The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-22 00:00:00

IA CARD

AIR. LINTON has the pleasure to inviti the Patrons and
IV.II Lovers of Arts to a view of his SKETCHES of SCE-
NERY in Greece, Italy, Sicily, &c., exhibiting gratuitously
at the Rooms, in Old Postoffice-place, until MONDAY next,
the 25th instant.

SPLENDID COLLECTION OF PICTURES FROM

LONDON DIRECT.

IUrR. CUMMINS respectfully informsthe Inhabitants of
IVA. Liverpool, that his fine COLLECTION of PIC-
TURES will remain on SALE for ONE WEEK only, at No.
54, BOLD-STREET, next dooi to the Music-hall. The Col-
lection consists of some fine specimens by the most eminent
Ancient and Modern Masters, and will be found well worthy
of an inspection from the Admirers of the Fine Arts.

DIORAMA AND PANORAMA,
PORTICO, NEWINGTON.
NOTICE
IN consequence of the continued. attraction of the HOLY
SHRINE AT BETHLEHEM, and Nightly Increase
of Visitors to this admirable Exhibition, 'it will remain
OPEN ONE WEEK LONGER.
Admission, 6d.—Reserved Seats, Is. Children under 12
years of age, Half-price to the Reserved Seats.
Hours of Exhibiting :—Morning, 12; Afternoon, 3; and
Evening, 8.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS,
• TAKEN BY THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT,
IN LESS THAN A MINUTE,
AY now be had Daily, from Nine to Five o'clock, at
IVI. the Rooms, St. James's Mount.
Specimens on view at Messrs. Plume-
-24- Church-street.

and HAt

EXTRAORDINARY HE
AT THE
ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.
tiN and after THIS DAY, (Friday.) April 15th, (for
a short time, will be exhibited a GRAND CENTRI-
FUGAL RAILWAY, 200 feet long, with a vertical Circle
upwards of 40 feet in circumference, round which a Carriage
200 pounds in weight, containing a Lady or Gentleman, will
revolve at the rate of ONE HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR, With
perfect safety ; also, immense Iron Weights and Buckets of
Water will be placed in the Carriage, and, although the whole
will be completely inverted, not a weight or a drop of water
will be displaced. Also, a brilliant Display of the OXY-
HYDROGEN LIGHT, with other interesting Scientific
Experiments.

Morning -Exhibition at Half-past Twelve o'Clocic.
The first Exhibition in the Evening at Half-past Six.
The second at Half-past Eight precisely.
(ThAdmission : Boxes, 25.; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d.
e Railway has been constructed by 'Wm. TARR and H.
RILE', of Manchester, on a scale never before exhibited it
the World.)

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, ROYAL INSTITUTION.
rrHE SUMMER COURSES of LECTURES will corn-
mence on MONDAY, May 2.

BOTANY

JOSEPH DICKINSON,
1 M.D., F.L.S.
FORENSIC MEDICINE.... JJW. H. DUNCAN, M.D., and
'SAMUEL MALINS, M.D.
. EDWARD BATTY.
RACTICAL CHEMISTRY .. R. H. BRETT, Ph. D., F.L.S.

NIIDWIFERY,

TIMBER DUTIES..
-Cl.
A PUBLIC MEETING of the MERCHANTS. SHIP-
OWNERS, BROKERS, BUILDERS, &e. &c. con-
nected with the TIMBER TRADE, will be held THIS DAY,
(Friday,) the 22d instant, in the COtTON SALES ROOM, at
Two o'clock, to consider the propriety of Memoi ializing Her
Majesty's Government to allow the proposed change ih the
Timber Duties to come inn ;my), ;a!

. .
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHU RCH, FALKNER- SQUARE,
• • . NEAR WINDSOR. . •
fiN SUNDAY next, the 24th instant. SERMONS will be
PREACHED, in St. Saviour's Church, by the Rev.
RICHARD H. WALL, D.D., M.R.I.A. Chaplain of the
Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Dublin, and 'Collections made
in aid of the Fund for Liquidating the Debt incurred by the
Erection of the Church.
Service will commence in the Morning eta Quarter before
Eleven ;in the Evening at Half-past Six.

ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH NATIONAL SCHOOLS.
(IN SUNDAY next, tbe.24th instant, TWO SERMONS
t..! will be Preached (n. v.) in ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH,
Percy-street, in behalf Of ST. BRIDES NATIONAL SCHOOLS,
by the Rev. THOS. FRANCE,M.A., Rector of Davenham,
Cheshire.

Divine Service to commence in the Morning at Eleven
o'clock, and in the Evening at half after Six.
There will be an additional Service at half after Three in
the Afternoon, when the Children will be Catechised and
Addressed.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
® MONDAY next, the 25th instant, at the LARGE
kJ Room, PARRY'S HO'FEL, SEACOMBE, at Seven
o'clock. Mr. LAFONTAINL will give one CONVERSA-
ZIONE, on ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
Mr. LAFONTAINE will arrest the singing of a young
crnman in thft .

toe magnetic state, at a signal from any one of
the audience, without her being conscious of it; and will
also, in the same manner, stop her whilst walking, together
with other Experiments.

Tickets, 25., to be had at the Ear of the Hotel, Seacombe

TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NORTHERN
HOSPITAL.
MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN,
THE Resignation of Mr. GILL having occasioned a Va-
canes, in the Office of HONORARY SURGEON to
the NORTHERN HOSPITAL, I beg most respectfully to
SOLICIT the favour of your SUPPORT at the ensuing
ELECTION.

I have been established as a Surgical Practitioner in this
town for sixteen years, during the latter five of which I have
been attached to the North Dispensary as one of its Hono-
rary Surgeons. In the event of my being appointed I shall
use my utmost endeavours to perform the duties of the Office.
1 have the honour to be,
My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,
Your übedient Servant,
ELLIS JONES,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, &c.
18, Islington,llth April, 1842.

THE (LATE) LIVERPOOL FISH COMPANY.
NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING of
the SHAREHOLDERS of this Company will be held
on FRIDAY, the 29th day of April instant, at One o'clock in
the Afternoon, at the Clarendon-Rooms, South John-street,
Liverpool, to receive the Report of the Directors, and declare
a Dividend on the Shares.
By order of the Directors,
J. ROBINSON, Solicitor, Postoffice-Place.
Liverpool, 16th April. 1842.

CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.
ITOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
-4- N YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS will
be held, at the Company's Office, Dublin, on THURSDAY,
the sth of May, at One o'clock, to receive the Report of the
Directors, for the half-year ending the Ist of March, 1812.
By order,
. .
PHINEAS HOWELL, Secretary.
Dublin, 15, Eden Quay, 20th April, 1842.

COUNTY OF LANCASTER, WESTERN DIVISION
NVIIEREAS, by Patent, bearing date on or about the
14th day of September, 1826, his Royal Highness
Prince Augustus Frederick of Brunswick Lunenberg, Duke
of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, Baron of Arklow, Knight of
the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, &c. &c. &c.,
Grand Master of the most Ancient and honourable Fraternity
of Free and Accepted Masons of England, constituted and
appointed LE GENDRE NICHOLAS STAREIE, Esquire, M.P.,
&c. &c. &c, of Huntroyde, in the said county, to be his
Provincial Grand Master for the said Division ; and by virtue
of the great power, trust, and confidence reposed in me by
the said Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, in appointing me to be
his Deputy Provincial Grand Master, I, JOHN DRINEWATER,
do hereby give notice, that a PROVINCIAL GRAND
LODGE will be held at the ADELPHI HOTEL, in Liverpool,
on WEDNESDAY, the 25th day of May next, at. Ten o'clock
in the Forenoon, for the transaction of the Annual Business
of the Province.

