The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
For aiding Mfg:ions at Home and Abroad.
THE COMMITTEE have the pleasure to announce
that the Rev. H. M`NEILE will deliver a LECTURE to
the Members and Friends' of this Society, at Si. JUDE'S
CHURCH, on THURSDAY EVENING NEXT. The subject
will be--" The duty of the Young Men of England to aid in the
Missionary work."
Service to commence at Seven o'clock.
No Collection.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the
PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held, at the
Cattle Market Inn, West Derby, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d April
instant, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, for the usual purposes.
JOSH. MALLABY, Clerk to the Company.

• LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AND
DOUGLAS NAVIGATION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRI-
ETORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to
LIVERPOOL, and DOUGLAS NAVIGATION, will be held,
at the Talbot Inn, in Bradford, in the county of York, at Eleven
of the clock in the Forenoon of FRIDAY, the 10th clay of
April next, when, by reason of that day being Good Friday, the
Assembly ,
at will
the same be
andADJOURNED hour ;to FRIDAY
and a, t
su the
ch general
Assembly it will be proposed and taken into consideration that
the said Company shall adopt the several powers granted in and
by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Bth and 9th
Years of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, cap.
28, in tituled "An Act to empower Canal Companies and theCom-
rnissioners of Navigable Rivers to vary their Tolls, Rates, and
Charges, on different parts of their Navigations," and also in
another Act of Parliament, passed in the said Session, cap. 42,
intituled "An Act to enable Canal Companies to become Car-
riers of Goods upon their Canals." And at such General As-
sembly the Proprietors by themselves or their Proxies are re-
quested to attend. By order
SAM. HAILSTONE,
Law Clerk to the said Company.
Bradford, Yorkshire, 4th March, 1846.

THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
DUASUANT to an Act of Parliament, passed in the
Third Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King William
the Fourth, intituled "An Act for making* a Railway from the
'Warrington and Newton Railway, at Warrington, in the county
of Lancaster, to Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, to be
Called the GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY," and the several
other Acts relating to the said Company, NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that the Directors acting in execution of the said Acts
aye, pursuant to the provisions thereof, made a CALL of the
Sum of SEVEN POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS in respect of each
of the £l2 10s. Shares in the said Undertaking, which were
created on the 9th day of July, 1844, and have ordered that such
Call be paid to Messrs. Moss and Co, Bankers, Liverpool, cr,
on their account, to Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN, and Co.,
zankers, London, or to the 131 RM INGHAM BANKING COMPANY,
Birmingham, on or before the 11th day of May net; and the
several Proprietors of such .tl2 10s. Shares are required to
Pay such Call accordingly. Dated at Liverpool, the 9th day of
April, 1846. HENRY BOOTH, Secretary.
J. SWIFT, Clerk of the Company.
N.B.—Transfers received at the Office after this date cannot
be recorded till the above Call is paid.

GREAT GRIMSBY.SH EFFIELD,Toz POTTERIES,
AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
jkGENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS
will be held, at the Tontine Hotel, in Sheffield, precisely at
ne o'clock in the Afternoon of FRIDAY, the 17th day of April
Next, to receive a Financial Report and general Statement of
the Affairs of the Company ; and to adopt such proceedings,
and to pass such Resolutions, as may be thought advisable.
By order, EDWARD JEFFCOCK, Secretary.
Norfolk-street, Sheffield, 27th March, 1846,

SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK. VOTTERIES,
AND CREWE RAILWAY.
A T a numerous and highly-respectable MEETING
1. of in the above undertakin resi-
dent in LEEK andE the Neighbourhood, held at the Town-hall,
Leek, on MONDAY, the 6th instant, for the purpose of receiving
explanations aslo the present position and prospects of the said
tue:lvva.Y, and attended by some of the Committee of Manage-
'it, in compliance with a Requisition to that effect,
It JAMES ALSOP, ESQ. in the Chair,
was moved by GEORGE LEIGH, Esq.,. seconded by JAMES
WARDI,E, Esq., and
_Resolved unanimously,
hat this Meeting is highly-satisfied with the explanations
Wen
the by the Directors ; and that they be requested to proceed
Oa undertaking.
(Signed) •
Chairman of the said Meeting.
THE MASTER BUILDERS wish to inform the
Public of the concessions made to the Workmen last
itZrLand the fresh demands that the Workmen are ordered by
full
Union to make, during the present, and which they respect-
Ty earnestly request the Public to aid them in resisting.
dittVLconcessions made during last year, with respect to the
abou'illitinn of the hours of labour were these, that the men
u come to work one hour later on Monday morning, and
haTfeanff one hour sooner on Saturday afternoon, and to have
formenebour allowed for breakfast during the winter, which was
bp by :IT not taken, being two hours and a working er week given
formerl e Masters, which, as the number of hours was
Master YfosixtY-two, increased the cost of the labour to the
The Brlir Per cent.
week layers demanded that they should receive 2s. per
which demand, and a similar one from the Labourers, was ge-
omplied with. As the Bricklayers'. wages were 245.
their 1 ek'
the addition of 2s. per week increased the cost of
that about. to the Masters rather more than 8 per cent., and
-„„ of the Labourers in a still higher proportion, so that the
filasters, from the concessions made last year, in diminution of
Urs Which was universal, are which 4 per cent. more for
labour, and an increase of wales, was general, 8 per cent.
More, together 12 per cent.
This year the following notice was ordered to be sent by the
Union to the Master Masons :
" On and after the 9th day of March next, the hours of labour
rn Liverpool and its vicinity, for the Stone Masons, shall be
limited to 54 hours per week, to be divided in the following
Manner to commence work at seven o'clock on Monday morn-
ing, and at six every other morning (luring the week, and to
leave work on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays, at five o'clock, and on Saturdays at three, taking
half an hour for breakfast, and one hour for dinner each day."
This further diminution of hours from 591 to 54, (5k,) now
demanded, would further increase the cost of labour to the
Masters 10 per cent., making, with 12 per cent. already sub-
tinted to last year, a total increase of 22 per cent. on the prime
cost of labour, thus increasing its entire cost in all Buildings
nearly ONE-FOURTH. In Manchester, the workmen, in many
)2rancbes, are now standing out for sixpence per diem extra,
andto leave off at twelve on Saturdays; as their wages are at
Present 4s. 6d. per diem, the additional sixpence would in-
crease the cost of their labour H per cent., besides the half
undaY on Saturday.
at..,The Bricklayers in Liverpool were ordered by the Union to
juice when the Masons had conquered, and all the other Build-
;ll...Trades were to strike in succession, till the demand this
thre Was, like the first demand last year for the diminution of
~hours of labour, complied with.
iliaatt the Masters given way in the belief that the present de-
aC". ds would be final, and on this belief taken large contrac.t,s
kmr,enormous additional cost
agar the public, they would stid
e„,.e nad no security whatever gnst further demands. The
fre`iiselence of the past shows that the Union could have ordered
rui demands to be made, to their certain loss and probable
for the demands of the Union have at all times been raised
are',„r°Portion to the concessions made by the employers, who
A."..nw compelled to unite and lay their case before the public.
the 'ew Masters' have kept aloof from the great majority, on
whigound that their men have no connection with the Union,
this re they affirm, their men and themselves alike disapprove;
!xpiai anon is stated at large by Mr. Haigh in a published letter,
gs it he after taking a prominent part in the proceed-
ter of the Masters he left them. We copy Mr. Haigh's 1et-
ti4,41,(1 a letter sent to the Chairman of the Master's Associa-
forwa2 a respectable firm in this town, who are ready to come
naron'n(!iand prove its statements,. and which show how utterly
and Mr. Haig's belief is, and how extensively
.exerted
tees w„Pneitly obeyed the power of the Union.is, even in guar-
_ epee it vvas openly condemned and repudiated.
:e. Hition' - the s LETTER. LETTER ADDRESSED TO .7.
the ~, aaffer Trodeamen in TOMKINSON, ESQ.
Ge.22olding Department. April 6, 1846.
tielniVtleinen,—Upon the as- Sir,—lt can be proved by un-
int n'ing of my men last even- doubted authority that Mr.
tas4rsuant to the resolution Thos. Haigh's men, on Satur-
. dy at and adopted by your day last, with the exception of
`WA, "le late meeting, and a very few, subscribed 2s. 6d.
istite:luenty by myself, I each for the support of the
liulo7th.lt there did not exist Trades' Union.
toe es l'eln the alleged evil We are, dear Sir,
curlt,yTta noitions were intended Yours respectfully.
amongst the men in
tatistJiil)loY there was no dis-
!i4sticllon, nor any encouragement or
.support given to the
rar,c,'"ied or the " turn outse," in their own or any other
Vead ." Of the building 'trade,either in this town or Bi rken-
Jaiaq that, moreover, having been solicited to support the
refasesdnt* Birkenhead during the strike, they had positively
Wiseto do so.
ertber received the strongest assurance, written and other-
,WhiehxPressed, that they had no such intentions as those by
treitid In the terms of your second resolution, they had been
(4,4esd- Therefore I did not add injustice to error, (1 mean
ll.loser,,p Which the certain consequence of requiring them to
i th,o'!•'e " the resolutions" would have involved, namely, that
441, szweing the unoffending and content out of employment.—
i, THOMAS HAIGH.
It • " 1846.
Suite clear that whatever temporary advantage may be
Oose '1715'.a loss and inconvenience avoided by the few Masters
, feat a are now at work, they are assisting in imposing
.a
.11,4 and still increasing tax on the public, ino:lestroying their
autborit " its br 1, and in vitally injuring the building business in
in the branches by surrendering the entire controlling power
thg_th secretes'
r mandates of an irresponsible body, thus destroy-
sahitai check of the Masters, and leaving the public at
eY of the Trades' Unions.
JOHN TOMKINSON, Chairman.

