The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

CAPITAL.

The Right Hon. Lord Hast-
ings.

The Lord Walpo
Sir Henry Jardine, Knt
John Stracey, Esq.
Edward Wenham Martin, Esq. I

DIRECTORS.
E. T. Booth, Esq., President.
Anthony Hudson, Esq., Vice-President.
George Morse, Esq., Edward Steward, Esq.,
Major-General Sir R. John Lewis Evans, Esq., M.D.,
Harvey, C.B. Thos. Blakiston, Esq., R.N.
Isaac Jermy, Esq., Recorder Timothy Steward, Esq.,
of Norwich, George Durrant, Esq.,
Charles Evans, Esq., Chancel- Robert John Harvey, Esq.
for of the Diocese of Nor-
wich,

SAMUEL

'BIGNOLD, Esq., Secretary.

DECEMBER, 1817, must be paid at the Office, Exchange-street
West, on or before the 9th day of JANUARY instant, or the
Society will cease to be liable for the sums insured.

This Society paid ~,71,155 6s. sd. Duty to Government-fog
the year 1846.

It INSURED, during the' same year, £9,823,219 Farming
Stock, which is free of Duty.

kw uui v./ Luc ruuuc approoation or tne principles and con-
duct of this Company, it may be sufficient to state, that its
business now exceeds FIFTY-EIGHT MILLIONS.
Prospectuses may be had of Mr. R. L. MILLER, Agent.
Treasurers—THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY
_ LIVERPOOL,

1 OL DHALL-S'FREET.
CAPITAL, .e 2,, 000,000, i 0,00 SHARES of X2O Each,

John Shaw Leig

;h, Esq.

TRUSTEES.
R. 8.8. H. Blundell, Esq
DIRECTORS.

Josias Booker, Esq. ' Chairman.
- son, Esq. and Charles Turner, Esq
Deputy-Chairmen.

Hugh J. SaUdi

BIRKENHEAD BRANCH,
Hamilton Buildings, Hamilton-street

The Directors beg to announce that they continue to RE
CEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSURANCES.
The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in-
fluence of Proprietors, enable it to take rank with the most
eligible offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages
offered to the Public.

INSURANCES

toderate rates of premium. The Company,
e of a resident Directory. will he enabled

Claims

No Charge made for the Policy.

LIFE BRANCH,

Extracts from Rates7oiiirerrlll3;iB7,„ the Whole of Lffe.
Age. With Profits. Without Profits.
• :64 6. d. s. d.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY

TN accordance with the terms on which these Prefer-
ence Shares were issued, HOLDERS of these SHARES are
required to PAY, on or before MONDAY, the 10th January,
1848, a CALL of FOUR POUNDS per SHARE, to either of the
undermentioned Bankers :

LONDON Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street.
LIVERPOOL Liverpool Borough Bank.
BANGOR Messrs. Williams and Co.
Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, will be
charged on all Calls remaining unpaid on the said 10th January.
By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary.
61, Illoorgate-street, London, 17th Dec., 1847.

UNWHOLESOME MEAT.
TO SLAUGHTER-HOUSE-KEEPERS, BUTCHERS,
DEALERS IN MEAT, AND OTHERS.
BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, on and after
the First Day of January next, the Powers and Provisions
of an Act, passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Fifth
and Sixth Years of the Reign of her present Majesty, for the
Improvement, Good Government, and Police Regulation of the
Borough of Liverpool, relating to the SEIZING and DES-
TROYING of UNSOUND or UNWHOLESOME MEAT, and
which Provisions are subjoined, will be STRICTLY ENFOR-
CED; and the Inspectors of Slaughter-houses and Meat have
been enjoined and required to use their utmost vigilance in
carrying out the same. By order,
WM. SHUTTLEWORTH,
Town-hall, 29th Dec., 1847. Town-clerk.

