The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

FURNITURE OIL

Half-pint Bottles is.. Pint Bottles Quart Bottles, 3s.
GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE.
This article is recommended to Housekeepers for cleaning
all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter
Measures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Ruds, Brass
Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &c. &c.: with half the usual
labour which is generally required with other preparations
the above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metal. It
will also be found useful in the Stable department, for clean-
ing Brass-mounted Carriage, Gig, or Coach Harness..—Sold
in Squares at 6d. and Is. each.
ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS.
For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains, out
of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c., and for many other useful pur-
poses.—Price s. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d.
CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT.
The virtues of this herb, which is uniformly held in high
estimation by the most eminent Medical Practitioners in the
kingdom, is in the present preparation most fully concen-
trated, whilst the necessity of, administering large doses, as
when used in its simple form, is hereby avoided.
MUCH ADMIRED ALMA
A few drops of this Flavour added'NtoDCFuLstAarVdsO,Upuß.
Puddings,
Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicatetaste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, with ,
a m
D .recto.osntsdeilise.ioGuds.
and 3s.

CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER
A teaspoonful may be taken for a dose three times a day
in any
Physicians' and Surgeons' Prescriptions carefully prepared.
Medicine Chests fitted up for sea. Genuine Drugs and
Chemicals.

AT W. B. PRONIOLI'S,
24, Church-street -and Old Post-office,
-ETAS JUST ARRIVED, a most novel and splendid
-ILL as-
sortment of CLOCKS, in Or-molu, China, Alabaster,
Marble, Artistique, and Florentine Bronze, in-laid Tortoise-
shell, Ebony, and Rosewood ; Modern, Antique, & Gothic,
with 15-day movements, striking the boors and half-hours,
at froin 3 Ms. to £lO9.

ELEGANT VASES, GOBLETS, AND FLOWER_
STANDS, IN BOHEMIAN GLASS, and all kinds of
CHIMNEY and CONSOLE ORNAMENTS, correspond-
ing with the above Clocks, in the greatest variety, and at all
prices.
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Every Clock or Timepiece bearing the name of W. B.
Promoli, is warranted of Me best quality, and will be
wound and regulated for 12 month: front the date of pur-
chase, free of charge, fwithin five miles of Liverpool, and
exceeding £lO in value.

W. B. Promoli begs leave to solicit the attention of his
patrons to his continually-changing Stock of LONDON and
HOME-MANUFACTURED J EWELLERY (oarranted
of the best Gold), of the latest fashion and in the first style,
in CHAINS, NECKLACES, BRACELETS, RINGS,
EAR-RINGS, BROOCHES, BUCKLES, PINS, STUDS,
and other Ornamental Articles, too numerous to particu-
larize.

BEST ENGLISH AND GENEVA
LEVER AND CYLINDER WATCHES, IN GOLD

AND SILVER.
CABINET GOODS of all descriptions, manufactured in
his-well-known Establishment.

ROMAN and PARISIAN BRONZES, the production
and exclusive copyright of the most celebrated Artists, ela-
borately executed, of which the reputation as works of Art
is only equalled by their estimation in the most fashionable
circles.

RODGERS AND SONS' FANCY AND TABLE

CUTLERY .
FRENCH AND ENGLISH PERFUMERY; AND
GENUINE 'EAU DE COLOGNE.
CHANDELIERS and LAMPS, (with Miller's Patent
Wieks;) in GLASS, CHINA, BRONZE, and OR-MOLU,
fixed free of all extra expense.

Thousands of new,-useful, .and fancy Articles, increasing
daily; may be met with in this unique and, in Europe, unri-
valled Magazin, whether for the immense variety, superior
quality, or moderate prices, and where, for the purpose of
comparison, EACH ARTICLE IS MARKED IN PLAIN
FIGURES, from which prices no deduction is made nor
credit given. Strangers and Visitors are respectfully invited
to inspect this incomparable Establishment and Manufactory.
The greatest attention will be paid to them, without it being
considered obligatory to make purchases,

AT fit'. B. PROMOLI'S,
24, Church-street and Old Post-office.
N.B. Every purchase exceeding £lOO, consisting of arti-
cles which, from their fragility or delicacy, may be endan.
gered by unskilful management in unpacking, &c., will be
conveyed without charge, if to places within 100 miles of
Liverpool, and accessible by Railway or Steam conveyance,
and will be accompanied by a person employed for that pur-
pose, who Mill unpack and arrange them as shall be required.
Liberal terms to Merchants, Exporters, and 'Wholesale
Dealers, and every information relative- thereto, are offered
as heretofore, by W. B. PROMOLI.

• DUTCH BULBS.
T AND C. WHALLEY have just received their Annual
•./ • Importation of Hyacinth and other DUTCH FLOWER
ROOTS, in very fine condition. They beg, at the same
time, to call the attention of Gentlemen intending to Plant
this Season, to their very splendid stock of Fruit Trees, Ever-
green and Deciduous Shrubs, &c. &c., at their Nurseries,
London-road, which will be found inferior to none in the
country, and peculiarly adapted for producing an immediate
effect.

Winter Vetches, Italian Ryegrass, and other Seeds for
Autumnal Sowing.

Seeds and Plants carefully packed for Exportation
St. George's Crescent, 10th September, 1840.

