The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-24 00:00:00

TO•Rg:AWARDEt).

The sum of Tour Pounds will be given to the owner of the
Plough fop the Lest finished work, stud Ilse suns ot• One Pound
to the Ploughman.
l'he sumo !tree Pounds to the'seconi best ditto, ditto, nivi
Fifteen -Shillings to the Pioughtnno...

The stun of, Ten Pounds t 7.) the third hest ditto, tlitto, and
Ten Shilings to the Pionghttian.
The,suin of One Pound and Tea. Shillings to the fottrthl/est
ditto: ditto, and .Seven Shillings to the Ploughman.
'The sunrof One Pound to the fifth best ditttl, ditto,and Five
Shiltingsto;tite Ploughman.. • -
Th.. itimit•W 'L Rive Shillings to the sixth hest ditto, ditto,
and ToteShilliNeind Sixpence to the Piotighman.
Ru ki:od lte iuus tcill Le ready for •distvibtition
morning; of the day. and the r..speetive Plouvbroen, with their
Horse,: Ike., are' requested to:isseintile at the El orse and Jockey,
in• Newton, •at such :ill hour as- to enable them to receive their
instructions, and to be ready to commence ploughing precisely
at .Eight o'clock.

All Candidates who purpose entering into cominstition for
the abpre Premiums, are requested to vire untiee thereof to the
undersigned, in writittg..oo or before the 7th of•Ma•ch, or they
be eaeOided. Aiiy Nobleman orltientlematt olitainnig any
of the Premiiiitis will •awanied the Soviet's Sliver Medal
only. THOMAS WIIITE, it•evretary, • . .
Newton, near Warrington.
N B. A Fa riner's Dinner oil hr piuvided at the ',ugh Arms,
Hotel. at Two o'cl,ick; and red persons who purpose in. dine.
are requested either to take their tickets, or vite inure at the
bar of the
—Hotel before Eterea o'clock in the movnjug. •

POROUGH COURT OF LIFF4POOL.
JAMES M.7;PINALL, Esq., MiCYOlt,
ANIBROSE LACE, and r Esquir, BAnAres.
JAMES POWNALI„
OTICE IS li EIiEBY GIVE that a Court of. Passage
.11 , for the Trial of Causes depet lug in the said Court, wilt
he held b .foie the said Mayor and ail s, in the Court-rooln,
within the Sessions'-house. in Chapel-sit, et, in the said
13,4511-0, (-tit r cRSDAY, the 5:11-day. of March next, of which
the Attiiinies of the said Court are required to take notice. '
sth Feb., 183.5.
~. POSTER, Town-clerk.

WOOLFIELIVS BAZAAR,
71 AND 72, CHURCII-STREET, LIN ERPOOL,
O.I6iNING THE roSTOFF.e: .
POR I U.NI
SUPPRIOR 1.9N1)0.,v jEwE
SUPERB BRONZES, CLOCKS, I,
I.4lEitS, CHIMNEY URN

A.ND .4Lr. THE VAll
FANCY MANUFACTURES oil

KEn
cuANDE-
ENTS,

r,:NGLAND, FRANCE.

GE EWA \' :i.e.,
MANUFACTORY FOR \vitt K.-BOXES, WTI I MG-
DESKS, AND MESSING-CASES.

•
VISITORS 'and Strangers in Liverpool, and the Pitldie in
general, are respectfully invifed to visit this Unique
Eit*ibilluellt, whether as Purchasers or Parties in secrets of
amusement, the whole of the STUCK(certainly one of thd
largest and most varlet! in }.:.oglAudi heingeotrietite,nly ;is/angel
for inspection and the price walked no each Article,. from
which no deductions are made nor cr,sdit given.—this system
enabling.the Proprietor to offer his Goods loAver than any other.

