The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-02 00:00:00

EDUCATION AT SEACOMBE,

Mr. MACGOWAN, having been invited to succeed the Rev. E.
BOWMAN, has engaged the assistance of a Gentleman whO has
given much satisfaction in several highly respectable Boarding
Schools in the vicinity of Liverpool and of Manchester. Mr.
M. vCill teach one.half of each day at each School.

Teems for Boarders, Twenty-six to Thirty Guineas, including
Washing and Education.
Day Scholars; Four to Eight Guineas, according to age.
Dav Boarders, Four Guineas additional; if from Liverpool,
Five Guineas, Ferry included. (One concern.)

,MR. F. N. ERITH,
TEACHER OF THE PIANO-FORTE,
38, Russell Slreet,
BEGS to inform the inhabitaWs of Liverpool and its vicinity
whOse patrmie he respectfully solicits, that he purposes
giving lessons after the Christmas vacation, either at the resi-
dence of the pupil, or at his'own house,3B, Russell-street. where
terms may he known on application.
Dec. 837.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
ririHE SCHOOLS attached to the MECHANICS' INSTI-
TuTioN will be OPENED .on Motitisy next, the Bth
instant, under the Superintendence of the following Masters :
HIGH SCHOOL.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.--Mr. Francis Harrison Rankin,

Principal.
MATHEMATICAL AND COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.— Ai r. Wm.
Crenzo, B.A„ §t.'Jotws College', Cambridge, Principal.
PHILOSOPHICAL DEPARTMENT.-Mr. Montagu Lyou Philips,

Principal.
CLASSICAL DEPARTMENT.—Mr. John Price, M.A. St. John's
College, Cambridge, (now of Bristol College,) Principal.
FitHriCH DEPARTMENT.-Mons. Theodore eugene Suliot, of
Paris, A.M. Glasgow College,•PrincipaL
WHITING DEPA RTmENT.—Mr. Chas. J. Smith.
Dit AWING DEPARTMENT.--MI. Chas. Ba,rher.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.—Mr. El. G. Migault.
ITALIAN. DEPA ItTMENT.—M r.
LOWER, SCHOOL.
This School is designed for the Sons of those whose means
are too limited for the more expensive Education of the High
School. •
Rev. Robt. M'Pherson, King's College, Aberdeen, Head

M aster.
Rev. J. Rutherford, Edinburgh, Second Master.
Mr. Thos. Emerson, Third Master.
To the .constant instruction of the above Masters will be
added the occasional services of the Drawing, French, Mathe-
matical, and Philosophical Masters of the High School.
EVENING SCHOOL.
-Under the Superintendence of the following Masters:
ARITHMETIC AND MATHEMATICS.—Mr. Elliot, Mr. Gerrard,
and Mr. H. Carpenter.
MECHNNIUAL. pit A wING.--,llr,.M`Pherson.
ASCHITECTUIIAL DRAWING.—Mr. Cooper.
LANESsuArE DRAWING AND PERSPECTIVE.—MY. Pugh.
FIGURE DI:AwING AND MODELLING.—Mr.Seddon.
ORNAMENTAL PAINTING AND DRAWING.—Mr. Bahop,
NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONONIY.—Mr. Creuze, B.A.
GEOGRAPHY AND MECHANICAL ARTS.—IteV. It. M•Pherson,
A.M.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.—Mr. M. L. Phillips.
CHEMISTRY.—M r. John Wilson.
FRENCH.—Mons. Theodore Eugene Suliot,
Terms, and such fiirther information as may be required,ean
be obtained by applying to the Secretary at the Institution.

Dr. KANE,.; Esq., M.D. MR.I.A. Dublin. will commence
a course of Eight Lectures on CHEMISTRY, To-tuoettow,
(Wednesday.) the 3d. instant.

JOHN EPPS, Esq. M D. London, Lecturer on Materia
will commence a, course of Popular Lectures on
PHYSIOLOGY, on WEDNESDAY, the 31st instant.

