The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

Air.—" Angels ever bright
Allan

Oboe Solo

." Angel of life,

Romance

LAMP, to burn the three-wick

Candles, is much improved, and is sufficient to Light any
moderate-sized Room,

ONE OF WHICH MAY I

EVENING, FROM FOUR TO SEVEN O'CLOCK,
AT HIS SHOP, N. 10, CHURCH-STREET

Scotch Ballad.—" Jock o' 11 azlede
Finale.—" God save the Queen.'

LIVERPOOL SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGEN
BLIND.

ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Mr.: CECIL
WRAY TOWNSH END has been appointed to COL-
LECT the ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Ste the Charity,
W
and the PE RENTS of the CHAPEL e tacked to the
Institution, in the place of Mr. Joseph ankes, who has
resigned. R. W. HOUGHTON, Treasurer.
JOHN BARON, Chanelwardens.
R. L. CARR, J •
24th December, 1641.

Seasons

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
91HE WATCH COMMITTEE for the BOROUGH of
LIVERPOOL and the COMMISSIONERS for the
better PAVING and SEWERAGE of the TOWN HERE-
BY GIVE NOTICE, that they intend to appoint an AS,
SITANT CLERK to the TREASURER to the respective
Boards, vacant by the promotion of the present Clerk.
Candidates are requested to send in testimonials as to cha-
racter and ability, with the names of two sureties for the due
performance of the duties of the said office, addressed to
The Watch Committee" and " Commissioners of High-
ways ", &c., Parish-offices. No. 1, Fenwick-street, on or
before Ten o'clock in the Forenoon of THURSDAY, the 30th
day of December, instant. The nature of the duties to be
performed may be known on application to the Treasurer.
By order,
RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk.
EDWD. G. DEANE, Clerk to the Commissioners.
id December, 1841.

NO REASON ABLE

ICE W

Parish-office

," Les Melodies des Alpes

'—Mr. Crouch

Solo, Cornet a Piston,—Herr
Song.—The angel's whisper ,—Miss Whitnall .... S. Lover.
Aria.—" Non piu di fiore,"—Miss Bassano, with Clarionet
Obligato, Mr. Leonard Mozart
Duett.—" Flow gently, Deva,"—Miss Whitnall and Mr
Crouch
Aria.—" Di piacer,"

—Madame Caradori A11an.... Rossini
SECOND PART
Overture.—" La Gazza Ladra"
Aria.—" In questo semplice,"

Rossini

—Madame Caradori Allan ..
Donizetti.
Solo; Violin.—" Andante and Rondo Busse, from De Beriot's
Grand Concerto in B Minor."—Mr. E. W. Thomas.
Francais.—" La Croix des Champs,"—Madame
Caradoii Allan, with Oboe Obligato, Mons. Barret ....

Clapisson

'—Miss B

nano.. Crouch

Song.—" Kathleen Mavourneen,
Solo, Cornet a Piston,—Herr Koenig
Ballad.—" Molly Bawn,"—Mr. Crouch
Duett.—" The Meeting,"—Miss Bassano and Miss Whit-
INSPECTED, BURNING, EVERY
nall Malibran.

The Orchestra, composed of the most
in every department, will be as numero

vicle.Caradori Allan

at Performers

.s that of former

Piano Forte.. Mr. GEORGE HOLDEN
The Subscriptions for the FOUR CONCERTS,
Seats. 255., and for Unreserved Seats, 21s. each, may I
paid to the account of the Proprietors, at the Bank of Messrs.
BARNED and Co., Lord-street, until the 27th December
instant, when the List will be finally closed.
The Lottery for Reserved Seats will take plac
PORTICO, Newington, on the 29th instant, at One o'cloc
Single Tickets, for the Circle, 7s. Gd.; Upper Boxes, 5
and Gallery, 25. each, may be had at the Music Shops ; and
Books of Words at the Theatre, on the Evening of the
Concert.

LINE DRAPERY GOODS, &c

at the

WILLIAM NELSON,
22, OLD HAYMARKET,
IS NOW OFFERING THE
REMAINING PART OF HIS STOCK
4T AN IMMENSE REDUCTION

PRIOR TO HIS FINALY CLOSING
ON THE 31ST ISSTANT,

NATHEREAS, my Wife, ELIZABETH GLOVER,
having absented herself from home without leave, and
otherwise misconducted herself, I HEREBY GIVE NO-
TICE, that I will not be answerablelor any Debt or Debts
she may contract after this date. (Witness my hand, this
27th December, 1841. JOSEPH GLOVER.
Witness—Jos. BARNES.

DISPENSARY FOR ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION,
AND DISEASES OF THE HE
_E HE
ESTABLISHED 1N OLDHAM- ET.
THE Poor, afflicted with Asthma, Consu and Dis-
eases of the Heart, obtain Advice and Medicine gratui-
tously, after Twelve o'clock on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS;
and on WEDNESDATS and SATURDAYS persons suffering
from Nervous Pains, from Ten to One.
Application to be made to Mr. CRoNIN, at the Dispensary.

By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

TAKEN BT THE

REFLECTION OF LIGHT,
AT TAE
MOUNT GARDENS, ST. JAMES'S IDLE
LIVERPOOL.