111 TO THE PUBLIC.
It. lIAIGH'S Men having denied that a por-
'3l tis tion of their body have subscribed to the funds
.‘vorir " Trades' Union," the Master Tradesmen whose
40--",,e are now standing out, beg to state, that the in-
hne4,ionn was given to Mr. Dooley, of the firm of Leader
of leooley, by Jasper Clephen, who is the brother of two
klch r.,, naigh's workmen, and who positively asserted that
Plirix;:ag the case. It is possible that there may be, for the
"tr,a,r of blinding the public, a quib fie upon the term
ittn94i4eg' Union ;" but there can be no doubt whatever that the
itt present
Was subscribed for the support of those Joiners who are
gent standing out.
...,..___

JOHN TONIKINSON, Chairman.
.11-------- SINGLEki TOOTH FOR FIVE SHILLINGS.
-4oSRS. COOPER and CO., SURGEON DENTISTS,
Of L. 10, Slater-street, Liverpool, beg to inform the inhabitants
e_o kig,erPool and vicinity, that they are at length enabled 1
td
rt
Drie-es'e TEETH AVAILABLE TO ALL CLASSES; thei
r
tired a single Tooth being Se., whatever quantity may be
• This, they assure their Friends and the Pubhc
(rier,::.,.. price of their best Teeth ; and the price can only, be
l'il"'I hY expensive mountings. ~
40to ,niehaMcal department is filled by first-rate workmen
y
to,..london and Paris ; and it is only the immenselly tiAtil
ti,p;aulli.ctured that enables them to fix their prices
.reeth uPs of the Teeth equally moderate. Fillisong.de:caye(l
tek, With the Mineral Mamoratum, 2s. 6d. Artificial Teeth
kpgplT,loeremodelled, and brought to their former shape and
‘th l'etheYaalso fasten I Teeth, articularly of aged persons,
t'ani-er arising from°°nseeglect thepuse sf calomel, disease of the g',_l: anY other cause. Aitio CURVY IN THE GUMS EFFECTUALLY PREVENTED.
'gore dr'g the various disorders of the mouth, there are none
'NBe,. estructive than Scurvy, wit ich,on first enter!ng the gungi
410,8,!_teneM to bleed on the most trilling occasions. A
iiet7,a"..en.inyariably accumulates arournd the necks of the teeth,
~eti, t,` s into th gums, which gradually lyaste away, dt
Jell ic,.,!', ell become)oose and drop out of their sockets, and itis
dr.4,'"vvn that the loss of Teeth arises more from this. cause
at .. -1.,Y other;
in short, Scurvy in the Gums affects indivi-
N.ll 4:,..ra1l ages and constitutions, and if not speedily removed,
ye,,rlerprimary cause of tooth-ache and decay.
taivoverniioenn and Co. are happy to state tbat tnteysis.ng
~I, ash,
wt.. certain remedy for the removal of this dm re i E
1),°117,0,"Leh, if used in conjunction with their V.E..;;ETkm, .ke bR "E liVeruae, will entirely extirpate the coml.,,,aint.
savttenji",
10°I.er doeudsanY from Ten till Seven. No connexi9n Ill'ith
4ter-ltre.eto tke-sl Poor to the Bible Depository.

A T a PUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS
Tv of the BOROUGH of LIVERPOOL, convened by the
Mayor, and holden in the Sessions House, on MONDAY, the 13th
day of April, 1846, "To take into consideration the Bill of the
Liverpool and Harrington Water Works Company now before
Parliament,"
DAVID HODGSONi Esq., Mayor, in the Chair,
It was moved by WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., seconded by GEORGE
GREEN, Esq., and resolved unanimously,
That the quantity of water now furnished to this town is very
deficient, and the mode of distribution in many rospects faulty
and imperfect, more especially in the districts inhabited by the
workingslasses ; that no effectual change for the better can be
expected so long as this prime necessary of life is made an ar-
ticle of merchandize, and dealt in with a view of profit, and
that it is therefore the interest as well as the duty of all classes
of the community to unite in securing an abundant supply at
the lowest possible charge.
It was moved by Thos. BLACKBURN, Esq., seconded by THOS.
MooRE, Esq., and resolved unanimously,
That this object is most likely to be attained by concentrat-
ing the necessary powers in one public body, appointed by, and
responsible to, the inhabitants at large, and who shall under-
take the duties as a trust for the benefit of the town : that in
the opinion of this meeting an ample supply can be obtained if
the requisite outlay be made for the purpose, and that no ex-
penditure of money could be more advantageous, nor event-
ually, more economical, and that keeping the mains constantly
full,and thereby having the water always at command, is es-
sential to cleanliness and salubrity, and to the facility of
extinguishing fires.