The Directors of the •Mechanics' Institution are ilesirons of
receivimr TENDERS for ERECTING a GYMNASIUM,
FITTING-UP the MUSEUM, and other Work. The Plans
and Specification may be seen on application to Mr. J. A.
PicTnN, Architect, Warren-street.
Tenders, sealed, and addressed to the Secretary, most he left
at the Institution on or before SATURDAY next, the 6th instant.

WANTED, for the. EVENING SCHOOL, a PERSON
capable of teaching NIECHANICAL DRAWING. A liberal
Sabry will be given to a person fully qualified. None else
need apply. _ _ .

The Directors acknowledge the receipt of the following,
DONATIONS to the Fund for Building the New Institution :
From Christopher Itawdon, Esq. £lllo
- •„ • The- Misses Yates • 5l) A
Contribution of't'en Guineas, or upwarcis, to The Build-
ing Fund," constitutes the Contributor a Member for Life of
the Institution.

JOE-IN S. RADCLIFF, Secretary.

VARY 2, 1838.

TI.VAL 5.41,E OP "DUTCH But Bs.
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
To-mortanw, (Wednesday,) the 3d January instant, at Eleven
o'clock. at tly> Hanover Rooms,
A CHEST of DUTCH BULBS, just blooded from Ilnar—
including Double and Single Hyacinths, Tulips,.
Jonquils, Polv,anthus Narcissuses, Crowu Imperials, Fritularia,
CroctiSes, Irises. Ranunculuses, Bre.
To he viewed no the Morning of Sale, when Catalognei may
'be had from Mr. T. BRANCH.

DRAPER AND TAILOR'S STOCK
By Mr. T. BRANCII, •
On Tuungngy next, the 4th January instant, and following
day. at. Eleven o'clock each day, at the. H anover-rnion*,
E genuine STOCK of a WOOLLEN DRAPER and
TAI LOW declining-business, which coninti,s a verv-ex-
tensive assortment of excellent 'superfine West of England and
other Broad Cloths, in fashionable colours, in blues, blacks,
greens, olive*, &c. ; Casgimeres, 'Petershains, Pilot Cloths,
Barragons, Fustians, Stockings, &c.; with a variety of well-
made WEARING PPARP.II4, excellent. London Beaver
Hats, a considerable quantity of_y-ard-tcide and seven-eights
Irish Linens, Diapers, very superior Blankets, and' Carious
other Articles connected with- the business. •
To be viewed To-morrow, Wednesday,) the 3d January
instant, when Catalogues may be had from Mr. T „11. A N.O El:

PORTANT SALE OE HIGH-BRED GREYHOUNDS.
LUCAS begs to inform the Public that he has received
I. • itratruelions from Mr.. LLOYD, of Rhagott, to SELL
by AUCTION, on SATt7auAy,- the 13th day of January next,
at. One o'clock, without the slightest reserve, the whole of his
celebrated STUD of. GREYHOUNDS, consisting of Eleven
Brace, .carefully bred and selected during a period of nearly
twenty years.
Purchasers are requested to be punctual, as the first Lot will
be brought out at One to a minute.. _

Catalogues. with rsedi2rees,lnay be had on application at the
Repository, Great Charlotte•street.
The whole will he on view several days prior to the sale, and
any torther information may he had on application to E.
LLOYD, Esq., Rhaggatt, near Cot wen, or to M•r. LucAs, Re-
pository, Liverpool.

VALUABLE FRVPHOLD ESTATE, BAR LESTONE AND
NEIFBOLD, LEICESTERSHIRE.
By B. PAYNE,

On WEDNESDAY, the 31st of January, 1838, at the White Lion
Inn, Market-place, Leicester, at Three o'clock in the after-

noon.
A COMPACT FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate in the
Lordships of. Rarlestone, and Newbold Verdon, (in a
.ring fence, consisting► of about One Hundred and Eighteen
Acres of Arable and Pasture LAND. with FARM HOUSE,
and requisite Buildings, in the occupation of Mr. John Kirk-
man, one of the Proprietors.
The above will be sold with or w•iihout the MINEIIALS, which
consist of COAL.

The Proprietors have recently at a considerable expense, as-
certained the above fact by Loring, and which is found to be
five feet ten inches thick, at the depth of only One Hundred
and Five Yards.

