The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

LATIN AND GREEK.

MR. BURDON'S SELECT CLASSES for Private
Students in these Languages, annually taught from the
beginning of November till the end of April, will OPEN oil
WEDNESDAY, the 11th instant. These Classes will be so sr'
ranged as to suit, as far as possible, the convenience of the
various applicants for Private Tuition, and especially Young(
Men engaged in Teaching, or other avocations, and desirous of
studying for the Ministry, who may find attending them the
means of facilitating their preparation for the University, an"'
per:laps, of otherwise forwarding their views.
An ELEMENTARY CLASS in each Language will commence
at the 'same time.
St. Catherine House, Cambridge-street,
Abereromby •sguare.

ASSOCIATION
FOR THE REDUCTION OF

THE DUTY ON TEA.

WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., Chairman.
CHRISTOPHER RAWSON, Esq., I
HENRY WINCH, Esq., . Deputy-Chairmen.
WILLIAM BALLENY, Esq., Treasurer.
ROBERT C. CROSBIE, Esq.,}
Honorary Secretaries.
JOHN SCOTT, Esq.,

COMMITTEE :
George Armstrong, Esq.
Thomas Bold, Esq.
Edward Brodribb, Esq.
W. P. Bushby, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
John Cropper, Jun., Esq.
Malcolm Corrie, Esq.
C. Cotesworth, Esq.
Joseph Crosfield, Esq.
R. Duckworth, Esq.
A. Finlay, Esq.
W. F. Foster, Esq.
R. Fry, Esq.
W. Fry, Esq.
George Grant, Esq.
W. F. Gray, Esq.
D. Harrison, Esq.
J. Hosack, Esq.
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq.
A. Kelso, jun., Esq.
Harold Littledale, Esq.
Thomas Littledale, jun., Esq.
Hugh Matheson, Esq.
W. G. Moly-newt, Esq.
W. Prowse, Esq.
William Potter, Esq.
William Rathbone, Esq.
William Rathbone, jun., Esq.
A. Rotheram, Esq.
G. C. Schwabe, Esq.
J. Steains, Esq.
J. Thomson, Esq.
James Ts rer, Esq.
Charles Turner, Esq.

TN announcing the formation of this Association, the
Committee feel that little introduction from them is ne-
cessary to ensure from the Public their hearty concurrence and
support, seeing the benefit which would accrue to all classes of
the community from the realization of the object they has'e
in view.
It has long been the conviction of Philanthropists, that the
obtaining for the poor, at a moderate price, a beverage so
owholesome t asof
its Tea,cowmofuolrdt beas anan
articleinestimableaf
daily bto
use,n nobtu merely
erel
espe-
cially on account of its tendency to promote social feeling and
temperance, with all the domestic and orderly habits cons&
quent thereupon.
Ample experience has also convinced the merchants engaged
in the trade with China, as well as those engaged in the Tel
trade at home, that our export trade with the Chinese is 10
danger, and that, to preserve it, there is the most urgent neces-
sity for a large reduction of the present high dm(' on Tea.
The Committee earnestly request attention to the folltoin g
considerations:on this important subject : 2ld.
That the present duty on Tea is exorbitant, being 48'
per lb., or nearly 200 per cent. on the average value, and from3oo:to 400 per cent. on the lower qualities, a much higher duty
than that imposed on any other necessary of life.
That pressing, as this duty does, most heavily on the lower
kinds, it prevents the use of Tea amongst the most nulllerolls
class of our countrymen. •
That the original cost of Tea is very moderate, the bulk of
the qualities generally consumed varying from 9d, to 2s. Peri
and that its consumption is restricted by no indisposition „.0
the part of the Public to purchase it, but by iti high Price'
caused solely by the present oppressive duty.
nnalioll
That there is scarcely a limit to the capacity or the disi--1
of the Chinese to purchase our manufactures.
That while, as already stated, our Duty on Tea ranges
2110 to 400 per cent., the Chinese admit our imports st

ad valorem duty of five per cent.
- to
That this impolitic duty materially limits our expP",
China, and seriously interferes with the employment of lab°""t
The Committee feel confident that a similar increase to tlitt9e
which :has taken place in the consumption of Coffee, b 5 g
m Aerial reduction of the Duty, may be anticipated 10.-

proportionate reduction of the duty on Tea.
That thereby the consumption of Tea would be greatly sit
mented, and the revenue correspondingly benefited. d
foul
a Committee feel assured that there will hardly.be is-gfr
a single opponent to the justice of their claim, and that it
requires the hearty co-operation of the public to ensure ss

cess.
0
They have mach pleasure in annexing a list of subscriPll-00(
alread,- receive !, and they respectfully solicit the assistance

the public in furtherance of the object of the Association• of
Su ,scriptions will be received by the Treasurer, or
member of the Committee.

