The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-12 00:00:00

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The staves for the special constables of this town are
said to have cost above £6-10.
A meeting of the Birkenhead New Dock Trust is to be
held in London, on the 20th inst., for the purpose of
adopting measures for raising the £50,000.
Mr. Samuel Marshal, cutler, of Sheffield, has presented
to Mr. T. Littledale, Mr. J. A. Tobin, and the seaman
Jerome, respectively, a beautiful case of razors, inscribed
on the blades " In memory of the Ocean Monarch."

Lord Stanley has been laid up for nearly a fortnight by
an attack of gout. He was taken ill at the Duke of Rut-
land's seat, in Derbyshire, and was removed to Knows-
ley, where he has sufficiently recruited to go abroad again.
Messrs. J. and W. Walker, builders, Birkenhead, passed
their examination at the Bankruptcy Court, on Tuesday,
the commissioner remarking that the bankrupts had been
very honourable in all their dealings.

The Thistle steam-ship was launched from Mr. Napier's
yard on Saturday .week. She belongs to the Glasgow and
Londonderry Steam Company, who also sail vessels bo-
tween this port and Sligo.
The committee of the Liverpool Dispensaries have it
in contemplation to get up a grand fancy dress ball, with
a view of liquidating the debt which at present amounts
to £lOOO. Such a charity ought not to be allowed to
remain in such a position.
BODIES WASHED ASHORE.—On Thursday the bodies
of two men were washed ashore at Blackpool. On Friday
six more bodies drifted ashore—those of three women,
two children, and a man. On the same day a corpse was
washed ashore at Lytham.
RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF IRELAND.—We perceive
that a lecture on the religious condition of Ireland, its
real grievance and the remedy, will be delivered, in Is-
lington Presbyterian Chuvh, on Thursday evening next,
by the Rev. Verner B. White. B. A.
CREWE.—On Sunday, the 27th ult., an impressive ser-
mon was preached at Crewe Green, in behalf of the Sun-
day School and Clothing Fund of that district, by the
Rev. E. A. P. Campbell, M.A., Domestic Chaplain to
Lord Crewe. and son of the Rector of Liverpool.
BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—William Ellice, Esq., of Lon-
don, is appointed Chairman, and J. C. Ewart, Esq., (one
of the Commissioners of Wallasey,) Deputy Chairman of
the Birkenhead Dock Trustees under the new act. Mr.
Rendel will be appointed Engineer, to proceed with the
works, which, it is expected, will soon be resumed.
Herr Rosenberg, a Dutch artist, hati forwarded to the
Liverpool committee for the relief of the sufferers by the
Ocean Monarch, a large oil painting, representing the
burning of that ill-fated ship. The committee contemplate
putting it up for raffle, and in the meanwhile it is being
exhibited in the Exchange news-room.
At the monthly meeting of the Royal Mersey Yacht
Club, on Tuesday, the closing trip of the season was
fixed for Saturday, the 23d. inst. A notice of motion was
given for the presentation of some memorial to the com-
modore, Thomas Littledsle. Esq., for his praiseworthy
exertions on the occasion of the loss of the Ocean Mo-
narch. _ .

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THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—In addition to the con-
templated contests for the Ist November which we men-
tioned last week, we may state that it is intended to bring
forward Mr. Hindley for Mr. Lace, in South Toxteth ;
Mr. Dover for Mr. Royden, in Great George ; Mr. Fer-
guson for Mr. Stewart, in St. Peter's; and Mr. Fisher
for Mr. Lloyd, in North Toxteth.
M'Douall and Cuddy, with the other Chartist Confede-
rates, complain of having only one hour in the twenty-
four allowed them for exercise ; but intimation has been
given them, that if the regulations of the separate cell
system were interfered with in order to comply with their
wishes, they would be thrown into the society of felons,
which they declined. Cuddy expects to be bailed out.
