The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-09 00:00:00

WANTED, an experienced EbOK-KEEPER.—Appli-
ations, in writing, to be made to WILLIAM SMITH,
Esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Marine Assurance Co., on
or before Monday next, the lsth instant.

WANTED, a HORSE and GIG, or light PH/ETON,
ON HIRE, for two or three months. Parties desirous
of Letting, can apply (post paid) stating terms, to W. H.,
care of Mr. Lawton, Rainbow Inn, Williamson-square.

TO SHIP-MASTERS AND OTHERS.
LIVERPOOL SHIP-MASTERS' ASSOCIATION.
THE READING ROOMS of the above Society will be
OPENED, to Subscribers, bn THURSDAY, the 18th
June instant. Terms of Membership, and other particulars,
may be known at the Rooms, 2, Oldhall-street, near the
Exchange.
The advantages which this Association holds out to Mas-
ters of Vessels, and to mercantile men generally, are such as
can be found in no other Institution in Liverpool, andcannot
fail to secure the hearty co-operation of all who wish well to
the maritime interests of thin port.
G. J. DUNCAN, Secretary.
Sth June, 1840.

ANATOMICAL VENUS.
jT has already been announced, that TUESDAY and FRI-
" DAYS are exclusively for LADIES. A wish having been
expressed by several Ladies, for a longer explanation of this
truly wonderful production of Art, the Proprietor announces,
that a competent person will deliver a LECTURE, provided
he obtains a sufficient number of names for the purpose; on
FRIDAY next, June 12th. The Lecture commences (for
Ladies only) precisely at Half-past Seven.
Admittance, as usual, Is. ; for the Lecture, 2s. 6d.
53, Bold-street.

LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION.
THE SIXTEENTH EXHIBITION of the WORKS of
MODERN ARTISTS WILL OPEN in Avovs•r

NEXT.
All Works of Art intended for Exhibition will he received
from the 27th of July to the Bth of August inclusive, and
must be addressed to the Secretary, Exhibition Rooms,
Church-street, accompanied with a Note describing them as
intended to be inserted in the Catalogue. (No unnecessary
quotation or narrative can be admitted.)
At the back of each frame must be written the Name of
the Artist, and the Subject.
No Picture or Drawing can be admitted without a Gilt
Frame.
No Copies, except Enamels, or Water Colours after known
celebrated Pictures, nor Works which have been publicly
Exhibited in Liverpool, can be received.
Amateur Exhibitors are limited to one work of art.
SAML. EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Liverpool Academy of Art.
June 5111, 1840.

Now OPEN, for PUBLIC INSPECTION, at the Exhi-
hibition Rooms, Postoffice-place. Liverpool, a Splendid,
Extensive, and highly-interesting COLLECTION of PIC-
TURES, the production of the most celebrated Masters of the
Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, French and English Schools,
in subjects from Sacred and Profane History, Landscapes,
Domestic Scenes, Game, and Flower Pieces, a great variety
of Interesting Portraits and Fancy Heads ; a series of Cabinet
Copies, from the celebrated LUXEMBOURG GALLERY, con-
sisting of twenty-one highly-finished Pictures, by a French
Artist ; a Splendid Picture of the Marriage of George the IV.
with Princess Caroline of Brunswick, displaying numerous
Portraits of the Royal Family, Ladies of the Court, and
Officers of State, all taken from the Life ; with other tine
Productions of Art ; the whole having been selected in various
parts of the Old and New Continents, by the Agent of a
Gentleman of Fortune, who has kindly consented to their
being exhibited in Liverpool for a Short Time only, under
the Direction of Messrs. T. WINSTANLEY and SONS,
who have arranged them as above for that purpose.
Open from Ten in the Morning till Dusk.
ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING EACH.
Descriptive Catalogues (one Shilling each) may be had at
the Rooms.