The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

LECTURES.

The Autumn Lecture Season will be con, menced onWE DNESDAY,
4th August next, when
FRANK HOWARD, Esq.,
of London, will deliver the First of a Course of
SIX LECTURES ON PAINTING,
with numerous Illustrations. To be succeeded by
FOUR on the ORATORY of the REIGN of GEORGE 111., by
J. H. PARRY, Esq., of London.-25th August to 4th September.
SIX by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., Member of the Chemical Society
of London, and Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
being THREE on the ELEMENTS CONCERNED in AFFORD-
ING ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the BEST MEANS of VEN-
TILATING LAMPS, and THREE on VOLTAIC ELECTRI-
CITY, MAGNETISM, ELECTRO-MAGNETISM, and the
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, and the ATMOS-
PHERIC RAILWAY.-Bth to 25th September.
FOUR by J. A. SCOTT, Esq., of London, on the HISTORY
of the MIDDLE AGES, as represented by Anselm, of Canter-
bury ; Bernard, of Clain-am, and the Poet Dante.-29th Sep-
temberto 9th October.
SIX on HEBREW POETRY, by the Rev. Dr. RAPT/ALL, of
Birmingham.-13th to 30th October.
FOUR on the CHEMISTRY of GEOLOGY, by WILLIAM
REID, Esq., M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons,
Edinburgh, 3d to 13th November.
Arrangements are now in progress for a COURSE of LEC-
TURES on 'MUSIC during the ensuing Season, and for other
Courses on subjects of interest and importance.
Doors open: at Seven, Lectures commence at Half-past Seven.
Previous to the commencement of each Lecture Mr. GEORGE
Hutsz performs various Pieces on the Concerto 0, gan.
MEMBER'S ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, entitling to Lectures,
Library, and Evening Classes, 21s.
LADY'S ANNUAL SUCSCRIPTION, entitling to Lectures and
Library, 10s. 6d.
Daughters of Members (under eighteen years of age) are ad-
mitted to the Lectures and Library for Is. per anntlrn.
Sons and Apprentices of Members (under twenty-one years
of age) are admitted to the Evening Schools and Library for
ss. per annum, and to the Lectures on a further payment of
Is. per annum.
Each Member has the privilege of sending One Youth, in
tumble circumstances, to the Evening Schools and Library,
for 10s. 6d. per annum, .and to the Lectures on a further pay-
ment of Is. per annum.
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embraces English Reading, Grammar, History,
Derivations, &c., Writing, Arithmetic, Drawing, Needle
Work, 'Vocal Music, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry,
French, and Daneing.
THE HIGH SCHOOL

Head Master, W. B HoncsoN, • LL.D., Principal of the Insti-
tution, Will be re-op.ened on MONDAY, August 2d. It is con-
ducted by Ten Masters, and the course of Instruction em-
braces English Reading, Grammar, Geography, History, &c.,
Arithmetic, Mathematics, Writing, French, Classics, Natural
Philosophy, and Chemistry.
THE LOWER SCHOOL,
Head Master, A. MACILVEEN, M.A.2 will be re-opened on MoN-
DAy, August 2d. It is conducted by Eighteen Masters, and the
course of Instruction embraces English Reading, Grammar,
Geography, History, &c., Arithmetic, Mathematics, Writing,
Drawing, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry.
Detailed Prospectuses of the Course of Instruction and
Terms of the Day School may be obtained in the Secretary's
Office. _ _ ry. THOMAS HOGG, Secreta.

Mount-street, June 21st, 1847,

"Learning is Wealth to the Poor, and anOrnantent to the Rich."
LESSONS.GIVEN IN
WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, ARITHMETIC,
MENTAL CALCULATION,
SHORT-HAND, ENGLISH GRAMMAR,
READING, SPELLING, & HOUSEKEEPING ACCOUNTS,
BY MR. AND -MRS. THOMPSON,
AT THEIR

PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 8, CLAYTON-SQUARE.
"VER. THOMPSON, who has been established at
No. 8, Clayton-square, upwards of seventeen years, sole
Inventor and Head Teacher of a new and superior system of
Writing, enables bad writers to acquire a free, expeditious,
and commanding style of Penmanship, in a few easy Lessons
of one hour each, private, or in class.
LADIES; in Class, meet at Three o'clock on Mondays, Wed-
nesdays, and Fridays, and are completed in a remarkably free
and lady-like Handwriting, the only. fashionable one of the day.
GENTLEMEN meet in the Evening of the above days, First
Class at Seven, Second Class at Eight o'clock, and are com-
pleted in a good, bold, free, and expeditious business hand.
Lessons given strictly private at any hour, to suit the conve-
nience of the Pupil.
MR. THOMPSON
• GIVES LESSONS IN THE USEFUL ART OF
BOOK-KEEPING
BY DOUBLE ENTRY,
containing the general principles and particular rules now used
in the mercantile houses in Liverpool.
The Pupil is thoroughly instructed in a variety of extensive
and diversified transactions, including Purchases and Sales,
Goods on Consignment, Shipments Abroad, Joint Adventures,
Making Insurances, Partnership, Posting and Balancing the
Ledger, Balance Sheet, Sze.
Commercial Arithmetic, Mental Calculation, and Short-hand
taught in a few Lessons.
nr CArctS of Terms apply at No. 8, Clayton-square.