The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEE for the AF-
FAIRS of the ESTATE of the TRUSTEES of the
LIVERPOOL DOCKS, held this Fourteenth day of
November, 1844,

. .
PRESENT :
J. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Esq., Chairman, &c.

The Committee for the Affairs of the Estate of the
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks having taken into con-
sideration the Rates and Duties now payable upon the
Tonnage of Vessels, and also the Rates and Duties now
payable in support of the Light-houses and Floating
Lights, &c.,
It is Resolved and Ordered,—That the Collector or
Receiver of the Dock Bates and Duties be, and he is
hereby, authorised to take and collect the several Rates
and Duties upon the Tonnage Burthen of Vessels, herein-
after mentioned, in lieu of the Rates and Duties now
payable thereon, namely :
TONNAGE DUTIES.

CLASS 7TEI.—AII parts in South America, to the
Southward of the Rio La Plata, in the Pacific Ocean ; in
Africa and Asia, to the Eastward of the Cape of Good
Hope, the Sum of One Shilling and Sixpence per Ton.
LIGHT-HOUSE DUTIES.

For every Ship or other Vessel, trading or sailing to or
from the said Port of Liverpool, and any other port or
place, not being within the kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, or the adjacent Islands, the Sum of One Penny
per Ton.
FLOATING LIGHT DUTIES.

All Vessels sailing to or from Liverpool to any port or
place to the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, and the
Westward of Cape Horn, One Holfpenny per Ton.
And it is also Resolved and Ordered,—That the Rates
and Duties so hereby authorized to be collected and taken
as aforesaid, shall be so collected and taken upon all
Vessels arriving in the Port of Liverpool, on and after the
9th day of December, 18-11; but that such alterations and
reductions shall not be, or be considered as, a relinquish-
ment or abandonment of the right of the Trustees of the
Liverpool Docks, to revive, at any time hereafter, the full
amount, or any part, of the Rates and Duties now paya-
ble upon the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and also in
support of the Light-houses and Floating Lights.
By order of the Committee,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock•ofice, Revenue-buildings,
4th Decetal er,1844,

,taito ij cturtion,

WINES.
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
Tats DAY, (Tuesday,) the 17th instant, at One o'clock,

at t he Hanover-rooms,
THE following WINES, in Lots of three Dozen each,
viz.,
96 Dozen Dry and Nutty Flavoured SHERRY, No. 1.
103 Dozen of very superior Dry Flavoured OLD PORT,
about four years in bottle, No. 2.
107 Dozen Dry and fine Nutty Flavpured SHERRY,
No. 3.
96 Dozen of very choice dry flavoured OLD PORT,
about four years in bottle.
33 Dozen of fine Old East India MADEIRA,
31 Dozen rich fine flavoured OLD PORT, three years
in bottle,
39 Dozen fine London Particular MADEIRA,
31 Dozen fine flavoured PORT, the vintage of 1834, re-
cently bottled,
42 Dozen rich full PORT, the vintage of 1840, recently
bottled,
33 Dozen rich old mellow Brown SHERRY.
30 Dozen fine Sparkling CHAMPAGNE,
24 Dozen very fine BUCELLAS.

DUTCH BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS.
By Mr. T, BRANCH,
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 18th instant, at Twelve
o'clock, at the Hanover-rooms,
A CHEST of Choice and Beautiful DUTCH BUL-
-1-1 BOUS FLOWER ROOTS, from the Gardens of
Mr. Teije, of Haarlem.
To be viewed on the Morning-of Sale, when Catalogues
may be had from Mr. BRANCH. • •

MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF BOOKS, EN-
. GRAVINGS, BY MARTIN AND OTHERS;

ALSO, A PLEASING SELECTION. OF MODERN

DRAWINGS

1/(R. HODGSON will SELL by AUCTION, Tints
lUL DAY (Tuesday), the 17th instant, at eleven o'clock
precisely, at his Rooms, 50, Church-street,
A VALUABLE LIBRARY, containing many Scarce
and Costly Works on the Fine Arts, together with the
Writings of the Standard Authors. The greater part are
in superb Bindings. Amongst many others of equal value
may be named,

Fomo.—The Paintings in England of S. Claude, Wat-
teau, and Canaletto, beautifully coloured ; Le Musee
Francais, 4 Vols. Morocco; Le Musee Royal, 2 Vols.
Morocco ; Milton's Paradise Lost, illustrated by Martin,
2, Vols. ; The Political Sketches of H. 8., with Key, 8
Vols.: The Crozet Gallery, 2 Vols. scarce, an original
copy, fine impressions • Nash's Achitecture of the Middle
Ages and Furniture and Ornaments of Old Mansions, 3
Vols.; Cooper's Drawings of Cattle • Boydell's Shaks-
pere Gallery ; Hogarth's Genuine Cattle;
the Original
Edition, engraved by himself; Rapin's History of Eng-
land, 6 Vols. fine copy ; Fac Similes of George Catter-
mole.

QUARTO.—Sir W. Scott's Provincial Antiquities of
England and Scotland, 2 Vols. ; Grose and Astle's Anti-
quarian's Repertory, 4 Vols. ; Don's Gardeners' Diction-
ary, 4 Vols. ; Southey's History of the Peninsular War,
3 Vols. ; Webster's English Dictionary, 2 Vols.
OCTAVO.—Gallery of Portraits, 7 Vols. ; Cunningham's
Cabinet Gallery of Pictures, 2 Vols. ; Quarterly Review,
25 Vols. ; Finden's Bible, Illustrations, 2 Vols. ; Edin-
burgh Cabinet Library, 38 Vols. ; .Shaw's Zoology, 14
Vols. ; Sir W. Scott's Poetical Works, with Lockhart's
Life, 22 Vols.; a collection of Tracts, Sermons, &c.
The ENGRAVINGS comprise Martin's Satan in Council
and Pandemonium, Stothard's Flitch of Bacon, India
proofs, several scarce Framed Prints, Modern Drawings,
a few Lots of Stationery, &c.
To be viewed and Catalogues had previous to the Sale.