The Provisions of the Act referred to are as follows :
By Section 178 it is enacted, " That it shall be lawful for any
of the Inspectors of Slaughter-houses and Meat, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered, at all times in the day or
night, with or without any servants or assistants, to enter into
and inspect any House or Place whatsoever, now or at any time
hereafter kept or used for the Slaughtering or Killing of Cattle
of h
any kind within
ildi the Borough, by any person whomsoever,
nr.el nlort am, Trnn•

person. Tlc

1, or Place belonging thereto'

-.awe actual Dwelling-house of any
hen and there to examine, search for, and see if
• rn rOll One, _ •

...x.c ,vinyituy unewtse tuesuru lavers uu uuy ui Lue ionowing any uastie, or we uarcases of any sacli, is or are deposited or
contingencies, viz. : have been brought there ; and, in case such Inspector as afore-
c unsounds e
or part o
unwholesome, of the Carcase
" For the term of ONE YEAR, SEVEN YEARS, or any other de-
osafiadnsyhsaullcfihn, dwhainnyhCshatatlllea,
popretahretoCbare Carcase
finite period, or on two or more lives.
For the WHOLE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE.—The Premiums to or not fit for the Food of Man, it shall to lawful for such In-
cease after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. spector to seize, take, and carry away, or direct the same to be
For a Sum to be payable at age 60, or at death. seized; taken, and carried away by any servant or assistant, for
persons, according to the usual course and practice
PREMIUMS ON CREDIT. the purpose of being further inspected and examined by coin-
rteentotfore adopted in the Borough; and, in case, upon such
A portion of the Premiums may remain on Credit, or tee
Assurances may be effected in various ways not enume- inspection and examination, such Cattle, Carcase, part of a rated, to meet the convenience of .the party making the Carcase, shall be found and be declared to be unsoourndaor un-
Proposal. wholesome, or not fit for the Food of Man, the same shall be
The imnortnnt suivsintnmpia al./wilt:4l hu. tha Cnmnanar in +Ma • _a__.-,__ .n.——J. -1- .. .

GUARANTEE OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL, MODERATE PRE-
MIUMS, LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE
ASSURED, AMOUNTING TO TWO-THIRDS of its NET
AMOUNT, SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT, the
Expenses of the Office being borne in due proportions by the
two Branches, and EXEMPTION OF THE ASSURED FROM
THE LIABILITY OF PARTNERSHIP.
The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager.
Policies falling due at CHRISTMAS, should be renewed on or
. _

Fore the 9th of

'anuary next

N.B. The DirCctors are willing to receive applications from
Persons of INFLUENCE, INTELLIGENCE, and ACTIVITY,
to undertake AGENCIES throughout the Counties of Lancas-

ter, Cumberland, Chester, and elsewhere, it being their deter•
mination only to appoint Agents possessing those qualifications

The following AGENTS, among others, have been appointed
A wilent Vdward Bellyse Combermere Abbey
Bolton Thomas Warburton,
Blackburn John Matthews
Bury T. A. Weston
Charley George Houghton....
Chester Samuel Brittain, jun.. Solicitor

Haslingden
Knutsford..

4, Paradise-streat
District Bank.
stamp-office.

Lanciister
Low-hill..

Manchester

Macclesfield,

John Grierson

Neston

Thomas WoodCoelc, solicitor.
William Taylor Ironmonger.
Yeats Welch lO, Penny-street.
James Wensley Gloucester-place
Houghland & Leese 51, King-street.
G. V. Ryder 100? King-street.
John May Solicitor.

Edward

Northwieh George Beckett
Old Swan $. Stanley Samuel C. Sneade .... Church-road.
Orniskirk Robert Wareing .... Solicitor.
Prescot Edward Brown Market-place.
Rochdale Matthew Weston ....172, Yorkshire-street
St. Luke's District, Liverpool.. John Walker, 97, Bold•street.
Scotland-road, Liverpool.. Wm. Roxburgh, 23, Great Nelson
street North
Hugh Banner

liunictuaLciy LILIIIII, 01 liCaLitiY ;• ana, in case the Owner Or
Occupier of any styli House or Place, kept or used for the
Slaughtering or Killing of Cattle, or of any Building, Shed,
Yard, or Place belonging thereto, or any other person, shall
refuse, obstruct, or hinder such Inspector from entering into
and inspecting the same, and examining, seizing, taking, carry-
ing away, or destroying any such Carcase or part of a Carcase
which shall so appear, and be found and declared to be unsound
and unwholesome, or unfit for the Food of Man, every such
Owner or Occupier, or person offending, shall forfeit a sum not
exceeding_.es for each offence."

