The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-27 00:00:00

NEWTON BAZAAR

On Thursday and Friday a bazaar was held in the newly-
erected Conservative-hall, at Newton, for the purpose of aiding
the funds for rebuilding the parochial chapel at that place.
The patronesses were Lady Eleanor Hopwood, Lady Mosley,
the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, Mrs. Hornby,- Miss P.
Hornbv, Mrs. James Heath Legh, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Ridgway,
and Mrs. Scarisbrick. The stalls were erected on the previous
day, and furnished early ou the morning of sale. At eleven
o'clock the hall, entering from the door communicating with
the Leigh Arms Hotel, presented a very splendid and animated
appearance ; it was decorated as on the day of the gramd festival,
viz., with azure and white cotton from top to bottom. The
principal entrance was on the left, and above it war a gallery,
in which were stationed an excellent band, contributing much
to the animation of the scene. On each side of the room were
seats for the temporary accommodation of the visitors. At the
left of the noble hall (which having been previously described,
it is now unnecessary to dwell upon) was a full-length portrait
of our late venerable and beloved monarch, George 111.; and on
the right was the portrait, of some dimensions, of his son,. his
late Royal Highness the Duke of York, in his robes. The
stalls or tables for the disposal of articles were six in number;
and, commencing front the entrance above alluded to, were at-
tended as follows, viz.:—The first, or Newton stand, by Mrs.
Ladbury and Miss She;irton; the second, Mts. Ridgway, of
Ridgemont, and Miss Wettenhall ; the third, Lady Eleeinor
Hopwood, 'Mrs. W. Legh, of Briinbow, and Miss Townsend ;
the fourth, bssahe Rev. Peter Legh, and James Heath Legh,
Esq., High• Sheriff for Cheshire; the fifth, by Mrs. Lyon; and
the sixth, or Willwick stand, was attended by Mrs. Chadwick
and Miss Berry; and, though last sosticeds not least deserving
attention, were two spacious tables set out at the bottom of the
room, and covered to proration with substantial refreshments
and choice delicacies, at very moderate prices. To attempt an
outline, touch more a days:Union, of the articles exhibited for
sale on the stalls, were as Stain as unnecessary; our readers may
imagine (though we cannot enumerate) the variety of articles
set forth; nearly every thing, front the most useful to the least
necessary, was there tendered by delicate hands and persuasive
lips to the bewildered and wondering visitor; the purse could
not he withheld; the money could nut be kept away; (who
could withstand a beautiful and eloquent woman, pleading with
her tongue and her pure eyes in aid of charity or usefulness?)
and so the sales, we believe, were plentiful; " market very
brisk," as a tradesman would say, " cottons up to-day," " pro-
fits fair, ten per cent. at least." Those vitro purchased were
satisfied, those who sold were thankful, and-the most venerable
institution in the country was benetitted. We cannot, how-
eversleave.the.mo.rket withisbservations so general as the fore-
going. Allusions to the personal appearance of the fair yen-
, der, might he considered indelicate, and therefore offensive;
" God above!" said a gentleman from Manchester, " were they
• dilly to sell calico and fustian, what a trade we should have I"
There, that's quite enough, and a true expression. Sell—why,
they'd sell anytbiug they've a mind to sell, as well as fustian
and calico ; they sold an old woman with a child on her knee;
a lady's work-box brought seven pounds in a raffle; children's
dresses were looked after by young wives, and one considerate
young husband was observed walking away with a bundle under
his arm: " Those are little clothes," said one : " Little or big,"
said an elderly lady with her fair daughter hung on her arm,
" it's just as it sheuld be." " A faint heart never won a fair
lady, and a bad•leart never deserved one." The Queen's
prizes attracted general attention; they consisted of a number
of miniature work-baskets, composed of gold and silver wire,
and silk. They were placed on a silver waiter at the head of
the room, near the stall of the Itev. Peter Legh, and for them
there was a brisk competition in a raffle, and three hundred
subscribers at 2s. 6d. each were soon procured. " Lord," said
one, " it's no common thing to ha' summut 'at a queen has
touched; one likes to ha' been at an' seen great things, but
heave mitch better it is to ha' th' things theirser ;'' and in con-
sequence .of this, or a similar feeling, the Queen's prizes were
sought after as choice curiosities.- The first prize, however, fell
to the lot of a respectable independent bachelor gentleman, re-
near Middleton, and, what was rather singular, a conservative
of strict principles; rather ominous this; the radicals will smell
a rat ! Amongst the most distinguished visitors were the Rev.
Frank and Lady, Eleanor Hopwood, Joseph Ridgway, Esq.,
of Ridgmont; Peter Creenhow, Esq.. bt. Helen's; Mrs.
Hornby, Winwick ; Mr. Shearson, Bury; Rev. W. Pigott St.
Helens; Forth Lee, Esq., Belmont; Thomas Kearslev, Esq.,
Tyldeslev ; the Rev. Mr. Libson, Ashton Makerfield; Thomas
Joseph Trafford, Esq., Trafford; T. F. Taylor, Esq., Alkring-
ten Cottage; John Clare, Esq., Warrington; John Heyes,
Esq., Coroner; Mrs. Heves ; Thomas Caldwell, Esq., St.
Helens'_ George Bowen, Esq., Stockton 'Lordship; Mrs. and
Misses Nichols, of Warrington; Hugh Clare, Esq., Wearing-
ton; Mrs. Scarisbrick, Golburn Park, who presented to the
committee some brandy 100 years old; John Slack, Esq.,
Lawton; William Hutton; Esq., Hutton, and Mrs. Hultou ;
Miss Alsop, Latchford-hall; Miss Scholefield, Middleton; and
others, with whose names and residences it were impossible that
we should become acquainted. A bust of the venerable Earl of
Eldon attracted much attention, and went off in a raffle at
fifty shillings.
The bazaar (lid not close until Friday evening, and all parties
interested in it have been so extremely occupied that we have
not been able to ascertain its pecuniary results. Next week,
however, a flattering report may be anticipated.

