The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-14 00:00:00

A CARD.

MR. MERCIER, PORTRAIT PAIIiTER, respectfully ac-
quaints his Friends and the Publlo, that he has revisited
Liverpool, and will be happy to receive their commands, pro-
fessionally, at his Painting Rooms, No. 12, Bold-street,
nearly opposite the Lyceum.
_ _

UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE.
FREE OF EXPENSE.
THE INTELLIGENCE AND GENERAL AGENCY
OFFICE, No. 1, CASES-STREET, CLAYTON-SQUARE,
IS NOW OPEN, and supplies the Public with Tutors and
Governesses, (of every class,) Professional, Mercantile,
Business, and Trade Assistants and Apprentices. Also with
respectable Domestics, for every station, (male and female,)
in an hour's notice. Persons directed to Boarding and
Apartments, Houses and Schools.
N.B.—Parties having Houses, Schools, Apartments, or
Boarding to Let or Dispose of; also those who are in quest
of Situations, as above, will find it to their advantage to call.
Servants of good character engaged places.
WANTED, a GOVERNESS to finish Three Young
Ladies ; also, a HOUSEKEEPER for Two Bachelors.

CHEAP SADDLERY, HARNESS, &c.,
',...--•
No. 32, LONDON-ROAD.
/MAT RICE JONES begs to announce that he has, for
or
immediate Sale, a large quantity of the
lave
de-
scription of Goods, damaged more or les the thabe late fire
which broke out on his Premises on the 2 ult. Gentlemen
desirous of Purchasing would do well t avail themselves of
the present opportunity, which offers advantages of pro-
curing cheap SADDLERY, &c., which but seldom occur.
Mr. Jones takes this opportunity of returning his thanks
to the County Assurance Company, and to Mr. THOMAS
BILLISON, their Agent, for the prompt and handsome manner
in which they have settled his claim. ../'
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DERBY SWEEPS.
BUSH INN, MANCHESTER/
TAMES KING takes leave to inform the üblic and his
JAMES
Sporting Friends," that he has ree DERBY
SWEEPS now " up." gorses A £5 one ; 77 Subscribers ; t each.
First Prize £290 I Seconif Yrize. . . ....... £45.
The remaining 30 Sovs to be divided amongst the other
runners.
A £2 one ; 77 Subscribers; two Horses each.
First Prize £lOO I Second Prize .......... £25.
The remaining 20 Sovs to be divided as above.
A £1 one 154 Subscribers ; one Horse each.
First Prize
The remaining 20 Soya to be divided as above.
An early a I ........ £25
application is desirable, in order that the draw.
mby g may take place before the " CRAVEN MEETING." Gen-
tlemen forwarding their names for any of the above Sweeps
will oblige sending their
proper address, that due notice
may be given them of the time of drawing-

BERLIN COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE HOUSE?
21, HAMM'S HEY,
TITHEDARN-STREET AND :DALE•STREET,
(Fear the Exchange, and opposite the crooked Billet.)
A T this Establishment excellent Coffee and Chocolatany e,
1- prepared in the Continental ma4n9g., may be had at
hour of the day.
The Coffee and Chocolate, manufactured at this Ea
tallish-
ment, will be found of a rich and delicious flavour, and will
prove its superiority to any other.
The
The Proprietor respectfully assures his customers and Pub-
ah Establishment
German
Pub-
lie that it will be his constant endeavour to .merit their pa-
tronage, and he hopes to give every satisfaction.
pisapsueprsp.lied with the
.Liverpool, London,
French

CARPET AND FLOOR-CLOTH WAREHOUSE,
A LFRED WEBB respectfully announces to his Friends
11 and the Public,
that he has OPENED the extensive
NIORE4..NS,
Premises lately occupied by Mr. BUII4/AND, in CHURCH-
STREET, opposite Parker-street, `it
alit
extensive Assort-
ment of CARPETING of the first (fidelity, and of the newest
Patterns.
In consequence of the depressed state of trade in the
manufacturing districts, he has been enabled to select his
FRNI.NBCEAS,II.'acr.g,
Stock at prices hitherto unknown, which will enable hirn to
compete with houses already supplied at the old list of
prices.
Large Stock of DAMASKS,

