The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-23 00:00:00

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS,

"This system of Short-band will be found one of the most
complete that has ever been issued from the press—indeed,
we may say the most complete. Utility and simplicity are
the main objects which the author has kept in view. A per-
fect mastery of the instructions whieb Mr. Foster has given,
will enable any one to take down terbatim, the words of the
most rapid speaker. Nor is this the only advantage which
will accrue from an acquaintance w►th this system, the faci-
lity with which the notes may be afterwards read is a consi-
deration of very great importance. The alphabetical cha-
racters have the recommendation of extreme simplicity.
The signs for combination of letters, and the arbitraries, or
marks for words, will be found highly conducive to expedi-
tion in writing. In this department the author has been
eminently successful. To Ladies or Gentlemen who may
wish to master the useful art of stenography, we can cordi-
ally recommend this work, by which a student of ordinary
ability, especially if a quick writer, may be enabled in a very
short time to take down literal reports of sermons and speeches.
We may add, that the professional short-hand writer may
also derive much instruction from this compendium.—Liver-
pool Standard.
" This is au exceedingly clever, instructive, and well writ-
ten production. Generally speaking, works on stenography
ore not sufficiently entertaining and attractive to obtain nu-
merous readers; but we will do Mr. Foster the justice to say,
that he has thrown much that is highly-interesting in his
" plain instructions," and has very happily blended the enter-
taining with the useful. Our author's principal object ap-
pears to be to instruct the uninitiated; but we think his work
will prove valuable 41 many respects even to those whose
profession it is to practise the art. Of course his system most,
in a great measure, partake of those previously in existence,
but us regards the distiuctness and decision of his vowel cha-
racters, it is superior to any we have seen. His examples
and illustrations are also exceedingly good, and the various
lessons are given with a plainness and perspicuity which
must greatly facilitate the leainer's progress. In short, to
all who are anxious to obtain a speedy and accurate know-
ledge of the art of stenography, we earnestly recommend the
work."—Manchester Courier.
" We are of opinion that the last essay on stenography
must almost of necessity be the best, and that the person most
qualified to treat of it is a practical reporter. Mr. Foster's
enthusiastic admiration of the art, has, we think, led him a
little too far; but it by no means detracts front the value of
information derived from his own personal observation and
experience as a reporter, which is now offered to the public
in a cheap and accessible form."—Liverpool Mercury.
" We can with confidence pronounce Mr. Foster's system
a good one. Constant practice is absolutely necessary for
any one who wishes to be a first-rate short-hand writer, either
on this or on any other system; but we believe that a
thoroughly practised writer of short-hand would find it easier
to follow a rapid speaker with this than with any other system.
It also possesses the very great advantage ca being easily
readable when written."— Liverpool Times.
"Front a hasty glance through the pages, we pronounce it
excellent."—Lancashire Herald.
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" Mr. Foster we know has had much practical experience
in the art, and it is practical experience alone that can
enable au individual to form a correct :udgment.of any par-
ticular system. Mr. Poste; has, it appears, tried three seve-
ral systems, and has fixe!.l upon that which he deems the best.
On this he has made such improvements as, in the course
of his practice, seemed best calculated to secure facility.
With his judgment matured by constant consideration of
the subject, he tells us that. the system which he has now
_presented to the public possesses many advantages over
those most in use, with which he is acquainted.—Liverpout
tbion.

LAMPS, GAS CHANDELIERS, LUSTRES, PAPIER
MACHE TRAYS, AND CHIMNEY ORNAMENTS.
-11 MIN HUNT begs respectfully to inform the Nobility,
CP Gentry, and the Public generally, that he has RE-
MOVED from No. 74, to the Premises lately occupied by
Mr. F. BURY, No. 92, BOLD-STREET, (12 Doors from Col-
quit-street,) where he solicits attention to a most Extensive
Assortment of GAS LAMPS. CHANDELIERS, and
FITTINGS of every description, In ghly-improved OIL
LAMPS, in Ormolu and Bronze, 04ant LUSTRES, hand-
some BRONZE INKSTANDS, Xlll of which, from expe-
rience acquired by strict application for a series of years,
he has been enabled to select of such quality, and at prices
so low, as cannot fail to give satisfaction. In Gas Lamps,
Chandeliers, and Fittings, J. 11. has adopted all those Mo-
dern Improvements which have tended so much to increase
the usefulness of that brilliant mode of lighting. The in-
structions given to Parties, who May employ the Advertiser,
(and which can only be given by a person who has a thorough
knowledge of the Mechanical branch,) will enable them to use
both Oil and Gas Lamps without detriment to the most deli-
cate Furniture.
J. H. has also selected from one of the first Manufacturers
in the OK ipgdona a very elegant assortment of PAPIER-
MACIiE TRAYS and ORNAMENTS, of various descrip-
tions.
A most superb assortment of ALABASTER ORNA-
MENTS, in Figures, Groups, and Vases, all of which are
recently imported, and are marked at extremely low inlets,
for cash.