WATCH MEETING.—At the meeting of the commissioners of
the watch, on Friday, His Worship the Mayor presided. The 1
principal business which occupied the board was, the appoint-
anent of a successor to the late Mr. Kilshaw, the treasurer to
that body, Mr. Capes Ashlin, many years clerk to Mr. Kil-
shaw, was elected without opposition to fill the vacant office, an
appointment which will, we believe, give general satisfaction.
THE SILENT SYSTEM IN PKISONS.—Many instances of the
good effects of the silent system in prison discipline have been
related in the newspapers, and also the defeat of that system by
means of the dumb alphabet. Whether the new regulations
have made any general progress towards the decrease of crime
or not does nut appear; but certain it is, that from many of
the metropolitan prisons, to which offenders have been sent
from this town, to undergo the punishment awarded to them at
the sessions, they have returned at the expiration of the term
again to appear on the black bill.. Yesterday, at the sessions,
Win. Smith end Mary Owens, who were sentenced to trans-
portation, by the recorder, have both Suffered under the silent
system. Smith was transported from here for seven years, and,
after suffering 31- years imprisonment in the Millbank Peni-
tentiary, comes out with a good character to commit fresh de-
predations. •
Fat-Mites who-are in the habit of giving their Indian friends
a treat, a.rticularly those who happen not to have an efficient
cook, will do well to use Cooke and Co.'s Currie Pastes, 99,
Hatton-garden, London, which are so highly extolled at the
1 hotels and club-houses; by attending hi the printed directions,
which are very simple, you will in a few minutes have butte your
curcie and rice pi epared in such a style as cannot fail to please,
if it does not astonish the greatest epicure of the day, and the
Indian will, at his feast, imagine himself in his own country.
Curried oysters, lobsters, and turbot, bid fare to become a
fashionable dish.—Froni a Member of Cruckford's.

I)INNEIi TO SIR WILLIAM FOCI ETT, M.P.—A public dinner
was given on Wednesday last, at the Assembly Rooms, Exe•
ter, to Sir Win. Follett, 'the distinguished and eloquent tepre-
sentative of that city, at which about 480 of the principal gentry.
of that place, and of the counties of Devon and Somerset, were
in attendance. The reception given that highly gifted and emi-
nent lawyer was of the most flattering and cordial description. ,
We regret that we cannot make room for his speech, thanking
the company for that reception.
Foucato STAMPS.--Three persons keeping small Fhnps for
the sale of stationery, in Manchester, namely,- J. It. Pickling, of
Oxford-road, 11. Hatfield, of Mark:et-street, and Mary Ann
Righton, of Hanging-ditch, were, after some previotn:examina-
fier:, fully committed for trial.on Thursday last, on the charge
of uttering forged stamps, knowing them to he forged, arid Eli-
zabeth Davies was also committed for having forged stamps in
her possession, with intent to utter them. in the house of Hat-
field, the officers found a quantity of paper prepared to receive
the impression, some stamped paper, dies, and the materials and
necessary implements for stamping.. Under the 57th Geo. 111.
the punishment for this offence was death; but a later statute
has mitigated its sevelity to transportation for life. If all the
engagements to which a forged stamp may be affixed are null
and void in the hands of parties inuneeut and ignorant of the
fraud, forging stamps becomes an offence of much greater im-
portance than a mere revenue question.
OutoiN of TMIZ TERM', "MECO' ANIMIEW."—Dr. Andrew
13norde lived in the reigns of licory the Eighth, Edward the
Sixth, and Queen Mary. and was in tli i!onstant habit of fre-
quenting fairs and maikets, at-which he harangued the popu-
lace His speeches were extremely humorous, and
Occasioned considerable mirth ; his successors in this same line
naturally endeavoured to imitate his bright example, and hence
this _class of itinerant quacks obtained- the general appellation
of " Me'rr y ;Indretcs."— Dr. Paris.