The JE \V E'L LEBV is of the best -London Ma-
nufacture, And has given general sal:faction ; in consequence,.
T. Woot.riEto nuns a eontinuall increasing demand, and he
is therefore enabled daily to icoleuish his ,Stock with the
choicest and moat fashionable Artic.esi•and to keep a most ex-
tensive Assortment, the moderate price of which cannot fail to
secure'to the Jewellery departineut of the Bazaar a continuance
of the favoured and increasing patronage of 'the Pubiie. • •
The WRITING-DESKS, DRESSINti-CISES,AVORK-.
BOXES, and JE‘I EL-BOXES. are on the Pre,
wises, rind the regular-finished Stock of -these Articles iieer-
tainiy more e:vtensive than in any other lio.ise in the King,
dolt. in the planning of:both Ladies' awl Gentleincu's,Dresi,
Ing-Cases' the .etniost 'pains are taken to''inakb thins as conte,
nient 'and as eohiplele as possible for Travalling.• Purchasers
have likewise the option of taking or rejecting any part of the
Fittings or Instruments as may suit them, or ...an have Cases
made to.accommedate their own Articles.

large Assortment of GENTLE mEN's DRESSING
CASES and PUUCIIP.S,in !insSia or Morocco Leather ; also
s►uall MILITARY DRESSING-CASES, containing a►l Cut
is nee►lful, and weigiyg only six minces each.

NE• PLUS ULTIiA- W ITING-DES KS, for Trarellingt
complete with Patent Inkstands, Sic., in great variety, trout
1•2.5. £,l each.

l'A PER. CAsES, FOLIOS, 'TRAVELLING lIAGS,•&c.
In the Repairing and Refitting ! DESKS, DRESZ4INO-
CASES, lire.,• I'. Wool.vtimn's •Wurknteu tia.ce screkt t
rience, and he has the means to eniitinete evfrything that is
intnisted to 'aim to this braui•h iu the suustantial manner,
with economy:lnd despatch. _ . .

T. wool.Fir.r.o begs to drov particular attention' to his.S,lNAett:
did array ut CLOCKS and I 14 6"
c:I'IEOES, i" -T, Bit(zE
A L'A B sTEtt, ticY 11'0ittiS, &c.; the Stock is mimemely
large, and the Deeigns suit to Kaunas of any size or style' the
price varyiiis„, from f.:5 .tv , and the utmost care 18 fakcn
with regand to the Moveinetts, which are all Warranted. •
An immence choice of LADIES' SILK, VELVET;.nntt
other RETICULES, froui 34. to three Gmneas each. Also,
PURSVS Piain and very Embroidered, tioin Is. to Ws.
each. •
LADIES' FRENCH SATIN SHOES at ss. Gd. per Pair.
LA DI Cls:! AtilltiliTlJ-01EN!.0._ GLO 1:8 of the
beet Paris Manufacture.
A variety of FANCY ARTICLES in IVORY, MOTHER
Of PEARL, and TOIITOIS ESll ELL.
CHESSMEN, BACKGAMNON BOARDS, BAGA,
TLLLE TABLES, and various other Games and Fancy Arti-
cles too ntiktuerous to mention.
ANTIQUE CLOCKS,
well suited for Country
)st:e Articles are now Owen
of the
eVvi'ith.aes;rfteLooat,.ciii,:xiicievC.,olelxetelteioiheeoi
in favoiarjtud %Ty
Mamiens, large Staisr,caarste.es., &e.
OIL and GAS' :AMPS and CHANDELIERS in great va-
riety, adapted to Private Rooms of all sizes, Public but:chi-4;e',
Churches, Chapels, &c.
TABLE, SIDEBOARD, BRACKET, FIGURE, and.
HALL LAMPS, on the newest and must approved constrtl6.
tton. .
Wo.Asterri also RE-ntioszns, XIE-LACQUERS, and tie-
PAlus 14-Al P 'of aI 1 descriptions; and kcep:for Salo a great
variety nr. GROUND and QUA' cILASSES, adapted to all
kinds of Lamps.
CHINESE 'GOODS of Nations kinds, including some fins
specimens of very Old China, in JARS, VASES, JARDI-
NIERE,S, PLATES, DISHES, .&c. Elaborately 'carved
IVORY. FANS CARD-CASES, &c. Likewise a variety of
real INDIA AkTICLES, to J.st'ANNaD and LAcouLuEn,
Work. . . .

A superb variety of FLORENTINE, PARIS, and other
BRONZES, of the most beautiful and costly finish consisting
of FIGUR ES, BUSTS, VASES, CAN DELABRA, to:
Elegant CUT GLASS LUSTRE CANDLESTICKS, for
Cut Al NEY PIECES, with an immense choice of 'other appropriate
C IiININ E RY O N AMENTS, including # recent imortatiou,
front Leghorn of a most tasteful variety of ITALIAN ALA,
BAST LIAS also, a
tine Collecttion, tif TAD.LES, in MARBLE.
and SCAGLIOLA WORK.
—Genuine EAU DE COLOGNE, imported direct from Co,
lova', :3k, 6d. per Bottle or 2t/s. per iI0?, g ;;it Buttlea,

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cel.:,-.. ,‘. ' , • ' - , :1',..' ~ 4-. A., may be had at HALF-PRIOE.
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STEAM-BOAT. '
riIFIE Commissioners appointed by Virtue of the Act 56 Geo.
IL 3d, chap. 61, for improving the Port and Harbour of Wa-
terford, hereby give notice that they would receive proposals
,from Persons who may be willing to sell a STEAM-BOAT o 1•
not less than 35-horse power, to be employe4 towing vessels in
said Port, or to charter her for Twelve mouths.
Each proposal to state the age and dimensions of the vessel,
where she was built, the mechanical power of the engine, and
the lowest amount for which she would be sold, delivered at
Waterford, or Chartered for the period abovementiinied, the
commissioners supplying the Steamer with coal as occasion
should require.
Communications addressed to the Secretary, and endorsed—
, " Proposal to sell and charter a Steam Tug Boat," will be re-
plied to as soon as possible after THURSDAY, the 12th of next
month, (March.)
By Order of the Commissioners,
' GEO. BROWNRIGG, Secretary.
Ballalt-Offire. IT'uterfin•d, February 17,1835.

Contratto.

ARMY CONTRACTS.

Office of Ordnance, Pall Mall,
9th February, 1835.
IksTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all Persons desirous of
111 Contracting to Supply tbefollowing Articles for the Use
of the Army ; the deliveries of which are to commence on and
for the Ist day of April, 1835, and tecoatinue (subject to the
usual conditions'ot the Cont ruts) until the following periods
M EAT, 3Jth September, 1835. ,
OATS, e, , both days in h
FORAGE, % 30th APril, 1835.
Viz. :
BEEF and MUTTON. Oxford,
To his Majesty's Land Forces, Rutland,
. • (the Folt Guards excepted,) Salop.
in Cantonments, Qaarters, Somerset,
and Barracks in the under- Stafford,
mentioned Counties and Suffolk,
islands:— Surrey,
Bedford, Sussex,
• Berks, (including the Town of Warwick,
Hungerford,3 , • Westmoreland,
Bucks, (including Colnbrook,) Wilts,
Cambridge, (including the Worcester,
Town of Niewinarket,) York,
Chester, Not I h and South Wales,
Cornwall, (including Scilly,) In the several Counties inNorth
Cumberland, Britain,
Derby, And in the Islands of Aldegney
. ,
Devon, . Guernsey, and Jersey. 1
Dorset, I OATS.

