The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

CONCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.
On SATURDAY EVENING next, the 16th instant,
The following eminent Vocalists have been engaged:—
MISS REBECCA ISAACS,
Her first appearance in Liverpool for some years ;
MR. HAMILTON BRAHAM,
The Primo Basso from the Royal Italian and English Operas;

MONSIEUR EDMOND REYLOFF,
From the Royal Italian and English Operas; and
MR. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM,
The popular Tenor from the Royal Lyceum, English Opera
House, and Exeter Hall.
_ .

„To commence at Eight o'clock. Admission: Body, 3d.; Side
qslleries, 6d.; Reserved Seats, is.

NIGHTS WITH WORKING MEN.
In the Class-room of the Concert-hall, on THURSDAY next, the
4th instant, Professor GRIFFITHS on "GEOLOGY." To
`ornmence at Eight o'clock. Admission 3d.

~SINGING CLASSES, under the superintendence of Mr. and
zirs. sc 4.RISBRICK, every FRIDAY EVENING, at Eight o'clock.
The instruction is on the most popular system, and the cheapest
trittsic is used. Admission, 3d.
FRENCH CLASSES.--A Class for Beginners has now opened.
k Class for Advanced Pupils will open on FRIDAY, the 15th
ltlatant. Classes meet at Half-past Eight o'clock. Admission 3d.
The PUBLIC NEWSROOM is open Daily, (Sundays excepted.)
akdmission td.

JOHN CALDERWOOD, Secretary.

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MOST

tIRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE
ALBERT, AND ALL THE ROYAL FAMILY.
IVOMBWELL'S ORIGINAL ZOOLOGICAL
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Hag arrived in Liverpool,STßLlHand IN(r)14 EILIBITING at the

Bottom of SHAW'S-BROW, Dale street.
A. WOMBWELL most respectfully announces to the Nobility,
Gentry, and Public generally of Liverpool and its vicinities, that,
after an absence of four years, she has much pleasure in again
tibmitting for their inspection her matchless Collection of
Zoology; and can assert, fearless of contradiction, that it will
ue found to contain all the rarest and most valuable productions
,f stature, collected from the most remote quarters of the globe;
;PCluding the BROWN CHIMPANZEE, from Western Africa,
the only living specimen in Europe; TEN LIONS and TIGERS
~,;
Groups of PANTHERS and LEOPARDS; TWO MAMMOTH
16LUNIANTS; the GNU, and numerous other objects of unusual
interest.
A fine AVIARY, with a Collection of Reptiles unparalleled.
...The Menagerie is accompanied by the finest Sax Horn Band in
Istirope, under the able direction of Mr. John Shaft Hartwell.
The Collection will be open from Ten o'clock in the Morning.
eeding time Half-past Nine in the Evening. The keepers will
'describe and perform hourly.

LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY,
AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be
THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED.
Sold by all Chandlers. Grocers, &c., &c.

rE GREAT NEWCASTLE FIRE.---The' late
fearful explosion and wide-spread devastating fire at Gates-
Lead and Newcastle, destroying property to the value of one mil-
lon, converting a large area of warehouses (filled with sulphur,
nitrate of soda, peat charcoal, and other highly combustible
Stores), whole stacks of offices, houses, &c., into a perfect volcano
2T fierce, concentrated. incinerating, and long-enduring furnace
heat, in, which not only cimbustible things, but even bricks,
It*, nes, and iron were burnt up and fused. Safes of the ordinary
iron-doored strong rooms, were alike melted, torn asunder,
their contents charred and destroyed. But amongst the many
Inatances of preservation in this instance, and in the more recent
,destructive fire at Manchester, THOMAS MILNER and SON
have pleasure in giving publicity to the following gratifying testi-
%coma' : Newcastle- upon-Tyne, Oct. 19, 1854.
Gentlemen,—We have great pleasure in stating that, whilst our
offices were completely destroyed and burnt down in the great fire
efhich, on the 6th instant, reduced a great many buildings in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead to ashes, two of your large
holdfast" safes, in our offices, have been the means of pre-
serving our books, bills, and other valuable documents, although
these safes were exposed for about nine or ten hours to an im-
mense heat, and dug out of the ruins in a red-hot state. On
°Pening them we found our principal books and bills in a good
State of preservation. Some of the papers were singed and dis-
coloured; but we are happy to say they can be used for the main
osrposes they were intended for. We feel it our duty to state
these facts, and will thank you to make us new safes to specifica-
"oll.—We are, Gentlemen, yours truly, •
A. LEIDEsiAN and Co.
Messrs. Thomas Milner and Son.

GREAT FIRE IN LOWER KING-STREET:.
• Messrs. Milner and Son.
Gentlemen,—ln the terrific and destructive fire which broke out
Yesterday morning, on the premises at the back of Mr. Carr's
!oach manufactory, in Lower King-street, and the large pack of
ottildingS of which our warehouse formed a part, the whole of
Which werecompletely gutted, and everything therein destroyed,
With the exception of our books and papers, contained in the safe
We bought from your agent here, some few years ago. Thit safe,
Bfter being exposed to intense heat, fell during the conflagration
Fora the second storey to the basement, and was completely sur-
rounded by the burning mass. We beg to express the unqualified
ratification it affords us in being able to add to the numerous
estimonials to your valuable invention. We shall be glad to
rord any information to parties desirous of inquiring into the
facts herein stated.—We are, Gentlemen, respectfully yours.
F. H. THODE and Co.
Tih-lane, Manchester, Oct. 26, 1854.

„„MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, with
all improvements under their new patents of 1851, 1854, and
"3.), including their lmpre,Anable Powder-proof Lock (without
,I!hicli no safe in the hands of the public is secure), the strongest,
!jeat, and cheapest safeguard Against Fire, Robbery, or Violence
itl the world.
_l4doer's Phoenix Safe Works, Windsor, Liverpool, the most
„__ettltive in the world; Showrooms, 6 and 8. Lord-street, Liver-
i London Depot, 47A, Moorgate-street, City.