The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-26 00:00:00

LECTURES.

The PUBLIC LECTURES will commence on WED-
NESDAY Evening, 7th August with a Course of Eight
Lectures on the " ORIGIN and DEVELOPMENT of the
EUROPEAN NOTION of CIVIL GOVERNMENT,"
by WM. WEIR, Esq., Advocate.
Arrangements have been made for the delivery of the fol-
lowing LECTURES, viz. :
Twelve Lectures on The ORDER and HARMONY of
the CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, by J. P. NicitoL,
LL.D. Professor of Practical Astronomy in the Univer-
sity of Glasgow, and Author of the " Architecture of the
Heavens," &c.
Four Lectures on ELOCUTION and ORATORY, by the
Rev. B. T. STANNUS, of Sheffield.
Eight Lectures on VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, by 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.

CLASSICS.—An EVENING CLASS will be opened
immediately for Instruction in CLASSICS, under the super-
intendence of Mr. JAMES PEACE, A.M., T.C.D. This Class
will meet twice a week. Terms 10s. 6d. per annum.
An EVENING CLASS for instruction in VOCAL
MUSIC will be formed as soon as the necessary arrange-
ments can be made. Those who wish to join this Class are,
meanwhile, requested to give in their names to the Secretary.

WANTED, an ASSISTANT TEACHERof WRITING,
in the High and Evening Schools. He will be required to
enter immediately on his office, and to devote his whole
time to the discharge of his duties. A Salary of £BO per
annum will be given. Testimonials as to character, abilities,
and experience in Tuition, must be sent in before MONDAY
the 29th instant (post paid), addressed to
W. B. HODGSON, Secretary.

Mr. Bowes and Sir Sandford Graham, it is said, are de-
clining the turf.
There are to be no Taunton Races this year. The reason
as stated by the Taunton Courier is the unfair manner in
which the Races have been decided on former occasions.
CHESTER RACES, 1840.—Lord Eglinton has accepted the
office of Steward for the ensuing races at Chester ; J. Smith
Barry, Esq. was appointed the other steward at the last races.
Chester Gazette,
SOUTHAMPTON RACES, which were originally fixed for Sep-
tember sth and 6th, have since been announced to take place
ou the 29th and 30th August, to prevent their interfering with,
the shooting season.
Mrs Batty was nearly killed at the Cork circus on Monday
night by the horse falling, which she was riding in the circle.
We understand that Lord Kenyon is to preside at the next
general Meeting of the North Wales district of the True Ivor-
ites. The Meeting is to be held at Wrexham, on the 22nd
and 23rd of August next.—North Wales Chronicle.
MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS. When Madame Vestris
performed the other evening at Birmingham, she was encored
in one of her favourite songs, and. after a good deal of soli-
citittion, came forward again with her guitar about her neck.
Whilst affecting to prelude, amid a mingled noise of cheers
and hisses, one of the deities in the gallery called out, "
sake ! dunna keep us here all night in this way !" The
affronted lady immediately shouldered her guitar, tossed up
her head, and curtseying to the boxes, darted an indignant
and scornful glance at the gallery, whilst she walked majes-
tically off the stage. She subsequently refused to fulfil an
engagement at Lichfield, through indignation at this inter-
ruption.—Staffordtkire Gazette.

EXTENSIVE
CARPET AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,
HANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

THOMAS BRANCH

RESPECTFULLY announces, that he has CONSTANTLY ON
SALE,
At the HANOVER ROOMS,

A. particularly extensive and valuable Stock of Elegant and
Fashionable

CABINET FURNITURE,
Of every description, manufactured in the first style of ex-
cellence, from the hest Materials,

INCLUDING
DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, of Real and Imitation
Rosewood,
IN CIRCULAR AND OBLONG LOO,

Work, Flower, Card, Occasional, Writing, Sofa, and Fancy
Tables, What Nots, Chairs, Couches, Sofas, Tea Poys,
Cheffoniers, Canterburies, Fire Screens, &c.
MAHOGANY FURNITURE,
In Sliding-frame and other forms of Dining Tables, Pedestal
and Cellaret Sideboards, Single and Winged Bookcases,
Secretaires, Cheval and other Screens, Single and Double
Wardrobes, Ladies' Wardrobes, with brass rods and arms,
for Dresses, Trafalgar and Balloon-formed Chairs, Card,
Library, Loo, Invalid, Sofa, Snap, Pembroke, Ladies' Work
and Screen Tables, Running Side-tables, Couches, Sofas,
Children's Chairs, Cots, and Cribs, Chests of Drawers,
Night Commodes, Bidets, Hat Stands, Boot Racks,
Music Stands and Stools, Canterburies, Hall Chairs, Butler's
Trays, with Stands, Foot Stools, Cheffoniers, uartetto-
tables, Dressing-tables and Basin-stands, Rising Sideboard
Tables, Gentlemen's Library or Office Tables, Double and
Single Knife Boxes, &c.
RECUMBENT INVALID CHAIRS,
Elegant Lounging, Library, and Devotional CHAIRS,
FOLDING SOFA AND CHAIR BEDS,
JAPANNED, STAINED, AND FANCY CHAIRS,
In the greatest variety ;
Four-post, Cottage, Conopy, French, Dome, Camp, Nursery,
and Press BEDSTEADS, of every form,
In Mahogany, Birch, and Painted Woods ;
Feather BEDS, Hair, Flock, and Straw MATTRESSES,
PAINTED CHAMBER REQUISITES,
Of all descriptions,
In Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Toilet Tables, Basin-
..

stands, Towel Airers, eze.
Elegant CHIMNEY and DRESSING GLASSES,
A VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL

ITALIAN SCULPTURED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES
VASES, URNS, EWERS, &c.,
Also, a very diversified Stock of
BRUSSELS, DAMASK, VENETIAN, KIDDERMINSTER, and
JUTE CARPETING,
Embracing the most Modern Patterns, of excellent
Manufacture ;
TURKEY AND BRITISH HEARTH RUGS,
A great variety of beautiful PRINTED DRUGGETS,
In the newest and most admired taste ;
Crimson, Drab, Green, and Mixture DRUGGETS,
BLANKETS,
Figured FLOOR and LOBBY CLOTHS,
Of all dimensions, for cutting to fit Rooms, Halls, Lobbies,
Shops, and Ships' Cabins,
INDIA AND ENGLISH MATTING,
Black Hair Seatings, of all. Widths, Stc.

TO be SOLD, a CHARIOT, London-built, inexcellent
condition.
For particulars, and view apply teNessrs. EDWARDS and
CATTERALL, Coachmakers, Wigan ; if by letter, post-paid.