The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-23 00:00:00

COPY OF A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THOMAS COURT, ESQ.
Liverpool, 21st March, 1838.
SIR,—I beg to inform you, for the intormation of the Under-
writers, that at 430 a.m. yesterday, the ship Mary Somerville
came i❑ contact with the vessel called the arm's Delight,*
when iu about ten minutes the Liner vessel suuk. I have the
happiness to say we succeeded in iaving'the whole of her crew.
The ship was at the time between Point Lynas and the Sker-
rie.s, om the starboard tack, under double .reefed topsails and
foresail, blowing fresh, with heavy squalls and thick weather;
the vessel was so Close before .we,cduld see her, and ascertain
which way she was standing, that 1 deem the misfortune one of
perfect accident, and totally impossible for either vessel to have
prevented. I am, sir, your obedient servant,
James Hookey,
Commander of the ship Mary Somerville.
* 97 years old.

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The venerable Dowager Countess of Cork and Orrery, who
iA now in her 92 year, gave her first dinner for the season on
Monday, in Burlington-street. The counless,.hotwithstanding
her great age, enjoys pretty good health,,and travelled last week
92 miles in one day.

Her Majesty the Queen, at the instance of the royal and
noble directors of the Ancient Concert, has been graciously
pleased to grant her royal license and permission that this con-
cert shall in future be denominated "'!he Queen's Conceit of
Ancient 11Iusic."

Lord Arundel, on Monday. took the oath in the House o
Lords, prescribed by the Act 10Gee..1V., to be taken by peers
professing the Roman Catholic
Lord Brougham's rival bill to that of Lord Glenelgis inTitled
"An Act for putting an end to the Apprenticeshipof those who
were formerly Slaves in the British Colonies."
B. Hall, Esq., M.P., of Llanover, has received a communi-
cation from Lord John Russell, stating that her majesty is gra-
ciously pleased to become the patroness of the Society for the
publication of Ancient Welsh M.S.S.—Merlin.

The Coronation is fixed for June, which will be more gener-
ally convenient than if it were postponed to a later period of the
year.—Morning Chronicle.

MAIDSTONE ELECTION.—No candidate has hitherto made
his appearance against Mr. Fector, whose canvass leaves no
doubt of his success at the approaching election, no matter who
may be persuaded to throw away his time and money in oppos-
ing him. The election as fixed for Monday next.
THE LATE FATAL FIGHT.—It is understood that aninves-

tigation into the conduct of the local magistracy, for neglecting
their duty, will be commenced forthwith. Letters have already
been dispatched front the Home-office to the several parties
implicated, calling upon them for an explanation. Yesterday
the police were on the look out for Brown, one of Phelps'
seconds, who was to have fought with a baker, named Stevens,
but the fight did not " come off." It is given out in the sport-
ing-houses, that Swift has left the kingdom via Southampton,
but this is a mere feint. It is quite impossible that he can have
been moved alive for so great a distance. Many persons assert
most positively that be is, dead, and that the affair will not be
made public till after the trial of the seconds.
THE SMALL. Pox.—ln Sherborne, as well as many other
towns and villages in the west, the ravages of the small pox
are making frightful havoc, not only amongst the itifantine
portion of the community, but even adHlts have iu many in-
stances fallen victims to its virulence. In Milborne Port this
has been particularly the case. It is a pity that the profession
do not, by scone well organised and determined effort, avail
themselves of the power which the law gives them to put a stop
to the proceedings of those unqualified itinerant inoculators—
t hose wretched propagators of pestilence and death.—Sherborne
Junroul.