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

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.

MBE TREASURER of the LIVERPOOL DISPEN-
-1. SARIES begs to acknowledge the following Contri-
butions, collected to liquidate the heavy debt of £l.BOO,
in accordance with a Resolution, passed at the General
Annual Meeting of the Governors, held on the 3d Fe-
bruary, 1844:
It was Resolved,
" That an urgent appeal be made to the Public to enable
the Committee to carry on the Institution with its
wonted efficiency, without compelling them to resort to
the painful alternative of selling or closing one of the
Dispensaries."

By order of the Treasurer,
J. WIT ITBY WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Dispensaries-offire, 1. Fenwick-
street, Feb. 17, 1844.

Subscriptions and Donations thankfully received by the
Gentlemen of the Committee and the Secretary, at the
Office, 1, Fenwick-street, daily, from Three to Four
o'Clock ; Messrs. ARTOUR HEYWOOD, Sows, and Co.,
Brunswick-street ; or at the North Dispensary, 1,
Vauxhall-road ; or at the South Dispensary, 1, Upper
Parliament-street, at all hours.

Subscriptions for each year are due in advance on the
Ist of January.

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED SINCE LAST
ADVERTISEMENT.
DONATIONS.
R. Broadhurst Hill, Esq..
Robert Ellison Harvey, Esq. .
Messrs. Houghton and Smith
John Coward, Esq...
10 0 0
0
Edward Seger, Esq
R. B. B. H. Blundell,cir Standard-office 2 2 0
Robert 2 0 Esq
10 0 0
Francis Mill, Esq.
0 0
IsaacNVForrathnikn,gEtosnq,.E,
ps
Miss Blundell, Kirkdale.. ~,..
1 0 0
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0 0
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E—xec.ulcis h. .... .E. :s.•iate
per B. and Son. • • ... 010 0
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.
James Cropper, Esq., Dingle Bank.. ......
2 2 0
Messrs. :Tames Houghton and Co
.. • • 2 2 0
Edward Mercer, Esq
flathead Fletcher and Co .. • • 1 0 0
Thomas Mills and Co • •
1 1 0
Benjamin Higgs, Esq .......... 1 0 0
COLLECTION.
Saint Luke's Church, after a sermon by the
Rev. William Mulleneux ....... 15 6 6

yas within one year
to be sold by
THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX'S LIBRARY.--13 the
Will of the late Duke of Su sex it was directed that if the
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hnigothnpeussr,cshadseeeehaisselibitrawr
public auction. The King of Prussia is now in treaty for
the purchase of this rare collection of books, which con-
sists of upwards of 45,000 volumes, the whole of which
has been catalogued by Mr. Pettigrew, the duke's libra-
rian, and the list transmitted to his majesty. We have
notess
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value placed
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ness's n of
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a volume they would realin £5625,
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BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA,
ESTABLISHED IN 1836, AND INCORPORATED BY
ROYAL CHARTER. PAID-UP CAPITAL £1,000,000
STERLING. London Office, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bi-
shopsgate-street.
Establishments at Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, and
Quebec, in CANADA ; St. John and Fredericton, in NEW
BRUNSWICK; Halifax, in NOVA SCOTIA ; St. John's, in
NEWFOUNDLAND.
Agents at NEW YORK, Messrs. Richard Bell, William
Nl'Lachlati, and Thomas G. Simpson, Dorr's Buildings,
H anover- street.
Drafts on the Colonies and on the United States, with
approved endorsements, are purchased on terms which
may be known on application, addressed to the Secretary.
In like manner, Bills are collected at maturity, Dividends
on Stock payable in the United States or in the Colonies
are received, and other descriptions of Banking Agency
are transacted.
Credits on the several Establishments in the Colonies,
and on the Agents at New York, are granted upon pay-
ment of the amount at the London Office, and will be paid
on presentation, together with the current premium of
Exchange on Bills, at the customary usance, without any
charge.
Parties in the Country may obtain such Letters of
Credit in the course of post, by forwarding a Bank Order
for the amount, free of postage, to the Secretary, at the
London Office.
Similar Credits on the Colonial Establishments of this
Bank, and on its agents at New York, are granted at all
the Branches of the
Provincial Bank of Ireland, of
The National Bank of Scotland, and of
The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank.
GEORGE DE B. ATTWOOD, Secretary.
London, 7, St. Helen's-place,
Ist March, 1844.

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 5729 SH A RES, which are entitled
to PRIZES to the amount of £1216. 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 may 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
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: J. HADDOCKS ; Man-
chester : T. SOWLER ; Blackburn : J. WALKDEN,
Preston : L. CLARKE; Birkenhead: J. LAW.

DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EYE
5, MARYBONE.
Opened December' 1838, by R. HIBBERT TAYLOR, M.D
One of the Surgeons to the School for the
Deaf and Dumb.
TABLE OF THE DISEASES OF PATIENTS TREATED.
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES. 118391

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

sages
Fistula Lacrymalis

_
Squinting
Wounds of Eye, from chips of metal, Ikc.
Inflammation of Eyes, Cataarhal
9, „ Purulent of Infants.
, Ditto of Adults
r.
If 1„
Catarrh° Rheumatic
If „ Pustular
. „ Scrofulous
~. „ Ditto, with Ulcers
I 1 „ Ditto, with Specks
f f „ Catarrho Scrofulous
Inflammation of Cornea
Scrofulous
~
Inflammation of, Membrane of Aqueous
- - -

Chamber
Inflammation of Iris
„ Syphilitic
Inflammation of Internal Tunics ..
Eyes, from injuries
19
Tumour growing from Conjunctiva ....
Conical Cornea .

Specks of Cornea!
Adhesion of Iris to Cornea or Capsule cf

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

ArnaurOsis~.

Double Vision
Neuralgia

~
Watering of Eye
Protrusion of Eye from Socket
Loss of transparency in Retina

TOTAL

I 143 '!085

`2 3
0, 0

Total New Cases, since commencement .. 6

1519'1420

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, 1844.

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 had
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 ovet 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
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burning pieces of cotton in the direction of Stewart-street
and upon the quays of Victoria and Trafalgar Docks, with
greattorce. 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 fitemen, Mr. Al-
derman Lawrence, and Messrs. J, Parker and Harbord,
councillors. Some of them were worked from Great
Howard-street, some from the docks, and others from
Waterloo-road ; but, as usual, there was a scarcity of
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 thatthe 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 other parties interested ; but it is computed that
cotton to the extent £15,000 had been destroyed, and
that 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, Win.
Davies and William Brown, were yesterday placed before
Mr. Rnshton 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 bt
used in perambulating houses without making a noise.
They were both well known, and were committed to gaol
for three months.