P
n l‘t
el eAnCt hc century.
runo'rayni-.
BIELEFELD'S PAPIER MACHE PICTURE
FRAMES,
26, NORTH JOHN-STREET,
theupon thin
SIX DOORS FROM LORD-STREET.
receipt
hadric prices t
la,
enrdi
n plain dimensions
ARTISTS, PICTURE DEALERS, and others, are in_
formed that a New and Miniature Work is
Oai: and
pub-
liabing, containing Drawings of Fifty Picture Frames,
ns
oumfaec t uerf e dt h
ein
fi
finest
LCEaFr
Carvings
' Se
of
Pt.hkeP IsEe
11.
They are clearly drawn on a very small scale,
tinted paper, and can be on by post, upon
attached f s
i P nand tlitchee Frames can l'bee p
Gold, or Gilt. There is a number to each, by which
may be sent from any part of the countryi,
,
" The Frames of Mr. Bielefeld present the best charac-
teristics of fine carving; the course of the chisel, though
subdued, is everywhere apparent, and theliberal
undercutting, and occasional nearly alto.relief, realize the
resort to
peculiar finesse and spirit of the best manipor
old carvers in wood, substituting for the dull, prim, and me-
chanical mediocrity of works in putty composition, an easy,
liberal, and artistic dexterity in the exeeutioll
be appreciated by every lover of the excellet , which must
it.
recommended also on other grounds ; when They may be
place to place, (to provincial exhibitions, for conveyed from
are liable to no injury from chipping, a, th example,) they
are. An essential advantage also is, thatthesee common Trusses
no more than half the weight of the us Frames weigh
same size. i7e strongly urge upon Artistsual Frames of the
blishment, and examine for themselves."—Art
to visit this Esta-
blishment,
The Frames for Pictures and Chimney—Art Union.
most elaborate workmanship ; one that we
Glasses are of the
feet, was adorned with foliage of the m we saw, 7 feet by 5
don, with cupids in alto-relievo, copied most beautiful descrip-
tion,
old oak carting. —Civil from a fine specimen
Journal. Engineer and Architects'
" Of course Papier Mache is no
hands of Mr. Bielefeld its apolicationovel product, but in the
has given to it qualities which fit ni is decidedly new. He
grandest scale, as well as for the 't for works upon the
enriched groinings and sceen-w -most minute, from the
prk
curvilinear or scroll border of fi,,,,,of a Cathedral, to the
a e.,,_roti,deehnic
Journal.

HENRY LAXTON, Agent

An investiga.ion of the public revenue of the city of Exe-
ter shews
an excess of £7OO receipt over expenditure, which
obviates the necessity of a borough-rate.
RIBBLE NAVIGATION.—The first stone of the new stone.
I)
wharf, near the Marsh, on the river Ribble, was laid the
mayor on Tuesday last. This massive structure, which is
intended to be 130 feet long, and to project into the present
bed of the river fifty-four feet, has been contracted for by the
Corporation of Preston at an expense of £2,800,

yeapr
tls :1 reeB e4l
LORD ELLENBOROUGH'S PROCLANIATION.—The follow-
ing Conservatives voted in the minority on Mr. Smith's mo-
tion relative to the proclamation as to the gates of Sonmanth :
—Lord Ashley, W. S. Blackstone, A. Campbell, F. H. Dick-
inson, Sir R. Howard, Sir R. H. Inglis, J. P. Plumptre, Rt.
Hon. Sir G. Ross, and J. Tollemache•
THE CoußT.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied
by the Princess Royal, left Claremont on Wednesday after-
noon, in a carriage and four; the Prince of Wales and the
suite following in two other carriages and four; and a party
of Hussars forming the escort. The standard displayed on
the marble arch at Buckingham Palace announced the arrival
of the Queen.
THE DUKE or CLEVELAND.—We are sorry to hear his
Grace the Duke of Cleveland met with an accident whilst
hunting with the Duke of Rutland's hounds on Tuesday last
in the
accidentsnebourhd tubton. The horse on n•hich his
grace was riding clly fell, by which the duke was
thrown off, and, in rising, the horse caught one of his hinder
hoofs upon his forehead, which it cut and bruised consider-
ably. We understand the noble duke is rapidly recovering
from the effects of the accident.—Nollingham Journal.
HORRIBLE DISCLOSURE.—John Gore Jones, Esq., R.m.
unrnanway, attended the death-bed of a woman in Bere-
haven, a few days ago, who is now nearly 90 years of age
and who has confessed that she, aided by her present,
OF SPlRlcTossne-
poisoned her late husband about six years ago ! The accom-
int
plice is held in custody for tb eh.ipmcrheasdehenatst
ov‘blepteahrrsl
ittalarienk
eehnnot pooeutt.t
some legal evidence may turn up to warrant his being fully
comtted, as the testimony of his wthifkeencan.not in law be
iitn-121e.3;0 total
In 184
lON
Ic
..., 6,484,443
taken
FALLING a i n_gs
gallons
xForirenn xt:.; :Tronfer;iprai
spirits
ii:bscaepoewel:its:aa
tsphre the
for
home consumption in Ireland, dur;inigntlhBe4,
decrease in-
the Exci
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esoaslsalew n
igor tielensre4et3o,o
of the
olt,a6hbse.olua;rlsl i,snohgfo
wrFnial.nt
Father
aar
Irish spirits of £246,213.
Clarendon,ll numbero4olo of Dad
:g`jalt°lhltgnu:g ahwit' adasl la7n,
ENDS AND MEANS.—" The Earl of Manche- '
ster, ' s •
is necessary ; whereas the true lawful to compass that s
is not necessary, if the o logic is, that the which
thin '
to bring itnays a
to are unlawful R'bich g desired
tell are proposed
Excise duties years
; a and