The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-09 00:00:00

NOTICE

THE Local Authorities having appointed THIS DAY,
(Tuesday,) as a Fast Day, and requested that ail Offices be
Closed, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all Parties haying
transactions connected with BILLS OF EXCHANGE, should
appoint some Persons to attend at their Office, between the
hours of Nine and Eleven A.M., to prevent the necessity of
Protests, &c.

American Chamber of Commerce,
FRAS. A. HAMILTON, President.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL,

DAY OF FASTING-AND HUMILIATION

THE MAYOR has received from the Venerable
Archdeacon of Liverpool a Communication, stating that
the Clergy of Liverpool have, with the consent and permission
of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, determined upon setting
apart THIS DAY, (Tuesday,)the 9th day of October instant, as
a day of FASTING and HUMILIATION, under the fearful
visitation which it has pleased Almighty God to inflict upon
this Land, and to invite their Parishioners to offer up their Cie-
vout and earnest Prayers for its merciful removal.
fhe Mayor approving of this invitation of the Clergy, ear-
nestly recommends the Inhabitants of the Borough, of all
classes and denominations, to observe the day named with be-
coming solemnity ; to Close their Shops and Offices, and, as
far as practicable, to suspend all Business on that Day.
J. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Mayor.

Town-Hall, 3d Oct., 1849,

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
POPULAR LECTURES.
rir HE LECTURES will be resumed for the WINTER
SESSION on WEDNESDAY, the 17th instant. The ses-
sion will extend over Two Months, during which the Lectures
will be delivered on the EVENINGS of WEDNESDAY and SA-
TURDAY, at half-past Seven o'Clock.
The Courses to be delivered are as follov
I -

—A Course of Six Lectures on HISTORY, embodying,
first, a statement of the claims of History as a branch of
general knowledge; and, secondly, a view of the History of
the Ancient World till the time of Cyrus, by DAVID MASSON,
Esq., of London.

course on the HISTORY of ANCIENT GREECE,
by the Rev. W. THYNNE, 8.A., and
lII.—A Course on the HISTORY of ROME, from the build-
of the City till the Migration of the Northern Nation, by Dr.
W. IHNE, author of "Researches Concerning the Constitu-
tion of Ancient Rome," Sze., Head-Master of the High
School.

The Lectures to be delivered during the Winter Session will
thus afford a complete and connected view of the History of
the Ancient World ; and it is intended in the Spring Course,
which will commence about the close of January or beginning
of February. and will extend over Four Months, to resume the
subject at the period at which the Winter Course will close,
and to carry on the History of the World to the present time.
A detailed Syllabus of the Lectures will be ready previous to
the opening of the Session.

LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM.
A READING-ROOM has been lately opened in connexion
with the Library, where the latest numbers of a great variety
of Periodical Publications, Atlases, Encyclopwdias, and
Works on the Fine Arts, together with the Books most re-
cently published for the Library, may always be consulted.
The Reading-room is open every Day from 9 a.m., till 10

- A Prospectus, containing list of Periodicals received, and all
other particulars, may be had on application.

TERMS OF
_SUBSCRIPTION TO THE

INSTITUTION. -
Members subscribe either .4'lo 10s. in a single sum, or 21s,
per annum._

The privileges of members are :—The use of the Library
and Reading-room attached, admission to the Lectures, the
Museum, the Sculpture Gallery, and to the Classes forming
the First Section of the Evening School. Members are also
entitled to certain reductions from the fees charged in the
Day Schools in favour of their sons and daughters; and such
of them as do not avail themselves of the privilege of at-
tending the First Section of the Evening School, may either
attend the more advanced classes at reduced fees or present
other Pupils at fees under the usual rates.
Ladies subscribing 10s. 6d. a year have the use of the Library
and Reading-room, and admission to the Lectures ; and daugh-
ters of members, under eighteen years of age, are entitled to
these privileges on payment of five shillings a-year.
Pupils in the Day or Evening Schools are admitted on paying
6s. per annum, or 2s. for the Short Session, and 4s. for the
Long Session.

Persons not otherwise connected with the Institution are
admitted to the Lectures on payment of 10s. 6d. per annum, or
Is. for each Lecture ; or they may have the use of the Library
and Reading-roam for a Payment of 10s. Gd. per annum.