The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-14 00:00:00

COMMITTEE

The following Subscribers have kindly consented to form a
Committee, to act as a board of Trustees for the Public upon
the occasion of Drawing the Prizes :
The Right Hon. Lord GEORGE PAULET, &c. &c.
Rev. H. J. KNAPP, D.D., JOHN LANDSEER, Esq.,
Subdean of St. Paul's Ca- F.S.A. and A.K.A.
thedral, and Priest in Or- The Rev. RICHD. CATTER-

dinary to her Majesty. I MOLE, B. D., Secretary to
WILLIAM Upcorr, Esq. the Royal Society of Li-
ROBERT SmtnEE,Esq., R.A. terature.
BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, GEO. GODWIN, Esq., F.R.S.
Esq., F.R.S. and F.S.A., and F.S.A.
&c. I C. LANDSEER, Esq.,A.R.A.
1 JOHN YOUNG, Esq.
__ LEWIS PocouE,Esq.,F.S.A.

CHARLES ROBERT ELLISTON, Esq., Secretary.
*** The various Works have been assigned to Trustees upon

Trust for the Subscribers.

THE BIBLE is that [published by Mack/in; the best
edition of the best of books, expanded, with the Illus-
trative Engravings, into Forty-five large folio volumes, in
superb condition, and it contains nearly Seven Thouse;nd
Drawings and Engravings, among which are all the most ila-
teresting works that illustrate, pictorially, the sacred text.
The Times newspaper has described these illustrations
justly, as extending through productions of the most perfect
art, at every period, from that of Michael Angelo to that of
Reynolds and West. The work also contains One Hundred
and Thirteen original Drawings and Vignette Embellish-
ments to the several Books of the Holy Scriptures, by P. J.
De Loutherboury, R.A.; and also manuscripts of the Dedi-
cations and various other appropriate and beautiful speci-
mens of penmanship. Engravings and Etchings after Raf-
faelle, Marc Antonio, Albert Darer, Callot, Rembrandt,
&c., constitute the mass of the illuminations and they in-
clude every ocular fact, circumstance, and object to which
the holy writ alludes. Trees, Plants, Flowers, Quadrupeds,
Birds, Fishes, Insects,—Fossils in proof of the universal
Deluge, and the most complete and perfect Atlases, are
among the subjects of these splendid illustrations.
According to the present plan, there will he Three Hun-
dred and Fifty Subscribers at Ten Guineas each, to contest
for this gorgeous prize. The Proprietor intends not to re-
tain a single Ticket, and the decision will be wade after the
plan of the Art-Union, as to the modes of drawing for the
prizes at that Institution.
The decision will take place at Mrs. PARKES'S, No. 22,
Golden-square ; of which notice shall be sent at least ten days
previous to the day of drawing.
The Subscribers present will be competent to proceed to
the decision, and whoever proves the successful competitor,
to him or her will be assigned the Forty-five Volumes of
BOWYER'S UNIQUE BIBLE, with its gorgeous illus-
trations, to be removed at his or her expense.
The other prize will be drawn for at the same time. It is
an original picture by the late W. HILTON, R.A., one of the
best productions from his hand, and its subject the Trium-
phal Entry of the Duke of Wellington into Madrid, on the
12th of August, 1812.
It ought to be understood, that, though the holder of a
Ten Guinea Ticket may possess one or other of these great
works,—THE BIBLE, OR HILTON'S PICTURE,—yet those ,
who do not gain either will not be losers; for, every Sub-
scriber receives prints to the full value of his Ten Guinea
Ticket, to be selected from the annexed lists ; so that, in
fact, his chances for the Bible and the Picture cost him
nothing.

The novel features of this plan are—that every purchaser
of a ticket receives immediately the full value of his money,
independently of his future chance.
Every purchaser of a ticket of Ten Guineas, is not only in
the condition of a private purchaser of plates to that amount,
but he has in virtue of that ticket a chance of securing to
himself the great Bible Prize of 3,000 Guineas value, or the
great Picture Prize of 500 Guineas value. It cannot, there-
fore, be doubted that the Subscription List, which is limited
to 350 names, will be shortly filled up, and an early applica-
tion is recommended to all intending purchasers.
The Illustrated Bible, in 45 large folio volumes, may be
inspected any day, between the hours of eleven and four, at
the house of Mrs. PARKES, 22, Golden-square, where Hil-
ton's Picture may also be seen.

