The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

PUBLIC DINNER

TO THE
RIGHT HON. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY
POTTINGER, BART., G.C.B.
IN order to prevent disappointment, Gentlemen are de-
sired to make IMMEDIATE APPLICATION for
their TICKETS to the Secretary, Mr. T.ll. MYERS,
1, Exchange-buildings.
914 December, 1844.

SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.
ON THURSDAY MORNING next, the 12th instant,
a SERMON will be Preached (D. V.) by the
LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER, at ST. PETER'S
CHURCH, after which a COLLECTION will be made
in aid of the Funds of the SOUTHERN and TOXTETH
HOSPITAL.
Divine Service to commence at Eleven o'clock.
His Worship the Mayor, and several of the Members
of the Corporation are expected to attend.

APUBLIC MEETING of the RATE-PAYERS and
other INHABITANTS of TOXTETH-PARK will
be held in the Public Office, Park-place, on MONDAY
next, the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for the
purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee, and
adopting Resolutions on the subject of Landing-Slips, and
increased Market accommodation at the South end of
the town.
H. G. HARBORD, Chairman of the Provisional
Committee.

DUBLIN AND LIVERPOOL STEAM-SHIP
BUILDING COMPANY,
IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
-1.11 YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
will be held, at"the Company's Office, on THURSDAY, the
19 h December, 1844, at One o'clock, to receive the Re-
port of the Directors for the Half-year ending the Ist
November last, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement.
By order,
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PHINEAS HOWELL, Agent.
Office, 17, Eden Quay, Dublin,
28th November, 1844.

LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY.
DEPOSIT, ~Clis. 6d. PER SHARE.
A FEWSHARES in this COMPANY are still to be
SH Allotted.
Immediate application to be made at my Office, No.
10, Exchange-alley, Liverpool,
RICHD. DAWSON, Stock and Share Broker.

TO THE CHARITABLE.
THE ADVERTISER, who is now in his sixty-eighth.
year, and has been twenty years resident in Liverpool,
having been unfortunate in business, (which he conducted
in this town for a considerable period,) through circum-
stances which he could not provide against, is now with his
Family, amongst whom he has had sickness for upwards
of fifteen years, reduced to the greatest distress and suf-
fering extreme privations, so that, though wiinful to bis
feelings, he is obliged to appeal to the charitable and
humane.
Any small sum left for him at the Standard-office will
be most thankfully received.

LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT
SOCIETY.
UNDER THE PATRONAGE op
Lord Viscount SANDON, M.P., and
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, Bart., M.P.
A FEW VACANCIES having occurred in this SO-
CIETY, in consequence of the Removal and Death
of some of its Members, Persons of the Protestant faith,
and of good character, of the ages from 20 to 35, are ad-
missible.
Terms, with other particulars, may be known, on the first
Monday in each Month, at Christ Church School Rooms,
or at the House of the Secretary, Hanover-square, Prince
Edwin-street.

By order of the Committee,
JOHN CROSSLEY, Secretary

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
GILBERT HENDERSON. EsTq ~ ,Record.
HE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONSer of the
PEACE for the BOROUGH will be held, in the
Sessions-house, in Chapel-street, on MONDAY, the 16th
day of December instant, at Ten o'clock in the Fore-
noon.
No TRAVERSE will be Tried unless entered on the
first day of the Sessions, in the Sessions-house, or, pre-
viously, at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace, No. 6,
Brunswick-street.
And all Indictments for Misdemeanours found at these
Sessions against persons admitted to Bail, must be entered
for Trial before Twelve o'clock on the day after the dis-
charge of the Grand Jury, or the Trial will stand over.
WRIGHT, Clerk of the Peace.
No. 6, Brunswick-street, 3d December, 1844.

CAUTION.
CELLARS.
WHEREAS it has come to the knowledge of the Com-
missioners for the better Paving and Sewerage of the Town, that several instances have occurred of Owners of Property within the Town having gone to considerable
expense in altering their Houses in order to convert the
Cellars thereof into separate Dwelling. laces and who
being unable to comply with the provisions of the Health
of the Town Act, with reference to the width of Area re-
quired to entitle such Cellars to be used as separate
Dwelling•places, have sustained serious loss and inconve-
nience, the COMMISSIONERS therefore, to prevent
similar loss and inconvenience to other parties, HEREBY
CAUTION all Persons, Owners of Property within the
Town, intending to convert the Cellars of their Houses
into separate Dwelling-places, and for that purpose to en-
cumuli utt the Footways of the streets, to abstain trom
making such Alterations until they have ascertained, by
application to the said Commissioners, whether permis-
sion can be granted to take from the street the width of
Area required by the provisions of the said act.
By order of the Commissioners.
Liverpool, sth December, SAD' G. DEANE, Clerk.
4.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
THE AUDIT COMMISSIONERS appointed by vir-
tue of the several Acts of Parliament relating to the
Liverpool Docks, are required to MEET, at the Dock-
office, on MONDAY next, the 16th instant, at Eievert
o'clock in the Forenoon, to INSPECT, AUDIT, and
ADJUST the ACCOUNTS of the DOCK ESTATE.
Dock Office, LiverpoolßGEOGE WITHERS. Treasurer.
, 9th December 1844.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
C-1.
A T 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
L'ghts, &c.,
It is Resolved and Ordered,—That the Collector or
Receiver of the Dock Rates 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.
Ciatss 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.
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FLOATING LIGHTS 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 Halfpenny 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, 1841; 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 Ithp Light-houses and Floating Lights.
y order of the Committee.
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-otnee, Revenue-buildings,
4111 December, 1811.