Seacombe
Stockport
Tarporlev

Estate Agent

By Section 183 it is enacted, "That it shall be lawful for an
Inspector of Slaughter-houses and Meat, and he is hereby au-
thorized and empowered, to examine and inspect any Meat
hawked about for sale in any of the Streets, or exposed fro* sale
in anp other place within the said Borough, by any person
whatever : and if, upon such eXAMinsitinn nna

Thomas Cartwright.

..... 0.41V11 anti ii.peUtlUll, ally
Meat shall appear to be unsound or unwholesome, or not fit
for the Food of Man, it shall be lawful for such Inspector to
seize, take, and carry away, or direct the same to be seized,
taken, and carried away by any servant or assistant, for the
purpose of being further inspected and examined by competent
persons ; and if, upon such inspection and examination, such
Meat shall be found and declared to be unsound or unwhole-
some, or not fit for the Food of Man, the same shall be imme-
diately burnt or destroyed; and in case any person shall re-
fuse, obstruct, or hinder such Inspector from examining and

To.i"leth-irk
Ulverston ...
TVigan

Joseph Harrison ' ' 4, St. James's-place
T. Pearson Postlethwaite.. Solicitcr.
Woodcock, Part, and Scott.. Solicitors.

I i
glieh Mon

SUPERIOR FOOD FOR INFANTS & INVALIDS,

seizing, taking, carrying away, or destrnyinF,

TRONISED EY THE QUEEN

ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY has not only
gained the patronage of Her Majesty and the Royal Fa-
mily, but has become of general use by every class of the com-
munity, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as a food for
infants, children, and invalids, being eminently pure and nutri-
tious. The Patent Barley is also celebrated for making a deli-
cious custard pudding, for thickening broths and soups, and

all 5 u oupca ltn v‘u my )1, tiler in a rew minutes.
ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS form another diet universally
esteemed for making a superior gruel in ten minutes, light for
supper, and, alternately with the Patent Barley, is an excellent
food for children and invalids, being particularly recommended
by the faculty as the purest and best preparation of the kind
extant.

Sold by all respectable Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen, in
town and country, in packets of 6d., Is., and in family canisters

veyori to the Queen, 64, Red Lion

street, Holborn, LondOn

GREAT FIRE
IN MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER ;
ENTIRELY CONSUMING A LARGE SQUARE OF WART
HOUSES, OFFICES, AND SHOPS.

TN the last great Fire in George-street, Manchester,
nine large Houses had their Books burned in Iron Safes,
Closets v,ith Iron Doors, Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) Safes,
&C. Sc. &c. ; and again on the nbove'reccnt occasion, a great
number of parties have suffered the same calamity. The only
Safe which brought its contents uninjured out of the burning

3eing the one al

ac cIIVI L-041.11 VV au appear Alla ne rouna ana
declared to be unsound and unwholesome, or unfit for the
Food of Man, he shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £5
for each offence."
By Section 184 it is enacted, "That if any Butcher, Dealer
in Meat, or other person shall expooe or offer for sale in his
Shop, Stall, Warehouse, or on any part of his premises, or
—"" ----und or unwholesome

" Manchester, August 13th, 1847,

" GENTLEMEN In the late Fire in Market-street, which
entirely gutted the entire block of buildings of which my Ware-
house formed part, I have sincere pleasure in informing you
that my books, together with a quantity of valuable papers,
watches, &c., were preserved uninjured in one of your Fire.
resisting Safes, which I strongly recommend to the public.
" I am your obedient servant,
" THOMAS HAIGH, Woollen Merchant,
" New Brown-street and Market-street.
" Messrs. Milner and Son."