WILLIAM NICOI"
Chairman.

1, Exchange-building:,
Nov. 2, 1816.

SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Mr. C. Rawson t'lo 10 0
Mr. H. Winch
Mr. R. C. Crosbie lO 10 0
Mr. E. Brodribb
Mr. A. Kelso
Mr. W. Prowse lO 10 0
Mr. D. Harrison p,... 10 10 0
Mr. W. Balleny lO 10 0
Mr. A. Findlay lO 10
Mr. It. Duckworth
Mr: J. Steains lO 10 1
Mr. J. Scott
Mr. R. Jamieson .............. •• • • 10 10 0
Mr. H. Matheson .............. • . 10 10 0
•
Mr. C. P. Dickson
Mr. W. Rathbone lO 10 0
•
Mr. W. Rathbone, jun.
Mr. Geo. Armstrong
Mr. Wni. Nicol lO 10 0
Mr. Potter
Mr. Molyneux
Mr. R. Fry lO 10 0
Mr. T. Fry lO 10 0
Mr. J. Thompson lO 10 0
Mr. W. F. Foster lO 10
Mr. G. Grant lO 10 0
Mr. R. Gladstone lO 10 0
Mr. Smith Harrison lO 10 0
Mr. Joseph Crosfield
Mr. T. W. Sharland 5 5 0
Mr. W. Rotheram lO 10 0
Mr. Tyrer
Mr. Thomas Bold. lO 10 0
Mr. J. Cropper, jun.
Mr. E. Cropper lO 10 0
Mr. C. Cotesworth
Mr. M. Corrie
Mr. C. Charles Turner
Mr. William Earle
Mr. Thomas Earle
H. H 2 2 0
Moffat and Co.
Mr. J. Stokes lO 10 0
Mr. W.F. Gray lO 10 0
Mr. W. P. Bushby lO 10 0
Mr. Robert Lloyd lO 10 0
Mr. Thomas Matheson lO 10 0
Mr. G. Schwabe lO 10 0
Mr. L. Heyworth lO 10 0
Mr. H. Littledale
Mr. W. F. Brownrigg lO 10 0
Mr. G. Hargreaves
Mr. Kinderman
Mr. J. Houck

Nov. 3, 1846.

SCOTLAND WARD.
NOTICE TO THE BURGESSES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in consequence
of the incapacity to act Of RICHARD HOUGHTON., Esq.,
the Alderman of this Ward, the ELECTION of a COUN-
CILLLOR is necessarily POSTPONED until THIS DAY,
(Tuesday,) the 3d instant, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon,
when such Election will be holden by the Assessors of the Ward
and such Alderman as the Mayor shall appoint.
The Polling will take place at the House, N 0.64, on the North
side of Burlington-street, near Limekiln-lane, occupied by Mr.
Joseph Jones. By order,
Town-Hall, 2d November,NNSHlB46l7nLEWORTH,
1846. Town-Clerk.

SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.
NOTICE TO THE BURGESSES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conse-
quence of the Illness of WILLIAM PEATT BUSHBY,
Esq., the Alderman of this Ward, the ELECTION of a
COUNCILLOR is necessarily POSTPONED until TUESDAY,
the 3rd instant, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon, when such
Election will be holden by the Assessors of the Ward and such
Alderman as the Mayor shall appoint.
The Polling will take place at the Shop on the West Side of
Park-road, occupied by Mrs. Eliza Gould, near the Church of
Saint John the Baptist. By order,
WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk.
Town-hall, 2nd November, 1i46.

