The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

[PRICE FIVEPENCE.

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EXTENSIVE
CARPET AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,

HANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL

THOMAS BRANCH
RESPECTFULLY announces, that he has COXATANTLY ON

SALE,
alt the HANOVER ROOM

A particularly extensive and

luable St 44 of Elegant and

Fashionable I/
CABINET FURNYTURE

Of every description, manufactured in the first style of e:
cellence, from the best Materials,
INCLUDING

DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, of Real and Imitation

Rosewood,
IN CIRCULAR AND OBLONG LOO

Work, FlOwer, Card, Occasional, Writing, Sofa, and Fanc
Tables, What Nots, Chairs, Couches, Sofas, Tea Poys,
Cheffoniers, Canterhuries, Fire Screens, &c.
MAHOGANY FURNITURE,

In Sliding-frame and other forms of Dining Tables, Pedestal
and Cellaret Sideboards, Single and Winged Bookcases,
Secretaires, Cheval and other Screens, Single and Double
Wardrobes, Ladies' Wardrobes, with brass rods and arms,
for Dresses, Trafakar and Balloon-formed Chairs, Card,
Library, Loo, Invalid, Sofa, Snap, Pembroke, Ladies' Work
and Screen Tables, Running Side-tables, Couches, Sofas,
Children's Chairs, Cots, and Cribs, Chests of Drawers,
Night Commodes, Bedsteps, Bidets, Hat Stands, Boot Racks,
Music Stands and Stools, Canterburies, Hall Chairs, Butler's
Trays, with Stands, Foot Stools, Cheffoniers, Quartetto-
tables, Dressing-tables and Basin-stands, Rising Sideboard
Tables, Gentlemen's Library or Office Tables, Double and
Single Knife Boxes, &c.
RECUMBENT INVALID CHAIRS,

Elegant Lounging, Library, and Devotional CHAIRS,
FOLDING SOFA AND CHAIR BEDS.

JAPANNED. STAINED. AND FANCY CHAIRS,
'I. In the greatest variety ;

Four-post, Cottage, Comin. v, French, Dome, Camp, Nursery,

and Priss BEDSTEADS, of every forni,
In Mahogany, Birch, and Painted Woods

Feather BEDS, flair-, Flock, and Straw MATTRESSES,
PAINTED CHAMBER REQUISITES,
_ _ _ Of all descriptions,

In Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Toilet Tables, Basin
stands, Towel Airers, &c.

Elegant CHIMNEY and DRESSING GLASSES,
A VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL

ITALIAN SCULPTURED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES
VASES, URNS, EWERS, &c.,
Also, a very diversified Stock of

BRUSSELS, DA➢SASK, VENETIAN, KIDDERMINSTER, and
JUTE CARPETING,
Embracing the most Modern Patterns, of excellent
Manufacture ;
TURKEY AND BRITISH HEARTH RUGS,
A great variety of beautiful PRINTED DRUGGETS,

In the newest and most admired taste ;
Crimson, Drab, Green, and Mixture DRUGGETS,
BLANKETS,
Figured FLOOR and LOBBY CLOTHS,

Of all dimensions, for cutting to fit Rooms, Halls, Lobbies,
Shops, and Ships' Cabins,
INDIA AND ENGLISH MATTING,
Black Hair Seatings, of all Widths, Src.
INVALID. GARDEN, AND BATH CHAIRS.;
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, &C.

SELLING On

SILK MERCERY AND LINEN DRAPERY GOODS,
114, Bold-street, opposite the Savings Bank.
DECLINING BUSINESS.

TARTINDALE BROTHERS beg to inform the Ladies
.11.1. of Liverpool and its Vicinity, that they have com-
menced' to offer the whole of their valuable STOCK,
amounting to upwards of £5OOO, at a considerable Reduction
in Price. The Stock consists of every description of SILKS,
SATINETTS, FRENCH and BRITISH DE LAINES,
PALESTINES, FRENCH and BRITUTH MUSLINS,
PRINTS, FRENCH and BRITYSH MERINOS,
SHAWLS, 7-Bth and 4-4ths, LINENS,' BLANKETS, and
every other description of Goods in the above line.

-
MARTINDALE BROTHERS, on declining business in Li-
verpool, cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without
returning their sincere thanks to their numerous Friends for
the very liberal support which they have received from them
during the time they have been in business.
The Shop will Open every Morning at Ten o'clock, and
Close at Seven in the Evening.
HOUSE AND PREMISES TO BE LET.

FRESH ARRIVAL OF GERMAN CABINET FUR-
NITURE. •
EDWARD ROWLAND respectfully annonlices to his
Friends and the Public, that he has. At-ow on View, at
his Establishment, a most suberb coll&tion, consisting of
Dining, Loo, and Card Tables, Sidebofrds, Chiffoniers, and
Bookcases, Secretaires, French Beds, Chairs, and various
other articles, most splendidly and substantially finished.
Arcade-passage, May 15.
*** Twenty-two very large Packing Cases on Sale.

