The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-23 00:00:00

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AT W. B. PROMOLI'S,
24, Church-street--:--and Old Post-office,
HAS JUST ARRIVED, a most novel and splendid as-
sortment of CLOCKS, in Or-mole, China, Alabaster,
Marble, Artistique, and Florentine Bronze, in-laid Tortoise-
shell, Ebony, and Rosewood ; Modern, Antique, & Gothic,
with 15-day movements, striking the hours and half-hours,
at from £3 Ws. to £lOO.
ELEGANT VASES, GOBLETS, AND FLOWER-
STANDS, IN BOHEMIAN GLASS, and all kinds of
CHIMNEY and CONSOLE ORNAMENTS, correspond-
ing with the above Clocks, in the greatest variety, and at all
prices.

Every Clock or Timepiece bearing the name of W. B.
Promoli, is warranted of the best quality, and will be
wound and regulated for 12 nzonths from the date of pur-
chase, free of charge, if within
five miles of Liverpool, and
exceeding XlO in value.

W. B. Promoli begs leave to solicit the attention of his
patrons to his continually-changing Stock of LONDON and
HOME-MANUFACTURED JEWELLERY (warranted
of the best Gold), of the latest fashion and in the first style,
in CHAINS, NECKLACES, BRACELETS, RINGS,
EAR-RINGS, BROOCHES, BUCKLES, PINS, STUDS,
and other Ornamental Articles, too numerous to particu-
larize.
BEST ENGLISH AND GENEVA-

LEVER AND CYLINDER WATCHES, IN GOLD

AND SILVER.

CABINET GOODS of all descriptions, manufactured in
his well-known Establishment.
ROMAN and PARISIAN BRONZES, the production
and exclusive copyright of the most celebrated Artists, ela-
borately executed, of which the reputation as works of Art
is only equalled by their estimation in the most fashionable
circles.

RODGERS AND SONS' FANCY AND TABLE
CUTLERY.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH PERFUMERY, AND

GENUINE EAU DE COLOGNE.
CHANDELIERS and LAMPS, (with Miller's Palen(
Wicked in GLASS, CHINA, BRONZE, and OR-MOLL",
fixed free of all extra expense.

Thousands of new, useful, and fancy Articles, increasing
daily, may be met with in this unique and, in Europe, unri-
valled Maga:in, whether for the immense variety, superior
quality, or moderate prices, and where, for the purpose of
comparison, EACH ARTICLE IS MARKED IN PLAIN
FIGURES, from which prices no deduction is made nor
credit given. Strangers and Visitors are respectfully invited
to inspect this incomparable Establishment and Manufactory.
The greatest attention will be paid to them, without it being
considered obligatory to make purchases,
AT W. B. PROMOLI'S,
24, Church-street and Old Post-office.
N.B. Every purchase exceeding £lOO, consisting of arti-
cles which, from their fragility or delicacy, may be endan-
gered by unskilful management in unpacking, &c., will be
conveyed without charge, if to places within 100 miles of
Liverpool, and accessible by Railway or Steam conveyance,
and will be accompanied by a person employed for that pur-
pose, who will unpack and arrange them as shall be required.
Liberal terms to Merchants, Exporters, and Wholesale
Dealers, and every information relative thereto, are offered
as heretofore, by W. B. PROMOLI.

WARRINGTON DISPENSARY BALL.
THE ANNUAL BALL for the benefit of the Dispensary
will take place on TIIURSDAY, the 7th January next.
Warrington, October 17, 1840.

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF A COMMITTEE
OF GENTLEMEN.

THE SECOND FANCY DRESS BALL of the Winter
Series will be held at the TEMPLAR'S HALL, Great
George-street, on. MONDAY, 23D NOVEMBER, 1840.
In compliance with numerous requests, the Committee
have issued a few PLAIN DRESS TICKETS for the accommo-
dation of part'es who prefer paying on extra subscription to
appearing in Fancy Dress.
No masks allowed. The number of tickets is limited, and
no money will be received at the doors.
Fancy Dress Tickets, Single 55., Double 7s. 6d. ; Plain
Dress Tickets, Single 7s. 6d., Double 10s. 6d. (Refreshments
included) ; may be had at the STANDARD and MERCURY
Offices, and at the principal Music Shops.
DANCING TO COMMENCE AT NINE O'CLOGt:

9.1.0 Jubtfrattons.

THOMAS MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS.
FIRST • COMPLETE AND UNIFORM EDITION,
EDITED BY MR. MOORE.
This day, in foolscap Bvo, with Portrait and Vignette Title,
price 55., in fancy cloth, lettered, Vol. I. of
THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOS. MOORE, Esq.,
Collected and Edited by HIMSELF, with Nevi Notes,
&c. &c. To be completed in Ten Monthly Volumes.
London : LONGMAN, ORME, and Co.

