by the Liverpool Dock Act of
" 51 George 111., c. 143, or the Dock Act of 6 George IV., c.
" 187, authorised to be raised, levied, and collected, to the
" amount of Ten Pounds, within one year from the day of the
" date hereof, and that I am thereby duly qualified to vote at
" the Election of Ratepayers to serve as Members of the Dock
" Committee.

" Witness my hand, this day of June, 1846."
Printed copies of these Declarations may be obtained at the
Dock-office.