The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

TR lIITIRPOOL STANDARD.

A child named John Monaghan, aged three years, died
on Saturday on board the Nimrod, on her passage from
Cork to this town. Some time ago the deceased, along
with several others, sailed from Liverpool for America on
board the ship Ashlin, and, after being out sixteen days,
were wrecked on the coast of Ireland and taken to Cork.
About thirty of the passengers were lost, and the deceased,
amongst others, was saved, but had never been well since.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—On Tuesday evening, the
first• of a series of six lecture-concerts was given in the in-
stitution by Sir Henry Bishop, who on that occasion en-
tered into a survey of music in the times of the Greeks,
and also in our own country, from the 15th to the 16th
centuries, The vocalists engaged were Miss Helen Tay-
lor, Miss Collins, Mr. Stott, Mr. D. Miranda, Mr. J.
Jackson, and Mr. W. H. Seguin. A varied selection of
music was sung on the occasion by the vocalists with much
acceptability. A considerable number of Henry Purcell's
compositions were in the programme, which appeared to
give the greatest satisfaction to the audience. There were
also several of our best madrigals included, with a few
choice specimens of the Norman melody, the English ro-
mance, the melody of the pilgrims, together with several
other musical curiosities. The succeeding lectures will be
very popular, as the programme contains a selection of
some of the finest music, and the works of Sir H. Bishop
will be laid largely under contribution to furnish specimens
in illustration of the subject brought before the audience.
Sir Henry's third lecture will be delivered this evening.
The intermediate musical entertainments, we may men-
tion, are still going on and attract large audiences. We
never heard " The Messiah " better performed without
the assistance of a band than it was on Wednesday even-
ing, with the aid of the new and magnificent organ, which
is now in perfect working order and tells with remarkable
effect. To-morrow evening selections from the " Stabat
Mater " of Rossini, with the " Creation," will be per-
formed.

BIRKENHEAD DOCK PROSPECTS.—Many are observing
that the Birkenhead docks have of late exhibited more
bustle—more and larger vessels than ever before noticed
within them. Some go so far as to say they already feel
a want of quay room. Such a want will not exist much
longer. From a quarter likely to be well informed, we
learn that the Great Float of 150 acres is to be opened
this coming spring, or at least this summer; we believe
the contract is for the end of March ; and the Birkenhead
Dock Commissioners had the requisite funds subscribed
before the contract commenced. Then there are literally
" wheels within wheels." A separate joint-stock body,
the Birkenhead Dock Company have augmented their
capital, paid off their liabilities, and, with some £40,000
in hand, have recently executed a contract for expedi.
tiously constructing from 700 to 800 yards more of quay
wall and wharfage on the south shore of the Great Float.
This, with their 200 yards already built, will give the
company nearly 1000 yards of lineal quay space, out of
their own aggregate of 2,500 yards of frontage within
Wallasey Pool. It may not be generally known, but
there is no doubt of the fact, that mutual and final nego-
tiations have been made with the Liverpool Corporation.
The company have abandoned the idea of forcing the
Corporation to make their land freehold : it willveglain
leasehold (as originally sold for) on the usual corporate
lease.

