The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-11 00:00:00

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.

rpHE Directors of this limiertaking will receive Proposals
for LOANS OF MONEY ON DEBENTURES, to
be issued under the provisions of the acts of Parliament, in
the month of OCTOBER next, in sums of not less than
£2OO, for terms of three, live, seven, or ten years, cm Interest
at the rate of £5 per Cent, per Annum, payable Half-yearly,
at the Banks of Messrs. MILES, HARFORD, and Co., Corn-
street, Bristol, and Messrs. BARNLTT, HOARE, and Co.,
Lombard-street, London. _ _

For Moneys immediately advanced the security of Loan
Notes under the Seal of the Company will be given, which
may be exchanged for Debentures in the said month of Oc-
tober.

Tenders. expressing the Sums and Terms of Years, to he
addressed to the undersigned, at the Company's Office,
Exchange Buildings, Bristol.
By order of the Committee of Manazement,
ROBERT FLETCHER, Secretary.
Office, Exchange Buildings, Bristol,
30th May, 1842.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
TO-MORROW (Wednesday) EVENING, at Half-past
1- Seven o'Clock, CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE,
Esq. author of " Tales from Chaucer," " Riches of
Chaucer," &c. will deliver the First of Three LECTURES
on, the POETRY in the EARLY ENGLISH PROSE
WRITERS ; to be followed by One LECTURE on OLD
ENGLISH BALLADS; and Four LECTURES on the
SUBORDINATE CHARACTERS of SHAKSPEARE,
also by Mr. Clarke. Six LECTURES on the BRITISH
COLONIES, by J. S. BUCKINGHAM, Esq., and many
other courses on interesting subjects.
Admission to Non-members, One Shilling.
A Donation of Ten Guineas or upwards constitutes the
contributor a Life Member ; Annual Subscriptions, (entitling
to lectures, library, and evening schools,) One Guinea ;
Ladies' Do., (admitting to lectures and library,) Half-a-
Guinea ; Sons or Apprentices of members, Five Shillings ;
Apprentices of Non-members, Half-a-Guinea.
GYMNASTICS.—This class is open every Monday and
Thursday evening : terms, ss. per quarter. Teacher, Mr.
HUGUENIN. The quarter began on the 3d October.
DANCING.—The quarter began on Tuesday the 4th
October. This class meets every Tuesday evening : terms,
ss. per quarter. Teacher, Mr. ST. ALBIN.
VOCAL MUSIC CLASS.—The junior class is now taught
on Wilhem's System : terms, ss. per annum. Teacher, Mr.
GEORGE EYTON.

WANTED, an ASSISTANT TEACHER, in the English
Department of the Lower School. He must be qualified to
teach Derivations of Words, Grammar, Geography, arid His-
tory. Salary, £75 per annum.—Tcstimonials of character
and ability to be lodged, on or before Monday the 30th inst.,
with W. B. HODGSON, Secretary.

PORTICO, NEWINGTON, LIVERPOOL.
mAFFEY'S THEATRE DU PETIT LAZARY will
OPEN, (after a lapse of fifteen years,) in the above
place, TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) THURSDAY, and
FRIDAY EVENINGS Next, the 12th, 13th, and 14th inst.
The Entertainments will commence with Ballet Dances,
Metamorphoses, Pantomimic Changes, Allegories, and Gro-
tesque Subjects, by the Marionettes. , The surprising Evo-
lutions of the celebrated Marionettes a la Francais, superbly
dressed in the costume of their various characters, moving
and acting in a manner to imitate life,—their performances,
attitudes, transformations,, and feats,—surpass all conception.
Among the numerous devices, will be noticed the humourous
FEAST OF HARLEQUIN.
PART SccoNn.—A Grand Modelled Representation of the
PASSAGE OF THE GREAT ST. BERNARD. This
piece represents to the spectator the romantic scenery of the
Alps, in all its native wildness; the tops of .the mountains
towering amidst the regions of perpetual snow, which seem
to defy the approach of man, whilst the overhanging ava-
lanche threatens him with instantaneous destruction ; yet
through this terrific pass the enterprising Napoleon is seen
to wend his way with his Imperial Army of Reserve.
To conclude with a Representation of a STORM AT
SEA! In this picture will be seen a magnificent prospect of
the Sea in Motion—Vessels in Distress—Lightning—Thunder
—Shipwreck—the Crew seen Floating on the Waves—Escape
of Part of the Crew on the got*, pr.—.... 6
r‘,,,eseutation or nature. lire whole accompanied with ap-
propriate music.
Front selidge2s. ; Second seats, ls.; Gallery, Gd.
• Schools, anCr children under 12 years of age, admitted to
the front seats at half-price ; but no half-price will be taken
for the second seats or gallery.—Doors to open at half-past
Six, and to commence at Seven o'Clock.
A DAY PERFORMANCE on FRIDAY the 14th, al
Two in the Afternoon. Seats may be secured each day,
from Eleven to Three o'Clock.
*** The Conductor respectfully informs the Public, that
these performances combine morality with amusement, and
can be visited by the most scrupulous ; as a proof, they have
been particularly patronised by the clergy and the conductors
of seminaries in all the towns in which he has had the honour
to exhibit; and at the same time intimates, that from the
immense resources his exhibition abounds with, he is enabled,
weekly, to vary the entertainments.