EXTENSIVE
CARPET :4ND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,

H ANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL

THOMAS BRANCH

RESPECTFULLY ai-l-nOti-n-ce;:tlTai-fie. has CONSTANTLY ON

SALE,
M the HANOVER ROOMS.

A particularly extensive and valuable Stock of Elegant and

Fashionable
CABINET FURNITURE,

Of every description, manufactured in the first style' of ex-

eellenee, 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 Fancy
Tables, What Nots, Chairs, Couches, Sofas, Tea Poys,
Cheffoniers, Canterburies, 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, Trafalgar 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, Bootßacks,
Music Standsand 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 br'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,
In the greatest variety ;
Four-post, Cottage, Conopy, French, Dome, Camp, Nursery,
and Press BEDSTEADS, of every form,
In Mahogany, Birch, and Painted Woods ;
Feather BEDS, Nair, 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, DAMASK, 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, kc.

DUTCH BULBS, WINTER VETCHES, &c.
JAMES CUTHBERT, 12, CLAYTON-SQUARE, LIVEE-
POOL, respectfully begs leave to announce that he has
just received his annual importation of DUTCH FLOWER
ROOTS, which are unusually fine this Season, comprising
all the splendid varieties of Hyacinths, Narcissus, Anemones,
Ranunculus, Gladiolas, Crocus, Double and Single Snow-
drops, &c., &c., as well as his Autumn Flower Seeds, Winter
Vetches, &c.

J. C. at the same time particularly invites the attention of
the Public to his large and unequalled Stock of Agricultural
and Garden Implements.
Seeds packed for all climates, in a way that will materially
assist their vegetetion.

PERMANENT GALLERY OF ART,
LIVERPOOL.

THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL ROYAL
INSTITUTION, being fully prepared to contribute
the sum of TWELVE HUNDRED POUNDS towards the
establishinent of a PERMANENT GALLERY of ART in
Liverpool, as received by the Proprietors at a General Meet-
ing held in February last; and, further, although at a con-
siderable expense, to furnish on their Premises a suitable
Site for such an erection, and to deposit therein their valua-
ble Collection of Casts from the Antique Marbles, with their
series of curious early Specimens of Painting, hereby an-
nounce to the Public, that Books are now open at the prin-
cipal Banks, at the Athenaeum, the Lyceum, and the Royal
Institution, for the purpose of receiving and registering the
Subscriptions of such persons as may be desirous to promote
the success of the Establishment, by the contribution of
either Money or of such Works of Art as will reflect honour
on the taste of the donor.
The Committee think proper to state, that the success of
the measure will depend on the support of the Public; and
they propose to allow the following terms of Admission to
Subscribers, and in every respect to conduct the Establish-
ment with a view to the gratification, instruction, and amuse-
ment of the Inhabitants and Visitors of the town :
A Donor of Five Pounds to have admission for life, for
himself, and the members of his family residing with
A Donor of Ten Pounds or upwards to have, in addition
to the foregoing privileges, the power of admitting strangers
either personally or by note.
Due provision will be made
able for purposes of study to n
The following gentlemen,
will also receive the names of
James Aspinall,
Rev. J. H. Thom,
Dr. Freckleton,
T. B. Barclay,
Samuel Turner,
J. N. Walker,
J. B. Yates,
M. D. Lowndes,
Theod. Rathbone,
Rev. J. Tobin,
Colquitt-street, 26th May, I

'or rendering the Gallery avail-
isident Artists.
Members of the Committee,
Contributors :
D. Gladstone,
H. Banner,
Thos. Winstanley,
Rev. Jon. Brooks,
Sir J. P. Salusbury,
Sam. Bright,
C. S. Parker,
Chas. Inman,
Will. Watson,
A. Melly, Treasurer.
REYNOLDS, President.
-840..

CHINESE GRASSHOPPERS.—Towards night we saw a
strange uproar among the people, who were all up in arms,
and had divided into sever-1 troops to defend their country
ga
, • t grasshoppers (which occasion oftentimes a great
scarcity and dearth). These creatures come about once a
year, with easterly winds, in such mighty swarms orsqua-
drons that they devour all they meet with in a few hours,
leaving the fields utterly dismantled. To oppose these in-
vaders the inhabitants march to and fro through the fields
with colours flying, shouting and hallooing all the way they
go, to prevent these destroyers from fixing arid doing execu-
tion on their flourishing fields. They drove one flying regi-
ment of them into the sea, and they fell down upon our heads,
and our vessels were actually covered with such masses that
we threw them overboard by bushels.—From Ogilvie's Jour-
nal of Netherlands' East India Company, published in 1669.
A MATTER OF COURSE. —When John Philpot Curran
was master of the rolls in Ireland, and when appeals from
his court to that of the chancellor were matter of daily oc-
currence, the following dialogue took place between Lord
Manners, the then chancellor, and Mr. Plunket, the present
holder of the seals :—Mr. Plunket : my I have hum-
bly to move your lordship in the case of
---• The Chan-
cellor: " Mr. Plunket, I cannot hear anything to-day but
motions of course." Mr. Plunket : "My lord, I think you
will find that this comes perfectly under your lordship's rule.
It is merely to reverse an order made by his honour the Ma 4..
ter of the Rolls ?" Loud shouts of laughter followed this
bitter sally of the witty lawyer—the jest not being the less
pungent that the statenient was nearly literally trtte.