Durham, (including 11..11y
Island,)
• Essex, (exclusive of Tilbury
Fort,)
Gloucester, ( including the
City of. Bristol,)
Hants,
Hereford,
Hertford,
Hunts,
Isle of Man,
isle of Wight,
Kent, (ineluding Tilbury Fort,
in the County of Essex,)
Lancaster, FORAGE, viz.,
Leicester, Oats, Hay, and Straw, to his
Lincoln, Majesty's Cavalry and Ar-
Middlesex, (the Household tillery Horses in 'Barracks,
Cavalry excepted,) in the undermentioned
Monmouth, Counties in South Britain.
Norfolk, Dorset,
Northampton, . I Middlesex,
• Northumberland, (including Norfolk,
Berwick-on-Tweed,) Suffolk,
Nottingham, • ".‘ 'Marwick.
That Proposals in Writing, addressed to the Secretary to the
• Board, sealed up and marked on the outside "Tender for Army
Supplies," will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall Mall,
on or before Tuesday, the tenth .day.of March next; but none
will be received after Eleven o'clock on that day.
. Proposals must be made separately for each County and
Island, except for the counties comprising North and South
Wales, all of which must be included in one Tender, likewise
the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, as also the
several Counties in North Britain; and each Proposal must
have the Letter which is annexed to the 'Fender properly filled
up, by two persons of known property engaging to liecoine
bound* with the Party tendering in the amount stated in the.
, printed particulars, for the due Performance of the Contract;
and no Proposal will .be noticed. unless made on a printed
Tender, and the prices expressed in words at length; and
should it so happen that during the continuance of the Contract
no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount
of the Stamps on the Contrast and Bond, paid in the first
inetance by the Contractor, will be refunded to him.
Persons who may make. Tenders, are particularly requested
to observe that the Foot Guards are not in future to be supplied
with Meat by the Contractor, neither are the Household Ca-
valry in the County of Middlesex, and the said persons are
desiked not to make use of any. forms but those recently
which may he had unun application at tiadiefice, between the
hours of Ten and Four; and of the Barlack Masters in the
Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.
N.B. The practice of allowing Letters to and from Con-
tractors and their .Agents to pass free of Postage, is discon-
.
tinued ; but the Official Correspondence between the Contractors
and Regimental and other Officers will be forwarded as usual.
The Board of Ordnance, and their Officers, will not however he
responsible for any Letters, Money•oor Orders fur Money, which
way be so forwarded.
By order of the Board,
H BYHAM, Secretary.

To his Nlajesty's Cavalry and
Artillery Horses in Canton-
ments and Quarters, in the
undermentioned Counties.
Derby,
Dorset,
gssex,
aourester,
Lincoln,
Nlontnouth,
Nort,lk,
Northampton,
Somerset, Suffolk,
Wilts.

In the matter of Edward Ledgard,
XTOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the at of bank-
:\ ruptey la•?ly awarded and issued ii,!•• .1 'EDWARD
LEDGA It D, of Airfield, in the county of% .k, seed-crusher
and oil-merchant, dealer and chapman, trading under the firm
of " Daniel Ledgard and Sun," is, by an order of his Majesty's
court of review in bankruptcy, bearing date the 7th day of
February, 1835, annu.led and superseded. .
JACOMB and 11,1,,IDALE, Solicitors.
Hudderffield, Feb: 18, 1835. -'