A desirable opportunity presents itself to the Capitalist,—
the Estate being in a populous neighbourhood, lying by the
side of the Desford Turnkpike-road, and an excellent. situation
for the, Sale of Coal; is ,nine miles from Leicester; seven from
Hinckley; two from Market. B4worth; and one tulle and a
halt' from the Lek-ester ankSwamtuinoon Railway. - •
There is a BRICK YARD on the Estate, iu full work.
For a view of the Estate, and, further particulars, apply on
the Premises ; to Mr. KIRKMAN, Bagworth ; or at the Aucr
TroNEE.a's Offices, Market-Street, Leicester, Where a Plan of
the -Estate lies.for inspection..

EXTRAORDINARY ,
COLLECTION OF CIIIII6TMAS PRESENTS,

INCLUDING EVERY NOVELTY IN '
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MANUFACTURE.

AT THE CRESCENT BAZAAR,
THE-.6TOOK' OF -GAMES •
Consists of Round flazard, Lola Tournament, Devil among
the 'railors' German Tactics, Hymen's Lottery, British Tour-
ist, Every Man to his Station, Elephant and Castle, Solitaire,
Bell -and Hammer, Royal Goose, Telegraph, eiress and
Suitors, Europe, Merry 'Moments at Home, Mirror of Truth,
Seven Ages; Golden' Shield, London, Fruit Basket, England
and Wates, Birds, Zoological Garden, Virtue Rewarded, Spil-
licans, Universal History, Jeu-de-Mots, Vice Punished, Tour
through Europe, Billy Fair-Play, Chess, fox and Geese, Pope
Joan, The World, Wonder of Arts, Panorama of Europe,
Royal Sovereigns, Draughts, Backgammon, and Bagatelle.

A VARIETY OF THE
MOST AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE TOYS
, EVER 1111.0111'ED INTO LIVERPOOL.

A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF DESKS, WORK-
BOXES.. AND DRESSING-CASES,
SUITABLE TO THE hRESENT SEASON.
ROCKING HORSES,
COMMENCING AT TEN SHILLINGS EACH,

THE GEL EB ATED FIRE LIGHTERS AND
REVIVERS, Is. 61. FERIOO.
lIAMBRO' QUILLS, Is. 2rl. PER 100.
PERFUMERY FOR EXPORTATION.
A.o. 5. St. &ensue's Crescent
Nest -doom to the Standard Office.
•' •

MIDLAND COUNtITS RAILWAY.
CALL FOR A FOURTH INSTALMENT OF £5 PER SHARE

1.17:0-street, Leicestet', 22d Dec., 1837.
rylllE Directors of the Midland Comities. Esilway Company
having, in 'pursuance of the Provisions of the Act of
Incorporation, pat•sed a Resolution calling for a Fourth Instal-.
meta of £5 per 'S.Pare. to he payable on or before the 20th
January, 1838, the 'Proprietors of Shares are required, in'con-
formity with such resolution, to pay the Sum due on the Shares
to one of the following Bankers:—
London ..Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
.Liverpool .The Bank of Liverpool.
Manchester Bank of Manchester.
BirMingham The Birmingham Banking Company.
Leicester .Messrs. Mansfield and Babingtons.
Nottinghait Messrs.'l. and I. C. 'Wright. and Co.
Derby • Messrs. Cr,mpton, Newton, and Co.
Loughborough..Messrs. Thorp, Middletons, and Oliver.
Should the call remain unpaid after the appointed day, the
Bankers have been severally required to demand interest
thereon, after the rate of five per cenr. per annum, from the
20:11 of January to the day on which the payment shall be
actually made. J. F. BELL, Segretaiy.

GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR
RAILWAY.

AT Glasgow• the 20(h day of December, 1838, at the
FIRST GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS of the above COMPANY,
Present, SHAREHOLDERS holding 5,038 SHARES in the

UNDERTAKIS;G.

