The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

Contrarts.

VALUABLE PICTURES, INCLUDING MANY FINE
WORKS OF ART, FROM THE COLLECTION
OF MR. BRETT.

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140DGSON most respectfully intimates to Connois-
seurs and Patrons of the Fine Arts, that he has re-
ceived instructions to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, on
TUESDAY next, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely,
at his Picture Gallery, Church-street,

An exceedingly choice COLLECTION of valuable PIC-
TURES, by the most celebrated Masters, and includes many
fine Specimens of Art, late the property of Mr. BRETT.
The following may be mentioned, viz. :—St. Domenic at
his Devotions, by Murillo : the brilliancy of colour or this
Paintipg may ohsroretl, being as imported, in
its original dirty state, it affords much speculation, as at a
little cost it would form a splendid Picture for a Chapel or
Convent ; The Prize Ox, by P. P. Rubens : this extraordi-
nary Picture, however ignoble the subject may be considered
by many, possesses that superior power of colour and strict
representation of nature that, as a work of art, must claim
admiration ; Seaport, with numerous Figures, Jno. Baptiste
Weenia• : possessing fine quality of colour, and affords every
evidence of its originality, independent of the original signa-
ture of the master ; View in Venice, Guardi: a beautiful
Cabinet specimen, from a collection of twenty of similar size,
recently imported; Portraits of the Artist and his Wife, De
Bry ; splendid Seaport, ,Storck : Landscape, Verstephon ;
Ditto, with Hawking Party, Le Prince; Banditti, S. Rosa ;
Death of Dido, S. Ricci; Portrait, Rubens; Ditto, Vandyke;
Ditto, Rembrandt ; Flower Piece, Van Oss; Three delightful
Specimens of ;Worland; The Faithless Rib, William Hogarth,
being one of his usual jocose and interesting scenes: the Fe-
male Portrait is the same introduced in his celebrated Mar-
riage at la Mode ; choice Landscape, Boddington • Ditto,
View of Snowdon, Rawson Walker ; Interior, Ijogarth
Cabinet Landscape, Naysmith; anti many other valuable
and pleasing Specimens of Art.
To be publicly viewed at the Gallery, on Monday next, the
26th instant, when descriptive Catalogues will be ready.

HODGSON'S ROOMS,
50, CHURCH-STREET,
AIR. HODGSON respectfully invites the attention of
the Public to his SPLENDID Establishment,
50, CIIU RC H -STREET,
Which is allowed to be the most extensive in Liverpool, and
excelled by few in the Metropolis; the Mart thus affording
to purchasers the best opportunity of securing
HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND EFFECTS
ON THE MOST ADV kNTAGEOUS TERMS,
As every article which domestic comfort can require or
wealth command is exhibited to the visitor in infinite variety.
The Rooms are unusually lofty, giving facilities for the
display of every description of Goods. In measurement the
first Sale-room exceeds 90 feet by 20 feet, and the Anti-
room 70 feet by 17 feet, together with a spacious Warehouse
contiguous, which having the advantage of being on the
ground floor, are better calculated for Sales of HOUSE.
HOLD FURNITURE, Manufacturers' STOCKS, GLASS,
CHINA, &c. In addition to which, Mr. HODGSON has re-
cently built a Commodious
PICTURE GALLERY
at the rear of his Premises, Church-street, (with dome lights,
&c., essential for the proper display of HIGH CLASS
PAINTINGS,) for the reception of PICTURES and other
VALUABLE PROPERTY, thus preventing the LEAST
POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENT to the MOST RARE AND COSTLY
ARTICLES entrusted jo his cafe.
Mr. Honosox having facilities of procuring the best ma-
nufactured Modern Furniture, as well as other Goods, soli-
cits the attention of
FAMILIES FURNISHING,
To whom every accommodation is afforded, in the choice of
articles from the Mart, on the most advantageous terms.
His long experience in the business he submits as a guarantee
for every attention to their interests, assuring those who may
have occasion to purchase, that the practice too frequently
adopted of procuring New Furniture, manufactured by un-
skilled artificers, is in many cases attended with an immenss
pecuniary sacrifice in the first instance, and a serious loss
eventually, from inattention to the material by the manufac-
turer.

