The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

THE MOSCOW QUEEN PINE

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dWILMOT, IsLEwoaTH, has a Stocl oft very so-
• perior variety to dispose of at 10s. 6 each, strong
Succession Plants ; smaller ditto, is. Gd. d as the season
is coming on, they can be forwarded wil,dlout pots any dis-
tance (pacloges included), by a PostuffOorder being remitted
to his Forcing Establishment. Isleworth.

J. W. has•also some Plants "left of his new and superior
BLACK HAMBURGII GRAPE, in pots, at 10s. 6d. each.

SEVENTY POUNDS REWARD

WHEREAS, on the Evening of the 4th Februarv,
Six-
teen GOLD WATCHES were STOLEN from the
Shop of Messrs.ltEin and SoNa, Dean-street, Newcastle-
npan444le,,since whick time it has been ascertained that
Two Men, named BENJAMIN -HEWITT (alias Checks)
and PATRICK M'CANN, committed the said Robbery, in
company with another Man now in custody; they are well
known to the Police of York, Leeds, and Mull, and are of
the following description :
PATRICK M'CANN, commonly called PADDY, is a
native of Sheffield, by trade a Cutler, 28 years of age, 5 feet
7 inches high, stout, grey eyes, nosfrop., dark brown hair,
arms and mouth prop., can read, sod is single.
BENJAMIN HEWITT, is a ntive of Carlisle, Cumber-
land, 27 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches and a quarter high, blue
eyes, nose prop., light brown hair, arms and mouth prop.,
can neither read or write, and is single.
Of the above Seventy Pounds Reward, Twenty Pounds
will be paid on the Apprehension and Conviction of the above
Two Men ; the remaining Fifty Pounds will only be paid on
the Recovery of the Property as well as the Conviction of the
Offenders.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3d March, 1812.

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.
EXTENSION LINE.
CALL OF £lO PER CENT., BEING £5 PER SHARE.
T' FIE Committee of Management of this undertaking hay-
inr, resolved, at a Meeting held in Bastol this day, to
CALL, under the provisions of the ActsMf Parliament rela-
tive to the said undertaking, for an 'lnstalment of £5 per
Share,—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Sub-
scribers to the said undertaking, and Proprietors of Shares
therein, arc required to pay, on or before the 21st day of
March next, to any one of the undermentioned Bankers, the
sum of £5 on each of their respective Shares, viz. :
LONDON Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.
(-Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co.
Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co.
BRISTOL .... -{ Messrs. Stuckey's Banking Company.
I The West of England and South Wales
L District Bank.
GLOUCESTER The Gloucestershire Banking Company.
MANCHESTER Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co.
By order of the Committee of Management,
GEORGE JONES, Chairman.
ROBERT FLETCHER, Secretary.
Interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum will be
charged to all parties who may remain in arrear for this call
after the above named 21st day of March.
Office, Exchange Buildings, Bristol,
28th February, 1842.
ELECTION OF GUARDIANS OF THE POOR.
PARISH OF LIVERPOOL,
IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
T HENRY LAWRENCE, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law;
13 Returning Officer of the Parish of Liverpool, do
HEREBY GIVE NOTICK,
1. That the number of Guardians of, thd Poor to be elected
for the said Parish is Twenty-five.
2. That any person not otherwise disqualified by law, who
shall be rated to the Poor-rate in the Fetish in respect of
hereditaments of the annual value or rental of Forty Pounds,
is qualified to become a Candidate for the office of Guardian
at the raid Election.
3. That any Ratepayer who shall have been rated to the
Poor-rate in the said Parish, for the whole year immediately
preceding his voting, and shall have paid the Parochial Rates
and Assessments made and assessed on him for one whole
year, as well as those due from him at the time of voting,
except those which have been made or become due within
six months immediately preceding such voting, will be enti-
tled, on the Election of Guardians for the said Parish, to the
number of votes following, (that is to say,)— •
If he be rated at any sum under £2OO, he will have one
vote.
If he be rated at £2OO, but under £lOO, he will have two
votes.
And if rated at £4OO, or more, he will have three votes.
And that any Owner of Rateable Property situate within the
said Parish, who shall have given to one of the Overseers
thereof, previous to the day on which he shall claim to vote,
a statement, in writing, of his Name and Address, and the
description of Property in the Parish, as owner whereof he
claims to vote, will be entitled to have the number of votes
at the Election of the Guardians for the said Parish as fol-
lows, (that is to say,)—
If the aggregate amount of the Assessment, for the time
being, of any Property belonging to such Owner, or
on any person or persons in respect of the same, to
the Poor-rates, shall not amount to £5O, he will have
one vote.
If the same shall amount to £5O, and not to £75, he will
have two votes.
If the same shall amount to £75, and not to £lOO, he
will have three votes.
If the same shall amount to £lOO, and not to £125, he
will have four votes.
If the same shall amount to £125, and not to £l5O, he
will have five votes.
If the same shall amount to £l5O, or upwards, he will
have six votes.
Any Owner of such Property may, by writing under his hand,
appoint any person to vote as his Proxy, but such Proxy
must, previous to the day on which he shall claim to vote,
give to one of the Overseers of the said Parish a statement,
in writing, of his own Name and Address, and also the Name
and Address of the Owner appointing him such Proxy, and a
description of the Property as Proxy to the Owner whereof
he claims to Vote, and also an original or attested copy of
the writing appointing him such Proxy.
4. That the last day on which nominations can be received
is the Fourteenth day of March instant. Nominations of
Guardians must be made according to the form prescribed by
the Poor Law Commissioners, printed copies of which may
be had on application to me, and shall he received by
WILLIAM CARTMAI.E, Master of the Clarendon-rooms, No.
1, South John-street, Liverpool.
5. That I shall, if more than Twenty-five Guardians shall
he nominated for the said Parish, cause Voting Papers to be
delivered on the Twenty-first day of March instant, to the
address in the Parish of each Ratepayer, Owner, or Proxy
qualified to vote, which Voting Papers will contain full in-
structions as to the mode of voting ; and that on the Twenty-
fourth day of March I shall cause such Voting
to
Papers be
collected.
6. That on the Twenty-sixth day of March, I shall attend
at the Parish Office, Fenwick-street, in Liverpool, at the
hour of Ten in the Forenoon, and that I shall onthat,an
and,
ascertain if necessary, the following days, proceed to the
num-
ber of votes given for each Candidate.
Given under ?my hand this Seventh day of March, 1842.
HENRY LAWRENCE,
Nearning Officer of the Parish of Liverpool.