The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-29 00:00:00

THOMAS BRANCI

Respectfully announce

that he

CONSTANTLY ON SALT

At the HANOVER ROOMS, •
A particularly extensive and valuable Stock of,tlegant and

Fashionable
CABINET FURNITURE,
Of every description, manufactured in the first style of ex-

cellenee, from the best Materials,
INCLUDING /

DRAWING-ROOM SUITES

of sPal and Imitation

Itoser-vood,
IN CIRCULAR AND OBLONG LOO,
Work, Flower, Card, Occasional, Writing, Sofa, and Fancy
Tables, What Nots, Chairs, Couches, Sofas, Tea Poys,
Cheffoniers, Cauterburies, Fire Screens, &c.

MAHOGANY FURNITURE,
In Sliding-frame and other forms of Dining Tables, Pedestal
and Cellaret Sideboards, Single and Winged Bookcases,
Secretaires, Cheval and other Screens, Single and Double
Wardrobes, Ladies' Wardrobes, with brass rods and arms,
for Dresses, Trafalgar and Balloon-formed Chairs, Card,
Library, Loo, Invalid, Sofa, Snap, Pembroke, Ladies' Work
and Screen Tables, Running Side-tables, Couches, Sofas,
Children's Chairs, Cots, and Cribs, Chests of Drawers,
Night Commodes, Bedsteps, Bidets, Hat Stands, Boot Racks,
Music Stands and Stools, Canterburies, Hall Chairs, Butler's
Trays, with Stands, Foot Stools, Cheffoniers, Quartetto-
tables, Dressing-tables and Basin-stands, Rising Sideboard
' Tables Gentlemen's Library or Office Tables, 'Double and
Single Knife Boxes, &c.
RECUMBENT INVALID CHAIRS.

Elegant Lounging, Library, anal Devotional CHAIRS,

FOLDING SOFA AND CHAIR BEDS

JAPANNED. STAINED. AND FANCY 'CHAIRS

In the greatest variety

Four-post, Cottage, Conopy French, Dome, Camp, Nursery,
and Press BEDSTEADS, of every form,
In Mahogany, Birch, and Painted 'Woods ;
Feather BEDS, Hair, Flock, and Straw MATTRESSES,
PAINTED CHAMBER REQUISITES,
Of all descriptions,'
In Wardrobes, Chests of ,
Drawers Toilet Tables, Basin-

stands, T Airers, &c.
Elegant CHIMNEY andowel DRESSING GLASSES,
A VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL
ITALIAN SCULPTURED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES
VASES, URNS, EWERS, &c.,
Also, a very diversified Stock of
BRUSSELS, DAMASK, VENETIAN, KIDDERMINSTER, and

JUTE CARPETING,
Embracing the most Modern Patterns, of excellent
Manufacture ;
TURKEY AND BRITISH HEARTH RUGS,
A great variety of beautiful PRINTED DRUGGETS,
In the newest and most admired taste ;
Crimson, Drab, Green, and Mixture DRUGGETS,
BLANKETS,
Figured FLOOR and LOBBY CLOTHS,

Of all dimensions, for cutting to fit Rooms, Halls,'Lobbies,
Shops, and Ships' Cabins,
INDIA AND ENGLISH MATTING,
Black Hair Seatings, of all Widths, Sm.
INVALID, GARDEN, AND BATH CHAIRS;
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, &C.

A CHANGE IN THE COFFEE DUTIES,

WE ARE NOW ENABLED TO SELL

FINE EAST INDIA COFFEE

is. 6d. per lb

PARTICULARLY RECOMI4 LADED.
(The same quality as sold by us at is d. since Sept., 1540.)
COLOMBIA AND COSTA RICO, 11 qd per lb.
very strong and peculiarly full flavour, .1 '
This description, being the produce of Foreign Colonies,
could not be admitted for English consumption until the
passing of the new Tariff.

ROBT. ROBERTS and Co
Royal Bank Buildings, July 18, 1842.

THE ROYAL COGNAC BRANDY

DISTILLERY, ALBANY-STREET, REGENT'S-

PARK, LONDON. #
IV DEPOT, 1, SCHOOL-LANE, ERPOOL.
IUESSRS. GRIMBLE and Co., ANDY DISTILLERS,
J.Y.L London, beg to acquaint the P *c they can be supplied
with SIR FELIX BOOTH and Co.'s ROYAL COGNAC
BRANDY, at London Prices in Liverpool. The reputation
of this Brandy is so fully established in the Metropolis that
it is unnecessary to say one word in praise of its fine quality.
Two Gallons or more sent to any part of Liverpool, at 18s
per Gallon, Cash on delivery.

