The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-05 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

SAILING OF THE GREAT WESTERN•—This splendid
steamer sailed, on Saturday afternoon, from Kinzroad, Bris-
tol, for New York. She carried out about 70 passengers,
among whom was M. Baraigne, the French Ambassador to
the United States. Her freight of goods was much smaller
than usual. The Great Wester n will leave New York instant
for this port.
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Professional Gentlemen and Strangers attending the Assizes
are respectfully informed that every description of BATH,
Warm, Shower, Sulphur, Vapour, and Medicated, as used so
generally in London and on the Continent, may be obtained
on the shortest notice, at the Victoria Baths, Cases. street,
three doors from Clayton-square, near the Railway Offices
and St. John's Market. •

LIVER THEATRE.—Friday night next this theatre closes
for the season. Mr. Raymond takes his benefit on the occa-
sion. 'Mr. Rnymond has laboured hard to please the public,
and .we trust that the public will not be lorgetful of him.
He deserves a bumper, and no doubt he will have it. The
entertainments are of a very varied character.
PARISH AFFAins.—Our leaders no doubt have been sur-
prised.that we did not give the results,of the late parish elec-
tions in oar last publication. Having perceived in all our
contemporaries official notices of those results, we expected
that we should be favoured with them in the usual course of
business. Why we have been left out remains to be shewn.
We now give the close of the poll :
Persons. Votes.
For Mr. Birkett ...
Mr. Cowgill ... 42 .. 121
116 .
For Mr. Hart's re-appointment . 315
For the amendment that the offices of
Treasurer and Rate-book Clerk be, in 20 .. 40
future, divided
LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITU-
TION, ST. ANNE-STREET.—Mr. J. D. Russell delivered his
second lecture on. English literature, at this institution, on
Friday evening. The lecturer gave a succinct but compre-
hensive view of the literature of the Elizabethan era and that
of Queen Anne. His observations on the writings of Shak-
speare, Bacon, Spenser, and Milton, evinced a sound critical
judgment, and a thorough appreciation of the genius of those
unapproachable writers. The delivery of the lecture occu-
pied nearly two hours. and was, listened to throughout with
intense interest by a most intelligent audience. Mr. Russell
closes his interesting, course on Friday evening next.,
LUNE SALMON.—This delectable Fish, formerly con-
signed to an Agency at Preston, is now regularly transmitted,
immediately on its leaving the water, to JOSEPH NEWTON'S
Wholesale and Retail Fish Establishment, 14, St. John's
Fishmarket, so that the nobility, gentry, and the public in
general, may now obtain fresh Lune Salmon (equal, if not
superior, to that of the Over Severn) three hours after it is
taken out of its native element. No other person will be
able to supply the public with Salmon equally fresh, as
JOSEPH NEWTON is the sole lessee of the Skerton and Lune
Salmon Fishery. Crimped Salmon to order, at the shortest
possible notice.
NEUROHYPNOLOGV.—On Friday last, Mr. Braid, surgeon,
of Manchester, delivered a lecture on the science to which
be has given the above name, at the Templar's-hall. It was
announced that the lecturer would explain the mode of mes-
• merising animals, but this was rendered impossible by the
ungentlemanly interruption of some surgeons, whose furious
zeal carried them far beyond the bounds of discretion, one
of them going so far as to impute swindling to Mr. Braid,
.for which he was afterwards compelled to apologise. Seve-
ral of the patients were thrown into the cataleptic and rigid
states,
and a young' lady sang part of a song whilst in, the
first stage. Mr. Braid being unable to finish his lectUre'
and to introduce the new experiments, another lecture was
announced for 'Wednesday (to-morrow).