The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

EXETER HALL,

THE unique BOWYER BIBLE, 45 Vols. folio, in
a splendid Library Cabinet, wrought in magnificent
Sculptures of Scriptural Design, and of the value of 3,100
Guineas.

This is the highest Allotment in Mrs. PARKE'S last GRAND
CLUB SUBSCRIPTION for the distribution of 80,000 Pounds'
worth of Property in the Fine Arts, in 17,773 Shares, of Oms
GUINEA each. No Allotment of I auB than One Guinea
and a Hair. Many Allotmen u superb Pictorial Cabinets,
and rich Carvings and F ings, of One, Two, and Three
Hundred Pounds eac he Distribution to take place at
Exeter Hall on the h May.
Shares to be ad at S. ALKER's, Carver and Gilder, 29,
Basnett-street.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE

JUNCTION RAILWAY,

FIFTH CALL OF .7255. PER SHARE, MAKING £lO
PER SHARE CALLED UP.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors.
SHlRloifJtUhNe ghe
Provisions of that Company's Acts of Parliament, passed a
JUNCTION RAILWAY
yLcAoNICIAASAINIyRILAe,NuDndCerHt
Resolution calling upon the Proprietors for an INSTALMENT
of ..t2 ss. per SHARE, payede on or before the I,lth day of
June next, 1848, at one of the undermentioned Bankers,
LONDON Messrs. Glyn, Halifax and Co..
LIVERPOOL The Liverpool Borough Dank,
MANCHESTER Aressrs. Conliffes, Brooks and CO.
CH ESTER Messrs. ' §"and Wardell,
Me . Williams and Co.
WAttatNoTos ssrs. Parr, Lyon and Co.
MAccLusFtE ..lessrs. Brocklehurst and Co.
The Bankers - instructed to charge interest at the rate of
£5 per Cent. r annum upon all Calls paid subsequent to the
above-menti ned date.
In conformity with the R-iitways Clauses Consolidation Act,
cap. 16, sec. 16, "No Shareholder shall he entitled to transfer
any Share, after any Call shall have been made in respect
thereof, until he shall have paid such Call, nor until he shall
havei pad all Calls for the time being due on every Share held
by Wm.,

J AMES BANCROFT, Chairman,
JOHN GIBSON, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Arpile-street, Birkenhead,
20th May, 1848.

Observe that the Signature of the propnctor, "G. C. Serjeant,"
is written on the Government Stamp.
ERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum-
bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 7, Lo-
velPs,court, Paternoster-row, London; and by all Vendors of
Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle.
The astonishing success which has crowned the application
of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable
cases, when the unhappy suf•'erer had despaired of ever gaining
even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every
other means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the
attention of the afflicted.

This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat-
tended with the least danger or inconvenience; hundreds have
experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was first
introduced; and such are the propertie --this invaluable
Specific that persons labouring u the most distressing
:theumatisin, Rheumatic Gout d Lumbago, and rendered
thereby incapable of assis g themselves, have been relieved
in a few hours.
Amongst many whi arc being daily received are thefolloW-
ing testimonials :
Well-street, Cripplegate.
hay een several weeks confined to my bed by Gout
and Rheas ism not a part from my head to my feet free from
pain, and as helpless as an infant : not even a finer could I
move. In this unpleasant situation I was informed by my me-
dical attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that
I might remain months in my deplorable situation.

Fortunately your remedy ,i%;'as made known to me, or I might
have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close appli-
cation of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis-
appear ; in a week I was capable of walking about my room,
and by another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi-
cine was enabled to leave London. Fearful of another attack,
you will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant,— D. W. STONE.

3forlev'e Hotel. Strand, 18th August, 1846.
have hitherto had a prejudice against having recourse
to advertised medicines, but as I have for years been a severe
sufferer from Lumbago, as well as Sciatica, and havin tried
several of the most eminent Physicians of London and Paris, I
was induced by a friend to make a trial of your liquid, caled
" Seijeant's Lotion." I think it in gratitude due to you to say
in less than an hour from the time I applied the Lotion, I felt
the most pleasant and indescribable relief. The immediate
effect was to produce a short but tranquil and most refreshing,
slumber, from which I awoke to enjoy that which was, from its.
novelty? the greatest happiness—perfect quietude and freedom
rom nain. The number of poor souls that suffer as I have is
immense, and if the publication of this testimony can induce
one to accept of the salvation you offer, I shall feel that I have
not lived in vain.—With many thanks, _I am yours,
HENRI VI LLENNEVR.
14, Belmont-place, Wandsworth-road, Oet. 26, 1844.
Sin,—l feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffer,
ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection id
the hip joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to
try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to sav that after
three applications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al,
though two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder.
—I am, Sir, gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES.

Sold by Pendlebury, Russell•street ; Titherington, Oxford.
street; Hogarth, Great George-street; fisher, Bold-street;
Coupland, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson,
New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland-
road, opposite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, 'Vauxhall-road ;
Britten, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket ; Smith, Great
Homer-street; Cox, Pox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row; Low,
Islington; Walker, London-road; • Parry, Christian-street;
Wagstaff, Great George-place ; Priestley, Lord-street; Smith
Woodside. Price, Wavertree

FREE TRADE AND THE COURT !