Given under my hand and seal of the P. G. Lodge, at
Liverpool aforesaid, this 19th day of April, in the year of
Masonry 5842, and of our Lord 1842.
JOHN DRINKWATER, D.P.G.M.
JAMES NORRIS, P.G. Secretary.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY.
TENDERS FOR LOANS ON DEBENTURE.
THE Directors of this Company are ready to receive
TENDERS OF LOANS OF MONEY, on DEBEN-
TURES to be issued in conformity with the Act of Parlia-
ment, secured on their Undertaking, and on the Rents,
Rates, and Tolls arising therefrom, in sums of not less than
£2OO, for terms of three, five, seven, cr ten years, on interest
at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly
at the Bank of Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.,
London.

The Tenders must express the sums and terms of years
and be addressed to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices
in Prince's-street, London, or Broad-street, Bristol.
By order of the Board of Directors,
J. B. BADHAM, Secretary.
Office, 30, Broad-street, Bristol.

NOTICE.
TO BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, Bfc. fie.
EXTENSIVE PRISON AT BELFAST.
ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a presentment for
.11 Building a Bridewell and House of Correction at Bel-
fast, in the county of Antrim, having been made by the Grand
Jury of the said county, at Spring Assizes, 1841, and amended
at Spring Assizes, 1842, it is the intention of the Commis-
sioners therein appointed now to CONTRACT for BUILD-
ING the said PRISON.
Persons desirous of Contracting for the same may see the
Plans and Specifications relating thereto at the Office of Mr.
CHARLES LANYON, County Surveyor for Antrim, Donegall-
square, Belfast, on or after the 12th day of April, 1842.
In order to facilitate the proceedings of parties intending
to Tender for the abovementioned Work, they are requested
to attend at the Office of Mr. Lanyon, on the
above-
mentioned, for the purpose of nominating
Measurer to take out the quantities in said proposed
Building.or apllnting a
of Work

A similar Person will be appointed on the part of the Com-
missioners, so as that each may be a check on the other.
A Copy of " the quantities" so ascertained will be given to
each Person intending. to Tender.
The Person whose Tender shall be accepted will be required
to pay the charges of the Aleasurer appointed as aboyemen-
tioned.
Sealed Tenders, for the execution of the above Wok,tobe
forwarded on or before the 24th May, undercover, addressed
" To the Clerk to the Commissioners of, Belfast Bridewell
and House of Correction, Carrickfergnsr•required.
Sufficient Security will be
(Signed, by order,) JOHN COATES.
16th March, 1842.

evening, at seven o'clock,
SUPDEN DEATIL—On Sunday
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buried,sOSo n have to be
Mrs. Thomsett, of the Seven Greys, Westborough, dropped
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down and died immediately. The deceased was iu her usual
vvithout the
health till the moment of the awful event. An inquest was
Geld, and a verdict of " Died from a fit of apoplexy', was
returned. It is singular that the deceased was conversin ,
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—E STATE BALL AT THE PALACE.—H M •
LACE''—Her Majesty
THE LATE
of
rose.coloured moire, covered with tulle,
istsh wreaths potato leaves made of velvet. A.
of
The queen wore on her head a wreath of green,
psy'rr.i°on'rfeumsi:od:r:e.f diamonds contrasted charmingly with the dark.
I:ate:similar to those trimming her dress, and interspersed
with diamonds. How simlepet charming, was the effect!
The Duchess of Kent, whose' E
nelegancefrieiisaatnind, goad n tianstferoanrte,
proverbial, Wore a white dress
the skirt beneath trimmed with four vavnts of blondes,
w whilsfloatit not
ng e " tends. w and far between" appeared knots of ribbon,
ith We cannot afford time or space to de-
scribe the other dresses
which, however, we must confess,
bore the impress of the inclement season. The dresses were
less brilliant than in 3 general; and we were most struck with.
the returning
hair.
eirtaste for flowers largely employed for
ornamenting the
guests of royalty w.eka,vs well as the dresses, of the fair
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