The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON.

HONORARY DIRECTORS.
tte of Rutland, K.G. Earl of Stair.
Earle "rliedford. Viscount Torrington.
War el. Stanaford and iscoun, .
Earl of
ri V. t Campden.
Stra.dbroke.
Earl Howe •
Earl Ducie Lord Rayleigh.
Lor Feversham.
I,Let Stanley, M.P.
And Seventy-two other Members of Parliament and
Geliffietnen.
TIRE Proprietar of his Company exceeds 1960 in
pp number Y
pri'lle share •
of Publi avour this InstitntiOn has obtained
of Yes thers appreciat. of its system by a numerous body
Insure
diattvery kin'
A dof e Insurance, of Deferred and Imme-
be ~e,..&nouities, dof Endowments for Children, may
aist-e'e°olPlishe at this Office on terms as low as is con-
tw.ith security.
nen,Wend of Four per Cent. is now in course of p‘ay-
one Do shareholders in this office. A BONUS of
holi"itu the profits on LIFE POLICIES held by Share-
th,_ er, and effected since the Ist January, 1843, will be
lit,,fa at the end of every Five Years, by addition to the
iLata!ured, or by reduction of premium.
Vill , ailed Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office, or
o.e, for!arded, post free upon application.
low, ule Fire Departnaent, Insurances are effected at the
k' Ast rates. The usual Commission to Solicitors..
Weir, are appointed in all the Principal Towns in the
r 'We ,
-O itct; life,u where Agents are not appointed, persons
to 'y
and desirous of being appointed, may apply
W. SHAW, Managing Director.

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

ol;ialning the Prizes. -
MR. bOYS has the pleasure to announce, that the
DRAWING FOR THE PRIZESin the PRESENT
YEAR'S DISTRIBUTION will take place on the 30TH MAY
NhXT ; and consists of 5729 SHARES, which are entitled
to PRIZES to the amount of £4216. Any person pur-
chasing Engravings from Mr. Boys' extensive variety of
Publications (among which are very eautiful and new
Works) will also be entitled to rece. e Gratuitously One
Share in this Distribution of Prize. r each Guinea'sworth
of Engravings purchased. The ngravings and Tickets
are delivered at the time of su scribing.
Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be obtained on
application to Mr. T. BOYK.II, Golden-square, and 221,
Regent-street, London, de to any of his Agents;. where
Specimens of the Eugrgirings may be seen, and Tickets
qbtained, if early appli tion he made.
LIST OF PRIZES :
2 of 500 Guineas making 1000 Guineas.
3 of 100 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 . . — 180 Guineas.
23 of 9 Guineas 207 Guineas.
29 of 7 Guineas — 203 Guineas.
25 of 5 Guineas — 125 Guineas.
136 of 4 Guineas -. 544 Guineas.
48 of 3.. Guineas . ....... 144 Guineas.
Li Agents for verpool : .1. IL ISAAC, H. LACEY, Ross
and NIGHTINGALE; Warrington: J. HADDOCKS • Man-
chester T. SOWLER ; Blackburn : .1. WALHDEN,
Preston : L. CLARKE ; Birkenhead : J. LAW.

NEW WORKS,
SOLD BY WAREING WEBB,
CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

THE ENGLISH REVlEW,aN;;QtTiarterly Jour-
nal,." Part 1., price 6s.
Contents :-1. The Knights Templars.-2. Sees of Bangor
and St. Asaph.-3. The Agamemnon of yEschylus.-4. German
Writers on the English Church.-5. Lord John Russell's Trans-
lation of Dante's Francesca da Ramini.-6. Wordsworth's
Theophilus Anglicanus.-7. The Chinese War.—Notices of New
Books.—Foreign and Colonial Ecclesiastical Intelligence, and
Correspondence —Missions to the Heathen.

ARCHBOLD'S BANKRUPTCY LAWS. A new
Edition, (the Tenth,) greatly etilarged, with Orders of
the Court, New Forms
EFFECT of an Forms,
in the SUGAR
DUTIES on the Condition of the People of England and
the Negro Race considered. By MACGREGOR
LAIRD, Esq.
THE LAW LIST, for 1844.
ROUSE'S MORTGAGE PRECEDNTS.
BOOK OF COSTS in the Q. 8., C. P., and Exche-
quer,
M'CULLOCH'S COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY,
New Edition.

CHEFFINS'S MAP of the RAILWAYS in England
and Scotland. A new edition, delineating all the Lines
at present opened, and those which are in progress, with
distances between the towns, &c. Mounted on linen,
and in case for pocket, nrice 2s. 6d.
REID'S (Dr.) ILLUSTRATIONS of the THEORY
and PRACTICE of VENTILATION, and on Warm-
ing, Lighting, &c. ; with 320 Engravings.

