The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-05-14 00:00:00

LOCAL.

• It may be in the recollection of our readers, that
owing to the exertions of Captain John Davies, and the
crew of the Grace, the crew and passengers of the Betsy
and Peggy, wrecked of Rhydd, on the 4th November,
1831, were saved from destruction. To Mark the sens 3
the inhabitants of that neighbourhood entertain of the
humane and intrepid conduct. of Captain Davies, a sub-
scription Was entered into for the purchase of a cup,
which, on hiS return to England, Captain Davies was
informed of by the following letter from Lord Mostyn :
Sin,—Being requested by the subscribers to present to you
the accompanying cup as a mark of their approbation for your
highly meritorious exertions in the preservation of four seamen,.
who were in a state of imminent peril, and would have lost their
lives but for the timely assistance of Yourself and your gallant
comrades, I peg to add my personal thanks, and to express in
the fullest manner, the sentiments. which I entertain of a con-
duct so dauntless, geiierous, and becoming the character of a
British seaman.-1 remain, Sir, .your obedient and obliged
Servant,

• Signed,
Peitylvernz Sept. 20th, 1832.
To Captain Davies, of the ship Grace, Liverpool.

RIOSTYN.

An honour so worthily obtained we hope the Captain
will long enjoy, and we know of no heir-loom more
deserving of . transmission to his posterity, than one
,gained by the salvation instead of the • destruction of
human life. . .

On Friday Mr. Court was appointed to the office of Secretary
to the Underwriters' Room, in the 'dace of •Mr. Withers, the
.recently.appointed Treasurer to the Dock Estate.
On Saturday. last a young man, genteelly.dressed, was appre-
hended, in St. John's Market, in the act of picking a lady's
pocket.

His Majesty has been
_graciously pleased to grant a Plate
of 100 gs out of the Privy Purse, to be run for at •Laneaster.
We understand the conoitions are to be the same as .for the
Hampton Plate.
MAGHULL RACES.-These races commence tomorrow, and
from the numerous entries for the plates, which "closed rester-
day, we anticipate good sport: Nearly 70 horses had arrived up
to last night, and more are expected this day.

LT CEUNI NEWS RooNr.—The applications for nominations to
this institution during the past week have been very numerous,
considering the high- character of this establishment, and the
advantages acciumg from an admissiOn to it, this is no more
than might be expected.' - •
• MORTALITY IN MANCHESTER.-021 Sunday last, there were
no fewer than forty-two funerals at the itusholme-road burial
ground in that town.

Several animals have 'already been presented to the 'proprietor
of the Liverpool Zoological Gardens. There are now upon the
grounds two very five wolves, the gift of Mr. Leech, of Carden,
an American deer, presented by Mr. Archer, of Mill-street,
and a fine eagle, given by Mr, hawdon, of Elm-house.

Bur Axic GM:DV-N.—A meeting of the proprietors of
.the
Botanic Garden was held on Monday last, when resolutions to
the following effect were agreed to :—That thq committee should
be empowered to raise the requisite funds for proceeding with
the new gardens by mortgage on the present grounds;—that
the present gardens shalt be opened on' Sunday evenings;—
that the band shall play on Thursday evenings as usual, and
that no lapsed shares shall be sold under ten guineas.
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SUICIDE.—On Monday, the 15th of April last, a young
woman, named Betsey Wallace, who lived as a servant with a
family in Everton, was found by a fellow servant lying on:the
floor of her room weltering in her blood, proceeding from a wound
which she had Meted in her throat. She was conveyed to the
Lunatic Asylum, where every attention was paid to her by Mr.
Cooper, surgeon to that establishment. She lingered until
Sunday morning week, when she was found dead by one of her
nurses.

ECCLESIASTICAL BUSINESS.—The Rev. Unwin Clarke, M.A.
dean of Chester, will hold the usual annual court for this
vicinity, for swearing in churchwardens, proving wills, and
other ecclesiastical business, in St. Peter's Church, in Liverpool,
on Tuesday, the 28th instant, at one o'clock. The following
townships are included :—Altcar, Aughton, Bootle, Childwall,
Crosby, Everton, Halsall,
,Hale, Huyton, Kirkby, Maghull,
Melling, North Moots, Ormskirk, Preseot, Rainfoid, SealOrth,
Sepliton, Skelmersdale, Southport, Toxteth, Walton, Waver-
tree, West Derby, and Woolton.
A NEW LIVERPOOL. STEAM PACKET.—AIong with several
friends, we had, on Friday, an opportunity of inspecting. the
Vulcan steamer, intended to ply between the Broomielaw and.
Liverpool ; and we must say, that, so far as excellent accom-
modation and splendour of finish are concerned, the Vulcan is
not excelled by any other packet on the Clyde. The cabin is
one of the most elegant it has ever been our fortune to set foot
in ; while the other berths, for convenience and comfort, have
a most inviting appearance.. The engine, we understand, is
somewhere about 170 horses' power. The Vulcan took a plea-
sure trip down the river on Monday ; and we have been told, to
the satisfaction of a genteel party on board, gave -a good fore-
taste of the speed that may hereafter be expected.—Glasgow
Courier.