The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

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C LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY:
TIHT COUNCIL of the LIVERPOOL POLYTECIT-
NIC SOCIETY announce, that they will award, at the
close of the present Session, PRIZES, in Money or a Medal,
for Communications, of adequate merit, on the following
Subjects:—
£1;) for the best Essay on any Subject connect with tl:e
Objects of the Society.
-.C5 for the best Mechanical Drawing.
£5 for the best Model of Machinery, I wing the latest
Improvements.
L 5 for the best Model of a Merchant essel, showing the
latest Improvements.
L 5 for, the best Ornamental Iron Casting, combining per-
fection of Workmanship with good Taste.
All Communications to be forwarded, carriage paid, ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the Polytechnic Society, at the
Royal Institution, Liverpool, on or before the 13th DECEM
BER, 1842,
All Models and Drawings will be returned.
. Communications laid before the Ordinary Meetings of the
Society may Compete for the Prizes.
Any further information may be obtained by application to
the Secretary.
C. F. SALT, Secretary.
Royal Institution, Liverpool, June, 1842.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, MOUNT-Sr" EET.
THE EXHIBITION of. Paintings, Busts, tues, En-
gravings, Manufactures, Machinery, Ph. sophical Ap-
paratus; Autographs, Articles of Natural IF tory, Antiqui-
ties, Curiosities, &c., &c., is now OPEN the Public, and
will remain Open every lawful day l eafter, from Ten,
a.m., to Ten, p.m., till SATURDAY, t 30th July, on which
day it will certainly close.
This EXHIBITION far surpasses that of June and
July, 1510, in extent and variety : many improvements have
been introduced into the general arrangements, and every
effort has been made at once to render the Exhibition wor-
thy of public notice and to promote the comfort of visitors.
In addition to the general Gallery of Paintings, a separate
Room has been fitted up with the Works of Liverpool Artists
and the Portraits of Liverpool Men. Dr. Raffles has kindly
lent a new series of selections from his curious and valuable
Collection of Autographs. A Room has been fitted with
Phrenological Casts and Diagrams, and Mr. Bally, of Man-
chester, will be occasionally in attendance for the purpose of
taking Developments and Casts. Messrs. Woollright and
Chldson have lent several of their Looms and Specimens of
their Fringe and other Manufactures. The Departments of
Bookbinding, Printing, Engraving, Lithographing, and Glass
Blowing will be superintended, respectively, by Messrs.
Winstanley, Mitchell, Heaton, and Mitchell, Isaacs,
M`Donald and Co., M`Gahey, and 114`Cauley. A Canal,
40 feet long, has been erected, with a Railroad round it, on
which a Locomotive and Train will run at intervals. Cotton
Spinning and other Machinery will be driven by a Steam
Engine,- kindly lent by Robert Preston, Esq. In the Sculp-
ture Gallery, a Fountain, with jets d'eau, has been fitted up.
Exhibitions of various kinds, with explanatoryilemarks,
VTlrte-beriirMthe Lenture Room every day at One and eight-
:_„tr„..jerrnrs-ftoninson lirvy been engaged to exhibit his
large Collection of Dissolving .\( iews and Microscopic Objects,
by the Oxy-Hydrogen Light. Self-acting Organs and other
Musical Instruments will he placed in the severaFßooMs.
and Refreshments will, be provided by Mr. Horsfall at a mo-
derate cost. A- Potter's Wheel and a Stocking Frame will
be wrought in one of the rooms.

The PICTURE GALLERY ‘-contains M'Clive's celebrated
picture of The Bohemian Gypsies, Haydon's great picture
of the Anti- Slavery Convention, in which are introduced
many portraits of the most illustrious men of the day ; and
Haydon's picture of Wellington Revisiting Waterloo, be-
sides many other works of interest. In the Architectural
Room there is a model 'of the new Assize Courts.
Admission from Ten to Four, One Shilling ; from Four to
Ten, Sixpence. Children at all times Sixpence.
Mr. CATLIN'S MUSEUM of NORTH AMERICAN
INDIAN CURIOSITIES, which contains 500 PAINTINGS,
(exhibited with great success in London for the last three
years,) made by Mr. Catlin among 'the wildest Tribes of the
RED INDIANS in NORTH AMERICA, with whom Mr.
C. lived eight years, and several thousand specimens of their
Manufactures, with Costumes, Weapons, Pipes, Scalps, &c.,
&c., IS NOW OPEN in the Large Shed, 90 feet long and
50 eet broad, built expressly for their reception. Living
Figures, in full Indian Costume, will be constantly in the
Room.
The Collection contains' further, a large and perfect
MODEL OF THE FALLS ,OF NIAGARA, which was
lately.viewed and approved by her most gracious Majesty and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert. This Model exhibits
every House, Tree, Rock, &c., in the vicinity of the Falls,
in due proportion and colour.

