The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-20 00:00:00

ARTISTS' FUND

THE Committee for Managing the Distribution of the
Subscription Fund for Purchasing the Works of Living
Artists, have the pleasure of announcing that they are in a
position to
PRESENT TO EACH CONTRIBUTOR OF z1:1
A FINE ENGRAVING

FROM
WILKIE'S CELEBRATED PAINTING

THE BLIND FIDDLER;
Anti that every Subscriber of more than one Share will I.

PRESENTED WITH AN ENGRAVING
for each XI contributed, of equal excellence and
subject. _ _

A Specimen of the present Engraving may be seen in the
Exhibition-rooms, Postoffice-place, where also the names of
Subscribers will continue to be received until THIS EVENING.

LIVERPOOL SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.
AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of
the MEMBERS will be held, in the Rooms, 5, Oldhall-
street, on THURSDAY next, the 22d instant, at Twelve
o'clock, to consider the state of the Finances, aud other sut
jects affecting the Association.
SAMUEL MOSS, Master of the
5, Oldhall-street,l9th December, 1842

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, EVERTON.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of
this CHURCH will be held, in the Vestry, on MONDAY, the
2d day of January next, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon, to
transact the usual business.
Dated this 19th day of December, 1842.
By order of the Committee,
THOMAS CARSON, Secretary.

IVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Copy of Pro-
.L posed BYE-LAWS, relating to Hackney Coaches,
Chariots, Cars, Omnibuses, and like Carriages, Plying for
Hire within the Borough of Liverpool, and for the Regula-
tion of the Owners and Drivers thereof, has been this day
Filed in the Office of the Town-Clerk, in the Town-hall, for
the inspection of anv Member of the Council, or of any In-
habitant. Dated this 17th day of December, 1812.
RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-Clerk.
Town-ball, 17th December, 1842.

AT a MEETING of the WATCH COMMITTEE, held
this lith day of December, 1812, present
JAMES LAWRENCE, Esq., Chairman, &c. &c. &c.

Resolved,—

That this Committee prohibit any one of the CONSTA-
BULARY FORCE from, either directly or indirectly,
asking for or receiving " CHRISTMAS BOXES" from
any Person whatever, on pain of INSTANT DISMISSAL
from the Service.
Resolved,—

That in order to give the greatest publicity to this Resolu-
tion, it be advertised once in each of the Liverpool Newspa-
pers, and Notices thereof printed and posted up at all the
Police Offices, Stations, and Bridewells, and that the Super-
intendents be directed to read these Resolutions in the pre-
sence of the whole of the Force.

Extracted from the proceedings,
CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary

-MEW EDITIONS have lately been published of Mr.
11 ROSCOE'S WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS
IN NORTH AND SOUTH WALES. Each volume is
embellished with 50 beautiful Steel Plates of the Abbeys,
Castles, River, and Mountain Scenery, &c., and a New
Map. It forms an elegant work for a present, or for the
Drawing-room Table ; and no well selected Library can be
considered complete without it. Price 255., cloth, or 355.
morocco, per vol., and either may be had separately.
TILT and BOGUE, London ; WAREING WEBB, Liverpool.

JOHN EVANS,
(SCALE-BEAM MAKER TO HER MAJESTY,)
GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGER,
CUTLER AND BRAZIER,
LIVERPOOL,

1% if OST respectfully returns his sincere Thanks to his
.0-1. numerous Friends and the Public generally, for the
kind support and flattering encouragement he has met with
for several years.

J. E. wishes to call the attention of the Public to his ex-
tensive Stock of Cutlery and Britannia Metal Goods, Tea
Trays, Fire-irons, Fenders, Grates, Smoke Jacks, Tin
Goods, a general assortment of Furnishing Articles connected
with his Trade, at Reduced Prices, without any Puffing,
which will prove that no other House will be able to under-
sell him.

No. 28, Paradise-street, opposite the
Unitarian Chapel.

REMOVAL

VP. DREAPER, 49, BOLD-STREET, begs leave to
• inform his numerous Friends and the Public, that
he has taken

THE SPACIOUS PREMISES, No. 56,
(On the OPPOSITE SIDE of BOLD-STREET,)
now occupied by Mr. Pringle ; and he will this day com-

mence

SELLING OFF
HIS EXTENSIVE

STOCK OF PIANO-FORTES AND MUSIC

, ---
IMMENSE SACRIFICE,
in order to open the above-mentioned Premises with an
entire new Stock.

On SALE or HIRE, a double G FINGER ORGAN,
containing six Stops, Pedals, and Pedal Pipes sufficiently
powerful for a moderate-sized Church or Chapel.
Piano-Fortes lent on Hire, taken in Exchange, Repaired,
and Tuned, singly or by the year.

