The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

GREAT TITHES TO BE LET.

rino be LET, by Proposal, at the House of Mrs. Bowker,
within Sefton, in the county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY,
the 10th day of August, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon,
subject to such conditions as shall be then declared, all the
TIT H ES of Wheat, Oats, Barley, Beans, and other great
Tithes, arising within the whole of the extensive and highly
cultivated Parish of Sefton, in the county of Lancaster,
during the present year, in the following Lots, or such others
as may, at the time of Letting, be considered more convenient.
Lott —The Tithes of the Township of Aintree.
„ 2.—The like of Great Crosby.
„ 3.—The like of Little Crosby.
„ 4.—The like of Ince Blundell.
„ s.—The like of Litherland.
„ 6.—The Tithes in the Township of Lunt.
7.—The like of Netherton.
„ B.—The like of Orrell and Ford.
.„ 9.—The like of Sefton.
10.—The like of Thornton.
Together with the several Tithe Barns thereto belonging.
The 'rakers will be required to pay down a Deposit of £lO
per Cent. upon and in part of their Contracts, and to provide
sufficient security for the payment of the remainder, on such
day or days as shall be appointed at the time of Letting.
For further particulars, and for admeasureinents, applica-
tion may be made to Mr. JOSEPH BRADSHAW, of Crosby, or
to Messrs..Gonsr and BIRCHA Li., Solicitors, Preston.
Preston, 26th July, 1838.

Eburation.

COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 7. HOUGHTON-STREET.

MR. and MRS. HEWITT having taken the Establish-
mentfPoughton-sihnyforAmlrst.heir Holmes,
Friends No.an7d,
t Houghton-street
beg leave
ed
toon
Commercial Gentlemen, that, at a great expense, they have
refitted the Establishment with every article new, and from
the first houses, and hope, by unremitting attention and mo-
derate charges, to merit the favour of their Friends and Com-
mercial Gentlemen.

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
SCHOOLS AND LECTURES.

IHE various Schools, attached to the Institution were re-
-lopened (after the bolidays) on Monday, the 30th ult.
The Preparatory School, iu connexion with the High
School of the Institution, and intended for the reception of
Pupils, not sufficiently prepared for the extensive Course of
Instruction given in the High School, was commenced on the
30th ult., under the superintendence of WILLIAM HARTS-
HORN, A.M. Terms, Six Guineas per Annum.
The Public Lectures commenced on Wednesday Evening,
the Ist of August, with a Course of Eight Lectures, by Ro-
BERT E. GRANT, M.D., F.R.S., Loud. and Edin., F.L.S ,
F.G.S., F.Z.S., &c., &c., Professor in the Royal Institution
of Great Britain and University College, London, on the
STRUCTURE and HISTORY of the ARTICULATED
and MOLLUSCUOUS CLASSES of ANIMALS.
Dr. GRANT will deliver the Third Lecture of the Course
To-morrow Evening, (Wednesday,) commencing at Half-
past Seven o'clock.
Arrangements have been made for the delivery of the fol-
lowing Courses, viz:—
Eight Lectures, Analytical and Illustrative of some of
SIIAKSPEARE'S PRINCIPAL TRAGIC CHARAC-
TERS, by C. R. PEMBERTON, Esq. of London.
Eight Lectures on CHEMISTRY, as applied to the Arts
and Manufactures of Great Britain, by ROBERT KANE, M.D.
M.R.1.A., Professor of Chemistry in the Apothecaries' Hall,
Dublin.

Eight Lectures on ASTRONOMY, by JOHN WALLIS,
Esq., of Loudon.

of LondonT—cil7es on PAINTING, by B. R. HAYDON, Esq.
.le

Four Lectures on ENGLISH VOCAL HARMONY,
with Illustrations, by EDWARD TAYLon, Esq., Gresham
Professor of Music, London.
Annual Subscription, One Guinea. Ladies, Half-a-Guinea.
Apprentices, or Sons of Members, Five Shillings per
Annum.

Commencing from the date of Payment.
Non-Subset ibers, One Shilling each Lectute.
A. contribution of Ten Guineas or upwards to the " Build-
ng Fund" constitutes the Contributor a Life Member of the
institution.

WANTED, in the HIGH SCHOOL of the Mechanics'
Institution, an ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT MASTER
in the English Department. He will be required to give
instructions in the English Language, Elocution, Composi-
tion, History, Geography, and the Elements of Moral Phi-
losouhy. Salary £75 per annum.
Arithmetic. Salary
osnalaDrbylexct7ssolivrAaatitnuu7em.and
WAN PP rt. .11W t• srrinPT PIXtP Ar%
as to character, abilities, attainments, and experience in
n.
tuition, may be sent in, (post-pin
AB
irAoiri:Gspaelpioickay;tai Applications, aPaconcsdiot accompanied by unexceptionable
alsd,) addressed to the Secre-
tary, JOHN S. RADCLIFF.
Mechanics' Institution, August I, 1838.

THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION.
riiHE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of
_IL the WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS, will OPEN
in August instant. All Works of Painting, &c. sent for
Exhibition will be received at the Gallery, until SATURDAY,
the 11th of August, and must be addressed to the Secretary,
at the Exhibition Rooms, Church-street.
SAML. EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Academy of Painting, &c.
August 1,1838.

ROYAL MANCHESTER INSTITUTION.
TO ARTISTS, SIC.
N consequence of the Postpone ment of the Closing of the
1 London Exhibitions, the period for RECEIVING PIC-
TURES, STATUARY, 8.:.c., for the Exhibition of the
Works of Modern Artists, at this Institution, is EXTENDED
frOm the Ist to the 11th instant, beyond which time no con-
tributions will be admissible.
T. W. NV IN STAN LEY, Honorary Secretary.
Institution, Mosley-street, lot August, 1838.

THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
XOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING, pursuant to the
Act of Parliament, will he held on THURSDAY, the 30th of
August, at Twelve o'clock precisely, at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street.
By order, HENRY AMSINCK, Secretary.
(Vice, 28, Moorgate-street, London, Aug. 2.

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.
TUNBRIDGE DIVISION, CONTRACT A. •
nrIHE Directors will meet at the Office of the Company,
_IL No. 10, Coleman-street, London, on TUESDAY. the 4th
day of September next, at Half-past One in the Afternoon
precisely, to receive TENDERS for the EXECUTION of
the WORKS comprised in this Contract.
The Earth Works consist of between 300,000 and 400,000
cubic yards of Cuttings, to be carried to embankments.at the
average distance of one mile. The other portion of the Con-
tract will comprise certain Parish Road and Accommodation
Bridges, Culvertsf and Drains, and the Fencing of the Line
of Railway lying between the Hastings Turnpike Road at
Tunbridge and the Public Road at Tudeley. The whole
will be Let by a schedule of prices to be tendered for all the
various kinds of Works as Measure Works.
Plans and Specifications of the Works, with conditions o!
Tender and Contract, will be ready for inspection, and
printed forms of Tender may be obtained, on and after the
31st instant, at the Office of the Company, and also at the
Office of the Resident Engineer at Tunbridge, Mr. P. W.
BARLow, who will afford any information on the spot. Any
further information may he obtained on application to WM.
CUBITT, Esq., the Principal Engineer to the Company, at
his Office, No. 6, Great George-street, Westminster.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
Tender, nor will any Tender be, admitted unless made in the
printed form of the Company, nor unless it be delivered at
the Office of the Company before one o'clock on the day of
meeting

By order of the Directors,
J. S. YEATS, Sec.
_ ___

Railway Office, 3d July, 1838.

METELLUS
C FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
APITAL Two ILLIONS.
GOVERNOR,
His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh and Queensbury.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR,
The Right Hon. Lord Belhaven and Stenton.
- CHAIRMAN OF THE,COMMITTEE,
John Campbell Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont. M.P.
HEAD OFFICE, 147. BUCHANAN-STREET, GLASGOW.
HE Quarterly Receipts for Insurances, falling due at
I. Lammas, (Ist Aug.) are now ready for delivery at the
Head Office, and by all the Company's Agents.
This Company effects Insurances on Property in the East
and West Indies, America, and the Continent of Europe.
Farming Stock and Implements of Husbandry Insured
without Go'ernment Duty.
Insurances effected on Mercantile risks in Liverpool at very
moderate Premiums.
Floating Policies, lOs per cent. per annum: Warehouses
and Goods therein, at from Gs to 9s per cent. according to the
occupancy and hazard.
Agent for Liverpool,

WILLIAM TARBET,
11, Exchange-buildings•

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I, EDWARD
CRANE, will not he Accountable for any Debt or
Debts that my Wife, ELIZABETH CRANE, may Con-
tract from the date hereof.—As witness my hand, this 6th day
of August, 1838. EDWARD CRANE,
Thomas-place, Blake-street, Liverpool.
Witness—THOMAS CRANE.

THE creditors who have proved their debts, under a fiat
in bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against
WILLIAM K IisIGSW ELL, of Liverpool, in the county of
Lancaster, cooper, and of Bootle, in the same county, com-
mon brewer, dealer and chapman, may receive a dividend of
the said bankrupt's, estate and effects on application to Mr.
Hwsn BET.oE, Accountant, Park-lane, Liverpool, THIS
DAY, the 7th day of August instant, between the hours of
ten and two, and on any succeeding day. between the same
hours. IF RODS H AM, Solicitor.

AYRES,
(FROM LONDON,
LATE BARBER AN
b SON, •
DEGS most respectfully to call the attention of the No-
ILD bitity, Gentry, and the Public of Liverpool and its
Vicinity to his
CLOTH-NAPPED BEAVER HATS,
they being of a superior quality to any yet offered to the
Public, manufactured solely for hint, and not to be procured
at any other House in England, the price of which atts.
CASH. The above will be found a most desirable Article to
those Gentlemen to whom Shortness of nap is liteciainnaiiidio
tion,
3, St, George's creeeettit4