The Exhibition is open from Ten, a.m., to Ten, p.m. Ad-
mission, ONE SHILLING ; to those 'who pass through the
general Exhibition, SIXPENCE.
N.B.—Season Tickets to tile General Exhibition admit to
Mr. Catlin's Collection, at the reduced price of Sixpence.
These may be obtained by Members of the Institution and
their Families, Pupils in the Schools, and Depositors of Ar-
ticles, for 2s. 6d., by the general public for ss. each. Season
Tickets to Mr. Catlin's Collebtion 2s. 6d. each.
TICKETS NOT IRANSFEILABLE.

W. B. HODGSON, Secretary.

WILLIAM JORDAN,
(Late Manager of Mr. T,. Hague's Establisl(ment,)
iESPECTFULLY informs his Friends d the Public,
that he has commenced Business o e premises No.
48, LONDON-uoAD, where he execut orders in. BRASS
and WHITE-METAL PLATE for WINDOWS,
DOORS, OFFICES, &c., in the best style and at moderate
prices.
NV. J. trusts that his long experience in this branch of
manufacture,: together with his late improvements effected
by MACHINERY, will• be the best guarantee for the prompt
and satisfactory execution of all orers with which he may
be favoured.

N.B.—Every description of PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, and
SEAL ENGRAVING; COPPERPLATE, LETTERPRESS, and
LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING.

48, London-road, June, 1842.

BRITISH WINES, IMPERIAL MEASURE AND IN

BOTTLE,
AT SUCH'S FOREIGN AND ENGL .H
FRUIT, PICKLE, AND SAUCE WA ' HOUSES,
No. 41, PARADISE-STREET,
AND
No. g, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, j ERPOOL.
kJSUCH, in returning thanks to .e Public for their
* very liberal and distinguished support in the FRUIT
,andj.TALIAN BUSINESS,Itegs to announce that, at the__
,particulkr resluest of his Friends. he has also comment-ed the
BRITISH' WINE BUSINESS, and respectfully calls the
attention of the Public to his well-selected Stock, of every
description in the above line, from the London Market,
which he intends selling at moderate prices, either by Impe-
rial Measure or Bottle.
P.S.—Families supplied'at any distance by transmitting a
letter containing a Postoffice order. Parties residing ten
miles frod Liverpool will have their Orders Supplied Car-
riage Free.

JEWELLERY,
Of the first Quality, and of the newest Designs,

, ERSMITH
T.
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selected at
THOMAS DISMORE'

MANUFACTURING JEWELLER sr SIL,
TO THE QUEEN.
35, BOL T R E

THOMAS DISMORE being in daR
Messrs. DISMORE and SOI•7
THE MANUFACTORY

communication with
ho conduct
LONDON,

ORDERS will be finished with accuracy, expedition, and the
acknowledged superior workmanship of the London artisan.
An estimate of the weight and cost per oz. of Silver Spoons,
Forks, &c., will be given on application.

A N Assortment of upwards of 100 PIANO-FORTES,
II- from 7 to 100 Guineas, on Sale and Hire, at W. P.
DREAPER'S PIANO-FORTE and MUSIC WARE-
HOUSE, 49, BOLD-STREET, (Six doors above Ne ington.)
Excellent second-band Square Piano-fortes, in fect order,
by Broadwood and other makers, from 7 Guineas.
Cabinet Piano-fortes, Ditto
Six-octave Cottage Ditto 2B „
Six-and-a-half Horizontal Grand Ditto . 40
Patent Semi-Grand Ditto
56 11
w. P. DREAPER begs leave to ate, that he has just
returned from London, and his suite of Show-rooms are
now replete with all the novelties in the above line, forming
an elegant and extensive Assortment of New and Second-
hand PIANO-FORTES, from the Manufactories of Messrs.
COLLARD and COLLARD, BROADTV 00D, TOMKISON, and other
esteemed London Makers, at the lowest possible prices.
• Piano-fortes taken in Exchange, Lent on Hire, Repaired,
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 approved
of.
N.B.—A large Assortment of NEW and POPULAR
MUSIC, at HALF PRICE.