The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-10 00:00:00

THE PERUVIAN MUMMY ! ! !
THIS DAY, (Friday,) the 10th instant, a LECTURE will
be delivered by J. S. THORBURNE, Esq., M.D., on
MUMMIES, and the CUSTOMS of various NATIONS
towards the DEAD, at the PORTICO, Newington, Bold-
street, on which occasion the extraordinary and interesting
Relic of Humanity, the PERUVIAN MUMMY, recently
brought to the Port of Liverpool in Me4'srs. Brocklebank's
Ship Oberon, will be Exhibited in illustration, previous to
its REMOVAL TO LONDON.
Doors open at Half-past One ; to commence at Two
o'clock, p.m.
Admission, One Shilling; and to the Gallery, Sixpence.

SEVENTH GRAND ROMAN FESTA
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

THIS EVENING, (FRIDAY,) and will be repeated every
FRIDAY and MONDAY during the Season,

THE PICTORIAL MODEL OF ROME.
At dusk, this novel exhibition will be' seen under the
aspect which the scene presents during the rejoicing in cele-
bration of Il Giorno di San Pietro, when the whole vast
Edifice of St. Peter's is Illuminated, and every detail of the
glorious Architecture shines forth in lines of resplendent
light. It is on such festive occasions that the celebrated
Girandola, or great FIREWORKS of ST. ANGELO,
are displayed from the summit of the Castle and Bridge.
beyond all comparison the grandest display of Pyrotechnic
Art ever invented. A fac simile of this
GORGEOUS FESTIVAL
will be represented. Amidst tremendous FLIGHTS of
ROCKETS, and CASCADES Of FIRE, FOUNTAINS, and STARS,
the whole of the Eternal City will appear as visible as by
the broad light of day.

Pyrotechnic- Artist, SIGNOR SEMONI.
A first-rate MILITARY BAND, under the able superin-
tendance of Mr. STUBBS, will perform during the Season.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

TO CORRESPONDENTS

The " Ode to Evening " must stand over

- ---- • •
" Observer" must have observed his communication almost
in 'Widen& verbis already in the STANDARD.
The article on the apprenticeship question in the Corpora-
tion Schools is scarcely fit for publication in its present
shape, but it may be available on another opportunity.
The letter of "D. S." would defeat his own object. The
address to which he alludes has something more definite
than a prayer that her Majesty may " be shielded from
harm." We have our own opinion on the subject of the
correspondence, and may probably feel called upon to state
it if our radical contemporaries notice the subject.

The quarterly return of the stamps taken out, and the
advertisement duty paid by the press of Great Britain,
from the Ist of January to the 31st of March, is now
before us ; and that influential portion of our fellow-
townsmen, who support the principles advocated by
THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, will, we have no
doubt, be pleased to notice the steady improvement in
the circulation of this journal. During the past quar-
ter,—one peculiarly barren of anything striking in
the way of news, and marked with much commercial
difficulty,--the STANDARD, and one contemporary
only, have improved their position, as compared with
the circulation of the previous half year; another
journal has just maintained its position, whilst SEVEN
of our contemporaries have declined, and some of them
very materially. The next return, from our sale thus
far, we are enabled to state, will show a further in-
crease ; and for the patronage which thus enables us,
advantageously and diciently and, we may add, pro-
fitably to ourselves, to advocate Conservative inter-
ests, and to promote the spread of sound principles in
this town and district, we must here record our grate-
ful thanks to a kind and indulgent public. It is a
pleasure to us to labour in such a cause; it is doubly
a pleasure to find our humble labours appreciated.
The LIVERPOOL STANDARD undeniably occupies now
a leading position amongst the journals, not only of
our own town and neighbourhood, but of the United
Kingdom. The respectability and influential charac-
ter of its circulation, we can say without hesitation,
is surpassed by none. To those of our Conservative
felloW-countrymen, therefore, who wish to be presented
with an honest expression of sound constitutional
opinions we point with confidence to its columns, and
to the approbation which a large portion of the public
have accorded to that expression in time past. No
exertion, no attention, no expense, we promise, shall
be spared, in time to come, to merit and increase that
approbation.

TO ADVERTISERS this journal now offers increased
and increasing advantages, from its advancing circu-
lation, and its now recognised character, as one of
the most influential mediums of communication with
the gentry, clergy, merchants, and middle classes of
the community. Whilst recording, therefore, our
thanks to those of our friends who have so liberally
favoured us hitherto, we beg to impress upon their
consideration our added and increasing ability to do
justice to their favours.

We may remark, that we have never been in the habit of
making a display of our amount of circulation and
advertising. We do not, in fact, regard either as the
infallible criterion of the value of a public journal, to
the community or to advertisers. Having received,
however, the government returns, immediately upon
their issue, we have taken the opportunity of bringing
them here before the public :

Number each
Publication.
... 7000 ....
... 3000 ...

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