The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-19 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
'Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, 15,
Great Charlotte Street.

The,:vlanagement respectfully announces that arrangements
are made for
Mr. W. FARREN,
the acknowledged greatest Comedian of the English Stage, and
the highly celebrated Comic Actress,
Mrs. GLOVER
to aPpear the second time THIS E NG (Tuesday), the 19th
instant for an engagement of • Nights only, during which
period the best and most ssical Comedies of the English
Cage will be produced ith the utmost attention to their
e ive representation.
THIS presen VENING (Tuesday), the 19th in-
stant, the rformances will commence with
, THE RIVALS.
Si Anthony Absolute Mr. W. Farren.
Mrs. Malaprop Mrs. Glover.
'After which, •
GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD.
Grandfather Whitehead Mr. W. Farren.
To conclude with a BALLET DIVERTISEMENT,
411 Which Mad'lle Schmidt, Miss E. Dring, and Mr. Cormack
• • will appear.
WEDNESDAY—SPRING AND AUTUMN. Sir Simon Slack,
Mr.
r. Farren ; Mrs. Genial Dartmouth, Mrs". Glover.._ And the
Drama of PETER-AND PAUL. Paul, Mr. Farren; Mrs.
oriton, Mrs. Glbver. •
TnuasnAl—THE HYPOCRITE. Dr. Cantwell, Mr. Far-
; Old Lady 'Lambert, Mrs. Glover. And MY WIFE'S
MOTHER. Uccle Foozle, Mr. Farren; Mrs. Quickfidget,
Mrs. Glover.
FRIDAY—THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Tevzle,
Mr. Farren; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover. And other Enter-
tainments.
SATURDAY—SPEED THE PLOUGH. Sir Abel Handy, Mr.
Farren
; Dame Ashfield, Mrs. Glover. And a Farce in which
Farren and Mrs. Glover will appear. .
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at
Seven.
. _
Dress Box, 35.; Side Box, 2s. 6d,;_ Pit, is ,6d. ; Gallery, 6d.
The Second Price will be taken at Nine o'clock. Second Price.
--Dress Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes. Is. 6d. ; Pit, is.

ROBERT HOUDION'S • '
MORNING PE(R-FRMANCE

AT THE
ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.
THE Public is respectfully informed, that in com-
• pliance with repeated a ' ons.
Mans. ROBE' ThOUDIN
WILL VE A
MORNING• ERFORMANCE
A e above Theatre,
T DAY, the 19th instant,
To co
On Ticket
a o o'clock, doors to be opened at Half-past
Q,‘,e. Ticket and Places secured at Messrs. RIME and
'va'S Music Warehouse, 57, Church-street.
Boxes, Is. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.
N.B.—EVENING PERFORMANCE AS USUAL.
D`op en at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock.

CONCERT HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.
WILSON'S FAREWELL NIGHT.
ON FRIDAY EVENING next, the 22nd instant,
MR. WILS
Will give a FAREWELL ENTF INMENT on the SONGS
of SCOTLAND, when he ' ing a variety of his most ad-
Ictired Songs and Balla , it being his LAST APPEARANCE
DreYioll3 to his Depa for America.
PIANO.FORrt Mr. JOLLEY.
Body of the Hatt, 6d ; Side Gallery, Is ; Reserved Seats, 2s. ;
Platfortn, 3s. The Do. ors will be opened at Half-past Seven
clock, the Entertainment to commence at Eight.
Book of the Words, Sixpence.

CONCERT-HALL, LORD. NELSON-STREET.
SATURDAY-EVENING CONCERTS,
With Literary and Scientific Recreations.

