The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-16 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES FROM LIVERPOOL.—This day
the Reverind Doctor O'TooLE and Colonel NIMROD WILDFIRE,
M.C. for ould Kentuck, intend sailing for the U. S. by the New
York Packet Ship.
The Egremont regatta will take place on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday next. The Mersey cup, to be sailed for by yachts of
from seven to fifteen tons, will be contested on the first day, as
will the Egremont cup, for yachts not exceeding seven tons.
Friday is the day on which vessels may be entered, at the Egre-
mont Hotel. With every reason to hope that the weather will
prove favourable, we expect that the fair will reward with their
smiles the efforts of the brave to please them by a display of
nautical skill.

About ten days ago a person, apparently a travelling hawker,
stopped at a small public house, at Clatter-bridge, between
Neston and Bebbington, in Cheshire, and laying down his pack,
called for a glass of ale. He had scarcely tasted of the ale, when
he complained of being excessively ill, and requested the host
to send for the nearest doctor, for whom his appearance showed
that he had immediate need, and wished to lay down on a bed
until the doctor came. He was helped up stairs, and the land-
lord dispatched his bov on his best nag to Neston, a distance of
about two miles, for the doctor. In less than an hour the doc-
tor arrived, and, on his being introduced to his patient, observ-
ing his situation, he requested the landlord to withdraw, and
close the door. Our informant does not cpmmunicate p.nv fur-
ther particulars, excepting, that the doctor immediately
disin-
cumbered the pedler of his male attire, and produced to the
world a fine thumping boy! ! Soon after, the female, for so it
proved, requested that her pack might be brought up, on open-
ing which, there appeared complete dresses for the mother and
child, of a costly description; and our informant further states,
that the lady has plenty of sovereigns in her possession for
present emergencies. We are happy to state, that the lady,
who is about 30 years of age, and -her son, were doing well,
when the last accounts came away.
THE BUILDERS' TURN-OUT.—lnformations have been laid
before the magistrates against several of the turn-out joiners,
under the statute, for leaving. their employment before the
work they had contracted to finish was completed, and warrants
have been issued for their apprehension. One of these mis-
guided men was brought up at the New Bailey, on Monday,
for annoying the workmen of Mr. Millington, and was ordered
to find sureties to keep the peace. Manchester Courier.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last a poor shrimper,
named John Molyneux, who was in his boat, in Bootle Bay,
was run foul of by a foreign vessel going out to sea. A rope
was thrown to him from the vessel, but, as he was entangled in
the net, it was found impossible to save him.
Died, on the 6th instant, at Banbury, in Oxfordshire, Mrs.
Wason, of this town, and mother of Rigby Wason. Esq., M.P.
for Ipswich. By the death of this lady the poor have been de-
prived of a benefactor of no ordinary description. Her purse
was never closed against the necessities of the indigent, and it
may with truth be said that no case of distress was ever made
known to her that she did not relieve. She was a constant and
liberal subscriber to the various charitable institutions; and
among her other acts of benevolence we are proud to record her
liberal contribution towards the fund for the relief of the dis-
tressed Protestant clergy of Ireland; and we will only say to
those who possess the same means as this amiable lady,—" Go
thou and do likewise." Her remains were interred, on Friday
last, in Clifton Church, near Bristol, along with those of her
late husband, whom she survived some years.

PRESTON AND WIGAN RAILWAY.—We do not know that we
can better recommend this undertaking to the favourable consi-
deration of the public, than by calling their attention to the
proceedings of the public meeting of Saturday ; but in addition
to the advantages set forth in these proceedings, it has been
suggested to us that the public do not adequately estimate the
benefit they will derive as passengers by the railway, both to
Liverpool and Manchester, the circumstance of being enabled
to reach either of those towns in the short space of two hours,
being equivalent to a reduction of the present distance by the
direct road. The committee are busily engaged on their can-
vass, and we are happy to find that their exertions have so far
been most successful.—Preston Pilot.