Among the Stock of
FASHIONABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
will be generally found a superior description of
SUPERB DRAWING-ROOM SUITES
Of real and imitation Rosewood ; comprised in Card, Loo,
Work, Flower, and other Tables, Chairs, Couches, Sofas,
Tea Poys, Chiffonniers, Canterburies, Screens, Ottomans,
&c. &c.
FOLDING CHAIRS AND SOFA BEDS,
PATENT RECLINING-SPRING SEATS.
THE MAHOGANY ARTICLES
Are of a very superior kind, and comprise Secretaires, Pe-
destal and Cellaret Sideboards, Double Wardrobes, Trafal-
gar Chairs, Sofa, Pembroke, Snap, Screen, and Work Ta-
bles, Couches, Sofas, Children's Chairs, Cribs, Swing Cots,
Chests of Drawers, Commodes, Bidets, Hat Stands,
Bootracks, Music Stands and Stools,
FANCY CHAIRS,
Four-post, Tent, Cottage, Canopy, French, Nursery, and
Press
BEDSTEADS,
WELL-SEASONED FEATHER BEDS,
Mattresses and Paillasses,
ELEGANT CHAMBER FURNITURE
of every kind.
SUPERB CHIMNEY AND TOILET GLASSES.
BATH OR GOUT CHAIRS, CHILDREN'S
CARRIAGES,
And a large Assortment of the very best manufactured
CARPETING,
Of the most approved and fashionable Patterns, consisting of
Brussels, Venetian, Damask, and Kidderminster.
HEARTH RUGS AND DRUGGETS.
Figured and Plain Floor and Lobby Oil Cloths.

Mr. HODGSON has the honour to announce that he con-
tinues to appropriate a part of his extensive premises solely
as a REGISTER OFFICE

FOR LETTING AND DISPOSING OF HOUSES AND LANDS.
OUT-DOOR SALES AND APPRAISEMENTS
Solicited, and in cases where pecuniary aid is renuired,
Money advanced on every description of Property consigned
for Public sale.
SOLICITORS, AGENTS, AND CONSIGNEES
Are acquainted that facilities are afforded for the Sale of
BANKRUPTS STOCK,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, GLASS, CHINA,
PICTURES—ANCIENT AND MODERN,
&e. &C. &c.,

Either at the Mart in Church-street, or on the Premises of
the owners.
ESTATES, HOUSES, AND LAND
Valued, Appraised, orpisposcd.?f by Treaty with Principals

or their.Solicitora only.
N. 13.--Sales of Furniture and Miscellaneous Property
EVERY THURSDAY and FRIDAY in EACH WEEK,
thus affording every facility either for PURCHASING or
DISPOSING of HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS.

PIANO-FORTES.
GREAT ADVANTAGES GIVEN TO PURCHASER
At W. P. DREAPER'S
PIANO-FORTE AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
49, BOLD-STREET,
(SIX DOORS ABOVE NEWINGTON.)
ANY PIANO-FORTE in the Rooms may be taken on
Li. HIRE, and if PURCHASED within Three Months
the Hire will not he charged, the Purchaser may have it at
the original nett Cash Price. Instruments may be kept on
Hire for any length of time, and if Purchased, One-half the
Hire will be allowed. An excellent Assortment of Second:
hand Square PIANO-FORTES, by Broadwood and other
makers, ill perfect order.
From .
Cabinet Piano-fortes, Ditto
Six-octave Cottage, Ditto
Six-and-a-Half Horizontal Grand, Ditto.... 40
Patent Semi-grand, Ditto ..
and, having upwards of ONE HUNDRED PIANO-
FORTES on SALE and HIRE, from the celebrated Manu-
factories of Messrs. COLLARD and COLLARD, TOMKISON,
BROADWOOD, and other esteemed London Makers, he flat-
ters himself that he will be able to suit all parties requiring
Piano-fortes.

Piano-fortes taken in exchange, Lent on Hire, Repaired,
and Tuned, singly or by the year.
W. P. D. will warrant any Piano-forte sold by him, and
will exchange the same within twelve months, if not ap-
proved of.

. N.8.--A large Assortment of NEW and POPULAR
MUSIC at HALF-PRICE.

PRICE'S PATENT COMPOSITE, OR IMITATION
SPERM CANDLES.
THEY give a brilliant and steady Light, without requiring
to be Snuffed, and are equally applicable for Family or
Counting-house use, and are now much used in the Metro-
polis for Lighting Churches and Chapels and Public Build-
ings generally, at ls. per lb., which, compared with the light
given, is cheaper than the commonest Tallow Candle.
These Candles are supplied by most of the Chandlers
throughout the Country, but where they cannot otherwise be
had, on remitting £5 to EDWARD PRICE and Co., Belmont,
Vauxhall, Surrey, any private customer may be supplied
with 1001bs., and no charge will be made for the box, the
value of which will, in most cases, cover the expense of car-
riage. The box will be charged for any smaller quantity.
The great success of these Candles has given rise to many
imitations also called Composite, but unlike E. P. and Co.'s
in everything but name ; and these imitations are often re-
commended by the Retailers, because they get more profit on
the sale of them than E. P. and Co. can afford on theirs.