The outside of this Safe was partially melted: the contents
inside unsinged, being steamed (boiled instead of burned) by
the evaporating principle of the Safe. Near to it a large
Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) chambered Safe, full of valuable
Books and Documents before the Fire, was found to contain
nothing but tinder and ashes after it !
In the numerous accidental Fires and experimental tests
which Milners' Safes have been exposed to—every description
of Safe in use—Fireproof (so called) or otherwise have been
burnt out beside them, confirming the recommendation of the
scientific and practical authorities who have tested them, and
the Pateitees' during seven years' active working of their
patent, on a rapidly extending scale, have spared no pains nor
cost in effecting improvements, by which they are enabled to
pledge themselves at all times to supply the most complete and
secure depositories for Books, Documents, and Valuables •, in-
cluding the strongest Wrought-iron Safes, Closets, and Doors
in the World, lined with their unequalled Fire-resisting Cham-
bers. Out of upwards of 20.000 of their Safes in use amongst
the Manufacturing and Commercial Houses of Great Britain—
the class best able to appreciate their value—numerous cases of
exposure to accidental fire have occurred, from which Thomas
Milner and Son select the following as instances, in which they
are of opinion that no other Safe than their own would_ have
preserved its contents unburnt.
Fire at Mr. J. Blackaller's Ship and Chandlery More, Spar-
ling-street, Liverpool; a strong and fierc Fire; Safe most
severely burnt outside; contents unsinged.
Fire at Messrs. J. and W. Walkers', the extensive builders,
Birkenhead; buildings entirely gutted, everything burnt in
them, including the contents of large Iron Safe and drawers,
standing besides Milners'; the contents of Milners' uninjured,
and in use now.
Fire at Messrs. Garniss and Co.'s, Park-lane; a very strong
fire; again the contents of lililners Safe the only thing saved
on the premises.
Fire at Plimsaul Brothers', of Plymouth ; a very extensive
and destructive fire; a large Iron Safe covered with brickwork
with double Iron doors burnt out; Milners' entirely preserving
its contents.

I, Fisfi, or of

Fire in Queen-street, Glasgow; a great number of Safes and
Closets burnt out; no books saved throughout the buildings
excepting Messrs. S. R. and Thomas Browns', in Milners'
Safe. _ _

Miners' Fire-resisting Safes, Chests, and Boxes, suitable for
all classes of Buildings, impregnable Locks and Cash Boxes,
at the Works, 50A. Lord-street and Cable-street, and Show-
corn, 15, South John-street, Liverpool.

'rovisiona Unfit for the Food of Man,

every person so oitending shall for every offence forfeit a sum
not exceeding 405., and such Meat, Fish, or other Provisions
shall and may be seized, carried away, and with by the In-
spectors of Slaughter-houses and Meat in such manner as is
hereinbefore provided touching the seizing and disposal of
unsound Meat."

certainly

Armitage. who is at present in this town, is
an extraordinary instance of muscular de-

yelopement

It has wittingly, but somewhat ungallantly been s_id
that a woman is the reverse of her mirror—that the ore
reflects without talking—the other talks without re-
flectin Lr

The qualities of cold water, as a tonic, are, that it cA-
lapses the stomach, and strengthens it for the labour
which it is intended to perform ; whereas alcohol, which
is an irritant, aids in weakening or expanding its fibres.
SINGULAR FACT.—lnsects are actuated by feelings
somewhat similar to those possessed by the higher animals
—they rob and spoil, defend their homes, are jealous, re-
vengeful, and disputative and war in armies. Titus NV,
if the meat of one hive be spent, assail their next neigh-
bours, with intent to rob and spoil them of their provi-
sions; the white ants have a portion of their community
set apart for the duties of war, and they exhibit a most
perfect form of insect tactics.
HINDOO CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY.—After break-
fast a number of native Christians assembled, as this was
the morning appointed for talking to them. They all
squatted down on the floor, the men on one side and the
women on the other. Mr. L. who is thoroughly conver-
sant with the Oorial language, now entered into conver-
sation with them, asking them questions and hearing all
they had to say. They appear to have a very good know-
ledge of true religion, and to be very earnest and sincere.
It was most interesting to see them all sitting so quietly
with their eyes fixed on Mr. L.'s face, never attempting
to interrupt either him or one another, but speaking one
at a time, in a low reverent tone of voice. When asked
a question they would pause a moment in deep thought
before they answered. After a little time one or two
inquirers came in, that is, men who are not yet converted,
but are inquiring- about Christianity, or arguing concern-
ing it, and comparing it with their own religion. These