THE LIVERPOOL UNION MILL AND BREAD
COMPANY.
PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
CAPITAL £20,000, in SHARES of £5 each.
DEPOSIT, Sixpence per Share, being the utmost amount
allowed by Act of Parliament.
TRUSTEES.
SIR THOMAS BRANCKER, WILLIAM EARLE, ESQ.
ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, ESQ. JAMES AIKIN, ESQ.
BANKERS.
THE ROYAL BANK OF LIVERPOOL.
GENERAL Complaint has long been made of the
unwholesome quality of the Bread and Flour with which
the Public in this town is supplied, and of the very high prices
at which it is sold, the Bread being at the present moment
sold 30 per cent higher here than at Birmingham.
Much attention has, consequently, been directed to the re-
medy for those: evils and vigorous efforts have been made by
one of the Weekly Journals to obtain from the trade better
treatment for the public,but, as yet, with little practical effect
it is therefore proposed to establish in this town a Joint Stock
Association of the consumers of Flour and Bread, for the pur-
pose of supplying the public with a good wholesome article at a
moderate price, Several of these Associations are in existence
in different parts of the country, with advantage both to the
shareholders and to the public at large. At Birmingham there
are five companies, of moderate capital, one of which (the Old
Union Mill) has been established about fifty years, the original
shares of XI being now worth from .t 6to -t 7 ; and so exten-
sive is their trade, that they now dispose of, weekly, five hun-
dred sacks of flour made into bread, and two hundred sacks for
general purposes. In addition to this company paying a hand-
some dividend to the shareholders, they are enabled at the
present time to render the usual quartern loaf (41b. 40z.) for
lid, to the consumer.
It is intended by the proposed Company to erect Mills and a
Bakery, for the purpose of grinding corn and supplying the
public with good wholesome bread on the lowest possible
terms.
A respectable Committee of Management has already been
formed, and it is proposed to invest ,the property of the Com-
pany in the names of five unexceptionable trustees.
As it is desirdus to extend the number of shareholders, no
person will be permitted to hold more than twenty shares.
A considerable number of shares having been already taken
up, persoils desirous of becoming shareholders should make
early application, by letter, to Messrs. AVISON and PRITT,
Solicitors, Cook-street, Liverpool.
FORM OF APPLICATION._ _ _

'To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool Union Mill and
Bread Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares in
the Liverpool Union Mill and Bread Company; and I under-
take to pay all deposits and calls thereon, and to sign the deed
of settlement when called upon by you to do so.
Name in full
Occupation
• Residence, or place of Business

THE LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT

RAILWAY.
[REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY. 3
CAPITAL, £150,000, IN 7,500 SHARES OF £2O EACH.
DEPOSIT, .t 2 PER SHARE.

PROVISIONAL. DIRECTORS,
(With powerTh add to their number.)
WILLIAM BLUNDELL, Esq., Crosby Hall, Chairman.
WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., Liverpool,Vice-Chairman.
James Aikin, Esq., Liverpool.
Thomas Booth, Esq.; Liverpool.
James Brownell Boothby, Esq., Twyford Abbey, Middlesex.
William Chadwick, Esq., Montague-square, London.
Henry Cleaver Chapman, Esq., Liverpool.
Thomas Chilton, Esq., Liverpool.
William Earle, Esq.,. Liverpool.
Eyre Evans, Esq., Liverpool.
Richard Formby, Esq., M.D., Liverpool.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool.
Thomas Stewart Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool.
Ralph Greenough, Esq., Southport.
• George Holt, Esq., Liverpool.
Hugh Hornby, Esq., Liverpool.
Samuel Lees, Esq., Southport.
Cottingham Moss, Esq., Liven 031.
William Potter, Esq., Liverpool.
Emanuel Zwilchenbart, Esq., Liverpool.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
William Blundell, Esq., Chairman.
William Nicol, Esq., `'ice-Chairman.
Henry Cleaver Chapman, Esq.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq.
Hugh Hornby, Esq. •
William Potter, Esq.
ENGINEERS.
George Stephenson, Esq. G. P. Bidder, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. DUNCAN and RADCLIFFE, Liverpool.
Messrs. H. and W. Tooooon, 22, Parliament-street,
London.

BANKER&

Liverpool—Messrs. Moss and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Wm. Jones, Lloyds, and CO.
London—Messrs. Barclny,jlevan, and Co.

PROSPECTUS.
ru H E object of this Company is to construct a Line
of Railway between Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.
The accommodation proposed to be thus given has long been
desired, but the difficulty of obtaining a convenient entrance
into Liverpool has until lately proved an insurmountable ob-
, stacle. This difficulty the Liverpool and Bury Railway, now in
course of construction, affords the means of overcoming, it
being proposed by the present scheme to make use of that line
for nearly a mile and a half out of Liverpool, and thence pro-
ceed, by way of Bootle, Seaforth, Waterloo, Crosby, and along
the coast, through Formby, to Southport, affording to those
places and the adjacent farm districts a cheap and speedy
means of communication with Liverpool. On the other hand,
the benefits to the over-crowded population of Liverpool in a
sanitory point of view, by giving ready access to the rapidly
increasing Bathing Places along the coast, the district of Cros-
by, and the much-frequented and salubrious watering place of
Southport, as well as throwing open the intermediate country
for the purposes of Villas and Residences, cannot well be over-
estimated.
The undertaking is promoted by the principal Landowners
anti other parties locally interested. •
The Line is about sixteen miles in length, and, being nearly
level, is entirely free from engineering difficulties. A consi-
derable part of the land between Crosby and Southport, over
_ which it will pass, has already been given by the landowners,

