... a QD ARTE RI. V GENERA L COURT of the said Com- pany will be held at their House, in l_eadenhall street, on WEDNESDAY, the ?? .Tim- oxt. *i 'i ovwv Inthe forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretory. EAST INDIA HOUSE, SOth April, 1856. COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST ■*- INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Compiny s Stook wilt he SHUT on THURSDAY, the 6th J ...

... (Thubbdat.) May 1, to originate a Petition to Parliament in favour of the Abolition of the Punishment of Death. An Address will be delivered by A. H. DYMOND, Esq., Secretary to the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punish- ment, in which the subject will be illustrated by some recent occurrences. J ■' recem Chair to he taken at Half-past Seven. Ladies are invited to attend. Admission Fbee ...

... r exhibition at our OtUe, as well as for ■ fr °l!Znind distribution, Catalogues of Stock and Furni- re-ferel pia*i or Estates, and announcements of the Sale of r» r ...

... Navy, Somerset-place, April 26, 1856. Ttt-c COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING iiFFICK of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED ill of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND BO HEREBY -O^VOtICE That on TUESDAY, tho 13th May next, at 2 G^t *, „ v w iii be ready to treat with such persons as may be o'clock „- tract forsupplying her Majesty's Dock and Victualling r ?? :lU v mi Hospitals, Royal Marine Barracks nnd ...

... * ora direct £6 per ton, and 6 per Cent. Primage. BRITISH and NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM-SHIPS, appointed by the Admiralty to Sail between LIVERPOOL and NEW YORK direct, and brtween LIVERPOOL and BOSTON, the Boston ships only calling at Halifax to land and receive Passengers and her Majesty's Mails.— The following, or other vessels, are appointed to sail from Liverpool •— ASIA, for NEW ...

... be sent will close on tbe lst of M* 1 ?? The Specifications of the Implements entered may be subsequently forwarded to the Secretary, any time before the ict of June. LIVE STOCK.— The Entries of Live Stock will close on the i s - pf June. PKIZE SHEETS may be obtained on application to tbe Salary, at 12, Hanover Square. London, to whom all Certi- ficates _\ Entry must be addressed. ?? •gssex ...

... despatched from Marseilles ?? _ tf'°^j K l\ twice a-week— Genoa, Leghorn, Civita Vecchia, To-' ii- n^ and Malta, every Monday Morning, at 11 o'clock. SW^jtfUES, touching only at Civita Vecchia, every Thursday, *- *ra£BCE ani TCBKET— Constantinople, twice a-week— * 0T v rlv at 3 r m - vi 4 Messina and the Piraeus (Athens); #& on arrival at Constantinople, with the Crimea. w^ ?? « 10 a.m-, via ...

... J\ Gentry, and inhabitants of this town and neighbour- hood generally, to his large and well-selected STOCK OF IRONMONGERY, Cutlery, Electro-plated Wares, Copper Goods, Register and other Grates, Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, and Per- cussion Caps, Ac. Brushes in great variety, and at re- duced prices ; Lift, Force, and Lead Pumps ; Baths of every description ; Water Closets of all kinds ; ...

... Mantles * Silks . *-■-*■ Fancy Dresses, which for style, quality, and cheapness GEO. WATMOUGH, Proprietor. HAVE YOU SEEN DAVIES'S NEW SPRING GOODS ? IF NOT, yiSIT HIS NEW DRAPERY AND SILK MERCERY ESTABLISHMENT, BRIDGE STREET AND BRIDGE STREET ROW, WHERE THERE IS NOW DISPLAYED A LARGE. CHEAP, AND NOVEL STOCK. Observe! Bridge-street and Bridge-street Row, Chester. BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE, 90, ...

... Steamer i J- .plVi iso of 1,000 tons and 400 horse-power, Warre Bradley ! vaL . immander (the Benior Commander in tbe Company's ser- ! * i: U ri_ I' ?? will LEAVE LIVERPOOL for the above-named j vice in nr )OUt the 29tn of May next. The exact date of depar- i fiat** JJ? w ...

... their respectfully invite the attention Ladies large and STOCK of MANTLES, BONNETS. HEAD DRESSES, FLOWERS, &c. a blch they are now Showing, ami which they feel confident cannot fail to elicit entire approbation. Dre*» Making un.ier the of experienced Manager. and 53. Lectin, April* WANTED. APPRENTICES, and IMPROVERS to the Millinery and Drees Making Department. ...

... tbat be has received instructions from the I Assignees of Messrs. WILLEY aud HARDING TO ...