sat down and behaved themselves in the same decorous
manner as the actual Christians. Mr. L. very judiciously
encouraged the converts to argue with the inquirers, and
it was most pleasing to observe the perfect mildness and
the restrained gestures of both parties wnen talking on
so holy a subject, every eye fixed upon the two disputants,
and when a pause occurred, some other convert gently
putting in a word in support of the holy truth : Inquirer :
You say God gave you the Bible ; I say God gave us
the Shasters. The religion that is good for the white man
is not good for the black. God is good, and has given us
each a religion proper to ourselves. I say your religion
is good, and comes from God ; why will you not say the

same of our Shasters ?" Convert : " God gave white
men the Bible, because he is very good, and he told them
to go and teach it to every one, because he wishes every
one to be good and happy, and to go to the happy coun-
try of heaven when they die : but the Shasters do not
come from God."—l.: " How do you know that ?" C. :
" Listen, brother. Brummah (God) is good ; is he not ?"
I. : " Yes."—C.: " Should you not like to go to Brum-
mah ?" I.:' " Yes."—C. : "Do not the Shasters of
your religion teach you so ?" I.: " Ha! you are very
sly. No ; but our religion is good for us now. By and
by, Vishnoo will come again, and then he will perhaps
give us a Bible."—C.: "Why not take the Christian
Bible and Christian Brummah now ?" " Then I should
lose my caste, my wife will leave me, my children will go
away, my brother will not smoke with me, my hut will be
empty, and the Brahmins will curse me.',—C. : " If the
Brahmins curse you, God is stronger than they are, and
he will bless you ; if your wife and children run away,
Jesus will make you happy in heaven ; if your brother
will not smoke with you, the Great God will give you his
peace."—l. : " Well, I will see.. Lend me the book ; I
will read it and show it to the Brahmins. How soon shall
you be here again, sahib ?" Mr. L.: "In about ten
days."— I.: Good. I will see you again." This is
a mere epitome of the conversation, but may furnish some
idea of the mode of argument pursued. Whenever the
convert brought forward a good argument, or came to a
convincing point, it was curious to see the countenance
of the Christians. They had been watching their cham-
pion with the greatest interest, looking more like black
statues than human beings, so perfectly still did they sit,
except when a mother pressed her infant to her bosom to
keep it quiet. Suddenly as they saw the drift of what
was said more clearly. their white eyes would dance amid
their black skins, and one or two of them would smile
and utter gently the emphatic word " Ha I" (yes).—Rev.
C. Aeland's Manners and Customs of India.

LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY,
4, QUEEN-SQUARE.
rPHE Treasurer begs to acknowledge the Receipt of
1 the following DONATIONS : ..e s. d.
W. Brown, Esq., M.P., per Rev. A. M'Conkev 50 0 0
Miss Thompson. 10 0 0
J. C. Jack, Esq.
J. Knowles, jun., Esq.
T. B. Barclay, Esq. 5 0 0
Thos. Morecroft, Esq 5 0 0
Mrs. Drury. 2 0 0
Charles Hemery, Esq.
Mrs. Hynde
Mrs. Pearson 1 0 0

el 5 PREFERENCE SHARES, SECOND CALL OF
PER SHARE, MAKING THE AMOUNT CALLED
.'l2 PER SHARE.