• and the cost of construction will be unusually small.
The liability of each Shareholder will he restricted by Act of
Parliament to the amount of his subscription, and power will
be applied for in the Bill to allow interest at £4 per cent. on all
calls from the passing of the Act until the opening of the Line.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the subjoined form,
en or before the 6th of November next, to the Solicitors, or to
any of the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. D. and J. B.
NEILSON, or Messrs. ASPINALL and HUGHES, Liverpool ;
ROBERT M'EWEN, Esq., Manchester; or to Messrs. HILL,
FAwcorr, and HILL, 29, Threadneedle street, London.
In the allotment of shares, a preference will be given to par-
ties having local interest, and a reserve will be made for Land-
owners.
Liverpool, October, 1846.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool Crosby, and
Southport Railway, (Provisionally Registered.)
' GENTLEMEN ,—I request you will allot me Shares in
the above undertaking, on the terms of the prospectus, and I
agree to accept the same, or such less number as you shall
allot to me ; and I undertake to pay the Deposit thereon, and
- to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary
when required to do so.
Dated this day of , 1846.

Residence—
Description
Reference—

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
AT a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the
shareholders of the MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and
MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, held at the Cutlers' Han,
in Sheffield, on THURSDAY, the 29th day of October, 1846,
WILSON OVEREND, Esq. in the Chair.
The. Notice convening the Meeting, the Report of the Provi-
sional Directors, and the Abstract of the Accounts having keen
read by Mr. Pierson, one of the Solicitors of the Company,
It teas unanimously Resolved,
I.—That the Report of the Provisional Directors now read,
with the Statement of Accounts annexed, be received and
adopted, and that their proceedings be approved and confirmed.
It was also Resolved,
2.—That this Meeting hereby authorises and empowers the
Provisional Directors to take such steps as they consider neces-
sary for obtaining an Act of Parliament, authorising the con-
struction of the proposed Lines of Railway, during the ensuing
Session;, and also to enter into such negociations or arrange-
ments with any other Company or Companies as they may think
expedient, with a view of protecting and promoting the inter-
ests of the Shareholders of the undertaking.
3.—That the Provisional Directors are hereby fully empowered
to pay to any Shareholder who may decline to join in the re-
newal of the Application to Parliament, in conformity with the
recommendation contained in the Directors' Report, previously
read, the Sum of Two Pounds and Ten Shillings per Share on
all Shares held by such Shareholder in the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland Junction Railway; and any further sum
which, after the final settlement of all Accounts, may hereafter
become Ming sent in on or before the 14th day of November instant
4.—That the Directors are hereby authorised to dispose of the
Shares which may be renounced by parties withdrawing from
the further prosecution of the undertaking, in such manner as
they may consider most conducive to the interests of the Com-
rany.
s.—That the Report of the Provisional Directors, the State-
ment of Accounts, and the Resolutions of this Meeting, be
printed and addressed to the Shareholders.
6.---Thevt the best than.s of this Aleeting are due, and are
herebyen, to the Directors for their past services.
WILSON OVEREND, Chairman.
The Chairman having vacated the Chair,
It was unanimously Resolved,
That the thanks of h
his_
stc able and impartiait
ceonAdleueettining
tbheegchh'eainrto the Chairman for
es, 103, Norfolk-street, Sheffield. *
u

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION NRAILWAY.
THE PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS of the above
Railway are desirous of transmitting a Copy of the Pro•
eeedings of the Special Meeting of Shareholders, held THIS DAY,
(Thursday,) at the Cutlers' Hall, in Sheffield, to all parties who
m ty hold Shares in that Undertaking; and as there are neces-
sarily many parties with whose Addresses they are unacquaint-
ad, they request all Shareholders who may not receive a Copy
, .
I„, of the Proceedings of the Meeting above alluded to, to apply at
the COMPANY'S OpPicss,lo3, NORFOLK-STREET, SHEFFIELD,
• when the same will be immediately transmitted to them, with
forms whereby they may siiiiity their intention of prosecuting
the Undertaking, or otherwise.
By order, RICHARD MIRFIN, Secretary.
)03, Norfolk-street, Sheffield, October 29, 18415.