PATENT
TRANSPARENT INDIAN CORN STARCH,
EQUIRES neither Boiling nor Straining, in Packages
it of lib., 4-lb., and Id. each. Fabrics stiffened with
this Starch acquire a durability which cannot be obtained by
any other means. The stiffness is retained in the most
humid atmosphere, and the satiny gloss, which, of all other
Starch, this alone imparts, remains to the last. It is only
necessary to mix a table spoonful of it in a pint of boiling
water, and upwards of a pint of liquid Starch, of the most
translucent splendour, will be immediately produced, at a
cost of little more than One Farthing! Manufactured only
by SAUNDERSON and LITTLE,
The Patentees, London.
WHOLESALE AGENT,
Mr. J. SAUNDERSON, 2, Cook-street, Liverpool.

BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT
TO HER MAJESTY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.
62CHWEPPE'S SODA and POTASS WATERS, and
JERATED LEMONADE. The continued preference
of the Public for the above preparations, celebrated for their
superior quality throughout the last half century, calls for
the respectful acknowledgments of the Manufacturers, who
beg leave particularly to CAUTION their Friends and Cus-
tomers in general against an imposition continually practised
by unprincipled persons filling SCHWEPPE'S bottles with a
spurious composition, and passing it off as SCII WEPPE'S
manufacture. The imitations contain no alkali, and are alto-
gether destitute of those medical qualities which have contri-
buted so materially to establish the credit of the former, and
to secure for it the approbation of the Faculty.
None are genuine without a label, representing the name
of their Firm.

J. S. and Co. are continually receiving, from their Agent
at the Springs, fresh supplies of German Seltzer Water, of
which they are the largest importers.
Export Orders manufactured especially for Warm Climates.
The following are their Agents for Liverpool and Neigh-
bourhood :—T. Nixon, jun., J. Deane, R. Lathbury, Castle-
street ; J. Priestley, Evans, Sons, and Co., Lord-street ; T.
Thompson and Son, J. H. and S. Johnson, Wm. Rawle,
Church-street; Mann and Crosthwaite, Wm. Lloyd, J. Hiles,
Parker-street; J. Woodville, R. Clay, Hope and Wheeler,
14qld-street ; Wm. Procter, Ranelagh-street ; Wm. Jones,
Perry-street ; G. Wood, Pitt-street ; G. Aspinail, G. Web-
ster, St. James's-street; Wm. Wagstaff, W. Bromley, Great
George-place; Thos. Hogarth, M. Redhead, Great George-
street; F. B. Sykes, Upper Parliament-street; G. Balder,
ston, Mill-street ; J. M. Syers, Park-road ; E. Pearson,
Fair View, Aigburth ; G. H. Howell, Dale-street ; James
Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; E. Bradford, Old Haymarket; D.
Scholefield, Queen-square; Jas. ()wen, E. Tiernan, S. Ball,
London-road '•W. W. King, William Henry-street, Soho-
street; James Fergie, Brunswick-road; E. Tiernan, Everton ;
Joseph Ball, West Derby-street ; James Pendlebury, R.
Price, Brownlow-hill ; C. W. Shaw, Russell-street ; E-
a Woodside q ;
odside G. Wainwright, Wa-
John Eastwood, W. Higgins.
Bradford, T. Titherington, Oxford-street ; S. Maskery, West
BDirerkbeyn;beGad. ;
Dare,
B.
Smith,
take.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Office of Ordnance, Pall-Mall,
sth September, 1842.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all Persons desirous
of CONTRACTING to supply
MEAT, BREAD, OATS, and FORAGE,
to Her Majesty's Land Forces (Bread and Meat for the Foot
Guards generally, and for the Household Cavalry in Middle-
sex excepted) in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in
the Counties of England severally, in Wales, in North
Britain, in the Isle of Mail, and in the Channel Islands, for
Six MONTHS from the lst November next, inclusive ;
and also,

STRAW for PAILLASSES,
o,t, the several bat bud Ordnance btatluus 1., Great
Britain and the Channel Islands, for One Year, from Ist
November next.

That Proposals in Writing, addressed to the Secretary to
the Board of Ordnance, sealed up and marked on the outside
Tender for Army Supplies, will be received at the Ordnance
Office, Pall Mall, on or before Thursday, the Sixth Day of
October next ; but none will be received after Eleven o'clock
on that Day.
The Correspondence relating to the contract for Com-
missariat Supplies, cannot pass free front postage.
Persons who make Tenders are desired not to use any
Forms but those which may be had upon application at the
Office of the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance in Pall
Mall. By order of the Board,
R. BYHAM, Secretary.

