The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

THOMAS BOYS'
SECOND FINE ART DISTRIBUTION,
338 PRIZES—VALUE £4216,
Including additional Prizes, in Pictures, to the amount of
Five Hundred Guineas, to be chosen from any Exhibi-
tion, or Commissions given to Artists by the parties

obtaining the Prizes.
MR. bOYS has the pleasure to announce, that the
DRAWING FOR THE PRIZES in the PRESENT
YEAR'S DISTRIBUTION will take place on the 30TH MAY
NEXT; and consists of 529 SHARES, which are entitled
to PRIZES to the amount of £4216. Any person pur-
chasing Engravings from Mr. Boys' extensive variety of
Publications (among which are very beautiful and new
Works) will also be entitled to receive Gratuitously One
Share in this Distribution of Prizes for each Guinea's worth
of Engravings purchased. The Engravings and Tickets
are delivered at the time of subscribing.
Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be obtained on
application to Mr, T. BOYS, 11, Golden-square, and 221,
Regent-street, London, or to any of his Agents; where
Specimens of the Engravings way be seen, and Tickets
obtained, if early application be made.
LIST OF PRIZES :
2 of 500 Guineas . making 1000 Guineas.
3of 100 Guineas .. 300 Guineas.
3of 50 Guineas — 150 Guineas.
6of 40 Guineas .. 240 Guineas.
9of 25 Guineas — 225 Guineas.
10 of 24 Guineas — 240 Guineas.
4of 20 Guineas
13 of 18 Guineas — 234 Guineas.
9of 16 Guineas
18 of 10 Guineas
23 of 9 Guineas .... 207 Guineas.
29 of 7 Guineas — 203 Guineas.
25 of 5 Guineas .. 125 Guineas.
136 of 4 Guineas — 544 Guineas.
48 of 3 Guineas . . — 144 Guineas.
Agents for Liverpool : J. R. ISAAC, H. LACEY, Ross
and NIGHTINGALE ; Warrington :.1. HADDOCKS ; Man-
chester : T. SOWLER ; Blackburn : J. WALKDEN,
Preston : L. CLARKE ; Birkenhead : J. LAW.

DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EYE,
5, MARYBONE.
Opened December, ISM, by It. HIBBERT TAYLOR, M.D.
One of the Surgeons to the Schoolfor the
Deaf and Dumb.
TABLE OF THE DISEASES OF PATIENTS TREATED.
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES. 11839

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Wounds and Inflammation of Eyelids ..
Tumours in Eyelids
Inversion and Eversion of Eyelids......
Palsy of Eyelids
Inflan.mation of Lacrymal Sac and Pas-

sages
malis
Fistula Lacry

Squinting
Wounds of Eye, from chips of metal, &c.
Inflammation of Ey es, Cataarhal
~ Purulent of Infants.
tt „ Ditto of Adults
„ Catarrho Rheumatic
PO „
Pustular
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„ Scrofulous
It „ Ditto, with Ulcers
PO „ Ditto, with Specks
„ Catarrho Scrofulous
„
Inflammation of Cornea
Scrofulous
~ ~
Inflammation of Membrane of Aqueous

Chamber
Inflammation of Iris
OP „ Syphilitic
Inflammation of Internal Tunics .. .. ,
Eyes, from injuries ...
Tumour growing from Conjunctiva ....
Conical Cornea ....

Specks of Cornea:
Adhesion of Iris to Cornea or Capsule o
Lens

Closed Pupil
Staphyloma and Dropsy of Eye
Atrophy of Eye I
Cataract. spontaneous and from injuries
Weak.sightedness
Near-sightedness

Amaurosis.

Double Vision

Neuralgia
Watering of Eye ..
Protrusion of Eye from Socket
Loss of transparency in Retina

TOTAL. ..

1143'10851

46 48
2 3

519 1420

Total New Cases, since commencement .. 6,980

The Dispensary is open for the Admission of Patients
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from One till Two
o'clock.
Subscriptions and Donations will be thankfully received
at the Dispensary, and by JAMES C. DUNCAN, Exchange
Chambers, Tithebarn-street.
Liverpool, March, 1544.

