The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

NEW PUBLIO LIBRARY AND /411SEUM.

TT having been notified to the Committee of the
1 Cour eil appointed to make the necessary arrangemepts,
on the occasion of Laying the Foundation Stone of the new Public
Library and. Museum, by Wm. BroWn Esq., M.P., that several
Societies are desirous of presenting Addresses to Mr. Brown on
that occasion. All such Societies desirous of presenting Addresses,
are requested to notify their intention to the Town Clerk. not later
than 1. welve o'clock TB/ DAY, the 11th instant, in order
that the Committee may make the necessary a-rangements, and n
Addre.si can be presented of which such notification has not been
given at that time.

By oraer of the Committee,
WILLIAM BRUTTLEWORTH, Town Clerk.
Tt.wri Nati, 9 h April,lBs7-

NEW FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.
TN order to celebrate the Laying of the Founda-
tion Stone of this edifice, a PUBLIC BANQUET will
be prepared in St. George's Ball, at Two o'cl7ck p.m., on WED-
NICODAY, the 15th of April. •
His Worship the Mayor Will occupy the Chair; and Wm. Brown,
Esq.. the Earl of Burlington, tiv Lord Bishop of Chester, Lord
Stanley, Sir John Pakington, and other distinguished guests, have
signified their intention to be present.

COMMITTER OF MANAGEMCNT.
EDWARD IIEA.TII, Esq, Chairman.
Thomas Avisoi, Ecq. Joseph Kitchen, Esq
James Aikin, Esti , Harold Littledale, Esq
John Aikin, Esq J G Livingstone, Esq
George Arkle, Esq Walter F. MacGregor, Esq
William Bennett, Esq James Macrae, Esq
Joseph Fonit, Esq J It Al'Ouffi4 E-q
Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown I James Mellor, Esq
Christopher BUshell, Esq Gilbert W Moss, Esq
F A Clint. Esq Thomas Edwards Moss, Esq
Thomas Dismore, Esq Rev: James Nugent
William Earle, EN J A Picton, Esq
S It Graves, Esq , William Preston, Esq
Hilton Halhead, Esq William Rathbone, Esq
Charlton R Hall, Eaq Fey Thos Baffles, DV, LL D
F. A. Hamilton, Esq C E Rawlins, j.n, Esq
T L Hudson, Esq Thos Robertson, Esq
Samuel Holme, Eaq Alexander Shand, Esq
George Holt, Esq J B Spence, Esq
George H Horsfall, EN Janies St eains, Esq
Rev J S Howson, M.A. A. C Stewart, Esq 4
Was Ihne, Esq, Ph.D. 3 J Stitt, Eeq
Thomas Inman, Esq, M.D. John Torr, F. q
J R Jeffery, Esq Charles Turner, Esq
CHARLES MOZLEY, Esq., Treasurer.
Tickets 15s each, including wine, will be issued on and after
To-morrow (Wednesday), the 13th of April, at One o'clock, et
Messrs. Webb and Hunt's, Castle-scree', wh(!re:a plan of the ball and
tables may be seen, and seats be secured.
—. . . ....

Tickets-will be issued to Ladies only—for the East Gallery, 0i,70-
siie the platform-table, 5s each ; for the West Gallery, 2s 6d.
JOHN WEIGHTMAN, }Secretaries.
A. HUME, D,C L.,
Town Hall, 30th March, 1857.

TIIVERPOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
I LITERARY INSTITUTE.

MR. J. GADSBY,
Author of " Wanderings in the East," who has recently returned
from his Fourth Tour in Egypt, &c., will deliver his highly
interesting and instructive
COURSE-OF LECTURES
ON

"EGYPT AND THE BIBLE,"
IN THE LECTURE ROOM OF THE

LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE, io6i- STREET,

MONDAY Evening, APRIL 20th, at Half-past Seven

.1. C. EWART, ESQ., M.P., in the Chair.
TUESDAY Evening, APRIL 21st, at Half-past Seven,
Rev. T. RAFFLES, D D., L.L D., in the Chair.
WEDNESDAY Evening, APRIL 22, at Ha!f•past Seven,
C. ROBERTSON, ESQ.. in the Chair,
ALSO, ON
SATURDAY Afternoon, APRIL 18th,
One especially prepared for Sunday Scholars. Chair to be taken

by J. J. STITT, Esq., at Three o'clock,
The course of these Lectures will be illustrated by upwards oi
twenty persons, who will be dreesed in. Eastern costume, (includkg
Turks and Egyptians, male and female, the Bedouins of the Desert,
&c.,) and the garments, ornaments, &c., exp:uined as they bear
relation to the Bible.

The Lectures will also be enlive,ieci by a Variety o f anecdotes and
recitals, and the exhibition of a number of warlike arms, implements,
palm fabrics, fragments of rnnmmies. bottles, sandals, potsherds,
gods, tablets, lattices, sackcloth, agricultural productions, Pharaonic
and other Egyptian bricks, and many other curiosities, ancient and
modern illustrating the manners and customs of the Oriental., and
throwing light on some seemingly ambiguous passages of the
Sacred Word.

Practical Illustrations will also be given of the Duties of the
Oriental Slave; the Easterns Bowing to the Earth; on the
Neck ; the Bastlnado ; Sitting iu Presence of a Superior; Taking up
tbe 15.4 ; et. atm at mosis i waehing before Ealing; Pouring Water ;
Grinding Corn—th, Upper and Nether Millstones; Filling tie
Bosom; Waiting at the Threshold; Whirling and Howling Der.
vishes, &c., Ste.; affording amusement as well as instruction.

Everything Sectarian is strictly excluded.
Tickets may be obtained at Messrs. Smyth, Bold street, and Berry
street; Mr A. Reid, hanelagh street; and Mr. Gabriel Thompson.
London-road.

Admission—Reserved Seats, 1.., Unreserved Seats, 6d. each Lec-
ture ; or 2s. for the-Course Children under fifteen, Ha :f-price.
Members of the Sunday School and Literary Institute and
Live, pool Institute admitted Free. Checks to be obtained from the
Secretaries.

JAMES PERKINS, Secretary,

March 26, 1857.

übllalon.

"Ay, Sir, these Books are del:chtfu! —divine."
Nocles Ambrosia: ze, Vol. 3.
Ready TILTS DAY, Part XXI., 1857, of a
CATALOGUE of Useful, Entertaining, and
Curious Books, both Second Hand and New, Ancient
and Modern, on Sale, at Extremely Low Prices, by Henry Young,
12, South Castle-street, Liverpool.
This Catalogue may be had (gratis) on application, and will be
found well worthy the attenton of book collectors and others.

' Ready THIS DAY, Crown Bvo., Price 5s , Cloth.
DR. LIVINGSTON: his LIFE and ADVEN-
TURES in the INTERIOR of SOUTH AFRICA.
By H. G. ADAMS. With Portrait, gap, and Sixty Illustrations, by
Sargent, Harvey, 'Thomas, Wood, &e. London Houlston sad
Wright, 65. Paternoster-row, and all Booksellers.