The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Only two started, the Gazelle (of Birkenhead) and the
Ariel, the former taking the lead and keeping it. In this
race the boats went a shorter distance.

The TRIAL STAKES, value 5 Guineas, for Four-
oared Gigs, to be rowed and steered by Boys under
Eighteen years of age ; second Bnat to receive the En-
trance money.—Entrance ss. each Boat.
The Queen, W. Gibson
The Echo, Thos. Chesters ..
The Gipsey Queen, Thos. Painter
In consequence of the previous accident, the boats were
ordered to round a flat nearer thin the original fl +g-boat,
so as to keep in smoother water. Some mistakes were
made in the race as first started, and it was run over
again—with the above result.
The STANLEY PLATE, value Five Guineas, for Boats
pulled by two oars, to be rowed and steered by Gentle-
men Amateurs.—Entrance for each Boat, 10s.
The Dart, W. Byrne ......
The Little Mersey, H. Williams (light blue, M.R.C,) 2
Chester Club Boat, No 2, C. Walker (blue) 3

The Dart took the lead, and kept it—coming in consi-
derably ahead of the other two.

The MERSEY STAKES, value 3 Guineas, for four-
oared Boats, rowed and steered by men employed on
Flats plying on the rivers Mersey, Dee, or Weaver; se-
cond boat to receive £2.—k:ntrance, 2s. Three boats to
start, or no race.--Did not fill.

The patrons of the regatta were—Sir Wm. Mas.ey
Stanley, Bart.; the Hon. Sir Edward Cust. Bart. ; Sir
Richard Bulkeley, B.rt. ; Chas. StanLl, Esq. ; and John
Stanley, Esq. For the accommodation of these gentle-
men and the committee, which was a highly respectable
one, and included the names of several eminent merchants
of the town, the steamer Egerton was set apart to follow
the boats during the contest 4. Amongst the company on
board were Lord Chesterfield, Lord Adolphus Fitzelar-
ence, Sir W. M. Stanley, C. Stanley, Esq. ; John Stan-
ley, Esq. ; and a large party of female friends. The dis-
tance run by the boats waa about four miles. They
started from the yacht of Mr. Hazlehurst. (a beautiful
iron vessel built by Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and
Patrick) which was stationed off the ferry, and sailed
round a vessel moored about two miles to the southward.

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We extremely
regret to announce that in the contest for the Hooton Cup
—one of those lamentable casualties of but too frecpiet►t
occurrence took place—a short time after the boats had
rounded the flag barge situated about a mile and a halt
above the Eastham ferry—the Amphitrite shipped a sea
and swamped. A number of boats as also a steamer were
close at hand, but despite of all their endeavours they
only succeeded in saving four out of the five of the crew,
and two of them. a Mr. Dixon, and a Mr. Mould. of
Chester. in an almost senseless state. The remaining
one, a fine young man, who acted as coxswain, Mr. Wm.
Henry Brown, son of the late Mayor of Chester, was
drowned.
The following account of this melancholy accident has
been furnished by the committ-e, and may be relied upon
as correct.—" Early in the race it became obvious that
the Amphitrite had no chance, and it is to be regretted
that, as the water was very rough, the crew did not give
it up. However they persevered, until rounding the dis-
tance boat, when the strong ebb current swamped the
boat. At that time no boats were near, except those en-
gaged in the race, which were totally inadequate to af-
ford any assistance. The Lady Stanley steamer was
wi bin half or three quarters of a mile, and immediately
on the accident being observed, all the steam was put on,
in order that every effort might be made to save the crew.
On reaching the place where the accident occurred, the
crew were clinging to the boat, which, however, rolled
over several times. Mr. George Smith, one of the pro-
prietors of the steamer, leaped into the boat belonging to
the vessel, and seized the nearest person, Mr. Mould, and
dragged him into it. Young Brown at the moment sank
to rise no more. The rest of the crew were picked up,
but all in a state of great exhaustion. Young Dixon was
indeed almost senseless, and some time elapsed before h
could be considered out of danger. Every exertion, com-
patible with their own safety, was made by the crew, in
order that none of their number might be lost; and we
wish pointedly to state that great credit is due to Mr.
George Smith, in particular, for his ready assistance when
the accident wag first visible, and we believe that it is ge-
nerally acknowledged, that had it not been for his prompt
conduct, all would have been lost. It is but just to state
this, becau-e a contrary impression had been made upon
the mind of one influential party connected with the ferry.
The most indefatigable search has been made for the body,
but so far without effect."

GREAT SPORTING MATCH FOR Two THOUSAND
GUINEAS.—A match for two thousand guineas was made
during the Newcastle race week, between Mr. W. H.
Johnstone's br. h. William le Gros, by Velnc'pede, five
years, arid Mr. Jacques's br. c. A British Yeoman, by
Liverpool, four years ' • to carry 12st. each ; two miles;
Mr. Johnstone to ride his own, and Mr. Jacques to " put
up" whom he thinks proper. The match is to come off
at Doncaster, and to be run immediately after the Cham-
pagne, on the Monday in the next meeting.
GREAT CRICKET MATCH.—The great match between
the Marylebone Club, with Pilch, against the Northern
Counties, with A. Alvin, Esq., was commenced on Mon-
day, at Lord's Ground, London. The following are the
fields :—Marylebone Club—Sir F. Bathurst, Kyna:ton,
Keate, Mills, and Taylor, Esqs., with Dean, Dorrington,
Hillyer, Lillywhite, Pilch, and Sewell. Northern Coun-
ties —Elmhurst., Hartopp, Nethercnte, Noyes, and My nn,
Esqs., with Butler, Brown, Clark, Fenner, Guy, and
Tinlay. The Marylebone Club went in first, and obtained
97. The Northern Counties then took to their bat-
ting, and got 105 runs, heading their opponents by 8 runs.
Tne. Marylebone Club took their second innings, and ob-
tained 76 runs, leav nz 68 runs ft r the opposite party to
get, but who got only 55 runs, thus leaving the Maryle-
bone Club the winners by 13 runs. The game was not
concluded till Tuesday.