FIRE.—DESTRUCTION OF A SHED STORED
WITH COTTON, SULPHUR, &c.

On Saturday evening a fire broke out in a shed, which
runs from Oil-street to Vandries-street, in the northern
part of the town, a short distance beyond the Borough
Gaol, which raged for about three hours with great vio-
lence, and caused destruction of property to the amount
of between £15,000 and £16,000. The building was the
property of W. P. Freme, Esq., and was about 60 yards
from end to end, without any internal division. It bad
contained a few days before the fire 2000 bales of cotton ;
but, from recent deliveries, it is understood that the stock
had been reduced to about 1600 bales, with about 200
bales of hemp, 100 to 150 tons of sulphur, and a large
quantity of nicaragua wood. It was rented by Messrs.
Howard Horsley and Co., and from its flimsy nature, the
walls not being over fourteen inches, and in some parts
less, and the want of division inside was most wretchedly
adapted for the purpose to which it was put.
It appears that the workmen left the concern about ten
minutes to six o'clock, after having just loaded a cart with
sulphur from the south end of the shed ; in about a quar-
ter of an hour after the flames were seen to issue from that
end of the roof, then from the middle, and, very shortly
after, from the northern extremity. The alarm was speedily
conveyed to the fire station; but, before Mr. Hewitt had
time to reach the place with nine engines, four water-
carts, and a tank, the entire of the roof had fallen in, the
doors were completely burned through, and the sulphur,
in a liquid state, was rushing rapidly out of the main en-
trance, like a stream of lava, along the channel in Oil-street,
and into the sewer which lies at the corner of that street and
Waterloo-road. The reflection of the sulphur in the sky
overhead was extremely brilliant, and could be seen for a
considerable distance. The wind at the time was blowing
very freshly from the northeast, and drove the flames and
burning pieces of cotton in the direction of t•tewart-street
and upon the quays of Victoria and Trafalgar Docks, with
greatforee. The whole of the nine engines were got into play
under the direction of Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Maxwell, Inspector
of Salvage, Mr. James Lawrence, and Mr. Commis-
sioner Dowling. We also noticed as very actively engaged
in superintending the operations of the firemen, Mr. Al-
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water at the commencement which impeded their efficiency.
It was about half-past eight o'clock before the flames
could be said to be completely subdued. Four of the en-
gines were, however, worked during the night and Sunday,
as the smouldering ruins sent forth, at intervals, thick
volumes of smoke and flame. We are happy to say that
the fire was confined to the shed in question, and a con-
siderable quantity of the cotton, hemp, and sulphur, in a
very damaged state, of course, has been saved. The
nicaragua wood was entirely consumed. We understand
that the shed was fully insured, and that the cotton, which
was also insured, belonged to several parties. Mr. Black-
burn was the owner of nine hundred bales, and was in-
sured in the Liverpool Office. Gee Brothers and Co.
owned a small lot, and were insured in the West of Eng-
land Office. It is impossible as yet to ascertain the names
of the o'her parties interested ; but it is computed that
cotton to the extent £15,000 had been destroyed, and
th at the damage to the building, in the destruction of the
roof and the shake which one of the side walls had received,
would amount to about £l,OOO. How the fire originated
has not been ascertained.

ROBBERY OF NEW HOUSES.—Two young men, Wm.
Davies and William Brown, were yesterday placed before
Mr. Rushton on a charge of breaking into and stealing
certain articles from one of the new houses in Elliot-
street and Back Lime-street. They were caught, and
upon one of them was found a large bunch of keys. They
were both found on Saturday night by a police office,
skulking amongst some stones placed about to be hewn.
Amongst
the articles they had taken were two knives.
They had taken with them a pa=r of cloth slippers, to be
used in perambulating houses without making a noise.
They were both well known, and were committed to gaol
for three months.