Amongst the passengers on board the Ocean Monarch,
which was recently destroyed by fire off Liverpool, were
Mr. Bacon, the master of St. Luke's Workhouse, Lon-
don, and Mrs. Walter, the workhouse schoolmistress,
who had eloped together, leaving large families behind
them. Both of them perished, as well as the woman's
youngest child. which she took with her.
DEATHS IN PRISON.—Last week James Murphy, aged
19, and Mary Burns, 39, died in the Borough Gaol. The first
was committed to the prison as a vagrant for three months,
and the female was under sentence of ten years trans-
portation for felony. Murphy died in the prison hospital
on Friday, of chronic diarhea ; and Burns also died then
of pulmonary consumption.
Sr. PETER'S WARD.—We understand that the Com-
mittee of the National Confederation in St. Peter's Ward
having unanimously resolved to invite Mr. Ferguson—the
respected churchwarden of the parish, and the chairman
of the Council of the Confederation—to become a candi-
date for St. Peter's Ward at the next municipal election,
have received from' Mr. Ferguson a favourable reply to
their invitation, and his return to the Council is con-
sidered to be certain.
AssaueT.—On Friday, at the Kirkdale Petty Sessions,
before Mr. James Lawrence, R. Alison, and R. Theak-
stene, county magistrates, Mr. Thomas Rimmer charged
Messrs. Thomas and James Ackers, brewers, and Mr.
W. Robinson, with having assaulted him. The case
lased six hours. The magistrates decided that there was
no case against Mr. Robinson, that against Mr. James
Ackers the charge could not be maintained, hut they bound
over Mr. Thomas Ackers in the sum of £lOO to keep the
peace.
THE SOLDIERY.—The camp at Everton will continue
pitched for several days. We believe that preparations
are in progress to get the military into temporary barracks.
Mr. Shaw's house is already occupied ; and we believe
Mr. John Stewart is in treaty for Mr. Waterhouse's house
in Everton, the two large houses in Birchfields, and two
large houses in St. Anne-street. The War-office is in
search of a plot of ground, not less than twenty-five acres,
whereon to erect barracks, &c. It is understood that a
large military force will be kept in Liverpool permanently.
It is gratifying to have to notice that a handsome silver
cup was, on Thursday, presented to Captain Thomson, of
the barque Leonora, by his outward passengers to Deme-
rara, with the following inscription :—Presented by Mrs.
and Miss Lochart Mure, Miss Henderson, the Rev. Wil-
liam Brittain, Mr. J. Reid, and Charles Ward, M.D.,
passengers in the barque Leonora on her voyage from
Liverpool to Demerara, in May and June, 1848, to Capt.
Donald Thomson, as a mark of their esteem, and of their
grateful remembrance of his unwearied attention to their
safety and comfort.
THE AMERICAN STEAMERS.—The Herrmann, which
sailed from New York on the 21st ult., went ashore on
Monday morning, at three o'clock, at the Isle of Wight.
It was soon after got off without damage. The Acadia,
which left Boston on the 23rd ult., arrived in the Mersey
the same afternoon. Makine allowances for the difference
in the distance, calling at Halifax, &c., the British vessel
has beaten the American one about twenty-four hours !
rather an extraordinary feat when it is recollected that the
Acadia is one of the smallest of the British and North
American line.
Mr. Macready appeared at the Theatre Royal, on
Thursday night, previously to his departure for America
by the Acadia. He played Cardinal Wolsey in Henry
the VIII., and Mr. Oakly in The Jealous Wife, Mrs.
Warner performing the parts of Queen Katherine and
Mrs. Oakly. The house was crowded. At the termina-
tion of the comedy, Mr. Macready was called before the
curtain, when he delivered a short and pithy speech ex-
pressive of his thanks to the Liverpool patrons of the
drama, fervently hoping that, on his return from America,
he should have another opportunity of appearing there,
and stating that, when that opportunity arrived, he would
take his final leave of the drama. The applause which
followed the termination of his address was perfectly
deafening.