TALACRE COAL AND IRON COMPANY
NOTIV,E.

A BENCH of Magistrates, held this day at ,Llanasa,
TV having decided, after hearing all the facts a eseeing all
the documents, that lam the legally authori Agent and
Manager of this Company, and that no Per n or Persons
have any right to disturb me in the posses ' of the Works ;
and the Magistrates having held to BairßonEnT SEARS,
GEORGE SHOOBRIDGE, and ISAAC RIIBERTS, who were
charged before them for unlawfully assembling to obtain
possession of an Office on the Works, and also that no Person
has any right to go upon the Works without my authority ;

_ _
I GIVE NOTICE,
That I will prosecute any Person or Persons who may be
found upon the Works without my authority.

And whereas Notices have been served on several parties
by a Person signing himself " ROBERT SEARS, Agent to the
Trustees," requiring parties to pay money to him, I give
further Notice, that the said ROBERT SEARS, or any other
Person, has no authority whatever to interfere in the Com-
pany's affairs ; and I warn all Persons from paying money
to any Person without my order. And all Persons are warned
from supplying any goods or materials to the above Company,
or any Person or Persons pretending to be the Agent or Ma-
nager, or Officer thereof, upon the credit of the Company, as
the parties who are alleged to be Shareholders therein will
resist any claim which may be made, no Person having
authority to pledge the liability of the Company or the Share-
holders. J. G. BIRD, Agent and Manager.
Talacre Works, 23d July, 1842.

LANCASTER AND PRESTON ilfiN CTION
/
RAILWAY.

THE ADJOURNED ANNUXI, C NERAL MEET-
-1. ING of the PROPRIETORS of tfliis COMPANY will
be held, at the RAILWAY STATION, LANCASTER, on WED-
NESDAY, the 10th August, 1842, at Twelve o'clock at Noon,
for the despatch of Business ; and
A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the said PRO-
PRIETORS will be held, at the same time and place, for
the purpose of adopting and confirming an Agreement for a
LEASE of the said RAILWAY and WORKS, to the Lan-
caster Canal Company, and for authorising an Application
to Parliament for an Act to carry the same more fully into
effect. S. EDWARD BOLDEN,
Clerk of the Company.
Lancaster, 21st July, 1842.

N.B.—The Books in which Transfers of Shares of this
Company are Registered, will be Closed from WEDNESDAY,
the 3d, to WEDNESDAY, the ]oth August, 1842, both
inclusive.

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL
A T the SPECIAL GENERAL VESTRY, held 4n Saint
11 Nicholas' Church, on Thursday, t42Bth day of July,
1842, pursuant to the Act of the prespnt Session, for the
ELECTION of Twenty-one Persoi to be the first SE-
LECT VESTRYMEN for the purposes of the said Act, in
addition to the Rectors, the Churchwardens, and the Over-
seers of the Poor for the time being of the said Parish ;
The Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, one of the Rectors,
in the Chair ;
The Notice convening the Meeting having been read,
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden HOUGHTON, and se-
conded by Mr. JOHN PATON,
That the following Gentlemen be appointed Members o
the Select Vestry, viz. :
Mr. John Wilkinson
„ George Riding
„ James Ackers
„ John Scholfield
„ Joshua Henshaw
„ John Hand
„ John Deaken
„ Thomas Urquhart
„ Robert Jones
„ William Henderson
„ Arthur Henderson
It was moved as an amendment by Mr. Joww BIGLIAM, and

Mr. William Groom
„ William Foster
„ John Mellor
„ Samuel Thornely
„ Thomas Maynard
„ Robert Clay
„ Thomas Green
„ James Gill
„ John Whitby
„ James N. Holmes

seconded by Mr. THOMAS BARTLAM,
That Mr. John Marsden Cowgill be appointed a Select
Vestryman, in the place of Mr. John Hand.
The amendment and ori4inal motion having been succes-
sively proposed from the Chair, on a show of bands the ori-
ginal motion was declared to be carried, upon which a Poll
was demanded by Mr. Bigham.