JOHN FLpmING, lisq.,-(4-Claremont,

Deputy. chairman of the Company, took the Chair ex eicio.
The Advertisement calling the Meeting, and the Clauses in
the Act relating to the business to be brought before it, were
read. The Secretary produced a List of the Shareholders, which,
ou the motion of. GgonGE MoRE NISBETT, Esq., of Cairnhill,
seconded by JOHN MITCHELL, Esq, Glasgow, was sealed by
the Corporate Seal of the Company. The Secretary than read
to the Meeting the Report of the Directors.
It was Moved by JAMES BoGLE, Jun., Esq , Merchant in
Glasgow, seconded by JOHN HUNTER, Esq., Ardrossan, and
unanimously agreed to,. that the Report of the .D:rectors be ap-
proved of, and the Thanks of the Meeting be given to them for
their long.continued and gratuitous exertion in the furtherance
of the undertaking.
It was moved by ANDREW Wit.rAmosoN, Esq., Dean of
Guild, Ayr, and. seconded by ROBERT MoNTGostEalE, Esq., of
Graighouse, that this Meetingexpress their continued confidence
in the complete success of the undertaking, and their satisfaction
at the information that was communicated to them by the Direc-
tors, that the local traffic which may be expected on the Line
at each extremity will yield a profitable return on the Capital ex-
pended, even before the Railway is opened for thorough traffic.
.JOHN LEADBErrEu, Esq., requested that, before the motion
was put, Me. MILLER, the Company's Engineer, might be
allowed to answer certain quest ions which he would jut as to the
time and cost of executing the portions of the Line between
Glasgow and Vaisley,• and Irvine and Avr, and as to the traffic
which might he expected on them: Mr. Miller having answered
these questions, and that part of the Report of the Directors
which regarded' the traffic on the Ayrshire end of the Line
having been again read,
.Mr. Lead better expressed himself com-
pletely satisfied, and the motion was put and unanimously
agreed to.

A question was then put by Mr. Hunter as to the views of the
Directors in regard to immediately completing the Line between
Paisley and Dairy to which it was answered, that it would be
of great importance that portions of the Line should be opened,
and a return derived from them before the Capital for executing
the remaining pat t was called; but that, consistently with these
views, and the convenience of the Shareholders in paying the
Calls, it .was the impression of the Directors, that the execution
of the whole main Line snood be proceeded with at as early a
period as possible.
It was then moved by JAS. APCALL, Esq.. of Daldowie,
seconded by l'HumoottE WALao.No, Esq., of Calderpark, and
unanimously agreed to, that the thanks of the meeting be given
to the Earls,of Glasgow and Eglinton, Colonel Blair, of Blair,
Mr. Campbell, of Fairfield, the Burge of Irvine, and the other
Landowners on the Line who have prompted the undertaking
by the liberal arrangements they have made with the Company,
regarding their Land required tor the undertaking.
It was afterwards moved lw..GEoaGa TaYLoo, Esq., .Ayr,
seconded by Wt Pi MILLER, Esq., of Monkcastle, that the
following Directors be elected for the ensuing year, and requested
to proceed with the work at as early a period as possible:
Bail of EGLINGTON.
Earl of GLASGOW.
Colonel BLAIR, of Blair.
A LICH I BA L D HAMILTON, Esq., of Rozelle.
JAS. M'CALL, Esq.,_ of Daldowie.
JOHN FLEMING. Esq., of Claremont. -
GEORGE M..NISBETT, Esq., of Cairnhill.
JAMES CAMPBELL. of Moorepark.
THEODORE WALR ON LVESq., of Calderpark
8.013 T. MONTGOM ERIE. 'Esq., Irvine.
JOHN S..WOOD, Esq., Glasgow.
HUGH LLE , Esq.; Ayr.
A RCII !BALD SMITH, Esq., Glasgow.
JOHN MILLER, Esq., Glasgow.
JOHN M Fre HELL. Esq., Glasgow.
.:011N‘ LEA DBETTER, .Esq., Glasgow.
HENRY .GRAZEBII 00K, Esq., Glasgow.
GEORGE JOHNSTONE, Esq., nedburu.
WILLIA M BROOKS, Esq., Glasgow.
JAMES BOGLE, Jun., Esq., Glasgow.
Which motion havibg been put by the Chairman, was unani-
mously carried.
' • "
The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Chairman
for his conduct in the Chair. • •

JOHN FLEMING, Deput)-Chairinan