THE Proprietors of the REFLECTING APPARATUS,
by which FAITHFUL MINIATURE LIKENESSES
of the Human Countenance and Perseja are " won from the
hand of Nature" in the short space of a few seconds, respect-
fully announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of
Lancashire, that the Extraordinary Procoss
IS NOW. OPEN.

The Corporation of Liverpool having_Rranted the site of
he late OBSERVATOILY, ST. JAMES'S WALK, a neat and
legant Building has been erected thereon, in which the
3H OTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, the discovery of which
s ranked among the greatest scientific achievements of the
,resent age, is now in DAILY OPERATION.

THE PRICE FOR EACH PORTRAIT, INCLUDING
A FRAME, IS ONE GUINEA.
JOHN RELPH, Manager.
Specimens may be seen, and Orders reseived, at Mr. La-
m!,
REPOSITORY OF ARTS, 100, Bold-steet.
The Invention was recently introduced into England, at
the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, LONDON; and

the following are a few extracts from the leading Journals
relating to its merits :
(From the Morning Chronicle.)
When we formerly described this process, the time requi-
site for taking a portrait was, generally speaking, about four
minutes ; but in consequence of the great improvements that
have been made, the time has been reduced to about five se-
conds on a clear day ; but during cloudy dull weather the
operation may require from a minute and a half to two minutes.
The portraits taken by this means are really extraordinary
as likenesses ; they are true to nature, for nature here is her
own delineator. The features are Omirably marked out and
delineated, and the likenesses at first sight are so extraordi-
nary, that they are really startling.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES.—One of the most inter-
esting sights it is possible to conceive is now attracting
crowds daily to the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street.
The patentee has christened it the " photograpbic mode of
taking likenesses." By this process, in the incredibly short
space of five seconds, the likeness of any individual is taken
down on a piece of metal, and the portrait is a perfect fac-
simile of the sitter. It is nature herself that is called in to
be the artist, and her performance is truly astonishing,
leaving immeasurably behind it everything that human skill
could effect.

(From the Times.)

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MINIATURES.—The principle has
been so far perfected as to be almost incapable of further
improvement. The novelty attendant upon the fact of
being furnished in the short space of five seconds with a
more correct miniature likeness than the most accom-
plished artist could paint on ivory, after days of laborious
study, coupled with the fineness of the weather, drew
together a host of curious fashionables, at the Poly-
technic Institution, so many, indeed, that notwithstanding
the short period of time occupied in the operation, the room
was crowded for hours together, by parties anxiously waiting
their turn. The apartment apnroeriated for the magical
process—for so it may be termed—is well calculated for the
object desired, being on the highest story of the institution.
From the roof, which is constructed of blue glass, of about
a quarter of an inch thick, a very powerful light is obtained,
and it is so ingeniously contrived as to revolve with the sun.
In a portion of the room, nearly in the centre., an elevated
seat is placed, on which the party whose likeness is to be
taken sits, with his head reclined backwards. In this posi-
tion the sitter is told to look into a glass box, in an opposite
direction, about five from him, in which is placed the plate
to be impressed with the portrait. Having done so for a few
seconds, he descends, and in a few minutes afterwards a
likeness is presented to him. The likenesses which we saw
were admirable, and closely true to nature, beauties and de-
formities being alike exhibited ; therefore those who are
ashamed of their personal appearance had better keep front
the influence of photography.
(From the lliorning Herald.)
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—We were present on Sa-
turday at the exhibition of the extraordinary process of
taking portraits by the reflecting apparatus, lately patented,
and now for the first time brought before the public. By the
photographic progress, perfect likenesses are taken, in the
short space of from ten to five and twenty seconds ! We
say perfect, because the prepartd plate on which the objects
is reflected must of necessity produce a perfect transcript of
that object. The operation, therefore, being thus unerring,
the fault of even the slightest failure in likeness can only
be attributable to the person sitting, which, of course,
may result from an assumed or unnatural position.
Although the exhibition has been only of a private character,
and of some two or three days,
we understand that it has
been visited by all the parties possessing the privilege.
Among other influential personages present on Saturday, we
noticed the Earl of Shaftesbury, who expressed his surprise
and gratification at the extraordinary invention.
(From the Morning Post.)
The patentee of this invention has adopted the principle of
giving these " reflections" to the public at a very moderate
coat, compared to the ordinary price of miniatures, trusting
for his return to a general desire to possess them, which he
anticipates must be felt by Ail persons who would cherish the
best memento of a dear friend or relative.
from the Courier.)
"Every line, every touch in the pictrue produced is from
the pencil of nature, without flattery or fallacy."
(pl.o,tißell's Weekly Messenger.)

the individual who is the sitter. It is
EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—N:It:;iIATUREPICTORES.—II is
• so,.as he sees himself in the most accurate looking
bodily and personally
with this difference, that the Photographic likeness
is •
the usage as if it were removed from the surface of the
mirror, and rendered perpetual. It is an everlasting memo-
rial of, the man at the moment it is taken—and therefore the
most precious gift that can be given to those who love him
while living, and will cherish his memory when dead. It is
a discovery, which not only saves the sitter from the tedium
of being fixed in the same position for many an hour for his
likeness, (for this is accomplished in the sixth part of a mi-
nute)—but it affords to artists themselves the surest iincle
for copying other likenesses, whether in immature, or In of
paintings as large, as lik.