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.
THE Directors of this Undertaking will receive Proposals
for LOANS OF MONEY ON DEBENTURES, to
be issued under the provisions of the acts of Parliament, in
the month of OCTOBER next, in sums of not less than
£2OO, for terms of three, five, seven, or ten years, on Interest
at the rate of £5 per Cent. per Annum, payable Half-yearly,
at the Banks of Messrs. MILES, HARFORD, and Co., Corn-
street, Bristol, and Messrs. BARNETT, HOARE, and Co.,
Lombard-street, London.
For Moneys immediately advanced the security of Loan
Notes under the Seal of the Company will be given, which
may be exchanged for Debentures in the said month of Oc-
tober.

Tenders, expressing the Sums and Terms of Years, to be
addressed to the undersigned, at the Company's Office,
Exchange Buildings, Bristol.
By order of the Committee of Management,
ROBERT FLETCHER, Secretary.
Office, Exchange Buildings, Bristol,
30th May, 1842.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
CONTRACTS FOR WORKS.
EXTENSION OF TIME.

'THE Directors of this Company having been applied to
by several Contractors for an Extension of Time, to
enable them to copy the Plans, Specifications, &c., of the
Dinting Vale Viaduct, No. 6, and the Longendale Contracts,
Nos. 7 and 8, have agreed to POSTPONE THE LETTING
of the above named WORKS till the 28th instant, at the
Company's Office, 15, Piccadilly, Manchester, where Ten-
ders are to be delivered not later than Twelve o'clock at
Noon on that day.
By order,

JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary.
Manchester, 15, Piccadilly, 14th Sept., 1842.

SHEFFIELD, ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
THE Directors are now ready to receive TENDERS for
the following WORKS :
CONTRACT No. 6, OR DINTING VALE VIADUCT CON-
TRAM—To commence at the termination of the Gamesley
Contract, in a field No. 226 on the plan, in the parish of
Glossop, and to terminate in the field No. 209 on the plan,
in the said parish ; the length of the viaduct being 484 yards
or thereabouts.

CONTRACTS Nos. 7 & 8, OR LONGENDALE CONTRACTS.—
To commence at the termination of the Din ting Vale Viaduct
Contract, and to terminate in a field No. 2 on the Plan, in
the Parish of Glossop, near to the entrance of the Summit
Tunt;el; the length being six miles and 73 chains or there-
abouts.

These Contracts to comprise the whole of the Works
necessary for the completion of the lengths of the Railway
herein mentioned, including the ballasting and laying of the
permanent road, except the rails and chairs, which will be
found by the company. The contract is also to include the
maintenance of the works for twelve months after their
entire completion.—Plans, sections, specifications, and draft
forms of contract may be seen on application to the Secretary,
at the Railway Office, 15, Piccadilly, Manchester.
Sealed tenders, addressed to the Secretary, and endorsed
" Tenders for Works," to be sent in on or before Twelve
o'clock at Noon on Wednesday, the 28th September instant,
after which day no tender will be received.
Printed forms of tender may be obtained at the office,
and no others will be attended to.—The Directors will not
consider themselves bound to accept the lowest offer.—By
order of the Board,
JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary.
Manchester, 15, Picadilly, 14th September, 1842.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
FORFEITED SHARES.
BY a Resolution passed at a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of the Shareholders, held at Sheffield re
the 12th day of January last,--Interest at the rate of Fi •
per Cent. per annum will be paid on all Shares on which the
full amount of Calls has been paid, until such time as the
Railway shall have been opened six months throughout.
The Directors are now prepared to RECEIVE TEN-
DERS for any portion of the 1419 SHARES which were
forfeited at the last Half-yearly General Meeting, on the
31st August last, as having the full amount of Calls (XB2
10s. per share) paid up ; the persons now purchasing will,
therefore, be entitled to interest on that amount from the
date of purchase.
These shares now offer to capitalists grand advantages as
an investment—the Treasury having granted their first loan
of £50,000. The line will be further opened to Glossop early
in November next.
All the shafts of the Summit Tunnel are now down, and
1601 yards of the double line of driftwav have been
riven
within the last six months—making 3129 yards now driven;
and before the Ist March next it is now ascertained they will
be opened throughout, and the undertaking placed in the
position to which its advantages so strongly entitle it.
Any further information may be obtained on application
to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, 15, Piccadilly,
Manchester ; or at the chambers of Joseph Locke, Esq.,
engineer to the company, Adam-street, Adelphi, London.
Sealed 'renders fur the purchase of Shares to be addressed
to the Secretary on or before the 27th day of September
instant, endorsed " Tender for Shares."
By order,
JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary.
15, Piccadilly, Manchester, Sept. 14, nil