The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

After whiCh,,teelauchable Farce called
HE ETON BOY.
Received with shouts of laughter.
To conclude with a Nautical Drama, entitled
JACK'S THE LAD.
sjitCk spy, with a Sailor's Hornpipe Mr. Balls.
nObin Miss Louisa Foote Hay,
_ her:first appearance in character.

CONCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.
THE otiginal ETHIOPIAN MELODISTS and
NEW YORK SERENADERS,
LEVISON, RAINSDALE, SAUNDERLAND, LEE,
and HUTSFIELD, will give their inimitable
ENTERTAINMENTS,
TATS EVENING, (Tuesday), the 2181, TO-MORROW, (Wed-
nesday), the 22nd, and FRIDAY next, the 24th instant.
Illustrating, in Music and Song, the Sayings and Doings of the
Negro Population in the,Land of Brother Jonathan; concluding
the Entertainment with'a new Model of
STEAM-ENGINE PROPELIZATION ;

Or, ATMOSPHERIC GO A-HEAD.
Admission :—Body; 6d. ; Side Gallery, Is. ' • Reserved Seats,
2s. Doors openstt Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at
Eight o'clock. T. B. HILL, Director.

POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
OPEN DAILY FROM EIGHT IN THE MORNING
TILL DUSK.
O-MORROW EVENING, (Wednesday,) the 22d
instant, and on FRIDAY next, the 24th,
DAME ROSSINI'S DARING AND TERRIFIC ASCENT.

SIGNOR DIAVILO, THE FIRE DEMON'S
GRAND DESCENT.
ts CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY AND CAMERA OBSCURA.

THE GREAT MENAGERIE
contains man ,interesting specimens, including
The ELEPHANT7RAJAH," (the LARGEST in EUROPE,)
who win Promenade the Gardens with his Eastern Car.
Splendid BAND
". perform in the GREAT CUNCERT-HALL.
FEEDING of the CARNIVORA at Half-past Five.

VERSAILLES SPLENDIDLY ILLUMINATED.
GORGEOUS FIREWORKS and FINALE,
Rt o'ck.
Admission Oneat Shilling; C clohildren, Sixpence.
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'GROVES'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HOLY

LAND.
Now EXHIBITING to fashionable and delighted
their Assemblies, MORNING and EVENING, at
50, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
The
crowded and respectable audiences which nightly testify
approbation of this singular and extraordinary Exhibition,
Tender it unnecessary for the Proprietor to make any further
aPpeal in its behalf. At the game time, he cannot refrain from
expressing his sincere acktfowledgments for the unprecedented
lipprobation the performances have already received from the
uentry and I nhabitarits in general of Liverpool and its environs ;
and trusts the valqed entertainments selected for the ensuing
Week will ensuee him a continuance of their favours.
mal°rning Performance, commencing at Eleven, Twelve, One,
Two o'clock. Admission—Front Seats, Is. ; Back Seats,
; Children and Servants, Half Price.
Evening Performance, commencing at Six, Seven, Eight, an
,„.
4Z!ne o'clock. Admission—Front Seats, 6d. • Back Seats, 3d.
at__arding Schools admitted at Half 'Price.

LIVERPOOL ACADEMY, 1847.
HE EXHIBITION of the WORKS of MODERN
A TISTS is NOW Oyegrt-, he Rooms of the Academy,
1:1- p R
I,l„.ostolfice-plac -street. Open from Ten in the
zrzuntil Dusk.
'ander iT,.ance, On Shilling? Catalogues, Sixpence; Children.
'ears of age, Half Price. Season Tickets, Five Shillings.
-----"------..__ WM. GAWIN HERDMAN, Secretary.

LAST WEEK.
Fi TTY'S GRAND COLOSSAL PICTURES,
ILLUSTRATING
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF

J--O
A N Y
OGA R C,
—ORLEANS,
ARE NOW EXHMAIDMPrITING TO THE PUBLIC,
(Previoatto their .Speedy Removal,)
ENT R A)CE, 524,ATHE , T GALLERYBOL,
D-STREET,
Open from Nine till Five.
ADMISSION (including descriptive Catalogue, written by W.
ETTY, R.A.) ONE SHILLING.

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

PATRON.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby.
The Right Hon. rorT.
nley.
VICE-PRES NTS.
The Right Hon. e Earl of Sefton.
The Right Ho Lord Lilford.
William 131 ell, Esq.
Samuel Taylor, Esq.
Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., and
Henry Hoghton, Esq.

THE SHOW of LIVE STOCK, AGRICULTURAL
.A. IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS, ROOTS, &c., will take place on
'll,er3oth instant, in the North Haymarket.
wilill: GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the MEMBERS
not_,e holden the same day, at Ten o'clock, at the Neptune
The laxton-square.
had
Claxton-square.
will be at Messrs. (includingSITOR, at
1,11 ofcg',.',. Tickets, 4s. 6d. each, dessert,) to be
—eol berß—..,* CANNELL, Slater-court, Castle-street, to whom
--Y lettp):Zonuld apply for their Tickets, either personally or
Pliblic uefore the 25th instant, as they will be sold !o the
I,l've after that day. Noblemen and Gentlemen wishing to
the Sets reserved for them at Dinner must please to apprize
iv retaty.
All p„e,.(l„lsttict of the Society is forty miles round Liverpool.
kise-Zes in that district, whether subscribers or not, and all
tlid rue,rS beyond it, may exhibit Live Stock, Roots, Seeds,
lie "Viements, subject to the Rules of the Society and the
Mations for the Show.
lirote; R,, try for the Exhibition will take place at the Neptune
the ' "aYton-square only, the day before the show, between
Will beecei"
Lists
stockurs of Ten and 'Three o'clock. The party entering the
Wrwin be required to give a certificate of their age, &c., and
streetill a Ticket, by which the animal or article entered
admitted into the Show-yard.
per,o of the Rules and Premiums may be had by applying
Y or by letter, to Mr. CANNELL, Slater-court, Castle-
the t, werpool, Principal Director of the Show-yard ;or tp
ye— ~Ilorary Secretary Mr. LEDGER, Knotty Ash, near Ll-
- or to me '

tra •
.„..Pri. n.qton,lsth H
E
N
RY
WHITE,
Secretary.
1847.
talo fs Subscriptionse
fortember the present year are now due, and
preoul be remitted to the Treasurer, Mr. JAMES GREEN.
aotttot, or paid to him at the Neptune Hotel, on the 29th or
.......„.2.Lmtant.