The plan at present proposed for drawing is as follows :-
350 Tickets, with the Subscribers' names thereon, to be
placed in a wheel for that purpose. The first drawn name
will be entitled to Hilton's Picture; the last drawn name
will have the 45 splendid volumes of the Holy Scriptures.
Each Subscriber receiving the full value of his Prints not
connected with either of the great prizes, so that there can
be no blanks.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FROM WHICH A
SELECTION MAY BE MADE.
PILLAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF BASING-
HOUSE, HANTS. Taken and destroyed by Oliver Crom-
well, Oct. 14, 1615, after a siege of two years. Painted by
C. Landseer, A.R.A., engraved by J. f. Marray, of the
same dimensions and in the same style as the " Bolton
Abbey" of Mr. Edwin Landseer. Price to Subscribers,
proofs, £5. ss. ; proofs before letters, £lO. 103. ; proofs on
India paper, £l2. 12s.
A SPLENDID ENGRAVING, from the celebrated pic-
ture by George Hayter, Esq., of the INTERIOR OF THE
HOUSE OF LORDS, containing upwards of Three Hundred
Figures, nearly Two Hundred of which are Portraits of the
most distinguished Personages of the highest rank and talent
in this country. Engraved by Messrs. J. G. Murray, J.
Bromley, and J. Porter. Prints, £6 6s. ; Proofs, £lO 10s. ;
before letters £l6 I6s.
A MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING, on a large scale, by
John George Murray, Esq., from Mr. Davis's celebrated
picture of MAGNA Cnawra, which represents Stephen
Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, showing to the Barons
of England, in the Abbey Church of Bury St. Edmund's,
the Charter of Liberties that bad been granted by Henry 1.,
and which was afterwards ratified by John at Runnymede.
Prints, £6 6s. ; Proofs, £lO 10s. ; before letters, £l6 16s.
Mr. LESLIE'S CELEBRATED PICTURE of THE
RELUCTANCE OF LADY JANE GRAY TO ACCEPT THE
CROWN OF ENGLAND. Engraved by John Bromley, Esq.
Prints, £2. 2s. ; proofs, -CI 3s.
Mr. DEVIS'S PICTURE of BABINGTON'S CONSPIRACY
AGAINST THE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. Engraved
by J. Bromley, Esq. Prints, £2. 2s. • proofs, £3. 3s.
From Mr. CHISHOLM'S PICTURE, engraved by John
George Murray, Esq., of the SURRENDER OF QUEEN MARY
OF SCOTLAND TO THE CONFEDERATE LORDS AT CARBERRY
HILL, in the year 1567. Prints, £3. 35.; proofs, £5. 55.
A SUPERB ENGRAVING, by John G. Murray, Esq.,
of the DEBARKATION IN HER OWN DOMINIONS (in the
year 1561) or MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, from the justly
celebrated Picture by William Allan, Esq., R.A. Prints,
£3. 3s. •, proofs, £4. 4s. ; before letters, £B. Bs.
Mr. HAYTER'S CELEBRATED PICTURE of THE
TRIAL OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL. Engraved by John
Bromley, Esq. Prints, £2. 2s. ; proofs, £3. 3s.
A VIEW of the INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OF COM-
MONS, WHEN IN DEBATE, in which is introduced nearly
two hundred Portraits. Price £2. 2s.
A WORK containing the seventeen principal heads in the
celebrated Picture of the TRANSFIGURATION, by Raffaelle,
traced from and finished of the same size as the originals,
illustrated by an historical and critical analysis of the picture,
translated from the Spanish of Signor Benito Pardo di
Figueroa, into French by S. C. Croze-Magnan, and now
translated into English. Prints, £5 ss. ; Proofs, £7 7s.
A MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATED RECORD of the
most eventful period in the annals of Europe, containing a
series of VIEWS, BATTLES, and other Embellishments, by
the first Artists, together with a history of those occurrences
which by their magnitude and interest far exceed any to be
met with in the registers of the civilised world. Eight
Guineas, half-bound.
AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, illustrated with En-
gravings by the first Artists, of the very important events
which have taken place in this country during the years 1816
and 1823, in which is introduced a view of the INTERIOR OF
THE HOUSE or LORDS, containing upwards of 140 Portraits.
Price £4. 14s. Gd.
A SERIES OF TWENTY-FOUR VIEWS, illustrative
of the HOLY SCRIPTURES, being a Selection from Sir
Robert Ainslie's celebrated collection of Drawings, in Pa-
lestine, Egypt, Syria, Corinth, Ephesus, &c. Price £l. 12s.
A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS, illustrating the most
important events recorded in the SACRED SCRIPTURES, se-
lected from the finest pictures of Raffaelle, Rubens, Cara-
vaggio, and Poussin, with a Critical Notice of each Picture,
by John Landseer, Esq., F.A.S., and A.R.A. Price
£1 Hs. Gd.
PORTRAIT of his Grace the DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
after Sir Thomas Lawrence. Prints, £5 ss. Proofs,
£8 Bs.
PORTRAIT of his Grace the DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
(small) after Sir Thomas Lawrence. Prints, £1 lls. 6d. ;
proofs, £2 2s.
PORTRAIT of the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT, Prints,
£2 2s. ;_proofs, £3 3s.
PORTRAIT of the Right Hon. CHARLES JAMES Fox.
Prints, £2 2s. ; proofs, £3 3s.
PORTRAIT of LORD NELSON. Prints, £2 2s. ; proofs,
£3 3s.
PORTRAIT of NAPOLEON. Prints, £1 lls. 6d.; proofs,
£2 2s.

