The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-13 00:00:00

AN ARTFUL MODE OF PROCEEDING,

A case has occurred during the past week, which ought
to put upon their guard every parent having young chil-
dren. A little girl, about seven years old, the daughter
of a gentleman well known in Liverpool, was returning
home from school at the usual hour in the afternoon. In
doing so she had to pass over a portion of the waste
ground near the brickfields on the Kirkdale road, where
she was met by, as she describes her, " a lady," who
stopped her, having first looked very earnestly in her face,
and exclaimed, " Dear me, child, I must know you;
what is your name ?" The name was promptly given,
upon which the stranger remarked—" And you do not
know me ? I nursed you." She then proceeded to state
that she had just left her mother at her house, who had
desired her to send her to some of her friends to borrow a
sum of money which she required ; and the child, although
shrewd in general, was by some means or other induced
to act as she was desired. The first place to which she
proceeded was to the house of her uncle and aunt, where
she procured a sovereign; and it was well that the de-
mand made was so reasonable, as had she asked for a
much larger sum it would have been promptly given her,
such was the plausibility of her tale and the respectability
of the parties. Whether this was the extent of her bor-
rowing is not known at present; but it probably was not,
as she did not return home until after nine o'clock at
night, having been four hours in the woman's company.
On her return she first asked the question whether a lady
' had called there, which being answered in the negative,
she at once stated the circumstances, so far as her
alarmed state of mind enabled her to recollect. She
gave a full description of the woman, whom she says she
will be able to recognise ; and said that she intended to
have brought the money home, but it was taken forcibly
from her. Of course active measures are being taken
by the police for her discovery ; and ene suspected party
has been already brought before the child, who said that
she was not the person. It is a happy thing for the pa-
rents that the child was not harmed personally, as there
are pits sufficiently in the neighbourhood where a deed of
darkness might be committed. It is most desirable that
the woman should be brought to justice, and that the
public should be upon their guard. The system might
be practised to almost any extent, and unsuspecting
friends or neighbours robbed.

EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH.—The Daniel Webster,
from Boston, one of Messrs. Train and Co.'s splendid line
of packets, was discharged last week of 1,800 tons of
cargo in 37 hours ! The cargo consisted of 259 bales cot-
ton, 3,924 sacks corn, 11 cases merchandise, 281 casks
ditto, 348 boxes cheese, 184 boxes bacon, 6,019 barrels
tour, apples, &c, 58 bags rice and rags. 230 bundles
shooks. 230 bundles hoops. 100 bundles heading, &c.,
1,130 slabs tin ;—total, 11,774 packages, 90 tons of log-
wood, 11 tons horn tips, loose.
SAILORS' HOME BAZAAR.— It has been decided to
dispose of' the articles which remained on hand by ticket,
in the same manner that the goods unsold at the great
fancy fair in the Prince's-park were cleared off. Of course
the whole of the proceeds will be appropriated to the
Sailors' Home. The tickets will be sold at ss. each, and
can now, we believe, be had from Mr. Thomas Warbur-
ton, master of the Exchange Newsroom. Each ticket
will be entitled to a prize. The highest prize will be the
model of the Crystal Palace, which cost £5O, and was
presented for the benefit of the institution. There will be
a large number of prizes between £2 and £7 10s. in value,
and we have no doubt the demand for tickets will be great.
SOCIETA ARMONICA.—The seventh dress concert of
this society took place at the Royal Assembly Rooms on
Friday evening. The vocalists were Miss Santley, Miss
Johnson, and Miss Linacre. The instrumentalists were
very numerous. 'Symphony No. 2, in Op. 10, by Fesca,
was executed with great precision and effect. The chorus,
" When Evening's Twilight," was honoured by being
called for again. The " March Funebre," a solo on the
violin, by a member, was an unfortunate attempt. The
gentleman is evidently too aspiring ; but as he is very
young, there is time, as there assuredly is room, for im-
provement. 'On the whole, the efforts of the society to
entertain their friends was successful ; and that these are
very numerous may be gathered from the fact that the
room was crowded with a very fashionable company.
POLISH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.—On Sunday
week, twelve of the refugees who recently landed at Liver-
pool from Turkey, arrived at Leeds. The Liverpool com-
mittee are distributing the refugees in the principal large
towns of the kingdom, and they have forwarded these
twelve to Leeds, with a request that the friends of Hun-
garian freedom will raise funds for their support until they
are able to support themselves. A meeting of the work.
ing classes was held in the Bazaar, the usual meeting
place of the Chartists, on Tuesday evening, at which the
twelve refugees were present. They are all young men,
apparently of considerable intelligence, and most of them
well educated. Several of them are handicraftsmen, and
the rest have been students or bookkeepers. They were
well received, and a subscription was started for their sup-
port. _ _

ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The members of this
club dined together, at the Birkenhead Hotel, on Tues-
day evening last. In the absence of the commodore,
(T. Littledale, Esq.) in London, the other commodore
presided.. The sailing matches are to start from this ferry
in future, and a handsome flag pole has been presented
for the use of the club by one of its members. Several
of the yachts were cruising about in the course of the
afternoon; amongst them were the Queen of the Ocean,
the Bacchante, and the Victoria, which are the only yachts
at present fitted out. At eight o'clock the members ad-
journed to the club-room for business. The opening
cruise of the yachts was fixed to take place on the 24th
instant, being the birth-day of her Majesty, who is the
patroness of the club. The yachts are to start off Bir-
kenhead Ferry at ten o'clock on that day, and sail round
the lightships. It was also agreed that the club should
dine together every month, on the day of the general
meeting. _ _