E creditors who have proved their debts under a fiat in
bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against THOMAS
PYKE, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, corn-mer-
chant, dealer and chapwan, are requested to meet ie assignees
of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt; on WI:DISKS ua V,
the 25th of February instant, at Twelve of the o'clock a boon,
at the Office of Mr. Leather, Solicitor, Clarendon-buil ge, in
Liverpool, aforesaid, in order to assent to or dissent rent the
said assignees selling or disposing of the said bank pt's stock
in trade, either altogether or io luts, and• either by hlic sale or
private contract, and either for cash or upon cre ,or in such
other manner as may seem advisable; and also assent to or
dissent front the said assignees selling and wising of the
bankrupt's interest in certain freehold, cops bol , and
,leasehold
property, situate in Evertou, or elsewhere, in the said
county of
Lancaster, together or in parcels, either !,iy pubic auction or
private connect, at such price or prices, and at such time or
times, and in such-other manner as they may think advanta-
gemis and proper, and to buy in such interest in the sail free-
hold, cOpy hold, and leasehold property. or any part or parts there-
of, at such price or prices as they may thiuk proper, and to put up
the same again for sale, with the like power, from time to time,
and to grant such time for payment of the purchase money of
the said property, or any part't hereof, as they the said assignees
may think expedient; and also to assent to or dissent from the
said assignees selling and disposing of the bankrupt's interest
in the residue of the property under the wi:l of the bankrupt's
father, John Pyke, deceased, or dispose of such interest in any
manner as the said assignees may think tit and advisable for
the benefit of the estate of the•said.bankrupt; also to assent to
or dissent front the assignees selling and disposing of the book
and other debts of the said bankrupt, altogether or in lots, and
either by public auction or private contract, tis they may think
proper; also to assent to or disseut from the said assignees em-
ploying an accountant or other person to investigate, arrange,
and manage the books and accounts of the said 'bankrupt, and
Ut coliect, get in, and receive the outstanding debts due to the
said bankrupt, and to make such accouutaut or other person
• such allowance or compensation for his or their services as the
said assignees shall think fit and proper; also to assent to or
dissont from the said assignees paying out of the said bankrupt's
estate certain expenses incurred by the creditors in and about
a certain deed of inspection and other charges conseeuent
thereon, and in investigating the affairs of the said bankrupt
prior to the issuing of the said eat; and also to assent to or
disseut from the said assignees connuenciug
.prosecuting, or
defending any action at law or suit in equity, 'for the recovery
or preservation of any part of the said bankrupt's freehold,
copyhold, and leasehold estates and etlncts, nr fir the recovery
of ail or any partssf the beneficial interest which the said batik-
. rtipt is entitled to under the will of his father, the said John
.Pyke, deceased, or in arty other manner whatsoever, or to sub-
mit any question or matter connected with the said bankrupt's
estate to arbitration; and also to assent to or dissent from the
said assignees compounding with any debtor or debtors to the
estate of the said bankrupt, and taking any part of the debt or
debts, or such other payment or satisfaction in discharge of the
whole, or to their giving lime or taking security for the pa)-
mem of any such debt or debts; .or submitting any dispute to
arbitration, or Mimi wise agreeing to an y matter or thing relating
thereto; andi also to sanction and confirm ea &tad whatsoever the
amid assignees, or the provisional assignee, have already done in
touching the said bankrupt's estate; and geuerally to authorise
the said assignees to take such measures in the management
and settlement of the affairs, concerns, estate, and effects of the
said bankrupt as they the said assignees shad from time con-
"k"edsunable, just. and beneficial for the creditors of the said
bankrupt; and en other special affairs.

I. ,I 1 'I
ASSESSED TAXES.—COMPOS ON.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV
IA and sth Win. IV, cap. 51, all persons ssessed for their
EN, that by • Act of the 4th
Taxes for the present Year, or who shall li e began to keep
any Articles liable to be assessed, Or -any additional number
thereof in the year ending 5111 April, IE.G.' may Compound for
the same under the provisions of the sal( Art, for the Term of
Five Years, to commence from the salt sth of April, 1835, on
paythent of an additional Duty of 5 i cent.; and all persons
who have COMl,oll,lded, many renew t r former Compositions
fur the like Term, to commence fro the same period, on the
following conditions (that is to say) on payment of an additional
Ditty of 5 per cent., if such persons have not increased their
Establishments upon which their Compositions were made, tu '
rich an extent that the Duties chargeable thereon under an
AssesSment would exceed by more than one-fourth the total
amount of the sum now payable; and on payment of an ad-
ditional Duty of 10 per cent. if such persons shall have in-
crease] their Establishment, so that the Duties chargeable
thereon wou:d not exceed double the Sum payable under their
former. Contracts. And
.in case such Persons shall have in-
creased their Establishments su that the Duties chargeable
thereon would amount to more than double the sum, then their
Contracts cannot be renewed, but they may compound de novo,
On the Brea ; est number of Articles for which they shall be as-
sessed for !he Year, to commence from the stii of April, 15.5,
on payment of the. ad litional Duty of 5 per cent; and all such
Persons SO compounding or renewing their Compositions as
aforesaid, shall be freed from all further Charges during the
said Term.

All Persons desirous to compound or renew their Composi-
tion, must give notice of their intention in that respect on or
140 re the sth April, 1815, otherwise they will he excluded the
I.onefit of the Act of Parliament, apd they may receive the
proper Forms on app!ication to the Asses,sors of Td.xes in the
Parishes in whim such persons may reside.
Stamps and I'4 'Ns. By Order of the Board,
Frbruary 15th, 1835. PRESSLY, Secretary,