N.B.—To prevent Mistakes, please to observe that there
are THREE STONE FIGURES over the Shop Front.
The HOUSE and SHOP to be LET.

PROMOLI and HAUSBURG respectfully announce the
completion and arrangement of their SPLEND ID

STOCK OF
CHANDELIERS, LAMPS, &c.,

FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, IN
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN BRONZE, OR-MOLU,
CHINA, GLASS, &c. &C.
FOR GAS, OIL, AND CANDLES,

And having devoted every exertion to render the assortment
worthy the attention of their Friends, they venture to rely
upon being honoured with the same distinguished patronage
which has hitherto marked their progress.
TWO LIGHT SLIDING CHANDELIERS,
with Water Joint, (ALL CAST,) with Socket
Ball Joint, Burners and Glasses fitted complete, 40
THREE LIGHT DITTO, DITTO, (ALL CAST,)
with Socket and Ball Joint, Burners, Glass
Holders, and Glasses, Measuring, Fitting to re-
quired height, and Fixing, complete . . • •
GAS CHANDELIERS, upon the best construc-
tion, and of first-rate workmanship, (ALL
CAST,) beautifully finished, with Sockets and
Ball Joints, patent Argand Burners, Glasses,
and Chimneys, and fired complete:
THREE LIGHTS
FOUR DITTO
And up to . . . . . .
HALL LAMPS, ETRUSCAN, Fitted complete,
from . . . . . . . . . .
FULL-SIZED LAMP PILLARS. from . .
SOLAR LAMP HEADS, for BURNING COMMON
OIL, with Dome Chimney, and Wicks complete 20s. eac
MILLER'S PATENT LAMP HEADS, with
Dome and Chimney complete
PALMER'S PATENT CANDLE LAMP.
PATENT SOHO LAMPS, for Burning Candles without
wicks.
Fully impressed with the necessity for perfect security
Moderate o
against accidents, P. and H. trust, by the production f
SUPERIOR CHANDELIERS at exceedingly
Prices, to supersede the very imperfect articles lately intro-
duced into Liverpool.
To remove the difficulties arising solely from the inferior
quality of the Oil in general use, P. and H. have undertaken
the supply of the
NEW PATENT OIL,
In Sealed Caw, at 4s. 6d. per Gallon,
by the use of which, the satisfactory performance of the
Lamps will be ensured ; and, as a rise in the price will take
place shortly, they venture to suggest the early transmission
of orders

5 lOs
6 10
60 0

15s. each

10s. each

PROMOLI and HAUSBURG,
OLD POSTOFFICE BUILDINGS

1 PICTURE FRAMES.
'AVE direct the special attention of all Persons interested
manufactured by Mr. Bielefield. Theyof nier mach6e ;
are pa. .
liV in this subject, to the FRAMES for PICTURES
erous, that they must,
tion frames are so strong and so n"!
and the advantages they possess over the ordinary composi-
tion
use. First, they are
inevitably, be brou ht in general
g-- - t°t the cost—much less, in-
cheaper ; being about two-thirdslrge size ; next, they will not
deed, where the frame is ofe; ,
t they are so much lighter in
" chip" in carriage; and.
Din those portant item in their favour to weig htwho are in the as to su l
hy
nkt IT
of transmitting large pictures from
1
This remarkable " lightness" is indeed
for in many rooms, where the walls
one place to another.
desirable everywpre
is impossible to hang large pictures in the
are thin or seeds,
es. To exhibitors in provincial exhibi-
nofttoamrdinary recommendations. But we refer
appearance of those frames, which interests the
chiefly to the
utisounasl
tphoensedearroeu
collector as well as theh pictures or prints, be they many or
artist, and, indeed, all persons who
adorn their
homes with
few. They v look exceedingly attractive, and are in reality as
eis if they had passed through the hands of the
and been produced at about ten times the expenses
The gilding tells with very brilliant effect; and, no matter
how elaborate the pattern may be, they have a clearness and
carver,
much
sharpness that we have seldom or never seen obtained in
composition. Now that so many frames will be required for
the prints about to be issued by the several Art-Union So-
cieties, we conceive we may convey useful information to
thousands, by recommending them to examine these frames ;
the patterns are infinitely varied ; some have been designed
expressly to meet those particular purposes ; and their ad-
vantages are so obvious as to be at once appreciated by all by
whom they are seen.—Art Union.
HENRY LAXTON, Agent, North John-street.
The Works, Wellington-street North, Strand, London.
The Trade of Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Chester, and
neighbouring towns sapplied from Liverpool.