SALE BY AUCTION OF THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-
SHIP.—The announcement of the sale by auction of this
noble, though unfortunate, ship excited great interest
amongst our merchants and shipowners, and at the time
. appointed for the sale, one o'clock yesterday, the sale-
room of Messrs. Tonge, Curry, and Co. the highly re-
spectable shipbrokers, in whose hands she is placed, was
thronged with a most influential company. Mr. Tonge,
`the senior partner of the firm, conducted the sale, and,
after a brief but pointed notice of the qualities of the
vessel, proceeded to read the conditions of sale, which
were most liberal. For some time, no bidder came for-
ward, and the broker put up the lot himself at £20,000,
which he had had bid in private before the commence-
ment of the sale. After some time, no other bidder ap-
pearing, the vessel was bought in at £45,000. Her original
cost was stated to have been £125,000.
BAZAAR AT SEACOMBE.—The bazaar in aid of the
funds for completing the new church of St. Paul, at Sea-
combe, commenced on Wednesday. It was held in a
spacious marquee, erected on the lawn in front of the
bowling-green at Mr. Parry's hotel. The splendid hand
of the 81st Regiment of Foot was in attendance. There
were nearly 3,000 ladies and gentlemen present. In the
principal marquee the stalls were attended by Miss
Fetcher, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Mann, Miss Seawright, Mrs.
Herrmann, the Misses Sharland, Mrs. H. Winch, and a
number of other ladies. The stalls exhibited a profusion
of millinery, network, lacings, &c.. with costly and beau-
tiful works of art, principally the productions of the fair
vendors, who, we need scarcely say, exerted themselves
most successfully in getting purchasers for their wares.
The day's receipts were £4OO. On Thursday, the bazaar li
was continued, when a large and fashionable company
attended, though not quite so numerous as on the preced-
ing day. A great number of articles were disposed of,
and the result was highly satisfactory,—the receipts
amounting to £l5O. Several beautiful flags were dis-
played from the marquees and other erections required
for the purposes of the bazaar, added to which, the per-
formances of the excellent military band, the firing of
guns at intervals, and the gaily dressed company which
thronged the grounds, presented a scene of the most ex-
citing and pleasurable description. We need scarcely say,
that the arrangements made by the Messrs. Parry for the
comfort and accommodation of the visitors were such as
to call forth the most general and deserved approbation.
On Friday there was again a numerous attendance of
ladies, and the receipts, we understand, were far beyond
the anticipations of the committee. The total sum ob-
' tained (exclusive of expenses) amounts, we believe, to
nearly £BOO, and there is yet a great number of articles
to be disposed of, which are to be offered to the public on
a future occasion. The promoters of this undertaking
did all in their power to further its interests; and all the
gentlemen and ladies in the neighbourhood—dissenters
as well as churchmen, so universally esteemed is the Rev.
Mr. Roberts, the incumbent,—vied with each other in
their painstaking and persevering efforts to make the
bazaar as lucrative as possible. The committee-men
were all active, polite. and attentive. Amongst other
articles which attracted attention was a neatly printed
pamphlet, entitled " The Sovereign ; a poem, composed
on the occasion of the Seacombe Bazaar;" by the
' authoress of several previous works—Miss Kinsley, of
Seacombe. The plan is dramatic, the scene Parry's
Hotel and the green where the bazaar was held, and the
dramatis personte a Travelling Gentleman and a Seacombe
Commissioner, who carry on a conversation in rhyme.
Some of the passages are good and apropos. Two small
poems conclude the pamphlet.

THREE MORE BODIES FOUND FROM THE WRECK OF
THE OCEAN MONARCH.—On Saturday inquests were
held before the borough Coroner on view of the bodies of
two females and a man unknown. One of the female's
bodies was picked up on Thursday near the Crosby light
ship. It appeared to have been some time in the water,
and was much burnt and disfigured. The hair was black
and the height about 5 feet 5 inches. She had on a plain
coloured merino dress and flannel petticoat, but no shoes
or stockings. The other was found the same afternoon,
floating near the Bell Buoy, and was also much disfigured.
