Roberts' Chester Guide [1858]

Embellished with Plates, Maps, Engravings, &c.

WHITTAKER’S IMPROVED PINNOCK’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.  Forty-fifth edition, 12mo., price 6s., strongly bound in roan.

WHITTAKER’S IMPROVED PINNOCK’S HISTORY OF ROME.  Thirty-second edition, 12mo., price 5s. 6d., strongly bound in roan.

WHITTAKER’S IMPROVED PINNOCK’S HISTORY of GREECE.  Twenty-eighth edition, 12mo., price 5s. 6d., strongly bound in roan.

No editions of these works are genuine except they have the name of the publishers, Whittaker and Co., on the title-page.

Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-line.

THE AUTHOR’S EDITIONS.
OLLENDORFF’S METHOD
OF
Learning to Read, Write, and Speak a Language
IN SIX MONTHS.

1.  ADAPTED to the GERMAN.  Written expressly for the English Student.  By Dr. H. G. Ollendorff.  In two parts.  Part I. eighth edition, price 12s., 8vo. cloth.  Part II., third edition, price 12s., 8vo. cloth.  The parts sold separately.

^*_*^* Introductory book to Dr. Ollendorff’s method adapted to the German, containing a new system of facilitating the study of the German Declensions, and rules on the Gender of Substantives.  New edition, 12mo. cloth, 3s. 6d.

2.  ADAPTED to the FRENCH.  Written expressly for the English Student.  By Dr. H. G. Ollendorff.  8vo. sixth edition, containing a Treatise on the Gender of French Substantives, and an additional Treatise on the French Verbs.  Price 12s. cloth.

3.  ADAPTED to the ITALIAN.  Written expressly for the English Student.  By Dr. H. G. Ollendorff.  8vo., third edition, price 12s. cloth.

4.  ADAPTED to the SPANISH.  In the press.

KEYS to the ITALIAN, FRENCH, and GERMAN SYSTEMS, prepared by the author.  Price 7s. each, cloth lettered.

It is necessary for those who desire to avail themselves of the present method to notice, that these are the only English editions sanctioned by Dr. Ollendorff, and he deems any other totally inadequate for the purpose of English instruction, and for the elucidation of the method so strongly recommended by Captain Basil Hall, and other eminent writers.  They should be ordered with the publisher’s name, and, to prevent errors, every copy has its number and the author’s signature.

The above works are copyright.

London: Whittaker and Co., and Dulau and Co., and to be had of any Bookseller.

WILLIAM FITCH,
(Successor to H. Bailey,)

HAIR CUTTER, WIG MAKER, PERFUMER,
AND FANCY HAIR WORKER,
11, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

Shampooing on the Oxford and Cambridge Principle.

JOHN HOWARD,
LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
11, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

Ladies’ Boots and Shoes made to Order,

Gentlemen’s Shooting, Fishing, and Dress Boots.

PARIS, LONDON AND DUBLIN BOOTS AND SHOES.

MESSES. EWEN AND REVIS,
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS,
LAND SURVEYORS, CIVIL ENGINEERS,
House, Estate, and General Commission Agents,
CHESTER.

Offices:—The City Auction Mast, Bridge Street Row.

N.B.—A General Rent Audit held every Quarter.

WILLIAMS & SON,
TOBACCO AND SNUFF MANUFACTURERS,

CHESTER.

THE ENTIRE PROFITS DIVIDED AMONG THE ASSURED.

DIRECTORS.

Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thornton and Co.

ADVANTAGES PRESENTED BY THIS SOCIETY.

Life Assurances may be effected upon Increasing, Decreasing, Equal, or Half-Premium Scales; also by Single Payments, and Payments for limited periods.  Tables have been specially constructed for the Army, Navy, East India Company, and Merchant Services; also for persons voyaging to, or residing in any part of the world.—No charge for Policy Stamps.

Endowments for Widows and Children, Pensions for retired Officers and Civilians, Immediate or Deferred Annuities, and every other description of Life Contingency, upon liberal and equitable terms.

The Entire Profits are divided periodically among the Assured, and may, at their option, be applied in reduction of Premiums, or in augmentation of the Sums for which the Policies were granted.

Applications for Agency to be addressed to the Secretary.

E. OSBORNE SMITH, Actuary and Secretary.

WILLIAM PARKINSON,
Plumber, Glazier, and Gas Fitter,
NORTHGATE,
CHESTER.

Baths, Pumps, and Water Closets Fixed on the most
approved principles.

W. WILLIAMS,
BASKET AND HAMPER MANUFACTURER,

AND DEALER IN BRUSHES,
104, BRIDGE STREET (NEAR THE CROSS),

CHESTER.

REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED.

3, NORFOLK STREET, STRAND, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.

