The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-27 00:00:00

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The success of the concerts has more than surpassed the
expectations of the committee, who, though they went to
an enormous expense, have yet made about £1,500 profit
—a sum which will go far towards diminishing their debt.
Jenny Lind's dress on Monday evening, which was
remarkable for its simplicity, consisted of a white silk slip,
r. I covered with figured silk blonde. The berths was made .01

quilled blonde, edged with fine lace, the front being orna-
mented with gold studs. In her hair she wore a few whit(
roses, and on her arms black velvet bracelets, edged witl:
gold lace. Her whole attire was remarkably neat ane
tasteful.

It will be recollected that, in January of last year, the
Swedish Nightingale gave her gratuitous services at a
concert in aid of the funds of the Southern and Toxteth
Hospital, which were then in a very crippled condition,
and that the sum of £I3CO was realised. So pleased were
the committee with the generous conduct of Mad'lle
Lind, that they resolved upon presenting her with a silver
tea-kettle, which the committee were desirous of giving
to Jenny Lind within the walls of the institution, and she,
readily accepted an invitation to visit the hospital on 'I ues-
day. Jenny Lind arrived at the hospital a little after
eleven o'clock, accompanied by Joseph Brooks Yates,
president' of the institution, Mrs. Schwabe, Mrs. S.
Thompson, Mr. Bald, (Swedish consul at this port,) and
his lady. There were a number of ladies and gentlemen
present in the ball, to whom Madd'lle Lind WB3 first con-
ducted. The testimonial occupied a position in the cen-
tre of a table in the large unoccupied ward, and when the
company entered they took their places round the table.
Mr. Yates directed the attention of Jenny Lind to the
present, but she became so evidently affected that she was
immediately led from the room. The style of the silver
tea-kettle, the offering of the Southern and Toxteth Hos-
pital, is Etruscan. The handle is supported by masks.
The body is adorned by a medallion, in basso relieve,
representing Esculapius, the god of medicine, presenting
the Muse of Song to the Genius of Liverpool. On the
opposite side is a suitable inscription. At the angles of
the base, a votive tripod, are the statuettes of Charity,
Hope, and Faith, and in the centre an antique lamp.
On the laurel leaves connecting the horns of the altar are
three groups : the first represents some sailors bearing a
comrade to the hospital, who has been accidentally injured
at the railway cutting, which is shown in the background.
The second shows a surgeon attending a Lascar, who has
fallen from the rigging of an adjacent ship, while a sailor
is bringing up water from the dock, which indicates ,that
the hospital is.open to foreign nations. The third group
discovers a man leaving the hospital, where he is supposed
to have been cured of an accident, in company with his
wife and children. The ides of all this is exceedingly