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," &c. 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 filled 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 tner-
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 the
side of it :

See what a lot
Of toys I've
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
All 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 !
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this district, very generously presented the bazaar with 180
.green-house, stove, and hot-house
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admired, and many of them sold
This gentleman was constantly present, using all his axe, -
tions to promote the undertaking. Robert Russell, Esq.,
presented a £lO Batik of England note, specially indorsed
by the Dowager Queen Adelaide, which the excellent con-
ductor of the bazaar, Mr. Case, offered for sale at a premium
that would benefit the good cause. Mr. John Sudlow was
most active on the occasion, and several other gentlen,en,
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's
creditors yesterday, the great majority were disposed to ac-
cept the offer of 10s. in the pound ; but some individuals dis-
sented, and consequently nothing was coneluded.-Itlanehes.
ter Guardian.

GRAFTING PEA/LS ON THE MOUNTAIN ASH.-At a in(
ing of the London Horticultural Society, on the 11th i❑
Dr. Lindley read a communication received from R.
Hornby, Esq., containing some observations:on the graft
of pears on the mountain ash. Mr. 11. states, that it la)

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 Taunus mountain, with a
poor and shallow sail), where neither pear nor apple would
previously fruit, the effect being to retard the blossoms, and
give vigour to the constitution. Neither the flesh nor the
flavour of the fruit was said to be at all affected ; budding or
grafting being alike successful on either old or young stocks
by the usual process. Great care must, however, be ta:;en
that none of the young shoots which the stocks may make
during the first season after working, be removed ; in the
succeeding spring, however, before vegetation commences,
all such redundant growth should be cut out closely, and the
graft alone be permitted to push in freedom. Its growth
will then be luxuriant. A note on the above cutnmunication
by Mr. R. Thompson, under-gardener in the society's
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 grafted 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 produced
at an earlier age of good size, there was no perceptible differ-
ence in the flavour, when compared with those produced un.ier
similar circumstances, but on pear stocks, nor was it observed
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 increateJ in
diameter more rapidly than the mountain ash. Still, as the
latter species is much hardier than the quince, and would
thrive in almost any soil, it might be advantageously us'exl ih
aOwe Situttichls.

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