M' BOOKS, STATIONERY, and PAPER on the
most advantageous terms for Exportation.

fiROSSE & METGE, Wholesale ALE and PORTER
MERCHANTS, 33. WATER-STREET, Liverpool.
LIST OF PRICES :

IN WOOD. IN BOTTLE—PER DOZEN.
Hf. Brl. Qr. Brl. Qaarts. Pints.
Dublin Porter ..255. 13s. 6d. DublirrPOrter.. 4s. 6d. 2s. 6d.
Drogheda Ale .. 2.55. 13s 6d. Drokheda Ale.. 4s. 6d. 2s. 6d.
Ditto Plain Ale.. 20s. 11s. 6d Scotch Ale ....6s. Od. 3s. Od.
Scotch Ale ....Ms. —e Burton Ale .... 6s. Od. 3s. Od.
Burton Ale ....28s. East India Ale..6s. Od. 3s. (d.
East India Ale ..288. l Al'oa Table Beer2s.lod.
Trueman, Hanbury, an Co.'s London Double 16s. 6d. 3s. 6d.
ir
Stout Porter
__

PAYMENT—CASH.
A liberal Allowance to the Trade.

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
M'Lachlan, and Thomas G. Simpson, Dorr's Buildings,
Hanover-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 nuance, without any
charge.
Parties in the Country may obtain such Letters of
Credit in the course of post, by forwar,ling 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.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY,
FROM CARLISLE TO EDINBURGH & GLASGOW,
BEING THE LINE RECOMMENDED BY THE
GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONERS.

CAPITAL, £1,800,000, in 36,000 SHARES of .£soeach

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord BELHAVEN, Chairman.
Lieut.. Col. G RA HAM, of Mossknow, Deputy-Chairman.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Queensberry.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Cathcart, K.C.B• , K.S.W.
The Right Hon. Lord Abercromby.
The Right Hon. Lord Elphinstone, G.C.H.
The Right Hon. Lord Torphichen.
Sir William Jardine, of Applegarth, Bart.
Sir Windham Carmichael Anstruther,of Carmichael, Bart.
Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P.
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm.
Sir John Kirkland, of Climpy.
Sir James Grant, the Hill, Carlisle.
The Lord Provost of Glasgow.
The Dean of Guild of Glasgow.
The Convener of the Trades-house, Glasgow.
The Lo.d Provost of P,erth.
The Provost of Lanark.
The Provost of Anderston, of Glasgow.
The Provost of Calton, Glisgow.
The Chairman of the Grand Junction Railway Company,
J. Moss, Esq.
The Chairman of the North Union Railway Company,
T. W. Rathbone, Esq.
The Chairman of the Lancaster and Preston Railway
Company, George Burrow, Esq.
The Chairman of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
Railway Company, James Brancker, Esq.
The Deputy-Chairman of the Lancaster and Carlisle
• Railway Company, John Wakefield, Esq.
The Chairman of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
Company, Mark Sprot, Esq.
The Chairman and Directors of the Wishaw and Colt-
ness Railway Company.
The Chairman and Directors of the Monkland and
Kirkintilloch Railway Company.
John Dixon, Esq., of Knells. Carlisle.
Philip Henry Howard, Esq., M.P., Corby Castle, Carlisle.
G. H. Head, Esq., of Rickerby House, Carlisle.
C. Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal.
J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annandale, M.P.
William Lockhart, Esq., of Milton Lochart, M.P.
James Oswald, Esq., of Auchencruivep,
A. D. W. B. Cochrane, Esq., of 1.4E0031130011, M.P. \
Thomas Houldswortb, Esq., of Coltness. M.P.
William Forbes, Esq., of Cllander, M.P.
John Dennistoun' Esq,, M.P.
John Campbell Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont, M.P.
William Ewart, Esq., M.P.
Mark Philips, Esq., M.P.
Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P.
Colonel B. Elphinstone.
J. Fullarton Elphinstone, Esq., Monkland.
Robert Garnett, Esq., of Wyreside, Lancashire.
Johnston Douglas, Esq., of Lockerby.
Wellwood Maxwell, Esq.,'of Munshes.
Charles Stewart. Esq., of Hillside.
J. Wightrnan, Esq., of Courance.
David Dickson, Esq., of Hartree.
Colonel Macdonald, of Powder Hall.
Richard Mackenzie, Esq., of Dolphinton.
Robert Monteith, Esq., of Carstairs.
William Forbes, Esq., of Medwin.
Thomson Carmichael, Esq., of Eastend.
Robert Steuart, Esq., of Carfin.
Archibald Campbell, Esq., of Blythswood.
James Ewing, Esq., of Levenside.
Henry Houldsworth, Esq., of Cranstounhill.
William Dixon, Esq., of Govan.
John Tennant, Esq., of Saint Rollox.
Alexander Dennistoun, Esq., of Golfbill.
Robert Findlay, Esq., of Easterhill.
Robert Bartholomew, Esq., Glasgow.
A. E. Lockhart. Esq., Borthwick Brae.
Laurence Robertson, Fsq., Glasgow.
Henry Brock, Esq., Glasgow.
Alexander Hastie, Esq., Glasgow.
C. M. Barstow, Esq., Edinburgh.
Richard Paterson, Esq., of Blackheath.
John Masterman, jun., Esq., London.

ENGINEERS.

Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. E. Errington, Esq.,
Member of the Inst. C.E.
SECRETARY.

Lieut.-Colonel Humfrev. Associate of the Inst. C.E.