The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

GRAND CONCERT.

THE Public are informed that a GRAND CONCERT
THE
will be given on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 22d Decem-
ber next, in the LECTURE HALL of the COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTION en which occasion wi he performed the late
lamented Dr. MENDELSSOHN THOLDY'S GRAND
ORATORIO, " ELIJ All," wit e Full Band and Chorus of
the Liverpool Philharmonic 'eq.
Tickets to be had onl a e Office of the Philharmonic So-
ciety, Exchange-cOurt, change-street East.
Body of the Room and Reserved Gallery, 4s. each ; Upper
Gallery, 2s. 6d.

LIVERPOOL ACADEMY, 1847.
THE EXHIBITION of the WORKS of MODERN
ARTISTS is NOW OPEN, at the Rooms of the Academy,
Old Postoffice-place, Church-street.
Admission : One Shilling. Catalogue ixpence. Children
under7erteelis rwe
twelvears of age Half-pr. .Season Tickets : Gen-
.r Shillings ; Ladies' iree and Sixpence ; Juvenile
Two
ce anh'D',„o,,an d Sixpence. ason Tickets, for Night only,
turday.
and by Gas light fromen- Ope
ven to Ten, every even om Ten in the Moeni ng ng
except Sa
until dusk,
-
WM. GAWIN HERDMAN, Secretary.

COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS.
THE PARENTS of the PUPILS are invited to
attend the usual Half-yearly Examinations, which will
take place as follows:
From This Day, (Tuesday,) the 30th instant, to Saturday
next, December 4. Candidates for the Special Prizes examined
in the Board-room.
December 7,8, 0, middies cimisef examined.
10, 11, 13, Lowe - -4 t -4t
, 14, 15, 16, U r
Also, on Thursday E mg, December 16th, at Seven o'clock,
the Half-yearly Examination of the VOCAL Music Classes will
take place in the Theatre, under the direction of Mr. CROWE.

ADMISSION, Is.—RESERVED SEATS, 2s.

NOW EXHIBITING, at the PORTICO,
11BOLD-
STREET, at Twelve in the Day, Four in the Afternoon,
and Eight in the Evening,
THE BOSJESMANS,

