The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-06 00:00:00

JL,
for the Sale
POWDERS,
APS, (late AVAlA-
ioe.kne, London, begs
they can he supplied
small quantift, on the
(actor), in London.
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WILLIAM PM;
WHOLESALE PAPER DEALER 4 STATIO.
No. 2, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOO,I
HAVING received the appointment of Agent f
of WALKDEN'S INKS and INK
manufactured by COOPER and PHILLIP
DEN, DARBY, and TERRY') No. 5, Shy
to acquaint the Trade in general that,
with every description, in large or
same terms as from the Manufr

W. PITT embraces the present , tportunity to thank his
Friends and the Public for the very liberal support he has
. received since his commencement business, begs to assure
them that it is his utmost ambition to merit the cofidence
of
all who may be pleased to honour him with their patronage.
N.l3.—Merchants and Shipping Orders particularly at-
tended to, and the full amount of Excise Drawback allowed
on all Papers and Stationery for Exportation.
Account Books Ruled and Bound to any pattern, and on
the most approved principle.

PIANO-FORTES.
JUST UNPACKED,
SEVERAL SUPERB INSTRUMENTS,
SELECTED PERSONALLY IN LONDON, BY
IV. P. DREAPER,
TO BE SEEN AT HIS PIANO-FORTE ROOMS,
, BOLD-STIZERT,
(SIX DOORS ABOVE NEWINGTON.)
P. DREAPER begs to state, that he has also an
• excellent Assortment of Second-hand Square PIA NO-
- by Broadwood and other makers, in perfect order.
From
Cabinet Piano-fortes, Ditto
Six-octave Cottage, Ditto
Six-and-a-Half Horizontal Grand, Ditto 4O „
Patent Send-grand, Ditto
and, having upwards of ONE HUNDRED PIANO.
FORTES on SALE and lIIRE, from the celebrated Manu-
factories of Messrs. COLLARD and COLLARD, Tomixisort,
BrtoAnwoon, and other esteemed London Makers, be flat-
ters himself that lie will be able to suit all parties requiring
Piano-fortes.
Piano-fortes taken in exchange, Lent on Hire, Rppaired,
and Tuned, singly or by the year.
W. P. D. will warrant any Piano-forte sold by him, and
will exchange the same within twelve months, if not iv.
proved of.
N.B.—A large Assortment of NEW and POPULAR
MUSIC at HALF-PRICE.

PIANO-FORTAND SECOND-HAND.
GREATE NEW
BARGAINS!
ACABINET PIANO, 6 octaves, in Rosewood, 1
by Wilkinson, in the best r
iepossiblelt ,bye condition.. do:4i ttoianoldn,
eo.
s.n li 25 gs.
A sw handsomeeet t
on e
ttil Mahoganydtouch Cottage Piano, 6
d'. . '} 35 gs.
A maker,
jiaelli.eoentrgoyai:t iii}an•
Piano,
respecto , i
n excellent :.
c.o.
nid.itii ..01 , 1
£3O.
'",ewood .. 55 gs.
kkusulipeorrhiz-otnontaeldG6rii
by Broadtvood, well calculated for a Concert- }
8 gs.
room
Another,
with
hiee
irP,,aitaetnot- Piano-Fortes, easn,
and
Second-hand, *************************************************** 1 18 ga.
by Broadwood, 51 octaves . 10 cs•
A tine-toned Square Piano, 6 octaves, Second-hand,l
by To n, with metallic plate, and other new }
20 g'"
improvements A
ditto ditto ............................ . J
..... ..
Several PIANO-FORT. ES—, Second-hand, 5i "taves,
5,6, and 9 Guineas.
An excellent CHIROPLAST, for Teaching the Logerian
System, in the best possible condition, at Half-Price'
AT SHADE'S CHEAP WAREHOUSE,
where New Music and NewBEItRY-STRF.ET Songs arc Lent ouhire by tb,
Day, 'Week, or Month, on an economical plan.
~**7 Long"*.a..2lrustpu.blished, the celebrated American Comic Song,
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PRINTING BY MACHINERY.—We have not yet had time
to examine this invention at home ; but in the meanwhile
may copy from the New Orleans Pie. (quoted in the Peoria
Register) an example of poetry produced by the machine :
Lu Nchat e Le Ven,
A nddi nne rat th Ree,
Cigars unt it s Even,
nweehowith
came from
An d ju Lep sfort ea!—Lit. Gazette.
Arabia:,
LITERARY IMPOSTOR.—Towards the end of the last eery-
tury Sicily exhibited an instance of literary Imposture that has
,Ar al rael ltya ,
pbeen
,equalled.ded t
o a
nA i
nmtai
mn named
hangVel Vella, who
though he knew - not a word of thatuage, nor so much
as the alphabet. It happened that the government
solicitous to inform itself on the history a the kingdom was then
the time of the Saracens. This was a point in
portance i'a the disputes with the Si .1.
ei ian baro '
if some im-
to their feudal rights and claims. Vella us, in regard
his cards so skilfully, that he was em l contrived to play
Arabic manuscript found in the old al) oyed to translate an
per-
formed his part for a length of time archives ; and he
address as to obtain honours, di, • with such consummate
sorship of the Arabic langvage, gnities, and even the profes-
versity of Palermo. His tri. and literature in the
manu-
scriptUni-
was nothing but • ' nhl%tion of the Arabic a tissue
even went so far as to eof his own inventions. He
which he gave out that h g forward a Norman manuscript,
The Sicilian literati, . e had found in a Norman collection.
strove to tear the ma
iiilowever, began to smell a rat, and
be no easy task—fors from the impostor. This proved to
powerful protection. the juggler had found meaus to gain
regular tribunal n.
At last he was brought before tha
towed to fifteen on a charge of fraud, ionvictsd and ma-
ll years' imprisonment.