The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-16 00:00:00

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PER REV. W. POLLOCK. 'Thos. Smith OlO 0
Mrs. Ferguson 1 1 OIR. Whinney 0 5 0
Miss Johnson 1 1 01R. Jones
Mr. Pugh 0 5 OR. A. Payne 1 1 0
Ellen Clarkson
PER REV. (MORSE READ. Miss Rowlands
Geo. Ramsden 5 0 0 -
Wm. Roberts

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Subscriptions will be received by the Treasurer, Mr. En.
\VA RD JONES, No. 20, Castle-t taeet ; the Rectors ; or the Hon.
Secretaries, the Rev. F. BARKER and the Rev. W. POIJLOCK.

AMUSEMENT FOR CHRISTMAS!

BEFORE making your usual Purchases for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, you will do well to inspect
Mr. COLLES'S Stock of ingenious and
AMUSING NOVELTIES,
Consisting of upwards of 250 Laughable and Entertaining
Tricks and Deceptions (the very mystery of which boaa-pecu-
liar charm for the juvenile mind), including the cel ated
MAGICAL DANCING FIGURE
ENTHUSIASTIC VIOLONCELLO 13 YERS,
CHANGEABLE CARD ,
MAGICAL DISSOLVIN BALLS.
ENCHANTED BON- N BOXES,
PENETRATIVE SOVE t ,IGN BOXES,
MECHANIC, SWANS,
VASE • INK,
&c.

Whether Visitors parch eor not, they will find that an.hour
may be most agreeably en tat Mr. C.', apartments,-and they
can thus afford atr to their young friends, without the
necessity of taking em out at night, as Mr. COLLES' hours
of business are

"out Eleven to Four each day.
ADMISSION alfm-crown (allowed to purchasers) ; Chil-
dren, if acco panied by their friends, One Shilling each.
*** There being no outward appearance of business,—pay
particular attention to the address,

MR. COLLES.
AT MRS. WOOD'S. BOOKSELLER,
62, BOLD-STREET,
(Exactly opposite Newington, and within one door of Slater

street).
11'. Evening Parties, Juvenile and Birth-day Fetes, &c., at-
tended at any distance.
t Any of Mr. C.'s Secrets can be communicated by letter to
all parts of the kingdom.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—Thomas Namby
Dean, Manchester, was admitted a member of the Court
of Examiners on the 12th instant.

Yesterday, a police-officer was dismissed the service for
illtreating a respectable young man in the service of Mr.
Briscoe, of Oldhall-street, whom he had wrongfully taken
into 'custody.
LECTURES IN OPPOSITION TO UNITARIANISM.--LESt
evening, the first of a series of lectures elucidatory of the
erroneousness of the doctrines of Unitarianism, was de-
livered by the Rev. Joseph Baylee, in the Craven-rooms,
Birkenhead. The audience was numerous and highly
respectable. The rev. lecturer manifested that ho was
fully competent for the important subject, and the lecture
was highly applauded.
The Rev. Dr. Duff, the Indian missionary, delivered
an interesting lecture at the Collegiate Institution, on
Wednesday evening, on " The Physical, Social, and
Religious Character of India," before a numerous and
highly-respectable audience. The rev. gentleman, it is
announced, will deliver an address on " India and India
missions generally," at a public meeting, to be heid at
the Philharmonic-hall, on Thursday evening next.
EMIGRATION.—Amongst the thousands who yearly
emigrate, it is a remarkable fact that comparatively few
are acquainted with the first rudiments of education. One
branch, that of writing, is most important, for without it
the difficulty of communicating with their friends in dis-
tant towns becomes of incalculable disadvantage ; yet it
is strange that, with such facilities as arc presented by
Messrs. Thom cson, we should find such masses either
unable to write at all, or writing anything but legibly.
CHRISTMAS FARE.--The approach of " Old Christmas"
this year seems to have stirred to quicker motion the
energies of those to whom is entrusted the providing of
" the good things of life." At the cattle market there
was an excellent show, and many splendid and what are
termed prize animals, oxen and bullocks, were, during
yesterday, decorated with ribands and driven carefully
through the streets. In pigs there is also already a famous
show. One lot, " lazy in the luxury of prime keep,"
arrived from Manchester and its vicinity, per rail. The
quality was beyond good; and the quantity of meat, com-
pared with the weight of bone, is said to exceed all shown
in former years. They had been grown by several breeders,
end were purchased by Mr. Joseph Brundrit, of Liverpool.
ANYTHING NEW ? is frequently the first sentence
between Friends after the usual exchange of civilities ;
vet, it i 3 necessary, at times, to ,bring to remembrance
OLD THINGS. Last Nut nwe took occasion to
remind the Public that M HEW BROWN'S PRES-
TON ALE was the pl ant est, the most wholesome, and
the best of any sol this market ; and we now beg again
to remind the the same fact. Casks, of all sizes, may
be had of sole Agents, S. BOWDEN and SON,
21, PA -LANE, OPPOSITE ST. THOMAS'S ViII'ACIT.
00L.