The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

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FMIND, on Thursday last, between the Ferry-house,
Parkgate, and Neston, T NK OF ENGLAND
NOTES.
The Owner may hav em returned on describing their
numbers and value, paying expenses, by applying to Mr.
RHODES, Ferry-ho se, Parkgate.
Ai,/ 1. 15-18.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
PERSONS bringing (or who shall have brought)
WEIGHTS and MEASURES to the OFFICE for AD-
J LISTING and STAMPING, are requested to fetch them away
within two calendar months from the of their being
received, and if, through negle . erwise, such Weights
and Measures are not taken y within the period stated, and
the Fees due thereon • , they will be Sold to defray such
charges. y order,
A. H. FELL, Chief Inspector.
Weights and Measures Office, Roc -street,
Liverpool, 29th June, 1848.

REGISTRATION OF BOROUGH AND COUNTY

VOTERS.
THE Committee of the Liverpool Constitutional
Association beg to remind the Friends of the Conservative
Cause that to entitle a Person to be placed upon the Register
of Voters for the BOROUGH, he must pay all the POOR.
RATES and ASSESSED TAXES which have become 'due from
him during the Twelve Months before the sth of April last, and
all persons who omit to make such payment on or before the
20th instant will he incapable of being upon the next Register
of Voters.
COUNTY VOTERS—AII persons entitled to Vote for
Members for the COUNTY, who a on the existing
Register, or who, being upon egister, shall not retain the
same qualification, or coot' ein the same place of residence,
and who are desirous ave their name inserted in the Regis-
ter of Voters abot be made, must send in, on or before the
20th of July, ce in writing to that effect to the Overseers of
the Parish or Township in which their qualification is situate.
When Persons are already on the Register, it is unnecessary to
send in a fresh claim, unless they have changed their residence
or qualification.
Forms of Claim will be supplied on application to the Office
of the Liverpool Constitutional Association.
H. RUCKMASTER, Secretary, 24, Harrington street.

THE WATER QUESTION.
TATIONAL CONFEDERATION, for an EQUI-
TABLE ADJUSTMENT of NATIONAL and LOCAL
TAXATION.

" The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards
the support of the Government as nearly as possible, in pro-
portion to their respective abilities."—Adam Smith's Wealth
of Nations, Vol. 4, p. 215.

The C of the National Conferation have decided on
calling aouncil PUBLIC MEETING of theedMEMBERS of the CON-
FEDERATION, and RATE-PAYERS generally, to take into
consideration the folloWing Resolutions :
That the Rate-payers have a right to be fully satisfied as to
the merits of any undertaking which may involve a large
outlay of money, for the payment of which they are re-
sponsible.
That it has not been proved. to the satisfaction of the Rate—
payers, that a sufficient supply of W not be obtained
from the immediate vicinity o town.
That all necessary steps sh e taken by the Town Coun-
cil, by borings or other • e, to ascertain whether a sufficient
supply can, or c t, be obtained in the immediate vi-
cinity of the t , before incurring further expense in the
prosecution any other scheme.
That a Memorial, embodying the substance of the above
resolutions, be presented to the Town Council.
Which Meeting will be held at the MUSIC-HALL, Bold-street,
THIS EVENING, (Tuesday) the 4th instant, at Seven o'clock.
J. M. MACDONALD, Secretary.
Confederation Rooms, 33, Church-street.