OR, BUSH PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA ;
The most singular specimens of that decr ng Race of Human
Beings, consisting of Two Men, Two omen, and a Baby, of
the Bosjesman Tribe, from the inte rof South Africa—a Race
that, from their wild habits, cou never before be induced to
visit a place of civilization. s opportunity of gratifying the
• Man of Science and the St ent of Zoology has only been ob-
tained by great personal ertion on the part of the Gentlemen
Who brought them to gland at an immense outlay of capital.
On the passage to ope, a Baby was born at sea—thus adding
to the great interest that must be excited by their appearance.
From Moffatt the Missionary's Work on Southern Africa, page
53 :=" Poor Bushman ! thy hand has been against every one,
and every one's hand against thee. For generations past they
have been hunted like partridges in the mountains. Deprived
of what nature had made their own, they became desperate,
wild; fierce, and indomitable in their habits. Hunger compels
them to feed upon every thing edible. Ixias, wild garlic, mys-
embry, antharnums, the core of aloes, gum of acarias, and other
plants and berries, some of which are extremely unwholesome,
constitute their fruits ; whilst almost every kind of living crea-
ture is eagerly devoured, lizards, locusts, and grasshoppers not
excepted. The poisonous as well as innoxious serpents they
roast and eat. They carefully extract their bags or reservoirs
Of poison, with which they cover the points of their arrows."
Mr. Robert Moffat, the son of the above-named Missionary,
has thus written in the book of autographs, which may be seen
at the Portico :
" Egyptian Hall, London, July 25.
41):Mgret;: twelve years in South Africa, and can certify
fercica.mena of that fast decreasing race, the
Bushmen of correct .‘ ROBERT MOFFATT."
At Exeter-hall, London, Dr. Knox, the celebrated Lecturer
on the Human Race, delivered a most scientific discourse, be-
fore a crowded audience, on the singular habits of
THESE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE,
reports of which may be had at the Portico.
In addition to the certificates of the Missionaries and others
who have visited the interior of South Africa, (which may be
seen at the Portico), showing that the Bosjesmans are as great
a curiosity in the Cape as they are in Europe, will be found the
testimony of General NAPIER, the late Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope, who visited them at the Egyptian Hall.
The following Autographs of distinguished Visitors may also
Ise inspected at the Portico, with a number of others, too nu-
tnerous to insert in an advertisement .
The Grand Duke Constantine Rev. F. Blagden.
and suite. Rev. H. Wyatt.
Prince Louis Napoleon Bona- Rev. R. Meady.
parte. Rev. J. Balfour.
The Duke of Newcastle and the Marquis of Douglas.
Ladies Clinton. Earl Craven.
The Marquis and Marchioness Duke of Grafton.
of Normanby and party. Lord Cantilupe.
Sir Robert, Lady Peel, and Sir Wm. Massey Stanley, Bart.
Dau rhter. Lady Ferguson Davy.
The Duke of Cleveland. Sir Robert Knox.
The Duke of Wellington. Lord Jocelyn.
Jenny Lind. Marquis of Northampton.
The Earl of Harrowby. Lord Teynham.
Lord Skelmersdale. Sir H. Barnard.
Lord Combermere. Lord Slane.
Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Lord Forrester.
Minister. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart.
The Bishop of Norwich. The Dean of Bangor.
The Bishop of Worcester. Mr. Justice Erle.
Marquis of Douro. Countess of Kinnoul.
Mr. tiara Parke. Lady Kinlock.
Lord Stanley. Lady Charlotte Egerton.
Mr. Robertson Gladstone. Lord Henley.
Madame Grisi. Mrs. Milner Gibson.
'Mrs. Charles Dickens. Lady Seymour.
'Lord and Lady Beresford. Lord Granville.
Viscount Noel. Col. Armitage.
Earl Cadogan. Lord Newport.
Sir E. Welby. Lord Henry Loftus.
Lord Exmouth. Lord W. Thynne.
Marquis of Bristol. Hon. Miss Cotton.
Chandos Pole, Esq. Lord Albert Conyngham.
Lady Bullen. Marquis of Ely.
Marquis of Abercorn. Lord Euston.
Lady Rolle. Hon. Capt. Lindsay.
Lady Barrington. Sir John Jervis.
Lady Seymour. ' Lord and Lady Middleton.
Lady Palmerston. J. S. Crawford, M.P.
Marchioness of Ailesbury. Lady G. Baker.
Lord and Lady Louth. Bransby Cooper, Esq.
Mr. Com. Phillips. Lady Anstruther.
Lord C. Scott. Earl Fitzwilliam.
• Lord H. Scott. Lord Mountcharles.
Mr. R. G. Lumley, of the Opera Lady and Miss Sykes.
House. Sir Richard Bulkeley.
'The Baroness de Retzen. Lord Beauvale.
'The Ladies Kinloch. Earl of Arundel.
'Lady Exmouth. Sir R. B. Phillips, M.P.
'The Rev. W. Goddard. Lord Burghley.
Rev. S. Madden. Gen. Wyndham.
Rev. J. Gibson. Marquis of Donegal.
Rev. J. Johnson. Viscount Lorton.
Rev. L. Burke. Hon. Caroline Norton.
Rev. Dr. Smyth. Earl of Minister.
R. W. S. Roe. Lord and Lady Abingdon.
Rev. E. M'Neil. Lord Shelburne.
Rev. W. Cherlton. Sir A. W. Crichton.
Rev. Mousley. Lady Portman.
Rev. A. Baldwin. Lady Hotham.
Rev. A. Cooper. Lord and Lady Fortescue.

Paw/ THE LONDON PRESS.—," In appearance they are little
above the monkey tribe."—The Times. " The audience at
Exeter-hall were wonder-stricken at beholding them."—Chro-
niele. " A pigmy race of wild men."—Post. "They lire in
bu.shes aimed like birds in a nest."—Heraid.