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—The conversation which took place in the Honse
of Commons respecting her Majesty's recommendation of
British manufactures will no doubt be properly understood
voIUOCeS as to the estimate of free..
trade theories, which go upon the mere supposition that
if we buy goods from another country, such country will
as a matter of course take our goods in exchange, and-in
that exchange leave this country a remunerating profit.
The supposition is a fiction of the free-trade theorists; and
is contradicted by stubborn every-day facts.
The Court is coining to the opinion that free trade is
free delusion, a free humbug, a free curse ; and can never
be anything but a delusion. And the consequence is; the
Queen of England has issued commands that the ladies
privileged with the opportunity of appearing in the draw-
ing-rooms shall do so in articles of British macufacturej
This is as it ought to Le. English manufactures for the
English is reasonable, is proper, and is nothing more. It
is preposterous in English artisans to purchase goods of
foreign manufacture merely on the supposition that fo-
reign artisans will buy ours. Such a reciprocity by no
means follows, and can never become general, although a
few hot-brained theorists and rude citizens may pass their
neighbour, perchance, to benefit—themselves!

ftrust, Sir, that " ALL ENGLAND" will follow the ex- •
ample of the Queen, and do what is practicable towards
resuscitating the languishing trade of our own manufac-
turers and their dependent artisans; and if this be done,
we shall soon see our commerce revive, and money easier.
I will conclude these remarks by a paragraph (copied
from the Liverpool Mercury) illustrating what sort of
goods foreigners will take in return when they supply us
with their commodities :—" his stated that from £12,000
to £13,000 IN GOLD are now transmitted weekly to
Holland, in payment for cattle, butter, and other provi-
sions." Mark that ! In gold—not in cottons. In gold
—not in cutlery. In gold—not in linens. In gold—not
in any one of our manufactures, great or small. •
Mark that, ye farmers of Lancashire, of Cheshire, of
Yorkshire, and of every shire in England. This is a fact
every one of you ought to know and remember. Here
are twelve to thirteen thousand pounds in gold—good
hard cash—paid weekly to Holland for that description of
goods you produce, and by the sale of which you have to
pay your rents, taxes, and domestic expenses. That is,
your English neighbours, your countrymen, are sending
their money abroad to buy " cattle, butter, and other pro-
visions," while you are waiting for their custom, and of
the verge of insolvency. Yet this is free trade! '
Bear in mind then, that "gold," not manufactures, ia
the pay that foreigners expect for their produce, agricul-
tural or mechanical.

AN ENGLISH ARTISAN.

May. 1818.

Archbishop Murray has peremptorily refused his signa-
ture to a declaration against repeal, which has been got
up under the sanction of the Irish government.
PROCESSIONS 1N DUBLIN.—The Dublin police corn,
missiouers have issued a cautionary proclamation against
the assemblage of processions in the streets. Several
parties were apprehended for forcing their way through.
the streets; amongst others Dr. Gray, who was after-
waeds liberated. Several others were bound over to keep
the peace.

AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—We understand that the
people of Liverpool will be afforded an opportunity of
seeing, the week after next, the The Zion Wives of
Windsor, at the Theatre-Royal, by the distinguished
artistes who gave so much delight last week in London.
Among them will be Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. J. Leech,
and Mr. Mark Lemon, •of Punch; Mr. John Forster, of
the Examiner: Mr. F. Stone, the artist; Mr. E. H.
Lewes, the author of Blanche, Rose, and Violet; Mr.
George Cruikshank, whn everybody knows ; Mr. Dudlty
Costello, and others. They will be supported by Miss
Fortescue, Miss Ann Romer, and Mrs. Cowden Clarke.
The performance will be in aid of the funds of the Shako-
perian House Committee.
SYMPATHY WITH THE POOR.---It will be strongest
when it is least maudlin. The poor man wishes to be
treated like a brother, not to be praised as an angel.
Those who flatter him do not love him.—Potitics for the
People.
AN ECONOMICAL RIDER.—An innkeeper observed a
.postilion with only one spur, and inqured the reason.
" Why, what would be the use of another ?" said the
postilion, "if one side of the horse goes, the other cannot
stand still."

TOUCHING A HALF-MAD Doe,.—" Excuse my anxiety,
but how is Dash ? I should have asked if Mrs. P—e
kept her rules, and was improving ; but Dash e;inte upper-
most. The order of our thoughts should be the order of
our writing. Goes be muzzled or aperto ore' Are his
intellects sound, or does he wander a little in his conver.
sation ? You cannot be too careful to watch the first
symptoms of incoherence. The first illogical snarl be
mates, aesly: e ste
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b.
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ilytilisrilai7ietoitto)tt.pintl:ell.lattlatonentrtd.
collected.
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won't
co,tEgnsuloittch,
kluei
ors
iteett
to
going- mad, if. you believe the overseers ; but I protest
sign—hei
d
them.
h
it is a erry
does not like it. Does his tail wog, hori-
zontally or perpendicularly ? That has decided the fate
of many dogs in Enfield. Is his general deportment
Fheettul.?-.--I mean when he is pleased, for otherwise there
is no judging. You can't he too careful. Has he bit any
of the children vet? If he has, have them shot, and
keep. him for curiosity, to see if it were the hydrophobia.
They say all our army in Innia had it at one time; but
that was in Ryder-Ally's time. Do you get paunch for
him ? Take care the sheep are sane. You might pull
out his teeth (if he would let you), and then you need not
mind if he were as mad as Bedlamite. It would be rather
fun to see his odd ways."—Charles Lamb.