Just published, price Sixpence,
THE FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT of the LIVERPOOL
PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION ;

CONTAINING
The whole of the ADMIRABLE SPEECHES
OF

The Rev. R. J. M'GHEE, Rev. H. STOWELL, and Rev.
HUGH M'NEILE,
Delivered at the MEETING of the ASSOCIATION, held in the
Amphitheatre on Thursday, the Bth October, 1840.
May be had at Mr. CRISP s, Church-street, or at the
STANDARD OFFICE.

NEW NOVEL.
Just ready, in Three Vols., Post Sao,
IRISH. LIFE, in the CASTLE, the COURTS, and the
COUNTRY.

London : How and Parsons, 132, Fleet-street.

In Two Vols. Post Bro, price One Guinea,
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SOCIETY,
IN THE BARBAROUS AND CIVILIZED STATE;
AN ESSAY
TOWARDS DISCOVERING TUE ORIGIN AND COURSE OF

HUMAN IMPROVEMENT.
BY W.t COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D., M.R.A . S.
Of Trinity College, Dublin.
This Work was suggested to the Author by the Archbishop
of Dublin, and it has had throughout the benefit of his Grace's
assistance and superintendence.
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

In Super Royal Svo, on the Ist of November,
PART 1., PRICE 2s. 6d.,
To be continued in Monthly Parts, each to contain Two En-
gravings of Scenery, upon steel, a Map of a County or
District, carefully revised, and collated with the Ordnance

Maps, and about 15 beautifully executed Engravings on
Wood,
IRELAND,- its SCENERY, CHARACTER, &c., &c.
BY MR. AND MRS. S. C. HALL.

The reader will be presented with the general results of
five several Tours, made by the Authors together in Ireland
since the year 1825 (the latest of which took place during the
autumn of the present year), and of a still earlier acquaint-
ance with the country and the character of its people. They
have laboured with zeal and industry to obtain such topogra-
phical and statistical information as may be useful to those
who visit Ireland, or who desire the means of judging cor-
rectly as to its capabilities and condition ; and it will be their
duty to associate with more important details such legends,
traditions, incidents, descriptions, and personal sketches, as
may excite interest in those who might be deterred from the
perusal of mere facts, if communicated in a less popular form.
THE ENGRAVINGS

will be sufficiently numerous to give every object—from the
most important to the most insignificant—that must be con-
sidered and treated as peculiarly Irish.
THE TOWERS, THE CASTLES, AND THE REMAINS
OF MONASTIC EDIFICES,
will be described by the pencil, in the page that relates the
more remarkable events in their several histories, and con-
trasts their present ruins with their former greatness.
THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE IRISH
will also afford ample scope from which to draw both enter-
tainment and information. The Baal-fire Meetings on Mid-
summer Eve ; the Patrons ; the Courtships ; the Weddings;
the Christenings ; the Wakes ; the Pilgrimages to Holy
Wells ; the Sports on All- Hallow Eve, and the Observances
of Christmas ; the peculiar Dances and the Music of the Pea-
santry ; the Musical Instruments, ancient and modern ; the
the Faction Fights (now, happily, but shadows of what they
were) ; and many other National Points, Usages, and Cere-
monies, will supply material for the pencil of the Artist, as
well as the pen of the Writer.
THE LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF IRELAND
are full of interest, and its Superstitions are rich in Romance.
It is, indeed, rare to pass a single mile without encountering
an object to which some marvellous fiction is attached.
Every lake, mountain, ruin of church or castle, rath and bo-
reen, has its legendary tale ; the Fairies people every wild
spot ; the Banshee is the follower of every old family ; Phoo-
kas and Clurikaunes are, if not to be seen, to be heard of, in
every solitary glen. These stories the Authors will collect,
and not as gleaners merely, for the harvest, notwithstanding
that so many labourers have been in the field, is, even now,
but partially gathered in. For this department of the work,
too, the services of the Artist will be put into requisition.
In fact, the Engravings will describe every object, peculiar
to Ireland, that may serve to illustrate and explain the course
through which the traveller passes, and' may be better under-
stood by being pictured to the eye as well as the ear. The
co-operation of many distinguished Artists has already been
obtained. _ __

London : How and Parsons, ]32, Fleet-street.
Sold by W. Curry, jun. and Co., Dublin, and by every Book-
seller in the Kingdom.- . t'

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