WATER SUPPLY.
LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY.
AT an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
of this SOCIETY, held at the Portico, Newington, Oft
TUESDAY EVENING, the 27th instant, to take into considera-
tion the propriety of Memorialising the Town Council to post-
pone, for the present, the carrying out of the scheme for ob-
taining Water from Rivington Pike,
WM. SMETHURST, Esq., President, in the Chair ;
It was moved by Mr. JEFFERY, seconded by Dr. HARBORD,
and resolved unanimously,
" That, in the present dicatisfied state of the public mind,
arising from the want of proper and sufficient informa ion, the
Town Council be respectfully requested to postpone, for the
present, the carrying out of the Rivington Pike scheme for the
supply of Water to the inhabitants of Liverpool ; and that, in
the meantime, the Council do cause a searching scientific in-
quiry to be made as to the supply of Water to be obtained in
this town and neighbourhood; and that the • be respectfully
requested to publish, with as little del ' s condensed
and simple a form as the subject w' rmit, their reasons, and
how arrived at, for rejecting t •arions schemes propounded
to them, and their adoptio the Rivington Pike scheme as
recommended by Mr. Ha -sley."
It was moved by a DENTON, seconded by Mr. HICKEY,
and resolved una • ously,
" That aMe orial, embodying the foregoing resolution, be
drawn up, and signed by the President on behalf of the Society,
and forwarded to his worship the Mayor for presentation to
the Council."

It was moved by Mr. ROBERTS, seconded by Mr. THOMAS
WALKER, and resolved unanimously,
" That the foregoing resolutions be advertised once in each
of the Liverpool papers."
It was moved by Mr. JEFFERY, seconded by Mr. CROSSLEY,
and. resolved unanimously,
" That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are
hereby given, to the President, for his very able conduct in the
chair.'

THE DIRECTORS of the ROYAL BANK of
LIVERPOOL" having, in conformity with the Deed of
Settlement, declared the PAYMENT,,of-INTEREST on the
PREFERENCE SHARES for thellalf Year ending the 10th
instant, the same will be paid on or after that day on applica-
tion at the Bank. By order, _

J. CHAFFERS, Manager.
Royal Bank of Liverpool, let July. 1848.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
NINTH CALL OF £5 PER SHARE, MAKING THE
AMOUNT CALLED £47 10s. PER SHARE.
TN pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Diree-
1-tors, SHAREHOLDERS in this COMPANY are required to
PAY, on or before FRIDAY, the 21st July next, a CALL of £5
PER SHARE to either of the undermentioned Bankers :
London Messrs. Glvn and Co., Lombard-street.
Liverpool Liverpool Borough' Bank.
Chester Messrs. Dkons and Wardell.
Bangor " Messrs. Williams and Co.
Interest at the rate"of Five per Cent. per Annum will be
charged on all Cant remaining unpaid on the said 21st July.
By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary.
61, Moorgate-street, London, 20th June, 1848.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

The Public are requested to take Notice, that the following
ACCELERATIONS and ALTERATIONS of TRAINS will take
effect from after Ist July, 1848 :=_

DOWN.
The 8 10 A.M. Train, from Rugby to Stafford, will be des-
patched at 8 5 A.M.
The 6 15 A.M. Train from London will call at the Nuneaton
Station.
The 7 15 A.M. Train from London will arrive at the Stations
between Wolverton and Rugby a few minutes earlier than at
preent.

The 9 0 A.M. Express Train will be accelerated.
The 11 10 A.M. Train will be despatched at 11 30 A.M., ar-
riving at the various Stations later than at present.
The 12 0 NOON and the 12 30 P.M. Trains will be united, and
despatched at 12 15 P.M.
The 2 30 P.m. Train will be despa
the intermediate Stations, proce
and arrive in Birmingham 3Q
A Train will leave Trin
10 30 A.M. Train at Tr,

at 2 15 P.M., stop at
Stafford (via Trent'Val ley),
-mites later than at present.
Or Aylesbury on the arrival of the

The 3 0 P.m Trai
The 3 45 P.M
Passengers fo
Boxmoor S

"o Aylesbury will be discontinued.
iin will be despatched at 3 .'o P.M., and take
ylesbury, calling at Watford, instead of the

The 4 0 r.m. Train will call at Boxmoor and Leighton, and
cease calling at the Watford Station.