Chairman—STEPHEN C. DENISON, Esq., Deputy Judge Advocate, 35, Great George Street, Westminster, London.

Deputy Chairman—B. P. SHEARER, Esq., Swanmore House, Bishop Waltham, Hants.

FIRE INSURANCES on every description of Property, on terms as moderate as any other well-established Office.

No charge for new Fire Policies, if for £300 or upwards, or if removed from other Offices to favour this Company.

HAIL INSURANCE—The Bonus allowed in the year 1856 was upwards of 66 per cent. on Insurances of Five Years’ duration.

LOSSES promptly and liberally settled.

LIFE POLICIES payable to the Registered Holders, by which much inconvenience and expense is prevented.

BONUS GUARANTEED—Insurers of the Participating class will be entitled to four-fifths of the profits; and if no profit shall have been made, the Company will, nevertheless, make such additions quinquennially as will be equivalent to the excess of premium paid over that which would have been required for insurances of the non-participating class.

BONUS—The next division of profits, four-fifths of which will be allotted to Policies of the participating class, will be on the five years ending on the 3lst of December of the present year.  The amounts will be made known to the Policy-holders immediately after the Annual General Meeting in May following.

No charge for Life Policy Stamps.

Additional Agents wanted.  Application to be made to

JOHN REDDISH, Secretary and Actuary.

AGENCIES IN CHESHIRE.

HENRY CUTTER, PROPRIETOR.

To FAMILIES, COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN, and PARTIES on PLEASURE, the above Hotel offers peculiar advantages, being situated in the centre of the City, adjoining the Post Office, near to the Banks, within two minutes’ walk of the Ancient City Wall, and Cathedral, and the nearest Hotel to the Railway Station.  The above Hotel is one of the OLDEST ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY, and is conducted on principles combining COMFORT WITH THE STRICTEST ECONOMY.

A FIXED MODERATE CHARGE FOR SERVANTS.

Omnibuses to and from the Railway for every Train.

☞ Attached to the above Hotel, and TO BE LET, IS A LARGE AND SPACIOUS ROOM, 25 yards long, well lighted with gas, and to which there is an excellent approach.

Note from the Visitors’ Book at the Blossoms Hotel, received from the Lady of Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of England.—“Lady Stratheden and family passed three nights at the Blossoms Inn, and were well satisfied with the accommodation and attention of Mr. and Mrs. Cutter.”

OLD BOOK REPOSITORY.

GENTLEMEN IN SEARCH OF
RARE AND CURIOUS BOOKS,
Are respectfully invited to inspect the Collection at

G. H. CROWTHER’S REPOSITORY,

ST. WERBERGH STREET,

Where, if they do not find what they want, they may meet with what they
did not expect to find.

Libraries of any extent, and smaller parcels of Books purchased for
immediate payment.

IMPORTANT TO TOURISTS.

Sold by all Stationers, &c.,
SMITH’S PATENT POCKET BOOK,
With Expanding Pockets.

SMITH’S MANIFOLD LETTER BOOK,
Not requiring Ink.  The Writing is Jet Black, and perfectly indelible.
Bound Roan and Lock.

SMITH’S METALLIC MEMORANDUM BOOKS,
AND
PORTABLE WRITING CASES,
With everything requisite for the Tourist.

T. J. & J. SMITH,
PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS, LONDON.

DR. TORRENS’ PURE HERBAL PILLS.

No language can convey an adequate idea of the immediate and almost miraculous change produced by making use of these Pills in the diseased, debilitated, and shattered nervous system.  To print all the letters of thanks received from different individuals, describing the great benefit received by making use of this medicine, would fill a book larger than the Bible!  The relaxed and debilitated body and nerves are at once rebraced, restored, enlivened, and built up.  The mental and physical symptoms of all disease vanish together under its influence—the stooping trembling victim of depression or debility becomes a new man; he stands erect; he moves with a firm step; his mind, which was previously sunk in gloom, becomes bright, buoyant, active, and he goes forth refreshed, regenerated, and conscious of new vigour, to his accustomed occupation.  And the effect is not temporary; on the contrary, the relief is permanent; for the cordial properties of the medicine reach the constitution itself, and restores it to its first condition.  Well may this preparation be called the Medical Wonder of the nineteenth century.  It is, indeed, that miracle of medicine that stimulates without producing a corresponding depression.  In all diseases of the stomach and digestive organs it never fails, and by setting the stomach to rights, all the other functions of the body are sure to be set to rights also.  In cases of headache, vertigo, pain in the face and nerves, and all the varied train of nervous affections, these pills perform a cure in an astonishing short period of time.  They also remove depression, excitement, restlessness, want of sleep, a dislike to society, incapacity for business, loss of memory, confusion, giddiness, blood in the head, melancholy, mental debility, hysteria, indecision, wretchedness, &c.  They increase and restore the appetite, strengthen the emaciated, renew the health of those who have destroyed it, cause a continued cheerfulness, and prolong life to the latest possible period.