PORTRAIT of the Right Hon. Lord BROUGHAM
Prints, £3 Ifs. 6d. ; proofs, £2 2s.
PORTRAIT of the Right Hon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL
Prints, £1 ifs. 6cl. ; proofs, £2 2s.
PORTRAIT Of GEORGE THE THIRD. Prints, lOs. 6d.
proofs, £1 Is.
PORTRAIT of GEORGE THE FOURTH. Prints
£1 I Is. 6d. ; proofs, £2 2s.
PORTRAIT of WILLIAM THE FOURTH.
£1 lls. 6d.; proofs, £2 2s.
PORTRAIT of QUEEN ADELAIDE. Prints, £1 Ifs. 6d
proofs, £2 2s.
PORTRAIT of the DUKE or Yoltst. Prints, £1 Ifs. 6d.
proofs, £2 2s.
DEATH of Sir R. ADERCROMBY. Prints, £2 25.; proofs,
£3 13s. 6d.
His Grace the DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S ENTRY INTO
MADRID. Prints, £1 I Is. 6d. ; proofs, £2 2s.
VISIT FROM THE POOR RELATIONS. Prints, .£1 I Is. 6d. ;
proofs, £2 2s.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE PRINT. Prints, lOs. 6d. ;
proofs, £1 ls.
THE ENRAPTURED, POST.
XI I Is. 6d.
THE POWER 07 MUSIC. Prints, £1 ls.; proofs, £1 11$
6d.
FOP TUE FAVOURITE. Prints. 10s• ; proofs, 15s.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Prints, 100. ; proofs, 1524
FAIF RELIGION AND HER LOVELY TRAIN. Prints,Prints,,,
6d.; proofs, .£4 4s.

Prints

Prints, £1 Is. ; proofs,

The above may be seen and further particulars obtained on
application to G. LINNECAR, Ranalagh-atreat.

