The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-25 00:00:00

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION,

THEMOUNT-STREET.
GRAND POLYTECHNIC EXHIBITION is
lies N_a large
_.OW OPEN from Ten A.M. to Ten P.M. It OCCU-
Suite of Rooms. and contains a very
UULLECTION OF PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE,extensive
P
ANTIQUITIES, CURIOSITIES,
PIIILOSO
M°DELS OF MACHINERY,
HICAL APPARATUS, AUTOGRAPHS,
ARCHITECTURAL MODELS, &c.
....yourteen of the CARTOONS recently Exhibited at
!yestrninster Hall have been placed in the Exhibition.
One of the Roncno is 000npiad with the o.iginat Cacta,
made by BELzoNI, from the Tombs at Thebes, and a
Grand Burmese State Carriage.
A Room, ninety feet long. has been fitted up as a
GLACIARIUM. or ALPINE WINTER SCENE,
tontaining a FROZEN LAKE, on which Skating may
be practised.
A LABYRINTHINE GROTTO
contains a number of Picturesque Scenes.
A DIVING BELL
is fitted up in one of the Yards, and
AUSTIN'S HAPPY FAMILY
is also placed in the Exhibition.
Exhibitions of the AERONAUTIKON take place at
Stated periods, and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTS
are given every Evening, at Half-past Eight, and every
MONDAY and THURSDAY AFTERNOON, at Three o'clock.

PRICE OF ADMISSION.
Season Ticket (not transferable) for Members, Sub-
scribers, their Families, and Pupils of the Day
School and Contributors, 2s. 6d. ; Non-Member's
Season Ticket, (not transferable,) 5s ; Single Admis-
sion. before Four o'clock, P.M., Is. ; Children
under Twelve Years of age, Half-price; after Four
&Clock, 6d ; and no Half-price for Children. Hours of
Ezhibition, from Ten o'clock, A.M. to Ten o'Clock,
Extra charge for admission to Diorama, 2d. ; to
Concerts during the day, 6d ; Children under Twelve
lears of age, Half-price; and in the Evening, 3d., and no
4u-Price for Children.
JOSEPH MAYER, Honorary
THOMAS REAY, } Secretaries.
Mechanics' Institution, Mount-street,
June, 1844.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION EXHIBITION.
IN the EXHIBITION, now open, at the MECHA-
NICS' INSTITUTION,
GRAND
CONCERTS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC,

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kTWENTY-SIX PERFORMERS,)
CONDUCTED BY MR. ALDRIDGE,
._Zi given every EVENING, at Half-past Eight o'clock,
O'vj
very MONDAY and THURSDAY Afternoon, at Three
oc.
the 26th
rrc'gramme for Tins DAY, the 25th, and TO-MORROW,
i orerturnestant :
" Oberon" . Weber.
Waltzes ........ " Krienden". . Lanner.
Quadrille " La Fille du Regiment" Musard.
Nar .
meson Polka Labitzky.
Overture... " Men of Prometheus" .. Beethoven.
Waltzes
Quadrille ..
Galoppe " Tourbillon" Lanner.
Admission to Visitors :—Afternoon Concerts, 6d. ;
Children, Half-price. Evening Concerts, 3d. ; and no
lialf-price for Children.
THOMAS REAY, 1 Honorary
JOSEPH MAYER, I Secretaries.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
ELECTION OF A COUNCILLOR FOR No. 7, OR
ST. PETER'S WARD.
THE MAYOR aad the ALDERMEN and ASSES-
SORS of the above Ward do hereby give notice, that
the ELECTION of a COUNCILLOR for this Ward, to
supply the Vacancy caused by the death of Mr. EBEN-
EZER RAE, and to continue in office so long as Mr.
RAE would have continued, namely, until the Ist day of
November next, will be held on THURSDAY next, the
27th instant, at the Public-house, known by the sign of
the Horse and Jockey, on the west side of Seel-street.

The time allowed foi Polling is from Nine o'Clock i❑
the Morning to Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, but the
Presiding Officers have power to close the Poll at any
time before Four o'Clock, if one hour shall have elapsed
during which no vote shall have been tendered for any
Candidate.

RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk.
Town-hall, 22d .Tune, ]844.

WEST INDIA ASSOCIATION.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the WEST INDIA
ASSOCIATION at the PORT of LIVERPOOL
Will be held in the Committee-room, No. 6, Brunswick-
street, Liverpool, on FRIDAY next, the 28th instant, at
Eleven o'clock precisely, to Elect a Chairman and De-
tWY Chairman for the year ensuing, and to translct the
Annual Business of the Association.
By order,
PETER WRIGHT, Secretary.
Liverpool, June 21st. 1844.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
THELiverpool Dock Acts, passed in the 51st Year of
4, the Reign of George 3d, and 6th George 4th, require
that all owners and part owners of ships belonging to the
oPritm. Liverpool, and all persons inhabiting in the town
h%l/etPool aforesaid, who, either as principals or agents,
odPaid the rates f duties by those Acts laid upon
07 s
1 and merchandize imported or exported into or out
the said port of Liverpool, shall assemble at the Towr!..
P▪
all of the said Borough, on Tuesday. the 25th day of this
Instant June, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, and then and
-"ere, by writing' under their hands, or under the hands
of the major part of them so assembled as aforesaid, shall
elect, nominate, and appoint Eight Persons, not being
~b2Fnabers of the Common Council of the said town, to be
.Ight of the Commissioners for the purposes in those
Lucie Acts, and in the former Acts mentioned.
GEORGE WITHERS, Treasurer.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 14th June, 1844.

DUBLIN PORTER STORES.
CASSIDY, BRENAN, and Co., PECENIX BREWERY,
WA.TLING-STREET, DUBLIN.

Prices :

Half-Barrels. Barrels. Hhds.
Dublin Stout. 16s. 325. 48s.
Extra Stout 21s. 425. 635.
SUPERIOR IRISH ALES,
In Half-Barrels, Barrels, and Hhds.
JOHN SCOTT and Co., Agents,
Prince's Buildings, 26, North John-street.

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HENRY ROSE AND CO., _ -
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND
BRITISH WINES, ALE, PORTER, &c.,
44, DALE-STREET,
CORNER OF TEMPLE-STREET, _ _

TN commencing the above Establishment, the Proprie-
torsl- beg most respectfully to call the attention of their
Friends and the Public to the annexed List of Prices,
Which, they feel assured, will bear comparison with any
other house in the trade, and command a share of that
support, which it will be no less their study to deserve
than their desire to continue.

THE FINE ARTS.
MR. S. COLLINS,
CLEANER AND RESTORER OF PICTURES,
(FROM LONDON AND OXFORD,)
BEGS to anounce to the Nobility, Gentry, and
-LPlnha-
bitants of Liverpool and its Vicinity, that having
completed the first part of his engagements in the Bodleian
Gallery, Magdalen, Worcester, and New Colleges, Ox-
ford, and in Cambridge, which have taken him nearly four
years, and from which he has written Testimonials, as
well as from numerous gentlemen whose collections of the
most valuable pictures have been entrusted to his care,
and that he has been induced to visit Liverpool, and from
hist e
sgtraeya t
fopatronage
twi ioc,h
al; ed rfeeceeli vheadp,l?
yw prolongo
will
any Commissions in Cleaning and Restoring Pictures,
which any Gentlemen or Public body may feel inclined to
entrust to his care. Gentlemen or Ladies possessing more
than 10 Pictures can have them restored by Contract, and
if residing any distance from the Town, can have them
attended to on their premises, by Mr. C., without the aid
or assistance of any other person.
Mr. C. invites all lovers of the Fine Arts to view his
Choice COLLECTION OF PICTURES, by the Old
Masters, which he has on Sale, and which are of such
quality as seldom to be seen out of Loudon. Hours of
attendance from Ten till Five, the first five days of the
week, at Mrs. LLOYD'S, 36, Bold-street. London Ad-
dress, 4, Upper Ebury-street, Eaton-square.
Tickets to view the Pictures to be had only by forward-
ng Name and Address to Mr. C.