The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION

THE LECTURE SEASON of the present Half-
Year will commence THIS EVENING, (Tuesday,) the 10th
instant, at Half-past Seven o'clock, when J. QUINCY
WETHERBEE,. Esq., of the Royal Academy, London, will de-
liver the first of a Course of SIX Lectures on the ITALIAN and
GERMAN SCHOOLS of VOCAL MELODY, with Vocal.
ILLUSTRATIONS by himself.

These Lectures will be succeeded by the following, viz.,
FOUR on the ARCHITECTURE of the EGYPTIANS, GRE-
CIANS, ROMANS, and of the MEDIEVAL AGES, by
Professor DONALDSON.
SIX on CHEMICAL AFFINITY, by THOMAS GRIFFITHS,
Esq.
SIX LECTURES, comg' TWO on the ARTS and MANU-
FACTURES of ANCIENT EGYPT ; and FOUR on the
DOMESTIC MUSIC of the PEOPLE, byDr. RIMBAULT.
SIX
ROBERT on the HISTORY and PRACTICE of MINING, by FOUR LECTURES T
Esq.
, ,
cornp ONE on the CIVILIZATION
of ANCIENT ROM and MODERN LONDON, and
THREE on the MIDDLE AGES, by the Rev. J. STAUGH-
TON, of London.
FOUR on the FINE ARTS, by FRANK HOWARD, Esq.
SIX on MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, by GEORGE
BUCKLAND, Esq.

And early in 1848,
SIX on the PROGRESS of SECULAR MUSIC in ENGLAND
during the NINETEENTH CENTURY, by Sir HENRY
R. BISHOP, Mus. Bac., Oxon.

TERMS OF ADMISSION.
Lower Gallery—Ge Per Annum.
ntlemen, Ils. 6d. ; Ladies, ISS.
Body—Gentlemen, 1 Is. ; Ladies, 10s. 6d.
Upper Gallery, 10s. 6d.
Per Lecture.
Lower Gallery, Is. 6d ; Body, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Ladies' Boarding Schoo.ls admitted to the Lower Gallery, by
Tickets transferable among the Pupils, at the Subscription to
the Body.
The Lecture Nights are Tuesday and Friday, when the doors
7T3 at Seven o'cloek . • •

----s , arm previous to the commence au
--past, a Selection of Pop p
ul r Music will be erroriomedcau, on
the Organ by Mr. C. F. Smith. a
Evenhe Lending Library is open to Members generally every
nig
Five and RA (excepting
"Night), a Lecture between a Quarter-Past
Twelve c

18. fola u
dirtaTogue

an extra charge of 2s. per annum, an

J. GREGORY JONES, Secretary

SECOND AND LAST
GRAND FAREWELL DRAWING
OF FIVE HUNDRED RICH PRIZES OF MUSICAL GLASS
SHADES OF STUFFED BIRDS OF PARADISE, &c.,

TO RE DRAWN ON THE SAME PLAN AS THE ROYAL ART

UNION

Tickets only 2s. M. each, or Nine for £1; each Ticket having
a chance of Drawing Two Rich Prizes, value £lO6.
THOMS and Co. beg leave to inform their
r• Subscribers that the whole of the abor e Prizes have been
Tnoved from the Polytechnic Exhibition this day, to N-
in:a Castl.-street, where a P'

lan of Drawing is now ready,
Tickets may be Ted• Ita -eat many Tickets are already
fianold,ean early call is requisite, as the Drawing will take place
th Music Hall, Bold-street, in a few daYs

AUTUMN TRIP TO LONDON AND BACK.
THE DIRECTORS of the LONDON and NORTH-
DON..a.WESTERN RAILW COMPANY
CURSION TRAINS for the firsts" • Seat
mber to LON-
and BACK. The week mp
ents are In-
trusted to whole of the arrangements
H. R. MARCUS, Conductor,
hve granted EX-
Prom whom only information can be obtained.
IG.II-STREET 13(18i:ea-street, Liverpool, lugust 6th, 1847.

ST. JAMES'S SCHOOLS.
HE accommodation of the Schools connected with
T St. James's Church being far below the demand and re-
quirements of the District, which contains a population of
10,900,
RGEit has been projected by the School Committees. to
-KITLA the present BUILDING, so as to meet the pressing
exigencies of so vast a multitude. To effect this will require
irititilei lattereteah erngeearnest
the sum of about .t GOO. A Special Committee has been ap-
pointedn
to Make arrangements for a SALE of FANCY WORK.
poafrttokftotteart,ambyouwnhtich means it is hoped to
to t.l
reli e public
gious
eclucaptipoetall on behalf of the above object is now made
, especi ll , t those interested in the extension of
lowing, who for t n the ar
n3'ongo
Committeeth epooorfermclasses.
Management,
ywoilfl tthheanfokl:
fully receive Contributions in Money, Books, Pictures, Prints,
Fancy Work, Trinkets, Ornaments, Curiosities, &c. &c. :
Miss A. J. CLARE, 46, Harrington-street ;
Mrs. DE WOLFF, 19, Falkner-square ;
Mrs. HOUGHTON, 17, Alfred-street ;
Miss PEARSON, 151, Upper Stanhope-street ;
Mrs. PLATT, 16, Alfred-street ;
Miss PLATT, 47, Hope-street -
Mrs. JOHN SMITH, 33, Berkeley-street ;
Mrs. W. TROTJOHTON, 1, Montpelier-terrace, Upper
Parliament-street ;
Mrs. WELLS, 29, llerkeley-streeet ;
HAMPTON,
NI, 2. Cliestertield-street.
Miss
I.7jAervL. I I"}
H. HAMPTON, Incumbent of St. James's.
Rev. C. A. GRAHAM, Secretary,
August 4, 1847.