Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-28 00:00:00

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\ )OUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
LECTURES.---Orr TUESDAY NEXT, theßev. OCTAVIUS
INSLOW, D.D., will LECTURE in Hope Hall, on /oCrom-
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welL and h's Age : A Study." . .
Chair to be taken at Half-past Seven o'clock, by the Rev.
W. M. Balloon, M.A.
Admission 6d. and 3d.

pEQPLE'S LECTUBES,
CONCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.

COMMITTEE.
The Worshipful the MAYOR, Chairman.
Mr. George Melly, Treasurer, I Mr. H. A. Bright,
Ald. Wm. Preston, Ex-Mayor, Mr. James P. Campbell,
Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr, L. Simpson (Mersey
Mr. Nathaniel Caine, Docks Institute.)
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Mr. James Samuelson, Honorary Secretary.

Dr. LANKESTER, M.D., F.R.S., Superintendent of the
Animal Product and Food Department at the South Kensington
Museum, will deliver a- COURSE of SIX POPULAR LEC-
TURES, in December next; on FOOD.
Lecture I.—Friday, December 2.
Mayor in the Chair. Subject : Water,
Lecture H.—Monday, December 5. Mr. James P. Campbell
in the Chair. Subject : Starch and Sugar.
Lecture lll.—Wednesday, December 7. Mr. Joseph Hub-
back in the Chair. Subject : Wheat and other Grains.

The Worshipful the

Lecture IV.—Friday, December 9. Mr. Nathaniel Caine if:
the Chair. Subject : Wines, Spirits, and Beers.
Lecture V.—Tuesday, December 13. Mr. Alderman Preston,
(Ex-Mayor) in the Chair. Subject: Tea, Coffee, and Cho-
colate.

Lecture Vl.—Thursday, December 15. - Mr. L. Simpson
(Mersey Docks Institute) in the Chair. Subject : Tobacco and
Opium.

The Lectures will be illustrated by Diagrams; and after
those on Sugar, Wheat, Tea, and Tobacco, Mr. T. A. Bushby,
Mr. Hubback, Mr. J. Steains, and Mr. E. Samuelson will add
some practical remarks on the respective subjects.
The Chair will be taken on each occasion at 7.30 p.m. pre-
cisely.
Prices of Admission :—For the Course, Is. ' • Reserved Seats,
2s. 6d. Single Lecture, 4d; Reserved Seats, Is.
• Tickets and Prospectuses may be had of Mr. J. Calderwood,
Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street ; of Messrs. Willmer and
Smith, and Adam Holden, Church-street; Mr. Wahnsley,
Lord-street; Messrs. Webb and Hunt, and Courier Office,
Castle-street; Mr. Charles Brewer (Young Men's. Christian
Association), Renshaw-street; Mr. J. Gregory Jones, Colle-
giate Institution ; Mr. Thomas, Bookseller, 200, Scotland-road;
Mr. Cowan, or Mr. Hignett, Albert Dock ; or of the Honorary
Secretary,
Mr. JAMES SAMUELSON, 18, Dale-street. dl

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