The 5 0 P.M. Expreiiii.ainwill be accelerated to Liverpool
and Manchester.
The Express Train leaving Birmingham at 7 40 P.M. will be
despatched. at 7 25 P.M.
The 5 30 r.M. Train will'call at the Brandon Station.
The Train leaving Northampton at 8 0 A.M. will be accelerated
to Peterborough 15 minutes.
The Train leaving Northampton at 10 30 A.M. will be des-
patched at 10 25 A.M., and arrive
P at Peterborough at 12 15 P.M.
U .
The Train now leaving Aylesbury at 10 45 A.M. will be des-
patched at 10 25 A.M.
The times of arrival at the intermediate Stations of the
12 30 P.M. Train from Birmingham are slightly altered.
The 8 45 A.M. Train from Liverpool, and 9 0 A.M. from
Manchester will be despatched at 8 15 A.M. and 8 30 A.M.
respectively.
The
2 45 P.M. Train from Aylesbury will be despatched at
1 45 P.M.

A Train will be despatched from Aylesbury at 3 5 P.M., and
arrive in London at 5 0 P.M.

The 5 0 P.M. Express Train from Liverpool, and 5 25 P.M.
Express TraM from Manchester, will be accelerated to London.
The Express Train leaving- Wolverhampton for London at
6 45 P.M. will be despatched at 6 40 P.M.
Time Bills, showing_ particulars of the above alterations, may
be had at any of the Company's Stations on and after the 27th
instant.

By order. MARK HUISH.
General Manager's Office, Euston Station,
June 24, 1848.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
ALBERT DOCK TVAREHOUSES.

BY an Act passed in the presept-Session of ParHa-
ment, intituled, " An Act to authorize the Trustees of the
Liverpool Docks to build Warehouses, to construct additional
Wet Docks, and other works nd for other purposes," it is
enacted, that every deposit • respect of freight, made in the
manner directed by the ct of the 4th Vic., relating to the
Liverpool Docks, shall e considered to be so deposited in pay-
ment of the freight t on the goods in respect of which such
deposits shall have een made ; and on the expiration of fifteen
days after such d osit shall have been made, and in case notice
to retain the at nt of such freight shall not, in the meantime,
Le given to th rustees, by any person chiming to be entitled
to the goods he Trustees are authorized to pay, out of the
deposit, to le persons entitled to the said freight, the amount
of the freight due in respect of the goods.
And it is by the same Act further enacted, that in case such
deposit shall not have been made within ninety days next, after
such goods shall have been warehoused, and in case notice of
the non-payment of the freight, to which the same goods may
be liable, shall have been given to the Trustees, it shall be law-
ful for the Trustees, and they are thereby authorized to sell the
goods,. and out of the proceeds, to pay the duties payable to the
commissioners of her Majesty's customs, (if any,) in respect of
such goods, and to retain the rates, rents, and charges, payable
to the Trustees, in respect thereof, and the expenses of the said
sale, and to nay the freight to which the same goods may be
subject, or liable, and to render the overplus, if any, to the per-
sons entitled thereto, on demand.
And it is by the same Act further enacted, that the Trustees
shall not sell all, or any part, of such goods, until ten days pre-
vious notice in writing of the claim for freight made thereon,
and of the intention to sell the same goods for satisfaction of
the freight, shall have been given, to the owner, or consignee of
such goods, bysending such notice, by post, to his residence,
or place of business ; and, if such owner, or consignee, shall not
be known, then until ten days after such notice shall have been
inserted, once in a newspaper published in London, and once
also in a newspaper published in Liverpool, and also posted in
deposits, and thereupon, such direc-
tions sr oo
HEREBYm, in Liverpool, (if practicable).
ge at the Dock Office, Liverpoolt for
out of de
GIVEN, that applications may now
PbthaeNeinOEßexwlncilethlCl beta:; g
given et flhreeiNiht v
en Committee
by the Committee as they may deem expe-
dient.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN, that the per-
sons claiming to be entitled to freight, on goods now ware-
housed in the Albert Dock Warehouses, and in respect of which
no deposit for freight has been made within ninety days next
after the warehousing of such goods, may apply to the com-
mittee, at the Dock-office, in Liverpool, to take the requisite
proceedings for sale of such goods, or of such portion thereof,
as shall be sufficient to cover the amount of the said duties,
rates, rents, charges, and expenses, and of the said freight.
By order of the Committee,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Doci-office, Liverpool, 23rd June, 1848.

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