FUNERAL OF DR. HARBORD.—The remains of this
talented and much lamented gentleman were interred on
Friday morning in the Cemetery of St. Michael's, the
last offices of religion being performed by the Rev. Wm.
Pollock, of whose congregation, at St. Mark's, Mr. Har-
bord was formerly a member. At ten o'clock the mourn-
ful cortege began to move from the residence of the
departed gentleman, in the following order :—The hearse,
immediately followed by a mourning coach, containing
the surviving brothers of Mr. Harbord, namely, Mr.
Richard, Mr. William, Mr. Francis G., and Mr. Harbord
Harbord, and also the son of the deceased, eight years of
age; two other coaches, containing Mr. R. L. Henderson,
(chairman of the dock committee,) Mr. Councillor Ben-
nett, Mr. Alfred Graham, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Joseph
Harrison, Mr. Isaac Hutchinson, and Mr. Hilton, fol-
lowed. These were the only gentlemen who had been
specially invited, it being the desire of the friends of the
deceased that his funeral should be as quietly and unos-
teutatiously conducted as was consonant with a due respect
to his memory ; but the high estimation in which he was
held, as a man and a public character, had induced the
attendance of a numerous and respectable assemblage,
constituted not solely of residents within the ward, but of
persons from different parts of the town, and perhaps not
fewer than two hundred joined the solemn procession.
The most conspicuous amongst these was his worship the
Mayor, John Holmes, Esq., who attended in his private
carriage. Amongst the members of the council present
we noticed Messrs. Rogers, Wagstaff, (members for the
ward,) Langsdale, Woodruff, Thos. Lloyd, Thomson, and
R. L. Jones "; we also observed the Rev. H. Hampton,
Thomas Dover, Esq., &c., &c. On the arrival at the
church, Mr. W. Holden presided at the organ, and played
a funeral dirge as the corpse was being carried into the
sacred edifice. An efficient choir sung the 90th Psalm.
After the lessons had been read, the Rev. W. Pollock
delivered a most feeling and affectionate address, in which
he expatiated upon the estimable qualities of the deceased
both in his public and private capacity. He attended him
in his sickness, which he bore with great resignation and
calmness ; and, from conversations which he had with
him on the subject of things eternal, he felt a firm con-
viction that his immortal spirit had winged its flight to a
better and eternal world. After the discourse had ceased,
the " Dead March in Saul" was performed. The church
was more thronged than is usual upon such occasions, and
a large concourse had gathered within the yard.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night last, a very
serious accident, which proved fatal to the lives if three
persons, occurred at the Maghull station, on the East
Lancashire Railway. The passenger train left Preston,
as usual, shortly before eight o'clock in the evening, for
Liverpool, where it should have arrived at nine o'clock.
There was only one carriage attached to the engine, and
that consisted of first and second class compartments.
The train proceeded onwards to Maghull, whither an
extra carriage had been sent from Liverpool, in conse-
quence of a number of gentlemen having proceeded
during the day to Maghull, in order to skate on the adja-
cent Sefton meadows. The carriage thus sent was placed
on the siding, and being required when the train arrived
at Maghull, the train was likewise shunted, in order that
the carriage might be attached. Some minutes elapsed
before the object could be effected ; and the train being on
the wrong line, the passengers were somewhat apprehen-
sive that an accident might occur; and almost imme-
diately afterwards, an alarm was raised that a train was
approaching on the same track from Liverpool. The con-
sternation at this moment was very great, and many of
the passengers, in the agony of fear, jumped out of the
train, and some of them sought safety on the other line.
The night was very dark and foggy, and in the confusion
it is supposed that the advancing train, which proved to
be of luggage, and from the north, instead of from Liver-
pool, could not be seen. The engine passed at a rapid
rate, and the half-stifled screams which were momentarily
heard attested that one or more had fallen victims. The
horrid truth soon presented itself, the dead bodies of two
women and a man being found lying on the rails in a most
dreadfully mangled condition. The killed were persons
in humble circumstances, and their names are as follow :
John Spencer, 12, Barton-street, Windsor, Liverpool, has
left a wife and one child ; Jemima Spencer, sister-in-law
of the above, has left one child ; Mary Leatherbarrow, a
married woman, of Walton, Liverpool, has left six chil-
dren. Had the unfortunate persons remained in the car-
riage, doubtless, no serious consequences would have
ensued. On Friday, an inquest was held before John
Heyes, Esq., and the first witness examined was Mr.
Richard Leatherbarrow, the husband of one of the de-
ceased parties, who deposed to being in the carriage at the
time of the accident, and also related, at considerable
length, the circumstances attending the accident. Other
witnesses were then examined in proof of the circum-
stances connected with the case, in the course of which it
transpired that the luggage train from Preston was up at
Maghull nearly an hour sooner than the time fixed for its
arrival, and that in consequence of this a train from Pres-
ton, which was somewhat in advance of it, and which
had occasion to take on another carriage at Maghull, for

Liverpool, was run into by the train in question. Evi-
dence having been given belonging to the various circum-
stances of the case, including evidence that the driver of
the engine was running at the rate of about forty miles an
hour, the coroner ordered the driver of the engine into
custody, and the inquest was adjourned until Monday.

LITERARY NOTICE.

The Looker On

Tints is a pretty little literary miscellany, comprising a
number of well wtitten articles in prose and verse. It is
edited by " Fritz" and "Liolett," whose recently pub-
lished beautiful volume of poems we lately favourably
noticed. It is sold at a merely nominal price, while the
contents are as varied as they are interesting and valuable.
We select the following beautiful lines as a specimen of
the matter here given to the public.

THE VOICE OF THE SABBATH.
I come in the might of a herald of light,
As the sun o'er creation is beaming;
I come to dispel the night shadows that dwell
In the soul, of deep wretchedness dreaming:
I come to awake to the joys that partake
Of the glories that Paradise knew,
Ere its charms were defac'd, and its bowers laid waste,
And a blight o'er its loveliness grew.
I come to declare the bright hopes ye may share,
Though your sins, oh ye mortals 1 have riven
Ev'ry bond of your peace—but let misery cease,
For ye still may be freely forgiven.
I come in calm rest to the spirit oppress'd
With a week's disappointment and care,
Hopes bidding it cherish, that never can perish,
Nor leave it a prey to despair.
I come to impart to the desolate heart
A solace for every woe ;
For in joy shall they reap who their purity keep,
Though in sorrow and in tears they may sow.
I come in the ray of the regent of day,
When all nature is mantled in gold;
When with heaven-lit smiles the light heart he beguiles
Into raptures that may not be told.
I come to proclaim the Omnipotent's name—
The Creator of all that delights
The perception or sense, or the throbbing intense
Or the soul's adoration invites.
I come to disperse every track of the curse
That fiends have implanted on earth,
To bid war be no more—human peace to restore—
And to hasten Millennium's birth.
'Till sorrow and pain shall relinquish their reign—
'Till natures malignant and wild
Shali in harmony blend, 'till destruction shall end—
'Till the tiger shall sport with the child—
My voice shall resound to the uttermost bound
Where evil may revel in might;
And each.anthem I wake shall his monarchy shake,
'Till he flee to the regions of night.
Then I'll come in the dawn of Eden's new morn,
And all shall be rapture and rest ;
And the pure and the bright shall in triumph unite,
And man be abundantly blest.
And when I've fulfill'd all the Deity will d
In my mission to mortals, of love,
Back to Heaven I'll fly—to my own native sky—
And weßare thenta.Sabbath above.