... HORNBY, Esq., M.P., JOSEPH FEILDEN, Esq, Witton Park. THE COMMITTEE of the above Society bave great pleasure in announcing that they will give their FIRST GRAND CONCERT, in Park School, on THCBBDAT, MAY 2C*TH, 1858. PRINCIPAL VOCALIST : Mr. MANN, The celebrated tenor, from St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Conduciob : Mr. H. F. JOPSON. Doors will be opened at a quarter-past Seven o'clock, Concert ...

... IL DODGSON, Esq. rf-HE SECOND and LAST SHOW this Season of X this Society, will be held in the Town Hall (by the _md permission of the Matob) on tbe 23kd of Sb-Jxbkb, 1858, fa the K-hihition of FLOWERS, F KUITS, aud VEGETABLES. Amateurs end Cottagers an earnestly invited to tbis lleetine. JAS. DICKINSON, Hon. Sec. Blackburn, 16th August, 1858. SUNDAY BCHOOL SERMON, ON SUNDAY, S_pt_3_b__ 26th ...

... & Mas. HOWARD PAUL ««TT-LL g^e ?? ^ ?? a__tert_un- W ment « PATCHWORK, as given hy them for Lriodof seventeen weeks at the Galh^ of ninstra- •JJ^erowded and enthusiastic aa-tireinwa, and also at JSuneres, by Imperial connnand, on July 26th, 1856, i__^eti« Emperor Napoleon lIL and a brilliant circle !_mL aristocracy of the Eastern Departments of cL n rA. ?? which embodies Fourteen ...

... ceremony wiU be per- i£~U by MISS FEILDEN, daughter of Joseph S-SU' Esq., of Witbtm Park. Clergymen and ?? gentlemen desirous of joining the Committee in IlLJion are requested to meet in St. Paul. Church- vardnot later than Half-past Three ?? in the Afternoon. THERE WILL BE A MASONIC PROCESSION. T —dies' Tickets for the Platform may be obtained ni) £^pp*ication to Mr. JOHN PARKINSON,' ...

... of which -riU appear in due time WANTED, a YOUTH aa an APPRENTICE to the LETTER-PRESS PRINTING BUSINESS. — Apply at the Standard Office. WBRADSHAW, 22, King William-street, hav- # ing commenced Watch Manufacturing upon his own Premises, has an opening for TWO APPREN- TICES to the WATCH FINISHING BUSINESS. THE TRUTH A CERTAINTY of tbe CHRISTIAN RELIGION PROVED ; and t' c Folly and Wick- edaess ...

... Pilkiugton, Esq., M.P. Wm. Pilkington, Esq. \\ H. Hornby, Esq, M.P. Jas. Cunningham, Esq. j.T. Hopwood, Esq., M.P. R. B. Dodgson, Esq. THE COMMITTEE bave great pleasnre in an- nouncing that their next GBAND DBESS CONCERT Will take place in the Assembly Boom, Town HaU, oa I'tXDAX Evening, Decembeb 17th, 1858. PBISCIPiL VOCALISTS: MISS ARMSTRONG, i if the Orchestral and Free-trade Hall Concerts, ...

... at __l ° er - W~~7jfTED, « YOUTH as an APPRENTICE to the LETTER-PRESS PRINTING BUSINESS. __ Ap ply at the Standard Office. WM. BROOKS, SOLE AGENT for BLACKBURN and BURNLEY, for FORD'S EUREKA SHIRTS. •pgE TRUE _ HEART'S CONSTANCY— NEW t SONG, sung by Mr. Locket, composed by J. _ __TtXfS. CBAMEB, BEALE, & 00., 201, Regent-street ALL the various kinds of FACTORY CERTIFI- CATE ...

... Throe o'dock ; and smff WEDNESDAY NIGHT, at half-past Seven. Subject for to-night— * Tfeaehery and Ambition. Subject for Snno4y_e_k-w« Work and Wages.* CONVERSATIONAL BIBLE CLASSES. On Thursday (U Mjfl the 14th of January, and every alternate Thunder Night, at Eight o'clock, pre- sded over by the Ear. Dr. ROBINSON. Subject— « Old Testament ProfJmmee and their Interpretation. On Thunday, ...

... DODGSON, Esq. THE SECOND and LAST SHOW tins Season of this Society, will be held in the Town Hall (by the and permission of tbe Mayob) on the 16th of Seftembeb, 1858, for tbe Exhibition of FLOWERS, FRUITS, and VEGETABLES. Amateurs and Cottagers are earnestly invited to this V** o ?? JAS. DICKINSON, Hon. Sec. Blackburn, 16th August, 1858. BLACKBPRJ WATER-WORKS. TWENTY-SEVENTH HALF-YEARLY ...

... Works required in *I+Lr and completing SCHOOLS, near to, and in *'^ection with, St. Paul's Church, in Blackburn, may ?? f plans and Specifications, and obtain the requisite •Satioi- at the Offices of WILLIAM HOP WOOD, T__id Surveyor, 14, Clayton-street, till Five o'clock on «Zrday, the 19th instant. gealed Tenders, endorsed Tenders for St. Paul's s j joo l gj must be addressed and sent to ...

... March 17, particular of which will appear in due time. ' CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. ON SUNDAY, Fbbb. 21b t, 1868, SERMON! in aid of tbe above Society, will be preached a St. Mark's, Witton, in the Morning and Afternoon by the Rev. G. ALKER, MJL, Incumbent of St Msry's Church, Preaton : and at Holy Trinity Church Blackburn, in the Morning by tbe Rev. Dr. ROBIN SON ; and in the Evening by the ...

... Blackburn, by the Rev. E. D. SdELL, of Preston. ...