The following Testimonial of the great value of TORRENS’ HERBAL PILLS is taken out of thousands:—

“To the Proprietor of Torrens’ Herbal Pills.
53, Church-street, Blackburn.

“Sir,—I have just received the twelve dozen of Dr. Torrens’ Herbal Pills, which I am happy to observe are going off in a very satisfactory manner.  Since I last wrote you, I have had frequent testimonials from various persons, old and young, of their beneficial effects—several of whom have stated that they consider the Herbal Pills not only an excellent medicine for correcting vicious humours in the system, but also efficacious in purifying the blood, relieving the liver, cleansing the intestines, and producing vigorous reaction in the whole arterial system.

“Yours faithfully, Charles Tiplady, Bookseller.”

^*_*^* Parties desirous of selling Torrens’ Herbal Pills can be supplied, at wholesale prices, by Messrs. Parry and Son, Booksellers, Chester; or from any of the Wholesale Houses.  Sold also by Mrs. Dutton, City Walls.

Should the reader find any difficulty in procuring a box of Dr. Torrens’ Pills, he can send 15 postage stamps to Richard Brook, Printer, Buxton-road, Huddersfield, when a box will be returned by post to any part of the Kingdom.

WOOLLEN DRAPERS, TAILORS, AND HATTERS,

EASTGATE STREET ROW,

CHESTER.

Just Published.  Price Two Guineas, neatly Bound,

ANTIQUITIES OF CHESHIRE,
IN PHOTOGRAPH,

WITH SHORT DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY
WILLIAM BRYANS, M.A.,
VICAR OF TARVIN, CHESHIRE;

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,
VIEWS OF CONWAY AND CARNARVON CASTLES,

AND OF
HAUGHMOND AND BUILDWAS ABBEYS, SHROPSHIRE.

This Series of Photographic Pictures will contain Views of the most interesting remains of Antiquity in the City and County of Chester; among which will be found specimens of Ancient Domestic Architecture, Churches, Ruins, and Crosses.

Published by Hugh Roberts, Eastgate Row.

TOWN MADE SILK, ALPACA, AND GINGHAM
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS!!

AT
GEORGE WILLIAMS AND CO.’S,
GLASGOW HOUSE,
18, EASTGATE STREET, CHESTER.

Gentlemen’s Shirts, Silk Ties, Collars, Wool Vests, Gloves, Hosiery, &c.

G. KENRICK,

PATENT ELASTIC
Spring Truss and Deformity Instrument Maker,
31, EASTGATE STREET, CHESTER.

ARTIFICIAL ARMS, LEGS, ETC.

Elastic Stockings, Knee-Caps, Ancle-Socks, &c.

OLD ESTABLISHED
Cheshire Cheese & Family Provision Warehouse,
139, BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER.

ROBERT GRIFFITH PARRY

Begs to return his grateful thanks for the very kind manner in which he has been patronized since he succeeded to the business of his late Grandmother, Mary Griffith (so successfully carried on by her for upwards of 50 years); and he assures his friends that he will endeavour to merit a continuance of their favours, by keeping a constant supply of the best articles at the lowest possible prices.

R. G. P. has always on hand a large stock of the following articles:—

BLADDERED LARD.  Genuine WELSH BUTTER, in pots, from fifteen to forty pounds each, for Families.  FRESH LUMP BUTTER every week.

FAMILIES SUPPLIED ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMS.

HARP AND PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSES.
ABBEY STREET AND THE NORTHGATE.

BOUCHER & CO.,

Have now a well selected Stock of PIANOFORTES, &c., new and second-hand, for SALE or HIRE, at all prices; including the newly-introduced STUDIO Pianofortes, by eminent makers, at 16 and 18 Guineas, of superior excellence and durability.

Also the ‘FOREIGN MODEL,’ an instrument of the Cottage size, combining every excellence of manufacture with the tone and touch of a small Grand Pianoforte.

Warranty unlimited, with option of Exchange at any time on favourable terms.

Harps, Harmoniums, Concertinas, &c., by the best makers.

Tuning and Repairing of the most extensive descriptions in town and country.  Abbey Street, May, 1858.

ESTABLISHED 1780.
BOWERS BROTHERS,
DISPENSING CHEMISTS,

101, EASTGATE STREET, CHESTER.

PRESCRIPTIONS AND FAMILY RECEIPTS PREPARED WITH THE GREATEST
CARE AND ACCURACY.

And a Variety of other Elegant Requisites for the Toilet.

SCHWEPPE’S SODA WATER AND LEMONADE ON WHOLESALE TERMS.