irOPENING OF THE ROSCOE CLUB.
HE COUNCIL of the ROSCOE CLUB have much
the g.elealssure in informing the Members that they have taken
ni

NO.
gB2, .
'Which thettingB2 4
as the Club-house,
their intention and which it is
tioare nto OPEN for the accommodation of the Mem-
bers on the First of October next,,bywhich day the arrange-
ments of the COFFEE-ROOMf'and of the READING and
NEWS-ROOMS, wilt be completed.
The Members will be adfflitted to the other advantages of
Club as soon as the
_prEliminar y arran perfected.
dements are perfec the
The Offices of the Olub will be
removedt to the Club-house in
in
Bold-street, on,iiturday, the 18th insert
those Member* who have not already
poiTt
after which are requested to call there for that purpose. thQ Subscriptions,
,
which are paid prior to the opening of the
take date from the First of October. Cl b-house, will
rzuSubscriptions
JOSEPH BOULT2. 1 Hon
CHARLES REDIsH, i • Secretaries.
September 14, 1647.

EXCURSION TO BRISTOL AND BACK,
VUMEROUS inquiries having been made respect-
_7 big an EXCURSION from LIVERPOOLto BRISTOL
an BACK, the Public are informed, that if the requisite num_
!!r of Passengers can with certainty be obtained, the Directors
Zr the London and North-Western a -Birmingham and Bristol
.ailvrays will grant Trains for t COND WEEK in OCTOBER.
Ni the meantime, it is requ that those who wish to avail
:•selnselves of this Excu ' will call and register their names,
.11 SATURDAY next,wi
H. R. MARCUS,
Conductor of Excursion Trains,
19, Leigh-street, Basnett-street, Liverpool.

THE S------T. JAMES'S SCHOOL BAZAAR.
accommodation of the SCHOOLS connected
d
1,,,,, With ST. JAMES'S CHURCH being far below the demand
of of the District, which containsiPopulation
kor, it has been projected by the School Committee to
EtiCe.'"6,.•2oo° the pfesent Building, so as to meet the pressing exi-
sub, of so vast a multitude. To effect this will require the
lo ii;:if( about .4'600. A ecial Committee has been fo.rmffl
!atter arrangements fora SALE OF FANCY WORKon the
the gi.'-nd of October, by which means it is hoped to raise the
Theter pipit of that amount. .
Are Committee bas have great pleasure in announcing, that such
oale ws pas already been made as to induce the hope that the
The Dayso not only profitable but attractive.
11ext. fixed upon are the 26th,1,2,7th, and 28th October
c
finestterninittee avail themselyerof this opportunity to. re-
„,)lia tr, fob Who have kindly promised Assistance of Contnbu-
;79st ; ard them on Rs'early a day as possible and they
n'ariteki,r,oestly appeal to-the Public in general for aid in this
„Auf,-,e Undertaking'
Lieot. ~''' ,tlie following. who form the Committee of Manage-
;?otniZjhankfally -'ceive Contributions in Money, Books,
"ea, ilie-I.l"riilts; FancryeWork, Trinkets, Ornaments, Curiosi-
iss ~----
Airs J. CLARE 46, Harrington-street.
4r s' P,B WOLFF
lii. • ....4.OIIGHTON l7, Alfred-street.
)41.14 r„,,RARsoN l5l, Upper Stanhope-street.
liii;3s. t•LATT
Mrs, rc'ar
Mrs.HEPPARD
vi,j°llN SMITH
Tv • TROUGHTON l, Montpelier-terrace, Upper
Mrs iv Parliament-street.
)4i ',ELLS
as WituRAHANI
Rev. H. HAPTON, Incumbent of St. James's.
t,
S'eptemb ev. C, A. GRAHAM, Secretary.
A gyikirr,
er 20M 1847.
AC
-SIMILE
--""LiE , LIFE SIZE PORTRAIT OF THE
DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
APpb,
-4,4C111NG CLOSE OF THOMAS BOYS'
1111i0E SUBSCRIPTION FUND.
Subscribe to the few remaining Envelopes,
titled rite which immediate application is necessary, will be en-
or th.o tbe above Portrait, which has been expressly drawn
en-
ter PorPose, in addition in the many other advantages of-
ered . A considerable number of Portions are yet to be deli-
ifoo,,,_(o future Subsc 'Kers in various amounts, up to Two
4 sred Guineate,
liiiiel'kY.olent of a') Guineas , per P t ffi e Order, or other-
ount-o'1:1.11 insure a sealed Envelope being s sent by return of post,
ADDF'aS Vouchers for the immediateP delivery of the Property.
or to Yto Mr. THOMAS BOYS XI,God q, London,
Unit:49f his Agents in the Principal Towns- throughout the
Igdom.

AGNT FOR LIVERPOOL :
J. RE ISAAC, CASTLE-STREET.