The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.

The meeting of the present month took place on Tues-
day evening last at the club-room, Mersey Hotel, and was
numerously attended. In the absence of the Commodore
the chair was taken by the Captain. The noblemen and
gentlemen nominated at the last meeting were all ballotted
for and duly elected. Amongst them were the Earl of
Wilton; owner of the Xarifa, (183 tons,) a splendid vessel,
which we hope to see here next season to compete for the
challenge cup: Joseph Weld, ,Esq., of the Alarm, the
largest cutter in the world, (193 tons) • The Hon. Col.
Pennant, also owner of a fine yacht; W. D. Fleetwood,
Esq. ; B. H. Jones, Esq., of the Psyche, (60 tons,) a fine
sea-going vessel, with superb accommodations; H. F.
Penny, Esq., of Seaforth, (Phoebe, 33 tons) ; G.:M. Cor-
sellis, Esq., Kingstown, (Black Bess, 20 tons) ; Robert
M'Andrew, Esq., (not before named as nominated—owner
of a beautiful vessel, called the Osprey) ; and a number
of our influential townsmen and neighbours, amounting in
all to upwards of thirty.
The SECRETARY then read a list of other noblemen and
gentlemen nominated to be ballotted for at the next meeting.
In this list was the name of Lord Alfred Paget, who, like
his noble sire, the Marquis of Anglesey, is "a soldier by
profession, but a sailor from choice," and long known as
an amiable and distinguished yaehtman on the Thames ;
in his letter he states that when he gets a vessel large
enough, he will come and contend for the prize ; Hugh D.
Griffith, Esq., Caer-Rbayn, near Conway (" La Jollie
Fille"); T. Weld Blundell, Esq., of Ince Blundell Hall;
Simon York, Esq., of Eaddig, near Wrexham; Joseph
' Lilton Esq., of Orford Hall, Warrington ; Henry Perks,
Esq., Burton-on-Trent ; also many of our merchants,
shipowners, and other townsmen ; in all, thirty-six—the
largest nomination that has yet taken place at any one
meeting of the club.

It may be stated that the club uniform is a blue dress
coat, a white kerseymere waistcoat, each with club but-
tons, and trousers blue or white, according to the season.
The buttons (some of which we have seen) are richly
gilt, with the crown and anchor raised in high relief, and
surrounded by a rim in frosted gold, on which is inscribed
the name of the Club at full length. They are beautiful
specimens of art and workmanship.
The separate warrants for the yachts already belonging
to the Club have been received from the Admiralty, and
others may be procured from time to time for such as
may hereafter join it. The Club has its distinctive flag
and privileges, independent of any other ; and from its
high popularity and distinguished patronage, it will, we
doubt not, even in the first year of operations, rank
second to none in the kingdom.

CONVICTION OF A MILLOWNER.—The first convic-
tion of a millowner for injuries received by a party in a
mill, owing to the insecurity of the machinery, took place
on Saturday before Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court,
Manchester. Mr. David Waddington, cotton-manufac-
turer, of Commercial-street Mill, in that town, was sum-
moned to show cause why be should not be convicted in a
penalty of not more than £lOO, nor less than £lO, for not
having securely boxed off and guarded a certain upright
shaft in his weaving establishment, in consequence of
which a girl named Emma Hurst had received serious
bodily injuries. The bench after hearing the evidence
considered that there ought to be a conviction with a
penalty of £2O.
VENDING OBSCENE BOOKS.—At the Police-court,
yesterday, a man named Thomas Bailey, a seller of cheap
publications, &c., in Manchester-street, was charged on
informations (on which he had been apprehended by war-
rant) with exposing for sale and vending books of an ob-
scene and disgraceful kind, interspersed with numerous
engravings of the most indecent description. Some of
these disgusting works had been openly exposed in his
shop-window, and two police-officers (Sale and Kenyon),
were consequently employed to detect him in selling them.
They went to the shop repeatedly and separately, where
they were shown a variety of books, the titles of which
were given in court, and all of them of the same revolt-
ingly obscene description. They each finally purchased
one book for 14s. and 20s. respectively. On expressing
their surprise at the exorbitance of the price for volumes
so small, the prisoner told them that they all ranged be-
tween those prices, and that " gentlemen " paid 4s. each
for a mere perusal of one of them ! Mr. Rushton said,
in effect, that he regretted to say that such disgraceful
publications were extensively sold in this town, and that
he had reason to believe that the prisoner had long thus
pandered to the vitiated and depraved—poisoning the
minds of all whom the contagion reached, and particu-
larly the yonng. He should commit the prisoner for
trial at the sessions, and should only admit him to bail
under his own recognizance of £l5O, or in default to be
imprisoned two months, as well as two sureties in £75
each, or to be further imprisoned for four months. He
also required forty-eight hours' notice of any bail that
might be tendered.