It• was then declared by the CHAIRMAN, that the Poll
would be taken at St. Nicholas' Church, on Monday next,
the First day of August, at Ten o'clock in the afternoon.
AUG. CAMPBELL, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the Chair,
Resolved, on the motion of Mr. JOSHUA IIENSITAW, se.

conded by Mr. Churchwarden BIRKETT ,
That the thanks of the Vestry be given to the Chairman,
for his able conduct in the Chair.
M. D. LOWNDES, Vestry Clerk.

NOTICE IS THEREFORE HEREBY GIVEN, that
the POLL, for the purpose above-mentioned, will be taken
at SAINT NICHOLAS' CHURCH, On MONDAY, the First day
of August next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.
M. D. LOWNDES, Vestry Clerk.
Dated this 28th July, 1842.

EUROPEAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 10, CHATHAM PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON

Established January, 1819.
President—Sir JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, Bart.
Vice-President—GEOßGE FORBES, Esq., 9, Fitzroy-square

DIRECTORS.
Thomas H. Call, Esq., 1, Mount-street/Grosvenor-square.
Simon Fraser Campbell, Esq., 22, Portman-square.
John Riyett Carnac, Esq., 46, Devouihire-st., Portland-pl.
Thomas Harding, Esq., 31, Eaton `luare.
John Greathed Harris, Esq., 2, e d Palace-yard.
William P. Jervis, Esq., 59, C., ,gan-place, Sloane-street.
Rev. Philip Le Breton, 2, Brui.wick-square.
William Sargent, Esq., Treasury Chambers, Whitehall.
Frederick Silver, Esq., 10, James-street, Buckingham-gate.
John Stewart, sq., 22, Portman-square.
John Thoyts, Esq., 8, Foley-place.
George James Sulivan, Esq., Arlington-street, and Wilbury
Park, Amesbury, Wilts.
FACILITIES are offered by this long-established Society
to suit the views and the means of every class of In-
surers. Premiums are received Yearly, Half-yearly, Quar-
terly, or upon an increasing or decreasing scale. An Insu-
rance of £lOO may be effected on the ascending scale by an
Annual Premium for the first five years of £1 9s. at the age
of 25 • £1 12s. Gd. at 30 ; £1 17s. at 35 ; £2 2s. sd. at 40,
and i 2 Os. Gd. at 45 ; or one-half only of the usual rate,
with interest on the remainder, will be received for five or
seven years, the other half to be paid at the convenience of
the assured. The Insured
DfolryLlipfe
tp,aortGicGipoat,esseecprteetnanriyally
in the profits realised.
A liberal Commission is allowed to Solicitors and Agents.
AGENTS FOR LIVER=
ange.court East..
WIDOW SUTTON and SOTS, 17,

AGENT FOR MA.NCTIESTER,
THOMAS W. WINSTANLEY, Solicitor
From wbom Prospectuses, &c., may be obtained.

r II ESE wonderful Productions of Natuyi are now taken
Daily, from Ten to Five o'clockft he Gardens, St.
ire
James's Mount. The portraits taken its Establishment
now justly form a theme to cdmiring iousands. 'See opi-
nions of the press .—" The 'likenesses are admirable."—
Times. "It is, in truth, a second self."—Morning Helald.
" The features are admirably delineated."—Morning Chro-
nicle. " A perfect fac-simile of the sit!er."—Standard.

The portraits are taken in all states of the weather, many of
the finest Pictures being had during rain:

Colour is given to face by-a
Galvanio Process

ZOOLOGICAL GARDESS

IS popular and pre-eminently attravtivc Resort is open
Daily, from Seven A.M. till Dusk. The
GRAND EVENING TES

it
.
take place every Monday and Friday inn,* the Season, with
THE ROMAN STA.?
At Dusk,

THE GRAND ILLUMINATION OF ST. PETER'S.
This inconceivably magnificent Spectacle is succeeded by the

3te-chnic Wonders of the

GIRASMOLA OF ST. ANGELO,
with all its splendid incidents, terminating with the gorgeous
Cascade of brilliant Fire, and tremendous Flight of Rockets.
The famous performing Elephant RAJAH will promenade
the Gardens, drawing a splendidly-decorated Car, with the
attendants in full Eastern Costume, during the Afternoon.

To enliven the Evening's Promenade,
MR. STUBBS' .ROYAL. HARMONIC BAND
will perform a favourite selection of Music.

The Gardens are Illuininated-with beautiful tripod Gas