A C.inaor.rs MISTAKE.—An Irishwoman, who had a
child about sixteen months old, was staying, last week,
at a lodging-house in Regent-street, having taken her
passage by a vessel which was about to proceed to New
York in a day or two. On Tuesday afternoon, however,
word being brought that the ship was about leaving the
dock to proceed to sea, she became very excited, gathered
up her clothes with all conceivable speed, rushed into the
kitchen, and snatching up what she conceived to be her
child, hurried away, just getting on board as the vessel
was passing through the dock-gates. The poor emigrant
did not discover that she had taken the child belonging to
her landlady, instead of her own, until the steam-tug
had towed the vessel a considerable distance out. She
then told the people in the tug of the mistake, and re-
quested them to convey the child back to its parents ;
but they refused, thinking that it was merely a ruse to
get rid of it. The little fellow, therefore, whom she has
thus been forced to adopt, is now on his way to New York.
Loss OF THE LIVERPOOL SHIP ST. CLARE BY FIRE AT
SEA.—The Bombay Times contains an account of the
total loss of the ship St. Clare, of and from Liverpool,
consigned to the house of Messrs. Dirom, Hunter, and
Co., of Bombay. The melancholy disaster occured on the
10th of February, and was occasioned by the spontaneous
combustion of coals, of which there were 750 tons stowed
in the lower hold. The commander and crew escaped by
way of the Maldive Islands. the boats, four in number,
being too small to convey so many hqnds to the Maldive
Coast, although they were in good order. The St. Clare
was supplied with Meacock's coal ventilators, windsails
were put down the hatches, and every precaution was used
during the voyage to avert disaster. The fire must have
originated in the lower part of the hold, in midships, for
the ventilating tubes in the fore and after batches were of
the same temperature as the air, whereas the mainhatch
tube was at 100 degrees at one end, and boiling heat at
the other. The loss is the more to be deplored as the
vessel was tight, stanch, strong, and in every way in good
order. The commander and crew embarked for Bombay
from Maldive Ring's Island, on two Pattimars, on the 28th
February. I.2ttors from Bombay also announ e the loss
of the ship Rosalind from a similar cause.
THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN, CROWN-STREET.
—This edifice is now nearly completed, and will be ready
for opening by the latter end of this month. It is situate
at the north end of Crown-street, near Brownlow-hill,
and forms rather a prominent object in that locality. The
building, which is of stone, is 115 feet fn length by 70 in
breadth : it is extremely plain, being entirely void of
architectural decoration, either internally or externally ;
the sole object has been to economise space and afford the
greatest amount of accommodation to the congregation.
The nave and side aisles aredefined by plain stone pillars,
which also support the roof, and give an air of general
uniformity and neatness to the interior. At the east end
is a spacious chancel, divided from the other parts of the
building by appropriate screens, in imitation oaks. The
roof is of open stained wood work, a style now verygene-
rally adoptad in ecclesiastical buildings. The architecture
is that known by the geometrical decorative of the 16th
centory. Fzat-room is provided for one thousand wor-
shippers. There is no gallery except at the west end,
which will be for the use of the congregation, as the organ,
in accordance with the ancient usage, will be placed in the
chapel, on the ground floor, at the north-east end of the
building. The seats are on the old plan, open at each
-d, with the exception of those in the nave,all will

be free.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Notwithstanding the some-
what tinflvotitable weather at the opening of these gardens
yciterday weAc, the good attendance showed the great
carfidence of the public in the excellence of the amuse-
ments and spectacles to be provided for their entertain-
mc it. On the see ceding gala nigh' i inc. -eased numbers
' -nded, and the gratification expressed amounted to
The spectacle of Mount Etna is one of the
_ ,egnificent things which we have ever viitneseed
in or out of the metropolis ' • and such is the beauty of the
painting, the perfe-:sivißs of the illusion as to distance and
pr.pezive, and the rich scenery which adorns this
:carherous spot, that we scarcely know whether to
a:itnita the scene by day, with its monasteries, villages,
and cottages, resting in the sunlight, as if far removed
Cram danger and de-struc'7on.; or the same scene, when the
mountain on whose sides they stand is deluging them
with the stream of fire which isto leave all that comes in
Tntact with it iu desolation and ashes. Those who wish
-reciate it fully should see it in both aspects ; and
ier is best appreciated in the silence of a quiet
,fterneon, when there are no busy crowds, and
no music. to remind you that the scene you gaze upon is
but a skilfully Wilted picture. The representation of the
World's Fair, however, must be viewed, and can be
viewed only, when illuminated. It conveys, in this state,
a beaul 'fel, and, we air told. a correct representation of
the actual s ~ne. The meeical treats provided are of the
desciip; ein ; and the whole establishment is in the
'-eit state of efficiency. We were not aware of the fact
3 saw it stated by a contemporary, that the pro-
etor of ti is beautiful rzsort contemplates opening the
gardens on Sundays, and we hope that his usual sense of
propriety NS ;II induce him to retrace the step. It is the
first false one he has made ; and if he persevere with it,
he will be the first to suffer from it. We have previously
expressed ourselves to the same effect, but the paragraph
was crowded out by other matter.

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