THE LATE WILLIAM GERARD, ESQ.—The funeral
of this deceased gentleman, (brother of Sir John Gerard,
Bart., of New Ilall,) who died on Friday, Ist of Novem-
ber, took place on Thursday, the 7th, at Rainhill Chapel.
The following was the order of procession from Ditton to
Rainhill :—Two mutes, on black horses, with velvet ca-
parison ; tenants, on horseback, two abreast; ditto, walk-
ing;of A. pull
a mourning coach, drawn by four horses, with velvet
r Brether
caparison, containing two chaplains and physician ; the
hearse, drawn by six horses, with velvet caparison,
with velvet caparison, containingßr
con-
taining the deceased ; the private carriage of the deceased
(shut up) next to the hearse; a mourning coach, drawn
by four horses,
John Gerard, hart., of New Hall, and B. Bretherton, of
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Rainhill House ; a mourning coach, drawn by four horses,'
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Esq., John Ireland Blackburn, Esq., m.p
Anderton, of —, with several carriages of , Colonel
the Gerard
family ; carriage of John O'Donnel, M.D
several carriages of the neighbouring gentlemen. On ar-
riving at the gates, the tenants were arranged on each
side of the Chapel-yard from the gates to the door. The
coffin, being taken from the hearse' was covered with the
most superb Genoa velvet pall we ha
ve ever seen, which
preceded by the
was borne by six gentlemen, immediatelyß C. Bishop of Samaria,
H. C. Bishop of Bugia, and the R.
and about forty clergymen.ay w
The d •as beautifully
fine, and, considering the great number of persons CO -
lected, the most admirable order was preserved. We
understand that this splendid funeral was furnished and
conducted by Mr. Littler, of Bold-street, and the entire
credit arrangement reflects the highest

Nov. 12, 184 i

TO THE ALDERMEN A ND COUNCILLORS OF
THE SOUTHERN WARDS, AND TO THOSE
OF THE TOXTETH WARDS " IN PARTICU-
LAR."

dreGssEiNngm you,Em
of a measure fraught with good to the " town at large,
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and " your wards in particular."
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dividuals ; a i 1 why should not Toxteth-park emulate our
cousin on the other side of the water? The difference
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between us is simply this. You, our representative
have, in your official capacity, no doubt, attended to the
interests of the " town at large," but you seem almost?
have forgotten those of " your wards in particular
whereas the Commissioners of Birkenhead have aI”Y.B
endeavoured to ensure the welfare of their own townsl
" at large," and the success of their private plans 4„,t
particular." Differences of political opinion have " d
prevented them from working together for their own aillat
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connected. The Birkenhead folks are a compact bee
sweeping away all opposition before them : the Toxteara,
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people are a lot of disunited sticks, allowing evert adva
tage to slip between them. 'll at
I will not at present enter into any detail, but will
attend a public meeting to be convened for the
once bluntly propose what I wish—viz., that you golf
purPosethe
taking into consideration the propriety of petitiolitt to
Town Council to construct a slip or slips in the
enlarge St. James's Market, adding a pedlars' ands
legitimate and nearest road into the town. The
market, and to widen the lower part of Park-lanerA
Haters!
result of such an application, backed by your anti
lleitcd;
would of course be, that the priyer would be gran—to
the Cheshire farmers would bring over their produeethe
our market—now too small—spend their money
neighbourhood—trade would improve—property to
rise in value—we should not have to go down town
purchase much which now we are compelled to do---v 1
should learn the value of union amongst ourselves; an
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manded success, but had deserved it.
For my own part, I have set my mind upon this meta
ter, and am prepared to sink all political differences, a"
to put my shoulder to the wheel with the most inveterate
Radical in the wards. The announcement of this resole'
tion on the part of so inconsiderable an atom as InYse,,„,
may appear ridiculous ; but since so small a man id--
General Tom Thumb has made such a noise in the worl
I think none are sufficiently small to be sneered at.
remain, gentlemen, your obedient, humble servant,
H. G. HARBORP'
4, Upper Parliament-street, Nov. 11, 1844.

Mr. Sergeant Andrews, of London, attempted saiotde
ni
on Thursday last by cutting his throat, and was not °ll' -
danger on Saturday night.
Deemster Christian, who has filled the important situ"
ation of Deernster for both the southern and norther
districts of the Isle of Man for the last twenty years, I"
about to retire from the duties.
The report circulated at Somerset House on Thursday
last is confirmed, that a store-keeper at one of our 0,017.
nies had absconded, defrauding the government of 20,(/'
—Standard.
The BAR.—It appears by an examination of the rec., ,ordO
~
of admission to the bar by the four inns of court-IAPI
coin's Inn, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, 811
Gray's Inn—that at the present time there are no 1e55
than 2343 members of the bar.
PEDESTRIANISM.—A man named Alabaster is now
‘l,
engaged on Parker's-piece in attempting the arduous tg's
of walking 1000 miles and the same number of furlong
in 1,000 successive hours. He starts from the New 1/111.
—Cambridge Independent.