She had on a dark stuff dress, a dark quilted petticoat, a
blue cotton apron spotted white, a white cap, shoes and
black stockings. She had fair hair, and was also about 5
feet 5 inches in height. The body of the man was picked
up that morning floating in the river, opposite the
Prince's Dock basin. Upon him were found a comb, a
knife, a pen ca3e, a memorandum book, and a book en-
titled " The Farmer of Inglewood Irorest." The body
appeared to have been some; time in the water.—Verdicts
in each case " Found Drowned."
Loss OF A FAMILY FROM SHEFFIELD.—Amongst the
unhappy sufferers who lost their lives by the destruction
of the Ocean Monarch, were Mr. William Jackson, pawn-
broker, Plinstone-street, Sheffield, together with his wife
and three children. The eldest child was a girl between
five and six years old • the two younger were boys, one
aged four years and theother nearly two.—Mr. mes
Booker, farmer, of Bent's Green, Eccleshill, near Shef-
field, with his son and daughter were on board the unfor-
tunate ship, but fortunately their lives were saved. It is
gratifying to know (says the Sheffield Mercury), that al-
though they have suffered the loss of all else, their lives
have been preserved. Mrs. Booker, fortunately, bad re-
mained at home, and on Sunday last had the melancholy
satisfaction of receiving her destitute son and daughter.
The escape of these parties, together with that of their
father, was mainly the result of their own courageous ex-
ertions, and is an instance of the great importance and
value of presence of mind, aided by firmness of purpose.
Miss Booker, about 27 years of age, had a rope tied round
her waist by her br.,ther while on board the burning ves-
vel ; she was then lowered into the sea, her father and
brother holding by the rope; a boat being at hand, her
brother sprang into it, her father in the meantime con-
tinuing to hold by the rope. After much exertion on the
part of her brother, she was got into the boat, apparently
in a drowning state, and then taken on board the Affonso,
which was at hand for the purpose of receiving as many
as were brought to it. Her brother was then received on
board the same vessel. Mr. Booker, the father, let him-
self down from the Ocean Monarch by a burning cable,
and as a matter of course his hands were severely scorched.
He was taken into the Bangor packet, and from thence
was transferred to the Affonso.
THE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The committee
for conducting these concerts, so beneficial and refining
to the working classes in particular, commenced their
season on Saturday last. The artistes on the occasion
were Miss Emily Grant, Mrs. Newton, her sister, Miss E.
Ward, and Mr. Charles Braham. The hall was crowded
to suffocation, and amongst the ladies and gentlemen
noticed upon the platform was John Smith, Esq., who,
after the first part of the concert, delivered an appropri-
ate and humorous address on the subject of the new ar-
rangements by which the committee have resolved to
award prizes to such artizans as shall produce the best
essays on the influence of cheap and rational amusements
on the working classes, which was warmly and heartily
responded to. Mrs. Newton, who is a pleasing and bril-
liant singer, gave much satisfaction in Dr. Arne's favour-
ite song, " Where the bee sucks," but she appeared to
lack power and energy. Mr. Charles Braham was much
applauded throughout the evening, but his most success-
cessful effort was in the pretty ballad, " I can never
cease to love thee," which he sang with great taste
and feeling. Miss Emily Grant, whose first appear-
was at these concerts, created a complete furore.
She was encored in all her pieces, and in her cele-
brated song " Sound the pibroch ;" the audience would
fain have required it a third time, hut she modestly de-
clined. The gem of the evening, however, was her ren-
dering of the pathetic Irish ballad, " Savourneen dheelish,"
which was listened to with breathless attention, as was also
" John Anderson my jo," which she substituted for the
encore, and sung with equal pathos and effect; and the
committee are well entitled to the thanks of the subscribers
to these concerts, for thus affording them an opportunity
of hearing this young lady, whose distinguished talents
are so well known and appreciated. Miss Ward presided
at the piano-forte and played one or two pieces with great
ability, and, altogether, the concert was such as to have
given the most general and unmixed satisfaction.