The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-04 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

On Saturday last the 15th regiment of foot arrived here from
Ireland.

On Wednesday last, Mr. Williams, of the Woodside Hotel,
gave the boys of the Blue School his annual excursion, in one
of his steam-boats, round the Floating-light. Several ladies and
gentlemen, friends of that admirable institution, accompanied
the children on their excursion. The boys were delighted
with Mr. Williams's hospitality as well as his liberality,
CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.—This place has been enlivened, since
Saturday last, by the presence of that fine body of men, the
Cheshire Yeomanry, under the command of Col. Egerton.
The regiment musters about eight hundred strong, and is
mounted and equipped in a manner that is highly creditable to
the loyalty and spirit of the county. The officers have bespoke;
at the Theatre-Royal, Knowles's play of " The Wife, a tale of
Mantua," for to-morrow night. On Friday they will be re-
viewed at Bootle,. by Major Parton, of the Pzth Lancers. The
period fixed for their service is ten days'. permanent duty.
ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Sunday afternoon, a young
man, supposed to, be from Manchester, in crossing the river
front Cheshire in one of the steam passage boats, was drowned.
He had incautiously-aseelided one of the paddle-boxes, from
which he dropt into the river, and it is supposed received a
blow from the paddle-wheel, as he sunk immediately. We
have not heard that his body has been found.
List of cabin passengers per ship Ajax, them, for New York,
sailed on Thursday:—R. Ryan, Mrs. Ryan, and J. Ryan,
Esq.. of Wassail; J. Cassidy, Esq., Mrs. Cassidy and Servant,
Miss Catherine Cassidy, and Jas. Cassidy, Esq., jun. ; T. Griffith,
Esq., and Mrs. Gritlieh; J. Kind, Esq.; C. Crookshank, Esq.,
Mrs. Crookshank, and C. Crookshank, Esq., jun,; and Mrs.
Devereaux and Miss Brenan, all of Ireland Mrs. Fisher, of
New York; Mrs. Major, of England; H. Boiseau, Esq., of
Charleston; H. Tooker, Esq., of New York; and R. Par-
tridge, Esq., of Canada.
Tne Roscoe, Captain Rogers, a packet-ship from New York,
arrived here on Sunday night, bringing the following passen-
gers:—Dr. Burrows and Mrs. Burrows; Mr. Anson; Mr. G.
Phelps, Mrs. Phelps, Son and Daughter; Mr. John E. Hyde,
Mrs. Hyde, and two sons; Mr. Knowles Taylor and son;
Mrs. Milner, Miss Rogers, Miss Izart, Miss Kelly, Sir
James Wright, E. 'E. Grothe, Esq., Rev. Hugh 'l'. Har-
rison, Mr. James A. Dickson, Mr. C. W. Dayton, Mr. Sam.
L. Whitney, Mr. Edmund A. Brown, Dr. Rush -Nutt, Mr.
John C. Morris, Mr. Robert Means, Mr. John D. Lawrence,
Mr. Felix A. Huntington, Lieut. Henry E. Ousten, Lieut. F.l
S. Hutchinson, 'Lieut. Stephen S. Steele, Lieut. Alexander S.
Riley, Lieut. James Dwyer,.Lieut. James M‘Fee, Lieut. John
Wood, Mr. Samuel. Brooks, Mr. John Nicholson, Mr. Henry
Scadding, Mr. C. Scadding.
Y°ItKSHIRE WEDDING.—A gentleman of this town, a few
weeks ago, who happened to be one of the congregation in the
church at. a village called Haworth, in Yorkshire, was witness
to the following singular marriage :—The party (who had pre-
viotaly been regaling themselves at an inn near the church
gates), immediately after- the communion service, were ushered
into the church by the sexton, and walked very leisurely down
the aisle to the altar. The ceremony went on tolerably well
till that essential part the ring was wanted ; .when lo and be-
hold ! no ring was forthcoming,. The bride and bridegroom eye-
ing each otner •as they. both emptied the contents of their
pockets in search of the ring, presented a singular contrast to
that of the congregation—as to all appearance it appeared to be
afaise start. After a fruitless attempt to borrow a ring from
some of the ladies in the neighbouring pews, the clergyman at
last hit on an expedient. He pulled out his watch, kept it in
his hand, and• giving the bridegroom the ring from which the
key was suspended, went through the remainder of the cere-
mony. After the marriage, none of the party, (ten in number,)
appeared willing to leave their signatures as witness. Some
delay again occurred; when after repeated enquiries from the
clergyman, they one and all declared they could not write. As
the bride had to leave the church without a ring, it would not do
to let the marriage be without witnesses; therefore, two persons
from a pew Opposite gave their signatures, and the party imme-
diately left the church.