LAMPS Let on Hire.
OLD LAM PS restored equal in appearance to New ones,
OIL CHANDELIERS Altered to burn Gas, ur Ex.
Changed. .

LAMP GLASSES, in great variety, constantly on Sale.
Genuine SPERM OIL.
J. H. takes this opportunity of returning his grateful ac-
knowledgments for the liberal support he has received
hiiherio, and assures Purchasers that every Article sent out
will undergo the strictest personal examination to ensure
eatisfultion,

ESSRS. PERRY and Co., SURGEONS, may be
..#.ll personally consulted from Nine in the Morning till
Ten at Night, and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at
No. SLATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
(private entrance first door up the passage ;)
No. 2, Bale-street, Lower Mosley-street, near to St. Peter's
Church, Manchester, and No. 4, Great Charles-street, Bir-
mingham: of whom may be had (gratis) with each box of
pills their Treatise on Venereal Disease, Gonorrhma, Gleets,
and Stricture, including Practical Observations on Seminal
Weakness, arising from early abuses, so that all persons can
obtain an immediate Cure, with ease, secrecy, and safety.
It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall sfctims to the
Venereal Disease owing to the unskilfulne of illiterate
men, who, by the use of that deadly poison Mercury, ruin
the constitution, and cause ulcerations, w. blotches on the
head, face, and body, dimness in the sight nice in the ears,
deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin hones, till
at length a general debility and decay of the constitution
ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dread-
ful sufferinos.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s.
9d. and Ifs. per box, .a certain, safe, and the most speedy re-
medy ever discovered for the permanent and effectual cure of
venereal diseases, gonorrhoea, gleets, strictures,. semina-
. weakness, in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel,
lum-
bago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or urethra, and
other diseases of the urinary passages,•frequently performing
a perfect core in the short space of three days, by one small
pill for a dose, with ease, secresy, and safety. The certainty
with which they are continually administered can be attested
by many thousands. Tne Specific Pills root out every parti-
cle of insidious poison, purifying in their progress the whole
mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but reno-
vate by their action the different functions of the body, ex-
pelling the grosser humours. and in a manner so mild and
imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their asto-
nishing and unequalled powers. They neither contain mer-
cury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the
slightest suspicion of discovery. They require no restraint of
diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business. but effect a coin
plete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any
period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well
to have recourse to the Specific Pills, for when taken before
the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain pre-
ventative, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly.
Messrs. PERRY, Surgeons, continue to direct their stu-
dies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and
indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only
occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail
on its votaries all the enervating i,nbecilities of old age, but
weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of
imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aver-
sion for all pleasures. In that distreAiog state of debility or
deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, exces-
sive drinking, or any other cause, by which -the powers of
the constitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and
speedy restorati n to sound and vigorous health.
PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known for
the certain and effectual remedy of secondary symptoms,
venereal eruptions, pains in the. hones, ulcerated sore throat,
diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofuta. scw-bor, nest
glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturnal
pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and nil
diseases arising from an impure state of the blood.
22, SLATBR-STII EV,T, VlinirOOL,

CHURCH-STREET,
(oppostrE THE LIVER THEATRE,)
ESPECTFULLY announces that he has just received
.LL a handsome assortment of the newly-invented
PATENT SOLAR LAMPS, which combine the advan-
tages of brilliancy of Light with simplicity of construction
and economy ;
PATENT CANDLE LAMPS in giyat variety, and PA-
TENT CANDLES which require no/miffing, and give the
light 01 two ordinary moulds, direct from the Patentees,
I'ALM ER and Co., London; Is'
RODGERS and SON'S superior CUTLERY, and best
SHEFFIELD PLATED GOODS; Warranted PATENT
WATER FILTERS, from HENRY and-Co., London;
DR. AR Norr's Improved STOVES.
N. lAN tenders his sincere thanks to his numerous
Friends and the Public for their kind preference to his Esta-
blishment, to merit which be will continue to devote his best
attenticn to the careful selection of Goods of the best quality
only, and to offer them on the most moderate terms.