The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-17 00:00:00

INSTITUTION FOR MERCHANTS' CLERKS, &c.

T a numerously attended MEETI G, held in PARIS'S-
ROOM, HARDMAN-STREET, on HURSDAY Evening, the
12th instant,
It ices unanimously resolved,
Tihat an Institution for the of Merchants' Clerks, and
Persons 'engaged iti situa ns in life, be now established,
under the name of the " Liverp of Literary and Scientific In-
stitution."
2. That the laws, objects, and general organization now sub=
mitttd, be provisionally adopted, subject to the revision of a
meeting., to be held at the same place, on TelisnAY Evening,
the 17th instant, when the attendance of Persons wishing to
become Members is respectfully solicited.
3. That the names of individuals willing to become Members
of the above lostitution be now taken, and that Books for the
same purpose be left at the Newspaper Offices.
H. T. A TKINSON, See. pro. tem.
Old Chapel, Scotland-road.
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION.
LECTURES ON ACOUSTICS.

R. It. ADDAMS, of London, has undertaken to deliver a
Course of FOUR LECTURES on/ACOUSTICS. The
first Lecture will be given on TUESDAY ext, the 21th instant,
at One o'clock, and a Lecture will be elivered, at the same
hour, on each succeeding FRIDAY a TUESDAY. The Lec-
tures will be repeated on the Eveni gs of the same Days, at
Seven o'clock.
These Lectures will be illustrat by a large number of highly
interesting and instructive Expe ments.
Subscription to the Course, 7s. 6d. Admission to a Single
Lecture, 2s. Od. Application for Tickets and a Syllabus of the
Lectures, to be made to the Keeper of the Institution.

The Committee have reason to expect, that during the en•
suing year, there will be a Course of Lectures on each of the
following subjects:—
On the present State of Literature in France, by M. Jur.Es
LEFEBVRE•
On the Eye, by Dr. FORMBY.
On the History of Literature, by the Rev. JAS. MA RTINEAU.
On Botany.
On Zoology, by Dr. GRANT, of the University of London.
On Chemistry applied to the Arts.
Ou Physical Geography.

The Committee are desirous of directing the attention of Pro-
prietors and of the Public to the following. Resolutions, which
were passed at a General Meeting of Propiietors, held in May
last, with a view to render the Institution more extensively
useful:—
I. That power be given to Proprietors to nominate, subject
to the approval of the Committee, any member of their family,
or young person not in linsin.ess on his qwn account, for admis-
sion to tie Mnseutri and Lectures, on the paymentof an Annual
Subscription of Two Pourt.ds for each nomination.
2. That any Individual, subscribing Four Founds per An-
num, shall have admission to the Museum and Lectures; his
Ticket to the Lectures being transferable to any 'neither of his
family residing with him • and, in common with Proprietors, he
shall 'have the privilege Of nominating any young person not in
business for himself, or member of his family, for admission to
the Museum and Lectures, on subscribing a further sum of Two
Pounds per Annum for each nomination; such nomination
being subject to the approval of the Committee. The Sub-
scriber of Four Pounds per Annum, shall moreover be admitted
to the General Meetings of Proprietors, but shall not have the
privilege of voting at such Meetings ; and he shall also be eli-
gible to serve as an Associate on any of the Sub-Committees.
At a previous Meeting of Proprietors it had been resolved,
that any resident in the town or neighbourhood of Liverpool
shall be admitted to the Museum on the payment of an Annual
Subscription of One Guinea ; and that such individual shall be
eligible to be associated with_ any Sub-Committee formed for
the particular management of the Museum.
Persons wishing to become Subscribers, agreeably to the
foregoing Resolutions, are requested to apply to the Keeper of
the Institution.
The Committee take this opportunity of mentioning the ap-
pointment of Mr. WATERHOUSE, of London, to the office of
'Resident Curator to the Museum, and of soliciting Donations
of Specimens in Natural History, Minerals, &c.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS, Sec. Pro. Tern.
Cotquitt-street, Feb, 14, 1835.