The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

£.4ST ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
NIGHT OF THE PRESENT DRAMATIC SEASON.
TPor the BENEFIT of Mrs. W. R. COPELAND.
O-MORROW (Wednesday) EVENING, the 4th
,
bon 4 BOLD STROKEinstant FOR A HUSBAND.
.... Mr. Cathcart. Don Carlos.. Mr. Chamberlain.
Don Vincento Mr. H. Chester.
Donna Olivia Mrs. Copeland.
manna Victoria.. Mrs. H. Wallis. IM. .:Miss M. Glover.
lifter.,. A PAS SEUL, b iss Dring.
"'nob, will be produce new Farce, written by R. B.
WHATBroug sq., entitled,
TO E , DRINK, AND AVOID.
E Mr. Pec am Rye .. . Mr. C. Rice.
Ati..,,,Tasnius Top .. Mr. Newton. Potts.... Mr. H. Chester.
tranrington ight.Mr. Bellan. Betsey Jan. Mrs. Newton.
To 4us• Topple.. Mrs. Appleby. j Jemima.. Miss Connor.
cOnclude with the new and Original Burlesque, written by
R. B. and W. Brough, Esqrs., entitled
THE ENCHANTED ISLE •
Or R • •
Ferdin'.
_,atsing the Wind on the Most Approved Principles.
(a fast man) Miss M. Glover.

ROYAL AMPHIT TRE.
80e Lessee and Manager, .W. R. COPELAND.
THE CE RATED TROUPE
b CIRQUE NATIONAL, PARIS,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF M. DEJEAN,
'ill) commence their Second lrgnestrian Season in England at
Liverpool,
ON MONDAY next, the 9th instant, when the whole
4_ of the distinguished Favourites of last Season will appear,
"Other with several new and talented Artistes.

ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.
M 0 N S . ONE WEEK MORE.
ROBERT HOUDIN

WILL GIVE HIS
FOURTH MORNING PERFORMANCE
THIS DAY (TUESDAY) instant.
Commencing at Two o'clock. ors open at Half-past One

ck.
~.Tickets and Places se, °'
at Messrs. Hints and SoN's
+Mate Warehouse, 57, arch-street.
Boxes . ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.
RFORMANC EVERY EVENING (except Saturday).
s'utaxaencing at Eight o'clock. Doors open at Half-past Seven
o'clock.

MMYSICAL AND LITERARY EVENINGS.
and the Misses FRASER will give their
(Wedn',USICAL and LITERARY EVENINGS TO-N ORROW
at th "esdaY)r,'”RT-H the 4th,ALL, and
LOR on FRI
LSON.ST ,
REET. the 6tl4instant,
e CONCERT
Piano-fort r. and the Misses FRASER.N.
Violins e Messrs. FRASER.
A change rogramme each Evening.

se°NCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.
ATIJRDAY EVENING CONCERTS,
With Literary and Scientific Recreations.

The ARTIZANS' WEEKLY LECTURES.—On THURSDAY
si• c, the sth instant, Professor GREENBANK will give the
tts. GND ot a COURSE of THREE LECTURES on the
GLISH POETS, with RECITATIONS. Admission—Body,
at Eight o'clock
i Side Gallery, 3d.; Reserved Seats, 6d. To commence
inARTIZANS' PRIZE ESSAY.—The Com • conduct-
.iy Evening Concerts h solved to o r Silver
pt is and a Premium of Ten G, Na
as, to be distributed in
tfts, for three Best Essays, th omposition of Working Men
tne,l.yero. Work the In nce of. Cheap. Ratiopal Amuse-
alicra upon the ing ses." First Pri.ze : Five Guineas
11. ia Silver Medal. Sec d Prize—Three Guineas and a Silver
t[i`.;.'al. Third Prize wo Guineas and a Silver Medal. The
ot 'l's must be the aided productions of Artizans, Mechanics,
It l bourers ; an with the view of affording a fair competition,
ko understood that the Adjudicators will award the Prizes
toeir., •with reference to the matter in the Essays, than to their
to es as Literary Compositions. The Essays will be expected
hiterrace the subject in its religious, moral, dopestic,
'theectual, and political bearing upon the Working Classes.
„e following Gentlemen have kindly undertaken to award
acjisrrizes .—GEORGE HAMILTON, Esq., CHAS. ROBERT-
and ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Esq.
CA-e Essays must be sent, under cover, to the care of JOHN
ber-bBawoop, Secretary, on or before the 31st day of Decem-
184,aext. The Prizes to be awarded at the Annual Soiree in
tai. Each Essay to be accompanied by a sealed letter, con-
lett:„4 the name, address, and occupation of the writer, which
tee `,; 'lilt not be opened till the award is made. The Cpmmit-
,Priz-2'r4 the privilege of printing the Essays to which the
deems°Y be awarded, or such portions of any of them as may
Corked desirable for distribution at the Saturday Evening
Th_ rts.
iou:I9tTIZANS' NEWS-ROOM is NOW OPEN in the caps-
.."l,ittir,ver Hall, and will continue open daily, (Sundays ex-
. oon) o a.m. till io p.m. I Almittarirp. Id. The News-
eals, "mv supplied with the fo wing Newspapers, Periodi-
-411(1 :—Liverpool Papers : Albion, Standard, Tuesday's
'Aron- ars Mercury. Courier, Times, Gore's Advertiser,
Time icle, Journal, Mail, Telegraph daily.—London, daily :
eek,, Chronicle, Herald, Dail Nes, and Sun. London,
Economist, Douglas Jery rold,w Standard of Freedom,
• tator, Examiner, Bell's Life, Observer, Illustrated News,
fo ujider, Dispatch Athenmum, British Banner, Noncon-
eiti ~land and Tablet.—'The American Papers on the arrival of
th Packet.—Provincial, Sic. : Manchester Guardian, Man-
lis;ster Examiner, Leeds Mercury, Whitehaven Herald, Car-
isT Jciurnal, Birmingham Journal? The Scots.man, Glasgow
Conicle, Dumfries Courier, Dubin! Post, Mail, and Weekly
7,teMan, Mona's Herald, The Principality.—Magazines, &c. :
Tait Quarterly, Edinburgh, Westminster, Dublin University, h, Bene Mechanics', Blackwood, Fraser, Art Union,
Rolectic, Zoist, Chambers' Journal and Information for the
&C
Newspapers Ple's
on Sale Journal,
at Half-'p
rice. Bradshaw's Railway Guide,
JOHN CALDERWOOD, Secretary.

LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.
TOLD POSTOFFICB-PLACE, 11-STREET.
HE ANNUAL EXH ON of the WORKS
of LIVING
age HalfARTIST NOW OPEN.
Admission
Yenile ditto, :One Shil " ;Children under Twelve years of
-price. Se n Tickets, ss. ; Ladies' ditto, 3s. 6d. ;
28 Open from Ten till Dusk.
JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary.

n THE CHINESE
°LLECTION AND PROMENADE,
From Hyde-parh Corner, London,
NOW ON VIEW,
itvb„ IN ISLINTON OLD MARKET,
"'nY DAy FROM TENT N THE MORNING TILL TEN
IN THE EVENI"-
t7nd.
"Cr ;the Especial Patrona;

Kr her Majesty and the Royal
lily.

SINGUL.
N- the kind in th
11:4a
84iraincsoPneg

EXHIBITION, the only one of
'orld, offers peculiar facilities to every
(the existing state of Arts and Science, and
on of the Inhabitants of China.

Tizt,
CHRISTIAN AND PHILANTHROPIST
Tleattuse and reflect, as his eye involuntarily rests on the
bein all Deities whom three hundred and thirty millions of
kid fear delight to tonlur," to which they bow with reverence
heed , and to which they appeal for succour in the hour of
dirt and a
moonns of iratervention their Pagan minds are
d asvation.

11111 h. THE MERCHANT
qu.;:te See. and become, comparatively sneaking, intimately
the 11-?ted with the system of interior traffic, as carried on by
thatives betweeu themselves, divested of that cunning which
—'4cterises their intercourse with all barbarians.”

gasll4. THE ARTIST
phere a wide and prolific field for atudtheroSaurvtiic
onE,
ree,e'n'
tLSlodels, Paintings, and avneAunuainn numerous other
d bijouterie,pwhich must
" see4Tog:e combination

1114, ; THE AGRICULTURIST
tllltis',lldnlge his curiosity at the manner in which the Chinese
Al!.4leate the earth. The rudeness and singularity of their im-
tith 'Vs practical) up his especial wonder when contrasted
4toyai e system of our own country. Once a year
ttounttlY itself—the Brother to the Sun—deigns to till the
II) a k_, thereby showing an example of industry to his subjects
to6rranch of labour which has earned for their country the
Viet Of the " Central Flowery Nation.”

Leh. THE ARTISAN,
thro„ calling what it may, will find at every step be takes
!iati.'lll,,,the Saloon, objects of deep interest to arrest lus.atten-
lhe t„" ere he may " read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest,"
ic,,overh—s'e, manners, customs, social life, arts, genius,.literature,
14tet'tnent, and history of the people of the Celestgal realms,
ally and truthfully developed.

11 in ~?.111JN-AYOU, A NATIVE OF CHINA,
VimiVendance each Day and Evening, and affords to the
count, much interesting information respecting his own

The Saloon is
EVt,„,..x BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED
EVENING WITH CHINESE LAMPS,
Forming a
COUP DTEIL
0-ta
UNSURPASSABLE GRANDEUR,

HORNAN UNRIVALLED
AND CARNOPEAN BAND
the Scene by Selections from the most celebrated

Composers.

kbklsQ
I°ll, ONE SHILLING. CHILDREN UNDER TEN,
SEASON HALF-PRICE.
TICKETS, FIVE SHILLINGS EACH.