The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-25 00:00:00

ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.

We regret to state, that an accident occurred yesterday
morning, on the river, which gave rise to very distressing,
but, we are glad to find, exaggerated rumours. It was stated
in the early part of the day, that the Queen Victoria, one of
the steamers employed in carrying the Dublin Mail, had run
down a boat, and that 16 lives had been lost. The circum-
stances of the accident, however, are as follows :—The Queen
Victoria has been lying at her moorings near Monk's Ferry
since Sunday last, and yesterday a party of 14 or 15 persons,
consisting of the engineers, firemen, &c., together with three
of her seamen, were returning in a small boat from the above
ferry to the vessel. The tide was running tremendously
strong at the time, and the boat, on approaching the steamer,
run her bows against the outer rim of the paddle wheels.
The force of the concussion caused the boat to upset, and all
the men were precipitated into the water. Several of them
saved themselves by clinging to the paddles ; and others were
picked up by the Monk's Ferry steamer, the crew of which dis-
played great promtitude, humanity, and presence of mind on the
occasion. The mate and carpenter of the Queen Victoria also
rendered all the assistance in their power by immediately
launching the spare boat on board the steamer. Two of the
men were picked up by one of the Birkenhead ferry steamers
in a very exhausted condition, indeed, apparently dead. They
were promptly conveyed to the Birkenhead hotel, and Mr.
Willoughby, the worthy landlord, very humanely caused
them to be put in bed in warm blankets. The assistance of
Mr. Dickson, the surgeon' was then procured, and the usual
means were resorted to to restore suspended animation.
These means were perfectly successful, and both the men
recovered. One man, we regret to add, was still missing up
to last night. His name is James Powell, one of the coal
trimmers. Captain Beazley, • the commander of the Queen
Victoria, as soon as he heard of the accident, hastened on
board his vessel, and after visiting the men who were con-
veyed to Birkenhead hotel, brought all those who were on
board the Queen Victoria over to Liverpool. Too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon the crews of the Monk's
Ferry and Birkenhead steamers for their prompt and humane
assistance. The conduct of Mr. Willoughby was also highly
praiseworthy. It is almost unnecessary to add that no pas-
sengerswere in the boat, as was absurdly reported yesterday.
We omitted to mention above that the crew of the revenue
cutter, which was at anchor in the Sloyne at the time of the
accident, instantly hastened to render their assistance, and
displayed great courage and perseverance on the occasion.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY.

The amount of business transacted yesterday afternoon
about reached the average at this season ; it touched equally
upon the Cambridgeshire Stakes and Derby, and compre-
hended several horses, but in neither race led to any material
change. For the first-mentioned event the two favourites
were at the same pricei quoted last against them from New-
market. The only noticeable feature in the betting on it was
the introduction, at liberal prices, of Opera, Lanercost, Cara,
Samarcand, and Science. Speculation on the Derby was
sufficiently definite to enable us to quote prices against War-
dan and Launcelot (the latter backed freely), but it left us
quite in the dark as to the actual position of Muley Ishmael
—it is something between 16 and 20, and nearer than this we
cannot venture to go. 25 to 1 was taken four or five times
about Glenorchy, and the taker would have gone on ; Maroon
was also in request at 33 and 35 to 1, and only 30 to I offered
at the close. Latest prices :
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES (MONDAY NEXT.)
10 to 6 against Mr. Bowes's Mickleton Maid—t
sto 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff
12 to 1 „ Mr. Ford's Quo Minus
12 to 1 Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost

to 1 „ Lord Eglinion's Opera
to 1 „ Mr. J. Day's Science
to 1 „ Mr. Dixon's Camelino
to 1 „ Each of the following three in one bet :
Cara, Samarcand, and Science—t
15 to 1 „ Each of the following three in one bet :
Cara, Quo Minus, and Lanercost—t
twice over
30 to 1 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Milton—t
33 to 1 „ Mr. Thornhill's brother to Melbourne
40 to 1 ~ Lord Chesterfield's Gambia
THE DERBY.
9to 1 ~ Lord Jersey's lot
16 to 1 ~ Lord Westminster's Launcelot
17 to 1 ~ Mr. Wreford's Wardan--t

15
20
20
15

20 to 1 „. Lord Orford';Angeric; colt
24 to 1 „ Mr. Robinson's St. Andrew—t
25 to 1 ~ Lord Jersey's Glenorchy—t
26 to 1 ~ Duke of Cleveland's Brother to Euclid
30 to 1 ~ Lord Westminster's Maroon
1000 to 15 against Lord G. Bentinck winning Derby, Oaks,
and St. Leger (taken); 25 to 1 against Crucifix winning Oaks,
and St. Leger (taken).