NORMAL SCHOOL AND REFUGE FOR DESTI-
TUTE CHILDREN, IN SCHIERS, CANTON DE
GRISONS, SWITZERLAND.
TN the deep retirement of the ;sequestered Valley of Sailers,
aroidthe high and rocky mouhtains.of the Alpine regions

of the Grisons, where the glad sound of Gos
been but faintly heard, and where even very little progress
had ever been made in the common arts of civilized life,—
there has arisen, within the last four years, an Institution,
which promises not only to secure to this isolated, this
almost unknown people, the rich blessings of which they
have been so long deprived, but also to make them the ho-
noured instruments of imparting these blessings to the
neighbouring cantons.
'1 he objects of this institution are—
I.—To provide a refuge for Orphan Children, where they
are wholly maintained ; where they are trained in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord, and instructed in all things that
will prepare them to become useful members of society.
11.—To educate young men of promising talenis and of
amiable dispositions, and to fit then, for the office of school-
masters.

truth had

- lt will easily be seen how important this last object may
prove in its results, to an unenlightened population. Until
nearly a generation has succeeded to the present, the school-
master must be the soleteacher, he must impart that instruc-
tion to the children, which they could not receive from their
ignorant and teo often ungodly parents; but, with the effi-
cient aid of the Society which is now in operation, may we
not look forward in happy anticipation to the time when, by
means of these well-trained little ones, " the good seed,"—
" the word of the kingdom," will be widely scattered, and
the now barren wilderness will rejoice and blossom as the
rose ?

Although yearly accounts have been published in the Ger-
man and French languages of the progress of the Institution,
no English report has yet been submitted to the kind friends
who have so liberally contributed to their support.
In the year 1837, the Committee were much encouraged
to enter upon the work they had at heart, by the lively in-
terest that many persons in the surrounding neighbourhood
had taken in it, and the aid they proffered to it • but these,
their first benefactors, have now either become lukewarm, or
are unable any longer to contribute to the funds. Thus,
their hopes seem blighted, their hands hang down ; and
although they pray to be enabled to trust Him first, whose
is the silver and the gold, they feel again compelled to appeal
to the kind sympathy of their English friends, who love their
nation and the cause in which they are engaged,—who are
fellow-workers with Him, who " will have all men to be
saved."
When the Normal School was first opened, a very small
dwelling was engaged, in which thirteen young men were ad-
knitted under one teacher; but, encouraged by many dona-
tions, and urged to exertion by the number of children who
sought admission, the foundation of a spacious building was
laid in the course (31 the following year, and on the Ist of
October, 1839, it was completed and consecrated to the
Lord, with much prayer for his abundant blessing, and the
outpouring of his Spirit on those who desired to labour only
for his glory and for the salvation of precious immortal souls ;
—in the hearing of assembled multitudes, under the canopy
of heaven, was the God of heaven invoked !
Soon did it please Him, who delights in mercy, to cause
some good fruit to spring up. Four young men, zealous
workers, and earnest to gather into the happy fold the scat-
tered lambs of the Lord's flock, were prepared for and sent
out as teachers. At this time the two first orphan children
were admitted ; more could not be, for the building was not
yet paid for, furniture was not provided, nor could food and
clothing be found for an increased number of inmates; yet
the Lord soon gave us to know that He had not forsaken us,
nor had forgotton His promise to supply the want of those
who trust in His mercy,—one and another came forward to
help in this our time of need, and " did what they Gould,"
—some who were themselves far from wealthy, brought po-
tatoes, peas, apples, flour, and other provisions,—others
spun and knit, and made up clothes and bedding,—lastly,
and most unexpectedly, a number of young men applied for
admission into the Normal School from almost all parts of
Switzerland, desiring to become teachers, and to be instructed
in other useful arts ; these students engaged to pay 24 fr.
(£1) per month for board and education, which was a great
help to the Institution, and their number amounted in the
course of last autumn to fifty-seven.
Under these circumstances the Committee found it neces-
sary to appoint proper persons to preside over the establish-
ment. A minister and his wife undertook the general ma-
nagement, three teachers were set over the students, and
three household servants were engaged, making a total, with
thirteen children, of seventy-eight individuals under the
roof. _ _ .

The amount of last year's expenses was 9000 gulden (£630)
for the maintenance of the household.
A debt remains of 2862f1. (X 197) for the building, which
is an enormous sum for this very poor country.
The support of the Institution depends almost entirely
upon the payments of the elder students and the free-will
offerings of Christian friends, for little is contributed by the
poor children,—a few supply their food, others give a mere
trifle towards their maintenance, the greater number are
received without payment.
There are yet two most desirable and important objects to
be attained, to promote the efficiency of the institution ;—tha
first is the possession of a piece of ground, by the cultiva-
tion of which, both students and children might be instructed
in the art of agriculture,—a knowledge much needed in this
country.

The second object is the free maintenance and education
of schoolmasters.
The profession is considered so little respectable in Swit-
zerland, and the salary of teachers is so contemptible, that
none but the poor and mean will follow the calling ;—how
important then does it appear to be, to encourage young
men of promising talents, however poor, and to afford them
such instruction as will constitute them able schoolmasters,
and thus raise the tone of feeling towards this most useful
class of the community. And may it not be said in conclu-
sion, how desirable, how truly gratifying, would it be to
every member of the Committee, to every kind heart who
feels for the neglected friendless orphan, freely to be able to
extend to them the hand of charity—no longer to be com-
pelled to consider which amongst them can contribute some-
thing to the funds of the Refuge, and thereby of necessity
to reject the most abject, those who have the strongest claims
upon our sympathy ?

P. FLEURY, President.
Z. SCHNELLR, Secretary

ScAiers, April 26, 1841

The Rev. P. PLaußy will be in Liverpool in a few days,
and will be happy to call upon any parties wishing further
information.

Donations or Subscriptions will be thankfully received by
Sir WALTER. FAIILTJHAIL, Bart., London; Rev. Si'ZWCIR
Mit MMOND, Brighton, and Mr. Som. Coisr,l6, Chursl'
street, Liverpool.