ThE LATE NOTTINGHAM ELECTION PETITION.--It ap-
pears from the Nottingham, Review, a rampant Whig-Char-
tist newspaper, that at a meeting of Mr. Gisborne and his
*lends, held in Nottingham on Monday evening last, in the
;Chartist Chapel, Barkergate, a Quaker, who rejoiced in the
name of Thomas Hopkins, admitted that he had laid a trap
'for Mr. Walter's friends at the last election, and pledged
:himself to lay another for them at the election which as
.then about to ensue. Surely " Friend Hopkin" is the very
.beau ideal of that " judicious enemy" of whom some men-
,tion was made about a fortnight ago in the House of Com-
:mons as so very useful a personage in upsetting the election
'even of the most innocent candidate. But " Friend Hopkin"
stopped not here ; he swore—no, he is a Quaker, and cannot
swear—but he pledged himself to " give five times the money
AGAIN to those who should make it known to him that they
had received a bribe." It would have been a fortunate thing
for Mr. Walter had he been able to show to the committee
that such were the terms upon which the scoundrels who
gave evidence against him were bribed into perjury; but
such a statement, unsubstantiated by proof, would have been
•deemed too monstrous for belief.

STATISTICS OF CRIMINALITY.--We have before us an
official account of " the number of persons taken into cus-
tody by the metropolitan police, and the results in the
year 1842, with the comparative statements from 1831 to
the close of 1842." It appears that the number of per-
sons taken into custody in 1842 was 65,704; that of these
33,609 were discharged by the magistrates • that 27,661
were summarily convicted or held to bail; that 4,431 were
committed for trial ; that 2,593 males and 723 females were
convicted and sentenced; that 512 males and 234 females
were acquitted ; and that 253 males and 116 females were
not prosecuted or were so fortunate to hare the bills pre-
ferred againse them thrown out. The ages of the tried and
convicted were as follow :—Under 10 years, 6; 10 and under
15 years, 262; 15 and under 20 years, 1,062; 20 and under
25 years, 793 ; 25 and under 30 years, 419 ; 30 and under 40
years, 391 ; 40 and under 50 years, 248 ; 50 and under 60
years, 82; GO years and upwards, 53, 37 of whom were fe-
males. We perceive by these returns that crime is on the
decrease in the metropolis, notwithstanding the rapid in-
crease of the population.

A MODERN PEGASUS.—London has this week been
taking an imaginative airing, not through the parks, but
above them. The grand invention that has struggled for
pre-eminence with the philosopher's stone and the elixir
vita is said to have been realized, and man is about to share
with the birds the possession of the air. So at least we are
told ; but, having been told the same thing so many times
- before, we might have been incredulous had not the promise
: •of the gift of flight been now confidently repeated in many
- well-informed quarters, and confirmed by an embro Act of
Parliament. That an Air Company should be formed could
.excite no surprise in the city of London, where so many
bubbles have been blown and burst; but when it was found
that the hon. and learned representative of the city of Bath
-was imploring the collected wisdom of the nation to grant a
•charter to navigate the atmosphere and colonize the clouds,
people began to suspect there must be something in the
wind. We learn from those who have seen it. that the Pe-
gasus is actually in being. Its form has been delineated ;
and, if correctly, bold will be he man who will venture
astride. With body stretching for many a yard, with tail
lifted far aloft, with wings of copper, like revolving shields,
and with fire and smoke issuing from its head, no griffin, it
was the lot of St. George to encounter, ever presented form
so vast and terrible : we question much if even his stout
heart would not have quaked at the onslaught. The Pro-
•metheus who has created this monster promises, however,
that it is well broken in, and will be found as docile as swift.
.The pace, we hear, is to be one hundred miles an hour, be
the same a little more or less, and the universal mover,
steam. is to be the agent. The town now is all agog to wit-
ness the flight. Paris is spoken of as the first point ; but.
:as that city will be reached ;in two hours, the voyageurs will
scarcely show their faces again at night without having visi-
ted Mount Helicon and tasted the waters of Hippocrene.
'The projectors are praise-worthily endeavouring to allay the
:fears and to soothe the bitterness of vested interests, which
:this novel mode of transit is calculated to excite. It is
.awful, however, to contemplate the changes that must in-
evitably attend the success of their enterprise. When the
'company are full fledged, and their Pegasi are on the wing.
there will be no escaping from their intrusions. We must
curtain and shutter our attics, door up our chimneys, and
cover over our gardens. The roads are now nearly deserted
for railways ; and the rail and the ocean are doomed to have
their day. Be it in blast, bubble or puff, tbore is nothing I
like air.—Speclator.