Under the immediate patronage of Colotel GAR the
Officers of the 46th Regime .
4,13 Y the kindness of, Colonel GARR , the BAND of the
W REGIMENT will be in atten ce, and PLAY a variety
-VERTURES.
voc ISM
Mrs. SUNDERL and Sig,nor, PALTONI.
It PIANO-FO E, Mr. SAUNDERS.
ay, 3d. ; Side Gal , 6d.: Reserved Seats, Is. ; Platform,
To
issuecod
Ti
--e mme e at Eight o'clock. No Re-admission
7,1,t : • •
4e-"e ARTIZA S' WEEKLY •LECTURES.On -THURSDAY
the 21st instant, GEORGE DAWSON; Esq.,' A.M., of
7m.,,ingham, will deliver- his THIRD and LAST LECTURE
Bkg,,,e CHARACTERISTICS and TENDENCIES of the PRE-
- AGE. Admission—Body, Id. Side Gallery; 3d. ;
eserved
Seats, 6d. To commence at Eight o'clock.
ARTIZANS, PRIZE ESSAY.—The Committee for conduct-
.ll.lg the Saturday Evening Concerts have resolved to offer Silver
tledals and a Premium of Ten Guineas, to be distributed in
Prizes, for three Best Essays, the Composition of Working Men
or Liverpool.• " On the Influence of Cheap Rational Amuse-
ments upon the Working Clsses." First Prize: Five Guineas
4441 a Caren- Medal. Vt.....tr..? n Clva,.
Medal. Third Prize—Two Guineas and a Silver Medal; The
'mays must be the unaided produCtions of Artizans, Mechanics,
or Labourers ; and with the view of affording a fair competition,
it is Understood that the Adjudicators will award the Prizes
More with reference to the matter in the Essays, than to their
Merits as Literary Compositions. The Essays will be expected
to embrace. the subject in its religious, moral, domestic, social,
Intellectual, and political bearing upon the Working Classes.
The following Gentlemen have kindly undertaken to award
sr, Prizes :•=-GEORGE-HAMILTON, Egg:, CHAS. ROBERT-
',LN, Esq.; and ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Esq.
The Essays must be'sent; undercover, to the care of Jour(
tnauwoon, Secretary, on or before the 31st day . of Dicem-
,oer next. , The Prizes. to .be awarded at the Annual Soireeln
0349. Each Essay to be accompanied by a sealed letter, con-
taining the name, address, and occupation of the writer, which
letter will not be opened till the award is made. The Commit-
tee claim the privilege of printing the Essays to which the
11:rizes may be awarded, or such portions of any of theM as may
deemed desirable for distribution at the Saturday Evening
Concerts.
eiTh ARTIZANS' NEWS-ROOM is NOW OPEN in the capa-
---`4 Wer Hall, and will continue open daily, (Sundays ex-
roomcepted),frOm 8 a.m. till 10 p.m. ; admittance, Id. The News-
is
, now supplied with the folloivineNiwsPapers; Perioili-
&c. :—Liverpool Papers : Albion, Standard, Tuesday's
Pu Friday's Mercury, Courier; Times, Gore's 'Advertiser;
,uronicle, ,Idurnal,- -Mail,- Telegraph . daily.z-London, 'daily
klitles, Chronicle; Herald, Daily News, and Stin:. London,
;veekly : Economist, Douglas Jerrold, Standard of Freedom,
fiteator, Examiner,- Bell's Life, Observer, ,Illustrated News,
eet,,,_ Builder, Disnatch, Athenmum, British Banner, Noncon-
Uist, arid Tablet.—The American Papers on the arrival of
cu, &c. : -Manchestei Guirdiani, Man-
. fester Examiner, Leeds 'Mercury; Whitehaven Herald, Car-
thle..hurnal, Birmingham - Journal; The •Seotsman,' Glasgow
FrZuicle, Pnmfries Courier, Dublin Post; Mail; and Weekly
Ty s-vul an, Mona's Herald; The .Prineipality.—Magaiines, &c.:
Quarterly; -Egliriburgh; Westminster, Dublin Univeraity,
p", Bentley, Mechanics', Blackwood, Fraser, Art 'Union,
p 'ectic, Zoist, Chambers' Journal and Information for the
e.ople, "People's' Journal, Punch,
_Bradshaw's Railway Guide,.
NewspaPers on Sale xi/Half-price.' • - • •
JOHN CALDERWOOD, Secretary. _