The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION,

CONTAINING THE
QUEEN'S SPEECH,

WILL BE PUBLISHED AT

THREE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—A new society, bear-
ing the above name, has been established in this town—
one of the objects of which is to instruct and form its own
chorus, intended to number some 600 performers. Its
promoters look forward to a brilliant opportunity for dis-
play on the completion of St. George's-hall.
DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday night, about ten
o'clock, while Jane Moss, of Church-place, Great Oxford-
street North. was passing through Scotland-road, she was
assailed by William Wheeler, who snatched from her a
bundle of wearing apparel, which she was taking to her
lodging. She pursued him, and he was apprehended in
Rose-place with the property in his possession. He was
brought up at the magistrates'-rootn yesterday, and,
being fully identified, was committed for trial.

COMMITTALS.—The following persons were sentenced
to various periods of imprisonment at the Police-court
yesterday :—Patrick Dillon, Andrew Dillon, and Anthony
Ward, assaulting George Hall, in Brownlow-hill, and
stealing his hat, two months, or pay a fine of £5; Isabella
Kelly, assaulting and robbing George Woodhouse of £2,
two months, sr pay a fine of £5 ; Thomas Jepson and
Edward Harding, suspicious persons found in unoccupied
houses, three months ; Michael O'Donohue, stealing
4 lbs. of flour, two months; John Davies, stealing a box
of cigars, the property of Elizabeth Heywood, Oldhall-
street, two months ; Anne Johnson, stealing wearing
apparel, one month ; John M'Grath, stealing 4 lbs. of
copper, at Bramley-Moore dock, one month; and Robert
M`Manus, stealing a plant from a garden at Kirkdale,
twenty-one days.

THE STEAMER LEEDS.—The cabin passengers on
board the Leeds, at the time of the accident, have ex-
pressed themselves to the following effect :—" Having
been cabin passengers on board of the ill-fated steamer,
the Leeds, we think it our duty to bear testimony, through
the medium of your journal, to the indefatigable exertions
and kindness of Captain Stokes, (the captain of the
steamer.) Nothing could exceed the presence of mind,
and firmness which he displayed. as to the best means
of saving the vessel ; and the attention he paid to
the comfort of the passengers, under such circum-
stances. It was owing to his excellent conduct that many
lives were not lost. When the Empire State hove
in sight, and lay to, he ordered the steamer's boats to be
lowered, and superintended the transferring of the pas-
sengers in his own boats, manned by the crew of the
Leeds, with such care that after a succession of trips all
were saved ; and it was only when nothing further could
possibly be done that he left the steamer, being the very
last man on board. Our thanks are likewise due to the
crew in general, but more especially to the chief mate
(Mr. Metcalf) ; the second mate, Mr. John Joseph ;
Edward Kennedy steward ; and Mary Anne Hoy, stew-
ardess, who all deserve this testimony, both for their
great exertions and exreme kindness, which, we are very
sorry to say, found a marked contrast to that which we
experienced from the crew of the Empire State."