THE CHESHIRE OBSERVER,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER

FOR

CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES,

IS NOW THE MOST
WIDELY CIRCULATED PAPER IN THE COUNTY,

And is especially devoted to the interests of Chester, Birkenhead, Nantwich,
Northwich, Crewe, Sandbach, Winsford, Congleton, Runcorn,
Knutsford, Middlewich, Wrexham, Holywell, Mold,
Whitchurch, Ruthin, Denbigh, &c.

And the surrounding neighbourhoods, where it has an extensive circulation.

THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING,

AND CONTAINS ALL THE
Local, Provincial, Parliamentary, and Foreign News,

TOGETHER WITH THE
LATEST STATE OF THE MARKETS

Up to the hour of Publication;

ADVOCATES FREE TRADE AND THE INTERESTS OF
AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE CONJOINTLY;

AND IS BOTH A
POLITICAL AND LITERARY JOURNAL.
ON RELIGIOUS TOPICS IT IS NOT SECTARIAN.

It may be had of all Booksellers and Newsvenders, or of the Publishers,

H. SMITH AND CO.,
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS,
27, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

Price, Stamped, 3s. 3d. per Quarter; Unstamped Copies, 2d. each.

CIRCULATION 2,500 WEEKLY.

EDWARD THOMAS

Prepares the HOMŒOPATHIC REMEDIES in the forms of Globules, Pilules, Tincture, and Trituration.  His experience and care in preparing the Medicines has procured for him the confidence of the profession and the public in various parts of the Kingdom.

STANDARD WORKS ON HOMŒOPATHY.

Medicine Chests and Cases,

Of various sizes and forms, adapted to Professional and Domestic Treatises on Homœopathy.

DR. THOMAS ON ARNICA,

Calendula, Cantharides, Ledum, Ruta, and Rhus,
as EXTERNAL REMEDIES in Accidents.
Price 1s., post free.

THOMAS AND GUERNSEY’S DOMESTIC PRACTICE,
Price 5s., post free.

THOMAS’S HOMŒOPATHIC COCOA

Is prepared especially for Invalids and persons of weak digestion; and is confidently recommended as an agreeable and wholesome beverage.

Illustrated Priced Catalogues of Medicines, Chests, Books, &c., sent free
on application.

SINGLE TUBES OF THE MEDICINES SUPPLIED.

CHESTS OR CASES REFITTED.

ESTABLISHED 1808,
And Empowered by Act of Parliament of the 54th Geo. III. c. 79.

DIRECTORS.

Auditors.—John Oliver Hanson, Jun. Esq., and Philip Ainslie Walker, Esq.

Actuary.—Charles Ansell, Esq. F.R.S.  Solicitor.—Thomas Browning, Esq.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.

The Accumulated Premiums are over £1,600,000.  And the Annual Income exceeds £184,000.

Bonuses have been declared on Policies to an amount greater than the sum originally assured.

Premiums have been extinguished, where the parties assured have applied the bonus in reduction to the Annual Premium.

At the last valuation up to Christmas, 1854, there existed a Surplus of £268,691, which had accrued during the five years ending at that period—the whole of which Surplus belonging to the policy holders.

The next valuation will be made up to Christmas, 1859.  Policies on the Participating Scale, in England or Ireland respectively, which may be effected before that date, will, if the parties be then alive, participate in the surplus in proportion to the time they may have been in force.

The sum of £3,130,975 has been paid during the existence of the Office for claims under Life Policies, of which amount a very considerable part was for Bonuses.

Persons assuring in Great Britain have the option of

Participating Rates of Premium, or of
Non-Participating Rates.

The Directors beg to announce that the rates of Premium have been recently revised and re-adjusted in accordance with a long experience, and that

The New Scale will be found very advantageous to persons desiring to commence assuring early in life.

The Non-participating Scale is particularly adapted to parties wishing to assure a fixed sum only, at a fixed rate of Premium, and on low terms.

Premiums may be paid Annually, Half-yearly, or by a limited number of Annual Payments.  The last-named mode of Assurance originated with this Office in 1816.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Renewals should be paid within fifteen days after the respective Quarter-days when they become due.

The Company undertakes the assurance of Property in the Manufacturing, Agricultural and other districts, on favourable terms.  Risks of extraordinary hazard on special agreement, upon survey.

An Allowance for the Loss of Rent of Buildings rendered untenantable by Fire is one of the advantages offered by the Company.

Tables of Rates, forms of proposal, and any information needful to effect Life or Fire Assurances, may be obtained on application to the Office, No. 92, Cheapside, London, or to any of the Company’s Agents.

London, May, 1858.

Henry Desborough, Secretary.

AGENTS FOR CHESTER:
MR. HUGH ROBERTS, AND MR. THOMAS CATHERALL.