The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD BAZAAR

On Tuesday last the bazaar, which was announced to pro-
mote the fund already raised for erecting another church. in
Birkenhead, was opened. The elegant large room in the
Town-hall was tastefully fitted up. Opposite the entrance
door and around the room were placed a variety of beautiful
banners, on which were inscribed—" Our Country and Laws"
—" The Church and Queen"—" If God be for us, who shall
be against us ?"—" Behold how good and how pleasant a
thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Elegant
colours, belonging to various societies, were also tastefully
displayed. Amongst them we noticed—" The Regent Friend-
ly Society"—" The Independent Order of Odd Fellows"—
" The United Order of Odd Fellows," &e. A variety of
appropriate mottoes were placed on the stalls, which, with
the pillars, were tastefully decorated with evergreens, flowers,
and rosettes. At twelve o'clock the room was tilled with
ladies and gentlemen of the first families in Birkenhead and
the neighbourhood. The Prices asked by the fair vendors,
considering the taste and elegance displayed in the several
articles, were exceedingly moderate; and these belles mer-
chandes, while they uttered their tempting notes of invitation
to passers by to purchase their wares, seldom failed in ac-
complishing their object. The refreshment table was admir-
ably stored with every delicacy of the season by Mrs. Aspi-
nall, who pleasingly invited all present to " taste and try"
her choice dainties. At the first stall Mrs. Stewart presided;
the second, Miss Bradley ; the third, Mrs. Dixon ; the
fourth, Mrs. Walton ; the fifth, Mrs. Sudlow ; the sixth,
Mrs. Capt. John Philips, R.N._ Over the front of this stall

was painted the name of the gallant captain, and as an attrac
tion to customers, the following lines were suspended on tl

side of i.

See whit a lot
Of toys i've got—
Come buy of little Johnny !
I've knights and brides,
And store besides
Of comfits, sweet as honey;
And tops and whips,
And gallant ships—
Flare up, and spend your money
Here's house and land

At your command,
As you may see with one eye,
While t other rests
On Turkish vests

MI glistening and sunny

Here, in his cave

The hermit grave
Is sitting all alone. He
Counts every bead
With pious head—
I'd rather count your money.
Come, beau and belle,
I'll suit you well—
Come buy of little Johnny !
At the conservatory, which was the seventh stall, many 1.
dies assisted. J. D. Case, Esq., one of the magistrates f
this district, very generously presented the bazaar wi''
green-house, stove, and hot-house plants, which were gr.
admired, and many of them sold on the first and second
This gentleman was constantly present, using all his ex
Lions to promote the undertaking. Robert Russell, Est
presented a £lO Bank of England note, specially indors'e
by the Dowager Queen Adelaide, which the excellent con
ductor of the bazaar, Mr. Case, offered for sale at a eremites
that would benefit the good cause. Mr. John Sudlow wits
most active on the occasion, and several other gentleioen,
whose names were unknown to us, were fully employed in
'assisting the ladies in vending their choice merchandise. To
show the good spirit that pervades the inhabitants of Birken-
head in favour of the established church, we need only state,
that on the first day the liberal sum of £215 12s. was receiv-
ed. Tuesday proved a very unfavourable day, in consequence
of the quantity of rain that fell ; yet the sum taken at the
doors and in the room amounted to £67 9s.

MR. FORTH'S AFFAIRS.-At the meeting of Mr. Forth'.
creditors yesterday, the great majority were disposed to ae
the cept the offer of 10s. in pound ; but some individuals dis
sented, and consequently nothing was concluded.—Manches
ter Guardian.

GRAFTING PEARS ON THE MOUNTAIN ASH.—At a meet.
nag of the London Horticultural Society, on the 11th inst.
Dr. Lindley read a communication received from R. A

Hornby, Es:q., containing some observations:on the grafting
of pears on the mountain ash. Mr. H. states, that it lately
came under his notice, while staying in Switzerland, where
he found it very generally practised, and with great success,
the crops being both abundant and sure, in a climate and
site (on the high plateau of the Tannus mountain, w
poor and shallow sail), where neither pear nor apple w
previously fruit, the effect-being to retard the blossoms,
give,
-vigour to the constitution. Neither t
flavour of the fruit was said to be at all affec_ ,
grafting being alike successful on either old or youn.;
by the usual process. Great care must, however, be
that none of the young shoots which the stocks may
during the first season after' wor-

flesh nor the

be removed ; i

succeeding spring, how,
all such redundant growth S.
graft alone be permitted to 1•
will then be luxuriant. A uuove comm._
by Mr. R. Thompson, unuer-gardener in the sock.
orchard, was also read, in which he states that the mountain
ash was one amongst the various kinds of stocks on Which
the pear was :rafted at the society's garden, and on which
subject the following observations were made :—The trees
grew very well, but scarcely so vigorously as those on the
pear stock, or even on the quince. The fruit was pro,'
at an earlier age of good size, there. was no perceptible dl,.
ence in the flavour, when compared with those produced undo
similar circumstances, but on pear stocks, nor was it obseri cd
that the blossoms were at all retarded. The trees did not
appear as if they would be long lived, owing to the unequal
swelling of the respective species. The pear increased in
diameter more rapidly than
.the mountain ash. Still, as the
latter species is much hardier than the quince, and would
hrive in almost any soil, it might be advantageously used in
tome Sitttatious.

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