The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

given on a

LIVERPOOL MECHANIC
IT is the intention of the DIR
the next Midsummer

ITUTION.
1, during

ECTORS to

SECOND PUBLIC EXHIBITION of Objects illustrative
of the FINE ARTS, NATURAL HISTORY, EXPERI-
MENTAL PHILOSOPHY, MACHINERY, MANU-
FACTURES, ANTIQUITIES, &c.
The Exhibition which was held in June and July, 1840,
having given so general satisfaction, and having been attended
With so many excellent results, the Directors confidently ex-
pect that a repetition of the experiment will be warmly se-
conded by the public in general, and especially by those who
possess articles of interest in any of the departments above
enumerated. No exertion shalt be wanting on their own part
to render this Exhibition equal, if not superior, to the last in

AU expenses of carriage and removal will be paid, and the
greatest care will be taken of all the articics lent, which will
be returned immediately after the closing of the Exhibition.

For the information Of those who may wish to contribute
either Gifts or Loans, a List of Articles desirable to form the
Exhibition is subjoined :
NATURAL HISTORY.

Botanical Specimens, Woods, Foreign Fruits, Flowers,
Minerals, Fossils, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects,
Shells, Eggs, &c.
MACHINERY

AND MANUFACTURES

Specimens of Glass, Spar, Earthenware, Porcelain, Silk,
Cotton, Woollen ; Jewellery, Clocks, Stoves, Grates, Cook-
ing Apparatus; Musical Instruments; Models of Marine,
Stationary, and Locomotive Steam-engines, Fire-engines,
Boilers, Smelting and other Furnaces; Windmills, Mill-
work ; Mines, Roofs, Buildings, Bridges, Canal Locks,
Railroads, Shin, Boats, Life-boats, Fire-escapes, 'Water-
wheels, Pumps; Steam, Lithographic, and other Printing
Presses, Hydrostatic Press and Balance, Apparatus Illus-
trative of the Mechanical Powers, &c.
EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY.
Hygrometers, Anemometers, Hydrometers, Pyrometers,
I3arometers. Thermometers, Saccharometers, Rain-guages ;
Chemical, Optical, Electrical,' Galvanic. Magnetic, and
Electro-Magnetic Apparatus, Telescopes, Microscopes, Da-
guerreotypes, Camerm Obscurm, Caincrte Lucidte, Prisms,
Concave, Convex, and other Mirrors ; Models'of the Eye,
Ear. &c. ; Orreries, Quadrants, Sextants, Planetaria, The-
odolites, Pentagraphs, Dividing Machines, Drawin; and
Mathematical Instruments, Solids, &c.
FINE ARTS, ANTIQUITIES, &c.

Works of Sculpture

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Drawings, Architectural and-Mechanical Drawings, Engra-
vings, Specimens of Penmanship; Castings in Bronze, Iron,
Plaster ; Vases, Medallions, Antique Lamps, Candelabra,
Papier Mache, Phinti9gs in Fresco, &c.
Antiquities and Curiosities of every kind, such as Ancient
or Foreign Armour, Dress, Agricultural or other Imple-
ments, Autographs, Illuminated Missals, Rare Books, Ma-
nuscripts, &c., will be gladly received.
It is intended that LECTURES. and probably CON-
CERTS, shall be given, and EXPERIMENTS performed,
at fixed times. As the general character of the Exhibition
will depend greatly on the kind of articles contributed, it is
earnestly requested that early information may be given by
all who mean kindly to render their assistance.
All communications addressed to the Secretaries will re-
ceive immediate attention.

THOMAS RELY, 1 Hon. Secs
JOS. MAYER,

PORTUGAL,

Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 28th ult

The following is the list of the new Ministry gazetted on
the 24th instant, new, all to the Duke de Terceira, who re-
mains in as Premier :

President of the Council, and War I Duke of Terceira
Department '
Home Department
Justice
Marine
Baron Tojal.

Finance

Foreign Affairs (ad interim)
Of the above-named individuals, Campello and Carvalho
are new men, never having been in office before. The for-
mer was chief clerk at the Marine Department ; the latter is
a lawyer.

The admission of Costa Cabral to power is expected to re-
store tranquillity to the country.

THE COURT.-SUNDAY.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert took a carriage airing along
the Marine-parade to Kemp Town. Major-General Sir Ed-
ward Bowater accompanied the carriage on horseback.

The Prince of Wales was taken into the balcony, as also
the grounds of the Pavilion, for an airing this morning.
Her Ablest)? and Prince Albert walked this morning in the
gardens of the Pavilion.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended Divine worship
in the Royal Chapel. In the royal pew were the Duchess of
Kent, Viscount Hawarden, the Countess of Dunmore, the
Hon. Miss Stanley, and the Hon. Miss Devereux. The
whole of the service was performed by the Rev. J. S. M.
Anderson, chaplain in ordinary to her Majesty, who preached
a sermon from Luke xxii. ver. 13.
The choir sang the Ist verse of the 139th psalm, and au
anthem from the 103 d psalm, by Mozart.
The Duchess of Kent. attended by Lady Fanny Howard,
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took a carriage airing this afternoon.
His Excellency Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese am-
bassador, took his departure from the Pavilion, this morn-
ing, for London.
The Princess Royal was taken out for a carriage airing at
one o'clock.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert drove cot in a pony-
phaeton, this afternoon, attended by outriders in the royal
livery. Two other carriages followed, one containing the
Duchess of Kent, the Duke Ferdinand, the Princess Auzus-
tus and Leopold, and the other contained the Hon. Miss
Stanley, the Hon. Miss Devereux, Lady Fanny Howard, and
the Countess of Dunmore.
Colonel Buckley, equerry in waiting to her Majesty, at-
tended on horseback. From the fineness of the day the cliffs
presented the appearance of Hyde Park.
The royal dinner party this evening comprised the Duchess
of Kent, Duke Ferdinand, the Princes Augustus and Paul
Leopold of Saxe Coburg, Viscount Hawarden, the Countess
of Dunmore, Lady Fanny Howard, the Hon. Miss Deve-
reux, the Hon. Miss Stanley, Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stock-
mar, Sir George Cowper, Le Capitaine Count de Dagenfeld
Schomberg, Le Capitaine de Zaitsch, Colonel Buckley,
Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Dr.
Praetorius, and the Hon. Mr. Murray.