It was moved by JAMES REAY, Esq., seconded by the Rev. Was.
BEVAN, and resolved unanimously,
That for the foregoing reasons (as well as others) the bill now
before Parliament, brought in at the instance of the Liverpool
and Harrington Water Company, is highly objectionable: that
the bill is calculated to perpetuate the vicious principle of pri-
vate competing companies, and while it confers great and op-
pressive powers, it gives no guarantee for any increase of the
quantity of water, or any improvement in the mode of its dis-
tribution : this meeting therefore resolve to petition Parliament
to refuse its sanction to that bill, and to adopt in its wisdom
such measures as may secure the objects pointed out in these
resolutions.
Resolved—That the following Petition be adopted, and signed
by the Mayor on behalf of the meeting, and that he be requested
to forward the same to the Members for the Borough, for pre-
sentation.
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. -- .

The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Li-
verpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, in public meet-
ing assembled, convened by the Worshipful the Mayor of
Liverpool. pursuant to a requisition signed by upwards of
700 Inhabitants of the said Borough,
Sheweth,—That the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works
Company, have recently introduced a Bill into your Honorable
House, entituled, "a Bill to amend the provisions of the several
acts passed in the 3rd and Sth years of his Majesty King
George the 4th, for supplying with water the town of Liverpool,
and Harrington, and Toxteth-park, in the county of Lan-
caster."

That this Bill appears to this meeting to be highly objection-
able in system, inasmuch, as it seeks to perpetuate a principle
which has proved to be incompatible with the cheap and ade-
quate supply of water for the public.
That your petitioners are of opinion that their object can be
best accomplished by entrusting the supply to a public body,
whose duty will be to improve the sanatory condition of the
Inhabitants, and reduce their burdens by providing a cheap
and continuous supply of pure and wholesome water.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Honourable
House to reject the Bill, and to refuse its sanction to any mea-
sure which may not tend to recognize and give effect to the
principle which your Petitioners have taken leave to suggest
to your Honourable House.
And your Petitioners will ever pray.
(Signed) DAVID HODGSON, Mayor.
The Mayor having vacated the chair,
It was moved by J. BRA MLEY MOORE, Esq., seconded by
GEO. GREEN, Esq„ and resolved unanimously,
That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be presented to the
Worshipful the Mayor for his kindness in convening and pre-
siding at this Meeting.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIVERPOOL.
1, OLDHALL-STREET.
CAPITAL, 42,000,000, in 100,000 SHARES of £2O Each.

TRUSTEES.

I R. 8.8. H. Blundell, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Josias Booker, Esq., Chairman.
Hugh J. Sanderson, Esq. and Charles Turner, Esq.,
Deputy-Chairmen.
' James Lawrence, Esq.
Thomas Lee, Esq.
Francis Maxwell, Esq.
Robert APAndrew, Esq.
Edmund Molyneux, Esq.
J. Bramley Moore, Esq.
Henry Moore, Esq.
James Pownall, Esq.
Archibald Sinclair, Esq.
Geo. J. Wainwright, Esq.

John Shaw Leigh, Esq.

William Blain, Esq.
Thomas Bondi, Esq.
John Campbell, Esq.
David Cannon, Esq.
Thomas Dover, Esq.
Robert Dudgeon, Esq.
Richard Harbord, Esq
R. S. Henderson, Esq.
R. Brodhurst Hill, Esq.
T. B. Horsfall, Esq.
Henry Killick, Esq.
AUDITOR.—Robert •Pedder Carter, Esq
PHYSICIAN.—Richard Formby, Esq., M.D.
SURGEON.—Hugh Neill, ESQ.
SURVEYOR.—SamueI Holme, Esq.
SOLICITOR.—Septimus Booker, Esq.

BIRKENH EAD BRANCH,
Hamilton Buildings, Hamilton-street.
SURGEON FOR BIRKENHEAD,
James Theodoric Vale, Esq., Chester-street.

THE Directors beg to announce that they continue
to RECEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSU-
RANCES.

The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in-
fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to rank with the most eli-
gible offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages
offered to the Public.

FIRE INSURANCES
Will he effected at moderate rates of premium. The Company,
having the advantage of a resident Directory, will be enabled
to distinguish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of
Claims.
No Charge made for the Policy.