Slave Compensation Office,
45, Parliament-street, Westminster, sth October, 1842.
IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Office of the
1 Arbitrator on Slave Compensation Claims, appointed
under the Act 4th Victoria chap. 18, has been Removed from
Manchester Buildings, No. 45, Parliament-street, West-
minster; where, in future, all business relating to the un-
awarded Slave Compensation Claims will be carried on.

(Signed)

HENRY HILL, Secretary.

riIHE ANNUAL MEETING of the LIVERPOOL
1 CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY
will be held, in the THEATRE OF TILE ROYAL INSTITUTION,
Colquitt.street, on THURSDAY next, the 13th instant, at
Twelve o'clock. The Rev. J. BROOKS, Rector of Liver-
pool, in the Chair.

LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY SOCIETY
FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST
THE JEWS.
PATRON—THE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER.
THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY of this
SOCILTY will be held (rev.) in the AMPHITHEATRE
On MONDAY EVENING next, the 17th instant, at Half-past
Six o'clock, the Worshipful and Rev. HENRY RAIKES, M.A.
Chancellor of the Diocese in the Chair.
On SUNDAY next, the 16th instant, SERMONS will be
Preached and COLLECTIONS made as under:--
IN THE MORNING.
ST. ANDREW'S,
by the Rev. ALEXANDER M'CAUL, D.D., Principal of the
Hebrew College, and Professor of Hebrew and Rabbinical
Literature, King's College, London.
ST. BRIDE'S,
by the Rev. W. AYERST, M.A., Foreign Secretary to the
Parent Society.
ST. BARNABAS',
by the Rev. H. S. JOSEPH, Missionary to the Jews in Eng.
land.
ST. CLEMENT'S,
By the Rev. F. PARRY, B.D.
ALL SAINTS',
by the Rev. J. SHACKLEY, M.A., Minister of St. John's,
York, and Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Westmoreland.
ST. MARK'S,
by the Rev. J. W. BROOKS, M.A., Vicar of Clareborough.
ST. JAMES',
by the Worshipful and Rev. H. RAIKES, M.A., Chancellor
of the Diocese.
MARINER'S CHURCH,
by the Rev. J.H. STEWART, M.A., Incumbent of St. Bride's.
RUNCORN,
by the Rev. T. NoLAN, M.A., Incumbent of St. Barnabas',
Liverpool.
SEAFORTH,
by the Rev. S. P. BOUTPLOWER, M. A., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge.
WAVERTREE,
By the Rev. S. FENTON, M.A.
ST. GEORGE'S, EVERTON,
KIRKDALE,
by the R
By the Rev. W. W. EWBANK,
SecretaryM.Aat"theusual
hours.
of the Jewish
oNi As ,
Society in Ireland, and Rector of Ballinakill.
Service
T
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tocommence
IN THE AFTERNOON.
EDGE HILL)
By the Rev. ALEXANDER *CAUL, D.D.
RUNCORN,
By the Rev. T. Noutx, M.A.
Service
to commence at Three o'clock.
IN..THE EVENING.
ST. BRIDE'S,
By the Rev. J. W. BROOKS, M.A.
ST. JUDE'S,
By the Rev. HUGH MiNEILE, M.A.
ST. MARK'S,
By the Rev. A. THOMAS, M.A.
ST. DAVID'S,
By the Worshipful and Rev. H. RAIKES. M.A.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S,
By the Rev. H. S. JOSEPH.
ALL SAINT'S,
By the Rev. W. AYERST, M.A.
ST. BARNABAS',
By the Rev. J. SIIACKLEY,
Service to commence at Half-past Si o c ea.
On FRIDAY EVENING next, the 14th instant, a PUB-
LIC MEETING will be held in ST. BRIDE'S SenooL-
ROOM, Grey-
street, at Seven o'clock, when a Deputation and
other Clergymen will attend., ,
On SATURDAY EVENING next, the 15th instant, a
PUBLIC PRAYER MEETING will be held at the INSTI-
TUTION HOUSE, Slater-street, at Seven o'clock.
On TUESDAY MORNING next, the 18th instant, there
will be a PUBLIC BREAKFAST, at the ADELPRI HOTEL,
at Half-past Eight o'clock ; and the same EVENING,
a
PUBLIC MEETING will be held in behalf of the
Society,
in ST. AvGesTINE'S SCHOOL-ROOM, at Seven o'clock; also,
a SERMON will be Preached in ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH,
by the Rev. J. W. BROOKS, M.A. Service to
Seven o'clock. commence at
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, the
will be Preached to the JEWS, in l9th, a SERMON
CHURCH, by the Rev. W. AYERST 1\ Sr. AUGUSTINE'S
mence at Seven o'clock. , I.A. Service to
On SUNDAY SUNDAY MORNING, the
be Preached in Sr. AUGUSTIN •' 3otb, a SERMON will
TATTERSIIALL, D.D. l- 8 CHURCH, by the Rev. T.
o'clock. Service to commence at Eleven
Tickets of Admission, t
theatre, may be had on o the Boxes and Pit of the Amphi-
-20, Slater-street, on F application at Mr. CRISP'S Office,
the 15th instant, RIDAY, the Itth, and on SATUSDAY,
between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock.