The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
LECTURES.

TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 4th of September
instant, at Half-past Seven o'clock in the Evening,
J. P. NICHOL, LL.D., Professor of Practical Astronomy
in the University of Glasgow, and Author of the " Architec-
ture of the Heavens," 4c., will commence a Course of
Twelve Lectures on TH$ HARMONY AND ORDER
_OF CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. To be continued; at
the same hour, on the Evenings of every succeeding SATUR-
DAY and WEDNESDAY, till completed.
Arrangements have been made for the delivery of the fol-
lowing Courses, viz. :
Four Lectures on ELOCUTION and ORATORY, by the
Rev. B. T. STANNUS, of Sheffield.
Eight Lectures on VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY,sby W.
B. CARPENTER, Esq. M.D. F.R.C.S.L. and Lecturer on
Medical Jurisprudence, Bristol, &c.
Six Lectures on, the EARLY ENGLISH OPERA, by
EDWARD TAYLOR, Esq. Gresham Professor of Music,

London.
A Contribution of Ten Guineas or upwards to the
" Building Fund" constitutes the Contributor a Life Mem-
ber of the Institution.

Annual Subscription, One Guinea ; Ladies, Half a Guinea ;
commencing from the date of payment. Apprentices, or Sons
of Members, ss. per annum. Non-Subscribers, is. each
Lecture.

SCHOOLS.—The various Schools attached to the Mecha-
nics' Institution Re-opened on MONDAY, the 29th July last.
HIGH SCHOOL.—Terms for the Sons of Members—Ten
Guineas per Annum, payable Quarterly in advance, with an
extra payment of 4s. per Quarter, for use of Books, &c.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.—Six Guineas per Annum,
payable Quarterly in advance, with an extra payment of 4s.
per Quarter, for use of Books, &c.
LOWER DAY SCHOOL.—For Sons of Members, .£1 15s.
per Annum ; if paid Quarterly, 12s. 6d. per Quarter, in ad-
vance. For others, £2 ss. per Annum, if paid Quarterly, 15s.
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An EVENING CLASS for instruction in VOCAL
MUSIC will be formed as soon as the necessary arrange-.
merits can be made. Those who wish to join this Class are,
meanwhile, requested to give in their names to the Secretary.
FRENCH.—Au EVENING CLASS for BEGINNERS

has just been formed under Mons. SULIOT. This Class
meets on the Evenings of MONDAY and FRIDAY, from
Seven to Nine. Terms to Member i 10s. 6d. per annum.
CLASSICS.—An EVENING &ASS has been opened
for Instruction in CLASSICS, under tbe'superintendence of
Mr. JAMES PEACE, A.M., T.C.D. This Class wilt meet on
the Evenings of TUESDAY and THURSDAY, at Seven o'clock.
Terms to Members, Ios. 43d. per annum.
GERMAN.—A CLASS for Instruction in GERMAN
meets every TUESDAY and FRIDAY Evening, from Seven to
Nine. Terms to Members, One Guinea per annum, instead
of Two Guineas, as formerly.
WANTED, a Young Person, who has had some experi-
ence in Tuition, and who is qualified to act as ASSISTANT
TEACHER in the PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
of the LOWER DAY-SCHOOL. He will be required to teach
Reading, Spelling, Lessons on Objects, and the Elements of
Geography, Arithmetic, and History. Salary, £4O per
annum. Applications, accompanied by TestimoniaN; must
be sent in (post-paid), addressed to the SECRETARY, before
MONDAY, the 9th September.
WANTED, also, a Young Person, as SUB-LIBRA-
RIAN. He will be required to attend from Eight in thy;
Morning till Nine at Night. One who has some knowledgg
of Books, and who writes a good Hand, will be preferred:
Salary, £.lO per annum. Applications, accompanied I:4)
Testimonials, must be sent in (post-paid) before MoNnAit;
the_9th September, addressed to
W. B. HODGSON, Secretary.

kUSTRALIA,, VAN DIEMAN'S LAND, OA INDIA.
GENTLEMbN, LADIES, or FAMILIES proceeding
to any of the above-mentioned Places, or OTHER
PARTS OP THE WORLD, may be promptly accommo-
dated with EVERY DESCRIPTION OF CLOTHING
required for the Voyage, and for use in the Country on
arrival.

Prepared BEDDING, BLANKETS, SHEETS, COUN
TERPANES, COTS, and HAMMOCKS.

Ladies' and Gentlemen's LISTS OF OUTFITS, with
Quantity and Prices attached, calculated for any part of the
World, by applying at the
CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENT,
GENERAL OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES,
65 AND 66, LORD-STREET.

TREASURE MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD.
DR ROBERTS' CELEBRATED MEDICINES.
THAT excellent Ointment, called the POOR MAN'S
FRIEND, which is confidently recommended to the
public as an unfailing remedy for wounds of every descrip-
tion, and a certain cure for ulcerated Sore Legs, if of twenty
years' standing ; cuts, burns, scalds, brubses,
ulcers, scorbutic eruptions, pimples in thefface, weak and
inflamed eyes, piles and fistula, gangrene; and is a specific
for those eruptions that sometimes follow:vaccination.
Sold in pots at 13-id. and 2s. 9d.
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Also, his PILULig ANTISdROPHULX confirmed by
more than forty years' successful experience as an invaluable
remedy for that distressing complaint called scrofula, glan-
dular swellings, particularly those of the neck, &c. They
destroy all sharpness and acrid salts, open the obstructed
pores, expel all superfluous humours on the skin, and pre-
sent one of the best alteratives ever compounded for puri-
fying the blood, and assisting nature in all her operations.
They are efficacious also in rheumatism, and form a mild and
superior family aperient, that may be taken at all times
without confinement or change of diet. Sold in boxes at
134 d. and 2s. 9d.
By the late Dr. Roberts' will, Messrs. Beach and Barni-
cott (who have been confidentially entrusted with the prepa-
ration of this medicine for many years past) arc left joint
proprietors of the " Poor Man's Friend," and " Pilulae
Antiscorphulre," &c, with the exclusive right, power, and
authority to prepare the same.
Sold wholesale by the Proprietors, Beach and Barnicott,
at their Dispensary, Bridport ; by the London houses ; and
retail by all respectable Medicine Venders in the United
Kingdom.
OBSERVE.—No medicine sold under the above flames can
possibly be genuine unless " Beach and Barulcott, late Dr.
Roberts, Bridport," is engraved and printed oil the stamp
affixed to each package ; each pot of the Ointment has
" Poor Man's Friend, prepared only by Beach and Barni-
cott, successors to Dr. Roberts, Bridport," (burnt in) and
each box of the Pills has on the label an impression of Her-
cules killing the Hydra, with Dr. Roberts' Alterative Pills
for Scorbutic Complaints, prepared by Beach and Barnicott,
Bridport, and each direction signed with fac-siinilies of the'
late Doctor Roberts's and the present Proprietors' hand-
' writing'