The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

ADMISSION, Is.—RESERVED SEATS, 2s.
NOW EXHIBITING, at the PORTICO, BOLD-
STREET, at Twelve in the Day, Four in the Afternoon,
and Eight in the Evening,
THE BOSJESMANS,
OR, BUSH PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA ;
,The most singular specimens of that decreasing Race of Human
.beings, consisting of Two Men, Two Women, and a Baby, of
,the Bosjesman Tribe, from the interior of South Africa—a Race
that, from their wild habits, could never before be induced to
ri.,_sit a place of civilization. This opportunity of gratifying the
,Man of Science and the Student of Zoology has only been ob-
tained by great personal exertion on the part of the Gentlemen
,sWho brought them to England at an immense outlay of capital.
Ott the passage to Europe, a Baby was born at sea—thus adding
tO the great interest that must be excited by their appearance.
Prom Moffatt the Missionary's Work on Southern Africa, page
_w :—" Poor Bushman 1 thy hand has been against every one,
and every one's hand against thee. For generations past they
nave been hunted like partridges in the mountains. Deprived
of what nature had made their own, they became desperate,
Wild, fierce and indomitable in their habits. Hunger compels
them to feed upon every thing edible. Ixias, wild. garlic, mys-
ealbry, antharnums, the core of aloes, gum of acarias, and other
Dlants and berries, some of which are extremely unwholesome,
Constitute their fruits ; whilst almost every kind of living crea-
ture is eagerly devoured, lizards, locusts, and grasshoppers not
excepted. The poisonous as well as innoxious serpents they
roast and eat. They carefully extract their bags or reservoirs
Ilf poison, with which they cover the points of their arrows."
, Mr. Robert Moffat, the son of the above-named Missionary,
has thus written in the book of autographs, which may be seen
it the r0r.... :
.‘ *
in SBrptian Hall,
ic, y 25.
" I have been twelve years South Afra, and London
c an Jul
'certify
that they are correct specimens of that fast decreasing race, the
Bushmen of South Africa. a ROBERT MOFFATT."
At Exeter-hall, London, Dr. Knox, the celebrated Lecturer
an the Human Race, delivered a most scientific discourse, be-
fore a crowded audience, on the singular habits of
THESE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE,
reports of which may be had at the Portico.
In addition to the certificates of the Missionaries and others
Who have visited the interior of South Africa, (which may be
seen at the Portico,) showing that the Bosjesmans are as great
a curiosity in the Cape as they are in Europe, will be found the
testimony of General NAPIER, the late Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope, who visited them at the Egyptian Hall.
, The following Autographs of distinguished Visitors may also
i be inspected at the Portico, with a number of others, too nu-
Merous to insert in an advertisement --
The Grand Duke Constantine'Rev. F. Blagden.
.„, and suite. Rev. H. Wyatt.
vrince Louis Napoleon Bona- Rev. R. Meady.
parte. Rev. J. Balfour.
The Duke of Newcastle and the Marquis of Douglas.
Ladies Clinton. Earl Craven.
The Marquis and Marchioness Duke of Grafton.
of Normanby and party. Lord Cantilupe.
Sir Robert, Lady Peel, and Sir Wm. Massey Stanley, Bart.
Dau 'titer. Lady Ferguson Davy.
The Duke of Cleveland. Sir R.obert Knox.
The Duke of Wellington. Lord Jocelyn.
Jenny Lind. Marquis of Northampton.
• The Earl of Harrowby. Lord Teynham.
Lord Skelmersdale. Sir H. Barnard.
Lord Combermere. Lord Slane.
Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Lord Forrester.
Minister. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart.
The Bishop of Norwich. The Dean of Bangor.
The,,_ Bishop of Worcester. Mr. Justice Erle.
Marquis of Douro. Countess of Kinnoul.
Mr. Baron Parke. Lady Kinlock.
Lord Stanley. Lady Charlotte Egerton.
Mr. Robertson Gladstone. Lord Henley.
Madame Grisi. Mrs. Milner Gibson.
Mrs. Charles Dickens. Lady Seymour.
Lord and Lady Beresford. Lord Granville.
Viscount Noel. Col. Armitage.
Earl Cadogan. Lord Newport.
Sir E. Weluy. Lord Henry Loftus.
Lord Exmouth. Lord W. Thynne.
Marquis of Bristol. Hon. Miss Cotton.
Chandos Pole, Esq. Lord Albert Conyngham.
Lady Bullen. Marquis of Ely.
Marquis of Abercorn. Lord Euston.
Lady Rolle. Hon. Capt. Lindsay.
Lady Barrington. Sir John Jervis.
Lady Seymour. Lord and Lady Middleton.
Lady Palmerston. J. S. Crawford, M.P.
'Marchioness of Ailesbury. Lady G. Baker.
Lord and Lady Louth. Bransby Cooper, Esq.
Mr. COM. Phillips. Lady Anstruther.
'Lord C. Scott. Earl Fitzwilliam. •
Lord H. Scott. Lord Mountcharles.
Mr. R. G. Lumley, of the Opera Lady and Miss Sykes.
House. Sir Richard Bulkeley.
'The Baroness de Retzen. Lord Beauvale.
"The Ladies Kinloch. Earl of Arundel.
Lady Exmouth. Sir R. B. Phillips, M.P.
The Rev. W. Goddard. Lord Burghley.
Rev. S. Madden. Gen. Wyndham.
Rev. J. Gibson. Marquis of Donegal.
Rey. J. Johnson. Viscount Lorton.
Rey. L. Burke. Hon. Caroline Norton.
Rev. Dr. Smyth. Earl of Munster.
It. W. S. Roe. Lord and Lady Abingdon.
Rey. E. M'Neil. Lord Shelburne.
Rev. W. Cherlton. Sir A. W. Crichton.
Rey. Mousley. Lady Portman.
Rev. A. Baldwin. Lady Hotham.
Rey. A. Cooper. Lord and Lady Fortescue.

Faom THE LONDON PRESS.—" In appearance they are little
.bore the monkey tribe."—The Times. " The audience at
rq(eter-hall were wonder-stricken at beholding them."—Chr?-
'bele. "A pigmy race of wild men."—Post. " They live in
bushes almost like birds in a nest."—Herald.